Then there's Nike U.

[The Seer]

Stepping up against a So Dakota team that managed 4 wins vs top flight competition last year. Look for the upset.

Nov 23, 2013 Fargo, ND North Dakota State 42, South Dakota 0
Nov 16, 2013 Vermillion, S.D. South Dakota State 27, South Dakota 12
Nov 09, 2013 Vermillion, S.D. Montana 31, South Dakota 27
Nov 02, 2013 Vermillion, S.D. Youngstown State 38, South Dakota 34
Oct 26, 2013 Normal, Ill. Illinois State 28, South Dakota 14
Oct 19, 2013 Cedar Falls, Iowa South Dakota 38, UNI 31
Oct 12, 2013 Vermillion, S.D. South Dakota 17, Indiana State 14
Oct 05, 2013 Vermillion, S.D. South Dakota 17, Missouri State 14
Sep 28, 2013 Macomb, Ill. Western Illinois 24, South Dakota 10
Sep 21, 2013 Flagstaff, Ariz. Northern Arizona 22, South Dakota 16
Sep 07, 2013 Lawrence, Kan. Kansas 31, South Dakota 14
Aug 31, 2013 Vermillion, S.D. South Dakota 10, UC Davis 7

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Sounds like somebody's jelly his team doesn't play any marquee non-con games. Rather, just a big bowl of mediocre.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

I wasn't talking to you, but feel free to direct all of your insecurities my way.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

Disagree. I would rather play a top 10 team and 2 scrubs than 3 bad-to-middling FBS teams. The week of hype and buildup for that one game is a lot of fun, and it attracts a ton of eyeballs around the country.

Gameday will be in Eugene. I haven't regularly watched that show in years, but a lot of people still do and getting the ESPN hype machine behind your team never hurts.

[Dinsdale]

You do realize that South Dakota was a late substitute after ATM chickened out, right?

Got left with shitty games after Georgia chickened out, too. Pretty frustrating to schedule tough, only to have some team from the No-Fly-Zone leave them hanging down the road.

[The Seer]

You do realize that South Dakota was a late substitute after ATM chickened out, right?

Got left with shitty games after Georgia chickened out, too. Pretty frustrating to schedule tough, only to have some team from the No-Fly-Zone leave them hanging down the road.

No, I didn't factor that in. Color me not surprised if sec is involved.

[MgoBlue-LightSpecial]

True. So I guess it's only positive for MSU. Works for me.

[Dinsdale]

Problem with Game Day at West Coast spots is that it starts at 6 am. Who the hell is up at 6 on Saturday let alone up, at some stadium and psyched?

They've been to Eugene generally every season for the last several. Maybe not jam-packed, but there's always a few people drunk as fuck at 6AM... maybe they're still up from the night before?

Gonna be a fun one (I won't be going, several friends are, tix are hard to come by right now). Hopefully, a bunch of Sparty fans make the trip and make it a party.