More great news being announced by St. Thomas!!

https://instagram.com/p/BbkQcO3A4NK/

Quote from: Reverend MIAC, PhD on November 15, 2017, 11:38:56 PM

Quote from: Touchdown Tommy on November 15, 2017, 11:12:49 PM
Hi guys.  First time, long time.

-looks like the Tommie posters have taken on the personality of their blowhard coach (notable exception my friend Benchwarmer) I went over there a few weeks ago to see them play Bethel.  Pathetic crowd & I left wholly unimpressed by both squads.  UST was undisclipined, Perra continues to force the ball into bad spots/INTs, & allowed several big special teams plays.  I got a kick outta the PA announcer trying to get the crowd hyped up before the game when there couldn't have been more than 1000 in the stands with over 50% Bethel fans (in a terrible season, no less).  Caruso can try to manufacture tradition, passion, and reverence for UST football(a video board, replays, loud obnoxious PA announcer, D1 caliber lockers) but it won't work unless it's organic.

-105 hit the nail on the head.  There is lots of mutual respect built up over many years between SJU and Mount Union/Linfield.  There's Dennis from LA, Wildcat11, Gig Harbor Cat, Joe Smith's dad, even Bluenote whom we've engaged in many great weeks of trash talk and thereafter mutual respect.  You Tommie clowns could learn something here.

-flights were $79~ round trip to Ohare on a Saturday so there should be a good crew of us flying down.  If there are any North Central guys lurking here, what's the best breakfast spot? Egg Harbor or Eggs Inc downtown?  What about bars near the stadium?  Jackson Ave looks promising.  Any others you guys would recommend?

So I might have missed something, but probably not. Why is your opinion relevant?

Depends on who you ask..... a quick look down memory lane.

St. Thomas since 2010 - 7-3 vs. SJU, 6 MIAC titles, 5 quarterfinal games, 3 semifinal games, 2 STAGG BOWLS (15-6 Playoff record)
SJU Since 2010 - 3-7 vs. St. Thomas, 1 MIAC title, 0 quarterfinal games, 0 semifinal games, 0 STAGG BOWLS (3-3 Playoff record)

If tradition and organic is SJU - with the results above and attendance numbers to brag about..... Never-mind, i'd rather be dressed in Purple and Grey this weekend!!

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Quote from: robertgoulet on November 15, 2017, 02:56:48 PM
*cracks open door, pops head in*

Rutter is the best QB SJU will have faced all year, by some margin. NCC over SJU by 13.

*head out, shuts door*

Pera at UST is pretty good. Would be surprised if your guy is that much better. Likely he hasn't seen a defense as strong as SJU.

Hmmmm. I wonder if that is true. Let's take a peek:

Bumping this to add Erdmann's stats

Broc Rutter
181-280, 65%,  2,571 yds, 5 Int, 19 TD's, 160.6 Efficiency

Jackson Erdmann
118-187, 63%, 1,732 yds, 4 Ints, 24 TD's, 179 Efficiency

Jacques Perra
154-264, 58%, 2,340 yds, 5 Ints, 19 TD's, 152.75 Efficiency

I also looked at the performance vs the top two teams in each league (Perra vs St Johns-#2 ranked defense and Concordia-#22 ranked defense and Rutter vs Wheaton-#8 ranked defense and IWU-#23 ranked defense). Given the fact these are 2 of the top 5 conferences in the country and all these teams are similarly ranked in the top 25 as well as on defense it seems decent as a comparison (admitting a small data set)

Perra vs STJU/CM
23-47, 49% 1 Int, 3 TD's, 175 ypg

Rutter vs Wh/IWU
49-82, 60%, 2 Int, 2 TD's, 261 ypg

Erdmann vs StT/CM
24-47, 51%, 2 Int, 3 TD's, 175 ypg

St John's defense is ranked #2 so it's absolutely true Rutter and NCC have not faced a better defense, statistically speaking, I think both teams are battle tested against top 10 quality competition and Broc Rutter has played very consistently in big games.

Fake News: It's been a while.... the board has picked up week 1 of the playoffs.
Erdmann vs. St. Thomas        (10-22-127,45% 2 TDs, 0 Int) Also, - SJU Team Rushed for 1 Yd.
Erdmann vs. CON                  (14-25-150, 56% 1 TDs, 2 Int)
Erdmann Vs St. Thomas/CON (24-47-277, 51% 3 TDs, 2 Int) 138.5 YPG Avg.

http://d3football.com/seasons/2017/boxscores/20170923_38dv.xml
http://d3football.com/seasons/2017/boxscores/20171111_92d6.xml

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Quote from: Pat Coleman on January 30, 2015, 11:08:04 PM
Obviously you have a personal connection here and I get that, but as a former student journalist, let me verify -- students are there to learn.

BP, a student newspaper has students as editors. A faculty advisor is not the editor in chief, but an advisor. There to teach, but not to hand-hold.

Not sure what the big deal is here? If this the article everyone is citing, I took it as an opinion from the the eyes of the RP. I actually remember reading it prior to Bullis being named and I thought it was written rather well.

http://royalpurplenews.com/?p=15594

No, this is not the article in question. This is an opinion piece from January 28th. Obviously, there is nothing wrong with that.  There was a subsequent article on January 29th, the day before the hiring was announced by UW-W, that cited "Royal Purple sources" indicating that Kevin Bullis was being named the coach the next day.  The article even mentioned that neither Coach Bullis nor Athletic Director Amy Edmonds were available for comment, which is exactly why reputable news outlets including D3football.com, the Jefferson Daily Union, the Janesville Gazette, and the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinal (not to mention TV and radio stations) did not "break" this story.  I can almost promise you the RP "source" was neither in the athletic department or part of the search process.  My guess is the source was footballscoop.com, which speculated the same earlier in the day based on their sources.  The RP article in question was subsequently pulled.

UW-W has a Sports Information Department (and a great SID, in Chris Lindeke, by the way) that coordinates really well with the various programs to get information out as timely and as responsibly as possible.  Chris sent out an announcement by email a little after 10:30 AM on January 30th including quotes both from AD Edmonds and Coach Bullis.

The folks at the athletic department put in a lot of work to ensure a quality experience for the Head Coach Finalists that were brought on campus.  The last thing anyone at UW-W would have wanted (except maybe the RP) would be for any of the Finalists to hear the news online rather than on a personal phone call from the university.  As Pat noted, the RP is a training ground.  It exists so students can learn.  It is ill advised to try to compete with the Sports Information Department in getting out news related to Warhawk sports.  It is a battle the RP cannot win.

Thanks for the clarification.

Quote from: Pat Coleman on January 30, 2015, 11:08:04 PM
Obviously you have a personal connection here and I get that, but as a former student journalist, let me verify -- students are there to learn.

BP, a student newspaper has students as editors. A faculty advisor is not the editor in chief, but an advisor. There to teach, but not to hand-hold.

Not sure what the big deal is here? If this the article everyone is citing, I took it as an opinion from the the eyes of the RP. I actually remember reading it prior to Bullis being named and I thought it was written rather well.

http://royalpurplenews.com/?p=15594

Quote from: OzJohnnie on December 21, 2014, 05:15:43 PM
Can I just say: I'm really getting bored of the UWW/MUC lockout.  Come on Johnnies TOMMIES, you're doing it for all DIII.

Fixed it for everyone!

Quote from: AO on December 03, 2014, 05:23:18 PM
And now for something truly terrifying.

Another AO!


Aubrey was born dec 2nd and is doing well.  A likely future Gustie or UNWEAGLE?

Congrats!

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Quote from: voice on December 03, 2014, 01:53:52 PM
Anybody know how many of Lance's assistants will be going with him to SUNY-Buffalo?

http://footballscoop.com/the-scoop/

"Buffalo: Lance Leipold has hired a number of assistants from his Wisconsin-Whitewater staff – defensive coordinator Brian Borland, offensive coordinator Andy Kotelnicki, offensive line coach Daryl Agpalsa and wide receivers coach Alan Hensell. He has also retained running backs coach Matt Simon and defensive line coach Chris Cosh from the previous staff."

If true, this is very interesting.

Oh, that's rough for the program. Hopefully LL has been a good leader and has developed his staff to fill the holes. That reads like a clean sweep of senior leadership which is tough for any organisation to weather.

EDIT: In fact it's hard to believe it's true. There must be some sort of non-compete or staff-poaching clause in senior coach contracts against this sort of thing. I think this is extremist and incorrect rumor mill rather than fact. I find the idea that someone would not only leave an organisation that he's had such a good relationship with but then also gut it and leave it utterly exposed to be unbelievable. Therefore I don't believe it.

Jerry Kill has done this to the programs he has coached at each time he left for something bigger and better.  I wonder if he will consider the Nebraska vacancy? Anyway, I wouldn't be suprised if LL took alot of his staff with him.

Quote from: Retired Old Rat on November 19, 2014, 06:13:37 PM
Always amusing watching the Tommie faithful obsess over the SJU logo.  Over, and over and over.

67, love your new signature line.

This is rather comical coming from an individual who regularly takes personal character shots at Coach Caruso. Over, and over and over again!   But since you brought it up, I have honestly never given a thought to that logo, and now that I've had my first one, I think it perfectly generalizes the johnnie faithful........ Self Absorbed an Tasteless!!

http://www.tommiemedia.com/news/hennes-authors-biography-on-oshaughnessy/

I think this will be an interesting read!

Anybody have a guess as to what the West Region Rankings will look like this week and what pool c bids may come out of the west?

My thoughts are that no West teams this year are rewarded with a Pool C bid to the NCAA Playoffs unless UW-Platteville wins this weekend.

November 5th, 2014 -                           This Week

1 UW-Whitewater 7-0 8-0                     1.UW-Whitewater
2 Wartburg 8-0 8-0                             2.Wartburg
3 Bethel 7-1 7-1                                 3.Linfield
4 Linfield 6-1 6-1                                4.St. John's
T5 Chapman 6-1 6-1                           5.Chapman
T5 St. John's 7-1 7-1                           6.UW-Platteville
7 UW-Platteville 6-2 6-2                      7.UW-Oshkosh
8 UW-Oshkosh 4-1 4-4                        8.Bethel
9 St. Thomas 6-2 6-2                          9.St. Thomas
10 Pacific 5-1 5-2                               10.Pacific

Quote from: 57Johnnie on November 09, 2014, 09:12:44 PM
Also probably for another board but:
How about Kurt Ramler, former associate head coach of the Johnnies, taking the Saints to a perfect 10-0 in the UMAC and playoffs in his first year as head coach   

They did finish 9-0 in the UMAC last year, As they did again this year.  Not sure how many returning starters the team had back?  I am interested in seeing how improved they are under his coaching during playoff games.  Maybe in the near future those games will be very competitive. I at least hope so.

Completely unrelated to his coaching or team.  But I remember going to school there before they had a program and thinking if CSS had a football team with a competent coach that CSS would be a wonderful place to go and play football.  Great school in a very nice city. Perfect location on top of the hill as far as views of Duluth and the Harbor, and just far enough away from the cities to still be comfortably away from home, but close enough for family to enjoy the games. That year i was there they were also building a athletic complex that I remember being very comparable to some MIAC schools facilities.

I definitely think Rambler is at a place he can win a lot of games in the UMAC.

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Quote from: SagatagSam on November 09, 2014, 03:20:43 AM
Wowzer, U$T beat up on Carleton 83-7.

Talk about letting out some frustration.

I wonder how long the starters played given that a huge, eye-catching thrashing of underpowered competition is about the only chance UST has for post season action...

Exactly what I was wondering...

Being on the road & having the diminished numbers that make up a travel squad may give the Tommies cover on this. I would be interested (not so interested that I would actually look at the box score) to see if after being up by 21 did the Toms throw the ball?

I took a look at the box. Hard to say anything too untoward. The backups did throw a few passes but I can live with that. It was 49-0 by halftime and it looks like backups played the entire second half (at least on offense).

Backup quarterbacks threw 13 times, completed 7, one of which was for a 37-yard touchdown.
I'm not thinking that's real out-of-line.

Another option is watching the archived video. 
http://portal.stretchinternet.com/carleton/

Missed all of yesterday's football action do to a wonderful trip the wife planned to St. Paul for my first Summit Brewery Tour. It was definitely fun, the beer was great, and enjoyed too much of the food truck.

I did see a little of the game with the link above, and my thoughts are, I've never been someone that likes to see a team get beaten this badly.  However, i'm also not a fan of seeing teams that are clearly outmatched continue to throw the ball attempting to score on another teams second and third string with their first team still in that late in the game. Why not just put your second string in also and see who would have the better JV squad?

Also, I think i forgot to mention - Congrats to the Johnnies on winning the MIAC. You clearly have the best squad this year.

Now to playoff's, Should the NCAA committee be hoping for a UST win this Saturday? Think of how competitive they (NCAA) could make the playoffs this year with all flights payed for.  Just match UST vs. SJ1 - 16,500 fans, x $7.00/person attending = $115,500 to the NCAA for money to spend on a D3 football playoff?

There you have it - Problem solved! 

[This should go without saying, but obviously this is a what-if scenario. I in no way guarantee at UST win this Saturday against the Gusties, or an SJ1 win over STO, or a Bethel loss to AUG, or even the NCAA Committee overlooking CON.  I do not have classified information as to what the NCAA is hoping for.  These views are desperate hopes for a team that I would like to see play more than 10 games this year.]

Go Tommies!

No chance Tommies jump Bethel.  You can't lose to SJU and Bethel and jump them into the playoffs.

WOW - (i'll help you out) In a What-If Scenario, although unlikely, they could certainly jump Bethel for playoff contention! It was already given in my disclaimer.... but it is now Bold and Underlined for you

Quote from: faunch on November 09, 2014, 10:04:51 AM

Quote from: SagatagSam on November 09, 2014, 09:29:17 AM

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Quote from: SagatagSam on November 09, 2014, 03:20:43 AM
Wowzer, U$T beat up on Carleton 83-7.

Talk about letting out some frustration.

I wonder how long the starters played given that a huge, eye-catching thrashing of underpowered competition is about the only chance UST has for post season action...

Exactly what I was wondering...

Being on the road & having the diminished numbers that make up a travel squad may give the Tommies cover on this. I would be interested (not so interested that I would actually look at the box score) to see if after being up by 21 did the Toms throw the ball?

I took a look at the box. Hard to say anything too untoward. The backups did throw a few passes but I can live with that. It was 49-0 by halftime and it looks like backups played the entire second half (at least on offense).

Backup quarterbacks threw 13 times, completed 7, one of which was for a 37-yard touchdown.
I'm not thinking that's real out-of-line.

Another option is watching the archived video. 
http://portal.stretchinternet.com/carleton/

Missed all of yesterday's football action do to a wonderful trip the wife planned to St. Paul for my first Summit Brewery Tour. It was definitely fun, the beer was great, and enjoyed too much of the food truck.

I did see a little of the game with the link above, and my thoughts are, I've never been someone that likes to see a team get beaten this badly.  However, i'm also not a fan of seeing teams that are clearly outmatched continue to throw the ball attempting to score on another teams second and third string with their first team still in that late in the game. Why not just put your second string in also and see who would have the better JV squad?

Also, I think i forgot to mention - Congrats to the Johnnies on winning the MIAC. You clearly have the best squad this year.

Now to playoff's, Should the NCAA committee be hoping for a UST win this Saturday? Think of how competitive they (NCAA) could make the playoffs this year with all flights payed for.  Just match UST vs. SJ1 - 16,500 fans, x $7.00/person attending = $115,500 to the NCAA for money to spend on a D3 football playoff?

There you have it - Problem solved! 

[This should go without saying, but obviously this is a what-if scenario. I in no way guarantee at UST win this Saturday against the Gusties, or an SJ1 win over STO, or a Bethel loss to AUG, or even the NCAA Committee overlooking CON.  I do not have classified information as to what the NCAA is hoping for.  These views are desperate hopes for a team that I would like to see play more than 10 games this year.]

Go Tommies!

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Quote from: Boys of Fall on October 13, 2014, 02:26:50 PM
This year certainly isn't any different than years past, and all teams seem to have some, so this question isn't pointed at anyone's alliances, but what does everyone think about transfers coming in from higher level programs being able to keep their red-shirt year and extend their eligibility?  I understand this is playing within the NCAA rules, but it seems to be against the spirit of D3 athletics which are normally at four year institutions.  Any thoughts on this?

I'm fine with it. I like that d3 doesn't allow redshirts. I wish they would make rules against grey shirting (quite frankly, it seems against the spirit of the rules and the division), but I have no idea how they'd be able to enforce them.

As for transfers, I'm fine with it. I don't want to penalize a kid who decides he isn't a good fit at a D2, FCS or FBS schools from transferring to D3. And that's really exactly what you'd be doing. It would discourage kids to transfer to D3. If I was a player thinking of transferring and knew that going D3 meant I couldn't get my redshirt year back, it would significantly influence me against the decision.

I'm also really glad the MIAC now accepts transfers getting their redshirt year back. It was a disadvantage when competitive conferences around us allowed guys to keep them and we didn't.

Football is unique in that 99.9% of D3 players will never play another down of the game they love once their college careers are over. In soccer, golf, baseball, basketball, etc. there are ample opportunities to continue playing the sport recreationally. That's just not the case for football. So I favor letting kids get as many years playing college football as they can.

I'm not sure why this matters anyways. As a D3 player, can you just enroll at your college of choice, lift weights with the team, attend practices without participatng, and just play the following year? Not sure what Greyshirting is?
But I too I'm fine with Redshirt transfers saving a year of eligibility when dropping to D3. At least for the MIAC it has made alot of teams more competitive. I'm also in favor of D3 not allowing redshirts.