George Ferguson Column: Lights haven't turned the corner, but they've reached the intersection

When you’re rebuilding a football program, like the job being done by Andrew Rolin and the coaching staff at Montana State University-Northern, a lot of cliches are going to be used.

But cliches are also true many times, and in the case of rebuilding, the cliches being tossed around at Northern right now are fully justified.

After Saturday’s 42-13 loss to the No. 18 UM-Western Bulldogs at Blue Pony Stadium, there were plenty of cliche’s that came to my mind from what I saw.

Call me an optimist, call me a homer, but you can also consider me someone who has watched, in one form or an...