I wanted to get this line now as I think it will go up before game time. After watching the SEMO/Montana game over again I feel SEMO outplayed them except for 2 special team touchdowns which was the difference in the game. SEMO completely shut down the Montana running game and forced them to abandon it in the 4th quarter and go almost solely to the passing game. The trouble for SEMO was that played into their main weakness (pass defense).
NDSU has a much better defense than SEMO. #3 in passing yds. allowed #5 scoring defense #5 total defense. I feel it's going to be hard for Montana to put up points in this one. One big drawback for the Bison is from what I'm hearing their all everything running back Hunter Luepke won't be available for this game. But one good thing about this program is they are usuallu deep at every position with quality players. If the Bison can keep Montana's special teams from scoring I like them to win this one by double digits.
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