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Over the years one thing that I always took pride in, is that all the other D-II schools looked at us as their in-state rival. Who does USD want (and I stress want to beat, because it hasn't happened in along time) to beat its SDSU. If Augie could only beat one team who would they pick? That's right the Jackrabbits. Even Northern State cares more about the NSU vs SDSU game then they do about Augie or USD. Everyone wants to knock off the BIG DOG, or in this case the BIG JACKRABBIT.
Here are highlights from another story from the Argus, this time on how USD and Augie are going to try and replace us.
http://www.argusleader.com/sports/Fridayarticle3.shtml
Augie vs. USD: A rivalry rising?
Mick Garry
mgarry@argusleader.com
published: 2/27/2004
Coyote, Viking athletic departments hope to see building tradition
Like it or not, tonight's South Dakota vs. Augustana basketball games are the undercards at the DakotaDome, the warm-up acts for Saturday's South Dakota State vs. USD regular-season finales.
The biggest games on Augustana and USD's schedules for decades have been the contests with SDSU. But that fact is likely to change next season when SDSU moves out of the North Central Conference and into Division I. The Jacks could still play the Vikings and Coyotes, but the rivalries, as they exist now, will never be the same. . . .
"I think there's a good chance of us developing a stronger rivalry with Augustana than we have now," said USD basketball coach Chad Lavin, a USD alum. "We have a much better chance than State will ever have of replacing us as a rival, I know that. Anyone who thinks SDSU will be able to replace our rivalry with somebody else doesn't understand what rivalries are all about." . . .
It might be hard to replace what we had with USD but the trade off of moving to D-I is well worth it. We will also develop a new D-I rival, it is the nature of sports. Who knows it maybe NDSU, it might be UNI, or someone from one of our new Conferences. Who ever it is it won't be USD, but it will probably be better.
Go SDSU!
Here are highlights from another story from the Argus, this time on how USD and Augie are going to try and replace us.
http://www.argusleader.com/sports/Fridayarticle3.shtml
Augie vs. USD: A rivalry rising?
Mick Garry
mgarry@argusleader.com
published: 2/27/2004
Coyote, Viking athletic departments hope to see building tradition
Like it or not, tonight's South Dakota vs. Augustana basketball games are the undercards at the DakotaDome, the warm-up acts for Saturday's South Dakota State vs. USD regular-season finales.
The biggest games on Augustana and USD's schedules for decades have been the contests with SDSU. But that fact is likely to change next season when SDSU moves out of the North Central Conference and into Division I. The Jacks could still play the Vikings and Coyotes, but the rivalries, as they exist now, will never be the same. . . .
"I think there's a good chance of us developing a stronger rivalry with Augustana than we have now," said USD basketball coach Chad Lavin, a USD alum. "We have a much better chance than State will ever have of replacing us as a rival, I know that. Anyone who thinks SDSU will be able to replace our rivalry with somebody else doesn't understand what rivalries are all about." . . .
It might be hard to replace what we had with USD but the trade off of moving to D-I is well worth it. We will also develop a new D-I rival, it is the nature of sports. Who knows it maybe NDSU, it might be UNI, or someone from one of our new Conferences. Who ever it is it won't be USD, but it will probably be better.
Go SDSU!
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