And he’s not a Harlon Hill candidate

In his final game as a USD Coyote, Amos Allen had his best performance.
All the senior from Miami, Fla., did was rush for 306 yards and two touchdowns and break two school records in USD’s 31-27 loss.
Allen set the single game record for rushing yards, which was previously held by Stefan Logan who [...]

Memories of the NCC

Growing up in Sioux Falls, I was surrounded by the North Central Conference. Literally.
Geographically, I was planted right in the middle. There were teams in Brookings, Sioux Falls, Vermillion, Omaha (Neb), Fargo (ND), Grand Forks (ND), Mankato (Minn) and St. Cloud (Minn). Not to mention a school way out in Greeley, Colo.
So, for me, the [...]

Q&A with Stefan Logan

As you can read on volanteonline.com, former USD standout Stefan Logan signed an NFL contract with the Miami Dolphins.
After four days of trying, I was finally able to get a hold of Logan. Here’s a brief Q & A between The Volante and Logan.
Volante: How did the contact with the Dolphins come about?
Logan: Well, before [...]

USD Schedule Strength

I was talking with Coach Meierkort today, and he said his team’s strength of schedule is “ridiculous”. While I agree with him, and I think in most cases it’s to a team’s benefit to take on a demanding schedule, I have to say that under this season’s circumstances, I may have wanted to schedule [...]

Well, I guess that’s why they’re ranked #1 in the region…

Well, as much as I didn’t want to see it, it was a loss in Omaha.
Not just any loss, either. It was a 41-14 crushing by UNO.
I guess there are a few things that stand out to me in this game: 1) It was a tale of two halves; 2) rushing, not turnovers were the [...]

USD/UNO live game blog

After some trouble finding a parking spot, we’re live from Al Caniglia Field in Omaha, Neb. Tonight’s matchup is between the unbeaten Nebraska-Omaha Mavericks and the USD Coyotes.
On first glance around the stadium, one word comes to mind: Amazing. This is how football is meant to be played. A near capacity crowd at an outdoor [...]

Shepard Plays Through Personal Tragedy

For the past couple weeks, I have been hearing how Coyote quarterback has been shaky lately. I have been defending him because of how much he has accomplished already as just a sophomore. Well I didn’t realize one VERY important thing while I have been defending him that EVERYONE needs to know.
Noah Shepard only had [...]

USD/UNO game to be shown on FSN

This just in from the USD athletic department:
VERMILLION — Thursday night’s football game between The University of South Dakota and the University of Nebraska-Omaha will be televised nationally by CSTV and with their announcement today, FSN will be televising the game regionally. CSTV will broadcast the game live from Al F. Caniglia Field in Omaha, [...]

Oh, the possibilities of the internet…

I usually don’t count my eggs before they hatch, but there is a good possibility that the Volante Sports blog could be doing live blogging from the game in Omaha this Thursday night.
This is the most important game of the year for USD, as both North Central Conference title and playoff implications are ridding on [...]

USD/UNO build-up

Without question, this week is already one of the more exciting build-ups to a football game.
All summer and even during the season, we’ve all looked at the Nov. 1 matchup between USD and Nebraska-Omaha and said to ourselves, ‘that’ll be a big game.’ Every game between the two schools is meaningful, but this year’s [...]