NORMAL, Ill. — There weren't a lot of positive comments about the television broadcast of the North Dakota State at Illinois State football game on Saturday night, with the main complaint that the TV screens had a yellow tint. Like a 1973 production. It was the Missouri Valley Football Conference game of the week, by the way, and Forum Communications had nothing to do with it.

The Bison, meanwhile, had more problems than a TV camera. Illinois State came to play at Hancock Stadium in a rare league night game and they also came to guard Bison receiver Bryce Lance. For the most part.

Lance got free once against Illinois State and that’s all it took for him to make a huge difference in the outcome, a 33-16 NDSU win that has it returning home against another team from this state in Southern I

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