coronation is complete South Dakota state is the king of the FCS and welcome inside data J Dy housee stadium in Brookings as South Dakota State the top ranked team in FCS football get set to kick off the whole portion of its schedule tonight against number 12 Incarnate Word one of the top matchups in all of FCS football here this week is Julian Lee angel Johnson back deep for South Dakota State he camps out underneath it he'll take it right at the goal line and bring it out here comes Johnson takes the shot and brought down just across the 15 yd line good coverage there by Incarnate Word playoffs one of those nine wins was by way of forfeit Northwestern State was not able to field a team for their South BL conference matchup and here is Wy across the middle and a big conversion on third down there and already twice we've seen and transitioned quite nicely as we mentioned earlier right to the FCS level last year and up for even bigger things here in 2024 no doubt about it he's got another first down into Incarnate Word territory compliment from one of the best ever from South Dakota State Jake Wii Mark granowski G to or excuse me this is Chase Mason in there now and Chase could do a lot of this when he gets his opportunities in The Limited packages that he has Curtis he can run it he's tough third down four to go jack rabbits need to get to about the 16 and 1 half yd line that should be pass interference but no flag comes in definitely a tug on the hip there of Graham gold way out of the hold of John Bell the third string quarterback good snap hold is down kick is up and it's off the upright so South Dakota State puts together an impressive opening drive but they end up with nothing who the Jacks faced on their road to that second straight national title makes the catch moves the sticks and here's the tempo that Jimmy Rogers referenced a little bit earlier kada to throw again coming back for the football that time Anthony Stell makes his first catch kalan's numbers last week against Northern Colorado which was a 2877 Victory to kayin Taylor out of the backfield they'll use those running backs as well and Curtis you see it's hard even as a broadcast fre touchdown just got to look at Adam Bach who looks healthy and dangerous there from the middle linebacker spot Taylor though into the open field and the turf monster gets him and might have saved a touchdown just down to the8 yd line of South Dakota state for a first down KZ takes the snap Here Comes pressure steps up and that's going nowhere he hits Roy Alexander but right there in Pursuit was ma yard field goal he missed his only try last week but that was from 50 Incarnate Word hold is down kick is away and the kick is good so peacock puts Incarnate Word on the board first in Brooking 606 to play is here tonight and now out of the pistol and Amar the Deep man he'll get it and on Third and short he's got it to the 45 yd line short G but a first out two quarterbacks on the field granowski and Mason both it's Mason who takes it and he's going right ahead they had some trouble braking it down the big fella last time why not try it again he's got the 40 and another fresh set of down for carry already tonight trying to wear down that Cardinal front gradowski plenty of room in front of him Flags come in there's couple of them and granowski takes a hit and now another flag comes in I mean pre official out there flags out of the field right now I mean not much question about it as he slides down and I I thought initially it was dude Smith but actually the Darius Carmo the cornerback is the one that makes the contact to review the ruling on the field is confirmed targeting Defense number 18 High hit to a defenseless player number 18 is disqualified Jacks have to get to about the 10 yd line maybe just a little less than that to actually move the sticks brener tight end left of the formation give up the middle to Johnson and he is stacked up he's not going to get the first down in fact he didn't get anything spot will go right on the right hash and the kick is up and the kick is through this time so dustman makes good on his earlier Miss and South Dakota State you know you got to think you get that one challenge use it wisely second and 10 now kelada finds a man here and he's into the open field this is Jaylen walthal the reigning Southland Conference player of the week had a Hu GI officially the 32 yd line first and 10 from there kelana back to the air over the middle and an almost a great catch from walthal meanwhile Tucker large thought he was from the South Dakota State 27 they've got to get it to the 22 kelada looking toward the end zone their in coverage is Tucker large and he was running right there with the receiver all the way that was Roy Alex wants to go against the best guy for the offense fourth down and the offense stays on the field for the Cardinals Inc carned word and kelana had some pressure in his face and he misses his man it's incomplete turnover on downs and a big stand for on those first two possessions facing another one here have to get it down to the 47 yd line of BC and Word flags fly in and maybe the Cardinals helped them out yeah I I think got Jack need to 35 of Incarnate Word pressure again in granowski face rolls to his right keeps those eyes downfield he's got a man wide open TouchDown South Dakota State greaton Ganon he is wide open from the opening stamp he can't quite see it on this shot he is running right down the middle of the field no one covering him just hoping gnow ski has a chance to make the throw to him soon as Mark breaks containment he's able to get his eyes down field and honestly there's pan is right there as well he has two op grabbits find the endzone for the first time here at home in 2024 a 41 yd connection from way to San Antonio an Incarnate Word his team facing third and three back to pass good protection up front finds his man and they've got the first down right at Midfield this time the connection goes to Jared mchoice so far tonight he had 14 carries 79 y last week and a touchdown against Northern Colorado over the middle What A Catch by Roy Alexander boy did he get up for that pump fake this time KZ looking over the middle and there was lots of contact there you could see that flag was going to come in that time running with the receiver was Dante Johnson and he's going to be guilty of either a hold or a pass interference here to spot this thing pass interference defense spot foul automatic first down I mean in in their scheme Elana keeps it himself bounces right takes a shot he's down to the 5 yd line clock play clock down to five kelada looking for walthal almost good coverage there by Taylor made that a difficult catch to make on the line of scrimmage to Kin Taylor on his left walthal the Man in Motion they're going to swing it out to him he's got the pylon touchdown Inc cared word a flag does come [Applause] [Music] in and will it stand that'll be the question did he get a little help here I block in the back I wonder if there was a block in the back there right about the 5 Y Line don't know if he actually did get him right there I mean if you saw Taylor kind of come flying in and that's right about where the flag came there's no foul on the play for offensive interference as the ball was caught behind the line of scrimmage result of the play is a touchdown the crowd doesn't like it but the behind the line of scrimmage so peacock out for the extra point and he catches and he knocks it through injured player and an injured player as well but it came down to it they made the plays they needed to to get into the end zone and tie this thing up angel Johnson makes a man miss Stutter Steps out across the 40 yd line that throw it would have been a touchdown because uh Goring had a step at least on pier set up the screen well called here well executed as well and Johnson Amar Johnson this time Jimmy Rogers has here at South Dakota State this season second and nine now gradowski to throw looking toward the end zone touchdown grab Goring his second of the season and beautiful throw Kowski sends his tight end across to free up the man-to-man coverage and Goring just nice job going up and getting it he and Wy do a lot of things similar you can see I mean there's a lot of comparisons there but nice job going back getting the ball he put it in there just a little bit better but Goring up over the defender to make the catch and into the end zone for a 22 yd touch lead and right back to work KZ steps up finds to Kin Taylor boy he's Shifty isn't he Curtis winds his way out across the 40 that's a first down under three minutes to go in this first half clock will stop at 2 minutes give it up the middle Isaiah Robinson and there has not been much room to work now they haven't tried the ground game a whole lot in this first half but when they have that Jack front is the running back to his right kelana tries to lower the shoulder he's met right at the line of scrimmage Curtis and I don't think he got it franel the first man to make contact there and he rips him down to the turf that's a big stop D clock and now here comes ganet in motion second and four granowski sets up the screen there for Goring makes a man miss lost the football got it back but then steps on the sideline boy if he'd have kept that that time for [Applause] granowski dancing around trying to heave one deep that's going to be picked off inside the five and a turnover a big one there Mason Chambers forcing the eye n here and gronowski was just trying to make something happen just wasn't there that time he was looking for his tight end greaton Ganon again yeah he goes to the right guy he just can't get enough on the throw he can't step into it but it's not a bad decision it was third and long and so they're going to have to punt well that might be the best most effective punt you're in the shadow of your own End Zone with 34 seconds to go in the first half pistol formation for kelada he'll give it up the middle Robinson did he get out of the end zone it's going to be close the officials come in and they say he got about the half yd line still lost a little yeah and I State's probably going to well maybe not call timeout I thought maybe they would but you know when you have to run Zone defensive linemen want to shoot those gaps that's what really stops a good Zone blocking scheme and uh state was able to get a lot of penetration there so cter word is not need to run another play here as South CA State elects not to use those two final time outs and for the box like what wait make him run more plays so TW that was not great for us but we're spreading the ball around we're we're taking what they give us thus the long drives the four-minute drives but it's working Hunter dusman kicks it deep to Mason Pierce takes it a yard deep in his end zone he's got nowhere to go getting down the field in a hurry that time was Dawson rera and he laid him out at about the 5 yd line maybe the 10 excuse me and I think he got blocked right into him and it was almost like a thank you very much for Incarnate Word and as soon as Incarnate Word Subs in someone then State can take their time and they can platoon guys in and out Taylor the motion empties the back field now for kelana on Third and nine pressure coming pocket collapses looking for Taylor down a lot of hand fighting there between him and and Durant and boy I tell you what it looked like that was going both directions [Applause] will that was the sixth catch of the night for Alexander and now into space walal into the open field inside the 30 spaly giving Chase 10 five touchdown Inc cared word there was nothing exotic about it just a simple little screen play to to walthal Curtis and he did the rest yeah and you can tell that uh um kada when he just catches and throws that's when this offense is most productive and State's trying to limit their ability to be able to do that but you got to be able to tackle out there and uh just a quick screen to walthal and now peacock on for the extra point he boots it through and we are tied up again nobody's been able to get much of up outside for more yards one thing I saw first half Jay uh Wy six for six throws and targets catches and and we haven't seen much of them since no one else has that connection look for them to get back on that routine give it up the middle Johnson one little cut and he got the first down well he he'll take that one yeah Jackson made some hay running the football here tonight gronowski flips it off to Goring trying to get around the edge he's going to win that race with Mr Williams and he's got the first down on the move here early second half after that timeout there from Clint [Applause] killo so ball spotted at the 45 yard line of the Cardinals give it off here's Angel Johnson bounces to the outside he's got some speed to him Curtis and he gets down inside the 30 yd line another nice carry for Angel Johnson he's you's got to get it down to the 17 yard line to get a fresh set of downs here Kevin brener flips over to the right side of the formation and CED word showing pressure up the middle hole opens up and did we get a timeout no we got a flag on the field is it a delay [Applause] play game defense abrupt movement 5yd penalty results in a first down for first down empty the back field for granowski three wide receivers to the left granowski and that's going to be a holding call if not but doesn't matter because Wy was there anyway to make the catch for the touchdown and this is a great job by Mark watch him drift watch him drift he just drifts to buy time cuz he knows he doesn't have enough blockers but he knows he has Wy one-on-one and space to throw it look how he just throws to a spot let Wy go get it he's open by six yds great route it's good to see them finally get him back into the offense too so a third touchdown pass on the night for Mark rowski and I and it just floated over the top and Wy just ran underneath to make the catch and it's probably good he was because he's supposed to hold that Defender and let Wy get to the back he had safety help over the top he should be pressing that and playing firm to take away any short pass there trips to the left here for kelz on third and four looking to the right looking for Turner and it's blown up immediately Dayton mcgoy makes the Stop and they will not get anywhere that time and gradowski off the play fake finds the tight end and he's got some space in front of him this is Brady gorley and he's going to the house inside the 10 oh and he's tripped up last minute it looked like that was going to be six the whole way he he cuts inside his block watch here he'll cut in here now he needs to get back to the sideline get back over there don't let this guy get to you but great play great blocking I mean it's really a screen pass is what it is and uh um nice job finishing there but I think as we take the snap here Johnson gets left into the end zone touchdown South Dakota State Amar Johnson with his first rushing touchdown of the season and South Dakota State for the first time tonight Curtis has a two-score lead yeah and you can see Johnson just right away gets over to the sideline to get the crowd going saying come on let's all wake up here spot was going to look what the future of that spot was going to look like I've I think they've answered it tonight between ganon's touchdown catch and the catch and run there from Gormley we haven't even seen there and he can't do it yet because they were subbing Carter word two of six on third down so far tonight rolling right KZ makes Bach Miss not many guys able to do that and he Dives forward just shy of the 45 finishing drives here comes the noise inside Dana J D house Stadium third and 11 again they've got to get down to the 46 of SDSU kelana steps up has some room there he's got plenty of room to get the first down and he does but I think he's he's played very well for the most part yeah he and he's not afraid to come downhill yeah laying some wood for sure third and two and here is kelana rolls right looking to get it up over the top down in coverage is Dante Johnson what a grab touchdown and carded word Roy [Applause] Alexander kada just launches it off his back foot throws a 40 yards in the air and Alexander does a nice little push you'll watch with his left arm he kind of pushes off and uh is creates enough space to make that catch that was Dante John there you see just a just a push with his left arm boy hung on to that Johnson's hand was right in there and able to hang on to the football and now a Brack peacock extra point away from making this a seven-point game and that's exactly where we stand now with four that's what you see these teams that go all these big RS FCS North Dakota State South Dakota State what was the key depth all over the field and when you build that quality depth and you don't have a big gap between one and two on your depth chart you're in a really good spot and here is Amar Johnson a guy that was part of that dep a long time8 yd line of the Cardinals for a first down backside there as Johnson turns it up field he's inside the 40 he's got the first down by just enough I think will'll depend on this spot boy I tell you what it's back to action here and granowski quickly out to Griffin Wy forced out of Bounds at the 25 yd line they're going to spot him at the 24 as a matter of fact one team in the country the antegra red zone for South Dakota State second and four gradowski up over the middle and two bodies in one spot couple of tight as but they're going to get an interference call here as Gormley ers and ganet and Johnson the Deep man he'll get it bounce his right Omar Johnson to the end zone touchdown South Dakota [Applause] State I mean he just Glides when he runs it looks like he's running so effortlessly and people are working their tail off to try to catch him second rushing touchdown of the night forar Johnson dusman boots it through and it is 38 Far Side line here at Dana J daos stadium getting them set right now as kelana drops back to pass there is Alexander again football comes loose Jacks have it and as of now they're saying catch and fumble and South Dakota state football but it was a great throw by Kaza he just squeezes it in in the team and then beanum just comes and punches it out from behind right here watch this just gets a little arm pokes it through it's a great look at it here and be just coming in and making the play there it's Durance again make a play he has been 23 has been active [Applause] tonight Kirby bore he's in there running back alongside Johnson now and Johnson B bounces it outside Flags come any steps out of bounds and maybe just knew what was coming but very much part of this T talented group at tight end as Johnson bounces off a Man fored Out of Bounds he's couple of yards shy of the first down they'll Remains the running back Flea Flicker here granowski maybe an exclamation point Wy touchdown South Dakota State 25 yds for the second time tonight granowski finds his favorite Target from sou Falls and and he's open granowski could actually let him a little more across the field Wy does a nice job going up and getting this great protection though and and another big play you wondered if the way they were running the ball something play out double digits in catches tonight for the sou Falls Jefferson product and Hunter dustman pressure coming again kelan finds a man over the middle that's Robinson the running back out to Midfield creates a more manageable third down situation for two on the night on fourth down is incar word kelana needs to find something broke it up there and the the flag comes in right at Midfield Kirby Vorhees getting a carry here making the most of it down inside the 40 yd line the Inc cared Word 32 yd line go back to the well once more Vorhees cuts it up inside he's got the first down at the 282 yd [Applause] line and they'll give it to 20 again muscles through a tackle he's got enough for the first down to the 16 yd [Applause] line Jacks will get their first win of the Year they'll continue that home winning streak that'll go to 22 games it'll be their 29th straight Victory against an FCS opponent and