Category: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Committee gives OK for SDSU in D-I
BROOKINGS, S.D. – South Dakota State University has met the requirements to become an active member of NCAA Division I.
The NCAA Division I Management Council Administrative Committee announced Thursday that SDSU has successfully completed the five-… more »
In their words: A look back at the NCC
Editor's note: After 87 years of setting a high standard for NCAA Division II athletic success, the North Central Conference will bid farewell at a celebration gala in Sioux Falls on Saturday.
To put the league's past in perspective and honor its con… more »
Quite a Run For The NCC
The Grand Forks Herald's Wayne Nelson talks a little bit about the history of the now-defunct NCC Division II conference - the conference that gave FCS North Dakota, North Dakota State, South Dakota, South Dakota State, Northern Iowa, and Northern Color… more »
Gateway-To-MVC Vote Was Not Unanimous
Effective immediately, the Gateway Football Conference - South Dakota State's new home - will be known as the Missouri Valley Football Conference by virtue of a vote of member presidents on Friday.
Founded in 1985, the Gateway has been a separate LLC… more »
Gateway Changing Name to Missouri Valley Football Conference
ST. LOUIS -- Northern Iowa won the Gateway Football Conference championship last fall with a 6-0 record.
It will be the last Gateway title handed out after presidents of the nine Gateway institutions and 10 Missouri Valley Conference schools approved… more »
Schools to discuss changing Gateway Football Conference's name
Like the river that bears its first name, the issue that will confront the Missouri Valley Conference on Friday has its share of depth and twists. At stake is changing the name of the Gateway Football Conference to the Missouri Valley Football Conferenc… more »
Former South Dakota Running Back Heads To CFL Training Camp
Amos Allen signs deal with the British Columbia Lions of the CFL.
The 10,000-seat Dakota Dome, home to the University of South Dakota football team, was dome sweet dome for Amos Allen last season.
Now the record-setting running back with the Coyot… more »
Playoff expansion will require adjustments
Season length the same after move to 20 teams
By most accounts, the NCAA Board of Directors' recent decision to expand the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs to 20 teams beginning in 2010 was necessary and overdue. The field has stood at 16 -… more »
Going D-I? Better hit the books
SDSU, USD face tougher academic standards at higher NCAA level
Last week, the NCAA released its annual academic progress rate - or APR - and subsequently handed down penalties to 218 underachieving teams.
While the outcome showed that major-colleg… more »
Nice to know you, NCC
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. — Patrick Mahoney and four teammates were getting their photograph taken together on the infield at Howard Wood Field on Saturday when Mahoney asked the group a question.
A senior, Mahoney wondered if any of them knew who was the fi… more »
Time runs out (on North Central Conference)
It’s last call in the North Central Conference. The league served its final championship trophies this weekend, and all that remain are memories.
The lights at the league office in the Ramkota Hotel on the north side of Sioux Falls will shut off for… more »
FCS expands field
The Gateway Football Conference got a legislative victory of sorts. The Division I Football Championship Subdivision will expand its playoff field from 16 to 20 teams starting in the 2010 season.
It means North Dakota State’s new league has a better… more »
FCS Is A Hotbed Of NFL Talent
When Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie was taken as the 16th pick of the NFL draft on Saturday, it was a fitting culmination of a journey that began on what might have looked like a bumpy, unpaved road to nowhere.
Rodgers-Cromartie wasn't on the college ra… more »
SDSU Spring game showcases offense's struggles
Defense takes away positives heading into season
BROOKINGS - Technically speaking, the defense beat the offense 40-23 in the South Dakota State spring football game on Wednesday night at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium.
Translated into more practical term… more »
Sioux Falls area players could draw NFL interest this weekend
According ESPN, only three area college players are on the radar for this weekend's seven-round NFL Draft: South Dakota State kicker Parker Douglass and tight end Chris Wagner, as well as University of South Dakota center Christian Morton.
Douglass i… more »
