The Mike McFeely Mess

Reporter Ryan Collingwood, who covers the Missouri State football team for the Springfield Daily Citizen, joins host Mike McFeely to talk about the big game this week between the Bears and North Dakota State at the Fargodome.

Ryan and Mike go back a long way in covering the FCS, so Ryan offers a pragmatic and reasoned perspective on the ballgame. The Bears, like the Bison, are 6-0 in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, which is somewhat surprising considering Missouri State's long and not-very-successful history in FCS.

But Ryan says quarterback Jacob Clark, a transfer from Minnesota, is the real deal and he and the Bears' offense is potent. It should be a good test for the No. 1-ranked Bison.

Former Forum editorial page editor Jack Zaleski joins host Mike McFeely to give a quick recap of Tuesday's seismic election, which saw former Republican President Donald Trump return to the White House with a resounding victory over Democrat Kamala Harris.

Jack and Mike hash over Trump's victory, its implications for North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum and comment on some local races that will affect Fargo.

Forum reporter Melissa Van Der Stad and photo editor Anna Paige join host Mike McFeely to discuss in-depth their recent story chronicling a night of homelessness in downtown Fargo. They followed 72-year-old Lowrie Hogenson for 16 hours to give readers an idea of what it's like to be homeless in our city.

The story humanized those living on the streets and along the banks of the Red River. It was a great bit of journalism that was educational, eye-opening and heartbreaking. You should read it. Here is the link: What's it like to be homeless in Fargo? Woman who sleeps downtown shares a day in her life.

Melissa and Anna walk us through how they did the story and what they learned. 

InForum writer Jeff Kolpack and WDAY-TV Sports director Stacey Anderson join host Mike McFeely on the flight back to Fargo from Murray, Kentucky, following the Bison's 59-6 romp in the modern team's first trip to the Bluegrass State.

The guys talk horses, the city of Murray, the Racers' football program and the Bison. They look ahead to NDSU's upcoming game against Northern Iowa. 

Forum sportswriter Jeff Kolpack and WDAY-TV director Stacey Anderson join host Mike McFeely high above middle America as they fly back from Carbondale, Illinois, to Fargo after North Dakota State defeated Southern Illinois 24-3 on Saturday, Oct. 12.

The guys review the Bison's ho-hum victory and all the story lines involved in it, including quarterback Cam Miller's ankle and other NDSU injuries, before turning the page and looking ahead to the next game against rival South Dakota State.

The Jackrabbits come to Fargo ranked No. 1 in FCS while the Bison will be No. 2 with the Dakota Marker trophy on the line.

Forum reporter Tasha Carvell joins host Mike McFeely to touch on a number of topics including the vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance, the flurry of North Dakota political polls and the U.S. Senate race between incumbent Republican Kevin Cramer and Democratic challenger Katrina Christiansen.

Forum sports writer Jeff Kolpack and WDAY-TV producer Mike Kapel join host Mike McFeely on the plane flight back to Fargo from Normal, Ill., where North Dakota State's football team walloped Illinois State on Saturday, Sept. 29.

The Bison defense looked inspired and improved while the offense just kept humming along behind quarterback Cam Miller.

Former Forum editorial page editor Jack Zaleski joins host Mike McFeely to discuss a number of topics, including the absence of Trump yard signs in very red areas, the new makeup of Fargo's city commission and the issue of homelessness in downtown Fargo.

Forum sportswriter Jeff Kolpack and WDAY-TV director Stacey Anderson join host Mike McFeely on the plane flight from Johnson City, Tennessee, to Fargo to recap North Dakota State's wild 38-35 victory Saturday over East Tennessee State.

The game will go down as one of the most remarkable comebacks in the Bison's history in Division I, yet it left a bad taste because NDSU was a 27-point favorite and struggled much of the game against the Buccaneers. That's the challenge with this game: Do you celebrate a remarkable victory or lament the performance in a game the Bison probably should've lost?

North Dakota historian and scholar Clay Jenkinson joins host Mike McFeely to talk about the presidential debate between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump that occurred September 10, 2024. 

Clay and Mike don't agree on whether Harris was right or wrong to mostly shy away from the questions asked her in order to bait Trump into looking like a crazed old man.

Clay also says Mike is having a "hissy fit" at one point of their discussion, to which Mike responds well.