George Ferguson Column: Even in football, don't judge a book by its cover

The title of this column says it all. And when it comes to the Montana State University-Northern Lights, and the rest of their 2017 season, it rings true.

You can’t judge these Lights based on what you Saturday afternoon inside Blue Pony Stadium – at least not when looking at the scoreboard.

I know the numbers, I was there. The Montana Tech Orediggers smashed a bunch of offensive school records against the Lights. They put up astronomical offensive numbers and all day, they seemingly raced up and down the field.

But, the Orediggers are also not an ordinary Frontier Conference team r...