FARGO — We were informed an hour before the game by University of South Dakota athletic department staff that if the Coyotes beat North Dakota State, head coach Travis Johansen would hold a postgame press conference but if the Coyotes lost he would not and the squad from Vermillion would be getting on the bus and heading south ASAP.

As these words are being written an hour after the conclusion of the contest, the USD bus was probably passing the Dakota Magic casino exit on I-29.

It was 2021 (or 2019 or 2018 or 2017 or …) again in the Fargodome on Saturday, with the Bison physically dominating an overmatched USD team to the tune of 51-13. And the final seven Coyotes points came on a meaningless drive that ended with 1:11 in the fourth quarter when USD still had most of its starters in the

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