Columns
COLUMN: Division I status brings a new experience to USD sports
I’m not sure if you have heard yet, but the University of South Dakota football team willltake on a Football Bowl Subdivision and Big 10 opponent Northwestern on Saturday. It is an exciting week for not only the team, but for anyone at USD. The Student Government Association is selling a Chicago Game Day package […]
COLUMN: Idiots’ guide to NFL fandom
Sports fans can breathe easy. The seven-month drought from all things professional football known as the NFL offseason is over. And it couldn’t come at a better time. On behalf of avid NFL fans and wannabe sports gurus everywhere, I can say there is nothing more freeing than watching my favorite team duke it out […]
COLUMN: BCS needs to look past the SEC
This is a sentiment that has been repeated by many columnists before me and will probably be by many others well into the future: the BCS (EC) has screwed up again. But this year, they’ve reached an almost cartoonish level of super-villainy. They’ve decided the most “exciting and competitive matchup,” to quote their mission statement, […]
COLUMN: Football traditions recalled
The last time members of the Detroit Lions returned to their homes on Thanksgiving Day with a belly full of winning satisfaction, the now obsolete Joey Harrington was running their offense and Brett Favre still had some shred of dignity. The year was 2003 and the Lions, led by cornerback Dré Bly’s two interceptions, forced […]
COLUMN: Cheer on both Coyote teams this year at USD
The University of South Dakota basketball teams will be taking a big step this year, as both will play their first full Summit League schedule. Being the first full year in the conference, both teams will face some adversities and, play in some tough games but overall Coyote basketball should have successful seasons. Since making […]
COLUMN: November starts up big time basketball
With the current lockout putting the NBA season in jeopardy, college basketball could bring some much needed excitement to basketball fans. For most teams, the regular season tips of this Friday, November 11. The most enticing matchup on Friday night is the North Carolina versus Michigan State game. A Big Ten and ACC matchup is […]
October is here: Let us rejoice
During a summer filled with seemingly endless labor-disputes, NCAA scandals and a presumed lull in sports action, it felt as if the month of October was light-years away. But now, sports fans can finally say: October is here. October means much more than ghosts and goblins or the changing of the seasons. The sheer visual […]
COLUMN: NCAA creating downfall
Ask any baseball historian what the three greatest mistakes in their sport’s history are and all of them will probably give you the same answer. First, laughing off Branch Rickey’s impassioned pleas to change up the sport at the professional level leading to professional football overtaking the sport as the country’s most popular. Second, the […]
COLUMN: Baseball far from dying
Baseball is dying in America – a sentiment heard far too often of late. Why is it heard too often? Because it’s not true. Many argue, including Volante columnist Rob Nielsen, that Major League Baseball is a shell of what it once was. Nielsen, like many others, claim the 1994 strike put a bad taste […]
COLUMN: Sports overtaken by greed
We all have to endure an uncertain future. We’re never sure how events will unfold and how they will shape our lives. This uncertainty has caused many crazy events in the world of athletics. Most people would agree having money helps take away some of the uncertainties of life, especially when it comes to paying […]