South Dakota game thread

[WillieWatanabe]

The South Dakota game had a LOT going on in terms of the program overall.

1) 40 yr anniversary of the 1982 Independence Bowl team.  Couple dozen from that squad were in attendance for a reunion Thursday - Sat.
2) 10 yr anniversary of the 2012 BigXII Championship team (obviously)
3) Ring of Honor Inductees
4) The annual Golden Cat tailgate - was an interesting mix of former players from many generations/eras this year, given #1 and #2 above. Ell Roberson seemed to play host in the middle of the beer tent and took a ton of pictures with a lot of people's kids.  He was great to talk to and a good sport about it. 
4a) KState Athletics does a great job on these events.  The beer tent was either Bud Light or Kona Brewing. 

Klieman and Van Malone came by the Golden Cat event and spoke for a couple minutes - very cool.  It was clear they really care about having former players come by practice and the complex.  I don't recall ever seeing Snyder stop by an event w/in a couple hours of game time. 

Just a great day in terms of weather, touchdowns and more touchdowns.

good info! thanks for the post