George Ferguson Column: Cats may not take Darth Vader down, but playing in Fargo in December shows just how far they've come

It's been some time since the Montana State Bobcats have been to where they'll be Saturday afternoon - into the second round of the FCS playoffs. It's been six years to be exact.

The fact that the Bobcats are into the second week of the playoffs is an absolute credit to head coach Jeff Choate and the job he's done to build MSU into the type of program he wanted it to be when he was hired after the end of the 2015 season.

And building that vision into a reality has, at times, been a painstaking process, one that has required patience and perseverance.

Yet, here the Bobcats are, and Satur...