Never said it was an automatic win. Taking a look at actual history of UND out west in night games(kickoff at or after 5pm) as a D1 team against FCS teams. These are the results:
2008 - L @ Davis - by 7 pts
2010 - L @ Poly - by 1 pt
2012 - W @ Sac - by 22 pts
2015 - W @ Poly - by 24 pts
2016 - W @ Sac - by 33 pts
2017 - L @ Davis - by 24 pts
2018 - W @ Sac - by 26 pts
We are 4-3 which is better than our overall record in D1 against FCS teams of 50-50. In others words, we are better in Cali night games than we are overall all, so, bring on the Cali night games.