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bongaboi · 4 months

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South Dakota State: 2023 NCAA Division I FCS National Champions

FRISCO, Texas -- Mark Gronowski ran for a touchdown and threw for another after halftime as South Dakota State won its second straight Football Championship Subdivision title, beating Montana 23-3 on Sunday.

The Jackrabbits (15-0) extended their overall winning streak to 29 games, including their win over North Dakota State in last year's FCS game for their first national title.

South Dakota State had an impressive game-opening drive, but led only 7-3 at halftime. Gronowski, the quarterback starting his third FCS title game, then bulled into the end zone for a 10-yard score midway through the third quarter, and on the next possession threw a 23-yard TD to Jadon Janke.

Gronowski finished 13-of-21 passing for 175 yards and ran eight times for 62 yards. The Jackrabbits outgained Montana 372-273.

Montana's 27 playoff appearances are the most in the second tier of Division I football. National champions in 1995 and 2001, the Grizzlies (13-2) have now finished as the runner-up six times, four under coach Bobby Hauck.

This was the Grizzlies' first title game since 2009, when they were the runner-up for the third time in Hauck's first seven seasons. Hauck then left for FBS team UNLV and also was on staff at San Diego State before returning to Montana in 2018.

Less than two weeks after South Dakota State was crowned champions last year, John Stiegelmeier retired after 26 seasons as head coach. He was succeeded by defensive coordinator Jimmy Rogers, a former Jackrabbits linebacker who was captain of their first playoff team in 2009 -- when they lost to Montana after blowing a 27-point lead.

Both teams had only one possession in the first quarter Sunday. Montana's opening drive spilled into the first play of the second quarter, when on its 15th play, running back Eli Gillman was stuffed by Jackrabbits linebacker Adam Bock for no gain on fourth-and-goal from the 1.

South Dakota State had opened the game with a 75-play, 11-play drive. Gronowski completed his first five passes for 55 yards and converted a third-and-4 with a 9-yard keeper right before Isaiah Davis' 6-yard TD run.

That put the Jackrabbits ahead to stay, though they had a couple of costly mistakes before halftime.

A few plays after Bock's stop, one of his 11 tackles, Gronowski had a pass intercepted by Corbin Walker that Montana turned into a field goal for its only points. South Dakota State also had a turnover when punting, as the ball ricocheted off one of its players and recovered by the Griz, though they punted it back.

THE TAKEAWAY

Montana: Playmaking quarterback Clifton McDowell, who had been 11-0 as the Griz starter, was under increased pressure, especially after halftime. He completed 22 of 39 passes for 165 yards, but was sacked four times. After he was stripped of the ball when being sacked late in the third quarter, 295-yard defensive tackle Ryan Van Marel came up with it.

South Dakota State: In their third title game appearance in four seasons, the Jackrabbits became the first team since North Dakota State (2017-19) to repeat as champions. It was another stellar defensive performance in this playoff run for South Dakota State, which had two lopsided shutout victories (41-0 and 59-0) in its previous three games.

UP NEXT

Montana: The Big Sky champion Grizzlies take on one of SDSU's Missouri Valley Conference rivals in their 2024 opener. They host Missouri State on Aug. 31.

South Dakota State: The Jackrabbits open next season on the road Aug. 31 at Big 12 team Oklahoma State, the first major conference team they will play since a 7-3 loss at Iowa of the Big Ten in the 2022 opener that was their last loss.

#2023 #ncaa division i fcs #national championship #south dakota state #college football

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prairiechzhead · 8 months

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Once a Jackrabbit, Always a Jackrabbit

I’m thinking about going back to school. Last time I went, I ended up graduating from South Dakota State with a Bachelor’s of Science in Psychology. While I can’t say I need a degree to do the job I currently do, the principles I’ve learned have helped, especially to understand the community I work with. That would be adults with intellectual disabilities. (I minored in Human Development and…

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#learning #school #South Dakota State

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saddestfans · 2 years

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He is NOT doing the safety dance.

#college football #iowa hawkeyes #South Dakota state

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wildlifetracker · 23 days

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Sylvan lake, Custer State Park, South Dakota.

#sylvan lake #custer state park #south dakota #mine #nature #naturalist #nature photography #photography #ecology #north america #scenery #landscape photography #landscape #lake #geology #state parks

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pamietniko · 2 months

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Travel Diary: My journey to The South

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Custer State Park, South Dakota

#my journey to the south #south dakota #custer state park #bison #american bison #chevrolet #storm chasing #film photography #35mm #analogue #travel diary #rural america #midwest gothic #american gothic #small town america #americana

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joeburnsu2 · 7 months

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Jacob Hansen, Cal State Bakersfield, vs Tate Battani, South Dakota State

#college wrestling #wrestlingsinglet #sports #wrestling #jock bulge #cal state bakersfield wrestling #south dakota state wrestling

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inatungulates · 10 months

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American bison Bos bison

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#Bos bison #American bison #Bovidae #cattle #North America #United States #South Dakota

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tvckerwash · 2 months

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armor colors in rvb are interesting because there was clearly a theme with the freelancers wearing neutral colors (black, white, gray, tan, brown) but then the dakota's are purple and carolina is cyan. like carolina gets a pass because she has adaptive cameo, but I refuse to believe that the dakota's as stealth specialists voluntarily picked purple and green.

#i have a hc that wash's armor was originally yellow w gray accents but the second he saw it he went “nope. absolutely not.”#and the armor tech guys refused to change it so he painted it himself since he used to do the same thing w his odst armor #the tech guys were so mad that he'd spray paint this expensive state of the art armor so they changed it after that bc they realized that #wash was not fucking around lmao #rvb #red vs blue #agent south dakota #agent north dakota #agent carolina #project freelancer #yes i know that the armor colors in halo 2 were significantly less saturated than they were in 3 but still

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airplanefoodblackmarket · 9 months

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The Great Best-Midwestern-State Grand Cage Match Battle Royale: Round 2 (Electric Boogaloo), This One’s for All the Marbles:

In honor of the sudden and unexpected arrival of 12-option polls, I can finally redo my popular and controversial “Best Midwestern State” poll, this time with all the options people were clamoring for me to add!

That’s right! No more lumping the Dakotas together (not that they even deserve to be separate states to begin with) and you can now vote for Missouri, thanks to the literal dozens of people who insisted I add it. Apparently Missouri has a lot of shooters out there (pretty good for a southern state).

FIGHT!

#Polls #doing this again because why not?#US #Midwest #Best Midwestern State #Illinois #Minnesota #Michigan #Wisconsin #Ohio #Indiana #Iowa #Missouri #Kansas #Nebraska #South Dakota #North Dakota

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athletic-collection · 8 months

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Clay Carlson

#wrestling #south dakota state jackrabbits #clay carlson

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haveyoueatenthis · 5 months

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#south dakota #united states #chislic #chislick #polls

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materialsscienceandengineering · 2 months

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How bananas can be used to fight the plastic waste crisis

Bananas are one of the most popular and widely consumed fruits in the world. They are also the fourth most grown crop in the world, trailing only rice, wheat and corn. What could this tropical fruit have to do with fighting the ongoing plastic waste crisis? A lot, potentially, according to Srinivas Janaswamy, associate professor of food chemistry in South Dakota State University's Department of Dairy and Food Science. His study, titled "Biodegradable packaging films from banana peel fiber" was published in the journal Sustainable Chemistry and Pharmacy. "Many of us consume at least one banana a day," Janaswamy said. "After enjoying the delicious fruit, we discard the peel. What if we could find a use for the peel that helps eliminate plastic waste?"