South Dakota Pregame Thread


I know a lot of Cyclones who need sleep and recovery from their Ireland trip, but they were in the stands on Saturday.

Cooper played an awesome game on Saturday. Jayce Brown was a non-factor against our corners.
 
The two transfer receivers were non factors. Have they been slowed by injury or just not at the top of the actual depth chart? ( I know the one they post doesn’t often reflect an accurate depiction)
 
The two transfer receivers were non factors. Have they been slowed by injury or just not at the top of the actual depth chart? ( I know the one they post doesn’t often reflect an accurate depiction)
Injury limited their practice early, hence why they are not on the depth chart yet. It takes a while to get proficient at a new offense and scheme with all new players around you. It may turn out that the younger players are a better option, the staff thinks so at this point, but don't draw any conclusions yet. I'm sure they'll have more opportunities this week.
 
Patton winning FS over James is interesting. I thought James played a bit better last week.
Jamo was a FS last year behind Coop, James SS behind Verdon.

Guessing familiarity had something to do with it.

That and the fact that Cummings-Coleman and Van Dinter at SS are freaks.

Safety room is loaded!
 
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I certainly respect what USD has done but how are they so high in all of these rankings when they replaced 16 of 22 starters and have a new coaching staff?

We could have easily beaten a ranked team by double digits on a neutral site last week so I’m expecting a comfortable win. Give me ISU -14.5 all day.
 
Don’t believe rankings update till after week 1
Yes. The AP poll that came out on 11 AUG was the "week 1" poll. The next poll, the "week 2" poll comes out after this weekend's games are done. And they will likely only list ISU's game against SD in the "last week" line for how ISU did in their last game. I can just about guarantee that there will be a voter or two who will have totally forgot that ISU even had a big win in week 0 when they are filling out their ballot.
 
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Can we start predicting Tim Brando's silly quips for player names? After a Dom Orange TFL I would love a "Big Citrus delivers a dose of vitamin C!"
(USD gets stuffed on a fourth down by CB and it cuts to commercial)
Caleb, you got the stop and smell the, Bacon!
 
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