North Dakota Football: Fighting Hawks' Week 1 opponent Mississippi Valley State presents plenty of unknowns

GRAND FORKS, North Dakota -- The Mississippi Valley State football program is known for alums Jerry Rice and Deacon Jones.  As for the 2018 Delta Devils, who knows?

The official website still doesn’t have a 2018 roster and the Southwestern Athletic Conference school in Itta Bena, Miss., has a first-year head coach in Vincent Dancy.

When UND faces MVSU on Thursday night at 6:30 p.m. at the Alerus Center to kick off the season, Bubba Schweigert and the Fighting Hawks aren’t going to have a ton of intel on the opponent.

“I’m sure they’ll be really excited to play and it should be a good college atmosphere,” Schweigert said. “The first games are always a little of the unknown. You don’t really know how teams will change or adjust. It’s about keeping the focus on UND, executing our offense, defense and special teams.”

According to the gambling website 5dimes, UND is a 41.5-point favorite over MVSU.

The Delta Devils were 2-9 overall last year and 1-6 in the SWAC East. After the season, MVSU cut ties with head coach Rick Comegy, who was 6-38 in his four years.

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