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Illinois back-up quarterback Miles Osei(16) evades a tackle from SDSU sophomore defensive back Winston Wright(14) during the 56-3 drubbing by the Fighting Illini. on Sept. 10.

ILLI-NOPE

SDSU’s money game was over early, as Illinois rolled the Jackrabbits easily. The outcome of SDSU-Illinois was already well in hand when the most telling play of the game occured. Up 28-3 in the second quarter, Illinois quarterback Nathan Scheelhasse handed it off to the youngest in the Illini’s stellar stable of running backs, Donovann [...]

Jackrabbit Sports Properties General Manager Brad Poe runs the newly-formed marketing arm of SDSU athletics

Selling State

Jacks market athletic success with new firm SDSU is a Division I university and now they’re starting to look, sound, and feel like one too. In January, the athletic department and Learfield Sports, a collegiate sports marketing firm, reached a 10 year, $12.5 million deal to outsource SDSU’s athletic marketing efforts to a company that [...]

Plenty of parallels in sports, life

Some people just see sports as adults playing a kids game. Most see those involved in sports as overpaid. For others, watching or playing sports is a hobby that’s something to do to hang out with their friends on the weekend or at night after work. I like to look at sports as a metaphor [...]

Up and down weekend caps tournament season

A split in Springfield will have the Jacks in good shape entering Summit play. The weekend started with a bang and ended with a thud for the Jackrabbit volleyball team at the Dr. Mary Jo Wynn Invitational in Springfield, Mo., Sept. 9 and 10. Junior Kelli Fiegen came out firing in the first match of [...]

Offensive Outburst

Don’t look now, but the SDSU women’s s

Coach’s Candor – 09.14.11

Editor’s note: Michael Engdahl is a former Jackrabbit tennis player, who is now taking over for retired coach Don Hanson. We asked him about taking over the program. Q. What’s it been like going from an SDSU player, to assistant coach, to head coach? A. It’s been nothing but exciting. When I came in as [...]

Intramurals – 09.14.11

Team Sign-up Co-Rec Volleyball Opened: Monday, September 12 Close: Wednesday, September 21 Starts: Sunday, September 25 Golf Entries Close: Friday, October 21 • Intramural Manager Meetings Co-Rec Volleyball Thursday, Sept. 22 at 4:30 p.m. • Intramural Officials Meetings Co-Rec Volleyball Thursday, Sept. 22 at 5 p.m. • One Day Events Best Ball Golf (M&W) Sunday, [...]

Jacks score late for win

A big save and an even bigger goal gave the SDSU a 1-0 victory. Close games have become a common theme when the SDSU soccer team plays Wisconsin-Green Bay. Sept. 9 wasn’t any different, as the Jacks defeated UW-GB 1-0 with a goal in the 83rd minute. Senior Kayla Braffet took the ball down the [...]

SA seeks full-time internship coordinator

Full-time position proposed to create greater awareness of career opportunities. SDSU has never had a full-time internship coordinator despite being highly sought after and despite students’ troubles with finding internships in their prospective field. As part of SA’s vision statement, a new full-time internship coordinator and support staff would be a new feature of the [...]

Brody Heid (left) & Travis Adler (right) test drive the Bum-a-Bike program at SDSU. Students can have a free ride all day by checking out a bike at several locations on campus.

Bum-A-Bike program coasts into fall semester

SDSU Students’ Association’s Bum-A-Bike rental program shifted gears for the new semester, incorporating updates to the program that took to campus sidewalks last spring. SA Senator Pat DeBoer said the program is a “work in progress” and that one kink in the program was realizing that all bikes had identical keys. “It was an issue [...]