I was just a bit leery of shooting the darn thing in the water.  I don't want shots skipping across the lake.

Quote from: johnniepress on August 20, 2006, 04:17:36 PM
The roster is now posted online. With a roster around 190 players, numbers, heights, weights, positions, etc. change on a daily basis.

Don't worry, the Word/html roster version is only temporary for the time being. The new roster setup will be up and going during the first week of the season.

That's a good thing.  Since the header on the page says 2001 Roster as of 9/18/01, I was more than a little disappointed not to see Elliott at #2.

Gags from the GF Herald:

BS: For more than a decade, I've asked you around this time of year if you're going to retire after the season. I'm going to change the question: Is it a goal of yours to still be coaching when you're 100 years old?
JG: I said at the Hall of Fame gathering that I thought it was the perfect place to announce that I didn't think it's possible for me to coach another one or two ... decades.
BS: Did you pause for effect?
JG: I did.
BS: Every year you have a self-deprecating line. What's this year's line?
JG: That's probably it. So far, it's all I can think of. I know I'll have to face retirement questions. The other thing I've thrown out a couple of times is that it always says in the paper, John Gagliardi, 79. How come I'm the only guy they give the age? Why do they remind everybody what an old dog I am? I'll be 80 in November. That's kind of scary. But my odds of making 100 are better than yours.

Quote from: kubiack78 on August 21, 2006, 08:50:49 AM
Thanks Duff.  How exactly did you get the pic to post?

I sent you an e-mail.

Shoot the bastard, agree with Admit about the .22 considering close proximity to the 'toon.

You could also dress up like a muskrat with lipstick on and try to lure the bugger out.

As far as legality, it's illegal to drive 71 MPH on I-35 or I-94, but I've seen people do it


We used to get muskrats in the pond at my parents' place. Dad would shoot 'em with the .22 and that seemed to get rid of them. One time he shot one and took out the right side of the brain (controls left body) and the damn thing swam 3 laps in a counter-clockwise while dad and I laughed our asses off before Dad took it down.

BTW, Dad's an incredible shot, 99/100 on his marksmanship tests in the Army with a hangover, and said he was going to try to shoot the other side of the head, this was about a 60 yard shot. He shot and the muskrat went down. 3 days later when he floated up on the side of the pond, there were 2 sets of entrance and exit holes in it's head.


Warning: looks like beaver, swims like beaver, but a tail too skinny means it ain't no beaver!




Here's a site with Muskrat recipes once you shoot the bugger.

Quote from: Maroon&Gold on August 19, 2006, 08:24:02 AM
I also thought that this was an interesting story. Who the heck is going to carry the ball down there??

http://www.in-forum.com/Sports/articles/137004

Let the games begin

M&G - I went over to the Bierman Football Complex on Saturday to watch some of the Gopher's scrimmage.  Something called E.J. Jones took the initial reps with their first team offense.  I later learned he is a true freshman (Maroney played as true freshman), is from the greater St. Louis metro area (as was Maroney), and was the St. Louis Post Dispatch 2005 Greater Metro Player of the Year (as was Maroney).  I am even holding out greater hope for this young man because he was also St. Louis Post Dispatch Spotlight Student of the Month, which was not very Maroney-like.

Being a true rube I did get a picture of the Little Brown Jug on my cell phone, as it will undoubtedly be in Ann Arbor at this time next year.  The rodents will again be soft on defense but they've decided to be soft with younger kids, so hopefully it pays dividends in coming seasons.  Ski-U-Mah and here's to a miracle 6-5 season 

Quote from: DuffMan on August 21, 2006, 08:20:57 AM
On a totally non-football related note (can you imagine?), does anyone have any idea how to get rid of a muskrat?  I discovered one making it's home in the transom of the pontoon.  I don't want to shoot it in the water.

Carl Spackler: To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit - ever. They're like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that's all she wrote.

My enemy, my foe, is an animal. In order to conquer the animal, I have to learn to think like an animal. And, whenever possible, to look like one. I got to get into this dude's pelt and crawl around for a few days. Who's the gopher's ally. His friends. The harmless squirrel and the friendly rabbit.

I smell varmint poontang. And the only good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang, I think.

Quote from: Garnet on August 21, 2006, 10:27:06 AM

Quote from: DuffMan on August 21, 2006, 08:20:57 AM
On a totally non-football related note (can you imagine?), does anyone have any idea how to get rid of a muskrat?  I discovered one making it's home in the transom of the pontoon.  I don't want to shoot it in the water.

Carl Spackler: To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit - ever. They're like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that's all she wrote.

My enemy, my foe, is an animal. In order to conquer the animal, I have to learn to think like an animal. And, whenever possible, to look like one. I got to get into this dude's pelt and crawl around for a few days. Who's the gopher's ally. His friends. The harmless squirrel and the friendly rabbit.

I smell varmint poontang. And the only good varmint poontang is dead varmint poontang, I think.

I always loved that one.

esq,

Thanks for the catch. Our web server was automatically naming any html on the football page with that title.

Quote from: DuffMan on August 21, 2006, 08:33:48 AM

Quote from: kubiack78 on August 21, 2006, 08:31:37 AM
KR, Duff sending you guys an email.  with pics see if you can help a WIAC grad out

Here ya go.

Duff, looks like kubiack and his buddies could dispatch that muskrat with extreme predjudice. 

Hey, KR - want a house in Des Moines?  I just received this email from the administrator of our Alaska office:

Relative is selling house in DesMoines....if you are interested....

OK, Friends & Neighbors, it's official.  As of 2:30 this afternoon, I'm on the
market.  Take a look at the listing:   
http://locator.nwmls.com/scripts/mgrqispi.dll?APPNAME=Locator&PRGNAME=MLSLogin&ARGUMENT=2VOEb4QVGSM1X0r7yQ9uPg%3D%3D   and the virtual tour:   
http://www.circlepix.com/tour.htm?id=439893&mls_tour=1

The view is much better in person, of course.  Tell everyone you know who might be looking for a view home.  Thanks.  ($pecial Thank$ for whomever make$ a referral re$ulting in a $ale!!)

Wow - if houses cost this much in Iowa we're in real trouble.  And KR- if you can't afford the house you can at least make a referral for the sale - and we can split the kick-back.  8)

Tmert,

That would be Des Moines, Washington, not Iowa which is why the realty place is in Puyallup, WA.

We don't have a lot of " Incredible panoramic Puget Sound and Olympic Mountain views." in Iowa unfortunately.

A house that size would probably go for well less than half that value in Des Moines, Iowa

Well, I thought those were amazing views for Iowa.  Who ever heard of Des Moines WA?  Next thing you'll tell me there's also a Paris in Texas.

Puyallup, Washinton...home of the Lutes!

I miss those guys!  They were good fun a few years ago.  Do you think if we had lutefisk at the pregame they would make the trip?

Quote from: tmerton on August 21, 2006, 12:37:18 PM
Well, I thought those were amazing views for Iowa.  Who ever heard of Des Moines WA?  Next thing you'll tell me there's also a Paris in Texas.

And the one in Washington is pronounced as spelled.  You enunciate the "s" in both words.