FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[sju56321]

Pat-that article is interesting-I realize that the players and fans of any given team remember where they finished, but does the average fan?
Obviously UST is having a good run and I am sure it will help them with the Minnesota high school kids.
Also, the additional development of skills by practicing for extra weeks and playing in additional games is a big advantage to UST come next year.

[D O.C.]

who will remember who finished 3rd or 4th or 5th......

Let's wait and see if UST tries to buy rings for this season.   8)

[VOJ]

TDT gone?  For anti-social behavior?  But now who will WW, WaSK, AO, and all the Tommies use to bludgeon loyal Johnnies with charges of being unhinged and incapable of rational thought?

VOJ

Thanks for that, undeserved but thanks...

Not undeserved.  Also would have been my first choice.  Probably would've been a race to the fnish between you and TDT to start out with.  Suspension or not.

whatever kettle

[AO]

Even if they beat linfield, the johnnies are still better than the tommies..............well, maybe not.

Wow, real USTD love here; you and usTDT have more in common that I thought.  However, even if USTD goes to the title game the fact is that they already had their chance to show whether they were better than Saint John's, and they didn't do it.  And while the game ended up being close, it took two 4th quarter gaffes by the SJU special teams to let the Toms back into it.   

I thought Johnnie fans only measured success by the number of playoff wins?  Bethel wasn't thought to have done much by beating SJU in consecutive years until they got to the final 4.

Really??? These blanket statements are why you get the reception on MIAC PP that you do...I think you have to respect a team which has won like they have.  I know the SJU coaches had nothing but praise for Bethel and how they played this year and in past years which saw Bethel win 3 straight if memory serves me correctly. 

I was not attacking you or the Johnnie coaches.  If I was a johnnie fan, I would be judging seasons by how far they got in the playoffs.  I would also consider a regular season loss irrelevant once we got into the playoffs, and hope for a rematch.  If in the playoffs, you lose to a team that gets smoked the next round, the debate is over.

[VOJ]

This happens so often, we went further in the playoffs, we won the division, and so on.  SJU should be happy with the fact that they beat UST (again) and get over the fact that they played like crap against Coe.

But what is interesting is what this will do for UST's program.  I think one more win in the playoffs will look very good on Caruso's resume.  I don't think UST is his final pitstop, and getting far in the playoffs so quickly could get him a job offer sooner than one thought.

But will Caruso be around to see it...http://www.twincities.com/sports/ci_13903745

interesting tidbit about Caruso being on the shortlist for another job already...he is from the East it would not be a total suprise.

[DoubleO]

Where's his wife from?

[sjusection105]

But what is interesting is what this will do for UST's program.  I think one more win in the playoffs will look very good on Caruso's resume.  I don't think UST is his final pitstop, and getting far in the playoffs so quickly could get him a job offer sooner than one thought.

I agree, and would give Caruso 5 years from when he started at UST before he is gone to bigger things.He's a good recruiter and has sure changed the dynamic in the MIAC in a short period of time. The MIAC has a lot of younger dynamic coaches-Ramler is at the top of the list and he may move on at some point as well.

[DoubleO]

It certainly sounds like the johnnie contingent is hoping so anyway, huh?

[BDB]

BTW: You guys missed TDT's post of the year last night on the NWC board.  It was pure gold and Pat removed it within 30-45 minutes.  

Thanks for the reminder. That should have carried a suspension with it, but I was busy and didn't have time to go through the ban screens. Will take care of that now.

TDT being tossed out again...



Reminds me of Steve McQueen being sent to the hot box again..

Somebody toss him his ball and glove.

[OzJohnnie]

TDT gone?  For anti-social behavior?  But now who will WW, WaSK, AO, and all the Tommies use to bludgeon loyal Johnnies with charges of being unhinged and incapable of rational thought?

VOJ

Thanks for that, undeserved but thanks...

Not undeserved.  Also would have been my first choice.  Probably would've been a race to the fnish between you and TDT to start out with.  Suspension or not.

I forgot one.  Oops.   Thanks for pointing yourself out.

[OzJohnnie]

Even if they beat linfield, the johnnies are still better than the tommies..............well, maybe not.

Wow, real USTD love here; you and usTDT have more in common that I thought.  However, even if USTD goes to the title game the fact is that they already had their chance to show whether they were better than Saint John's, and they didn't do it.  And while the game ended up being close, it took two 4th quarter gaffes by the SJU special teams to let the Toms back into it.   

I thought Johnnie fans only measured success by the number of playoff wins?  Bethel wasn't thought to have done much by beating SJU in consecutive years until they got to the final 4.

Really??? These blanket statements are why you get the reception on MIAC PP that you do...I think you have to respect a team which has won like they have.  I know the SJU coaches had nothing but praise for Bethel and how they played this year and in past years which saw Bethel win 3 straight if memory serves me correctly. 

I was not attacking you or the Johnnie coaches.  If I was a johnnie fan, I would be judging seasons by how far they got in the playoffs.  I would also consider a regular season loss irrelevant once we got into the playoffs, and hope for a rematch.  If in the playoffs, you lose to a team that gets smoked the next round, the debate is over.

As far as you know.

[Veek]

BTW: You guys missed TDT's post of the year last night on the NWC board.  It was pure gold and Pat removed it within 30-45 minutes.  

Thanks for the reminder. That should have carried a suspension with it, but I was busy and didn't have time to go through the ban screens. Will take care of that now.

Is usTDT's suspension over yet?  I feel at a loss not knowing what he ate for breakfast.

TMerton - the purple Teletubbie posts were classics.  Keep up the good work!

[hazzben]

Who cares about a game a month and a half ago and what somebody could have done? You play football to win championships, SJU has an MIAC championship this year, UST does not. Will UST have the National Championship, probably not, but we will see. In the end, isn't the saying, "no one remembers who finished second?" So who will remember who finished 3rd or 4th or 5th......

So you're saying Bethel's 2000 season was more memorable and accomplished than SJU's right?!   

[coco]

Who is the bigger rival for you SJU guys -- Bethel or UST?

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Hey guys have the tommygirl posters been this lameass all year long or only this week on our board. 

GHC