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[Johnnie Red]

I was listening to WCCO yesterday afternoon and they mentioned the Tommie-Gustie basketball game. Then they bring up the Johnnie-Tommie game this coming fall on September 15 in Collegeville. Always nice to be talking college football in February!

[BDB]

I tired. Stayed up after midnight watching the Daytona 500. 2 hour fire delay when Montoya during a caution has a flat tire or something and smashes into a safety vehicle/jet dryer. Monster explosion and jet fuel/diesel fire on the track. Took crews 2 hours to get the fire out and repair the track. Never seen anything like it.

Wiscy boy Kenseth takes the checkered with Minny sponsor Best Buy on the car. Fabulous.

I need a nap.

[SagatagSam]

I tired. Stayed up after midnight watching the Daytona 500. 2 hour fire delay when Montoya during a caution has a flat tire or something and smashes into a safety vehicle/jet dryer. Monster explosion and jet fuel/diesel fire on the track. Took crews 2 hours to get the fire out and repair the track. Never seen anything like it.

Wiscy boy Kenseth takes the checkered with Minny sponsor Best Buy on the car. Fabulous.

I need a nap.

I've watched my fair share of NASCAR and that Montoya/jet dryer incident was one of the strangest things I've seen.

Aside from the race being postponed a day and the 2-hour fire delay, it was a pretty good race. I think NASCAR may have stumbled onto a better solution to the somewhat common problem of having to move the race from Sunday to Monday. It would be a good idea from a viewership and attendance perspective to have the race on Monday night after a Sunday postponement (assuming the track has lights).

[SagatagSam]

Looks like a good day for the Johnnies as they pick up St. Cloud Times Area player of the year Josh Bungum from Paynesville.

Soon the cow cup shall return to it's rightful place in Collegeville.

Also, when was the last time we had a SC Times Player of the Year come to SJU?

[SagatagSam]

And, what's the deal with the SC Times only giving 5 free articles and then requiring a $12/mo. subscription to view any content?

Advertising revenue must not be cutting the mustard anymore.

[faunch]

Looks like a good day for the Johnnies as they pick up St. Cloud Times Area player of the year Josh Bungum from Paynesville.

Soon the cow cup shall return to it's rightful place in Collegeville.

Here's the link to the SC Times story:
http://www.sctimes.com/proart/20120228/sports03/102280016/bulldogs-bungum-opts-sju?pagerestricted=1

[faunch]

And, what's the deal with the SC Times only giving 5 free articles and then requiring a $12/mo. subscription to view any content?

Advertising revenue must not be cutting the mustard anymore.

Yes the 5 free articles bites....if they offered a rate of a couple bucks a month I'd consider a subscription...not at $12.  I think Frank's blog counts as an article.  So much for getting an SJU sports fix through SC Daily Planet.

[DuffMan]

So much for getting an SJU sports fix through SC Daily Planet.

Yup, time to delete the Times as a favorite. 

[SagatagSam]

So much for getting an SJU sports fix through SC Daily Planet.

Yup, time to delete the Times as a favorite. 

I think this calls for an over/under wager.

Do you think SC Times will keep their subscription service over or under 30 days?

My money is on the under.
I wouldn't be surprised if you can reset your number of free article count by deleting your history/cookies.

[faunch]

So much for getting an SJU sports fix through SC Daily Planet.

Yup, time to delete the Times as a favorite. 

I think this calls for an over/under wager.

Do you think SC Times will keep their subscription service over or under 30 days?

My money is on the under.
I wouldn't be surprised if you can reset your number of free article count by deleting your history/cookies.

Reseting your browser works great...not only on SC Times but on Startribune.com as well....Thxs for the suggestion!

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

From the latest issue of Sports Illustrated (with Jeremy Lin on the cover):

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1195162/index.htm

[OzJohnnie]

From the latest issue of Sports Illustrated (with Jeremy Lin on the cover):

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1195162/index.htm

Hmmm... I'm torn.  What a hard topic to discuss, particularly in a forum where someone personally involved in the tragedy may discover the thread.

Mum is unhappy, rightly so, that a boy she personally knew was injured so grievously in a dubious, if unintentional, check from the back.   Conversely, hockey is a full contact sport where the removal of contact fundamentally changes the nature of the sport.  And lastly, I don't believe the check was illegal, as the rules have since been changed.

So my thought is that there is danger in the world and that bad things happen to good people.  If the argument is that the game is too dangerous for her family participate in, then OK.  If the argument is that the game is too dangerous for anyone to participate in, then the sample size of consequence (despite the overwhelming magnitude of the consequence) is too small for such a conclusion.

I believe that serious and concerned people have considered the event, adjusted rules in order to reduce undue danger without changing the nature of the sport, and the game should go on.

Now I know that the article is presented more as an outpouring of grief rather than a call for action, but this is Sports Illustrated and not the parish newsletter.  The forum itself calls for action.  And in debating action, I believe that tragedy is horrible, I hope it happens to no one, but it does and life must go on.  If the rules of the game are unwise then change them, but this incident, unfathomably tragic though it is, does not justify diminishing the game itself.

[DuffMan]

My money is on the under.

I'll take the over.

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

From the latest issue of Sports Illustrated (with Jeremy Lin on the cover):

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1195162/index.htm

Hmmm... I'm torn.  What a hard topic to discuss, particularly in a forum where someone personally involved in the tragedy may discover the thread.

Mum is unhappy, rightly so, that a boy she personally knew was injured so grievously in a dubious, if unintentional, check from the back.   Conversely, hockey is a full contact sport where the removal of contact fundamentally changes the nature of the sport.  And lastly, I don't believe the check was illegal, as the rules have since been changed.

So my thought is that there is danger in the world and that bad things happen to good people.  If the argument is that the game is too dangerous for her family participate in, then OK.  If the argument is that the game is too dangerous for anyone to participate in, then the sample size of consequence (despite the overwhelming magnitude of the consequence) is too small for such a conclusion.

I believe that serious and concerned people have considered the event, adjusted rules in order to reduce undue danger without changing the nature of the sport, and the game should go on.

Now I know that the article is presented more as an outpouring of grief rather than a call for action, but this is Sports Illustrated and not the parish newsletter.  The forum itself calls for action.  And in debating action, I believe that tragedy is horrible, I hope it happens to no one, but it does and life must go on.  If the rules of the game are unwise then change them, but this incident, unfathomably tragic though it is, does not justify diminishing the game itself.

Well said, Oz. The Jablonski family has said all along that what happened was the result of good, hard play within the rules. I've read/heard that Jack had his coach contact the kid who checked him and have him visit Jack-- who consoled the kid telling him  "you did nothing wrong." He sounds like an incredible, tough and resilient kid.

[57Johnnie]

I'm not even going to bother - sctimes.com - gone    Sorry Frank
I'll rely on this board to get my info.