FB: Northwest Conference

Touchdown Tommy · February 13, 2006, 11:39:09 AM

hey 11, your videos are boring TDT. Could you please show some highlight films from the 03 West Region Final or maybe that Johnnies win in McMinnville?

downtown48 · February 13, 2006, 12:55:50 PM

This just proves...once a donkey...always a donkey...

Tuxguy · February 13, 2006, 01:16:55 PM

TDT,
I'd like to see the 2004 film of the Wilcats vs. The Johnnies.

Opps, Thats right, the johnnies laid an egg that year and ducked the Cats!

'Cats Fa Natic · February 13, 2006, 01:41:22 PM

Quote from: Pat Coleman on February 13, 2006, 12:13:34 AM
Nice to see ESPN catch back up to the story about Willamette and Pearl Harbor. Our own Tom Wilson wrote that piece for us in 2003 and it bears repeating:

http://www.d3football.com/dailydose/?p=188

What a great article. I'll have to pass that on to my father-in-law whose college career was interrupted by WWII. He might know a couple of those players.

Touchdown Tommy · February 13, 2006, 01:47:50 PM

tux,

Do i need to ask where your Cats were in 01, 00, 99? I hope you get the point...

Most important record is head to head: 0-3

coco · February 13, 2006, 01:56:18 PM

Pat,

Thanks for posting the link to that story. That was one of my favorites. Tony Fraiola, in the front row, died just over a year ago. I went to high school with his son, Tony, Jr. who attended Linfield for a time. The family is proud of their D3 connections.

JT · February 14, 2006, 09:11:36 AM

Tony was ill at the time I was gathering interviews. Unfortunately, we were never able to connect. A few of those that were interviewed lacked internet access, so I printed out and mailed copies of the article to some of the participants.

The concept of an internet media organization dedicated to D3 football was foreign to just about all of them. They thought it was a neat concept. They were happy to be remembered. A few sent me handwritten thank you notes.

Some of the former Willamette players throwing out a few digs at their NWC competition back then. They referred to Linfield as Linseed.

coco · February 14, 2006, 04:07:05 PM

Yeah, that Linfield/ Willamette rivalry goes back a LONG way.

Tuxguy · February 15, 2006, 02:11:18 PM

Looks like TDT has made his smite rounds again!

Get a Life!

spiritof86 · February 16, 2006, 10:32:59 AM

Great story JT, and the espn version was well-done also. It is weird to see the guy from that old MTV movie show doing human-interest for espn still.

'Cats Fa Natic · February 18, 2006, 11:05:14 AM

Quote from: JT on February 14, 2006, 09:11:36 AM
Some of the former Willamette players throwing out a few digs at their NWC competition back then. They referred to Linfield as Linseed.

"Linseed"? That's the best they could come up with? And to think they were college educated...

Maybe back then, Linseed was considered fightin' words?

I'll have to ask my father-in-law what they used to call Willamette.

'Cats Fa Natic · February 18, 2006, 11:09:37 AM

Quiet in here. Just me an' the crickets...

RedandPurple · February 18, 2006, 10:01:54 PM

Quote from: 'Cats Fa Natic on February 18, 2006, 11:09:37 AM
Quiet in here. Just me an' the crickets...

chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp.....

BRING BACK THE BAND!
BRING 'EM BACK AND TURN 'EM LOOSE!

'Cats Fa Natic · February 20, 2006, 09:22:21 AM

Quote from: RedandPurple on February 18, 2006, 10:01:54 PM
Quote from: 'Cats Fa Natic on February 18, 2006, 11:09:37 AM
Quiet in here. Just me an' the crickets...

chirp, chirp, chirp, chirp.....

BRING BACK THE BAND!
BRING 'EM BACK AND TURN 'EM LOOSE!

The fact that you wrote that two days ago and you're the ONLY response since mine kind proves my point. Where the heck is everyone?

'Cats Fa Natic · February 20, 2006, 11:09:12 AM

The combine is coming up... Has Elliot been invited? I saw in my local weekly paper that he had but I haven't seen it anywhere else. Anyone know?