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[AO]

I know I'm speaking out of my element here but I had to chime in.  As a full fledged football video geek it slays me to see SJU not do more with their video highlights.  I've watch highlight videos of SJU football in the past and while the editing is solid the videos are typically just coaches footage stringed together.

SJU has such a robust and rabid fan base that I have to imagine there are a number of alumni that are also A/V folks that would love to pitch in and help produce a high quality highlight videos that captures the essences of Clemens Stadium and SJU football.   The SJU alumni/fans would eat up Johnnie football videos that get you right in the action and would be a great bullet in the chamber in recruiting.

I'm not sure you're going to find a lot of high quality highlights if 9/15 turns out anything like this: 
SJU      1st     S15     15:00     Kickoff     S14     13:31           Punt     3--1     1:29      
UST      1st     S45     13:31     Punt     S00     09:54     *     TOUCHDOWN     9-45     3:37     #
SJU      1st     S19     09:48     Kickoff     S19     08:04           Punt     3-0     1:44      
UST      1st     S47     08:04     Punt     S00     03:28     *     TOUCHDOWN     10-47     4:36     #
SJU      1st     S20     03:28     Kickoff     S18     00:07           Punt     3--2     3:21      
UST      1st     U50     00:07     Punt     S00     00:07     *     TOUCHDOWN     3-50     0:00      
SJU      1st     S20     00:02     Kickoff     S28     13:51           Punt     3-8     1:11      
UST      2nd     S12     13:51     Punt     S12     13:51     *     TOUCHDOWN     0-0     0:00      
 
SJU      2nd     S27     13:45     Kickoff     S31     12:33           Interception     3-4     1:12      
UST      2nd     S19     12:33     Interception     S00     09:45     *     TOUCHDOWN     5-19     2:48     #
SJU      2nd     S40     09:45     Kickoff     U48     08:20           Fumble     5-12     1:25      
UST      2nd     S45     08:20     Fumble     S00     06:46     *     TOUCHDOWN     4-45     1:34     #
SJU      2nd     S24     06:40     Kickoff     U45     03:55           Downs     8-31     2:45      
UST      2nd     U45     03:55     Downs     S00     00:35     *     TOUCHDOWN     8-55     3:20     #
SJU      2nd     S34     00:29     Kickoff     U18     00:00           End of half     6-48     0:29      
UST      3rd     U20     15:00     Kickoff     U24     13:41           Punt     3-4     1:19      
 
SJU      3rd     S22     13:41     Punt     S25     12:00           Punt     3-3     1:41      
UST      3rd     U43     12:00     Punt     S00     10:11     *     TOUCHDOWN     4-57     1:49      
SJU      3rd     S30     10:05     Kickoff     U36     06:44           Downs     9-34     3:21      
UST      3rd     U36     06:44     Downs     S00     03:32     *     TOUCHDOWN     7-64     3:12     #
SJU      3rd     S20     03:25     Kickoff     S43     00:00           Punt     7-23     3:25     

[GoldandBlueBU]

A bit of a mess in my hometown...certainly glad my family no longer lives there so that they don't have to deal with it, but I've got a lot of friends with wet basements...

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/photogallery/id/2242/

[faunch]

The truth is that when the Johnnies are on the road versus an opponent that utilizes video streaming I often do stay home to watch the game.  I've got two kids and a wife and there are only so many Saturdays I can say, "Bye....see you in a couple six or seven hours."  Also there's something kind of fun about hooking the computer up to a TV in the garage and drinking a couple 3-4 while watching the game.  I can also often watch SJU on the laptop and have another game going on the tele.

This can't be about the money, we have plenty of evidence of people here willing to throw money at a service that nearly all of d3 provides for free.  How can you be that worried about money if you let thousands of students in to the games for free? 

Here's a thought... Maybe John regrets the degree of commercialism (anyone for a pizza?) and hype that the games have already adopted.  Maybe this is his line in the sand, his "cold dead hands" moment.  Maybe part of the deal with doing things John's way with his No-How Coaching is that we have to do it his way, including the No's we don't like.

I've got no idea (see what I did there?), but seems like a deal to me.

This isn't just a John thing...it's got to be a departmental thing.  Most of the MIAC schools are webcasting sports other than football...hell even the Bennies webcast basketball and possibly even volleyball.  The Johnnies webcast nothing...which in this era makes them look amateur and out of touch (they did make the past season Bethel FB game available to some alums in Chicago and also streamed the final home) basketball game).

[faunch]

Streaming SJU home games is the UST-to-D1 never dying thread of Collegeville.

I'd like to say that SJU will video stream games long before UST goes D1...but you never know.  IMHO the idea of UST going D1 is beyond absurd and people that perpetuate the idea are dummmmerrrr than me.

[repete]

A bit of a mess in my hometown...certainly glad my family no longer lives there so that they don't have to deal with it, but I've got a lot of friends with wet basements...

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/photogallery/id/2242/

Lived there four years in the '80s and this is tough to see. Polar bear and seal escaped from the zoo (both recaptured). Great town that gets some brutal weather.

I was almost back there this week but postponed the trip ... for a "stay-cation" in triple-digit hear index here in DC. Be glad you missed it, Duff.

[faunch]

A bit of a mess in my hometown...certainly glad my family no longer lives there so that they don't have to deal with it, but I've got a lot of friends with wet basements...

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/photogallery/id/2242/

Check this out as well...wet, wild and crazy.  Feisty the Sea Lion even escaped the zoo.  Sounds like a lot of animals didn't survive...tragic stuff.
http://www.startribune.com/local/159735785.html

[AO]

A bit of a mess in my hometown...certainly glad my family no longer lives there so that they don't have to deal with it, but I've got a lot of friends with wet basements...

http://www.duluthnewstribune.com/event/photogallery/id/2242/

Check this out as well...wet, wild and crazy.  Feisty the Sea Lion even escaped the zoo.  Sounds like a lot of animals didn't survive...tragic stuff.
http://www.startribune.com/local/159735785.html

A Duluth squad soon passed and he decided to follow and see where it was going. At that point, Melton noticed what he thought was an injured dog on the side of the road. He pulled over, walked over to check it out and found that the animal wasn't a dog, but a seal. 

"I was a little dumbfounded," Melton laughed. "At first I had to think, 'Do we have seals? We don't have seals.'"

[OzJohnnie]

Wow. Big rain in Duluth.

[OzJohnnie]

Woohoo!  Football news!

Seven Incoming Football Recruits, Rest of State All-Stars Begin Practice June 24 at SJU

Seven incoming Saint John's football student-athletes will participate at training camp June 24-30 at Clemens Stadium in preparation for the 39th Annual Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game, sponsored by the Minnesota Football Coaches Association (MFCA).

The 88 players will be the first to practice on the new Sprinturf surface in Clemens Stadium and will utilize SJU's field house, The Donald McNeely Spectrum, during inclement weather.

But my favorite information from this article is this little nugget...

The seven All-Stars is the largest group of incoming Johnnies since nine played in the 1997 All-Star game.

Ominous since, MIAC, ominous signs...

[faunch]

Woohoo!  Football news!

Seven Incoming Football Recruits, Rest of State All-Stars Begin Practice June 24 at SJU

Seven incoming Saint John's football student-athletes will participate at training camp June 24-30 at Clemens Stadium in preparation for the 39th Annual Minnesota High School All-Star Football Game, sponsored by the Minnesota Football Coaches Association (MFCA).

The 88 players will be the first to practice on the new Sprinturf surface in Clemens Stadium and will utilize SJU's field house, The Donald McNeely Spectrum, during inclement weather.

But my favorite information from this article is this little nugget...

The seven All-Stars is the largest group of incoming Johnnies since nine played in the 1997 All-Star game.

Ominous since, MIAC, ominous signs...

I'll be in Collegeville this Sunday and Thursday and Friday.  I'll have to check out the turf and some of the All-Star practice.

[SagatagSam]

The new turf at Clemens Stadium is nearly complete!

[DuffMan]

The new turf at Clemens Stadium is nearly complete!

Except for the end zones.  Jimmy tweeted that the end zone lettering came in red--might be tough to see.  That little boo-boo will be fixed after the all-star game.

[Tom Thumb]

I know I'm speaking out of my element here but I had to chime in.  As a full fledged football video geek it slays me to see SJU not do more with their video highlights.  I've watch highlight videos of SJU football in the past and while the editing is solid the videos are typically just coaches footage stringed together.

SJU has such a robust and rabid fan base that I have to imagine there are a number of alumni that are also A/V folks that would love to pitch in and help produce a high quality highlight videos that captures the essences of Clemens Stadium and SJU football.   The SJU alumni/fans would eat up Johnnie football videos that get you right in the action and would be a great bullet in the chamber for recruiting.

Did St. Johns even produce a 2011 highlight film?  I know they did one for the 2010 season, but I haven't seen anything for last season.

[OzJohnnie]

Flood pictures from Duluth at PowerLine (a conservative Minnesota blog that is totally non-political in this post.  Just don't look at any of the other post titles if conservative political pugilism sets you off.).  Pretty crazy.

[sjusection105]

I know I'm speaking out of my element here but I had to chime in.  As a full fledged football video geek it slays me to see SJU not do more with their video highlights.  I've watch highlight videos of SJU football in the past and while the editing is solid the videos are typically just coaches footage stringed together.

SJU has such a robust and rabid fan base that I have to imagine there are a number of alumni that are also A/V folks that would love to pitch in and help produce a high quality highlight videos that captures the essences of Clemens Stadium and SJU football.   The SJU alumni/fans would eat up Johnnie football videos that get you right in the action and would be a great bullet in the chamber for recruiting.

Did St. Johns even produce a 2011 highlight film?  I know they did one for the 2010 season, but I haven't seen anything for last season.

That requires having more than one highlight to produce.....