Quote from: jamtoTommie on July 03, 2019, 12:42:35 PM
On the AD thing, Michelle Morgan was previously an Assistant (Associate?) AD before she went to John Carroll. I don't know that they replaced her and not sure if they've had other Assistant ADs in the past.

I think UST straight to D1 or to the Big East is a pipe dream. Any Big East aspirations would take many many years to realize.

The incomparable JoAnn Andregg filled UST's primary AAD role for many years until her retirement in 2014. Megan Jacobson and Tyler Grey currently hold Associate AD and Assistant AD roles and have been in their positions for six and five years, respectively. If Michelle's role was backfilled, it wasn't done so with the same title. So AADs are nothing new at UST, though I'm not aware of more than three being on staff at any given time previously.

Quote from: OzJohnnie on June 06, 2019, 11:37:06 PM
You Tommies have got to work your story out.  Is UST's behind-the-back-two-point-play media campaign to burn the MIAC to the ground in a fit of sour grapes a savvy move or a crazy idea?  You all had a go at me for suggesting UST was doing just that sort of underhanded media campaign, even denying that such a thing was possible, but now we find that it's very clever indeed.

It's cute that you're unable or unwilling to draw a distinction between dropping a tip to a local writer with a long track record of writing about the MIAC/UST and controlling whether or not major media outlets dedicate air time to the story, much less what the likes of Scott Van Pelt, Tony Kornheiser, and Michael Wilbon have to say about it.

Quote from: OzJohnnie on May 24, 2019, 03:44:01 AM

Quote from: AO on May 24, 2019, 02:23:03 AM
We end the day with some thoughts from Scott Van Pelt.

https://twitter.com/cjzero/status/1131789610751803393?s=19

I think that segment is disgraceful and this COL bullsh*t is enough to justify kicking the UST out. Sour grapes, immature nastiness. I for one am now glad the Tommies are gone.  This national campaign to dismiss and embarrass the MIAC is a sad reflection on UST and the values that institution has. I'm glad they are out.

Kick me off the boards. I don't give a damn. I'll be gone a while anyways as this embarrassment campaign has worn my patience thin. Your woe is me crocodile tears are a childish bore.  Have fun feeling sorry for yourselves. Poor guys.

So wait a minute. How the national media chooses to cover this issue, which UST has absolutely zero control over, is somehow justification for kicking them out in the first place? I hope you thoroughly stretched before performing those mental gymnastics. I suppose you were still pretty well warmed up from your flip-flopping on the issue after the leaked Augsburg email, even though it didn't provide any new information that hadn't been previously discussed here.

When you were asking what to drink to quench your lemon-lime craving the answer was a 20 ounce bottle of Sprite, not Spite.

The MIAC and its remaining member institutions have absolutely blown the PR on this. By making this move under the cloak of darkness, issuing gag orders, and providing no source for additional comment following the press release, they invite the Sports Ball Talking Heads to fill column space and air time with their own opinions & narratives.

The statements from UST on this subject have been nothing but classy by any objective definition. I'm talking about the ones they've actually released, mind you, not the conversations you have with UST officials in your head. Those statements are the limit of UST's influence. They cannot and should not be responsible for running damage control for an entire conference that just kicked them out. If the MIAC and its remaining member institutions are embarrassed by the national media coverage, perhaps that's simply a sad reflection on themselves and the action they just took/supported.

Quote from: OzJohnnie on April 18, 2019, 02:27:55 PM

Quote from: nkwest on April 18, 2019, 08:53:49 AM

Quote from: OzJohnnie on April 17, 2019, 11:41:42 PM
Also, that second article mentioned that Mac left for football in 2001.  This whole UST event caused me to read the bylaws and it turns out that Mac is perfectly able to both not play MIAC football and to play it in another conference.  Members have a minimum sports per season requirement and they are free to pick the sports from a list endorsed by the MIAC.  There's no rule saying you must play football. There's also no rule that says you can't play sports in other conferences or independently (lucky for Auggie wrestling).

ARTICLE V. PARTICIPATION

3. A member institution offering a varsity sport in which the Conference offers a championship must participate in the MIAC regular season schedule and Conference championship, where applicable in each sport. [Note: The Macalester College football program has been grandfathered and is thereby exempt from this Section C (3)].

I believe that's a post 2001 change.  So Mac was kosher when they did the football move.

Yes, as the "note" indicates, MAC is grandfathered in. Every other school+sport is subject to this rule.

Quote from: OzJohnnie on April 17, 2019, 11:41:42 PM
Also, that second article mentioned that Mac left for football in 2001.  This whole UST event caused me to read the bylaws and it turns out that Mac is perfectly able to both not play MIAC football and to play it in another conference.  Members have a minimum sports per season requirement and they are free to pick the sports from a list endorsed by the MIAC.  There's no rule saying you must play football.  There's also no rule that says you can't play sports in other conferences or independently (lucky for Auggie wrestling).

ARTICLE V. PARTICIPATION

3. A member institution offering a varsity sport in which the Conference offers a championship must participate in the MIAC regular season schedule and Conference championship, where applicable in each sport. [Note: The Macalester College football program has been grandfathered and is thereby exempt from this Section C (3)].

Quote from: jamtoTommie on October 10, 2018, 04:12:28 PM
I'll be printing a few copies of that for my 8 year old, as she was watching a bit of Johnnie-Bethel film with me earlier this week to scout out which of the bad guys we need to watch out for.

Make sure she studies up on the Johns' assistant coaches.

Quote from: jamtoTommie on October 01, 2018, 11:43:05 AM
It's been a little while since we've had a beat-down like that though.

In fact, the closest thing resembling one in the Caruso era was probably the UW-W semifinal in 2011.

Quote from: jamtoTommie on October 01, 2018, 10:37:35 AM
I just watched Concordia's hype/highlight video and now I'm not sure who won on Saturday anymore.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfoMiYt3SaQ

Lots of shots of the crowd, a few incomplete passes, a couple nice runs, and a TFL. Very nice. Dominating performance.

To be fair, UST's highlight videos in losing efforts are also designed to ignore the opponent's performance and the result of the game, though the Tommies have typically had more in those situations to be excited about than Concordia did on Saturday.

Quote from: USTBench on November 27, 2017, 11:53:31 AM
The thing that concerns me the most about UST is they seem to lack a killer instinct against quality opponents.

This sums up UST's season in a nutshell.

Quote from: BerryCollegeFan on November 20, 2017, 12:13:22 PM
Berry fans...

The St Thomas fans have made several food and drink recommendation on the MIAC thread in the West Region Forum.  They are a few pages back now, but I am going to try to consolidate them into one post when I have a few moments.

I'm happy to filter those or recommend additional options based on personal preferences, and, like jamtoTommie, answer any other questions here. Unlike Jam, however, I will be in attendance on Saturday. I'm excited to see a new program in the round of sixteen and on our campus!

Quote from: Touchdown Tommy on November 15, 2017, 11:12:49 PM
I went over there a few weeks ago to see them play Bethel.

Thank you for supporting University of St. Thomas athletics!

Quote from: miac952 on November 14, 2017, 10:22:57 AM
St Olaf actually moved the ball quite a bit better than a number of MIAC teams against UST.

This is true. In fact, STO had nine times as many net rushing yards as the Johns did against UST!

Quote from: USTBench on October 09, 2017, 12:56:39 PM
Was there a beer garden? I showed up a little bit late to the game so if there was one it was taken down. There's been one on the Plaza for homecoming in the past.

There is a beer garden on the Plaza before every game now; they even rolled out a second one for the reunion classes.

Quote from: OldAuggie on September 29, 2017, 01:50:21 PM
Should be interesting to see how long we can slow down the UST offense.

Especially if the Tommies' offense continues to assist in the effort. UST's Caruso-era record at Augsburg, for what it's worth:

2015 W, 55-6
2013 W, 17-14
2011 W, 17-0
2008 L, 22-20

Quote from: USTBench on September 29, 2017, 12:13:22 PM

Quote from: OldAuggie on September 29, 2017, 11:44:42 AM

Augsburg will catch UST at the perfect time on Saturday, preparing for and thinking about the big game with Concordia.

I don't think UST is looking past Augsburg. The last two years aside, the Auggies have played UST about as tough as anyone in the conference, save for the Cobbers and Johnnies.

Same. I guarantee UST isn't preparing for Concorida this week, not with one in the loss column already. That doesn't mean it still isn't a good time to catch the Tommies, on the road & coming off of a hard-fought emotional win over the Johns. The Auggies are always scary, and UST frequently has a hard time getting off to a fast start against them.