Bison Game Day: Mid-semester grades are in for first FBS season

FARGO — True, college athletics has gone the way of the professional model, particularly in football and basketball. The money at some schools is something nobody could have imagined; college players making millions of dollars in one calendar year. What started in 2014 when former UCLA basketball player Ed O Bannon won a class-action suit over the use of his likeness in a video game has ballooned to college football rosters spending in the neighborhood of $50 million per year on paying players. Players are still required to go to school, however, so on that note — with North Dakota State s first season in Division I FBS half over — it s time for mid-semester grades. The Bison are 5-1 overall and 2-1 in the Mountain West Conference heading into Saturday night s league game against the University of Nevada. Much of the year was looking golden until last Saturday s 13-7 defeat at UNLV, a game the Rebels won despite not scoring an offensive touchdown. It seemed unlikely when