SF Washington is a damn good football team. They have won their first two playoff games 65-0 and 42-0. The Farniok brothers are a huge reason why.
It's sad, really, the way the Gophers haven't capitalized on talent coming out of SD. We got lucky with Eslinger in ND, and have had some other good contributors like Kwapinski coming out of that state.
Sure, you can bring up the big names like Leber, Greenway, Brady McDonnell, etc. that the Gophers either didn't try for or even have a chance with. But there have been a lot of other players at least worthy of an opportunity to be contributors, even if they don't have superstar potential. And I think there are some serious players to be had in the upcoming years. If I were recruiting for the U, I'd offer a scholarship right now to Austin Sumner, QB from Brandon Valley. Stands 6'5", 220, throws the ball 70 yards in the air, 88 career TD passes, etc.
Of course, there is a superiority complex a lot of Minnesotans have toward South Dakota (including at least one idiot on this board) and they think nothing good can come out of the state, so maybe that bias has existed in the coaching staff as well.