South Dakota

So, pretty good stuff right there.

UND obviously picking up South Dakota State.

And Jerry Kaminsky, I mean, come on.

That was just incredible.

And I did not know that Jerry Kaminsky was going to play.

Saturday morning, I did not know at all.

And I apologize to my South Dakota State friends, Todd and Miriam, because I had told them.

In fact, my quote was, Derek and Kyle, I would bet you at one-eighth of my duodenum and part of my small intestine that he does not.

Hey, it's a Monday, and it's another chance to catch up with the head coach of the South Dakota Coyotes, Matt Vitstam, following a road win at Murray State in a year of firsts for a first-year head coach.

First road win in the Valley, 48-20, with the 27 unanswered points in the second half after a tie game at halftime.

And...

Headed.

They're there.

I'm headed back to South Dakota today because I'm recording this in Fremont, Wisconsin.

But the Yotes are already back, and now they get a home game against the North Dakota Fighting Hawks.

This will be a top 10 game.

Yeah, no, it's great to have you.

You listened to Noah Wanzek with Jack Michaels, UND hosting South Dakota State 12 noon.

Our coverage begins right here on 790-104.7 KFGO.

And I think probably one of the biggest questions for fans right now is with the UND offense, it sounds like Jerry Kaminsky will not be getting the start this week.

They've been doing it since, you know, January, whether it's without pads or with pads.

So, It definitely adds a little bit of a wrinkle, and with kind of a number two coming in, you do expect a little bit of nerves, maybe some bad balls, and that stuff happens, but you would also expect him to kind of get into a groove and find his pace.

With South Dakota State, number one team, coming to the Alera Center, and I'm not looking back and I don't have in front of me the past records, but in listening to games over the years, it doesn't matter what the ranking is.

It doesn't matter if it's South Dakota State.

A conference that does not feel up in the air, at least in terms of the top two teams, in my mind, is the Summit League.

North Dakota State, South Dakota State.

Yeah.

They were far and away the top two teams last year.

Maybe not far and away.

South Dakota was clearly the third-best team in the conference last season.

But North Dakota State won the regular season championship for the first time in program history last year.

South Dakota State won its fourth straight tournament championship and went dancing once again under Aaron Johnston.

Um, but excited to, uh, to discuss this week's poll.

Um, number one continues to be South Dakota State, um, after they...

They had an off week this past week.

Um, they've just had a really, really solid year.

Their only loss is at Northwestern, and [chuckles] to a very good Northwestern team who I've ranked in my top twenty of my FBS poll.

Um, and to be quite frank, in that game, if they would've scored touchdowns instead of kicking field goals in the red zone, they could've won that game.

So that just tells you how good this South Dakota State team is.

They got a great test this week, though.

And in this particular case, with the teams, you had East Texas A&M finishing sixth.

The teams that won, Oral Roberts finished first, Missouri State second, South Dakota third, North Dakota State f- and Missouri State tied for fourth, uh, East Texas A&M sixth.

Now, the totals, East Texas, the Lion women, 9-11 was their total score.

That's the, that's the three-round average, or that's the three-round total, excuse me.

The total for Oral Roberts was 875, and the total for fourth place was 903, so just eight points different.

And the total for third was 899, so just four more point, four more strokes different.

Um, Lindenwood finished seventh overall, South Dakota State eighth, um, Valparaiso ninth, South Dakota B, South Dakota's B squad 10th, Western Illinois 11th, and Drury 12th.

Western Illinois, I think we all know what that, uh, n- n- I think we all know about what, what they have.