FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

Last I heard he was still at Wal-Mart.  There was a rumor he was up for the St. Olaf job when OJ left.  I don't think he was a real candidate with the way he left St. Olaf.  I think he has to work at Wal-Mart for a few more years due to his contract with them. My guess is he will resurface shortly with a D1 or NFL team.  He's got the references now to be a candidate for one of those positions.  My preference would be to purge most of what Meidt has left at St. Olaf.  Several coaches at St. Olaf have needed to be shown the door from the football program for some time.  It may be true about a few other sports.  St. Olaf is a learning community, and I am not sure they bring a lot to the community on any level.

DI, maybe. NFL, not a chance. His references aren't that good, they all go back to horrible Washington Redskins teams. Jim Zorn, his in with the Redskins and NFL, doesn't even have an NFL job right now. Add to that, Meidt has been out of coaching for way too long to get back into the NFL. And I'm not sure he wants to. If that was his ultimate goal, he'd have sought another coaching gig after Washington. He had to know that by going the Walmart route he was in essence killing his future NFL coaching opportunities.

The other piece being, he's approaching the new season career-wise  as an opportunity to make money and secure his financial future. I don't think he's interested in the level of pay he'd get at a DIII school or that he'd want to go back to Olaf.

Now, if Caruso actually left UST (which I'm not predicting) would Meidt be enticed by that situation? Possibly. He'd get payed better than he did at Olaf and he'd have better resources at his disposal. Still a long time out of coaching, and I don't know if UST would want him.

I have it on very good authority the UND job will  be open this Sunday. Caruso would be an excellent candidate considering he has OC'd at USD, coached at NDSU, has head coaching experience in an area UND recruits, learned his defense from UND and has hired former UND standouts Digger Anderson and Brett Holinka.

However, UND alums are looking for a sexy name with UND connections like Brooks Bollinger (from Grand Forks dad was OC for UND) (coaches at Pitt) or Tim Tibesar (All-American linebacker for UND, coaches for Chicago Bears)

But, if Caruso were to get that job I would hope UST would make a strong play on keeping Kuchinski on as head coach. Just speculation, based on no authority whatsoever

Mike Grant is a lock...doesn't he have a kid on the team.

uh, Grant applied for the job once before...and lost to Roney (that was Roney's ONLY win over SJU or anything directly or indirectly associated with SJ1)

I was referring to the UND job. 

If he couldn't get hired at his alma mater, he'll never get a DI job. So I figured you wanted him succeeding Caruso to sabotage UST's program 

[Johnnie]

I have no idea what UST pays Caruso but I'm guessing it's comparable to what Chris Mussman makes now (roughly 150K or so). I think Craig Bohl at NDSU makes $300K after he hits all of his incentives (which he does every year) which is partly covered by boosters. I also believe there are some endorsements in there.

UND is building a new practice facility and has a long term plan to renovate the stadium (though they'd never admit it, the blueprints/artist renderings have been leaked) and get back on campus again and I think you need a guy with a lot of energy to sell that idea back to the alums and fan base.

I certainly hope Caruso stays right where he's at considering his family is right there in the heart of the neighborhood and I am a alum of UST and UST football. But I wouldn't hate seeing him in GF, considering I have season tickets to UND football and it's been really tough to watch lately.

That being said, Tibesar or Bollinger gets the job.

Bench,

If you have the time in the next few years or so.  Catch the UND game at U of MT.  Games at Washington-Grizzly stadium in Missoula are the best.

Especially when the Bobcats beat them there......

spoken like a true MSU Bobcat fan....!...

and as both a Johnnie and a Bobcat alumnus, let's not forget that both schools won national football titles in the same year (1976).... 

[bluenote]

.......hope Johnnies Win!   

....any boby that agrees with me +5!!!!

....just gave all you idiots on the page +K!!!! LOL!!!   

[OzJohnnie]

.......hope Johnnies Win!   

....any boby that agrees with me +5!!!!

....just gave all you idiots on the page +K!!!! LOL!!!   

Why did you only give the Tommies +k?

[OzJohnnie]

It's been raining a lot lately and last night had quite a heavy downpour. So heavy we had duck bunkers at golf this morning.

[Gig Harbor Cat]

Get after em today SJU.  I got you at a +7 

Phone it in
Its in the bank boys

GHC  out

[BC79BU08]

Bethel stays true to form and comes out victorious, 44 - 17.  Goes undefeated in 2013 conference play.

[sju56321]

I doubt it will be that big a margin.
Maybe even 21-20 SJU

[desertcat1]

I doubt it will be that big a margin.
Maybe even 21-20 SJU

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that would be nice,,  As I lift my red solo cup    Go John's

[cobbernation]

It's official Tyus Jones has chosen to play basketball at Duke.  So the big 3 MN high school players have chosen out of state schools.

Rashad Vaughn hasn't committed yet, and won't until spring.  However, he's going to basketball player factory Findlay Prep in Las Vegas, as opposed to a MN school this year, so it is all but a given that he will go elsewhere.  MN is still on his list though.

Edit: One consoling factor, given that Jones and Travis didn't pick MN, and Vaughn is unlikely to, is that none of them went to Wisconsin, as so many of MN's good players have done in recent history.

While I credit Beau Ryan for consistently getting the job done, regardless of his squad's talent level, his brand of basketball is horribly ugly.

Basketball discussion concluded.

Nicely done!

[Texas Ole]

It's official Tyus Jones has chosen to play basketball at Duke.  So the big 3 MN high school players have chosen out of state schools.

Rashad Vaughn hasn't committed yet, and won't until spring.  However, he's going to basketball player factory Findlay Prep in Las Vegas, as opposed to a MN school this year, so it is all but a given that he will go elsewhere.  MN is still on his list though.

Edit: One consoling factor, given that Jones and Travis didn't pick MN, and Vaughn is unlikely to, is that none of them went to Wisconsin, as so many of MN's good players have done in recent history.

While I credit Beau Ryan for consistently getting the job done, regardless of his squad's talent level, his brand of basketball is horribly ugly.

Basketball discussion concluded.

The Gophers should've never gotten rid of Tubby Smith.  If the Gophers really want to return prominence it might not hurt to look locally for a few coaches.  Hiring a local well respected high school coach to focus on recruiting would do wonders.  Keep all the guys you can instate for all sports including football. 

[Texas Ole]

I'm watching multiple games online and television.  The Monon Bell game is on television.  I saw a player in the game get called for targeting.  I'll leave whether it was the correct call or not alone.  My issue is that a player gets ejected on a bang bang play that at the D3 level isn't reviewed.  I don't like that rule.  I wish there was a call at least at the D3 level that was like targeting but did not result in the automatic ejection.  Thoughts?

[OzJohnnie]

Congratulations, Johns, on a 7-3 season, including a victory over UST, in your first year with a new head coach.  It's a good result. We wish it had been a better year (you gave us hints at times) but it's not been a bad one.

So I hope you all train hard and come out swinging next year.  It should be good.  You've got some beastly talent.

[OldAuggie]

Hakeem Bourne-Macfarlane has two kick off returns for touchdowns today. Auggies leading 45- 28.

[sju56321]

Oz-I am a little more worried about next year-unless SJU has a good QB ready it could be a long year, some of those bounces could go the other way next year. But as a Cubs fan, hope springs eternal!