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freezing Saturday afternoon.
• The Eagles (11-2) are host next weekend to Jacksonville State (11-3).
• While Forte was out-dueling Zach Zenner of SDSU (9-5), the leading rusher in FCS, and scoring the final touchdown for the Eagles, Vernon Adams was throwing five touchdown passes, including two to freshman Cooper Kupp.
• With 20 TDs, Kupp broke the school record and Randy Moss' national record for freshmen. His 81 catches tie the FCS freshman record.
• The game, played at about 12 degrees with wind chill making it single digits, was tied 14-14 at the half.
• Adams hit Zach Wimberly, Kupp and Cory Mitchell in the second half.
• Zenner, who had 1,944 yards, was held to 71.
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• SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) -- The bitter cold snap across South Dakota has cancelled events and increased calls for furnace repairs, but hopes that it might chase away the state's most unwelcome visitors are futile at best.
• Forestry officials say the mountain pine beetles that have ravaged the Black Hills in recent years can withstand the arctic temperatures, which have approached 20 below zero in some areas.
• South Dakota State University forestry specialist John Ball tells the Black Hills Pioneer that pine beetles gradually acclimate to colder temperatures.
• "It's cold, but unfortunately our cold is hitting us in December," Ball said. "If this same cold hit us in October, when we had that big snowstorm, that would have been a bug killer."
• Ball said the beetles have evolved to actually replace the water in their bodies with a form of antifreeze they produce. They are so resilient to the cold that they can withstand a year of arctic temperatures.
• "I've actually put them in a freezer and pulled them out a year later and they are still alive," Ball said. "They're a pretty tough insect that are used to a wide range of conditions that occur here."
• The deep freeze is causing more inconvenience to people in South Dakota, especially those having trouble keeping their houses warm. KELO-TV reports that one heating and cooling business in Sioux Falls received 100 calls Friday from people needing furnace tuneups.
• "With all the cold weather, these furnaces are working overtime. So, motors are failing, igniters are failing. People kind of tend to forget to change their filters," said

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