BOZEMAN — From mighty North Dakota State being shocked by unseeded Illinois State to heavily-favored Montana State having to grit out a win over Yale , the second round of the FCS playoffs showed that, in this postseason, nothing is guaranteed.

"At the end of the day Yale did enough things to make it very interesting," said MSU head coach Brent Vigen during Monday's media availability. "Glad that at the minimum we did enough to get on the other side of it. The one team ranked ahead of us (NDSU) didn't do that and that's a tough pill to swallow."

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