He's back! — just in time for his debut as FCS No. 5 South Dakota's head coach and his first-ever game as a head coach, period.

While Travis Johansen spent over 25 minutes last week with Happy Hour digging in to his first eight months in that role and how he'll handle it on gamedays, this week's one-on-one with host John Gaskins focuses on his first opponent.

Iowa State is coming off an 11-win season in which it shared the Big 12 regular season title and enters Saturday already 1-0 in 2025 after a hard-fought 24-21 "Farmageddon" rivalry game win over No. 17 Kansas State in Ireland.

Why is Johansen unconvinced there will be neither ISU "jet leg" in USD's favor, nor "trap game" syndrome, with the Coyotes falling between two monster rivalry contests on the Cyclones schedule? In-state Iowa looms on the schedule next week.

What are Johansen's observations of Iowa State's offense and defense, particularly veteran quarterback Rocco Brecht, who made several clutch plays to carry the Cyclones down the stretch?

How differently do the Yotes have to scheme a Power Four conference team with bigger, stronger, faster, and more athletic players at every position than likely any team USD will face the rest of the season?

Why does Johansen feel no need to chat with quarterback Aidan Bouman about mitigating the senior's emotions of returning to Ames to face the school he started his college career with before leaving to get more playing time in Vermillion?

Should we expect the Coyotes to be conservative, given their slim margin for error as a 15-point underdog? Or, perhaps for USD to cut it loose and take risks as a team with perceivably "nothing to lose."

Spoiler alert — Johansen is not a big fan of the phrase "nothing to lose." Find out why.