Forty-three student-athletes, including 12 who earned first-team honors, highlight the 2009 all-Missouri Valley Football Conference all-academic team, announced by the league office today. Nominees must be starters or important reserves with at least… more »

Quick question: When you’re trailing by four touchdowns — when the momentum has swept out of the stadium, when you’re staring down the barrel of an embarrassing playoff exit — what do you do? If you’re most football teams, you pack up, crawl into… more »

Top-seeded Montana staged one of its most remarkable comebacks ever to down South Dakota State 61-48 in a Football Championship Subdivision playoff game Saturday at Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The Griz, 12-0, advance to face the winner of the Stephen… more »

FCS represented with 17 student-athletes Repeat selections on the 24-member ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America® Football University Division first team include junior running back Kyle Minett of South Dakota State, senior defensive lineman Brando… more »

BROOKINGS, S.D. - Southern Illinois University's defense took the drama out of Saturday's Missouri Valley Football Conference de facto championship game. Going up against the top scoring defense in the country, the No. 3 Salukis flirted with their se… more »

CARBONDALE - Deji Karim had to stop himself momentarily after he was asked if Southern Illinois University's football team is treating Saturday's game with co-conference leader South Dakota State as a playoff game. "Oh yeah," he said, before pausing.… more »

Founded in 1985 as the Gateway Football Conference, the Missouri Valley Football Conference is celebrating its 25th season of FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) football during the 2009 season. As part of a season-long celebration, the conference i… more »

Saturday certainly was, as the slogan goes, a good day to be a Jackrabbit. Actually, the past 10 years have been pretty decent for the blue and yellow. A 24-14 triumph over sixth-ranked Northern Iowa on Saturday in Brookings was the 63rd win for Sout… more »

Football coaches use trailers until new facility finished BROOKINGS - The South Dakota State football staff has moved closer to the Dykhouse Center while taking a step back in accommodations. Everyone except head coach John Stiegelmeier - who hasn… more »

BROOKINGS - Most of the attention at South Dakota State football media day centered on - what else? - the quarterbacks. There are four vying to replace all-conference pick Ryan Berry, and the race to win the most glamorous spot on the field seems wide o… more »

Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - There was little doubt that the addition of North Dakota State and South Dakota State would make a brutal Missouri Valley Fall Conference race even more competitive. But when the dust had settled last season, it wa… more »

ST. LOUIS -- Founded in 1985 as the Gateway Football Conference, the Missouri Valley Football Conference will celebrate its 25th season of FCS (Football Championship Subdivision) football during the 2009 season. To kick off the league’s 25th Year Celeb… more »

Thirteen student-athletes highlight nearly 400 who earned selection to the 2008 Missouri Valley Football Conference Honor Roll, as announced by the league office. Those 13 earned the league’s highest academic achievement by capturing the Missouri Va… more »

On Thursday at Riverdale Park, the last Sioux Falls high school graduate selected in the NFL Draft loaded footballs into a pitching machine and fired them at perhaps the city's next high school product to be selected. Talk about a unique story line s… more »

The American Football Coaches Association's official Web site includes an interesting item this week. Under the "open dates" section, where football programs list their idle fall Saturdays for coming seasons, South Dakota State and the University of… more »