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Happy Hour with John Gaskins

John Gaskins

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02:27:53

FULL THANKSGIVING SHOW: USD's Travis Johansen,...

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2025/11/26

It's hard to beat Thanksgiving weekend when it comes to a football feast. That's not just because Thanksgiving may just be the best holiday there is — simply for the food and a full day and night of pigskin to pig out. It's rivalry week for the FBS and opening playoff weekend for the FCS. In this holiday version of Happy Hour, John Gaskins and Trent Singer sink their teeth into a sublime menu with their "Thirsty Thanksgiving Football Forecast." Will the Jackrabbits and Coyotes — both

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01:29:20

Thirsty Thursday Football Forecast: SDSU & USD...

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2025/11/26

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32:03

Hawkeyes & Huskers talk show host Travis Justice...

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2025/11/26

Nebraska vs. Iowa has become a bitter, hard-hitting Black Friday brawl since the Huskers joined the Big Ten in 2011. Few people are more qualified to depict the nature of the raucous rivalry better than Travis Justice, who hosts a daily morning show and weekly Hawkeye postgame show in Des Moines while also hosting a weekly Huskers podcast. He grew up in Iowa a Hawkeyes fan, then worked in both TV and radio in Omaha covering the Huskers for over 15 years and has done these Hawkeye shows and Huskers

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26:32

Travis Johansen on health of Phillips & other major...

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2025/11/26

Kick back with your favorite cocktail as you hear about the winning casserole Travis Johansen has whipped up in Vermillion over the last seven weeks. The Coyotes have been as hot as an oven in these "must win" games, but how can they prevent themselves from cooling off after a bye week before the playoffs? It would help to stay healthy. Johansen fills us in on the status of key starters like L.J. Phillips, Wyatt Lawson, Zach Witte, and Brock Woolf. Plus, a preview of the same Drake Bulldogs the

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01:19:47

NLA: Zim on Jacks' huge win at UND, Jackson &...

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2025/11/25

Just how big of a win was South Dakota State's 34-31 thriller at North Dakota? Ask the reporter who has been on the Jackrabbit beat for 10 years and gets far more access than most college football beat reporters, and he'll tell you it changed the tenor of the entire 2025 season. Ask him if it may have changed the tenor of where the program is headed after the first full season of a new head coach and entirely new staff, and, well, you'll want to hear the answer. Sioux Falls Live's Matt Zimmer

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02:12:25

FULL MONDAY SHOW: Dan Jackson on SDSU's epic win &...

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2025/11/25

"Admit it. you didn't think they could do it, did you?" Sioux Falls Live's Matt Zimmer asked that question to readers in his game column after South Dakota State's thrilling, playoff berth-clinching 34-31 overtime win at North Dakota. Happy Hour host John Gaskins' answer: No. And he predicted as such in the shows leading up to the game. What had anyone seen out of the Jackrabbits in their four-game losing skid that included a 38-7 humbling from North Dakota State, a humiliating loss to Indiana

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30:28

John-o-logue: How SDSU reversed its month of misery...

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2025/11/25

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01:14:12

Peyton Riggs on Chase Mason, Aidan Bouman, SDSU & USD...

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2025/11/25

Arizona Rattlers quarterbacks coach and former Sioux Falls Storm offensive coordinator Peyton Riggs filled in for his father Kurtiss Riggs on this week's Monday Afternoon Quarterback. You think Kurtiss lacks a filter? Just wait until you hear Peyton tee off on why Mason makes all the difference, Aidan Bouman's senior year struggles (and recent improvements), Mark Gronowski's bizarre season at Iowa, Brody Schafer's commitment to SDSU and the fact that USD never offered South Dakota's best-ever high

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27:46

Dan Jackson on thrilling win at UND, Henry, Goehring,...

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2025/11/24

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01:54:01

FULL THURSDAY SHOW: SDSU-UND preview with Voice of...

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2025/11/21

South Dakota State won't be the only desperate team in Grand Forks on Saturday that has lost its grip on what was a promising season and is holding on for dear life to reach the postseason. North Dakota was a strong 6-2 — losses only to current No. 2 Montana by one point and Kansas State by three — and ranked No. 8 when the Fighting Hawks soared into Vermillion and were suffocated by South Dakota's defense for most of three quarters, trailing 26-7 en route to a 26-21 loss. UND followed that up

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55:10

SDSU-UND and State Football recap: Thirsty Thursday...

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2025/11/21

John Gaskins and Trent Singer sip on beer while chewing on all the juicy storylines of this SDSU-UND desperation duel. They also look back to Brandon Valley's impressive 34-27 Class 11AAA state championship win to deny Lincoln a three-peat while looking ahead to which teams might have the arsenal to reach the DakotaDome next November. Trent and John also dive into Sioux Falls Christian's thrilling win over Lennox to gain revenge and the Chargers' first state title in seven years. Plus.

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21:34

Voice of UND Jack Michaels preview SDSU showdown and...

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2025/11/21

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37:18

SF Christian football coach Jared Smith on building...

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2025/11/21

How did Jared Smith build SFC back after taking over for back-to-back champion Jake Pettengill in 2019, the year the Chargers' enrollment forced them to move up a class from 11B to 11A? Hint: It wasn't easy. Smith opens a vein about his struggles those first few years and the pain of losing last year's championship game as a favorite. How he harnessed that heartache for an entire year in the SFC locker room to motivate this year's group to accomplish nothing less than the title trophy is

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01:45:21

FULL WEDNESDAY SHOW: Travis Johansen on USD's wild...

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2025/11/20

Do you remember your first year at your current job? Was it easy? Was it hard? Perhaps that depended on what you inherited — a well-oiled machine, a mess, a bare cupboard? — or what what was expected of you (instant success or time to grow). Wednesday's Happy Hour is all about performance on the new job and how much slack to cut rookies. Host John Gaskins starts with a look at the rookie head coaches of the four FCS schools in North Dakota and South Dakota. All are first-time bosses. NDSU's

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28:34

LaVelle Neal (Star Tribune) on McCarthy, Twins new...

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2025/11/20

Wednesday's second guest gave a nuanced angle to J.J. McCarthy's rookie reeling. The NFL's lowest-rated quarterback sure looks like a bust through five games, but LaVelle Neal — a 28-year sportswriter for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and currently an at-large columnist — looks at McCarthy's disasters through the lens of a Bears fan now enjoying an uptick from Caleb Williams. Neal was also the Minnesota Twins beat writer for 22 years and covered the recent hire of Derek Shelton as manager

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42:32

John-o-logue: Comparing the four Dakotas FCS schools'...

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2025/11/19

Host John Gaskins breaks down the performance of SDSU's Dan Jackson, USD's Travis Johansen, UND's Tim Polasek, and UND's Eric Schmidt based on degree of difficulty in their first year. In Polasek's case, that was last year. Also, hear Kurtiss Riggs's strong opinion on SDSU (and not USD) offering a scholaeship to Lincoln junior QB Brody Schafer. Then, Star Tribune veteran columnist LaVelle Neal on J.J. McCarthy's reeling and why Caleb Williams could be a guiding light.

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34:05

Travis Johansen on wild win at SIU, how Yotes were...

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2025/11/19

USD's first year coach on the comeback, both in Carbondale and after USD's 2-3 start. Plus, injury updates on L.J. Phillips and others.

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59:59

NLA: Zim on Jacks' debacle & UND showdown, latest on...

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2025/11/18

It was brutal. It was comical. It was full of "third grade mistakes" and looked like a football team "disinterested in playing competent football. There aren't big enough words to describe South Dakota State falling behind 35-0 at home and eventually suffering a fourth consecutive loss after starting the season 7-0. Matt Zimmer tried in his game column on Saturday. With three days to process the debacle — which was followed by an inspired, dizzying 21-point SDSU comeback to lose 35-21 to

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43:42

John-o-logue: SDSU's slide, USD's surge, major Chase...

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2025/11/17

All roads lead back to Chase Mason. If No. 22 South Dakota State's first-string quarterback plays for the first time in five games on Saturday, the Jackrabbits far more likely to beat No. 16 North Dakota in a regular season finale that might decide if the Jacks reach the playoffs or not. It should be difficult for SDSU fans to muster any confidence the Jackrabbits could beat the Fighting Sioux — with the No. 2 defense in the Missouri Valley Football Conference, giving up 18.8 points per game —

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02:23:11

FULL MONDAY SHOW: Dan Jackson, Kurtiss Riggs, and the...

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2025/11/17

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