Category: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Valley teams have QB issues
Southern Illinois, Northern Iowa not ready to name starter.
Two of the Missouri Valley Conference's traditional powers have quarterback questions after surprising home-field defeats.
Neither Southern Illinois coach Dale Lennon nor Northern Iowa co… more »
SDSU hosts Illinois State in "Cereal Bowl", Coyotes Take on Tough NAIA
On Saturday, the Jackrabbits host Illinois State in a Missouri Valley Football Conference clash scheduled for 6 p.m. at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium in the 15th annual “Cereal Bowl.”
SDSU leads the relatively young series 2-0 and is looking for its first… more »
Valley Looks Vicious
No easy path for Jackrabbits in conference
South Dakota State opens Missouri Valley Football Conference play - and the home portion of its schedule - on Saturday against Illinois State.
But familiar may not equate to friendly. The league doesn't f… more »
Finally, Jackrabbits set to take the field
Making the trip to Delaware worth the wait will be the goal when South Dakota State opens its 2010 football season today.
The Jackrabbits are coming off a season that ended with an FCS playoff berth in just the program's second season of eligibility.… more »
Football Recruiting Scene Changing Fast
Area colleges know they have to get to prospective players first; schools 'want to defend turf'.
BROOKINGS - Encircled by campers hailing from the areas that he recruited, South Dakota State football assistant Luke Meadows gave a word of caution befo… more »
Football conference in flux at South Dakota?
Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, the University of South Dakota athletic department will move from the Great West Conference to the Summit League for all sports.
All sports that is except football.
For now, the department’s premier progra… more »
Summit League Will Conduct Football Feasibility Study
ELMHURST, Ill. - The Summit League conducted its annual President's Council Meeting on June 21 in Chicago and announced that the league will conduct a feasibility study into having football as a league-sponsored sport.
According to a statement releas… more »
SDSU Finds Success As D-I Trek Continues
There was no guarantee that South Dakota State's second year of wholesale eligibility for the Division I postseason would be more successful than the first. But it turned out that way.
The Jackrabbits claimed conference championships or national play… more »
Spring in their steps: Walk-ons key in offseason
Positioned like a safety, South Dakota State assistant Jay Bubak takes two steps forward and leans over.
"Third group, third group!" he screams. Then it hits him: There is no third group of defensive backs.
Welcome to the skeletal reality of s… more »
Jacks tab UND for last 2010 opening
SDSU, USD still open to renewing football rivalry
South Dakota State got what it was looking for - and probably more - in landing a home game to round out its 2010 football schedule.
The school announced Friday that it will host the University o… more »
UND football: Rivalry renewed
UND, South Dakota State once again to meet after a six-year break
UND’s 2010 football season starts with back-to-back road games against two teams that played in bowl games last season. It ends with back-to-back road games against two teams that adv… more »
The Citadel introduces new defensive coordinator
Charleston, S.C. – After a couple months of restructuring, The Citadel Football coaching staff recently promoted newly hired Josh Conklin to defensive coordinator and safeties coach and welcomes Denny Doornbos, formerly of St. Norbert College and North… more »
Coyotes face athletic crossroads
Herbster is interim AD once Nielsen departs
The process to bring a new athletic director to the University of South Dakota at a pivotal point in the school's Division I transition will not be rushed, president Jim Abbott said this week.
The univ… more »
Jackrabbits running at full steam
BROOKINGS - In the never-ending quest to keep progressing, South Dakota State is ratcheting up its effort during spring football practice.
That was obvious Monday during a half-pad workout. Running back Kyle Minett took exception to being decleated… more »
SMSU's Eidsness Resigns, Takes Job At SDSU
MARSHALL, MN - Eric Eidsness, who has served the past six seasons as the head football coach at Southwest Minnesota State University, has resigned from his position effective immediately to become the quarterbacks coach and passing game coordinator at S… more »