South Dakota Coyotes football

I'll go 38 to 14.

Uh, again, kind of looking just for a clean, crisp performance by, uh, by the Coyotes ahead of a couple of ranked, uh, opponents.

So I, I think they should roll here o- on the road.

I would tend to agree with that.

All right, USD Murray State.

We're not going to spend nearly as much time in this game, and that isn't because we like the Jackrabbits more than the Coyotes.

USD, according to, okay, FanDuel took it down a point from yesterday.

I've been looking at 29.5. You've got 28.5.

SIU did not look very good against USD.

I give the Coyotes a lot of credit.

They look very legitimate.

But UNI looks better.

But, uh, at the FCS level, I mean, we've seen the number one team lose.

Uh, we've seen South Dakota State sort of solidify themselves as a true contender.

You and I were wondering if there was more than just one contender coming into this year.

I think there's several.

And, you know, when you have Montana State, uh, going down, that opens, you know, potentially the door, even though I, I still think if you were gonna rank, you know, big picture-wise who are the favorites, I still think Montana State, uh, is up there.

But when you see, you know, the undisputed number one team lose, you know, other teams kinda shuffle up.

And, uh, w- you can go back several weeks, whereas, like, South Dakota rose up after going toe-to-toe with Boise State, so we talked about them being a contender.

Well, then they lose to Youngstown State.

And it's going to be like, if you ask me right now, you have to pick a national championship matchup.

I would probably go Montana state versus South Dakota state.

So I'll say, I'll ask you, like, do you really feel the FCS championship is wide open this year? Or are you kind of more like me where I'm a little bit more glass half empty when it comes to like, are there really six, seven, eight teams good enough to win the national championship? When push comes to shove, I'm doubtful about that, but what are your thoughts on the parody storyline?

I feel like I'm somewhere in the middle, if that makes sense, where if it's my money that I'm betting, Sam, then yeah, I'm probably going to go ahead and put the money on Montana State or South Dakota State to get there.

And I also think, I mean, we say it's wide open, but if Chase comes back and South Dakota State's offense hits that next level, man, does anyone else in the country have a combination of that offense and that defense?

Mm-hmm.

So that's kind of the other flip side of it where, like, I do think there might be some parity below, especially if some of these teams can't stay healthy.

I think you need something like that to happen.

I mean, the early window game that everybody was watching was Nebraska-Indiana, including here in South Dakota.

People who view this show, and it's a lot of Jackrabbit and Coyotes fans, this is mostly what the show is for, will say, take a Nebraska drink every time Gaskins brings up the Huskers.

But everybody was watching that game, whether you love or hate the Huskers.

Let's see if this is the latest, will this be the latest slip on the banana peel, the latest nightmare, the latest Nebraska's an imposter.

So I think he chose wisely and for the right reasons.

And yeah, it's going to pay off for him.

Hey, we talk so much Jackrabbits and Coyotes all week, every week on this show.

You can hear from Dan Jackson and Matt Vitstam from Monday's show, 25 minutes apiece on their teams.