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    HomeSportsScoggins: Minnesota State Mankato keeps its NCAA Division II thrill ride rolling

    Scoggins: Minnesota State Mankato keeps its NCAA Division II thrill ride rolling

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    One problem: They had to get back to Evansville for the men’s championship game after returning the Pony Express in St. Joseph.

    They hitched a ride on the bus carrying the school’s pep band.

    Inch doubled down this past weekend. He presided over two commencement ceremonies on Saturday at 9 a.m. and noon. Then he hosted a holiday party for his senior staff until 4 p.m. when he politely asked everyone to leave.

    He had a flight to catch.

    He had to get to North Carolina to attend the soccer team’s national championship game the next day. Buisman and senior associate athletic director Scott Nelsen picked him up at the Charlotte airport at midnight.

    Buisman was busy himself, shuttling back and forth between Charlotte, N.C., and Valdosta, Ga., to watch the football team’s semifinal game. He even caught a ride to the airport from an NCAA site representative whom he had never met before that day, saving himself a long Uber ride. Buisman ended up FaceTiming the man’s family in the airport after buying him dinner and a beer.

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