SEARCY -- Like just about every other college football team in America, there was some roster turnover after last season for Harding.

But not everyone has the ability to replenish like the Bisons.

Nearly two years after winning the school's first national championship and nine months removed from making a stirring run to the quarterfinals, the Bisons are fully equipped to begin their quest to reclaim their spot atop NCAA Division II on Thursday against Great American Conference foe Northwestern Oklahoma State.

"It's been a really good fall camp for us," Harding Coach Paul Simmons said. "We've got a pretty good mix of really talented, really experienced veterans who've been in lots of battles for us. Now certainly, we have some really talented guys who don't have the amount of quality sn

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