[Music] [Applause] [Music] [Applause] [Music] welcome everybody to the buis and video blog with Jeff kpek I'm Dom ISO on a newsy Monday as North Dakota State prepares for its second rad game of the season a trip to the state of Tennessee for the first time in program history which we'll visit about that in a second as we were visiting on hot Mike earlier today for the first time in a while we're talking about a bisen football incident off the field the story that was reported on Sunday for former Now red shirt freshman linebacker Jaden picket who was arrested charged with three felonies including uh firing a gun inside a house the program announced this morning that picket Jeff has been dismissed from the team for the highly touted young man out of Milwaukee Wisconsin who finally got his first opportunity to play on Saturday I mentioned this thankfully no one was injured but this is the first time in a while we're talking about something off the field well we think since probably a backup wide receiver in the playoff run of 2018 in December was probably the last time a notable player I mean there could be F you know freshman here and there that got booted and we probably wouldn't know about it but why is he notable well he's a two- star recruit Dom he was highly recruited he had offers from South Dakota State Northern Iowa North Dakota Illinois State Allstate guy and wiconsin and so yeah I mean I think he was obviously had some talent and was trying to work his way up the depth chart tough spot to work your way up the dep chart a linebacker at NDSU right now but uh now I was surprised I mean because it just hasn't happened very often I mean you know since uh since Craig Bow really turned things around on the off the field issues after 2009 because there's a stretch where we were doing this almost every every Monday coming in and checking on what was going on about 15 16 years ago and was uh 2009 and then like we said that was a time where you and I would check the arrest logs on Monday morning okay what's next here and how did Craig change it here's how he changed it he had he told his assistant coaches and said okay here's here's what you need to do you could talk to the coach that's fine but every division one coach is going to want to pump their guy up because they want him going division one so just don't take the coach's word for it go talk to the secretary go talk to the janitor in the in the room go talk to other students go talk to people who we sit on the on hot mik don't have necessarily a dog in the fight on this recruit and that's what they started doing Tim PK was part of that staff and so and obviously I think the results speak themselves yeah they've had issues here and there but certainly hasn't been widespread like it was in 2009 does this linger do you think is this is this thing that that will manifest itself throughout the week or I don't think so I think you know player teams lose players to injury and they move on teams move on and and I think that honestly it's Monday I bet by the end of the day today if they haven't moved on already uh you know this guy it's not like he was a starting quarterback you know it's not like he was a part of the game plan in any way shape or form coming up this week so no kids are resilient I it's not going to affect the team at all especially with a such a senior and experienced leading team that the Bison have I have to imagine they're going to I think close ranks on this pretty fast you have to say Okay this is there's no more of this I have to imagine that the team will do that going forward well yeah and I'm sure the coaching staff already has and announced it and say hey guys watch yourself you got to watch yourself you're when you're a buison player and you sign up on the dotted line to say you're playing division one football at NDSU it comes with a deal if you do something bad off the field we're going to report about again you and I we don't care Dom and I don't care what buys and players do off the field but when it becomes a public record and a rust war and you're in jail yeah and then it becomes our business right and it's it's going to get reported on and I believe that's been discussed esec the most recent recruiting classes have been told about what kind of Spotlight you have if you're a North Dakota State football player when you arrive in town it's a different Beast than it is anything else around here it really is if you're a player at Alabama it's a different Beast USC different Beast Notre Dame it's no different the attention and there's no pro team here in Fargo last night checked doubt and and so you are the show here un hockey the same way when you sign up at UND to play hockey in Grand Forks there comes a deal and if if you if you get your name on a on a rest sheet yeah then it's a story it's going to be it's going to be front page news and it was and it still is right now the Bison will play their second Road game this coming week against a Southern Conference Team a socon haven't had many trips on the socon Georgia Southern's the only one that comes to mind of course they've moved on is East Tennessee state is up this game was signed a couple years ago after the Bison beat the Buccaneers in the 2021 playoffs which we'll get to in a minute here the game that the Bison beat uh East Tennessee State 27-3 that day this year's team is one- one they have a new head coach Trey lamb who is the former Gardener web head coach they led the running bulldogs as you know where they're at to the Big South Conference Championship each of the last couple of years they lost their opener to appalachin State they won this past week over division 2 uh Virginia wise so it's really hard to get a gauge here Jeff they played a an FBS team and then have played a D2 team but I I'm intrigued just alone this is a new area of the country the buys that are going to against a team that's still trying to figure its way out welcome to the no FBS game era because you have to try to find home and home games now D yeah they had an FBS game against Colorado I get that but the next one is until what Oregon in 20128 hopefully that goes off but this is how you have to schedule now you have to find home and homes you go to the Citadel you go to East Tennessee State you try to find some matchups within the FCS that maybe would be intriguing games I think to your to your program this team East Tennessee State different quarterback it's a completely different roster than it was from obviously from 2021 and that's the Intriguing part about this in a stadium that is I wouldn't say it's not huge it's not small either all of this is new that's why I'm excited about this trip to see how the buys are perform going to a spot of the country they've never been to before the only thing I know about Johnson City is it's in a song right it's in a song by I can't remember who it is but it's a popular song yeah I just I one thing about covering bisen football since the division one era started and you've been a large part of this is seeing different parts of the country you we were at Georgia Southern been to Texas been to calply been to Cal Davis been to all these places it's a pretty cool ride and I think the players probably are going to enjoy this and you know they're going to get on a plane Friday and and and and go play a game in in an area I'm curious to see what kind of crowd East Tennessee state has because you're bringing in the top one of the top dogs in FCS football so capacity of William B Green Jr stadium is just under 7,700 so it's not a big Stadium but that's I am in this is their chance yeah this is their chance en some people there it's a later kickoff it's a 5:30 eastern time because we're going to be the Eastern Time Zone 4:30 uh central time and I remember we did this story when they came up here in 2021 this football program is only 8 years old of being reborn they had it then it was shut down for for a few decades and now it's been back since 2016 no other way to get yourself on the map than scheduled North Dakota State well Johnson City is not small either was so 125,000 people so it's not like it's you know it's some town in the remote area that you know like a town of 10,000 or some of these you know college towns we've seen over over the years it's a pretty large area I'm guessing it's a pretty vibrant area it's uh you know it's as far east of Tennessee as you can go you're basically North Carolina is right next door uh yeah I just think it's a and it's a good time for the for the Bison again to I think grow together as a team when you when you hit the road in a place like this it's just you and that's it listen to this this is they've signed up for their non-conference wise I mentioned App State they play Murray which makes sense that's a clear and the buys are going to Murray this year at Tennessee next year West Georgia is new to FCS and Elon they come to Fargo in 26 at North Carolina and West I mean those are games that especially in that part of the country you kind of crave to get they're going to play some teams that are are pretty good well I think getting FBS games probably a little easier for no there's no doubt on that and especially being in in the league they are the socon hasn't really been a National Power in recent years since the likes of Georgia Southern and wford isn't as good as they were and so it's uh I I think it's you know it the I'm I'm curious to see what the whole program's like and that and that's something we'll talk about as the week goes on on the socon because it's certainly a Changing of the Guard when we knew with Georgia Southern and App State and when wford was really good w offord struggling Ferman had a great year last year but they're probably going to to Trend back Mercer's in that League now and they think that they have something Chattanooga thinks they've got a pretty good te they were good for a little bit right Western Carolina had a team last year that thought they could make the FCS playoffs it's a league in flux is the best way and ETSU is hoping to gain some momentum here and challenge in this conference well I think getting a game like andu is a great way to do it I mean you're you're scheduling one of the obviously top programs in the country so if continue to do that it's I I think you see what and if they pull off and and if they win this game aison boy that just throws you into a top 10 level right now I'd say for any issue before we wrap this part of this non-conference Colorado was what it was these three games tennessy State ETSU and then talson next week again I think you're going to see a bunch more young players play to see what they have to get ready for conference play well these young players I think were impressive last week last weekend and uh and mentioned this before that in other years when you have you we put the backups in in the second half there's a c there was a certain noticeable drop off I didn't detect that really this time I mean there those defensive players that were in in the second half were pretty good I mean they closed gaps Donovan woen I think a linebacker might get a shot to play right away he looks the part 6'4 man and he close fast too he he looked really impressive that's a guy that you may just pull the red shirt and say hey you're going to play every game this season goes to the whole new theory of where we are in the portal reminder T POC press conference Comes Your Way 1:30 tomorrow you'll see it live on wda extra and wdy plus will be in Johnson City buis and game day is live at 10:00 a.m. on Saturday morning and note the start time the game is at 4:30 between the bison and the Buccaneers as NDSU makes its first trip to the state of Tennessee as a football play wag wheel Dom that's the song Wagon Wheel I just remembered we got it before the end of the video blog I knew a goldag would pick it up for Jeff Kack I'm Dom ISO 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