FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[AO]

Silly AO and jamto. You guys forgot the Minnesota Nice. 

And I'm counting on both you guys coming over to be in my box for the SJU v UW Stout game. Jam has to scout his future conference and AO your squad is in Iowa so no excuses.

Wrong Northwestern, BDB. AO is from the D3 Northwestern in St. Paul, not the NAIA Northwestern out in the cornfields north of Sioux City.

BDB was right.  My Northwestern is playing in Iowa against Central on that date. 

Silly AO and jamto. You guys forgot the Minnesota Nice. 

And I'm counting on both you guys coming over to be in my box for the SJU v UW Stout game. Jam has to scout his future conference and AO your squad is in Iowa so no excuses.

Pop, food and tik provided. Any regular poster just DM me if interested.

Edit: OldAuggie you've got ties here so I'm definitely planning on you.

That is a tempting offer.  I suppose my cheap shot was a little easy.  I do like going to the waterparks at the Dells, and my life would be empty without Ellsworth cheese curds.

[BDB]

Only 2 Stout types will be there, me and my buddy stoutguy (an infrequent poster)

My ATM guy samwill47SJU is coming and that's it for now.

Any D3.com types are welcome. Only 1 hour from St.Paul.

[BDB]

Wrong Northwestern, BDB. AO is from the D3 Northwestern in St. Paul, not the NAIA Northwestern out in the cornfields north of Sioux City.

I know the correct Northwestern Greg. My son is a current UMAC intercollegiate athlete.

[carletonknights]

Oz, just heard the CEO of Gatorade compliment the AFL on NPR.  I wasn't listening too attentively, but I believe he used them as an example of incorporating technology to improve player safety and recovery.

[carletonknights]

I've heard talk of a $1B fundraising goal to build the endowment.

I imagine it would take a lot of Lee Anderson clones to more than double their endowment...

[sjusection105]

I've heard talk of a $1B fundraising goal to build the endowment.

I imagine it would take a lot of Lee Anderson clones to more than double their endowment...

Dick Schultz,Mike Dougherty,Jerry Rauenhorst's estate keeps giving long after his death and there are many more in the single millions donated. The first three are in the $50M plus crowd with Lee Anderson.

[57Johnnie]

Silly AO and jamto. You guys forgot the Minnesota Nice. 

And I'm counting on both you guys coming over to be in my box for the SJU v UW Stout game. Jam has to scout his future conference and AO your squad is in Iowa so no excuses.

Wrong Northwestern, BDB. AO is from the D3 Northwestern in St. Paul, not the NAIA Northwestern out in the cornfields north of Sioux City.

Correct Northwestern. All regulars on this board are familiar with AO, his stellar work on pickems and his Alma Mater.
Not wise to question the great BDB

[Mr.MIAC]

I've heard talk of a $1B fundraising goal to build the endowment.

I imagine it would take a lot of Lee Anderson clones to more than double their endowment...

Dick Schultz,Mike Dougherty,Jerry Rauenhorst's estate keeps giving long after his death and there are many more in the single millions donated. The first three are in the $50M plus crowd with Lee Anderson.

The last fundraising campaign brought in nearly $600M. $1B doesn't seem overly aggressive to me, but I guess we'll see how things work out. Getting kicked out of the MIAC for winning is sure to motivate many current and future donors.

[carletonknights]

I'm not trying to be an ass here, but $600M is still far away from $1B for a school the size of St. Thomas.  Also, can you send me a link to that?  I don't really follow St. Thomas events, but when I tried to Google it, the only thing that came up was a StarTrib article from 2017 that St. Thomas had met its endowment fundraising goal of $200M.  I just find it a bit surprising that they would go from a $200M goal in 2017 to a $1B goal two years later.  While I'm sure many alumni are upset about recent events, I think we on this board might be overestimating the extent to which these events will galvanize the St. Thomas donor base. 

Listen, I hope they achieve their goal (that would really be quite something - possibly an unprecedented rise - and the school would undoubtedly have to fight off many others trying to poach their fundraising team) I just think that whoever told you they were setting a $1B was exaggerating.

[Mr.MIAC]

I'm not trying to be an ass here, but $600M is still far away from $1B for a school the size of St. Thomas.  Also, can you send me a link to that?  I don't really follow St. Thomas events, but when I tried to Google it, the only thing that came up was a StarTrib article from 2017 that St. Thomas had met its endowment fundraising goal of $200M.  I just find it a bit surprising that they would go from a $200M goal in 2017 to a $1B goal two years later.  While I'm sure many alumni are upset about recent events, I think we on this board might be overestimating the extent to which these events will galvanize the St. Thomas donor base. 

Listen, I hope they achieve their goal (that would really be quite something - possibly an unprecedented rise - and the school would undoubtedly have to fight off many others trying to poach their fundraising team) I just think that whoever told you they were setting a $1B was exaggerating.

Here's the old webpage from the last "Opening Doors" fundraising campaign, which generated $515M by the end date plus an additional $60M over the following year. The 2017 endowment fundraising goal of $200M was a separate fundraiser dedicated to endowing specific scholarship programs. The upcoming campaign will be much larger as UST is seeking national prominence.

Link: https://www.stthomas.edu/openingdoors/

[Gregory Sager]

Wrong Northwestern, BDB. AO is from the D3 Northwestern in St. Paul, not the NAIA Northwestern out in the cornfields north of Sioux City.

I know the correct Northwestern Greg. My son is a current UMAC intercollegiate athlete.

My apologies, BDB. You're on the case!

[OldAuggie]

Silly AO and jamto. You guys forgot the Minnesota Nice. 

And I'm counting on both you guys coming over to be in my box for the SJU v UW Stout game. Jam has to scout his future conference and AO your squad is in Iowa so no excuses.

Pop, food and tik provided. Any regular poster just DM me if interested.

Edit: OldAuggie you've got ties here so I'm definitely planning on you.

Well call me out like that! Yeah I was worried at first that my Gopher game would conflict that day but they are kicking off at Fresno State at 9:00PM that night so this gives me a chance to go home and take a nap before the Gopher game starts as I am sure the beer will be flowing at your tailgate and in the luxury suite. FYI I have been scouting your campus frequently when dropping off our daughter and getting to know the layout of UW-Stout. From a distance, I even took a look at the luxury suites you speak of and I will say; that field and stadium are about the same as what we had at UMD back in the day. Clearly a D2 feel in the WIAC.

[BDB]

 No problem Greg. Maybe you should roll in with the Guru for the game. Stout won't be intimidated. These guys play tough opponents as a rule.
It's a D3 good time.

[jamtod]

Silly AO and jamto. You guys forgot the Minnesota Nice. 

And I'm counting on both you guys coming over to be in my box for the SJU v UW Stout game. Jam has to scout his future conference and AO your squad is in Iowa so no excuses.

Pop, food and tik provided. Any regular poster just DM me if interested.

Edit: OldAuggie you've got ties here so I'm definitely planning on you.

That's a tempting offer BDB. I'll have to check the UST schedule for that weekend and the wife's demands. Although my best friend's wife is a stout gal (and a convicted vandal) so maybe I could drag some of them and my 9 year old along

[BDB]

OldAuggie, no beer flowing tailgating in my plans. Afterwards I have a couple local honkey tonks I could recommend  though.