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Northern Colorado Hockey Season Concludes In Big Mountain Hockey Conference Semi-Finals

University of Northern Colorado Hockey (ACHA) finished their season with a 6-2 loss to eventual Conference Champions the Metro State Roadrunners. The Big Mountain Hockey Conference is comprised of six universities: University of Northern Colorado (UNC), University of Colorado, Colorado State University, University of Denver, University of Wyoming, and Metro State University. Since the beginning.

2022 Division I FCS National Championship Game Preview: #8 Montana State vs. #2 North Dakota State

These two border state schools in the northern part of the country head south to Texas to see who is the best in the FCS this year when Montana State and North Dakota State meet this Saturday.

For the Bison, this is old hat. This is NDSU’s ninth trip to Frisco in the last 11 years. The two missing years were this past spring’s contest–held then due to the COVID-19 pandemic and in 2016 when James Madison upset NDSU in the semi-final round. And all prior eight trips to north Texas have resulted in the Bison capturing the crown.

For Montana State, this is the first trip to the national title game since 1984 when the Bobcats won the title over Louisiana Tech in a game played in Charleston, S.C. MSU has been a contender in the playoffs though as the last season this team played it made it to the FCS semifinals in 2019 to the same team it will playing this year in the title game in NDSU.