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.
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8/23/2011 12:38 PM
Jay Elsen
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Nicknames have always intrigued me. I enjoy hearing the stories behind them and looking at the logos that have come to represent them. I also think it's interesting to see which nicknames/logos have withstood the test of time, and which ones have been altered in some sort of "modernization" effort, or in the interest of political...
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8/19/2011 10:58 AM
Jay Elsen
| @ElsenMidco
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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8/16/2011 3:01 PM
Jay Elsen
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There was a lot of excitment within the South Dakota State football program this summer when four of its seniors--DB Cole Brodie, TE Colin Cochart, LB Derek Domino and C Ryan McKnight--signed free agent deals with NFL teams following the lockout. Unfortunately, that excitement has been tempered by a certain degree of disappointment.
McKnight...
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8/8/2011 9:00 AM
Jay Elsen
| @ElsenMidco
It's a big year for the University of Sioux Falls and Minot State University. Both universities are taking the final step in the three-year transition from the NAIA, and are competing as "provisional status" members of NCAA Division II during the 2011-12 school year.
Overall, it's been a much shorter, less arduous road than the one traveled by...
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