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FCS Playoffs Second RoundThe Matchup -- San Diego (10-1) at No. Josh Donaldson Jersey . 1 seed North Dakota State (10-1)Kickoff -- 3:30 p.m. ET at the Fargodome (19,000) in Fargo, North DakotaCoverage -- ESPN3Series -- First meetingPlayers to Watch -- San Diego: QB Anthony Lawrence (223 of 326, 2,811 yards, 24 TDs, 7 INTs), RB Jonah Hodges (1,361 rushing yards, 176.6 all-purpose ypg, 20 TDs), LB Jon Petersen (20.5 TFL, 11.5 sacks, 13 QB hurries); North Dakota State: QB Easton Stick (126 of 209, 1,719 yards, 15 TDs, 8 INTs; 84 carries, 482 yards, 5 TDs); LG Zack Johnson; SS Robbie Grimsley (70 TT, 4 INTs)The Skinny -- The visiting Toreros power into the second-round matchup off their first-ever FCS playoff win by a Pioneer Football League team (35-21 at Cal Poly). Theyve taken a page out of North Dakota States playbook with an average time of possession of 35 minutes, 6 seconds and a defense allowing only 244.6 yards and 12.9 points per game -- all FCS-leading averages. Hodges (35 carries, 171 yards, three touchdowns) was unstoppable against Cal Poly, but Lawrence is going to have to have a career game against the Bison. His favorite targets, WR Brian Riley and TE Ross Dwelley, have combined for 117 receptions, 1,752 receiving yards and 16 TD catches. The Toreros sack differential is extraordinary -- 30 for and only four against. The only other time NDSU has faced a PFL team, it was in the Bisons first Division I game in 2004 -- a 52-0 shutout of Valparaiso. Since 2011, the five-time defending FCS champions have won 20 straight playoff games and havent played outside the Fargodome (15 wins) leading into the championship game in Frisco, Texas. They will continually pound the run behind an offensive line that averages 6-foot-5 1/2, 312 pounds per starter, led by All-Missouri Valley Football Conference first-teamers Johnson (LG) and Landon Lechler (RT). Lance Dunn (756 yards, 4 TDs) has become the leading rusher with All-MVFC pick King Frazier (693 yards, 10 TDs) slowed by an ankle injury. Their vaunted defense has allowed only eight rushing TDs and is one of the nations best at defending the red zone. LB Pierre Gee-Tucker has a sprained MCL.Up Next -- The winner will play either Villanova (9-3) or No. 8 seed South Dakota State (8-3) in the quarterfinals Dec. 9 or 10.Prediction -- Despite their ability to defend the run, the Toreros havent faced an offensive line like North Dakota States before. North Dakota State, 41-7. Kevin Pillar Jersey ., for the next three years with the signings on Monday of Daryl Townsend and Michael Carter. Darwin Barney Jersey .ca NHL Power Rankings for the second straight week, ahead of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Colorado Avalanche. http://www.authenticbluejayspro.com/blue-jays-jesse-barfield-jersey/ . Miikka Kiprusoff had just announced his retirement after a decade-long run in Calgary and it would be up to Berra and Ramo to fill the void. New Zealand coach Mike Hesson has said that bowling Zimbabwe out twice on what is expected to be a slow and low Bulawayo surface will be a challenge ahead of his sides two-Test tour. Hesson stated that both batsmen and bowlers would have to show patience to get the better of the home team.In Bulawayo, we are expecting something thats going to be slow and not a heck of a lot of bounce, so taking 20 wickets will be a challenge, Hesson said after the teams arrival in Harare, where they are currently playing a three-day warm-up match before heading to Bulawayo. Zimbabwes bowling attack is very disciplined, so from a batting point of view, its about committing to your plans over a long period of time.With little assistance for seamers and spinners, and scoring rates likely to be curbed as well, frustration may prove to be the most effective wicket-taker in the series. But New Zealand have several other options - an attack that will be led by Tim Southee and Doug Bracewell, has Neil Wagner and Matt Henry backing up, and includes spin options as well. With an offspinner in Mark Craig and two legspinners in their arsenal - Ish Sodhi and the uncapped Jeet Raval - New Zealand will aim to exploit Zimbabwes vulnerability against turn, as they did when the two sides met five years ago.That match, which New Zealand won by 34 runs, saw them field two spinners - Daniel Vettori and Jeetan Patel - and Vettori claimed eight wickets. Hesson remembers the fixture more for Zimbabwes fight than Vettoris Man-of-the-Match-winning performance, and expects the same from them this time. The last time we played a Test match in Bulawayo, it went down to the last session on the last day, so we are certainly expecting a tough series, Hesson said.However, things may not pan ouut as Hesson expects, as since that day, New Zealand have played 43 Tests and won 14, including series wins over West Indies, India and Sri Lanka. Roberto Alomar Jersey. Zimbabwe, on the other hand, have played just 11 Tests, won two and have not been back to Bulawayo at all. While they will still be more familiar with the conditions, Zimbabwe do not have the kind of home advantage that teams who play more regularly hold.In fact, given that New Zealand have been at a training camp in Pretoria for the last 10 days, the tourists may feel fairly well-versed in southern African winter conditions. We trained at the Tuks University and it was a good chance for us to get used to conditions that we are likely to face here, Hesson said.Zimbabwes ace could be the element of surprise in their personnel. Only four in their current squad played in the 2011 Test against New Zealand: Tino Mawoyo, Hamilton Masakadza, Regis Chakabva and Njabulo Ncube. A further four - Prince Masvaure, Chamu Chibhabha, Peter Moor and Taurai Muzarabani - are uncapped at the Test level. New Zealand will not be able to do any homework on the rookies because they have not been included in the warm-up match either, and will have to rely on their ability to react to the competition they are faced with on game day.That, and a stubborn surface, has prompted Hesson to urge his charges not to take Zimbabwe lightly as they open their African adventure. Some of the Zimbabwe players we dont know very well, we dont have a lot of footage of them, so we are going to have to deal with that when we arrive. 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