Bison talk with local memory.
Bison Report Podcast Network tracks North Dakota State sports with the urgency of people who know the roster, the history, and the fan base. Football leads the room, but basketball, signing day, conference matchups, arena atmosphere, and the FBS question all get real minutes.
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Bison Report Podcast Network is NDSU sports coverage with the doors open and the coffee already gone. It moves fast. Football sits at the center, especially playoff weeks, signing day, FBS talk, Dakota rivalries, and the weekly business of sizing up opponents like Illinois State, UNI, ETSU, Tennessee State, UND, South Dakota State, and South Dakota. The show also gives real room to Bison basketball. Men’s and women’s hoops come through in bracket talk, Summit League standings, WNIT possibilities, road wins, arena crowds, shooting numbers, and arguments about how a roster actually functions. Ross Uglow brings the publisher’s eye for what matters to NDSU fans right now. Blake brings a regular counterweight, usually by turning one point into three more names, matchups, or memories. The result is not polished national sports radio. It is more useful than that for its audience. Episodes often start with the latest result and then branch into why it mattered, who looked different, what history it calls back to, and which fan complaint deserves a longer answer. A discussion of Bison basketball can run from Tim Miles and Saul-era memories to Woodside, Winkleman, Bjorklund, Braun, Alexander, Oklahoma, and a current lineup question. A rivalry recap can land on UND, Grand Forks, South Dakota State, and the emotional math of beating the Dakota schools. The football side has the same habit of connecting the present to the program’s larger arc. The FBS emergency episode captures that especially well, with excitement about the move tied to years of drum-banging, title runs, and the feeling that NDSU had taken the subdivision back. There is also a sharper college-athletics thread. NIL money, the House settlement, Big 12 spending, Chris Kleiman’s frustration, and the uneven field around major programs are treated as part of the same ecosystem the Bison now have to navigate. The basketball talk is just as granular. Seats, student sections, baseline bleachers, St. Thomas, Omaha, threes, non-shooters, and late-game road composure all become evidence. The tone is warm but not soft. It is willing to rant, laugh, correct itself, and move on. The show fits fans who already care enough to know the names, but it also supplies enough context for a serious newcomer to catch up. Its best quality is specificity. Bison Report Podcast Network does not cover NDSU as an abstract brand; it covers the week as it felt inside the program’s orbit.
Made for: For NDSU fans who want fast, specific talk about Bison football, basketball, recruiting, rivalries, and postseason stakes. It suits listeners who already know the program, or who want to learn it through names, games, and arguments rather than broad explainers.
What sets it apart: The show’s edge is its local-sports texture: roster history, Summit League details, Dakota rivalry memory, and publisher-level attention to what Bison fans are arguing about that week. It treats football, hoops, recruiting, and the FBS question as connected parts of one NDSU story.
Based on 6 episodes we listened to · September 2026
Close NDSU coverage connects roster decisions, recruiting and tactical details to the games that follow.
Bison Report Podcast Network turns NDSU football and men's basketball into an ongoing conversation about how teams are built and how games may tilt.
An ETSU roster gets read school by school before you get the Bison score prediction.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A lively look at where this March run belongs in Bison basketball history.
Ross Uglow and Blake Ingebritsen ask where North Dakota State's March run belongs in Bison basketball history. They spend their best stretch tracing Tim Miles' Woodside, Winkleman, Moorman and Nelson group, then Saul Phillips' Bjorklund, Braun and Alexander team, which beat…
A lively, grounded case for why NDSU's FBS jump feels both overdue and meaningful.
NDSU's move to the FBS plays as a real jolt, even for people who have spent years saying the Bison were ready for it. Ross Uglow and Blake Engelbretson catch the rush around the February 2026 news, then ground that excitement in the 2024 title, the 38-7 win at South Dakota…
A Bison Report recap that links threes, bleachers, and Trayson Anderson to the bigger NDSU basketball picture.
Ross Uglow and Blake keep this Bison Report recap centered on NDSU basketball, but the conversation is really about the room around the team as much as the box score.
A wide-ranging Bison conversation is strongest when signing day context feeds directly into the Illinois State preview.
Signing day gives this Bison Report Radio episode its opening drive, as Ross Uglow and Blake Engelbretson work through North Dakota State's 2026 class, a smaller 20-player group framed as low-maintenance.
Bison basketball spacing gets the close read before confident football predictions take over.
Ross Aglow and Blake use crossover season to pair an early Bison basketball concern with a football game they expect NDSU to control. Their best basketball discussion starts with the team's 19-percent three-point shooting and the spacing problem created when Marcai Strickland…
A roster-first ETSU preview that turns turnover, returning defenders, and lineup notes into a confident NDSU read.
Ross Uglow and Blake turn a routine ETSU pregame segment into a tidy look at how roster turnover reshapes a football program. The episode works best when it lets the roster page tell the story: Trey’s 36 Gardner Webb arrivals, the 19 returning lettermen, and the openings that…
A scriptless sports chat turns Broncos roster confusion and celebrity guessing into loose, funny momentum.
The Benchwarmers turns its loose setup into the point, opening with appreciation for the intro song before drifting into Coach Kane, pass-rush coaching, the Denver Broncos, and Nico Benito's name.
Purdue sports, argued from the details.
Daily Cardinals roster radar.
Ross Uglow and intern Blake preview NDSU's football game against East Tennessee State University.
Former NDSU football players Quinn and Willis host an unscripted, rambling conversation covering sports and nostalgia.
A preview of the upcoming Tennessee State game, discussing NDSU's recent close loss and the team's mindset.
Ross Uglow and Trevor Gebhardt preview NDSU's upcoming game against North Dakota and discuss NIL topics with guest Jay Bartley.
North Dakota State's 27-win men’s season leads Bison Report Radio into a 14-seed matchup with Michigan State in Buffalo.
["Ross Uglow opens Bison Report Radio by reacting to North Dakota State's Mountain West move, which he says puts FBS football in the Fargo Dome about seven months from now.", "Blake Engelbretson and Jackson Brown frame the jump as the answer to NDSU's FCS ceiling, with Brown saying the program has been on the next rung of the ladder for years.", "The episode then reads Brandon Marcello's numbers on air: a $17.5 million entry bill, a $5 million payment due June 1, an eight-game league schedule, and 22 new scholarships.", "Ross and Blake spend the rest of the show on the tradeoffs, including the likely end of regular home-and-home games with UND and South Dakota State, the first FBS home schedule, and whether the move can pull more fans back in."]
["Ross Uglow and Blake Engelbretson use Bison Report Radio to unpack North Dakota State\u2019s January 16 portal churn, including 12 losses and seven starters, plus Toby Anenna\u2019s move to Colorado.", "They argue that NDSU should keep trusting Division II, FCS, and JUCO value picks over Power 4 labels, using Michael Buteau, Brayden Thomas, Tameric Williams, and King Frazier as proof points.", "The Wednesday-night SDSU win drew more than 3,300 fans, Ross called the student section the best he has seen since the BSU, and Trayson Anderson followed with a 20-point game.", "The back half turns to Carson Smith\u2019s shrinking role, the NDSU women\u2019s trip to South Dakota State, and a St.
North Dakota State signs 20 players for its 2026 class, and Ross Uglow and Blake Engelbretson say the group is smaller, more Midwest-heavy, and built without a quarterback.
A recap of SIU basketball and preview of St.
Ross Aglow and Blake focus on NDSU’s 21-turnover defensive pressure against CSUN, saying Marcai Strickland can “pick six you” after steals.
A preview of NDSU's upcoming game against ETSU, with discussion of the previous week's win over Tennessee State.
A basketball-focused episode of Bison Report Radio recapping a win in Tulsa and previewing the upcoming Denver game.
Zach Willis joins Bison Report Radio to preview upcoming games against Western Illinois and Murray State, discussing NDSU basketball and football coverage.