🧵SDSU 🏈 Culture Thread🧵
The Jacks coaching staff does an excellent job of not only recruiting players to join the family, but also recruiting top talent when they’re already in the family.
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@pghcaroline
Sincere question, although somewhat rhetorical, doesn’t this happen in women’s sports regularly? Maybe not to the scale but often. WNBA is subsidized by the NBA for that and other limiting factors. And we prob shouldn’t even talk about NFL given the amount of money running
South Dakota is having a serious impact on CFB rn:
DeBoer dominated at NAIA USF (Sioux Falls) with 3 Nat’l Titles.
Ryan Grubb, OC at Washington, was an offensive GA when I was at SDSU in ‘06 and later linked w/DeBoer at USF.
Josh Heupel (from South Dakota) won a natty as a
As if his effort and play wasn’t enough, how could you not want Isaiah on your team at any level?!? I’m gonna miss watching him in blue and yellow. Welcome to the
@GoJacksJFPA
❕
Isaiah Davis (
@z4days
) having to stop mid-sentence to hold back tears...
...not because of the championship, because he's done playing for South Dakota State.
Pretty damn cool stuff.
Mason’s causing quite the commotion. Several scouts I know have hit me up to laud the young man’s showing in Frisco. This has become an annual occurrence since Zenner was going through the pre draft process. Various players I know in the league or front office folks will ping me
McCormick snapping the rusher’s head back with a well-timed/placed outside strike, keeping his head out of the block & being in position to shut down the counter spin
I’m going to donate $1000 to a
@GoJacksFB
ticket package for 2022. I’d like it to go to a fam in the Brookings Community. I’d like it to be for a father & son to enjoy together. Please DM candidates you’d like to recommend. TY to the diehard fans who show up and MAD.
Me &
@_55stacks
, and all the other
@JackIllustrated
crew, appreciate the folks who cared enough to spend time listening to us this Fall! It’s been 4 years and we’re just getting started. We’ll continue boosting the signal for
@GoJacksFB
& celebrating these student athletes!
Tucker believes in himself. He is an NFL product Mon-Sun, in Tuscaloosa or Montpelier, with gloves or no gloves, in pads or no pads. It’s cool to see him believe in his home state & that the colors you wear can still mean something.
So fluid in his footwork. Both smooth and powerful in his strides. Sharp and effective cuts and returns to N/S running. There’s no RAS for innate talent and instinct but Zay was born to tote the rock.
Helluva a year
#Jacks
! Very, very tough one. Nineteen wins in a calendar year. One conference title, One National Title appearance, two semifinals appearances and a whole lot of smack downs dealt out in 2021! Proud alum no matter how you slice it. Keep raising the standard!
@barstoolsports
@CameronNewton
@PardonMyTake
Bad take. Cam wants to play checkers when D Coordinators will force you to play chess. Running the way Cam ran was amazing but there’s never been two Cams and it doesn’t lend itself to longevity—which is needed in a biz where most of your money is tied up in that asset.
This dude has an absurd toolkit for an inside DL. He plays with the kind of bend and leverage that could see him deployed at a number of positions across the DL in NFL schemes. Don’t draft or add as a UFA to your own detriment. Caleb Sanders, your next
#NFLJacks
.
#NFLDraft
This is why
@GriffinWilde1
chose the Jacks! Look at these Janke twins absolutely eating. Jadon balled out! Jaxon got his and is on the
@seniorbowl
watchlist. Heins is on the watchlist and had an absolute day! Meanwhile, in vermillion they took yet another L.
#BlueState
#GoJacks
“Bet they won’t repeat.”
“NDSU will be healthy.”
“They lost a lot of coaching talent.”
“The portal will get them.”
“Their roster is pretty old.”
“They have a rookie HC.”
Just some of the doubt getting thrown at the boys…😏
Friendly reminder we ride or die with our
@GoJacksFB
squad & athletics as a whole!
Don’t be a ship jumper when the wind blows a different way.
See opportunity to be there as a parent, player, fan, or alum for this run that’s about to take place.
Is it Saturday yet?
#GoJacks
USD (JSD) is perhaps the biggest fraud I’ve ever seen in the playoffs. Getting run at home like they’ve never played the sport before is absolutely unacceptable. Reveals they’re in over their heads and the other team simply wants it more.
Congrats to Graham Spalding for his breakout performance on Sat! The So. LB registered 12 tackles, 2.5 for losses, 1 INT, & 1 Pass DFL in a defensive effort that held UNI to just six second half points. More of that!
@JackIllustrated
#GoJacks
#RunRabbits
#SplittingHaresPodcast
These refs are atrocious. LSU fouls in good defensive position. Iowa fouls by being physical when they’re in good defensive position. Just silly. Let them play.
Excited to see the ‘24 Jackrabbits Defense.
Still can’t believe the
@GoJacksFB
National Champions DIDN’T ALLOW A SINGLE PASSING TOUCHDOWN IN THE FCS PLAYOFFS!
What I like about Jim is he doesn’t need to create a persona. He doesn’t drum anything up or dampen anything down. What you see is what you get. He’s the same as he was as a player except more mature, wiser and plenty of money for haircuts these days.
My Goodness is SDSU athletics on a tear! Starts from the top with
@SellnSDSU
bringing in the right people to lead these young men & women. From there they carry the torch behind excellent community support! Be great. Go to STATE! 🐰
No students nor other attendees should stand for this! How ‘bout be a leader and nip this s*** in the bud if you’re a student! Why the friendly fire?!? Don’t be stupid. These guys and gals devote a great deal of their time and energy to support your athletics programs and
They’re in the capital city of the 18.9 million population of New York State. They’ve got 97.5 k populous.
Meanwhile, ESPN can hardly distinguish which Dakota or SDSU we are. Its pop is 23.8 k. But sure…we’ll be Goliath for a made up narrative lol
Let’s just play.
The East-West Shrine Bowl kicks off tonight.
I completely forgot to share my interview with South Dakota State offensive lineman Mason McCormick.
The 6-foot-4, 310-pound O-lineman describes how he plays, where his aggressive mentality comes from and who he has enjoyed
Garret Greenfield will leap up draft boards after his composite explosiveness RAS rating and his drill work. Let’s not forget his film after logging 55 collegiate starts on back-to-back FCS National Championship
@GoJacksFB
teams.
Has the experience, length, & explosiveness to
Charles Davis absolutely correct on his assessment of
@GoJacksFB
on
@nflnetwork
at the FCS Level.
Jackrabbits have overtaken NDSU as the preeminent power!
Recruited > Invested > Developed
And clearly
@jacobs1585
has these boys NFL ready after this showing at the
#NFLCombine
These guys have emptied the tank every Saturday for the last 4-5 years. The absolute LEAST you can do is show up for them on Saturday! There will be more, but there’s nothing like your last regular season home game!
SDSU Nation,
Please help us honor our 12 SR’s, this Saturday, by attending our last regular season game. These student athletes have impacted our team, our University and FCS Football. Love them.
Excellent game plan by Montana St. Their QB is just a difference maker. I don’t want to hear any excuses about miles traveled or any of that garbage. That takes away from the tremendous effort put on display today by the Jacks!
#FCSPlayoffs
#SDSUvsMSU
Stig gets chirped at if he doesn’t go to the semis. USD is content playing big bro close & MAYBE getting to the playoffs.
Recruits, what standard do you want to hold yourselves to?
Been a
#bluestate
ever since Jacks made the jump & little bro stayed D2 whilst winning nothing.
The Mountain West and Pac 2 are believed to be working on merging under the former Pac 12 banner for 2025 and beyond. Wazzu/OSU have a 2 year grace period to reform the conf. and potentially recover the CFP autobid. Interesting note, the conf. has discussed potential
At 34-0, many across the nation would love to be that ‘un-special’. It’s certainly NOT everyone, but man there’s a surprising level of dismissal or a demeanor of disrespect directed towards this Jacks squad. It’s strange.
My grandpa was a stand up man in a sit down world.
A widow himself, w/four children, he married my grandma who was also a widow when her husband died unexpectedly in a plane crash. She had three kids of her own.
A successful realtor & entrepreneur, he spent the next 44 years
Winners win bc that’s what winners do baby! Griffin Wilde won’t have to pay for a meal this year lol
Great job OWNING THE RESPONSE! Special Teams: I need more tenacity in that phase. It ain’t break time. Regroup but enjoy this one. That was a good football team—especially in
Jacks Fans🐰,
I worked hard on the research for this article ✍🏽 In it, you’ll find some history and relevance on the transfer process🔄, the new-ish portal💻, and what it means for the
#FCS
moving forward. ⏩ Enjoy! 👍🏼
Isaiah Davis caps off big drive with 2 yard Td run after HUGE Mark Gronowski run put Jacks in red zone and the coaches and fans are loving it
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