No Fins deerstand post this morning.  You think maybe he stayed in the shack and just made kool aid?

Good Luck Johnnies!  Just keep it close and let the Magic do its thing

Quote from: finsleft on November 19, 2008, 02:32:40 PM

Quote from: retagent on November 19, 2008, 02:28:25 PM
Since I haven't seen any games, my opinion may not be worth much, but from listening, it seems to me that Stifter had a good year also.

I agree with you, retagent. He was my second choice. The kid can't weigh much more that 165, but he's killer on the field. Plus his new 'stache makes him look just like Geraldo.

I only saw 6 games (all victories) but did Stifter ever call for a fair catch?  Fun player to watch, very smart and tackled well.

Quote from: DustySJU on November 15, 2008, 08:55:45 PM
Congratulations to the Johnnie Football team - Conference Champions!

Congratulations also to Kurt Ramler and his CC Knights for taking the Johnnies down to the wire.

Feels great once again to know that SJU is atop the MIAC!  MIAC Comish Dan McCane was even in attendance and had a nice little pow wow with JohnnieFootball.com comish TDT!

Tremendous performace from both sides of the ball today for SJU with smooth as silk Joe Boyle navigating the last 50 seconds of the game for a touchdown.  From my vantage point in the south endzone all I could see was Jeff Schnobrich sprinting north down the east sideline with a perfectly thrown pass falling into his hands.

Redzone offensive performance needs to crank it up a notch while the defense needs to continue to hold steady. 

Beautiful day in Northfield with plenty of sun and mid 30's temps. 

For future consideration Carleton allows tailgating.... we coulda pulled right up to the stadium and tapped a keg.

Never seen ROR as happy as he was today following the game winning touchdown!

Go Johnnies!!!   8)

Developing......

I have to agree as much as I felt all season that #9 was a lot of the problem with the passing game, on Saturday, he did it all.  The crow tastes ok knowing the Johnnies have more games to play.  I am going to bitch about the play calling in the first half, we should have had a minumum of 17 points going into the break.  The goal line stop is always exciting.  Punting was terrible, I would reccommend practicing outside from this point forward.  If the Johnnies go to Wisconsin does Fins get a non resident license just so he can listen in the deer stand?  Seems to bring good luck.  The knights look to be the real deal, nice football team.  Good luck in the future.  

Quote from: finsleft on November 15, 2008, 09:44:06 AM
Greetings from the deer stand. Hey did you here the Auggies are playing all ther games next year in the Philpines? Yeah, they're gonna be called "The Manila Folders"!     
Oh,why am I posting? I must be desperate for friends, because I'm not willing to admit that I'm a d bag.
Good luck SJU, I'll be watching from afar.

You will be watching from afar.  Isn't technology wonderful.  Think about extending greetings from your first deer stand.  He** thinsulate was only someones everyones wish.  Just like a knights win; they are wishing they can get a victory today.  The Johnnies, having been in this situation before are planning on execution and experience to get the win.  GO JOHNNIES.  

I didn't see that in the we win with no brochure, but after 30 years of wondering maybe the answer was out in the open the whole time.  

Quote from: Retired Old Rat on November 11, 2008, 10:25:54 PM
Duffman, you beat me to it.

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Quote from: miacmaniac on November 11, 2008, 04:59:35 PM
Cant help but wonder what things would look like now if SJU had been able to recruit Henfling from their own backyard.

EV-W folks aren't welcome at SJU 

Quote from: TC on November 10, 2008, 08:20:46 AM

Quote from: justadad on November 10, 2008, 07:36:54 AMThe real performer in Saturdays game was Russell Gliadon.  Play back the Augsburg punts into the wind and then Russells.  Without looking up the stats the Johnnie punting game was marvelous.  When you force Air Auggie to make lenghty drives on almost every series the Johnnie defense will get the stop.  

Except for his 8 yard punt on 4th-and-5 from the Augsburg 43 in the second quarter, right?  I mean, that kick wasn't THAT sweet. 

How do you know Jimmy & Co. have no faith in Boyle?  They didn't go for it on that 4th down.  When has that situation ever NOT been 4 down territory for the Johnnies?




To answer your earlier question, LAB, I don't think Berg's picks were the difference in the game.  While the first half was certainly even, it felt like the Johnnies were about to assert their dominance a couple of times in the second half.  But every time they went up by a couple of scores and had momentum the Auggies (well, Berg and especially Winford) would answer with a big play.  The flip side to being aggressive and taking chances, especially against a good defense like St. John's, is there are going to be some mistakes and turnovers.  The Auggies were good enough to keep the game reasonably close, but they never seriously threatened in the second half.

Jimmy & company should have faith in the QB's when they earn it.  Even Boyle has no faith with his passing.  On his rushing TD he had a reciever wide open but was afraid to throw the ball while going to his left.  To his credit he did take some hits and always came back for more.  He was not afraid of the pitch even after turning it over.  I agree the Auggies never seemed a threat in the second half.

Quote from: sjusection105 on November 09, 2008, 01:27:16 PM

Quote from: Lone Auggie Backer on November 09, 2008, 12:27:06 PM
 I see that Jordan threw 2 pics while Boyle threw one.  Was that the difference in the game? I know it was knotted at 7s going into half, so it seems, just by that, that it was a fairly even day yesterday. However, being -1 in the turnover category can often spell disaster when playing a solid team like St. Johns.  Was that the case yesterday?  

LAB

LAB,

All 3 picks were converted into points, so yes the -1 did hurt the Auggies. The wind was a factor, but I really think the new look Johnnie defense had more of a factor than the wind IMHO

Lots of posts about the Johnnie D and they deserve them.  Lots of posts about the wind, it was brutel.  The real performer in Saturdays game was Russell Gliadon.  Play back the Augsburg punts into the wind and then Russells.  Without looking up the stats the Johnnie punting game was marvelous.  When you force Air Auggie to make lenghty drives on almost every series the Johnnie defense will get the stop.  

Quote from: sjusection105 on November 08, 2008, 09:04:47 AM

Quote from: finsleft on November 08, 2008, 08:59:12 AM
Greetings from the deer stand courtesy of Blackberry.

Fins, How are you coming along filling my venison order? 

Venison orders in southern Stearns County are going really slow.  No shots heard or deer sightings and we are 2 hours into the season.  The wind is going to be really tough on the Auggie air attack.  

Stearns County PETA meeting tonight.

With Eden Prairie done for this season will coach Grant be on hand in collegville tomorrow?  Maybe show up for a great burger and some kool aid?

Quote from: finsleft on November 06, 2008, 02:43:18 AM


Now feel free to check out, after a brief hiatus, this week's Sizzle.

Nice story Finsleft- in reading the sizzle it appears to recommend you to practice sharing the wealth this weekend?  I am sure in da north woods everyone is in agreement.  If you let the big one go by, some one else will send a bigger one your way.  

Quote from: familyguyfaneightyfour on October 26, 2008, 11:38:47 PM



If Matt Penz (or Kofoed) were still in MIAC play, their team would not have lost a game, or have been within 20 points of their opponent in MIAC games.

Both offensive lines appeared to me to do acceptable jobs considering the defenses they had to play against.  Neither QB made plays when the opportunity was presented.   I do not think either team makes a lot of improvment for next year unless they find other players to play the QB position.  I look forward to seeing both the Auggies and Knights quarterbacks in the coming weeks.

On a less controversial subject, the new science building looks awesome.

I've started four five posts since the Johnnies game yesterday.  What a difference from last year's thriller.  If AK or Penz played any game like the QB's played yesterday this board would be on fire.  The offense's may be down this year but the quarterbacks had opportunities to make many more plays than they did.  In the end St Johns expects to win, and the Oles waited for a catastrophe.  That was the difference in a very mediocre footbal game.

Looks to be a very nice afternoon for football in Northfield today.  With the southern chapters of Johnnie alums attending stiify fest and then the game do we have a chance to out number the Ole fans?  

In reference to the game itself, I see all the Johnnie predictions point toward Collegeville.  If the Ole defense plays well, which it appears to against the run, it might come down to special teams execution. (again)  Who wins this battle?

Quote from: familyguyfaneightyfour on October 23, 2008, 10:57:07 PM

Quote from: DustySJU on October 23, 2008, 02:36:38 PM

Quote from: DuffMan on October 23, 2008, 01:08:56 PM

Quote from: DustySJU on October 23, 2008, 12:34:56 PM
Ole Fans;  Anybody know if Manitou Field will be a mud bowl come Saturday?

No, Meidt is gone 

Yes, but his father is still there!   

Can I get everyone's advice?  should I go with the angry response (option A) or the sarcastic response (option B)?

A.)
Suppose the Johnnies didn't play a sh*tty game that day.  Suppose they won. Suppose they made the playoffs.  Now think about what would have happened had they played Linfield.  You should be writing the Oles a friggin thank you note for beating SJU that year.  That loss prevented them from embarrassing themselves in the playoffs.

B.)
They most remarkable thing about that rain game though? That somehow, someway, the Oles played in it too, and did not get psyched out by the weather.  The nice thing about the rain is that it gave the Johnnies an excuse for losing! YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY despite the fact that SJU lost they were still the better team because it had been raining in Northfield for over a day!  I'm glad that we could finally get all of that out in the open.  I for one think that the four years of post patterns group therapy has been VERY helpful.

So which one should I use?

You did well in using both.  Just be aware that the next four years of therapy, most likely, will not be as helpful.