DakotaDome

Yeah, I think obviously going on the road in the Missouri Valley, we haven't collected a, a road Missouri Valley win.

So excited to get out on the road, get away from the Dakota Dome and, uh, you know, kind of check another thing off th- off the box.

But, you know, gotta show up in a great mentality, gotta show up in attack mode.

Um, zero fear of failure.

Tri Valley at Beresford.

Dell Rapids at Dakota Valley.

From inside the Dakota Dome, Vermillion hosting West Central.

Milbank at Sioux Falls Christian.

Here's Coach Fitshum on the challenge that they present to his team coming up on Saturday afternoon.

Yeah, I think obviously going on the road in the Missouri Valley, we haven't collected a, a road Missouri Valley win, so excited to get on the road, get away from the Dakota Dome and, uh, you know, kind of check another thing off the, off the box.

But, you know, got to show up in a great mentality, got to show up in attack mode, um, zero fear of failure, got to be ready to go.

You know what I mean? They're-- whether the atmosphere is good or bad, it's going to be their homecoming.

... 'cause I love KO, and I think the things that we do here from a fan experience and, and, you know, we've been pretty good at home.

Um, so, uh, you know, that would be a tough ticket, but if it were to move indoors, say, to the Dome, you know, that would be one of those ones where taking the environment out of it and, and playing football, you know, I, I would at least entertain it and, and hear about it and see the weigh the goods and, and the bads of it.

But, uh, I can understand why Moorhead and Mankato are doing that, and it should set up for a whale of a ballgame.

Hey, pretty cool news this morning out of the NSIC.

That news, by the way, Dragons and Mavericks in Fargo, not in Moorhead later this year.

You can find it officially at msumdragons.com. What do you think of that? As we open it up, head to break here, what do you think of the opportunity? I know this is a little bit odd late in the season and kind of a late schedule change tinker from the Moorhead perspective, but if this was something that was available early in the year, something you have in the off-season or maybe even a couple years out, would you be open to, as a USF fan, as an Augustana fan, as a Northern State fan, would you be open to a neutral site contest at a bigger, different venue? Maybe still in this state.

Maybe it's the Dakota Dome.

Maybe it's early season in Brookings where you meet between USF and Northern State.

Had an opportunity to be in a one-score game in the third quarter and loved our ability late in the third and all of the fourth quarter to really dominate the line of scrimmage and pull away from them and Ended up having a pretty significant, you know, 31-10 victory.

So great day in the Dakota Dome.

Again, really, really pleased with our team's effort, attitude, and approach coming into the game, and we really executed in all three phases.

It's funny, Coach, looking and reading the recap, watching the game as well, you kind of pinpoint, okay, this is the game about the defense or the offense or taking care of the ball or imposing our will late.

Talk to us about the Racers and a few keys, coach.

Yeah, I think obviously going on the road in the Missouri Valley, we haven't collected a road Missouri Valley win.

So excited to get on the road, get away from the Dakota Dome, and kind of check another thing off the box.

But got to show up in a great mentality, got to show up in attack mode, zero fear of failure, got to be ready to go.

Yeah.

Yeah, there's been a bunch of goofy stuff at the DakotaDome in Vermillion over the years too, so.

That as well, yes.

And [laughs]

think when we get closer to our actual predictions, defensive numbers and offensive numbers from these teams suggests it could be a fun, high-scoring game, especially indoors.

And so last week, John, you mentioned, you said, you know, they're a different team in the Dakota Dome.

And you're right.

I knew that.

So with these being not glitzy matchups, but certainly worth watching on Midwest Sports Plus.

We're six games in, three left in the regular season.

For whoever will be the two combatants in the Dakota Dome, we're exactly halfway through the season.

So let's go through the teams and get Trent's takes on Jefferson, which feels like a number one, but not like one.