Bison Media Zone

North Dakota State is on the back end of fall camp and All-American safety Cole Wisniewski has yet to practice. That's a serious concern for a Bison defense that is going to be tested immediately by Heisman Trophy contender and Colorado quarterback Shedeur Sanders and two-way standout Travis Hunter. Bison head coach Tim Polasek said Tuesday that they will know about Wisniewski's status in the next...

North Dakota State head football coach Tim Polasek joins the Bison Media Zone to give insights into the next season of Bison football.

In this week's episode of the Bison Media Zone, we take a look at recent recruiting activity for the Bison and highlight an NDSU standout making waves in the NBA.

Payton Otterdahl is heading back to the Olympic Games. The two-time national champion in 2019 finished third at the U.S. Olympic Trials in the shot put to earn a second consecutive trip to the Olympics. Otterdahl joins the show to discuss the final and the stresses of the competition. He also shares about how this experience will be different with fans allowed in Paris. 

NDSU football picked up one of its first skill position recruits for the Class of 2025 in Maple Grove wide receiver Dylan Vokal. 

NDSU football recruiting coordinator Zach Peters joins the show to discuss how the 2025 football class is approached and how talent is targeted. 

Cole Payton will begin his fourth year on the North Dakota State football roster this fall with the biggest spotlight he's had yet.   That's including the fact that he is the backup to incumbent starter Cam Miller, who returns for his fourth season as the starter.   Payton emerged as one of the best players on the Bison football roster over the final five games of 2023, when Miller scored seven to...

North Dakota State's 2024 offensive gameplans took a hit last week when standout receiver Eli Green entered the transfer portal.   Green emerged as a downfield threat over the final six games of 2023, making several acrobatic catches and scoring three touchdowns, two of them in the playoffs.   With Green's departure, that leaves NDSU without its top two receivers from a year ago after Zach Mathis...

North Dakota State women's basketball head coach Jory Collins has had a busy month. The Bison season ended at the end of March in the third round of the Women's NIT. Less than a week later, star player Elle Evans entered the transfer portal. Evans announced this week that she is transferring to Kansas to spend her final two years of basketball. Collins has been busy, adding three players to his te...

North Dakota State officially wrapped up spring football for 2024 last weekend back inside Gate City Bank Field at the Fargodome. The Bison still have plenty of question marks heading into fall camp, ranging from offensive line to secondary to wide receiver. The Forum's Jeff Kolpack joins WDAY's Dom Izzo to try and answer some of those questions heading into the new season. Also they discuss the a...

North Dakota State spring football is wrapping up and one area that has both a mixture of youth, depth and experience is the defensive line and that extends to the coaching staff. Nick Goeser is back for his 15th year on the staff, the longest tenured coach at NDSU. He got a promotion this offseason to co-defensive coordinator to go along with his defensive line duties. The Bison return all-confer...

North Dakota State has had an offensive lineman selected in the NFL Draft each of the three years and potentially could have a fourth in a couple of weeks. That level of talent means that is extra attention that comes to that position group and its coach, Dan Larson. The Bison offensive line has some decisions to make over the coming months with three starters graduating, left tackle Jalen Sundell...

North Dakota State is in week three of spring football and as the practices continue, it's not just for the players to get up to speed, but for the coaches as well. The Bison have four new staff members, including Devin Klieman, who was hired as the new safeties coach. It's a return to Fargo for Klieman, who's dad Chris, was the head coach at NDSU from 2014-18, winning four national championships...

WDAY's Dom Izzo and the Forum's Mike McFeely discuss the departures from the North Dakota State men's basketball roster after the season ended. Also they discuss the top players that have left the Summit League, inlcuding four members of the conference's first-team selections.