Montana vs. North Dakota State: 2023 FCS semifinal highlights 

Agreed. Thank you! I'm glad I wasn't delusional in thinking I knew what I was talking about. Go Griz!

It was a horrible play call... and on that last play the Montana defender who got the interception grabbed the receiver and dragged him to the ground. Blatant.

Watch 99 on the Griz, why doesn't he throw his hands up and celebrate... cause he was right there.Hes looking at the ref. Bad calls on both sides.

@@jaskell5631there was definitely some questionable reffing for both teams

I don't get why any FCS team would make the jump to D-1 FBS. Especially with the current 4 team playoff format. Why make the jump to FBS to play in a nothing bowl when you have a chance to win a National Championship every year?

@@Craig55386 you must’ve missed the news back in like June where they confirmed a 12 team playoff starting next season. That said they would make multiple millions more dollars playing in the FBS. Don’t fool yourself into thinking a program would be better off not moving up. Rarely would it be detrimental. In the last 5 years you have 10+ FCS programs that have made the jump such as former FCS powerhouse James Madison who got more press this season than they ever have in their history.

The NDSU game is one the Griz should've won fairly easily against an unseeded team though, so it was surprising that they barely squeaked by. The Griz are gonna really need to play better than this game if they want to beat SDSU in Frisco! Those Jackrabbits don't mess around.

@@dlang2506Did you not see what NDSU did to the other seeded teams they had played on the road?

Let's see what happens, but SDSU has been much more dominant than all those teams. Good luck Griz, but don't get your hopes up!@@Supermanfan99

Not true. NDSU won at Wa-Griz in 2003 when they were still DII.

Missed PAT and missed FG

There was no humbling. There was just an amazing football game played by two excellent programs. Hats off to NDSU and Montana for playing such an amazing football game.

yeah but not by the Refs

From Missoula. It wasn't exactly humbling, Griz needed 2-3 miracles to make it happen, (double OT verified)

Annnnd all the real D1 chips won in the great state of ND still reside in little Grand Forks. Some things never change.

lol

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Some fan

Haha, he's not wrong though.. The Griz barely won that game and SDSU is much more dominant than NDSU this season. Hopefully it'll be a good game..@@steelersfan406

This is troll bait and your grammar is appalling.

@@keithpalmer4547 let’s hope

Sorry for your loss and I wish it were a better game, not a blowout. It was kind of expected though.@@keithpalmer4547

Nope

It doesn't really matter who won this game tbh. Hopefully it's an interesting game in Frisco, but I doubt it will be.

As a bobcat fan suck it up now you know it feels!

The receiver initiated contact first and then proceeded to flop lmao learn football

agree with the other comment. he was actually engaged in a block and carried it downfield. If anything be upset with the play call which put him in that position.

The Ivy League has a strict 10 game schedule so playoffs don't interfere with their player's "academics"

Yeah they voluntarily decline. The harvard-yale game is probably a bigger deal in terms of getting a national audience/scouting eyes anyways.

@@TriviaDelinquent Yeah, I think it's unfortunate. It'd be interesting to see how they stack up.

Uh, cause they play D3 level ball…maybe?😂😂😂

@@Nonpeon…interesting to see how much they’d get beat by…83-2?😂😂😂🎉🎉🎉

Wrong. Nd receiver initiated contact and fell down. Look at it again

@@rogerstern2542 ... contact by the receiver is alllowed within the first five yards by rule. That happened. The defensive back pulled him down. Look at it again... without your maroon glasses on.

Incorrect but thank you for playing. Read Roger below and then watch the play without gravy coloured glasses.

@@ianmclaren2354 ... watch the Montana player pushing and pulling the Bison receiver down right before the interception. He didn't fall on his own. The receiver initiated contact within 5 yards of the line of scrimmage... which is allowable. You are the one with maroon colored glasses. Good luck with the Rabbits. lol. How many titles do the Griz have? 2? Bison have 17. Write back when you get to about 16. Or when you approach 9 in a row... write please.

Yeah you have a lot more titles that’s for sure. I’m sure it gives your life meaning. You need some after all it is North Dakota

yea but from the other angle (close by ref) you could see that the contact did not come from the D. Offense grabbed and pushed aside, but D reacted

Yep what I thought as well the ndsu player was blocking for the run

Exactly what I was saying but I said "holding" but either way idk how there wasn't a flag thrown. I guess they're tired of seeing NDSU in the Championship game.

I think it's because contact was initiated by the receiver. You can't just block until you want to catch the ball. The db was shedding, looking for a ball carrier

​@@redbaboonass4416ur outa ur mind if u think thats PI

No they won't. Montana has been carried by defense and special teams all season, and it will keep them competitive with SDSU.

South Dakota State is very good. The pressure is on them to remain undefeated and repeat their national championship and live up to expectations. Montana is a huge underdog.

Agreed. Looked like there may have been a false start by the player immediately right of center. Appeared to be going forward before the ball went. Great game regardless

Who made contact first? Did the tight end fall on his own? Yes there’s contact, but PI generally won’t be called if both players are at it, especially on a trick play in 2 OT

@@BrantJames-yg1bp doesn't matter who made contact first especially if within 5yrds of the line of scrimmage. There was no issue with the contact, the issue was the holding of the receiver's forearm and wouldn't let go by the defender while the ball was in the air. Disclaimer the quality of video isn't that great on my tablet, it was kinda fuzzy/grainy even after selecting higher quality but that's what I saw on that play.

@@BrantJames-yg1bpThat’s correct. One thing that I’ve always believed is that you toss out the rule book when it’s a trick play in second OT. Brilliant analysis.

@@TrainerRed519 that's how the play works. The receiver is supposed to engage the defender to make him think run and then shed the defender to get open for the pass, it's 100% legal but not for the defender to hold onto the receiver when the receiver tries to catch the ball.

Thank you! I was wondering if I was the only one who saw it. I can't believe that it wasn't called and that the coaches weren't up in arms about it.

Yeah it is ridiculous and that wasn’t the only missed pass interference call that helped Montana. There were a lot of calls that Montana got away with but everyone for ndsu was called

Nah. The NDSU player engaged him like he was blocking then lost his balance when he tried to toss him off. If you find a different angle elsewhere you’ll see it was a good no call.

You are all wrong, it's not pass interference. I suspect that like many people with an ax to grind you are looking for a way to justify the reality. The NDSU player engages the UM d-back, the Griz player has every right in the world to the position he occupies and as such can push back. If you want to blame someone for the NDSU player then over balancing while the UM player does the old "ole" move blame Sir Isaac Newton because before he got CTE from an apple there was no gravity.

Agreed, but let's just be thankful the FCS championship isn't going to be the Dakota Marker again..

did they call the exact same play as MT, what the F?

How can it be pass interference before the ball was even thrown? #82 went for the block and shed and fell down in attempting to get separation. Outside of the fact that #49 of NDSU was illegal procedure / in motion before the snap.