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The Big Sky is routinely considered one of the stronger conferences in the FCS, and this year is no exception.It has four programs in the STATS FCS Top 25, with No. 17 North Dakota rounding out the ranked teams.The Fighting Hawks are one of three undefeated teams in league play and they face another of the unbeatens on Saturday. Their opponent, however, isnt among the ranked in the conference.Weber State has mainly been flying under the radar amid the traditional Big Sky powers and has a chance to take a major step forward this weekend at North Dakota.Picked by both the coaches and the media to finish sixth in the conference preseason poll, the Wildcats (5-2, 4-0) are off to their best start to league play since winning their first seven games in 2008 -- their only Big Sky crown since 1988. Despite the impressive start, they havent been part of the conversation to win the league, as No. 3 Eastern Washington, 14th-ranked Cal Poly, No. 16 Montana and UND are the proverbial favorites.One of the biggest reasons they havent received much love from the voters is because they havent faced the stiffest of competition.Their Big Sky wins have come against UC Davis, Portland State, Montana State and Southern Utah -- teams that are a combined 4-15 in conference play. Also not really impressing voters is three of those victories have come by a grand total of eight points.In its latest win, Weber State rallied from a 22-point, fourth-quarter deficit, scoring two touchdowns in the final 2:21 to stun Southern Utah 37-36.I was really proud of our players and how they fought back, coach Jay Hill said. Really showed their toughness and resolve just to stick with it and not give up.While the Wildcats have managed to take advantage of a cushy schedule, the competition is about to get much tougher.After a trip to the Alerus Center, where the Fighting Hawks are 11-3 under Bubba Schweigert, the Wildcats host a Northern Arizona team which defeated Montana last week for its third straight win. Cal Poly, which also beat the Grizzlies and lost at North Dakota for its only conference blemish, then pays a visit to Stewart Stadium.It doesnt get any easier, Hill said. Obviously, this week we play North Dakota and they do a great job running the ball, they do a great job defending the run, they dont allow you to put many points on the board. Like I said, it doesnt get any easier and were excited about this matchup.Hill, though, might be a little concerned about how his offense matches up with the UND defense.Weber State is seventh in the league in scoring offense and eighth in total yards, averaging 29 points and 406.6 yards, while North Dakota (6-2, 5-0) leads the Big Sky in scoring defense at 21.8 points per game.The Wildcats backfield has been hit hard by injuries, as quarterback Jadrian Clark has led the team in rushing in three of the last five games. Clark, however, can also put the ball in the air. He had a career-high 416 passing yards against Southern Utah and has thrown four touchdowns in each of the last two games, though those came against two of the conferences worst passing defenses.He now faces a defense that has 13 interceptions, tied for the third-most in the FCS.We got to be able to limit his big plays, Schweigert said of Clark. And thats difficult to do because hes got a strong arm and can fit it in some tight windows. That would be great if we could get some turnovers. We want to force turnovers and they really help your football team.One of Weber States biggest strengths has been a pass defense that is allowing a Big Sky-low 186.7 yards per game, but North Dakota doesnt put the ball in the air much. Its 199 pass attempts are the third-fewest in the conference.Led by sophomores Brady Oliveira and John Santiago, the Fighting Hawks have eclipsed 200 yards rushing in 13 consecutive conference games and are second in the league in rushing at 219.6 yards per contest.Oliveira is fourth in the Big Sky with 619 rushing yards while Santiagos 599 rank fifth. Theyve combined for 12 run TDs.Santiago, named to the 2015 STATS All-American second team, had 157 rushing yards and a score at Weber State last season, but Clark threw for 273 yards and three TDs as the Wildcats rallied from 14 points down in the fourth quarter for a 25-24 win.This is a big game, theres no question about it, Schweigert said. We hope that home field will give us some advantage but you cant count on it. You got to play well. Thats the most important thing.Nike Vapormax Cz . -- Charline Labonte couldnt have asked for a better homecoming. Nike Vapormax Levne .Y. -- Buffalo Bills coach Doug Marrone has drawn on his Syracuse connections once again by hiring Rob Moore to take over as receivers coach. http://www.vapormaxlevne.cz/ . The lawyers filed a 33-page amended complaint Tuesday in federal court in Manhattan, expanding on the suit originally filed Oct. 3 in New York Supreme Court. Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz last week refused to compel Selig to testify in the grievance, and Rodriguez then walked out of the hearing without testifying. Vapormax Sleva . After Gasquet beat fifth-seeded Ivan Dodig of Croatia 7-5, 6-3, Tsonga followed up with a 6-7 (3), 6-2, 6-2 win against sixth-seeded Edouard Roger-Vasselin in an all-French match. Nike Vapormax Plus Levne . -- Arizona knocked off some quality opponents, rolled over a few overmatched ones and grinded out victories even when things didnt go so well.HOUSTON -- Texans defensive end J.J. Watt said there was a point during the offseason when he didnt know whether hed ever play football again.After the Texans 30-0 loss in the wild-card round of the playoffs to the Kansas City Chiefs, Watt had major surgery in Philadelphia in January. Watt said he had five muscles repaired and both of his lower abs had to be reattached. He also had to have his abductors (one right and two left) reattached.As he lay for 10 straight days in a Philadelphia hotel room, Watt said he was overwhelmed with the rehab process and his inability to even walk or get out of bed.When I was in Philadelphia after the first surgery, there were some days there where I really questioned whether or not Id ever be able to play again, Watt said. Just some of the stuff we were dealing with from a rehab standpoint. And just the way that the recovery was going early on.The turning point came during Super Bowl week in San Francisco, Watt said. Watt had been having a hard time getting out of bed and moving around. Watt said he and the Texans coordinator of rehabilitation, Roland Ramirez, had been working on an aggressive approach to his rehab, but he was not seeing a lot of progress.Ramirez and I had been working on something for a little while, and wed been trying this method out and it really wasnt showing a lot of results, Watt said. And one morning I woke up and all of a sudden, one thing I hadnt been able to do since the surgery was liftt my right leg straight up in the air.dddddddddddd ... And that morning I did it. I called him right away and sent him a video and I was like, look. And so then I got up and tried some other stuff, and I actually did up-downs in the room, right there and I sent him a video of it. And I was like, dude, it worked.Everything that we did worked. And from that point forward, as soon as you get that little bit of light, its full steam ahead, and thats whats awesome.Watt had a second surgery in July to repair a herniated disk in his back. Watt said after going through that first surgery in January, the second procedure was much easier to get through.And even though he underwent back surgery just before the start of training camp, Watt said there was no doubt in his mind that he would be ready to play in the regular-season opener against the Chicago Bears.No, there was never a doubt, Watt said. Those guys were awesome in helping me and also awesome in being willing to have an aggressive approach. After a surgery, the rehab can go one of many ways, and these guys were willing to accept my aggressive style, and we did it in a smart fashion, but we did it in a way that we knew that this really wasnt going to be an issue.Watt has not missed a game in his five-year NFL career, playing in 85 consecutive games, including the playoffs. ' ' '