Oct. 24—BROOKINGS — Moments after his team's 21-10 loss to North Dakota last Saturday in Grand Forks, South Dakota State coach Dan Jackson was talking about response. There was no sugarcoating it — his team had played poorly against the Fighting Hawks. There was nothing fluky about the loss. It wasn't the kind of game where you took solace in having played well and just coming up a little ...

Oct. 14—JACKRABBITS (5-1, 2-0) at FIGHTING HAWKS (5-2, 2-1) When: 1 p.m. Saturday Where: Alerus Center, Grand Forks, ND TV: Midco Sports Radio: WNAX-AM 570; Jackrabbit Sports Network Streaming: ESPN+ Records last year: SDSU 9-5; UND 8-6 Series: UND leads 47-39-5 Last time: SDSU won 34-31 in OT last year in Grand Forks Last week: SDSU was idle; UND lost 24-17 to Northern Iowa Rankings: SDSU is ...

Sep. 22—BROOKINGS — Chase Mason did not tear his ACL. The injury that knocked him out of Saturday's 27-20 win over Youngstown State will not end his season. Take a deep breath, Jacks fans. Mason has already torn an ACL twice in his football career, so it made sense that the South Dakota State quarterback, his teammates, coaches and fans feared the worst when he limped off the field late in the ...

Sep. 13—BROOKINGS — South Dakota State's first two drives against New Haven, a team they were favored to defeat by 43 points, weren't failures, but they weren't really what the crowd of 19,031 envisioned when they filled up Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium. On the first, the Jackrabbits traveled 67 yards on 15 plays and settled for a Tristan Alvano field goal. On the second they went 66 yards on 14 ...