BROOKINGS — Towards the end of Tuesday’s practice — South Dakota State’s sixth, and third with pads — coach Dan Jackson gave his players a quick ‘recovery’ break for water and snacks.
When they returned to the field, Jackson gathered them at midfield and, through some high-volume colorful language and animated gesturing, let them know the first 3/4 of practice had not been satisfactory.
“It’s not OK to miss a block,” Jackson shouted. “It’s not OK to drop a pass. It’s not OK to waltz through a drill. If you want to win a (expletive) national championship, that won’t get it done.”
The players responded by roaring their approval, someone cranked the volume on Motley Crue’s ‘Kickstart My Heart’ over the PA system, and the Jacks finished off practice with the kind of intensity that it almost hadn’t been apparent they were missing until they finally brought it.
Rhett Schaefer goes through a drill at SDSU practice on Tuesday, Aug. 5, 2025 at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium.
Matt Zimmer/Sioux Falls Live
“Yeah, we were practicing just OK, and OK is not good enough,” Jackson would say later. “They care, and they respond. Our job as coaches is to demand the best from them. If they don’t practice to our standard we’re going to let them know. We only have so much time on this field and I just believe in this team, and when you believe in them and they’re not reaching their standard you have to call…
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