I wonder if Kansas State head coach Bill Snyder will play a game on Friday night again.
It was a big night on the K-State campus. It was the Wildcats season opener and newly renovated Bill Snyder Family Stadium was unveiled.
However North Dakota State didn't stick to script.
Bison quarterback Brock Jensen led North Dakota State on a game defining 80 yard drive capped off by his one yard touchdown run.
That sealed a stunning 24-21 win for North Dakota State over Kansas State ruining a big night in Manhattan, Kansas.
“We had to score a touchdown." Jensen said. "It was a scenario that we have practiced frequently - every week in practice. It was just one of those moments where we just had to gut it out. It was not easy by any stretch - we were tired and they were tired - but we found a way to just gut it out. That was the guttiest performance that I have seen in my entire life on any level. I am so proud of my team and I just thank God for letting me be a part of this.”
“I would like to congratulate all of our players." North Dakota head coach Craig Bohl said. "It was a great effort on their part showing determination and resolve when we were down. Many, many teams have come in and Kansas State has jumped up and those teams have folded; our guys did not do that. I thought our assistant coaches made some really excellent adjustments there when we needed to - certainly the fourth down play was huge in the game for us to get that and it was a great win for our program."
Friday nights loss to North Dakota State was the first time a Bill Snyder coached team had lost a season
opener since 1989.
"They are an extremely fine football team." Snyder said. "They play very hard, and they are a tough football team. They played harder than we did. They were tougher than we were. They were better coached than we were."
Something tells me practice won't be fun for K-State next week. Louisiana-Lafayette comes to the Little Apple next Saturday.
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