FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Boys of Fall]

I was wondering about that. If you want to make a case that it's classless or unethical, by all means, but I'm having a hard time understanding what the penalty was. The first one was maybe an encroachment call, where he jumped before the snap? The second one, I'm not quite sure. I could easily see the QB dropping the snap in that situation.

I haven't watched the film on the game,and don't plan to,but I'm just wondering if he was running his mouth & the ref didn't like it?  I'm just sayin' it's a possibility.

Both teams were talking a bit, but I don't think it was anything out of the ordinary for a close game. Optically, it looked bad, but if you REALLY think about the situation, and all of the crazy things that can happen in D3, I really don't see much wrong with what #91 did.

The more I think about it, if you're only up one score and there's plenty of time on the clock (30+ seconds) you really should run a play, or, if you're going to do the victory formation, know you still should block. The o-line for Stout probably should have blocked as if it was a QB sneak or at least anchored themselves like it was a pass play so the QB could get away quick and take a knee or just dive down.

I didn't see the play, but it sounds here like the rest of the team quit and only #91 played as he was coached.  Something to work on in practice.

[miac952]

Be careful carrying all that water. Wouldn't want you to spill it. I guess when this stuff pops up so often you have plenty of practice carrying it so spilling probably isn't a concern.

Objectively speaking, taking UST and Caruso out of the equation, and replace them with SJU. You're down 3, you have one time out and the other team has the ball and is in the victory formation. If they fumble the snap and you recover, you have the ball at midfield and one timeout. What do you do?

C'mon the Rube is too busy hiding in Caruso's bushes, peeping in his windows to respond with What Would SJU Do (WWSJUD).

Can't wait to see on the Target Field big screen the SJU ass't. coach go all Woody Hayes round 2 on a Tommie player on the sideline like last year.

[sjusection105]

C'mon the Rube is too busy hiding in Caruso's bushes, peeping in his windows to respond with What Would SJU Do (WWSJUD).

That's his brother, please refer to your program for SJU posters' monikers....

[miac952]

C'mon the Rube is too busy hiding in Caruso's bushes, peeping in his windows to respond with What Would SJU Do (WWSJUD).

That's his brother, please refer to your program for SJU posters' monikers....

What happens when your brother chooses to play for the evil empire's coach that consumes all of your waking thoughts? There is a D3 Football reality show waiting to be tapped here somewhere. This is a Stars Wars level family war

[sjusection105]

C'mon the Rube is too busy hiding in Caruso's bushes, peeping in his windows to respond with What Would SJU Do (WWSJUD).

That's his brother, please refer to your program for SJU posters' monikers....

What happens when your brother chooses to play for the evil empire's coach that consumes all of your waking thoughts? There is a D3 Football reality show waiting to be tapped here somewhere. This is a Stars Wars level family war

You are late to the party, Ryan Hoag GAC '03, has been on the Bachelorette, so the D3 reality show angle has been played.
Nice idea for a plot, but insert nephew for brother then pitch it to the network. 

[miac952]

C'mon the Rube is too busy hiding in Caruso's bushes, peeping in his windows to respond with What Would SJU Do (WWSJUD).

That's his brother, please refer to your program for SJU posters' monikers....

What happens when your brother chooses to play for the evil empire's coach that consumes all of your waking thoughts? There is a D3 Football reality show waiting to be tapped here somewhere. This is a Stars Wars level family war

You are late to the party, Ryan Hoag GAC '03, has been on the Bachelorette, so the D3 reality show angle has been played.
Nice idea for a plot, but insert nephew for brother then pitch it to the network. 

We had a Tommie footballer on the Bachelorette this season. It's a slippery slope from the Bachelorette. I really hope we dont see him modeling underwear outside Abercrombie & Fitch in the Mall of America, like Hoag.

[USTBench]

C'mon the Rube is too busy hiding in Caruso's bushes, peeping in his windows to respond with What Would SJU Do (WWSJUD).

That's his brother, please refer to your program for SJU posters' monikers....

What happens when your brother chooses to play for the evil empire's coach that consumes all of your waking thoughts? There is a D3 Football reality show waiting to be tapped here somewhere. This is a Stars Wars level family war

Speaking of which, has anyone seen "Last Chance U" on Netflix? I realize those kids don't come from the greatest of circumstances, but who would let their kid play for that guy?

[OzJohnnie]

We had a Tommie footballer on the Bachelorette this season. It's a slippery slope from the Bachelorette. I really hope we dont see him modeling underwear outside Abercrombie & Fitch in the Mall of America, like Hoag.

Did he winnow down the hopefuls and find a husband?

[SJUrube]

Be careful carrying all that water. Wouldn't want you to spill it. I guess when this stuff pops up so often you have plenty of practice carrying it so spilling probably isn't a concern.

Objectively speaking, taking UST and Caruso out of the equation, and replace them with SJU. You're down 3, you have one time out and the other team has the ball and is in the victory formation. If they fumble the snap and you recover, you have the ball at midfield and one timeout. What do you do?

In an isolated case there's no real issue here. The problem, again, is the pattern. I know you want to pretend it's just SJU supporters calling BS on things but it's not.

[SJUrube]

C'mon the Rube is too busy hiding in Caruso's bushes, peeping in his windows to respond with What Would SJU Do (WWSJUD).

That's his brother, please refer to your program for SJU posters' monikers....

What happens when your brother chooses to play for the evil empire's coach that consumes all of your waking thoughts? There is a D3 Football reality show waiting to be tapped here somewhere. This is a Stars Wars level family war

Good theory. A+ for the effort but my problems with the formerly named Saint Glenn dates back to prior to any misguided  decisions any family members made.

[SJUrube]

On another note, the Gophers have settled on Rhoda as their QB going forward.

Team motto: "Rhoda Boat"   

I was/am skeptical about Fleck, and his "methods" after seeing the hype (Being P J Fleck). But I did like the crispness that they showed vs Oregon State. Also, it seems as though one of his deals is having the players hand the ball to the officials, or, at any rate, not having a show of "Look at meism" when the play is over. I like that.

All the "Look at meism" needs to be reserved for Fleck himself.

[faunch]

Out of country for 2 weeks and come back to find some big surprises.  How did Stout pull out a W over UST?  It's a tough one for me as I don't like Stout (EC grad), but it is the WIAC.  And is Concordia finally going to break through to the playoffs?  I've thought they had solid teams for a few years, but maybe this is the one.  Definitely setting up for an interesting year as conference play closes in.

Funny. I am an EC grad also, and I don't like EC.  Stout won the game on Sat. because they played a team that was not used to losing, did not lose with class, and Stout cashed in.
  Stout will win some games in the WIAC.  Was a pleasure watching the game with BDB and USTbench.  USTbench and I have some mutual friends and he watched what most have been a painful outcome with class. 
Can't say the same about his team.

So...how does a team lose with class? Was there something specific they did/didn't do? Like not shake hands, or what?

#justcurious

Watch for yourself and come to your own conclusion(s)...scroll ahead to about 3:11:00
http://athletics.uwstout.edu/sports/2016/8/30/uw-stout-football-on-boxcast.aspx
A U$T player (#91?) tries to steal the snap and the Tommie$ got flagged for an offsides infraction. Stout declines and so the clock was started.  U$T then burned their final timeout and cannot stop the clock after the next play. On the next play #91 blows up the line and ends up about 5 yards in the Stout backfield. The penalty was a personal however there was no additional explanation.   

[OzJohnnie]

I don't care much about the Tommies blowing up the victory formation and the flurry of personal fouls as they went down to defeat. It's a bad look for sure, but the positives are far more tasty. Being serial victory formation offenders (as well as well-known behind the back extra point showboaters) it means that teams, particularly if UST start to slide, will feel very comfortable sticking the boots in and kicking a team when it's down. If UST makes the post season and play a WIAC in particular I think the ending could be quite entertaining in the event of a WIAC victory.

[DuffMan]

Not football-related, but it's pretty cool that there is a Johnnie headed to the International Space Station today.

The Amazing Adventures of Mark Vande Hei

It'll be epic when Vande Hei unfurls a Tommies Suck banner from the ISS. 

[jamtod]

Not football-related, but it's pretty cool that there is a Johnnie headed to the International Space Station today.

The Amazing Adventures of Mark Vande Hei

It'll be epic when Vande Hei unfurls a Tommies Suck banner from the ISS. 

1 day, thousands more to go and then UST's master plan to improve this earth and advance the common good will be achieved, once we send all the Johnnies to space.