Frontier Notebook: Lights make good use of rare, early bye week

There’s always the possibility of an early-season shake-up or two when it comes to the Frontier Conference. The league is just that good. But, what happened last Saturday wasn’t just a little jolt. It was a seismic event.

Although the Carroll College Fighting Saints and the Eastern Oregon Mountaineers were starting the season inside the NAIA Preseason Coaches Poll, their season-openers were supposed to be against the heavyweights of the Frontier. Yet, it didn’t matter.

First, Carroll, which suffered through a rare losing season a year ago, took down defending Frontier champion and eighth-ranke...