FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[retagent]

I agree with all of the previous post regarding the Johnnies play last night. I was watching rather than posting. I think I (at 67 YOA) could have had better coverage on a couple passes though.

On another note, the Gustie announcers were pathetic. It was obvious that they did no prep since they couldn't get a few names pronounced correctly. I know they might be unusual, but ask someone who knows prior to the game. Then even when Barber,which they could pronounce, was in, they continued to butcher Udoibok. Max Jackson became Max Johnson once. Then they were hardly ever right on the spot of the ball, or the yards needed for a first down. Makes me appreciate the Johnnie announce team all the more.

[sjusection105]

If the greatest improvement is indeed made from Game 1 to Game 2, then the secondary needs to go back to Game 1 and get their heads straight during film study. The sad thing is Carleton comes to town next week and they will not present any challenge. I trust the coaching staff will have a "spirited" discussion during film next week, and I'm not talking about The Holy Spirit.

On the bright side, a win is a win and there is room for improvement.

Go Johnnies!

[57Johnnie]

I agree with all of the previous post regarding the Johnnies play last night. I was watching rather than posting. I think I (at 67 YOA) could have had better coverage on a couple passes though.

On another note, the Gustie announcers were pathetic. It was obvious that they did no prep since they couldn't get a few names pronounced correctly. I know they might be unusual, but ask someone who knows prior to the game. Then even when Barber,which they could pronounce, was in, they continued to butcher Udoibok. Max Jackson became Max Johnson once. Then they were hardly ever right on the spot of the ball, or the yards needed for a first down. Makes me appreciate the Johnnie announce team all the more.

At 82 I couldn't have covered but the receivers were so open I may have thrown a completion or two.
Amen on the announcers and I could not get VOJ on WDGY but original rock and roll. That was better than the Gustie crew. 

[MUC57]

57Johnnie

When they talk about "oldies but goodies", do they mean us? At least you apparently played, I never did. Although, I was on the Alpha Tau Omega touch football team. Speedy receiver, great hands. Anyhoo, good win by the Johnnies. Best on the season and to you, my fellow 57 graduate. ☠🏈

[57Johnnie]

57Johnnie

When they talk about "oldies but goodies", do they mean us? At least you apparently played, I never did. Although, I was on the Alpha Tau Omega touch football team. Speedy receiver, great hands. Anyhoo, good win by the Johnnies. Best on the season and to you, my fellow 57 graduate. ☠🏈

I played the radio

[MUC57]

57Johnnie

Oh! Best anyway! ☠🏈

[MadRedFan]

Johnnie fans, here's a question I had after looking over the box score.

LB's Alex Sais and Brandon Beranek both ended up in the top half dozen or so tacklers, along with other LB starters Pietruszewski and Inman.  Carriveau and Catherman were listed as starters.  Have Said and Beranek "moved ahead" of those other two at this point, earned more PT, or Injuries?  Or just the "way it worked out" in terms of who was in and when.  Seemed like most of the starters played most of the night.

[Mr.MIAC]

I was just at a bar in DC watching the Vikings game, joined by lots of Minnesotans in town for a healthcare conference. I was wearing a UST sweatshirt and a Vikings cap (it's the purple thing), so the Minnesota connection was clear.

Anyways, I had lots of conversations with the group; a number of folks thought that outside the U of M, UST, Carleton, and Macalester, the universities/colleges in Minnesota were pretty much safety schools. Thoughts?

[Mr. Ypsi]

I was just at a bar in DC watching the Vikings game, joined by lots of Minnesotans in town for a healthcare conference. I was wearing a UST sweatshirt and a Vikings cap (it's the purple thing), so the Minnesota connection was clear.

Anyways, I had lots of conversations with the group; a number of folks thought that outside the U of M, UST, Carleton, and Macalester, the universities/colleges in Minnesota were pretty much safety schools. Thoughts?

"Safety school" is very much a relative concept.  It still amuses me no end that for one Cal Tech athletic recruit, MIT ended up being his safety school!

[BDB]

Can you define what  "safety school" is?
Apparently I graduated from one so I don't know the definition. 🙁

[Mr.MIAC]

I'm not really sure. I think that they were meaning to say that the other MN schools were not the top students' first choice. In other words, the other MN schools are fallback options if they don't get into their first choice. I have family who went to Concordia, Gustavus, and Carleton, so it's not that I have purple tinted glasses. Maybe we have too many schools, with what's perceived as too low of standards.

[OldAuggie]

I was just at a bar in DC watching the Vikings game, joined by lots of Minnesotans in town for a healthcare conference. I was wearing a UST sweatshirt and a Vikings cap (it's the purple thing), so the Minnesota connection was clear.

Anyways, I had lots of conversations with the group; a number of folks thought that outside the U of M, UST, Carleton, and Macalester, the universities/colleges in Minnesota were pretty much safety schools. Thoughts?

Hold the phone here Rev!! Full disclosure; I am a parent of 2 college students and in the past 5 years have immersed myself in the college selection process and criteria at least of the colleges and universities in the Midwest.

I will tell you my opinion with a high degree of confidence and I am not alone; there are 3 schools in MN that are not safety schools: The U of M, Macalester and Carleton. That is it. Period.

St. Olaf is nipping at the heels of the previously mentioned 3 schools and will never get there but will continue to exist in a tier of their own IMO.

With all due respect Dr. Rev, you adding UST to this list does not make it so.

[OzJohnnie]

Safety schools.  That's funny.  Plus your friends were just being polite seeing as you went to UST.  They really look down on it as well.  Even Mac and Carleton are just the poor cousins when considered by the east coast private school network.  It isn't personal; it's arrogance.

If I craved the approval of anyone with the ambition of walking the corridors of Washington DC then it may concern me what they thought.  Fortunately, I've never needed to buy my way into the circles I travel, unlike our east coast friends.


EDIT: I wonder what your DC friends think about the fact that the top of the pops in DC for Obama's eight years was a Johnnie, Dennis McDonough?  Certainly an anomaly.  Or that before Bernie or Elizabeth, the OG progressive mega-superstar, Eugene McCarthy, was a Johnnie?

Personally, my favourite Johnnie is Tom Burnett, one of the three hero's of Flight 93.  But that's more of a safety school kind of guy.

[Mr.MIAC]

I was just at a bar in DC watching the Vikings game, joined by lots of Minnesotans in town for a healthcare conference. I was wearing a UST sweatshirt and a Vikings cap (it's the purple thing), so the Minnesota connection was clear.

Anyways, I had lots of conversations with the group; a number of folks thought that outside the U of M, UST, Carleton, and Macalester, the universities/colleges in Minnesota were pretty much safety schools. Thoughts?

Hold the phone here Rev!! Full disclosure; I am a parent of 2 college students and in the past 5 years have immersed myself in the college selection process and criteria at least of the colleges and universities in the Midwest.

I will tell you my opinion with a high degree of confidence and I am not alone; there are 3 schools in MN that are not safety schools: The U of M, Macalester and Carleton. That is it. Period.

St. Olaf is nipping at the heels of the previously mentioned 3 schools and will never get there but will continue to exist in a tier of their own IMO.

With all due respect Dr. Rev, you adding UST to this list does not make it so.

Ahh, I'm not really talking about ACT scores, admission rates, etc. that indicate which schools top students go to. These folks were from Minnesota, just in town for a conference. They were basically saying that these four schools are the places that really attract top students in Minnesota. It's not a matter of them being polite, as my other qualifications offer far more prestige than a UST undergraduate degree. I think marketing probably plays a significant role. 

[OldAuggie]

Hey I am comfortable in my own skin as it is. I have 2 great students in my family and I am the son of a Phd, Dr. of Biochem research professor at the U of M so I know what real intellect looks like even though I seem to only express it in my children! That said,  I am ok with the status of MIAC schools. I still put St. Olaf in a tier above UST and yes Marketing has played a huge role in the perceived status of UST.