Happy Hour with John Gaskins

The coaches, players, and Summit League staffers who attended the conference's basketball media day in the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center on Tuesday seemed like swans gracefully gliding across a pond.   All of them (well, mostly) smiled as they regaled or calmly informed media members about their teams a few weeks ahead of their first games. After all, everyone is undefeated right now.   But we all...

USD's Eric Peterson  discusses his new-look squad, as well, and describes a team trip to Winnipeg, Canada, intended to build team cohesion and assess his players. Why Canada? The answer lies in the winds of college basketball change that have blown through the Summit League with gusto. But first... how did Peterson become such a proficient video game player growing up in Wisconsin?

SDSU's Bryan Petersen  described the style changes he intends the Jackrabbits to employ after last season's inside-out, jump shot-heavy method mostly fizzled in a 14-18 campaign. As for who will carry SDSU into a change in results — including a slew of transfers — behind preseason Player of the Year Joe Sayler? Take a listen to how Petersen chose to answer that.

USD's Carrie Eighmey on momentum of Coyotes WBB, Molly Joyce's offseason, new transfer stars, top 15 freshman class

Aaron Johnston (SDSU WBB coach) from Summit League Media Day: Vasecka, Brooklyn Meyer/volleyball, 5-for-5 rule, and... video games!

With rumors — not journalistically-sourced reports — swirling about teams potentially departing in the not-so-distant future, Fenton describes the strengths of the Summit League while answering questions about how stable it is from inside the meeting rooms with presidents and athletic directors.... and what he and the conference leaders are doing to keep things on solid ground. 

4-0 never looked or felt so bad... at least on offense. But Minnesota's defense is a thing of beauty. Do the first four games overall and first two full games with Kyler Murray indicate the Vikes are closer to the edge of glory or... gory?

Kurtiss Riggs on Jacks' new hold on No. 1, USD vs. Southern Illinois, Alabama's big stretch, his connections with local HSFB, and if he's an SDSU homer

SDSU's coach elaborates on the colossal 31-14 road win at Illinois State. USD's Matt Vitzthum on the "so, what, now what" win over Indiana State and the Yotes' upcoming showdown with Southern Illinois

Matt Vitzthum on Yotes dominating D-Day win... especially defense

SDSU, USD & Augie defenses win the day (or at least set the tone for huge wins)

Dan Jackson on SDSU's smothering of Illinois State and... some things about jersey selection

Matt Zimmer and John Gaskins break down a second half romp for the Chase Mason-less Jacks on the road.

Brock Spack (Illinois State head coach) goes 1-on-1 with John to tell Drew Brees & Joe Tiller stories, Redbirds almost winning the national title & more

John Gaskins and Trent Singer sit in a local neighborhood pub and predict local football games of interest for Oct. 2-3, 2026. Please consider these picks "for entertainment purposes only!"

Jed Stugart was USF's football coach from 2010-16, taking over for Kalen DeBoer and posting a 69-17 overall record and 55-10 NSIC mark. He looks back on the first "Key to the City Game" in 2012 along with the hype and build-up surrounding it and the elation of winning 32-31, pleasing the USF alumni who were parts of four NAIA national titles but never had the chance to play Augie.

Jed Stuart was USF's football coach from 2010-16. In part 1, he talks about his country singing career before becoming a coach (and the famous singers and musicians he met and even opened for), taking over at USF for Kalen DeBoer, and making the NAIA to D2 transition.

Jed Stugart was USF's head coach from 2010-16, replacing Kalen DeBoer and ushering in the NAIA to Division II transition.

At first, the Key to the City game wasn't treated quite like a blood-thirsty, gotta-have-it rivalry by one of the two teams involved in the two block tangle.   Then one day, the coach of that team showed up to practice and literally saw signs that suggested it truly was "Game On" and this one meant more than all the others.   This was a few years into the modern-day Augie-USF showdown that started...

It's hard to believe, but there actually is one college sports rivalry in America that pits two schools closer in proximity than the two blocks separating Augustana and the University of Sioux Falls.   Most people don't know where those schools are, but D2Football.com's Matt Witwicki does. He can also rattle off the key players, strengths, stats and situations of all 14 NSIC teams, if not most of...

USF's Jim Glogowski on "Key to the City" rivalry, last year's nightmare, slew of injuries, matchups with Augie

Augie coach Jerry Olszewski on Key to the City Week: Vikings start, Duluth dilemma, Gunnar Hensley, defense, USF matchup

"Wit" and Tom size up Augustana and USF's Saturday showdown and regale about the unique city rivalry.

It's late September and some things are getting weird in the 2026 football season.   Northern Iowa, a bottom-3 pick in the MVFC and an 18-point underdog, beat No. 3 Illinois State.    Iowa — a pillar of stone age offense — managed to pass its way 91 yards down the field in less than two minutes to beat Michigan, with the final two passes totaling 45 yards in 16 seconds.   The Raiders are 3-0 for t...

South Dakota State won its game 42-7 on Saturday. USD lost 47-28.   Many factors contributed to those contrasting results.    The Jacks were at home, while the Yotes made a one-time-zone trek for the second consecutive week.   The Jacks thumped a 1-3 Eastern Michigan team playing under a new head coach and a new quarterback. The Yotes trailed only 23-21 through three quarters before an avalanche h...