9/6/2011 9:00 AM
Jay Elsen
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The final season of the NCAA Division I transition has finally arrived at the University of South Dakota. And with a spot in the ultra-competitive Missouri Valley Football Conference--and the Summit League for all other sports--already secured, excitement is running rampant in Vermillion.
The Coyotes were 4-7 in 2010, the first losing season in...
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9/1/2011 9:00 AM
Jay Elsen
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The Augustana football program has plenty of reasons to celebrate. The Vikings boast some of the finest facilities in NCAA Division II (I dare you to find a better stadium than Kirkeby-Over), recruits are pouring in like never before, and they're coming off the most successful season in school history.
Despite all that, second year head coach...
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8/29/2011 9:00 AM
Jay Elsen
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After four national championships and two runner-up finishes as members of the NAIA, the University of Sioux Falls football program--along with the school's ten other sports-- is turning the page. The Cougars will complete a three-year transitional period by competing as a "provisional status" member of NCAA Division II in 2011.
Membership in...
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8/19/2011 10:58 AM
Jay Elsen
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I'm not sure about you, but the wait for football is driving me nuts.
I know what you're thinking...what about the NFL preseason? I suppose that counts for something, but the diet of second-stringers and future Arena Football League talent is already getting stale. I'm talking real, regular season football. And for the first time I can...
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Root beer floats are underrated and delicious.
And now… Impressions from watching USD’s football team scrimmage and talking to head coach Ed Meierkort.
The new logo on the helmets will be the plain, intertwined “SD”. It is simple and clean and kind of dull, but it gets the “South Dakota” out there which is what they wanted. It replaces the...
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