Northwest Missouri State's president tells the board of regents there is no wager with Emporia State's president, who is a former Northwest vice president, for Saturday's football matchup between the tenth ranked Bearcats and the ninth ranked Hornets.
President Lance Tatum, responding to a question by regent Jason Klindt of Kearney at the end of Friday's quarterly meeting, said "No, we did not bet on anything. Dr. Baker has indicated that he's going to be in town for the game and we are extending all the privileges that a president of a university deserves to visit another campus, and we'll show him no love though from two o'clock until four o'clock."
Before that, Dr. Tatum said "I'm absolutely, positively counting on a victory tomorrow. There's no question about this. (I) told coach McMenamin that there is little room for error here. I have been consulting with my football adviser on a game plan. I feel supremely confident we've come up with something that is workable."
Click the LISTEN button to hear comments from Jason Klindt and Lance Tatum from the October 30, 2026 Northwest Missouri State board of regents meeting.
Saturday's broadcast of the game on KXCV, KRNW, and the Bearcat public media app begins at 1 p.m.
