{"id":187662,"date":"2019-12-21T19:25:51","date_gmt":"2019-12-22T01:25:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=187662"},"modified":"2019-12-22T18:21:54","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T00:21:54","slug":"bison-football-back-in-fcs-championship-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=187662","title":{"rendered":"Bison Football back in FCS Championship Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(AP) Christian Watson scored long touchdowns on back-to-back touches early in the second quarter and two-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State blitzed Montana State 42-14 in a semifinal for its 36th straight victory.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Trey Lance found Watson behind the defense along the left sideline for a 75-yard touchdown one play after the Bobcats tied the game at 7. After a three-and-out by Montana State, Watson went 70 yards on a reverse. Lance threw for three touchdowns and scored two rushing touchdowns. The top-seeded Bison face James Madison. James Madison beat the Bison in the semifinals in 2016. Montana State lost to NDSU 52-10 in the second round last year.<\/p>\n

PHOTO: \u00a0 North Dakota State wide receiver Jimmy Kepouros (19) celebrates with teammates after scoring a touchdown during the FCS playoff NCAA college football game against Montana State, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2019, in Fargo, N.D. (AP Photo\/Bruce Crummy)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(AP) Christian Watson scored long touchdowns on back-to-back touches early in the second quarter and two-time defending FCS champion North Dakota State blitzed Montana State 42-14 in a semifinal for its 36th straight victory. Trey Lance found Watson behind the defense along the left sideline for a 75-yard touchdown one […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":58262,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-187662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=187662"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187662\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187679,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/187662\/revisions\/187679"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=187662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=187662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=187662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}