It’s SDSU week.
The 7-2 Coyotes head to Brookings for a massive top-10 rivalry matchup against the 6-2 Jackrabbits on Halloween.
USD is coming off a wild 26-23 overtime win over UND, while SDSU handled Murray State 42-9.
This will be the 120th meeting in a rivalry dating back to 1889. The Coyotes have beaten SDSU three times in the FCS era, but all three came in Vermillion.
USD hasn’t won in Brookings since 2000.
Twenty-six years. Time to change that.
This thread will be stickied all week for news, matchups, predictions, trash talk and game-day discussion.
This week’s preview looks at the 137-year rivalry, Chase Mason’s return from injury, SDSU’s dangerous rushing attack, Charles Pierre Jr.’s return and what USD needs to clean up after nearly letting UND steal one.
A few questions to get us started:
1. Can USD finally end the 26-year drought in Brookings?
2. How do the Coyotes slow down Josiah Johnson and SDSU’s rushing attack?
3. Can Charles Pierre Jr. establish the run against one of the Valley’s best defenses?
4. After the second-half collapse against UND, what concerns you most heading into Saturday?
5. Score predictions?
South Dakota at South Dakota State
Saturday, October 31 | 3:00 PM CT | ESPNU
Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium — Brookings
120 meetings. 137 years of history. Halloween in Brookings.
Let’s go ruin their Halloween. 🐺
