FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[tmerton]

Hey, Oz - some kid from Queensland named Jesse Williams (good Aussie name) has committed to play at Alabama.  How about getting off your butt and picking some good kids to come to Collegeville?

[tmerton]

ANNOUNCEMENT (courtesy of John Cleese)

The English are feeling the pinch in relation to recent terrorist threats and have therefore raised their security level from "Miffed" to "Peeved."  Soon, though, security levels may be raised yet again to "Irritated" or even "A Bit Cross."  The English have not been "A Bit Cross" since the blitz in 1940 when tea supplies nearly ran out. Terrorists have been re-categorized from "Tiresome" to "A Bloody Nuisance." The last time the British issued a "Bloody Nuisance" warning level was in 1588, when threatened by the Spanish Armada.

The Scots have raised their threat level from "Pissed Off" to "Let's get the Bastards."  They don't have any other levels. This is the reason they have been used on the front line of the British army for the last 300 years.

The French government announced yesterday that it has raised its terror alert level from "Run" to "Hide." The only two higher levels in France are "Collaborate" and "Surrender." The rise was precipitated by a recent fire that destroyed France's white flag factory, effectively paralyzing the country's military capability.

Italy has increased the alert level from "Shout Loudly and Excitedly" to "Elaborate Military Posturing." Two more levels remain: "Ineffective Combat Operations" and "Change Sides." 

The Germans have increased their alert state from "Disdainful Arrogance" to "Dress in Uniform and Sing Marching Songs." They also have two higher levels: "Invade a Neighbor" and  "Lose."

Belgians, on the other hand, are all on holiday as usual; the only threat they are worried about is NATO pulling out of Brussels.

The Spanish are all excited to see their new submarines ready to deploy. These  beautifully designed subs have glass bottoms so the new Spanish navy can get a really good look at the old Spanish navy.

Australia, meanwhile, has raised its security level from "No worries" to "She'll be alright, Mate."  Three more escalation levels remain: "Crikey!", "I think we'll need to cancel the barbie this weekend," and "The barbie is cancelled."

[AUPepBand]

During these cold, quiet days, there is time to think. Perhaps too much time for Pep to think. So Pep was musing:

The 2010 Stagg Bowl was, once again an all-purple affair. The chances of that occurring were pretty great, considering five of the eight quarter-finalists embrace purple as their dominant school color...Whitewater, Mount Union, Mary Hardin-Baylor, St. Thomas and Alfred.

It was difficult to sort out the Saxon fans from the Mount fans at Mount Union Stadium on Dec. 4, 2010. It definitely was a "Purple Out."

The color purple has only a couple words with which it rhymes. Given the desire to be clever and witty in supporting the Saxons, one is severely limited in concocting a chant with a line ending with "purple" when desiring for said chant's lines to rhyme.

So, here's an off-season challenge for all posting supporters of purple-clad teams....first, identify the TWO words (and one is a stretch) that rhyme with purple. Second, create a chant in support of your team that uses at least one of those words that rhyme with purple.

On your mark, get set.....GO!

[OzJohnnie]

Yeah, I won't hold my breath waiting for those enthusiastic Tommies to respond to that challenge...

I'd give it a go, but I've got a word association problem with "purple."  Every time I see "purple" the only word that pops into my head is "sucks!"

[OzJohnnie]

Hirple, to walk with a limp, and curple, the hindquarters of a horse or donkey, both rhyme with purple.

[kubiack78]

Hirple, to walk with a limp, and curple, the hindquarters of a horse or donkey, both rhyme with purple.

So what your saying is that anyone supporting a purple team is a limping Horses A$$? 

[Johnnie Red]

I was listening to Mike Evans from Hollyweird on the KQRS show this morning and he mentioned that Kris Humphries had popped the question to Kim Kardashian and she said no. This will probably make it impossible to get her up to the Stiftungsfestivities this fall. Any thoughts on getting an invite out to our next U.S. president, Michele Bachmann?

[stanbob]

Hirple, to walk with a limp, and curple, the hindquarters of a horse or donkey, both rhyme with purple.

Oz, you certainly have the makings of a ust rally call there.  Maybe you can get (us)TDT to help you finalize it.    

[OzJohnnie]

So, where are the areas we have questions next year?

QB - will we go through rotation hell again?
WR - is there a BE on our horizon?
DB - we played a lot of underclassmen here last year, right?  May be pretty strong?

Do we have any other glaring needs?  I hate the fact that the QB question will haunt us this year.  With the high quality RB's, a strong QB would make for a very entertaining offense.

[stanbob]

So, where are the areas we have questions next year?

QB - will we go through rotation hell again?
WR - is there a BE on our horizon?
DB - we played a lot of underclassmen here last year, right?  May be pretty strong?

Do we have any other glaring needs?  I hate the fact that the QB question will haunt us this year.  With the high quality RB's, a strong QB would make for a very entertaining offense.

That Stanton kid needs to be replaced as well.

[57Johnnie]

So, where are the areas we have questions next year?

QB - will we go through rotation hell again?
WR - is there a BE on our horizon?
DB - we played a lot of underclassmen here last year, right?  May be pretty strong?

Do we have any other glaring needs?  I hate the fact that the QB question will haunt us this year.  With the high quality RB's, a strong QB would make for a very entertaining offense.

That Stanton kid needs to be replaced as well.

Time for VOJ to get on here and help us out. 

[tmerton]

... our next U.S. president, Michele Bachmann?

Someone please go check to see if finsleft is still breathing.

[tmerton]

So, where are the areas we have questions next year?

QB - will we go through rotation hell again?
WR - is there a BE on our horizon?
DB - we played a lot of underclassmen here last year, right?  May be pretty strong?

Do we have any other glaring needs?  I hate the fact that the QB question will haunt us this year.  With the high quality RB's, a strong QB would make for a very entertaining offense.

That Stanton kid needs to be replaced as well.

Check d-line as well; it started very thin though they developed some kids as the season went on.

[tmerton]

If this is going to be a new show, they need to include Collegeville on the pilgrimmage route.  Let's see, whom should they interview ... ?  Start with Brother Mark!

Note - At the end one of the guys says he'd never been to a college football game before.  He looks to be in at least his 40s and doesn't seem to have a foreign accent.  Either he's a friggin' Canadian (and even then ... ) or he's lived his life in bubble!  (My apologies to any Canadians - eh!)

[johnnie tats]

Off season be damned......updated content about the upcoming installation of lights(!) at the Natural Bowl is now on johnniefootball.com

2011 QB for the Johnnies....#10 Bruns, rifle of an arm. Obvious to those who have seen Johnnie games first hand, the current "crop" of QB reserves cannot seem to get the job at hand completed.