FARGO — North Dakota State stayed an hour away from Memorial Stadium in Indianapolis on Friday night. The buses arrived on time as usual, although it was questionable if the players were all there. Mentally, anyway.

There were times in the first half when it looked like the No. 1-ranked Bison were already in Brookings, S.D., for next week’s Dakota Marker clash with No. 2 South Dakota State. The old trap game was alive and well in the City that Larry Bird Built.

Penalties. Turnover. A successful Indiana State fake punt. Dropped passes. It was all there. Nightmare on Wabash Avenue.

“The start of the game, a little bit unlike us,” said Bison head coach Tim Polasek.

A scary injury to Bison defensive tackle Jaxon Duttenhefer and a weather delay of 2 hours, 15 minutes only added to a Saturda

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