April 2012
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Packers pick up Moss
Credit to my boy, Brad Schlossman, for that headline. Surreal, huh?
Of course, we’re talking about Dale Moss rather than Randy Moss. The Green Bay Packers signed the SDSU receiver Saturday night at the conclusion of the NFL Draft. A few more notes on that:
A total of 253 players were chosen in the seven-round draft, and SDSU faced 13 of them, including four year from Illinois and Nebraska....
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Weird, wild stuff
The NFL Draft kicked off with the first round Thursday night. The best thing about that: No more changes to the 8,237 different mock drafts and pre-draft rankings.
Let’s see where South Dakota State receiver Dale Moss wound up in the final standings, shall we?
* Sports Illustrated ranked the senior 28th at his position, while CBS put him 32nd and ESPN 132nd. Again, that’s not...
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Live chat 4/26
Is it fall? Because this week’s live chat was largely about football.
Here’s the replay, in case you missed it. We’ll do it all over again next week.
Terry Vandrovec also posts regular updates on his Twitter page.
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Too Much TV: Shonka
Dan Shonka has been evaluating football personnel for 39 years. In other words, dude knows his stuff and that’s why he is the guest on this NFL Draft-edition of the Too Much TV podcast.
Shonka, currently the director at Ourlads Scouting Service, gives us insight into the evaluation process, the local players with draft hopes and all-over-the-map quarterback Ryan Tannehill. Good stuff.
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Tuesday Tidbits
Yep:
The South Dakota State baseball and softball teams aren’t setting the world on fire right now, and both have arguably their best weekend of home games on tap. The baseball team hosts Sioux Falls on Tuesday before taking on Summit League kingpin Oral Roberts in a four-game set Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The Jacks are ranked 274th in the latest NCAA Division I RPI. That’s sixth...
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Spring game wrap
Some leftovers from South Dakota State’s spring football game, which the defense won 42-32 with a little help from a big wind:
It was hard no miss the bright, high shoes that offensive linemen Jon Fick and Alex Parker were wearing. Turns out they’re made my Under Armour, the outfitter SDSU will use starting this season. The guys wanted to give them a test run. The results: Fick said...
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Spring ballin' (April 20)
Some news and notes from South Dakota State spring football workouts, which conclude at 3 p.m. Saturday with the annual spring game. I’ll have a more extensive preview in the Saturday edition and live coverage of the game starting at 2:30 p.m.:
What does sophomore quarterback Austin Sumner think about being elected as one of five captains, a position that wasn’t previously open to...
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Live chat 4/19
Here is the replay from this week’s live chat. Scintillating as usual.
Remember to stop back here Saturday for live coverage of the South Dakota State spring football game. I’ll be online by 2:30 p.m.
Terry Vandrovec also posts regular updates on his Twitter page.
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Too Much TV: Stiegelmeier
We’re talking spring football again this week with South Dakota State coach John Stiegelmeier stopping by (OK, technically, we stopped by his office) to give an update on workouts.
The Jackrabbits will host their annual spring game at 3:05 p.m. Saturday at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium. (And I’ll be there with live coverage.)
Here’s the link.
Also, I’ll be back at 2 p.m....
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Tuesday Tidbits
Anybody else remember spring? I miss that:
You know how the SDSU men’s basketball team wound up 50th in the final NCAA Division I RPI? Turns out that’s the best finish by a Summit League team since at least 1994-95 – the conference doesn’t have records from before that. Others of note: Oral Roberts was 55th in 2007-08, Oakland was 57th in 2010-11 and Valparaiso was No. 70 in...
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Spring ballin' (April 16)
Some news and notes on South Dakota State spring football practice. This is the last week with the spring game set for 3 p.m. Saturday at Coughlin-Alumni Stadium:
The Jacks held a scrimmage with officials over the weekend consisting of 67 snaps. The results: The offense scored three touchdowns, two by RB Reggie Gandy and one by TE Cam Jones, while the defense came up with one turnover on an...
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Spring ballin' (April 13)
Some news and notes from South Dakota State’s spring football practices:
The Jacks will hold a scrimmage replete with officials at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, one of three allowed during the spring. Most players will get 25-32 reps, according to coach John Stiegelmeier, and there will be an emphasis on red-zone play because that’s hard to replicate outside of a scrimmage.
One departure that...
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Live chat 4/12
The weekly live chat made it’s triumphant return Thursday, welcomed back by a crowd of … well, at least tens.
Here’s a link to the replay. I’m thinking we’ll do it again next week at 2.
Terry Vandrovec also posts regular updates on his Twitter page.
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Too Much TV: Glenn
We’re going to talk football for (at least) the next three weeks on the Too Much TV podcast. That run begins today with guest Joe Glenn, the new football coach at the University of South Dakota.
Here’s the link.
Also, come back here at 2 p.m. Thursday as we dust off ye olde live chat machine. It’s been a while …
Terry Vandrovec also posts regular updates on his Twitter...
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Tuesday Tidbits
It’s that time again.
This week, it’s an all-baseball edition of Tuesday Tidbits in honor of State Dakota State finally opening the home portion of its schedule (and christening its new stadium) after 26 consecutive road games.
Yes, that means I haven’t seen the Jacks (8-17-1) play yet. But that’s not going to stop me from trying to get you up to speed on the season so...
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Spring ballin' (April 9)
Some news and notes from South Dakota State spring football practices, which continue today:
The secondary seems to be rounding into shape to an extent. On paper, Winston Wright and David Godley have ability and experience on the corners with several guys in the mix for back-up duty. Included: upcoming true sophomore Joe Martinson and redshirt freshman Jimmie Forsythe. Former Washington High...
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Catching up
A couple noteworthy events transpired within the South Dakota State basketball programs while I was on furlough. Some thoughts on them:
The SDSU women landed a verbal from Tiffaney Flaata, a 6-foot-2 junior from Prior Lake. The latest in a growing line of posts from Minnesota, she’s is ranked 20th in the state in her class by GPrep.net. That’s ahead of incoming freshman guard Jess...
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Spring ballin' (April 5)
Finally made it to South Dakota State spring football practice Wednesday. Some of the findings:
Remember when it seemed like a handful of veterans would miss all of camp while recovering from offseason surgeries? Well, the Jacks must be full of quick healers because almost all hands are on deck. OL Andrew Mueller and DL Andy Mink were the only experienced exceptions Wednesday. CB JeRyan Butler,...
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Too Much TV: Heineman
The NBA D-League season is winding down in Sioux Falls as the Skyforce will miss the playoffs for the second year in a row.
Team president Mike Heineman hits on that, the future of the league and finding an NBA partner in this week’s edition of the Too Much TV podcast.
Here’s the link.
Terry Vandrovec also posts regular updates on his Twitter page.
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Tuesday Tidbits
Lots to catch up on after a week away …
The SDSU men’s track and field team is redshirting two veteran contributors: distance runner Jared Foote and sprinter Luke Leischner. Already the school record holder in the 400, Leischner will be especially interesting to watch next year with Oral Roberts and its wealth of sprinters leaving the Summit League.
Two changes to the football roster...
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Guess who?
And we’re BAAAAACK! (In wacky FM DJ voice.)
Yes, my first-quarter furlough is over, meaning I’ll get back to writing, blogging, podcasting and generally wasting your time post-haste. To that end, here are some of the highlights of what turned out to be a rather rad week off (aside from that whole not getting paid thing):
Ate a lot, making maiden voyages to Italy, Pomegranate Market,...
