My phone rang at 9:15 a.m. CT. The number was unfamiliar, but I had a hunch and answered. "Hello?" "RJ, this is Tim Polasek," he said. "How are you?" This is the head coach of North Dakota State, the steward of the most dominant program in modern FCS history. And yet, there were no airs, no assumption that I should already understand what his name, or his program, has meant to college football over the last 15 years. He did not present himself as the latest in a line of NDSU coaching heavyweights — from Craig Bohl to Chris Klieman — who helped deliver seven national titles in 15 years. He didn...

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