Jackrabbit and Coyote Football Games Chosen For National Broadcas

The FCS Champion South Dakota State University Jackrabbits will open the 2024 season in Stillwater, Oklahoma Saturday, August 31 playing Oklahoma State.

The Jacks will have back-to-back rivalry football games televised nationally on the ESPN family of networks.

SDSU fans nationwide can watch the Dakota Marker game October 19 at North Dakota State. The following week October 26 it's the Interstate Series matchup against South Dakota at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium.

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The University of South Dakota begins the season on their home turf inside the DakotaDome August 29 against Northern State.

On Saturday, September 7 the Coyotes travel to Madison, Wisconsin to face the Badgers with live coverage on the Fox Network FS1. The game is set to kick-off at 2:30 PM at Camp Randall Stadium.

30 famous people you might not know were college athletes

Stacker dug deep to find 30 celebrities who were previously college athletes. There are musicians, politicians, actors, writers, and reality TV stars. For some, an athletic career was a real, promising possibility that ultimately faded away due to injury or an alternate calling. Others scrapped their way onto a team and simply played for fun and the love of the sport. Read on to find out if your favorite actor, singer, or politician once sported a university jersey.

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