Remember a few years ago when an undefeated St. Olaf team went up to Collegeville to play an undefeated St. John's team and lost 63-9?  I have a feeling that St. Thomas is going to have a similar experience today.

Quote from: Willy Wonka on November 10, 2008, 02:31:56 AM

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Quote from: familyguyfaneightyfour on November 08, 2008, 08:31:12 PM
GREAT game in Northfield.  Oles win in 2OTs.  D-line was outstanding today.  Nick Tolen is a scary man.  He manhandled GAC's guards and centers.  I was incredibly frustrated with the officiating today.  A DB for gac pushes a st olaf receiver out of the way and turns around for the interception, no call.  The officials called st olaf for defensive pass interference while the defender is holding his arms out to the side with open arms, their legs were about to tangle, and they fell over.  Clearly unintentional.  St. Olaf outplayed GAC in my opinion, and came away with a great win.  Haberman is much improved at this point in the season.

I wasn't at the game, but this seems a little much. The Gusties controlled the clock (31:30-28:30), were outgained just 342-334 and had identical first downs.

What's that leave? Turnovers. Gustavus had 3 to Olaf's 2...but two of GAC's came on picks in the end zone. Those are killers.

Were the Oles a better team? Perhaps...but the numbers would seem to suggest an even game across the board. And it would be easy to argue that GAC mistakes at crucial times were the difference, though the Oles obviously played a part in that, I'm sure.

I'm not so much upset we lost...I'm upset that Schoeny's last game is now meaningless because both the Cobbers and Gusties choked. It could have been a spectacular finish.

It was one of those games where there was never a doubt in my mind that my team was going to win.  From my perspective they seemed to play with more intensity.  That was the way that the oles controlled the game in my opinion.

Also, saying that someone's mistakes are the reason that they lost the game is like saying that the team that scores the most points is going to win the game.  Most TD's are the result of mistakes by one team.

So you're saying that despite the ToP being nearly equal, yards are almost identical, first downs are the same and the game goes to double overtime...you were completely confident the Oles were better from the opening snap based on their intensity?

I'll gladly congratulate you on a big win, but please read that again and try to understand how ridiculous it sounds.

All I was trying to say is that for me, it was one of those games where you have a gut feeling that one team is going to win.  Saturday was one of those games for me.  I realize that the stats were even, I'm just giving you my gut reaction from watching the game from the stands.  If you think that's dumb, fine.  I was just trying to explain my earlier comment.

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Quote from: familyguyfaneightyfour on November 08, 2008, 08:31:12 PM
GREAT game in Northfield.  Oles win in 2OTs.  D-line was outstanding today.  Nick Tolen is a scary man.  He manhandled GAC's guards and centers.  I was incredibly frustrated with the officiating today.  A DB for gac pushes a st olaf receiver out of the way and turns around for the interception, no call.  The officials called st olaf for defensive pass interference while the defender is holding his arms out to the side with open arms, their legs were about to tangle, and they fell over.  Clearly unintentional.  St. Olaf outplayed GAC in my opinion, and came away with a great win.  Haberman is much improved at this point in the season.

I wasn't at the game, but this seems a little much. The Gusties controlled the clock (31:30-28:30), were outgained just 342-334 and had identical first downs.

What's that leave? Turnovers. Gustavus had 3 to Olaf's 2...but two of GAC's came on picks in the end zone. Those are killers.

Were the Oles a better team? Perhaps...but the numbers would seem to suggest an even game across the board. And it would be easy to argue that GAC mistakes at crucial times were the difference, though the Oles obviously played a part in that, I'm sure.

I'm not so much upset we lost...I'm upset that Schoeny's last game is now meaningless because both the Cobbers and Gusties choked. It could have been a spectacular finish.

It was one of those games where there was never a doubt in my mind that my team was going to win.  From my perspective they seemed to play with more intensity.  That was the way that the oles controlled the game in my opinion.

Also, saying that someone's mistakes are the reason that they lost the game is like saying that the team that scores the most points is going to win the game.  Most TD's are the result of mistakes by one team.

GREAT game in Northfield.  Oles win in 2OTs.  D-line was outstanding today.  Nick Tolen is a scary man.  He manhandled GAC's guards and centers.  I was incredibly frustrated with the officiating today.  A DB for gac pushes a st olaf receiver out of the way and turns around for the interception, no call.  The officials called st olaf for defensive pass interference while the defender is holding his arms out to the side with open arms, their legs were about to tangle, and they fell over.  Clearly unintentional.  St. Olaf outplayed GAC in my opinion, and came away with a great win.  Haberman is much improved at this point in the season.

Dear St. John's,
You're welcome.
Hugs and kisses,
St. Olaf College

Suppose Northwestern makes the playoffs and the Johnnies don't.  What will be lower: AO's Karma or Northwestern's chances of winning?

shouldn't we be talking about football, and if not that, then can we at least talk trash?  This firefox talk is boring as hell.

Quote from: Willy Wonka on October 27, 2008, 01:12:23 PM

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Quote from: tmerton on October 27, 2008, 11:41:34 AM
On the St. Olaf field goal, I heard last night that this was the kicker's first game, and a quick look at the STO season stats seems to confirm that.

Even though St. John's won, for which I am grateful, it's too bad for that kid.  I think we'll see as good of things from STO as we've been used to seeing with Meidt.  Jerry O, the new coach, is very capable and used to do the recruiting for MN-Mankato bringing in guys like John Hebgen, Jamie Pass, Josh Nelsen, etc. in the mid-90's.  

The kicker was new. In fact, he wasn't even listed in the Ole program.

I don't have any information as to what was going on, but that's certainly a rough way to start a career...

He IS new, and he's a nice kid too.  It's a rough start to a career.  Hopefully he realizes that the loss is not on him, or on any individual for that matter.  The Oles had the opportunity to put the game away multiple times, but couldn't do it.  They shouldn't have needed to put a 1st game kicker in that position.  I hope that this game motivates him to success though.

Quote from: justadad on October 26, 2008, 10:48:01 AM
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.

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.

the Oles lost the game for themselves.  They outplayed the Johnnies in my opinion, but were unable to pull the trigger when it came down to the wire.  A picture perfect tackle in OT (i can't remember the last time I saw a helmet on a ball like that), and the Johnnies win.
My jaw is still hanging down.  I can't believe the Oles let it get away from them.

Quote from: DustySJU on October 24, 2008, 09:55:44 AM

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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?

Proof Positive:  When the Johnnies play well they win and most of the time when they play poorly they win too.   

It's true. and it really gets annoying...

You forgot to point out that sometimes, when the johnnies are about to go down by three with 19 seconds left the johnnies win because the refs decided that they don't like the fact that they picked up an std from a tommie girl the night before, and make a judgment call in the J's favor.

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?

Quote from: chewey on October 22, 2008, 11:22:38 PM
I have special dispensation from the Pope (My wife) to go to SJU vs. STO this Saturday in Northfield.  Maybe I can assist all you other Stiffy-fest attendees in fomenting anarchy on the STO campus.   I'm sure the rent-a-coproaches will need something to do. 

Here are some suggestions:

there's a sh*tty piece of "artwork" on campus.  It's a bunch of bikes painted white and put together as a statue.  Try driving your car into it.

Try drinking a beer in the cage (inside buntrock commons (our student union thing)).  You would definitely get a reaction, and would probably get to meet all of the rent-a-parking-ticket-dispensers (seriously.  that's all they do.) that way.

Quote from: BlueDevil Bob on October 22, 2008, 11:29:28 AM

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Quote from: BlueDevil Bob on October 22, 2008, 08:35:15 AM
How celebrities would look if they lived in North Dakota.



     Jennifer Aniston           Brittany Spears            Pamela Anderson

So I ask myself, why is BDB ragging on North Dakota ... then it comes to me ... hockey?

No tmert. That's what the pictures are titled where I found them.

Here's a couple male North Dakotans:



  John Travolta        Tom Cruise           Johnny Depp

dude... travolta and cruise always look like that.

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Here's to you...Mr Bethel Photographer Guy...for making my evening one full of laughter. You gotta admit, this image is quite hilarious...

Definitely one of those pictures that you could make up what's going through their minds...

Oh, that's funny    Click below for the full-size image.

The player on the far right #9? looks absolutely stunned that his team"mates" would violate the honor code like that; and on the football field

Doesn't it look like he's trying to unbutton or unzip his fly?  His helmet even says BJ.

2 royals 1 cup.  the guy on the right is filming.  It'll probably be out in a few weeks...