FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[badgerwarhawk]

I checked that out yesterday and St Johns (Minn) is the older of the two institutions

[SagatagSam]

Am I the only one who has noticed that ESPNs Reischea Canidate keeps calling the St. John's Redmen/Red Storm basketball team as the 'Johnnies'?  

They have been called the Johnnies in the NYC area since KS can remember, that is almost a half century.

Yep, no one in New York thinks of the Collegeville version if they hear the word Johnnies. In fact, most people have never even heard of it. And the New York one, as you said, is often called the Johnnies.

http://www.johnnyjungle.com/
http://www.stjohns.edu/campus/queens/clubs/Johnnies_Club
http://www.redstormsports.com/genrel/092909aad.html

The student-chosen name "Johnny" is, in fact, a reference to the first days of St. John's athletics. At the turn of the century during the early years of intercollegiate competition, St. John's teams were actually known as the "Johnnies." It wasn't until the 1920s that "Redmen" was first used and that came about when a reporter used the term after the football team took the field clad in totally red uniforms.

If I ever wear a St. John's shirt or anything that says Johnnies, everyone thinks of the school in Queens, certainly because they have the same colors. A guy I work with came up to me and said, "Why would you wear that? You know I'm a Syracuse guy." A couple guys I played ball with had never heard of it. But Johnnies fans (Minnesota version) will be happy to know I did my bit to spread the propaganda: I sent them about a dozen links with stories about Gagliardi and the football team.

The Saint John's (MN) athletic department has considered trademarking "Johnnies" but always seem to put it on the back burner because of cost and relatively low priority.

[Knightstalker]

I think Johnnies is a fairly common nickname for any school named St. Johns, as is the Red as team color.  I remember a couple of St. Johns HS in my travels in the Navy and they both used Red and white as the color scheme and were referred to as the Johnnies.

[57Johnnie]

Typical New York arrogance/ignorance. I watch O'Reilly mispronounce almost every polysyllabic city name west of Philadelphia. They consider themselves the center of the universe, and of all things of value, but know little of the rest of the country. We midwesterners, on the other hand, have knowledge of things far and wide.

......and, by the way, I believe we (St John's of MN) are older than they.

Like the Pace Picante Sauce commercial stated ....................... 

[OzJohnnie]

Well, it looks like the Johnnies (MN) took sixth at the national wrestling duals.  It's hard to meet expectations when a sixth in the nation is a letdown.

Great job, though, and there are a few individuals that did really well in their matches.  We may have a little glory to look forward to at the NCAA's.  We might as well start building up those expectations again...

[DuffMan]

Not a bad showing for the Johnnies, but it had to be a bit disappointing.  Sounds like some breaks didn't go their way.

I caught a broadcast of the Midland's wrestling tournament on TV this weekend and noticed Wartburg's Byron Tate in the finals.  Midland's is a pretty big and tough tournament dominated by DI wrestlers--very impressive for a D3 wrestler to advance to the finals.  I had to rewind the DVR when they first said Wartburg to make sure I heard it correctly.

[GoldandBlueBU]

Just saw that Caruso won the liberty mutual coach of the year award for D3...none of the voters must have been at the bethel playoff game to witness him throw a hissy fit every time a call didn't go the tommie's way.

He certainly didn't display "coach of the year" qualities that day.

Congrats to Him at St. Thomas none the less...that is a nice honor.

[USTBench]

\none of the voters must have been at the bethel playoff game to witness him throw a hissy fit every time a call didn't go the tommie's way.

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Coaches tend to do that during important games. Not really unique to Coach Caruso.

Anyway, I think his Coach of the Year award has a lot more to do with how involved he's been in the community and leading us out of the very bleak Roney years. I know a lot of people will hate this because of perceived "media attention" and some sort of illusion that he's this snake-oil salesman, but he's truly a geniune person with a big heart that has overcome a lot of personal adversities and is quick to lend an ear or a hand to alumni, his players and his community.

Personally, I'm proud to have been a part of a conference that has guys like Gagliardi and Steve Johnson, and I think adding Caruso to that list of great coaches that represent what small college football is all about, is an awesome thing.

I don't know if he will leave to persue other opportunities after this, but I am really happy he came to UST and showed the brass at UST that having your football program as your school's hood ornament is great thing for the big picture.

[GoldandBlueBU]

\none of the voters must have been at the bethel playoff game to witness him throw a hissy fit every time a call didn't go the tommie's way.

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Coaches tend to do that during important games. Not really unique to Coach Caruso.

Anyway, I think his Coach of the Year award has a lot more to do with how involved he's been in the community and leading us out of the very bleak Roney years. I know a lot of people will hate this because of perceived "media attention" and some sort of illusion that he's this snake-oil salesman, but he's truly a geniune person with a big heart that has overcome a lot of personal adversities and is quick to lend an ear or a hand to alumni, his players and his community.

Personally, I'm proud to have been a part of a conference that has guys like Gagliardi and Steve Johnson, and I think adding Caruso to that list of great coaches that represent what small college football is all about, is an awesome thing.

I don't know if he will leave to persue other opportunities after this, but I am really happy he came to UST and showed the brass at UST that having your football program as your school's hood ornament is great thing for the big picture.

I understand that coaches get into it, but when he walked out onto the field 10 - 15 yards from the sidelines 3 or 4 times in one game?  That soured my previously positive opinion of him.

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

Blue&Gold- Ive seen every successful coach do the same-- and that inlcudes Coach J, Gags, Horan and a ton of others,....its part of being a competitive coach. The ones I've seen staying placid along the sidelines usually end up 2-8 and unemployed.

If you want a coach that stands like a statue along the sidelines, plant a statue there or hire most ex-Gopher coaches. If you want a winner, be willing to accept the fact that he, like Caruso, Johnson, Gagliardi, etc, might throw a hissy fit or two during games, trying to get the W.

Congrats to Caruso...and to Johnson for being a finalist. It speaks highly about our league to have 2 finalists as well as a living legend roaming our sidelines.

[OzJohnnie]

You know who we need coaching?  Anyone to campaign for Childress to pick up the Hamline gig?

In other news: A large number of suburbs, including the CBD, are being evacuated as the Brisbane River is about to burst its banks.  Watch the crazy video on this site as a creek in Toowoomba becomes a raging flash flood before your eyes.  Toowoomba (just love saying that town's name in my head) is on the way to Brisbane and this water is headed there.

[GoldandBlueBU]

Blue&Gold- Ive seen every successful coach do the same-- and that inlcudes Coach J, Gags, Horan and a ton of others,....its part of being a competitive coach. The ones I've seen staying placid along the sidelines usually end up 2-8 and unemployed.

If you want a coach that stands like a statue along the sidelines, plant a statue there or hire most ex-Gopher coaches. If you want a winner, be willing to accept the fact that he, like Caruso, Johnson, Gagliardi, etc, might throw a hissy fit or two during games, trying to get the W.

Congrats to Caruso...and to Johnson for being a finalist. It speaks highly about our league to have 2 finalists as well as a living legend roaming our sidelines.

Like I previously stated, I understand that it happens, and in an isolated incident it isn't a big deal.  I just hadn't seen it happen that many times in one game, previous to the BU - UST playoff game.  Just left me with a different opinion of him than I had coming into that game, as a fan who's opinion means nothing.

As much as I'd have loved to see coach J win it, an un-biased opinion would have to admit that Caruso's rapid turn around of St. Thomas warranted the award.

[OzJohnnie]

A Tommie coed walks into her apartment to find her Tommie boyfriend jumping around celebrating and shouting "43 days!  43 days!"

She asks him why he is celebrating, and the Tommie tells her that its how long it took him to finish a jigsaw puzzle.

"Thats a good thing?" the coed asks.

"You bet!" replies the Tommie. "It says between 3 to 6 years on the box!"

[OzJohnnie]

I'll admit I'm a bit lazy with my Tommie jokes.  I take Collingwood jokes and jigger then around a bit to make them suit the Tommies.  This one, however, is too good as it is.  Here's a list that lets you in on the Collingwood hate we have going on down here:

You know you're a Collingwood Fan when......

1. A Halloween pumpkin has more teeth than your wife does.
2. You let your twelve-year-old daughter smoke at the dinner table in front of her kids.
3. You've been married three times and still have the same in-laws.
4. Jack Daniels makes your list of "most admired people."
5. You wonder how service stations keep their restrooms so clean.
6. Someone in your family once died right after saying: "Hey, watch this."
7. You think Dom Perigon is a Mafia leader.
8. A ceiling fan once ruined your wife's hairdo.
9. You think the last words of Advance Australia Fair are: "Carn the Pies."
10. You lit a match in the bathroom and your house exploded, right off its wheels.
11. The market value of your car goes up and down, depending on how much petrol is in it.
12. You have to go outside to get something from the fridge.
13. One of your kids was born on a pool table.
14. You can't get married to your sweetheart because there's a law against it.
15. You think "loaded dishwasher" means your wife is drunk.
16. Your toilet paper has page numbers on it.
17. Your front verandah collapses and kills more than five dogs.

[OzJohnnie]

A Tommie took his 8 year old son to a game one weekend.  At half time, an opposition supporter called one of the Tommie dance team members a transvestite, prompting the Tommie's son to ask him, 'Dad, what's a transvestite?', to which the Tommie replied, 'Go ask your mom, he'll know'.