Bison QB Hayes being rewarded for staying the course

FARGO — North Dakota State has added a new touch to its routine in road games that carry a later start time. Instead of hanging around a hotel all day, the Bison in the morning bussed to stadiums at Air Force and Sacramento State for a casual 15-minute light workout. It s a time for the players to take their cell phone photos, throw the ball around and generally hang out, a chance as head coach Tim Polasek put it to get the Snapchat and Instagram posts out of the way. They ll do the same on Saturday morning at UNLV s Allegiant Stadium, home to the NFL s Los Angeles Raiders. Getting to the field in the morning is just a good way to eliminate those distractions we talk about when we get to their field at night, said Bison quarterback Nathan Hayes. So when we get to the field, we can be strictly business instead of trying to take pictures and capture the moment. It s a cool thing that we do that allows us to actually enjoy it and take everything in. Hayes has taken it a