FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Retired Old Rat]

UST is affiliated with the Sant'Agata Bolognese sect.

[57Johnnie]

UST is affiliated with the Sant'Agata Bolognese sect.

+k on that! 

[sjusection105]

What do you call a basement full of UST(d) coeds?

A whine cellar 

[OzJohnnie]

On another note, does anyone know if Saint Thomas is affiliated with any particular sect of Catholicism?

[OzJohnnie]

Hi, Folks!  Today we're playing 'Guess the MIAC Institution'!

[art76]

UW Whitewater just won a tough one down at Morningside 33 to 30 - was fun listening on-line while doing some other things on the computer this evening.

[OzJohnnie]

UST is affiliated with the Sant'Agata Bolognese sect.

+k on that! 

Doubleplus K.  Very clever.  I had to look it up.

[sjusection105]

BDB- Are you going to make it to The Natural Bowl tomorrow for the big tilt?

[SJUrube]

UW Whitewater just won a tough one down at Morningside 33 to 30 - was fun listening on-line while doing some other things on the computer this evening.

A highlight from the game made SportsCenter's Top 10 plays. The anchor had a great line about UWW..."You know how some guys are all time center in playground football? Whitewater is all time division 3 champs. They just win it all the time."

[OzJohnnie]

The Hawks make their fourth consecutive Grand Final tonight and are going for the threepeat.  Now we just need the Johnnies to pull out a victory and make it a perfect weekend.

[scottyeagle93]

Knew I could count on you guys for a serious answer!  Thanks!!!

[SJUrube]

It's fun to be close to this rivalry and have a dog in the race. It's hard to tell how much additional attention the game is getting outside of the Johnnie & Tommie communities. The ESPN bit has brought some additional attention but I almost wish I could be a non partial observer to a few hours tomorrow to see how far reaching the game goes - and what my reaction would be when hearing about it for the first time.

The last two years at UST were wonderful but having back in Collegeville is great. Turnovers and penalties are going to be the story tomorrow - much like any game between two evenly matched teams. As the UST program has gotten stronger I think they've gotten a little fat on playing with too much of an edge. Last year they had 9 penalties for 80 yards - compared to 4 for 23 for SJU.

SJU kept Concordia in the game last week with some ill-advised and ill-timed penalties. They won't be able to get away with that tomorrow.

[DuffMan]

It's hard to tell how much additional attention the game is getting outside of the Johnnie & Tommie communities.

I've had several people at work ask me about it.

[USTBench]

It's fun to be close to this rivalry and have a dog in the race. It's hard to tell how much additional attention the game is getting outside of the Johnnie & Tommie communities. The ESPN bit has brought some additional attention but I almost wish I could be a non partial observer to a few hours tomorrow to see how far reaching the game goes - and what my reaction would be when hearing about it for the first time.

The last two years at UST were wonderful but having back in Collegeville is great. Turnovers and penalties are going to be the story tomorrow - much like any game between two evenly matched teams. As the UST program has gotten stronger I think they've gotten a little fat on playing with too much of an edge. Last year they had 9 penalties for 80 yards - compared to 4 for 23 for SJU.

SJU kept Concordia in the game last week with some ill-advised and ill-timed penalties. They won't be able to get away with that tomorrow.

Not entirely untrue but completely necessary from where this team was prior to Caruso taking over.

If I remember accurately the UST defense has been to coaching clinics up at UND and have essentially implemented components of the 3 - 4 that made UND so good in the 90s and early 2000s which is the same D Bubba Schweigert re-implemented when he took over for Mussman two years ago. This defense essentially took UND from last in overall D to the top of the Big Sky in just one year. Bubba Schweigert was the original architect of this D and it basically passed it on to Tim Tibesar (Motreal Allouettes, Kansas State, Chicago Bears, and now Wisconsin) when Schweigert left for UMD. Anyway, there's a reason former UND greats Digger Anderson and Brett Holinka have been D coaches for UST over the last few years. They were some of the best players ever at UND at their positions and they knew UST's D like the back of their hand. It requires you to play somewhat recklessly at times with a big incentive on stopping the run in a number of ways, not least of which is using the sidelines as your 12th and 13th defenders. So the idea is to keep people moving horizontally. From time to time, because it's so aggressive sideline to sideline, it's not uncommon for at least one big play to be given up a game as your secondary is on an island at times. It also utilizes some blitzing from rather creative angles that are meant to disrupt a QB's timing. This of course leads to some potential late hit penalties, be it on the QB or "assisting" someone out of bounds.

There's no intent to play dirty, just fast. And when you play with your proverbial "hair on fire" things happen.

UST's D has had some regression the last two years, but I think we have the athletes now to put it back on top of the MIAC.

[emma17]

It's hard to tell how much additional attention the game is getting outside of the Johnnie & Tommie communities.

I've had several people at work ask me about it.

I'm completely interested in it.
I think it's nearly as big for D3 as the UWW v Morningside game was last night.  It's not just the rivalry, it's the quality of the teams and the incredible setting- which I believe will be clearly evident on ESPN's show.