The Minnesota Vikings are the darlings of NFL Combine week because of how they'll deal with Sam Darnold and J.J. McCarthy, and both their GM and head coach Kevin O'Connell tapdanced around yet telegraphed what their intentions are.

Plus, North Dakota State lost an offensive coordinator for a second consecutive season, and John Gaskins explains why former USD coach Craig Smith nor former NDSU coach Saul Phillips were given one more season before getting fired at Utah and Northern State. Also, why is the USD men's stretch run to this season so intriguing, and what kind of glorious bulletin board material did the University of Sioux Falls men receive before their do-or-die NSIC tourney game?

What you do know is South Dakota State's 6'11 center Oscar Cluff has been a literally towering presence in his likely only season with the Jackrabbits — one of only two players in the nation with 20 double-doubles en route to Summit League Player of the Year (serious) candidacy. What you may not know is that the Sunshine Coast, Australia, native almost never even played basketball had it not been for one fateful day when he found a bargain on a video game, which took him on a long and wild ride from the beaches of his homeland, to junior college in Arizona, to Power Five hoops in the Pacific Northwest, to the plains of South Dakota. What hooked him on a sport he at first thought was "no fun?" How did he end up in Brookings and what about Coach "Hendo" drew him in?  And, most importantly, is Foster's really "Australian for beer?"