North Dakota State, EWU will meet in 2016, 2017

The dream matchup that hasn’t taken place the last three years will occur in 2016 and 2017.

Eastern Washington and North Dakota State — the only NCAA Football Championship Subdivision teams to win a national title since 2009 — will play a home-and-home series with each other starting in 2016, the two schools mutually announced, Aug. 8.

The Bison and Eagles will play each other in Fargo, N.D. Sept. 10, 2016, then play at Roos Field Sept. 16, 2017.

“We are extremely excited to schedule a home and home with North Dakota State,” Eastern athletics director Bill Chaves said. “By playing a series lik...