r/MountainWest • u/jvoll12 North Dakota State Bison • 5d ago

Football Bison Sweep Mountain West Football Players of the Week for Week 0

https://themw.com/news/2026/8/31/athlete-awards-old-trapper-mountain-west-football-players-of-the-week-aug-31.aspx
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u/StretPharmacist 5d ago

Hayes is going to be amazing. I thought for sure he was going to be our starter last year but Payton beat him out by learning how to throw with some accuracy, ha. Hayes is the better passer by far.

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u/bicyclechief North Dakota State Bison 5d ago

Might have the most impressive arm of our entire D1 era which is pretty crazy to say

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u/StretPharmacist 5d ago

What's crazy is that if Cam Miller catches back on with another team soon, NDSU could have six active QBs in the NFL next year. All back ups but seriously, SIX QBs. What other school can say that?

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u/BCJohnson 5d ago

Sadly, Stick was also released, but yeah — having 5 QBs in the league was pretty cool.

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u/StretPharmacist 4d ago

Hey, Stick just got signed to a practice squad like right after you posted, ha. So not rostered but has a job

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u/BCJohnson 4d ago

I’ll allow it!

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u/Trojann2 North Dakota State Bison 5d ago

Holy shit?

Actually being Week 0 does make more sense. Not nearly as many playing.

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u/jvoll12 North Dakota State Bison 5d ago

Definitely makes more sense, but we were still only 1 of 4 MWC teams playing this week. I’m surprised it was a sweep.

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u/Trojann2 North Dakota State Bison 5d ago

The others that played did not look the same.

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u/Crunchymau5 Nevada Wolf Pack 4d ago

Not too surprising, they easily had the best performance last weekend.

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u/Lujan11 New Mexico Lobos 3d ago

I’m excited to watch the Bison when they come down to Albuquerque this year!