Adams State, which play in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, open their 2017 season on 2 September against South Dakota’s Black Hills State University. “That’s across staff, coaches, medics, scientists, referees and the academy system. “Since you can’t, and don’t want to, control intensity during games, a team has to reduce individual and work at practices and pre-games. … A good start for me is a performance that shows we’re hungry and shows that last year hurt.