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Colorado vs North Dakota State Prediction 8-29-24 College Football Picks | Sports Chat Place
North Dakota State Bison (0-0) vs. Colorado Buffaloes (0-0)
August 29, 2024 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Colorado Buffaloes -9.5; Over/Under: 59.5
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The Colorado Buffaloes and North Dakota State Bison meet in week 1 college football action from Folsolm Field on Thursday. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Colorado vs North Dakota State Prediction.
Can Colorado Avoid the Upset?
Deion Sanders has made sure that Colorado has been the talking point of college football this offseason, but all of that doesn’t matter if they lose this game. If they lose this game, there are going to be some early grumblings about if this team is led by the right coach. Under center for Colorado is Shedeur Sanders, and he is one of the better quarterbacks in college football. At times last season, the line didn’t protect him, but the hope is this year will be different. The running back room looks a whole lot different but Ohio State Buckeyes transfer Dallan Hayden is going to a ton of opportunities and out wide it’s all about Jimmy Ward and Travis Hunter who both could be All-Americans this season.
On defense is where, Colorado also hopes to take a big step forward. The star of the show is Travis Hunter, but he is going to need some help from the others. Shilo Sanders and Cam’Ron Silmon-Craig are back in the secondary, and both have a ton of pressure on them.
Can NDSU Pull off the Upset?
Normally, Power Five teams don’t schedule NDSU because they are afraid of the upset, and this NDUS team feels they can do that. Last year, NDSU finished with an 11-4 record before losing in the FCS semifinal. NDSU has a lot of their talent back from last season, but also lost a few key pieces. Three of the starters on the offensive line are gone, and with a team that is usually built on a strong offensive line, that could be a major problem. The quarterback duo of Cam Miller and Cole Payton are back, though, and both can be expected to have big games here. Last season, the Bison averaged 237.3 yards per game on the ground, and a lot of that comes with the quarterback play.
On defense this is a veteran-led team and the pressure is going to be on the defense to be good here. The top four tacklers from last year’s team are back, and in this game they need to try and create a couple of turnovers. If they can create that, they are going to be in good shape to be competitive here.
Why North Dakota State Will Beat Colorado
- Colorado has lost eight of its last nine games.
- The underdog has covered the spread in five of Colorado’s last six games.
- Colorado has failed to cover the spread in four of its last five games against non-FBS teams.
Colorado vs North Dakota State Prediction
Give me North Dakota State here and give me on the money line. College football is a team game, and NDSU is the best team. Sure, Colorado might have the better individual players, but I don’t think the Colorado defense is going to be making many stops in this game. This is an elite NDSU run offense, and they are going to have no issue running up the score here. This Colorado offense will have a couple of bad turnovers and NDSU is going to pull it out late. Back North Dakota State against the spread.
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BRECKENRIDGE — Coaches, teammates, friends and family gathered in the south parking lot of Breckenridge High School for another state tournament sendoff.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
This year, it was Troy Berndt taking the ceremonial convertible ride. He is headed to St. Michael-Albertville High School for the Minnesota Class A State Track and Field Meet on June 4-6.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
He will be running in the third heat of the 400-meter prelims, scheduled for 4:52 p.m. June 4. There are seven athletes in each heat, 21 total, and nine will advance to the finals at 6:20 p.m. June 5.
The top two finishers in each heat advance, along with the next three best times. Berndt’s personal best time of 50.67 has him seeded 13th, but the 10th-, 11th- and 12th-seeded runners are less than five hundredths of a second ahead of him. The eighth- and ninth-seeded runners are also close, at 50.33 and 50.39, respectively.
Berndt dropped nearly seven-tenths of a second from his previous personal best at the Section 6A West Subsection Meet on May 21, running 51.35, and shaved another 0.68 seconds off at the Section 6A Championships on May 28 with a time of 50.67. If he keeps lowering his time, he will have a shot at reaching the podium against the best runners in Class A.
Corbin Abner Lee / Wahpeton Daily News
Results and photos will be available online immediately following the race June 4 and in the June 10 print edition of the Wahpeton Daily News.
Corbin Lee is a sports reporter for the Wahpeton Daily News and Richland County News-Monitor. Corbin can be reached by calling (701) 291-3551 or emailing corbin.lee@wahpetondailynews.com.
On this day in 1971, Rugby repeated as North Dakota’s high school sand greens golf champion behind medalist Dwight Stempson’s winning performance.
Here is the complete story as it appeared in the paper that day:
Rugby Repeats As Sand Greens Golf Champion
RUGBY, N. D. — Rugby repeated as North Dakota high school sand greens golf champion here Wednesday, posting a four-man total of 293 strokes for 18 holes.
Led by medalist Dwight Stempson’s medalist 36-35 — 71, the Panthers were eight strokes ahead of runnerup Stanley, which had a 301. Following were Garrison 311, Beulah 315, Leeds 322, Ashley 323, Bottineau 328, Pembina 329, Tioga 332, Parshall 341 and Hettinger 342.
Stempson and teammate Bruce Carlson each had one-under par 71s, but Carlson was unable to be at the regional and wasn’t qualified for individual honors.
Rounding out the Rugby totals were Delwin Wilson 40-37 — 77 and Dennett Hutchinson 35-39 — 74. Gary Kirchoffner, 41-39 — 80, was Rugby’s fifth entrant with the best four-of-five scores counted.
Runnerup Stanley was led by Steve Springan’s 34-38 — 72 and Joe Springan’s 36-38 — 74. Their two-man total of 146 strokes was good enough for the doubles title. Two strokes back with a 148 was the duo of Stempson and Wilson. Stan Saathoff and Mike Stepina of Garrison each had 76s for a 152 total and the Ashley combo of Steve Maier (76) and Dave Kretschmar (78) was fourth with a 154.
Stempson was the driving contest winner with a distance of 280 yards. Chris Knutson of Garrison headed the pitch and putt competition.
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