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North Dakota State beats Nevada 31-17 on two special-teams scores
North Dakota State scored nine points on two special-teams plays and moved to six and one in its first season as an FBS program; the offense watched.
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At a glance
- First reported by Nevada Appeal: “‘Things were happening’: Bison beat Pack in weird way”.
- Covered on BBN on Sunday, October 18, 2026, at 10:14 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Vera Bullock.
- Topics: Nevada.
- BBN covered this story before: Nevada GOP seat 'at risk,' Dodgers' Hernandez, Minnesota Senate debate (October 17).
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What BBN said about it

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOne more thing on that haunted bunk bed: I'd have slept better than I will tonight thinking about this football game.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorNorth Dakota State beat Nevada thirty-one to seventeen.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorJoining us from FCI Danbury is Marvin Locke, inmate four-oh-seven-one-eight, who has opinions about weird wins. Marvin, what happened in that dome?
Marvin LockeAllegedly, I'm Marvin Locke, and what happened is a clean job.
Marvin LockeNorth Dakota State scored nine points on two special-teams plays, three minutes thirty-five seconds apart.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe offense wasn't involved?
Marvin LockeThe offense was basically in the parking lot with the engine running.
Marvin LockeJackson Williams caught a missed fifty-seven-yard field goal at the end of the first half and ran it back for a touchdown.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHe said his eyes got so wide, and that he was ready to go.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThat sounds like a man who saw an opening, not a crime.
Marvin LockeAllegedly, in Danbury, Connecticut, on a Tuesday in a stadium concession stand, I've had that exact look. Wide eyes mean the door is open.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet me ask you about Nevada. After the fifty-seven-yarder was missed badly, they sent the same kicker out for fifty-four late in the third quarter.
Marvin LockeSame window, three yards closer. You trip the alarm once, you don't walk back and lean on that exact window.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorOne columnist said a Hail Mary from the thirty-nine was less risky. Is the coach in trouble?
Marvin LockeAllegedly, I've been in trouble over less. And CBS Sports Network announcer Chris Lewis called it a kick-six-type opportunity before the kick even happened.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBefore the kick?
Marvin LockeBefore the kick.
Marvin LockeIn my line of work, that's called knowing about the job in advance, and I have this folded parking pass that proves I was elsewhere.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorMarvin, North Dakota State is six and one in its first FBS season. Does the pass say where you were?
Marvin LockeIt says lot C. Which, in a dome that size, is the first thing that looks suspicious about me.

Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBrock, tell us the forecast is clearer than Marvin's alibi.
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