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Story in the Argus about moving the UC-Davis game to Sioux Falls. Here are some highlights:
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs...501270322/1002
SDSU schedules football game at Howard Wood
Jacks bring D-I show to big city
Chris Solari
csolari@argusleader.com
published: 01/27/05
BROOKINGS - South Dakota State's football team will have a new home in October.
Granted, it's only for one game, but the Jackrabbits will invade Sioux Falls for their Great West Football Conference game against California-Davis. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m. on Oct. 8 at Howard Wood Field.
"I think it's a tremendous opportunity for a bunch of reasons," Coach John Stiegelmeier said. "It's a good time to start this concept. We'll go to where the people are."
The decision to shift the game 60 miles south has a few side stories. One was that almost every hotel room in Brookings has already been booked that weekend for the state high school soccer tournament. Plus, with eight home football games in 2005, it wasn't a major deal for the Jackrabbits to move one game elsewhere.
The biggest reason, however, is a concerted push by the SDSU athletic department to infiltrate the Sioux Falls market. With the school's move to Division I, administrators are banking on increased interest in the state's largest city.
"We're trying to provide SDSU events to the state," said Rob Peterson, assistant athletic director. "By bringing that to Sioux Falls, we're trying to expand our market base. Hopefully, we'll have other opportunities to bring other sports down there."
SDSU's baseball team will play two games at Sioux Falls Stadium this spring, one against Minnesota and the other against Creighton. Peterson said there is a chance that a few basketball games could be played in Sioux Falls as well.
Taking home football games to a neutral site is not uncommon. Stiegelmeier pointed out how Arkansas would take games to Little Rock, or how the Colorado-Colorado State game often had been played in Denver at Mile High Stadium.
"Like a lot of people have said, we are the state's institution. Why not help that image and feeling out by doing something like this?" he said.
Hobo Day is set for Oct. 22 against Missouri-Rolla. For the second straight season, SDSU won't play on the pheasant opener, which is Oct. 15 this year. . . .
Go State! ;D
http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs...501270322/1002
SDSU schedules football game at Howard Wood
Jacks bring D-I show to big city
Chris Solari
csolari@argusleader.com
published: 01/27/05
BROOKINGS - South Dakota State's football team will have a new home in October.
Granted, it's only for one game, but the Jackrabbits will invade Sioux Falls for their Great West Football Conference game against California-Davis. Kickoff will be at 1 p.m. on Oct. 8 at Howard Wood Field.
"I think it's a tremendous opportunity for a bunch of reasons," Coach John Stiegelmeier said. "It's a good time to start this concept. We'll go to where the people are."
The decision to shift the game 60 miles south has a few side stories. One was that almost every hotel room in Brookings has already been booked that weekend for the state high school soccer tournament. Plus, with eight home football games in 2005, it wasn't a major deal for the Jackrabbits to move one game elsewhere.
The biggest reason, however, is a concerted push by the SDSU athletic department to infiltrate the Sioux Falls market. With the school's move to Division I, administrators are banking on increased interest in the state's largest city.
"We're trying to provide SDSU events to the state," said Rob Peterson, assistant athletic director. "By bringing that to Sioux Falls, we're trying to expand our market base. Hopefully, we'll have other opportunities to bring other sports down there."
SDSU's baseball team will play two games at Sioux Falls Stadium this spring, one against Minnesota and the other against Creighton. Peterson said there is a chance that a few basketball games could be played in Sioux Falls as well.
Taking home football games to a neutral site is not uncommon. Stiegelmeier pointed out how Arkansas would take games to Little Rock, or how the Colorado-Colorado State game often had been played in Denver at Mile High Stadium.
"Like a lot of people have said, we are the state's institution. Why not help that image and feeling out by doing something like this?" he said.
Hobo Day is set for Oct. 22 against Missouri-Rolla. For the second straight season, SDSU won't play on the pheasant opener, which is Oct. 15 this year. . . .
Go State! ;D
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