North Dakota State head football coach Chris Klieman climbs on board with The FCS Coaches Corner this week with HERO Sports' Brian McLaughlin. We talked perfection, efficiency, Easton Stick and Greg Menard in their 17th years of eligibility, and what a tough S*B Klieman's famous dad was in Waterloo, Iowa when NDSU's coach was a kid.
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Get a load of where NDSU ranks in the FCS, aside from perching at the No. 1 spot in every poll known to man:
- No. 1 in 4th Down Conversion on offense (100% … yes you read that correctly, 4-for-4) and defense (only 14.3% allowed, so you might just want to punt — or kneel).
- No. 2 in Red Zone Defense
- No. 3 in Scoring Defense (11.7 PPG)
- No. 4 (tied) in Red Zone Offense
- No. 5 in Turnover Margin & Team Passing Efficiency
- No. 6 in Punting and Punt Returns
- No. 7 in First Downs Allowed on D & Fewest Penalties
- No. 8 in Total Defense (288.1 YPG)
- No. 9 in Third Down Conversion % on Offense
- No. 10 in Rushing Offense (256.4 YPG)
Yep, no wonder they're winning. NDSU's Klieman talks about it …
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