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Oct. 17—SOUTH DAKOTA STATE (5-1) AT NORTH DAKOTA STATE (6-1)
WHEN/WHERE: 7 p.m. Saturday at the Fargodome
TV: ESPN2
RADIO: WNAX-AM 570; Jackrabbit radio affiliates
LINE: SDSU by 2.5
RECORD LAST YEAR: SDSU 15-0 (FCS champions); NDSU 11-4
SERIES: NDSU leads 63-47-5
LAST TIME: SDSU won 33-16 last year in Brookings
LAST WEEK: SDSU beat Youngstown State 63-13; NDSU beat Southern Illinois 24-3
RANKINGS: SDSU is ranked No. 1 in FCS; NDSU is ranked No. 2
COACHES: SDSU — Jimmy Rogers (2nd year, 20-1); NDSU — Tim Polasek (1st year)
WHAT TO KNOW: The premier rivalry in the FCS returns for a national primetime audience. At stake is the three-foot, 78-pound red quartzite monument replica known as the Dakota Marker trophy.
South Dakota State took the Marker home with them in April of 2021 and it has resided in the main office of the Stiegelmeier Family Center on the SDSU campus ever since.
That win was the first of five in a row in this series, which includes four Dakota Marker meetings and the 2022 national championship game (playoff games are not part of the official Marker series), and overall SDSU has won six of the last eight games between these two FCS powerhouses.
The series is even at 10 wins apiece since they began playing for the Marker. The Bison and Rabbits have won 11 of the last 13 FCS titles (nine for NDSU, the last two for SDSU) and at least one of them has been in the championship game in 12 of the last 13 seasons.
SDSU has won 32 straight games against FCS opponents, and perhaps more remarkably, 21 of those conquered foes were ranked.
How evenly matched are the teams? Both are unbeaten against FCS foes with their one loss having come to a Big 12 foe (SDSU to Oklahoma State; NDSU to Colorado), and the stats are strikingly similar. The Jacks are scoring 39 points per game and allowing 14.5; NDSU is scoring 37.7 and allowing 17.6….
Source link : https://sports.yahoo.com/gameday-dakota-marker-rivalry-resumes-234700642.html
Author : The Daily Republic, Mitchell, S.D.
Publish date : 2024-10-17 23:47:00
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