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Argus-Leader column:
Columnist Patrick Lalley inadvertently and it appears quite unawares, has stumbled into the truth. The State-U rivalry ceased to be about fun a long time ago. It got nasty, not fun. When it's about hating the other side and not about respect, then it's not fun. I know that I along with many others on the State side just got tired of it.
Anyway, the point is--why do something that isn't fun?
And, Patrick, Howard Wood isn't big enough to host any potential State-U game anyway.
Yes, there is a lot of "not getting it" out there, and a lot of it is on the side of those banging the drum to renew the State-U rivalry.
It will happen--when the time is right for both schools. That time is not now. Perhaps when USD is later in their transition--2010, 2012, maybe, as the "JackPhD" commenter notes on the Argus story.
College athletics should be fun. Thinking up reasons not to play the school down the street, or up the interstate, contradicts that basic principle.Sanchez and Gross, they get that.
My bet is they're going to have a nice crowd at the Arena, about half of which won't attend another game all year.
Heck, I might even show up.
Imagine if the higher authorities who run the athletic programs at South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota shared the same clarity of vision.
I've said this before, but the Augie-USF announcement just rams the point home. USD and SDSU have got to put aside whatever egotistical barriers are keeping them apart and start trying to schedule some games.
At the very least, say you're trying. Throw us a bone.
Here we have two universities, with decades of history and a vast network of alumni in the state. They are at different stages of moving to NCAA Division I and facing new challenges that come with it, not the least of which is how they are going to keep paying the bill.
Coyotes and Jackrabbits at Howard Wood Field on a September afternoon? It would make the Dakota Bowl look like a pre-season scrimmage.
My bet is they're going to have a nice crowd at the Arena, about half of which won't attend another game all year.
Heck, I might even show up.
Imagine if the higher authorities who run the athletic programs at South Dakota State University and the University of South Dakota shared the same clarity of vision.
I've said this before, but the Augie-USF announcement just rams the point home. USD and SDSU have got to put aside whatever egotistical barriers are keeping them apart and start trying to schedule some games.
At the very least, say you're trying. Throw us a bone.
Here we have two universities, with decades of history and a vast network of alumni in the state. They are at different stages of moving to NCAA Division I and facing new challenges that come with it, not the least of which is how they are going to keep paying the bill.
Coyotes and Jackrabbits at Howard Wood Field on a September afternoon? It would make the Dakota Bowl look like a pre-season scrimmage.
Anyway, the point is--why do something that isn't fun?
And, Patrick, Howard Wood isn't big enough to host any potential State-U game anyway.
Yes, there is a lot of "not getting it" out there, and a lot of it is on the side of those banging the drum to renew the State-U rivalry.
It will happen--when the time is right for both schools. That time is not now. Perhaps when USD is later in their transition--2010, 2012, maybe, as the "JackPhD" commenter notes on the Argus story.
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