FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[finsleft]

Attention Veek:

Schedule the golfing outing and I will be there.  Would be a nice early summer occasion to drink Leinie's Red, play a quick 18, and bbq or head to a sports bar afterwards.  I am sure other members of MIAC PP would agree.

I'm in. Veek, maybe you, Frank and I ought to get together and plan a golf outing over an Eelpout Ale. Let me know when you can get to the big city. Must be about time for another trip to the Fleet Farm?

[Kilted Rat]

Fins,

4 years at SJU that included 2 years on the wrestling team provided a great amount of fart-lighting education.

One of my buddies caught a pair of pants (Exactly like the ones your son had on) on fire once. We had to waste a half a beer to put it out! If your son wants a great farting experiment, try this one on for size that one of my roommates senior year did for the sake of science: (Admit you will know who this is)

1.  Get up at 9AM on a Saturday.
2.  Drink 4 busch lights between 9 and noon
3.  then go into Chipotle and eat a burrito for lunch.
4.  Go home and drink as many more Busch lights during the afternoon as possible.
5.  Have a friend drive you in to Chipotle and eat a Burrito for dinner.
6.  Return home and drink as many Busch Lights as possible for the rest of the evening.
7.  Intermix shots of tequila and various other cheap boozes.
8.  Top off the night with Gary's Pizza at about midnight.
9.  Drink 1 last Busch Light before bed.
10.  Get up on Sunday (this is a very difficult step)
11.  When the urge to fart hits... believe me it will hit hard and often... try to catch as much of the fart as possible in zip lock gallon bags.
12.  Sneak around the apartment opening said ziplock bags directly under the noses of unsuspecting roommates and visitors.
13.  Spend most of the afternoon on the porcelain throne releasing all levels of demons from your anus.


As on of the unsuspecting roommates let me say this was the most potent rancid smell I have ever smelled... way beyond Guy or decaying maggots resting in a trash heap.

[finsleft]

Oh man, I think we might have lost tmerton. After weeks of impressing him with our sophisticated nature and genteel ways, the afternoon degenerates into farts and their flamable and odiferous properties.
tmerton- most of us aren't always like this and some never are like this and kiltedrat and I are often like this.

[johnnyadmit]

As a resident educator of our youth (and a veteran who did it myself), I must issue a warning:  Those hairy-assed among us need to be careful with the pantsless method....

[Kilted Rat]

It truly is a dangerous sport/endeavor!

[tmerton]

tmerton- Now that you got that out of the way, have jr. contact UW
Whitewater if he is SERIOUS about playing some good football. (only kidding, I'm sure St. Johns would be a great place to go)

flash - Don't think it's gonna happen.  We're already using the "Cheese League" terminology.  Besides, UWWW has too many W's.  

Now if they would adopt for their logo the little guy and the lightning bolt you use as the pic in your posts, and change their name to the janesville flashes, that might all change - that is the coolest.

[tmerton]

Lest anyone doubt the positive influence I've had on my progeny...



Yes, that's a lighter in his hand. 

Is this the product of dorm life at SJU, or is this your #2 son?

[tmerton]

Oh man, I think we might have lost tmerton. After weeks of impressing him with our sophisticated nature and genteel ways, the afternoon degenerates into farts and their flamable and odiferous properties.
tmerton- most of us aren't always like this and some never are like this and kiltedrat and I are often like this.

I'm more concerned that my #2 son doesn't see this.  Might give him the wrong idea of the SJU education.  I, on the other hand, already have the wrong idea.

[tmerton]

Glad to hear you enjoyed your trip, tmerton.  Would love to have you back to enjoy Johnnie Red's finest!

To hopefully add fuel to your son's fire,  I just caught this in Reusse's column in the StarTribune today:

ESPN's all-college outlet -- ESPNU -- remains seldom seen. It has ordered production of a series on the top 10 coaches in college history, and St. John's John Gagliardi is on the list.

Thanks.  Fingers are crossed.  John's not exactly a hard sell type.  Does anyone know anyone who actually gets ESPNU?  Comcast doesn't carry it, at least out here.  Maybe only the satellite systems carry it?

[Johnnie Red]

So I was at this town hall forum at the Lakeside Ballroom in Waconia last evening on the problems associated with underage drinking. The first thing that was played was a video that has gained national attention because of its impact. It focused on binge drinking and kids starting to use adult beverages when they are nine years old. The video also had pictures of different social events where it is a problem. Low and behold, there was a picture of a tailgate party. My thought was to have the rent-a-cops check IDs for everyone at the tailgate parties this fall and to have everyone sign an oath promising to not possess or consume any adult beverages any place on campus. Sound like a good plan? Oh, wait, what was I thinking? This is the plan for Bethel, not St. John's.

[Buckman]

A couple more local football players have decided to attend St. John's this fall.  Here's the article from the Times.

http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060329/SPORTS/103290002/1002

[sumander]

For the uneducated ( like me) in these matters, I presume D-lll does not have spring practice like the higher divisions. Is there any kind of formal activities ( related to football) that take place in the spring or do they figure out everything with pre-season starting in the fall?

[footballfan413]

For the uneducated ( like me) in these matters, I presume D-lll does not have spring practice like the higher divisions. Is there any kind of formal activities ( related to football) that take place in the spring or do they figure out everything with pre-season starting in the fall?

NCAA started allowing D-3 to conduct 15 days of spring practice last year.  I don't know the details regarding the hours, etc. but do know that spring practice is now allowed at this level.

[tmerton]

NCAA started allowing D-3 to conduct 15 days of spring practice last year.  I don't know the details regarding the hours, etc. but do know that spring practice is now allowed at this level.

Woah.  Really?  That's surprising to me, especially as I've seen no discussion of it here and con't know of any teams doing it.  15 days is the same as D-1 I believe.

[footballfan413]

Again, I don't know the details or restrictions.  It is no pads, for example, I think. But I am pretty sure that starting last spring, some form of spring practice with certain limitations is permitted.  Someone else will probably know more specifics than I do.  And as my by-line says, I could be wrong!