Know much about our opponent for Hobo Day?
SDSU has played U of Missouri-Rolla just once, that was in 1972 when John -- his players called him "Diesel" --Gregory's "Rabbits opened up a can on the Miners and whipped them 49-0 at Coughlin Alumni Stadium.
I was there. A 'Rabbit named Lynn Boden, when he wanted to hit, made Rolla's line look like bowling pins with Boden scoring a strike. [That season, the Jacks also met Youngstown State University, quarterbacked by a guy named Ron Jaworski: SDSU 34, Youngstown 22.]
The Rolla Miners have a mascot who appears to be the twin brother to SD Tech's mascot (well, at least the guy's first cousin). Rolla is Missouri's technical university, producing engineers of all types and having majors focused on the sciences. The student enrollment is about 5,800 and of that number, about 3,800 are undergraduate students. Rolla, Missouri is about 100 miles southwest of St. Louis. [Nice area: Ozarks foothills.]
The Miners are in their transition year to NCAA D-II and are 5-2 going into this weekend. The last time the school had five football wins was 1994. They're led by Kirby Cannon now in his seventh season. Rolla's wins this season have been against Upper Iowa (26-18); Central Methodist (43-18); Wayne State, NE (22-21); Peru State (NE) 34-0 and Southwestern Oklahoma State (209). Losses are to St. Joseph of Renssalaer, Indiana (23-28) and Southwest Baptist (38-40).
Key player to watch: #46, Keenan Miller from St. Louis. Miller is a 6-0, 235 lb senior running back who has attained the seventh-highest career yardage production at Rolla with 1,664 including 142 yards on 31 carries last weekend against SW Ok State.
Our biggest problem will be the temptation to be thinking about games which follow the Rolla contest. If we buckle down and play hard, I predict a game in which we control the field of battle and all aspects of the game...much like Valpo. If the starters get down to work right away, everybody gets experience in this game.
Prediction: SDSU 38, UM-Rolla 7.
SDSU has played U of Missouri-Rolla just once, that was in 1972 when John -- his players called him "Diesel" --Gregory's "Rabbits opened up a can on the Miners and whipped them 49-0 at Coughlin Alumni Stadium.
I was there. A 'Rabbit named Lynn Boden, when he wanted to hit, made Rolla's line look like bowling pins with Boden scoring a strike. [That season, the Jacks also met Youngstown State University, quarterbacked by a guy named Ron Jaworski: SDSU 34, Youngstown 22.]
The Rolla Miners have a mascot who appears to be the twin brother to SD Tech's mascot (well, at least the guy's first cousin). Rolla is Missouri's technical university, producing engineers of all types and having majors focused on the sciences. The student enrollment is about 5,800 and of that number, about 3,800 are undergraduate students. Rolla, Missouri is about 100 miles southwest of St. Louis. [Nice area: Ozarks foothills.]
The Miners are in their transition year to NCAA D-II and are 5-2 going into this weekend. The last time the school had five football wins was 1994. They're led by Kirby Cannon now in his seventh season. Rolla's wins this season have been against Upper Iowa (26-18); Central Methodist (43-18); Wayne State, NE (22-21); Peru State (NE) 34-0 and Southwestern Oklahoma State (209). Losses are to St. Joseph of Renssalaer, Indiana (23-28) and Southwest Baptist (38-40).
Key player to watch: #46, Keenan Miller from St. Louis. Miller is a 6-0, 235 lb senior running back who has attained the seventh-highest career yardage production at Rolla with 1,664 including 142 yards on 31 carries last weekend against SW Ok State.
Our biggest problem will be the temptation to be thinking about games which follow the Rolla contest. If we buckle down and play hard, I predict a game in which we control the field of battle and all aspects of the game...much like Valpo. If the starters get down to work right away, everybody gets experience in this game.
Prediction: SDSU 38, UM-Rolla 7.
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