FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Mr. Ypsi]

Australia has a lot of things going for it, but sometimes this place is like something straight out of a National Geographic TV show.

Mother finds three-metre python attacking her young son after it slipped into his bed



A HORRIFIED mother who was woken by her young son's screams found him soaked in blood with a three-metre python biting his head.

She had put son Tyler to bed as normal last week when the python snuck into the family home in Macksville, northern NSW.

It could have been much worse - at least he will be fine (though probably rather traumatized!)  I read somewhere that Australia has something like the 8 most venomous snakes in the world (plus plenty of other animals that can kill you).  One of the snakes, despite a usual diet of mouse-sized creatures, has so much venom that a single bite could (if equally distributed) kill a dozen full-grown men!  Talk about evolutionary overkill (pun intended ) - why would it develop THAT much venom for a mouse-sized usual diet?

For Tyler's sake, I hope he is so young that he will have no memory at all of that night.

[carletonknights]

I've been hearing a little news through the grapevine that a former Edina football coach will be coming to East Northfield this spring to run the offense.  The Knights have had two coaches leave following the season, both on the offensive side.  So maybe with the majority of their offense returning and a new coach, the Knights can put up some more points this season and help out their young defense.  I remain hopeful.

My-Ack

The Osseo football coach is moving down to Edina to be the offensive coordinator, so maybe the previous OC is going to Carleton.  He'll need to work wonders with the Knights offense though to score more than the defense gives up, 40+ points a game last year.

Some games like SJU and UST though you just have to throw out.  The Knights are never going to be able to win those games, barring a really good year for them and down year for the opponents.  If we throw out those two games they allowed about 36 points a game to their opponents, with five of their eleven starters being freshmen.  They lose two d-linemen to graduation and with a team as small as this every loss to graduation hurts and you never know how the replacements will fare.  But of the remaining teams - not named SJU or UST - who put up 40+ points on them, at least two of those offense will be suffering major losses (Augsburg and Gustavus).  So it doesn't seem all that far fetched to say that with a veteran offense, a growing defense, and some big losses by their opponents, the 2016 Carleton Knights team could figure to be competitive in seven games this season.  Obviously, far too early to be able to accurately predict anything, but I'm optimistic for this year being a nice improvement on the last.

I believe the new coaching hire is Todd Olson: former AD at Richfield HS. 

[carletonknights]

Sorry, poorly organized post, my thoughts were jumping from one idea to the next.

[OzJohnnie]

Sorry, poorly organized post, my thoughts were jumping from one idea to the next.

Ha!  As if that matters around here.

We're just very happy to have a Carlton supporter posting on the boards.  Don't go anywhere!

[badgerwarhawk]

When I was a child my family lived in South America while my father played baseball there.  Anyway we rented an upstairs apartment from a family who had a pet boa constrictor.  One day the family pet went missing and it's whereabouts was unknown until several days later when the lumps in our living room couch began to move.  To this day I am afraid of snakes. 

[miac952]

I've been hearing a little news through the grapevine that a former Edina football coach will be coming to East Northfield this spring to run the offense.  The Knights have had two coaches leave following the season, both on the offensive side.  So maybe with the majority of their offense returning and a new coach, the Knights can put up some more points this season and help out their young defense.  I remain hopeful.

My-Ack

The Osseo football coach is moving down to Edina to be the offensive coordinator, so maybe the previous OC is going to Carleton.  He'll need to work wonders with the Knights offense though to score more than the defense gives up, 40+ points a game last year.

Some games like SJU and UST though you just have to throw out.  The Knights are never going to be able to win those games, barring a really good year for them and down year for the opponents.  If we throw out those two games they allowed about 36 points a game to their opponents, with five of their eleven starters being freshmen.  They lose two d-linemen to graduation and with a team as small as this every loss to graduation hurts and you never know how the replacements will fare.  But of the remaining teams - not named SJU or UST - who put up 40+ points on them, at least two of those offense will be suffering major losses (Augsburg and Gustavus).  So it doesn't seem all that far fetched to say that with a veteran offense, a growing defense, and some big losses by their opponents, the 2016 Carleton Knights team could figure to be competitive in seven games this season.  Obviously, far too early to be able to accurately predict anything, but I'm optimistic for this year being a nice improvement on the last.

I believe the new coaching hire is Todd Olson: former AD at Richfield HS.

Carleton has shown a penchant for it before. Heck, they were a couple plays away from the playoffs 6-7 years ago. The only difference is that team had some star power that carried them. An all american ball hawk safety & all american TE/WR with an all conference level QB that year made a huge difference. It just takes a couple studs and a nice group of veteran role players.

The challenge with competing at the very top as you noted though, is that in that 6-7 year time window, I think SJU and UST have stepped up their game. You arguably had the #2 team in the county in the conference this year and a team that probably fell somewhere in the #4-#8 range. Plus, 2-3 teams below them that would have been playoff contenders in 80% of the other D3 conferences. MIAC football has reached a very high level of play. It is fun to see.

[Boys of Fall]

Sorry, poorly organized post, my thoughts were jumping from one idea to the next.

A poorly written Carleton post is still better than what we normally see here, myself included.  It's good to get some Northfield perspective on the board.

[SJUrube]

When I was a child my family lived in South America while my father played baseball there.  Anyway we rented an upstairs apartment from a family who had a pet boa constrictor.  One day the family pet went missing and it's whereabouts was unknown until several days later when the lumps in our living room couch began to move.  To this day I am afraid of snakes.

My sister-in-law, a recent grad of the U of M, had a friend in college that had a pet boa constrictor. She would allow it out of the cage on occasion and over time she eventually found that it would lay on the floor, next to the couch, while she laid on the couch. Initially she thought it was a cute act by the snake, a sort of bonding tactic by doing a similar activity. I don't recall where she learned it from but she was eventually told the snake was doing this to lengthen itself, and stomach, so it would have room to eat her. I believe the snake had to be destroyed after that. College kids.

[carletonknights]

When I was a child my family lived in South America while my father played baseball there.  Anyway we rented an upstairs apartment from a family who had a pet boa constrictor.  One day the family pet went missing and it's whereabouts was unknown until several days later when the lumps in our living room couch began to move.  To this day I am afraid of snakes.

Where'd you live in SA?  I spent some time (not too long) living in Brazil.  I really enjoyed it, would like to go back.

[nkwest]

My sister-in-law, a recent grad of the U of M, had a friend in college that had a pet boa constrictor. She would allow it out of the cage on occasion and over time she eventually found that it would lay on the floor, next to the couch, while she laid on the couch. Initially she thought it was a cute act by the snake, a sort of bonding tactic by doing a similar activity. I don't recall where she learned it from but she was eventually told the snake was doing this to lengthen itself, and stomach, so it would have room to eat her. I believe the snake had to be destroyed after that. College kids.

She should have checked Snopes first. http://www.snopes.com/critters/snakes/measured.asp

[badgerwarhawk]

When I was a child my family lived in South America while my father played baseball there.  Anyway we rented an upstairs apartment from a family who had a pet boa constrictor.  One day the family pet went missing and it's whereabouts was unknown until several days later when the lumps in our living room couch began to move.  To this day I am afraid of snakes.

Where'd you live in SA?  I spent some time (not too long) living in Brazil.  I really enjoyed it, would like to go back.

Venezuela, specifically Caracas and Maracaibo.  It was many, many years ago. 

[Boys of Fall]

I've read there is now a python issue in the Florida everglades that is changing that eco-system.  Supposedly the cause of this is individuals and pet stores releasing them out there when they get too big or no longer want them.  One good thing about our winters up here, tends to keep those big snakes away.

[OldAuggie]

When I was a child my family lived in South America while my father played baseball there.  Anyway we rented an upstairs apartment from a family who had a pet boa constrictor.  One day the family pet went missing and it's whereabouts was unknown until several days later when the lumps in our living room couch began to move.  To this day I am afraid of snakes.

My sister-in-law, a recent grad of the U of M, had a friend in college that had a pet boa constrictor. She would allow it out of the cage on occasion and over time she eventually found that it would lay on the floor, next to the couch, while she laid on the couch. Initially she thought it was a cute act by the snake, a sort of bonding tactic by doing a similar activity. I don't recall where she learned it from but she was eventually told the snake was doing this to lengthen itself, and stomach, so it would have room to eat her. I believe the snake had to be destroyed after that. College kids.

Destroyed sounds expensive. I would do that free of charge.

[DuffMan]

I've read there is now a python issue in the Florida everglades that is changing that eco-system.  Supposedly the cause of this is individuals and pet stores releasing them out there when they get too big or no longer want them.  One good thing about our winters up here, tends to keep those big snakes away.

They actually have python hunting contests down there to help reduce their numbers

[Boys of Fall]

I've read there is now a python issue in the Florida everglades that is changing that eco-system.  Supposedly the cause of this is individuals and pet stores releasing them out there when they get too big or no longer want them.  One good thing about our winters up here, tends to keep those big snakes away.

They actually have python hunting contests down there to help reduce their numbers

Yep, and I won't be one of them.