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FRISCO, Texas - North Dakota State and South Dakota State will meet in the Football Championship Subdivision title game Sunday for the first time. The matchup seemed inevitable for the last few seasons, moreso in the last year since fellow FCS heavweights James Madison and Sam Houston left for the more interesting pastures of the higher Football…

Fans in the Dakotas have waited a long time for it happen and now it finally has. Missouri Valley Conference foes North Dakota State and South Dakota State are meeting to renew their storied rivalry on the grandest of stages. The "Dakota Marker" has been featured everywhere from College GameDay to the playoffs in recent years but now it makes its…

The last 365 days have been long for South Dakota State, but the year probably seems short now that they see who they'll be lining up against in the FCS semifinals on Saturday afternoon. Almost a year ago to the day, Montana State knocked off the Jackrabbits 31-17 to punch a ticket to the national championship. Here we are again, and the stakes are…

No. 3 North Dakota State hopes to keep its unprecedented run of FCS success going as the Bison face off against rival No. 1 South Dakota State in the Division I FCS championship game. After crushing Montana and Samford early in the playoffs, the Bison narrowly survived an upset attempt from No. 7 seed UIW in the FCS semifinals. North Dakota State…

South Dakota State has already notched a win over North Dakota State this season, but the latter has dominated the FCS of late, and isn't getting enough credit on the spread. Find out more as our college football picks preview this championship game. One of the most dominant programs in North American sports looks to add to its historic run of…

North Dakota State is 5-9 ATS this season, all as a favorite. The Bison failed to cover as a 3.5-point favorite in a 31-28 road loss to Pac-12 Arizona, their only game against an FBS foe this season. The Jackrabbits have saved their best for last. They averaged 41 points per game in their first three playoff games - routs of Delaware, Holy Cross…

The FCS playoffs got off to a high-scoring start last weekend, but the action figures to get more physical, defensive and heated in the second round on Saturday. Or the round of 16, if that sounds sweeter in the trenches. Eight seeded teams will come out of Thanksgiving byes, each hoping to feast on a first-round winner, but the visiting opponents…

Holy Cross posted its single-season record with a 12th win last week, and South Dakota State is eager to do the same thing this week. The top-seeded Jackrabbits can only do so by going through the unbeaten No. 8 seed in an FCS playoff quarterfinal on Saturday. It's a matchup of conference champions that have similar styles: physical, run-oriented…

North Dakota State has been the class of the FCS for the last decade-plus. The No. 3-ranked Bison have won nine of the last 11 FCS titles, including a 38-10 victory over Montana State in 2021, but at+155, are listed as the second choice to win another behind No. 1 South Dakota State (+140). The Jackrabbits beat North Dakota State 23-21 in the…

Outside of the Celebration Bowl, there are only seven games left on the FCS calendar and four of them go down this weekend. All eight teams still alive in the playoffs are the eight teams that received seeds in this year's tournament and after looking at these quarterfinal matchups coming up, it certainly seems like the committee got it on the nose…

BROOKINGS - South Dakota State was well-represented on the Missouri Valley Football Conference's all-conference teams, and at the forefront was longtime coach John Stiegelmeier, who was named the MVFC coach of the year for the second time (2016) in his career. Under Stiegelmeier's guidance, the Jackrabbits went 10-1 overall during the regular…

The 2022 FCS playoffs are here. Who are the top contenders to win the national title? Who are the long-shots? Every week, I will rank my favorites to win the championship out of the remaining teams in the field. This list will get knocked down from 24 to 16 to eight to four, and then it's national title time. This is NOT a ranking of the 24 best…

The College Football Experience ( @TCEonSGPN) on the Sports Gambling Podcast Network previews the upcoming Week 6 of the College Football slate for the FCS. Pick Dundee aka ( @TheColbyD) breaks down all of this upcoming weekends FCS College Football action. Will Mark Gronowski and the South Dakota State Jackrabbits get revenge on Carson Camp and…

The FCS season is rolling along and this week may be the biggest yet, at least in terms of the magnitude of games. Conference play is starting for several teams and lots of those teams have very important games on the slate this week. Here's what to watch this week around the subdivision. #10 Chattanooga Tries to Topple Illinois The Mocs (3-0) have…

WHEN/WHERE: 2:02 p.m. Saturday at Plaster Stadium in Springfield, Mo. ONLINE: ESPN3 RADIO: WNAX-AM 570; Jackrabbit radio affiliates ONLINE: Jackrabbits All-Access LINE: Jacks by 3.5 COACHES: SDSU - John Stiegelmeier (26th year, 186-112); MSU - Bobby Petrino (3rd year, 15-10) SERIES: SDSU leads 11-1 LAST TIME: SDSU won 35-14 in Springfield in…

IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa's defense came up with two second-half safeties, and the Hawkeyes opened the season with a 7-3 win over South Dakota State on Saturday. Neither team could do much offensively. Iowa finished with 166 yards of offense, while South Dakota State had 120. The two teams combined for more punts (21) than first downs…

Every year, FBS teams hand out six-figure paychecks - and sometimes even more - to FCS opponents. And every year, multiple FBS teams find themselves licking their wounds after what was thought to be a guaranteed victory. Last season featured 12 FCS wins over FBS programs, with Montana's takedown of No. 20 Washington marking the first FCS win over a…