Lights picked second by league coaches

Coming into the 2011 Frontier Conference football season, the Montana State University-Northern football team wasn't picked to contend for a conference championship in the preseason coaches poll.

The buildup to the 2012 season is an entirely different story.

Over the weekend, the Frontier Conference released its 2012 Preseason Coaches Poll, and to no one's surprise, the Carroll College Saints are picked to capture the league title. Carroll is gunning for its 12th straight league championship, and the Saints advanced to the NAIA national championship game last December.

But picked right behind...