FARGO — FanDuel has North Dakota State as 3.5-point favorites in Saturday’s Dakota Marker game at South Dakota State, which in essence means the game is a tossup. As we’ve always figured. The Bison remain a historic FCS power, the Jackrabbits have weathered massive transfer portal and graduation losses better than expected and here we are. No. 1 vs. No. 2.

That the boys and girls in New York City — the online betting company’s headquarters — see the game that tight might possibly signal they believe SDSU starting quarterback Chase Mason is going to play despite an apparent left ankle injury sustained in last weekend’s game at Murray State.

Mason is an NFL prospect according to The Athletic’s draft analyst Dane Brugler, huge and athletic with a rocket right arm, so his absence from the fi

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