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Happy Hour with John Gaskins

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40:13

John-o-logue: Jacks' CHASE for national title,...

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2025/07/28

It's back to football for most college football teams this week, including the Jackrabbits and Coyotes. It's also back to work for Happy Hour host John Gaskins, who was on a vacation scheduled well before last week's Missouri Valley Football Conference Media Day in Sioux Falls. (For a look or listen at the extensive coverage Matt Zimmer and Marcus Traxler provided for our Sioux Falls Live team, check out both the Happy Hour show page to hear or watch back episodes and the SFL sports page to read

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15:43

Happy Hour: MVFC Media Day Finale, UND and a schedule...

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2025/07/24

Our fourth and final part of Missouri Valley Football coverage is a chat with the University of North Dakota. New head coach Eric Schmidt says he's eager to take on the challenge of the Missouri Valley and that, as a former player, this is a "dream job" for him. The Fighting Hawks came in as the 7th-ranked team in the preseason poll, but offensive lineman Ben Buxa said that doesn't matter to them and that they're "ready to put our heads down and work." Linebacker Malachi McNeal is eager to

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19:52

Happy Hour: MVC Media Day part 3, NDSU, Illinois...

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2025/07/23

Officially marked as the preseason favorites, the North Dakota State Bison are looking forward to showcasing their capabilities this season. WR Bryce Lance, LB Logan Kopp, and head coach Tim Polasek sat down with Marcus Traxler and Matt Zimmer at Missouri Valley Football Conference Media Day on Monday to break down their aspirations of making it to Nashville this season. Coach Polasek also went into detail on why he believes high school recruits are a big part of what makes NDSU successful, even in

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28:31

Happy Hour: MVC Media Day Part 2, USD, Northern Iowa,...

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2025/07/22

Every team in the Missouri Valley Football Conference was represented in the Sanford Pentagon on Monday, including the head coach and two players from each. For Tuesday's Happy Hour, you'll hear from the University of South Dakota, Northern Iowa, and Indiana State. Travis Johansen took over the role of head coach after Bob Nielsen stepped down earlier this year. The Coyotes are coming off their best season in their D-1 era, making a semi-final appearance. They return two key parts of their

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32:41

Happy Hour: MVC Media Day featuring SDSU, SIU, and...

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2025/07/21

College football season kicks off officially next week as teams hit the practice field Wednesday. On Monday, the Missouri Valley Football Conference was the talk of FCS as they hosted a media day that included the head coach and two players from each team. The Jackrabbits got the nod as the No. 2 team in the preseason poll, which comes as a surprise to some after several losses to graduation and the portal. However, sitting down with head coach Dan Jackson, defensive lineman Kobe Clayborne, and

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01:28:28

FULL SHOW - DeBoer Day in SEC / Trent Singer from the...

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2025/07/16

Let's face it — Mid-July is the Sahara Desert of the sports events landscape, locally and nationally. But that doesn't mean there aren't some fun local and national topics for Happy Hour host John Gaskins to bounce around over beers on an idle Wednesday afternoon at The Orion Pub in downtown Sioux Falls with Sioux Falls Live sportswriter Trent Singer: What do we make of the "Swing Off" determining the MLB All-Star Game winner? Why does baseball have the best all-star game? Why is "run it out" is

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17:06

DeBoer Day in the SEC! Why Kalen's Crimson Tide will...

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2025/07/16

The college football world opened up its eager eyes toward Alabama and South Dakota native Kalen DeBoer on Wednesday. So, what was the former University of Sioux Falls Cougar's highlight while facing the white hot spotlight in Atlanta, just a few days after "Kalen-Palooza" swept Sioux Falls last week? While some Crimson Tide fans or talking heads like Paul Finebaum may think the former University of Sioux Falls player and coach is on a "scorching hot seat" after the worst season in Tuscaloosa in 17

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01:11:23

A Midsummer's Daydream at the bar with Trent Singer...

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2025/07/16

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01:32:12

FULL SHOW - Jake Wieneke (SDSU's all-time leading...

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2025/07/15

At first, a small town the size of Brookings is not what a Minnesota "Mr. Football" finalist from just outside of Minneapolis had in mind for college football. Then Jake Wieneke met South Dakota State coach John Stiegelmeier on his recruiting visit in January 2013, and everything changed on a dime. All Wieneke's decision to become a Jackrabbit led to was catching more dimes for more yards and more touchdowns than anyone in the history of the program and Missouri Valley Football Conference. The 6'4

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22:40

John-o-logue: Summer of Buck! Just Enjoy It!

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2025/07/15

There's a classic Seinfeld episode (Season 8, Ep. 22) where, after he was fired by the New York Yankees but receieved a three-month severage package, George Costanza relishes in having an entire summer off and proclaimed "The Summer of George!" Tuesday, smack dab in the middle of July and midsummer, after Monday's MLB Home Run Derby and ahead of Tuesday's All-Star game, Happy Hour host John Gaskins declared 2025 "The Summer of Buck!" Already one of the game's most all-around studs, already

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01:09:33

Jake Wieneke on his GOAT WR Jacks career, his new...

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2025/07/15

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01:13:07

Matt Zimmer on Buxton's cycle, HR derby, All-Star...

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2025/07/14

What a weekend it was to be at Target Field! Twins ace Joe Ryan got the 2-1 pitcher's duel win over National League All-Star starter and Cy Young candidate Paul Skenes in front of a sellout crowd, followed by a one-hour concert from still-jacked 50-year-old Nelly in front of a still-amped throng. While Happy Hour host John Gaskins attended that, his Nobody's Listening Anyway co-host Matt Zimmer had the fortune the next day of witnessing Byron Buxton hit a 427-foot home run to complete the cycle on

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51:07

Terry Vandrovec, Part 2 - The SDSU years

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2025/07/10

He covered South Dakota State coaching legends John Stiegelmeier and Scott Nagy during both trying and triumphant times, and Aaron Johnston through a seemingly smooth ride to instant big-time success (partially interrupted by AJ's fleeting turbulence of leaving SDSU for another job only to change his mind). He witnessed and wrote about thrilling games and historic moments like the first Summit League Tournament in Sioux Falls and NCAA March Madness games from Detroit to Lubbock to "The Pit" in New

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32:01

Terry Vandrovec, Part 1 - Life before and after the...

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2025/07/10

Before he became a decade-long Sioux Falls-based beat writer for South Dakota State athletics, Terry Vandrovec had spent nearly a decade forging his skills covering a wide variety of sports in Fargo-Moorhead, where the Jamestown native attended college. Since he stepped down from the Jackrabbits beat in 2015, Vandrovec has stayed in local sports as a marketing specialist for Sanford Sports while developing a social media presence. Vandrovec dives into all that before Part 2, where he goes down

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01:24:29

Terry Vandrovec (SDSU reporter 2006-15) on early...

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2025/07/10

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01:42:15

FULL SHOW - The Top 5 CFB games in South Dakota '25 /...

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2025/07/10

There is more than meets the eye and ear with Brandon Valley football coach Matt Christensen. A brawny and baritoned 6'4 former defensive end, Christensen carries an imposing presence. But his approach to players and students is far from it. "The strong just have to take care of the weak," is a motto the Yankton High and Augustana alumnus lives by while providing an empowering approach and making those who aren't benevolent pay. "If kids are awful to teachers, they just won't play." Christensen

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25:31

John-o-logue: Top 5 CFB games in South Dakota '25

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2025/07/10

With the kickoff of the college football season just eight weeks away, perhaps its time to leave behind NIL, transfer portal, and opt-in/opt-out talk behind for a while and talk about actual games. Sioux Falls Live's Matt Zimmer compiled a list of "The Biggest College Football Games in South Dakota This Fall." Happy Hour Host John Gaskins takes the list and lists a Top 5 Games, countdown style. Will the Dakota Marker Game take top billing, as usual, or will another NDSU-USD clash have higher

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01:16:45

Matt Christensen (Brandon Valley football coach) on...

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2025/07/10

There is more than meets the eye and ear with Brandon Valley football coach Matt Christensen. A brawny and baritoned 6'4 former defensive end, Christensen carries an imposing presence. But his approach to players and students is far from it. "The strong just have to take care of the weak," is a motto the Yankton High and Augustana alumnus lives and educates. "If kids are awful to teachers, they just won't play." Christensen dropped plenty of pearls from his over 20 years of teaching and coaching in

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02:11:27

FULL SHOW - Tom Billeter (Augie hoops 2003-24 and...

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2025/07/08

There are many reasons for Augustana's ascension from a struggling North Central Conference underdog in most sports to a national Div. II athletics titan. Tom Billeter's building of men's basketball is near the top of those reasons, as Matt Zimmer wrote a year ago when Billeter left for Emporia State . From his arrival in 2003 — when the Vikings were 14 years removed from their last NCAA Tournament and literally had run out of basketballs — to his departure last year after 21 seasons and 393 wins,

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36:41

John-o-logue: Buxton in HR Derby, Twins trade state,...

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2025/07/08

While reputable reports circulated on Monday and Tuesday that the Twins had a potential legitimate buyer for the team and are potentially taking calls to "sell" some key players before the July 31 trade deadline, Byron Buxton again provided what little there is to celebrate this season. "Buck" announced he will participate in next Monday's All-Star Game Home Run Derby in suburban Atlanta, just 200 miles from where he grew up. Not only is this a feel-good story about a regularly injured superstar who

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