Category: South Dakota State Jackrabbits
Spring events in deep freeze; including South Dakota State spring game
Welcome to the wonders of spring in South Dakota, where yet another "last blast" of winter Friday brought snow, sleet and mass confusion to the local sports scene.
Most every weekend outdoor event was washed out, including Augustana and South Dakota… more »
Spring Game Showcases SDSU '08 Football Squad
Offense versus defense will be vital for the coaching staff to determine depth.
Four years have gone by since the last time SDSU football could compete for a national championship, and one of the bigger steps to competing for the title will take plac… more »
SDSU Practices at Howard Wood
Coach is impressed with the younger class.
With one week until the annual spring game, the Jackrabbits conducted a practice at Howard Wood Field on a sunny Saturday morning.
They've stopped installing plays so they can focus on physical improvemen… more »
Jacks Aim For the Top
Scouts pay visit; Gateway awaits.
Wintry weather wasn't enough to prevent two of pro football's most prominent scouting services - BLESTO and National Football Scouting - from getting a look at four South Dakota State standouts during the school's an… more »
SDSU Senior's Dream Is Alive
Mitch Erickson was a Division I Football Championship Subdivision All-American, Great West All-Conference selection and academic all-conference selection as a offensive lineman at South Dakota State University.
Still, he wants more.
For all of… more »
Proposal would add four spots to FCS playoffs in 2010
The Argus Leader's Terry Vandrovec discusses the latest proposals to expand the playoffs.
Playoff expansion might still happen in the Football Championship Subdivision, just not this year, South Dakota State's first as a postseason-eligible member.… more »
Luethje to Join Offensive Line at South Dakota St.
This central Iowa defensive lineman grew up loving Northern Iowa... until he discovered that South Dakota State was for him.
Tyler Luethje’s first love is defense. The 6-foot, 5-inch, 255-pound defensive end set a Gladbrook-Reinbeck record with 10 qu… more »
Kool To Play For Jackrabbits
Yankton's Tyrel Kool was looking for the same things in a college that he had in his prep career at Yankton High School: A competitive football team, a good academic base and a comfortable atmosphere. He felt he found all three in South Dakota State.… more »
Super Fat Tuesday
Sure it's "Super Tuesday" and it's "Fat Tuesday". But only one day before high schools ceremonies where their players sign national letter of intent on National Signing Day, many followers of college football had their own "Super Fat Tuesday" compiling… more »
Great West Football Conference 2007 All-Academic Team Named
South Dakota State led all Great West members with 16 student-athletes named to the academic squad.
In the Great West Football Conference, athletics and academics do indeed co-exist and it is proven in the 2007 All-Academic team, released today by th… more »
SDSU football assistant takes job at Colorado State
Offensive assistant Daren Wilkinson will leave South Dakota State to become the quarterbacks coach at Colorado State.
This is what happens to programs that string together winning seasons at the NCAA Division I level.
"There's no doubt that our pr… more »
SDSU football coach John Stiegelmeier Region 5 Coach of the Year
Congratulations to coach Stiegelmeier, named AFCA region 5 coach of the year, beating out lumniaries like UNI's Mark Farley and SIU's forme head coach Jerry Kill.
Stiegelmeier Named Region Coach Of Year
BROOKINGS -- South Dakota State University f… more »
Jackrabbits Add Nebraska, Illinois To Future Football Schedules
The Yankton Press & Dakotan note deals for South Dakota State to play their first-ever FBS opponents in 2009 and beyond.
BROOKINGS -- South Dakota State University has signed deals to face more Big 12 and Big 10 football opponents, as the Jacks w… more »