Dakota Marker: A year-by-year history of the SDSU-NDSU rivalry game

The next chapter in Brookings comes tonight for the Dakota Marker Series

BROOKINGS, S.D. – Another chapter will be added to the best story in FCS football over the last decade in the Dakota Marker rivalry. North Dakota State and South Dakota State will play on national television for the sixth time Saturday night, but for the first time the TV spotlight will be at Dana J. Dykhouse Stadium in Brookings and not at the Fargodome. Here are five of the biggest plays in the Marker series that have happened in Brookings. NU…

Dakota Marker: A year-by-year history of the SDSU-NDSU rivalry game

BROOKINGS — You know the story by now: In 2004, the Jackrabbits and Bison, having left the Division II North Central Conference for Division I, joined together to create the Dakota Marker trophy, taking a longstanding partnership and turning it into a true rivalry. It didn't take long for it to become one of the top rivalries in all of college football, and perhaps the fiercest in the FCS. Saturday's matchup — pitting the top-ranked and defendin…