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Happy Hour with John Gaskins

John Gaskins

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01:09:03

NLA: Zim & John unpack Bison beatdown & SDSU moving...

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2025/10/28

You can see it in the changing color of the leaves, and then how quickly they are falling off the trees. You can feel it in the chill of the air in the mornings, evenings, and sometimes all day. As November — which for those of us up here in the north means early winter — nears, the weather and ever-shedding trees represent the cold, harsh reality of winter drawing near, and the cold, harsh reality of some football teams' goals slipping away. South Dakota State no longer looks like a national

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01:45:32

FULL MONDAY SHOW: Dan Jackson, Kurtiss Riggs & John...

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2025/10/27

Well, now what? It was clear as the crisp autumn air in Brookings on Saturday night who has the best FCS team in the nation as No. 1 North Dakota State delivered a cold-blooded wallop on No. 2 South Dakota State, 38-7. We'll never know what kind of difference SDSU starting quarterback Chase Mason — who had a boot on his left leg and foot and was unavailable — would have made, but it is clear there is a gap between the Bison and the Jackrabbits all over the field in 2025. Or, at least there was on

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21:13

John-o-logue: What to make of NDSU's domination of SDSU

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2025/10/27

Happy Hour host John Gaskins gives his own views on Saturday's Dakota Marker mauling — including the difference Mason would have made — and what it means going forward for the Jackrabbits.

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56:56

Kurtiss Riggs reacts to NDSU-SDSU, Alabama-South...

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2025/10/27

The 11-time Indoor Football Champion former Sioux Falls Storm head coach and director of the Sanford Sports Academy — and veteran local college and prep TV game analyst — Kurtiss Riggs stops by the Gibs Sports Bar for an hour of banter about a lively weekend of college, pro, and high school football: Dakota Marker — NDSU and SDSU breakdown, including SDSU's offensive approach withoutMason (both for NDSU and going forward, should Mason miss more games) USD's offensive struggles and three

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27:24

Dan Jackson on NDSU loss, how Jacks move on, and...

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2025/10/27

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01:21:25

FULL FRIDAY SHOW: "Behind Enemy Lines" with NDSU...

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2025/10/24

After a week's worth of Happy Hour shows packed with deep dives about Saturday's Dakota Marker game — with guests like Dan Jackson, John Stiegelmeier, Taryn Christion, Kurtiss Riggs, and Matt Zimmer — there's really not much else to say, right? Wrong! Out of the Jackrabbit bubble and across the border we go for Friday's "Behind Enemy Lines" show to grasp more insight into the No. 1 Bison — the X's and O's and the Jimmy's and Joe's. Who are these guys? Why have they demonstrated machine-like

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35:00

Mike McFeely (Fargo columnist) on NDSU-SDSU rivalry,...

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2025/10/24

Few have the pulse of both the team, the school, the fans and "Bison Nation" better than 30-year Forum of Fargo-Moorhead columnist Mike McFeely. Is the buzz as strong in Fargo as it has been for the last decade of these Top 5 tilts for the Dakota Marker? Are Bison fans as revved up about this rivalry as Jacks fans? McFeely has become publicly bored with NDSU (and SDSU) FCS dominance for a few years. Has North Dakota and Montana's emergence this season — and any other Top 10 team, for that matter —

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20:55

John-o-logue: "Best Rivalry in College Football? Yes,...

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2025/10/24

Happy Hour host John Gaskins explains why the Dakota Marker is "the best rivalry going in college football." Plus, reaction to the Minnesota Vikings' 37-10 bloodbath loss in Los Angeles to the Chargers. Who is to blame most for these last two brutal losses and a 3-4, NFC North last place start? Can we stick a fork in Carson Wentz and the Vikings' playoff hopes? Who should play quarterback in the next game in Detroit?

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25:31

Dom Izzo, Voice of the Bison, digs into NDSU's 7-0...

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2025/10/24

Out of the Jackrabbit bubble and across the border we go for Friday's "Behind Enemy Lines" show to grasp more insight into the No. 1 Bison — the X's and O's and the Jimmy's and Joe's. Who are these guys? Why have they demonstrated machine-like dominance on both sides of the ball with an average score of 43-10 on their way to 7-0? (Hint: It is more than a perceivably soft schedule). While Chase Mason's injury hovers over the game — and yes, Izzo and McFeely have thoughts on if he'll play and how

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02:10:23

FULL THURSDAY SHOW: John Stiegelmeier on the Dakota...

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2025/10/23

Some call the Dakota Marker series the best college football rivalry in the nation — at least this past decade — because of how often both teams are national championship contenders and, like this week, No. 1 and No. 2. Some don't. It's a layered topic and argument when you put SDSU-NDSU against rivalries like Montana-Montana State, Michigan-Ohio State, Alabama-Auburn, the old Nebraska-Oklahoma, etc. But it is certainly a unique rivalry, given that it goes back 122 years, but only in the last 22

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01:11:10

John Stiegelmeier's "Dakota Marker" history lesson &...

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2025/10/23

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59:14

Dakota Marker "Thirsty Thursday Football Forecast"...

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2025/10/23

Happy Hour host John Gaskins and Sioux Falls Live sports reporter Trent Singer conduct their usual beer summit better known as the "Thirsty Thursday Football Forecast." They hack away at the Dakota Marker matchups between No. 1 North Dakota State and No. 2 South Dakota State (and the Mason-Marble mystery) and make their predictions. Plus, they forecast: #18 Illinois State at #21 South Dakota Minnesota at Iowa Northwestern at Nebraska Augustana at Southwest Minnesota State USF at Minot State HSFB:

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01:50:28

FULL WED. SHOW: Dakota Marker "Cloak & Dagger" Game...

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2025/10/23

Let the games within the big game continue. On Tuesday, both South Dakota State coach Dan Jackson and North Dakota State coach Tim Polasek addressed questions about the "lower body" injury to SDSU quarterback Chase Mason and how it affects their preparation for Saturday's Dakota Marker Game. The game within the game is the words Jackson chooses to use and how Polasek and his staff chooses to interpret those words as they put together their game plan for either Mason or backup Luke Marble. Matt

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32:38

John-o-logue: The Chase Mason Cloak and Dagger Game,...

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2025/10/22

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47:17

Taryn Christion (SDSU QB 2015-18) and his Dakota...

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2025/10/22

The man who set all the SDSU offensive records before Mark Gronowski came along drops Gibs Sports Bar in Sioux Falls to go down memory lane of two mammoth wins over the Bison — the 2016 win in Fargo to end an eight-game losing streak to the then-five-time defending national champions, and the 2017 victory in Brookings to back it up. The Jacks also lost three games to NDSU with Christion at QB, but his leadership, talent, and supporting cast like Jake Weineke, Dallas Goedert, and the "605 Hogs" up

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30:34

Travis Johansen on how to enhance offense & go on a...

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2025/10/22

The Coyotes have won three consecutive Missouri Valley Football Conference games — against the league's three worst teams — to keep their FCS playoff hopes alive. Now, four consecutive games against current Top 20 teams, starting with Saturday's home tilt against Illinois State loom. How can the Yotes continue to hold down the fort on defense against an experienced and potent Redbird offense? More importantly, how can an offense that consistently runs well be more effective through the air in order

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57:44

NLA: The Chase Mason Mystery, Dakota Marker preview,...

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2025/10/21

Let the game within the big game begin. South Dakota State coach Dan Jackson played things just as coy with Matt Zimmer on Tuesday as he did with Happy Hour host John Gaskins on Monday regarding the status of Jackrabbit quarterback Chase Mason and the injury that took him out early in Saturday's game at Murray State. Predictably, Jackson said close to nothing about Mason's specific injury, its severity, or if he'll play on Saturday in the biggest regular season game of the year against No. 1

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01:51:48

FULL MONDAY SHOW: Dan Jackson & Kurtiss Riggs on...

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2025/10/20

The collision course of the latest Dakota Marker game featuring a battle of undefeateds between No. 1 North Dakota (7-0) and No. 2 South Dakota State (7-0) held serve, as expected, on Saturday as the Jackrabbits and Bison both beat two of the worst teams in the Missouri Valley Football Conference convincingly. But the collision course of a battle of dual threat, freak athlete, rocket-armed and fleet-footed quarterbacks Cole Payton and Chase Mason may have taken a detour. Mason was hurt on a

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29:14

Dan Jackson on Dakota Marker Game, Chase Mason...

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2025/10/20

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24:19

John-o-logue: How Mason injury impacts NDSU-SDSU, can...

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2025/10/20

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