FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

Not that I want to have another 2 week discussion about St. Thomas going D-1, but this blogger at least put together a pretty good collection of data.

http://minnesotahoops.blogspot.ca/2013/01/time-for-st-thomas-to-move-on-up.html

Basically, the only peer catholic institutions that play football are Georgetown, Duquesne and Holy Cross.

When did the push for UST to become D1 start?  90s? Early 2000s after first baseball title?

Ive yet to hear anyone who saw the basketball game mentioned in the first sentence who thought SJU played "well"...not even Coach Smith would say that.  Also, I've never heard of the MCC the blogger mentions, but know the MIAC was founded by members of the Tri-State ConferEnce in 1920 (with no mention of an MCC in any historical documents at the MIAC HQ).  Also, Carleton only won the first 3, not 6, titles.  So yeah, lots of impressive "facts" in that piece. By that point, I was kinda bored with the "fact-filled" blah-g.

RD- I think the push shoulda started in 1977, when UST went co-ed and began dominating the women's sports.

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

totally unrelated and random...but there are some truly amazing places on this planet:

http://www.boredpanda.com/amazing-places/

[OzJohnnie]

totally unrelated and random...but there are some truly amazing places on this planet:

http://www.boredpanda.com/amazing-places/

Spectacular.  That was impressive.

[FearTheEar]

And a few more that are heading to UST:

Joel Hylton, North Shore Country Day School, (Winnetka, IL)
Makael Lunning, Albert Lea HS
Luke Hermann, Cretin-Derham Hall HS
Jared Schmit, Totino Grace HS

Hylton looks like he could be a great pickup for the Tommies. He had an offer from South Dakota State. According to the link below, it looks like he wants to play on the defensive side of the ball. He could be a solid replacement for Ayo Idowu.

http://seasonpass.suntimes.com/news_article/show/185785?referrer_id=662039

Tommies seem to be just reeling em in.... Can't wait for the May 6th announcement of the Cobber Class of 2013...

[DuffMan]

Tommies seem to be just reeling em in.... Can't wait for the May 6th announcement of the Cobber Class of 2013...

That's because of their slick, used-car salesman of a head coach. 

[wildcat11]

Tommies seem to be just reeling em in.... Can't wait for the May 6th announcement of the Cobber Class of 2013...

That's because of their slick, used-car salesman of a head coach. 

[Tom Thumb]

Congrats to Ayo Idowu. He earned an NFL tryout with the Seahawks.

Idowu Earns NFL Tryout
http://www.tommiemedia.com/sports/idowu-earns-nfl-tryout/

[Tom Thumb]

And a few more that are heading to UST:

Joel Hylton, North Shore Country Day School, (Winnetka, IL)
Makael Lunning, Albert Lea HS
Luke Hermann, Cretin-Derham Hall HS
Jared Schmit, Totino Grace HS

Hylton looks like he could be a great pickup for the Tommies. He had an offer from South Dakota State. According to the link below, it looks like he wants to play on the defensive side of the ball. He could be a solid replacement for Ayo Idowu.

http://seasonpass.suntimes.com/news_article/show/185785?referrer_id=662039

Tommies seem to be just reeling em in.... Can't wait for the May 6th announcement of the Cobber Class of 2013...

The Tommies just released their list of incoming 2013 recruits. Solid group. The coaching staff did a great job recruiting again this year. Enjoy.

http://www.tommiesports.com/ftbl/news/Recruits_5-1.html

[OzJohnnie]

I sure am excited about this year. I'm glad the Tommies are recruiting strongly. As ol' #2 said: You have to beat the best to be the best. I look forward to a great showing from our Johnnies. I think they'll play well and maybe even earn a victory against the overdogs.

[FearTheEar]

Yokota's Hogan to take his grid game to the college level
By DAVE ORNAUER
Published: May 2, 2013
Jesse Hogan is taking his football game to the next level.

The Yokota High School senior who played four years for the Panthers as a right tackle and nose guard has committed to Concordia College, an NCAA Division III school in Moorhead, Minn., which plays in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Cobbers went 8-2 last season.

Hogan had offers from Division I schools, "but chose D-III so he could play as a freshman," his family said via Facebook message. He appears tagged to play offensive tackle and possibly move to defense.

Hogan committing to Concordia ended a process that began in December when coaches called he and his family at "all hours of the day and night," and centered on Concordia after their defensive coordinator Kyle Bakken contacted him.

He's the third member of the Panthers senior-laden group to commit to college ball, joining Stanley Speed and Donavan Ball, who will play for Iowa-based colleges.

Hogan's mother, Lacey, says she's spoken with Bakken a couple of times and "every time, he tells me how excited the coaches are and how they can't wait for Jesse to slip into a Concordia uniform and make the transition from Panther to Cobber. We are working with the team strength coach to ensure Jesse is 100 percent ready when he steps on the field."

The message Hogan hopes this sends to other DODDS student-athlete prospects is "don't quit" on your dreams, to remember that you are a student first and an athlete second, and that coaches are not just looking for star athletes, but star students as well. Hogan plans to study international business while at Concordia.

"He never dreamed of having this opportunity to play at the college level," Lacey Hogan said. "He thought he was going to play in high school and then go to college, but now, he has been given an opportunity he never dreamed of."

Among noted Concordia alumni are:

-- Gary Larsen, a former NFL defensive lineman with the Minnesota Vikings who appeared in three Super Bowls;
-- National Press Club president Alan Bjerga; and
-- Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent credited with saving Jacqueline Kennedy's life during the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas' Dealey Plaza.

[AO]

Yokota's Hogan to take his grid game to the college level
By DAVE ORNAUER
Published: May 2, 2013
Jesse Hogan is taking his football game to the next level.

The Yokota High School senior who played four years for the Panthers as a right tackle and nose guard has committed to Concordia College, an NCAA Division III school in Moorhead, Minn., which plays in the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference. The Cobbers went 8-2 last season.

Hogan had offers from Division I schools, "but chose D-III so he could play as a freshman," his family said via Facebook message. He appears tagged to play offensive tackle and possibly move to defense.

Hogan committing to Concordia ended a process that began in December when coaches called he and his family at "all hours of the day and night," and centered on Concordia after their defensive coordinator Kyle Bakken contacted him.

He's the third member of the Panthers senior-laden group to commit to college ball, joining Stanley Speed and Donavan Ball, who will play for Iowa-based colleges.

Hogan's mother, Lacey, says she's spoken with Bakken a couple of times and "every time, he tells me how excited the coaches are and how they can't wait for Jesse to slip into a Concordia uniform and make the transition from Panther to Cobber. We are working with the team strength coach to ensure Jesse is 100 percent ready when he steps on the field."

The message Hogan hopes this sends to other DODDS student-athlete prospects is "don't quit" on your dreams, to remember that you are a student first and an athlete second, and that coaches are not just looking for star athletes, but star students as well. Hogan plans to study international business while at Concordia.

"He never dreamed of having this opportunity to play at the college level," Lacey Hogan said. "He thought he was going to play in high school and then go to college, but now, he has been given an opportunity he never dreamed of."

Among noted Concordia alumni are:

-- Gary Larsen, a former NFL defensive lineman with the Minnesota Vikings who appeared in three Super Bowls;
-- National Press Club president Alan Bjerga; and
-- Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent credited with saving Jacqueline Kennedy's life during the Nov. 22, 1963, assassination of President Kennedy in Dallas' Dealey Plaza.

I was interested in trying to figure out where Yokota high school is, so I looked up the article myself.  Did you edit the story because you're ashamed of the scholarship money given to this kid?  You're competing against St. Thomas and Carleton which probably could have paid for 100% of his costs rather than just 90%.

http://www.stripes.com/blogs/pacificsports-blog/pacific-sportsblog-1.8947/yokota-s-hogan-to-take-his-grid-game-to-the-college-level-1.219193

Hogan had offers from Division I schools, "but chose D-III so he could play as a freshman," his family said via Facebook message. He appears tagged to play offensive tackle and possibly move to defense, and earned a $35,150 grant-in-aid which covers most of the annual $39,974 cost (D-III colleges don't give athletic scholarships).

[FearTheEar]

Ashamed? Haha I figured a kid's finances were not something that was my right to publish on a message board... that's all.

I didn't know much about the MIAC until this fall, I had a son that played in the NSIC and trolled those boards for a while and now I have a connection to Concordia with a nephew going to school there. I set up a google search in my email to trigger when the Cobbs come up and that article was pretty sweet. I don't think it was right to even have his grant aid published in the article. So i deleted it from my post. Is there a problem with that sir?

The EAR

[AO]

Ashamed? Haha I figured a kid's finances were not something that was my right to publish on a message board... that's all.

I didn't know much about the MIAC until this fall, I had a son that played in the NSIC and trolled those boards for a while and now I have a connection to Concordia with a nephew going to school there. I set up a google search in my email to trigger when the Cobbs come up and that article was pretty sweet. I don't think it was right to even have his grant aid published in the article. So i deleted it from my post. Is there a problem with that sir?

The EAR

Stars and Stripes published it, you're just copying and pasting.  We can perhaps make some assumptions about his finances based on the amount awarded to him, but his finances were not published.

[FearTheEar]

Ashamed? Haha I figured a kid's finances were not something that was my right to publish on a message board... that's all.

I didn't know much about the MIAC until this fall, I had a son that played in the NSIC and trolled those boards for a while and now I have a connection to Concordia with a nephew going to school there. I set up a google search in my email to trigger when the Cobbs come up and that article was pretty sweet. I don't think it was right to even have his grant aid published in the article. So i deleted it from my post. Is there a problem with that sir?

The EAR

Stars and Stripes published it, you're just copying and pasting.  We can perhaps make some assumptions about his finances based on the amount awarded to him, but his finances were not published.

Which I decided to delete that part from MY post because I don't agree with the writer's decision to publish it in the first place. IMO I don't think that your "ashamed" comment really makes any sense anyway. A kid is going to have to take out 5k in loans to go to a private school and get a great education. What's the shame in that?

[badgerwarhawk]

That's pretty weak AO.  Even for you.