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John Gaskins

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01:07:19

NLA: Zim & John on Hobo Day game, Dan Jackson as SDSU...

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2025/10/08

Hobo Day hiccup in 2025? Hardly a chance, or so it appears, with No. 2 South Dakota State barging through the second half in Youngstown to improve to 5-0 while 2-3 Northern Iowa stumbles through growing pains with an entirely new coaching staff, most recently a 35-7 loss to North Dakota. But whenever UNI is listed on SDSU's football schedule as the homecoming opponent, some Jackrabbit fans — especially alumni from 2015 and 2017 — might wince in trauma from past Panther upsets. But is UNI worth any

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24:45

John-o-Logue: Tibbetts vs Hammon in WNBA Finals is no...

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2025/10/07

Perhaps you've heard. Likely, you've heard it a hundred times within the last week: The WNBA Finals features two head coaches who were born and raised in South Dakota, Nate Tibbetts (Jefferson and Sioux Falls) and Becky Hammon (Rapid City). It is amazing if you consider the state's thin population, and moreso a source of immense pride for South Dakota sports fans. But it should not be surprising. South Dakota has always been amazing at producing high-level women's basketball. It started well before

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01:36:02

FULL TUESDAY SHOW: USD's Travis Johansen; NSU coach...

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2025/10/07

Perhaps you've heard. Likely, you've heard it a hundred times within the last week: The WNBA Finals features two head coaches who were born and raised in South Dakota, Nate Tibbetts (Jefferson and Sioux Falls) and Becky Hammon (Rapid City). It is no doubt a source of immense pride for South Dakota sports fans. It is amazing if you consider the state's thin population. But it should not be surprising. South Dakota has always been amazing at producing high-level women's basketball. It started well

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41:51

Matt Wilber (NSU hoops) on the Tibbetts vs Hammon...

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2025/10/07

Perhaps you've heard. Likely, you've heard it a hundred times within the last week: The WNBA Finals features two head coaches who were born and raised in South Dakota, Nate Tibbetts (Jefferson and Sioux Falls) and Becky Hammon (Rapid City). It is a source of immense pride for South Dakota sports fans, most intensely Matt Wilber, the Northern State head men's coach who spent a year with the Phoenix Mercury coaching under his long-time friend Tibbetts. A lifelong South Dakota hoophead who played (and

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29:28

Travis Johansen on Murray State win, defensive...

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2025/10/07

A week ago, just two days after South Dakota's nightmare 51-13 loss at North Dakota State, USD coach Travis Johansen told Happy Hour host John Gaskins the Coyotes' culture was too strong to let the 2025 season go off the rails. So far, he's right. The Yotes dominated last-place Murray State from the jump in their MVFC home opener, leading 14-0 after the first quarter and 35-7 at halftime en route to a 49-24 victory (that was not as close as the score indicates) to improve to 3-3. As crisp and wildly

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01:56:19

FULL MONDAY SHOW: "Survive & Advance" episode with...

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2025/10/06

Something seemed to be in the air in road games for perennial Dakotas college football powerhouses in their road games Saturday. That "something" was an upset alert. * 14.5- point favorite South Dakota State, the No. 2 team in the FCS, trailed at No. 24 Youngstown State 17-7 at halftime. * 24.5-point favorite North Dakota State, the top-ranked team and defending FCS champion, barely led No. 6 Illinois State 18-16 after three quarters. * Augustana, the eighth or 13th ranked Division II team,

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31:30

John-o-logue: "Survive and advance" should be...

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2025/10/06

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58:14

Kurtiss Riggs, Monday Afternoon Quarterback: "Survive...

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2025/10/06

Something seemed to be in the air in road games for perennial Dakotas college football powerhouses in their road games Saturday. That something was an upset alert. * 14.5- point favorite South Dakota State, the No. 2 team in the FCS, trailed at No. 24 Youngstown State 17-7 at half. * 24.5-point favorite North Dakota State, the defending FCS champion and top-ranked squad, barely led No. 6 Illinois State 18-16 after three quarters. * Augustana, the 8th or 13th ranked Division II team, depending

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26:53

Dan Jackson on Youngstown comeback, "culture" wins,...

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2025/10/06

Was it a fire-and-brimstone halftime speech for the ages? Was it masterful on-the-fly schematic adjustments? How else could one explain the flip from South Dakota State's 17-7 halftime deficit to barnstorming the Penguins for 21 unanswered third quarter points en route to a 35-30 conference-opening win? How else could one explain the Jackrabbits failing to establish their brand of physical football for the entire first half — with only 72 rushing yards and running back Julius Loughridge accounting

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01:50:11

FULL THURSDAY SHOW: Thirsty Thursday Football...

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2025/10/02

Sure, it is easy for folks who live in Sioux Falls to think Saturday's Key to the City Game between Augustana and the University of Sioux Falls is a rather special rivalry, and we spent plenty of time pinpointing why on Wednesday's Happy Hour Key to the City Show with the coaches from both squads. But where does the central Sioux Falls backyard battle actually rank in the pantheon of all Division II football rivalries in the nation? Few people would be able to answer that question, but we found one

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01:03:45

Thirsty Thursday Football Forecast from Orion Pub...

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2025/10/02

Happy Hour host John Gaskins and Sioux Falls Live sportswriter Trent Singer pick apart and predict the city showdown on another "Thirsty Thursday Football Forecast" from the Orion Pub in downtown Sioux Falls. The program starts with previews and predictions for No. 2 South Dakota State's FCS Top 25 trek to Youngstown State (are the Penguins primed for an upset?) and a hopeful bounce back game for South Dakota against 0-4 Murray State on Dakota Days in the Dakota Dome. After a spotlight on the Key

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46:27

Matt Witwicki (D2Football.com & NSIC Weekly) on...

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2025/10/02

Sure, it is easy for folks who live in Sioux Falls to think the Key to the City Game between Augustana and the University of Sioux Falls is a rather special rivalry. But where does it actually rank in the pantheon of all Division II football rivalries in the nation? Few people would be able to answer that question, but we found one of them right here in town. Matt Witwicki has been covering that level of college athletics feverishly since he moved to Sioux Falls about 20 years ago. Now the

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01:38:32

KEY TO THE CITY SHOW (Jim Glogowski and Jerry...

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2025/10/01

There are classic college football rivalries and then, there is Augustana versus the University of Sioux Falls in Saturday's annual "Key to the City Game." Sure, there are longer, more hate-filled rivalries all across America at all levels. The most famous ones feature a power struggle in proximity — a border battle like the SDSU-NDSU "Dakota Marker" game (nationally, think Michigan-Ohio State), or state bragging rights (USD-SDSU, Alabama-Auburn). Some of these coveted clashes involve

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38:10

USF's "Coach Glo" on the Key to the City Game...

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2025/10/01

What does this latest chapter in the Key to the City Game between backyard rivals Augustana and USF have in store? Third-year USF coach Jim Glogowski holds nothing back as he explains how much the rivalry means to him, his program, and school. "Coach Glo" also goes behind the back-to-back hammerings his Cougars took from top 15 teams Minnesota-Duluth (34-17) and Minnesota State-Mankato (38-12) after a 3-0 start. Both teams have suffered significant injuries. Will we even get the

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26:15

Augustana's "Coach OJ" on the Key to the City Game vs...

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2025/10/01

What does this chapter in the Key to the City Game have in store? Augustana coach's Jerry Olszewski puts his finger on how the Vikings have started 5-0 despite a couple closer calls than they expected or wanted. Both the Vikings and USF have suffered significant injuries. Will we even get the appetizing quarterback duel between USF dual threat Camden Dean and Augie's golden-armed Gunner Hensley? What is Augie's path to victory, and what kind of attitude toward the rivalry does "Coach OJ"

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08:25

John-o-Logue: Key to the City Game is a rivalry like...

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2025/10/01

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24:44

Travis Johansen unpacks NDSU loss, describes how...

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2025/10/01

A close loss or even, say, 14-point loss at No. 1 North Dakota State would not be a satisfactory result for those in South Dakota's football program, but it wouldn't be as nearly painful or jarring as what transpired in Fargo on Saturday. Yes, 51-13 hurt. Every part of it, particularly the 34-3 halftime score and how it got there. Yes, it shocked first-year head coach Travis Johansen, who did not expect his team to be so far from its standard. But it happened, and where does that leave Johansen and

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57:28

NLA: Zim on Twins firing Rocco, Vikings M*A*S*H unit...

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2025/09/30

You get hired to get fired. That has become the new old adage in modern day, big business college and pro sports for coaches and managers. After seven seasons, three playoff appearances, and the first playoff series win in over 20 years, Twins manager Rocco Baldelli became the latest casualty of this concept. Was it warranted? Is he the "fall guy?" Is it best the Twins move on even if Rocco is quite clearly not the primary reason for the sad state of affairs at Target Field? Beyond asinine

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26:52

John-o-logue: Goalposts have moved at USD, but not...

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2025/09/29

You don't know. You may think you know. But you don't know. That wasn't just a famous line from former Saints and Colts coach Jim Mora, Sr., over 30 years ago. It serves as the motto of Happy Hour with John Gaskins. It's is what the nature of football in 2025 — the ever-changing NFL and the transient college football landscape — continues to prove. Exhibit A: The South Dakota Coyotes being considered a preseason national championship contender. Made sense, with USD returning its sturdy and proven

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01:48:29

FULL MONDAY SHOW: Dan Jackson (SDSU), Kurtiss Riggs...

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2025/09/29

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