University of South Dakota Coyotess NCAA Football News

Marc Mariani scored his third touchdown of the game on a 2-yard touchdown pass from Andrew Selle with 1:08 to play Saturday to cap a 27-point second-half comeback and give top-seeded Montana a 61-48 victory over South Dakota State in the first round of the Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

MISSOULA - More often than not, the NCAA selection committee sends a warm-weather football program to chilly Missoula for the first round of the FCS playoffs, and more often than not, it works out pretty well for the Montana Grizzlies.

Of course, the climate change was jarring. But that was only part of it. Home was 1,500 miles away.

MACOMB, Ill. a ' The 12th-ranked South Dakota State University football team made a final statement toward locking up a Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoff berth Saturday afternoon, downing Western Illinois, 27-7, at Hanson Field.

It will be the battle-tested veterans against the rookies Saturday in the first round of the NCAA Football Championship Subdivision playoffs.

It took 30 years and a change of divisions to make it happen, but the South Dakota State football program is back in the postseason.

Kyle Minett ran for 147 yards and two touchdowns Saturday as South Dakota State defeated Western Illinois 27-7. Minett's 39-yard run, on the second play from scrimmage following Aaron Rollin's 45-yard kickoff return, gave the Jackrabbits a fast 7-0 lead.

The Cal State San Bernardino volleyball team has made its way to the NCAA Division II West Region championship match the last nine years so it would seem that the 2009 quarterfinal against Seattle Pacific was just a formality.

Even in a place where it hasn't played a single point in six years, the Cal State San Bernardino volleyball team made itself right at home.

The Jackrabbits have been able to open running lanes all season for tailback Kyle Minett, a Ruthton, Minn., native.

Minnesota coach Tim Brewster's postgame commentary predictably started with the positive: After an ugly win, the Gophers qualified for a bowl game.

MINNEAPOLIS - It hasn't been pretty, but South Dakota State - in its first game against a Big Ten team since 1937 - is hanging around with the University of Minnesota.

Minnesota doesn't have to be reminded about the last game against a lower-division opponent from a bordering state, and that memory isn't pleasant.

The Salukis are headed to familiar territory - the playoffs. In a game that secured the Salukis a share of the conference title, No.

SIU senior linebacker Brandin Jordan said the Saluki defense had something to prove this weekend.

No. 3 Salukis dump Jackrabbits, 34-15 BROOKINGS, S.D. a ' Third-ranked Southern Illinois clinched at least a share of the Missouri Valley Football Conference title and the leaguea TMs automatic berth in the Division I Football Championship Subdivision with a 34-15 victory over ninth-ranked South Dakota State Saturday afternoon at Coughlin-Alumni ...

It's that simple today for the South Dakota State Jackrabbits - and visiting Southern Illinois, for that matter.

It's Super Bowl week at South Dakota State. With a win Saturday over Southern Illinois, the Jacks would not only clinch a share of the Missouri Valley Conference title, but they'd also lock up the league's automatic bid to the FCS playoffs.

YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio - South Dakota State has essentially the same defense that it did last year, returning its top eight tacklers, and yet the results couldn't be more different.

Kyle Minett rushed for 87 yards and scored two second-half touchdowns to lead South Dakota State to a 17-3 victory over Youngstown State on Saturday.