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Happy Hour with John Gaskins

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29:34

Dan Jackson on meltdown vs Redbirds, play calling,...

Happy Hour with John Gaskins ·

2025/11/17

South Dakota State's football coach Dan Jackson's weekly 1-on-1 chat with Happy Hour host John Gaskins addressed: SDSU's disastrous 21-0 start in 35-21 loss to Illinois State Why do Jacks keep losing? Play calling: What's going behind it? Lack of effective run game Chase Mason — will he be ready to come back at UND? UND scout Dan's own well-being through month of on-field misery

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01:09:56

Kurtiss Riggs on SDSU's slide & USD's surge, will...

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2025/11/17

Our "Monday Afternoon Quarterback" Kurtiss Riggs, SDSU and prep football lead TV analyst, former Sioux Falls Storm 11-time championship coach and GM, and Sanford Sports Academy football director weighs in on: SDSU's fourth straight loss Chase Mason's impact & prospects of staying next year USD's three-game surge to earn a playoff spot Brandon Valley beating Lincoln for the Class 11AAA title Brody Schaefer's SDSU offer SF Christian's title J.J. McCarthy's latest putrid performance

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01:17:29

Re-Release: Matt Christensen's Football Life (July 9)

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2025/11/14

The Brandon Valley Lynx have reached their third state championship game in five years under head coach Matt Christensen after taking over for the late, legendary Chad Garrow in 2021. This is a re-release of Happy Hour's conversation with Christensen back on July 9. There is more than meets the eye and ear with Brandon Valley football coach Christensen. A brawny and bass-voiced 6'4 former defensive end, Christensen carries an imposing presence. But his approach to players and students is far from

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01:19:16

Re-Release: Jared Fredenburg's Football Life (July...

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2025/11/14

The Lincoln Patriots are back in the state championship game for a third straight year. Before the season started, we sat down with their veteran head coach Jared Fredenburg for 77 minutes about his life in football on Happy Hour: If anyone has channeled his inner Miley Cyrus, it's Sioux Falls Lincoln football coach Jared Fredenburg. That may seem like an odd connection, but the Cyrus song, "It's about the Climb," applies as aptly to Fredenburg as anyone. Like other current and past Sioux Falls

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01:28:53

FULL THURSDAY SHOW: State Football Championship...

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2025/11/14

The Lamborghini or the F-450 Super Duty? Which fully-loaded vehicle will win Saturday's rematch race to the Class 11AAA state football championship, an expected barnburner you can watch live free of charge on the Midwest Sports Plus app and MidwestSportsPlus.com, with coverage starting at 4:30 p.m.? No. 1 Brandon Valley is the heavy duty pickup truck full of power and strength and size and durability and reliability and the capability of plowing over everything in its way. The Lynx, with their

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01:04:07

Thirsty Thursday Football Forecast, State...

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2025/11/14

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12:01

Lincoln coach Jared Fredenburg on chasing a 3-peat,...

Happy Hour with John Gaskins ·

2025/11/14

Ninth-year Lincoln football coach Jared Fredenburg is taking his Patriots to the DakotaDome for a third consecutive season. The Patriots won each of the first two finals, the second against Brandon Valley 31-21 last season. Now, a rematch. Among the topics ahead of this showdown: How the Pats became a consistently dominant program Brody Schafer's rarified air talent and production at QB How the Lynx have also made their way back How to reverse the result from the 35-30 loss to BV in week 6

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14:14

Brandon Valley coach Matt Christensen previews title...

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2025/11/14

Fifth-year Brandon Valley coach Matt Christensen explains how his No. 1 Lynx reached the DakotaDome for a second straight season and sixth time in 10 years. This time, in a rematch of last year's final against No. 2 Lincoln. Among the topics: The Lynx powerful running game and stout defense Quarterback Briggs Knutson's reture and what it brings Right guard Hudson Parliament's dominance Keys to beating Lincoln Message to team

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01:47:41

FULL WEDNESDAY SHOW: Travis Johansen, USA Curling CEO...

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2025/11/13

It's good to be Travis Johansen right now. South Dakota's head coach won his first "State vs U" rivalry showdown on Saturday to continue the 17th-ranked Coyotes' climb back into the FCS playoff fold. The Yotes have beaten back-to-back ranked teams in the DakotaDome to flip their season from 5-4 and in danger of missing the postseason and maybe even finishing with a losing record to 7-4 (ensuring a winning record) and the kind of squad that could be dangerous in the playoffs. While the 26-21 win over

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28:36

USA Curling CEO Dean Gemmell on how the sports as...

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2025/11/13

Happy Hour host John Gaskins chats with USA Curling CEO Dean Gemmell about the U.S. Olympic Trials, which are currently unfolding in the PREMIER Center through Sunday and televised globally on Peacock (Saturday and Sunday action will be on USA Network). Sioux Falls is the site the top curlers in the nation have come to compete to reach their Olympic dreams. How did this happen? How did our city earn its first Olympic trials and add this event to other national stages like the Sanford International

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38:27

Travis Johansen on SDSU win, Little Brown Jug, his...

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2025/11/12

It's good to be Travis Johansen right now. His No. 17 ranked FCS team won the annual "State vs U" rivalry showdown over No. 16 South Dakota State on Saturday and continued their climb back into the FCS playoff fold. The Coyotes have beaten back-to-back ranked teams in the DakotaDome to flip their season from 5-4 and in danger of missing the postseason and maybe even finishing with a losing record to 7-4 (ensuring a winning record) and the kind of squad that could be dangerous in the playoffs. While

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01:02:39

NLA: Zim on USD's win & where Jacks & Yotes go from here

Happy Hour with John Gaskins ·

2025/11/11

What is there to say that hasn't already been said about South Dakota's 24-17 win over South Dakota State on Saturday, or already been written in columns like this one by Matt Zimmer or this one by John Gaskins? As it turns out, of course, plenty. In their weekly "Nobody's Listening Anyway" podcast from Gibs Sports Bar in Sioux Falls, Zim and John sink their teeth into the following aftermatch topics: * Are both teams now playoff-worthy at seven wins apiece, no matter what happens in the No. 17

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02:03:04

FULL MONDAY SHOW: Aidan Bouman, Kurtiss Riggs, and...

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2025/11/11

It's difficult to not like Aidan Bouman or feel ecstatic for him after he led South Dakota's win over South Dakota State... even if you're a Jackrabbit fan. (Well, the latter is difficult if you wear blue and yellow. We get it. You're a fan.) Always affable and always gracious with teammates, coaches, fans, and media, the 24-year-old senior has flown through some serious turbulence in his college career. And, at times, he has piloted through treacherous terrain in this, his final frontier. You

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28:40

John-o-logue: Therapy for disgruntled Jacks fans and...

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2025/11/11

Saturday marked SDSU's first loss to USD in three years, first three-loss regular season since 2021 and first three-game losing streak since hardly anyone who follows the program can remember. If you spend a few minutes on social media, you'll find plenty of angst from Jackrabbit fans who are not used to losing. You may have heard that angst walking out of the DakotaDome on Saturday or perhaps out of Dykhouse Stadium the two weeks before that. John Gaskins has a message for those fans: RELAX.

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57:58

Kurtiss Riggs on USD beating SDSU, state of both...

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2025/11/11

local football legend Kurtiss Riggs drops by Gibs Sports Bar for a beer and his weekly Monday Afternoon quarterback hour. The 11-time indoor pro football champion, SDSU gameday TV analyst, and Sanford Sports Academy's football director digs into "State vs U:" How and why the Yotes won SDSU quarterback Jack Henry's first start Bouman the USD offense's gradual progress First year coaching performances of Jackson and Johansen How good are both offensive lines? How good is football in the FCS this

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02:03:04

FULL MONDAY SHOW: Aidan Bouman, Kurtiss Riggs, and...

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2025/11/10

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36:27

Aidan Bouman on emotional win over SDSU, struggles of...

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2025/11/10

USD's senior quarterback, his offense, and the Coyotes have had a bumpy ride in 2025, but the roller coaster turned into a wild and breathtaking thrill the last two weeks with wins over UND and SDSU. In his first Happy Hour conversation since the first game, Bouman gives insight and stories into all the struggles, how chemistry developed with new linemen and receivers, how the Yotes stayed together, Travis Johansen's leadership, and all the feels from the win over the Jacks in what could be his

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02:15:58

FULL THURSDAY SHOW - USD legend Bob Nielson & the...

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2025/11/07

It's time to get down to brass tax. Who's going to win "State vs U" on Saturday? On another Thirsty Thursday over beers at the Orion Pub, John Gaskins and Trent Singer tap into the scintillating storylines and matchups over some Miller High Life tap beer, then make their predictions of this Top 25 showdown. Chase Mason. Other injuries. Aidan Bouman. Recent trends. Statistical breakdowns. The chess match. What's at stake? What type of game should we expect? What will it come down to? And... who

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01:16:43

Thirsty Thursday Football Forecast - State vs U...

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2025/11/07

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13:39

High School Football State Semifinal Preview with...

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2025/11/07

Sioux Falls live preps reporter Trent Singer and Midwest Sports Plus preps play-by-play broadcaster John Gaskins preview the state semifinal showdowns in Class 11AAA, 11AA and 11A. In particular, deep dives into the Lincoln-Jefferson and Harrisburg-Brandon Valley matchups in the state's largest class.

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