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[Tesomas]

HELP!

How do I use the features: bold, underline, italics etc. when I post?
Remember, I went to Mount Union and I'm old. Thanks guys.  🍺

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[AO]

Who did the interview? I want to see if I can find the recording of it.

Dave Lee, during the normal sports update at 8:40am. Instead of Sid or Maxie it was Dave Lee talking to the UST AD.

What's the Vegas line on UST getting approved? Pre-Corona virus it had to be about 95% but now, I'd have to believe the odds have swung dramatically against UST being approved at this point. In the future I can see it, but now the landscape of college athletics has changed. The landscape for all business has changed.

I'm thinking the Summit League invite will still carry the day. I doubt the conference will withdraw the invite at this point. However, the NCAA gives zero effs about what a single conference wants, and the Summit isn't a very powerful voice when considered nationally. There are substantially more schools likely to vote "no" on the proposal now as everyone is trying to protect their piece of a pie that shrank drastically this past spring.

I'd still peg the odds as more likely than not, but shrink it down to a 60% chance they get the necessary votes to make the transition directly to D1.

Augustana's D1 hopes got crushed recently as the Summit League declined to extend an invite to the conference.

Adding St. Thomas wouldn't make the pie slice any smaller for anybody outside of the Summit.  The NCAA distributes the march madness tv money according to how the conference does in the tourney. 

[MUC57]

HELP!

How do I use the features: bold, underline, italics etc. when I post?
Remember, I went to Mount Union and I'm old. Thanks guys.  🍺

If you want a piece of text to be bold, put [ b] and the start and [ \b] at the end (without the space in the brackets). IE: I really want to make sure you read this part of the text, [ b] SO I'M BOLDING IT [ \b].  Same thing for italic and underline, but with an i or a u instead

You can also highlight a piece of text you've already typed and hit the B/I/U in the upper left of the reply editor and it will insert the tags for you

Tesomas

Thanks for the help. Have been posting for quite a few years but have never used those features.
Really appreciate the tips. Stay safe. 😷 🍺 

[repete]

Mac:

Here you go. They are big files. Use "open in new tab."

The old square-toe. Did it have the tie-up lacing?



And a few more ...

[D O.C.]

Cool pictures.  I assume Johns could make field goals that year?

[repete]

Cool pictures.  I assume Johns could make field goals that year?

I'm old enough to remember 1965, when SJU beat some team by 11 FGs for the national title, D.O.C.  .

[mac77]

Cool pictures.  I assume Johns could make field goals that year?

I'm old enough to remember 1965, when SJU beat some team by 11 FGs for the national title, D.O.C.  .

Thanks for the additional photos, Repete!
"Upon further review".... I made a few errors:
#62 LG is Steve Glocke
#67 RG is, indeed, the legendary Dan Dorgan-my roommate!  He was injured in the Stagg Bowl and was replaced by #60 John Kessler
The WR was Dave Rockers, not Pete....
Defense was led by:
#94 NG Ernie England
#74 DT Joe Wentzell
#58 LB Tom Young

[formerd3db]

repete:

Being interested in college football history, I, too, have enjoyed the photos and accounts of the St. Johns/Towson game. Thanks for sharing those for everyone here.  One aspect I noticed is that, at least to me, it appears that the players on both teams are of the size of DI players. It could be just the angle of and the photos themselves, although a check of the rosters in the game program could answer that question.

Your slides bring back memories of my childhood in being a lifelong University of Michigan fan as Dad was an alum and had season tickets for our family.  We attended games as a family every year until my brother and I played in college (my brother was being recruited by them), and mom/dad did not renew their seats as they obviously were going to our games in the MIAA. I "connect" with your slides also, because I still have the 35 mm Argus camera photo slides of the Michigan/Navy game we attended when I was a kid in which Roger Staubach played. That was back in the day when Michigan Stadium officials allowed cameras and the playing surface was grass!

Anyway, thanks again for sharing your trip down memory lane for us. A classic!

(Edited for typos🧐🙂)

[SagatagSam]

Mac:

Here you go. They are big files. Use "open in new tab."

The old square-toe. Did it have the tie-up lacing?

These are some great images. I used to live in Columbus, Georgia, right across the river from Phenix City, Alabama. I wasn't even born until 8 years after the Johnnies' 1976 National Championship, but I read up on the game and one day I stopped by the field just to say that I had been there. The field is turf now, but it doesn't look like much has changed. Just two big concrete grandstands like in Salem, VA.

Thanks for the share, repete!

[OldAuggie]

repete:

Being interested in college football history, I, too, have enjoyed the photos and accounts of the St. Johns/Towson game. Thanks for sharing those for everyone here.  One aspect I noticed is that, at least to me, it appears that the players on both teams are of the size of DI players. It could be just the angle of and the photos themselves, although a check of the rosters in the game program could answer that question.

Your slides bring back memories of my childhood in being a lifelong University of Michigan fan as Dad was an alum and had season tickets for our family.  We attended games as a family every year until my brother and I played in college (my brother was being recruited by them), and mom/dad did not renew their seats as they obviously we going to our games in the MIAA. I "connect" with tour slides also, because I still have the 35 mm Argus camera photo slides of the Michigan/Navy game we attended when I was a kid in which Roger Staubach played. That was back in the day when Michigan Stadium officials allowed cameras and the playing surface was grass!

Anyway, thanks again for sharing your trip down memory lane for us. A classic!

(Edited for typos🧐🙂)

Not sure you put this together but reading the post by repete, #83 the tight end for the Johnnies in that picture, is Mike Grant the son of Bud Grant. I played at UMD for a short time with his brother Bruce Grant. Mike looks bigger here than Bruce, similar to the length and height of Bud Grant, a standout athlete for the Gophers.

I watched this game on TV with my dad, we were/are big Gopher Football fans but this Johnnie game caught my attention as a 14 year old kid. It was actually on local TV here.

[formerd3db]

OldAuggie and Sagatag:

Thank you to you guys also for sharing fun stories. It is always a neat experience (IMO) to visit stadiums like that. I can't tell you enough how many times I have received that famous "Dutch Look" from my wife (she is 100 percent Dutch and also a Hope grad and I ruined the family line,-I have no Dutch lineage) when she has said to me..."Oh, not again!" when we are driving to some medical conference/on vacation (we always combine those) and I stop at several colleges and/or universities (specially DIII but oncluding FCS to FBS and even NAIA) to see and take a photo of the football stadiums (and campus).🙂 Always a fun experience.

[repete]

repete:

Being interested in college football history, I, too, have enjoyed the photos and accounts of the St. Johns/Towson game. Thanks for sharing those for everyone here.  One aspect I noticed is that, at least to me, it appears that the players on both teams are of the size of DI players. It could be just the angle of and the photos themselves, although a check of the rosters in the game program could answer that question.

Your slides bring back memories of my childhood in being a lifelong University of Michigan fan as Dad was an alum and had season tickets for our family.  We attended games as a family every year until my brother and I played in college (my brother was being recruited by them), and mom/dad did not renew their seats as they obviously we going to our games in the MIAA. I "connect" with tour slides also, because I still have the 35 mm Argus camera photo slides of the Michigan/Navy game we attended when I was a kid in which Roger Staubach played. That was back in the day when Michigan Stadium officials allowed cameras and the playing surface was grass!

Anyway, thanks again for sharing your trip down memory lane for us. A classic!

(Edited for typos🧐🙂)

Not sure you put this together but reading the post by repete, #83 the tight end for the Johnnies in that picture, is Mike Grant the son of Bud Grant. I played at UMD for a short time with his brother Bruce Grant. Mike looks bigger here than Bruce, similar to the length and height of Bud Grant, a standout athlete for the Gophers.

I watched this game on TV with my dad, we were/are big Gopher Football fans but this Johnnie game caught my attention as a 14 year old kid. It was actually on local TV here.

I knew Bruce better than Mike, when I lived in Duluth '80-84. Did you know Gary Birkholz -- a great o-lineman and tremendous guy? Died of a heart issue just a few years out of school.  And Bruce, too, died too young.

[repete]

Sam: I've got in-laws in Sacramento so I hope to see the old Camelia Bowl stadium sometime. Memories of the Phenix City stadium are dim, but it seemed pretty generic from what I recall.

Old Auggie: One of my favorite Duluth-area  football stories involved not the Bulldogs, but UW-Superior back from the days of the unfortunately abbreviated Wisconsin State University Conference (WSUC!).

The old coach there -- Americo "Mertz" Mortorelli was driving a recruit around campus in his beater car.  As he rounded a corner, Mertz's door popped open and he rolled out of the car. And Mertz had a body shape that was conducive to rolling! Great guy. Great old coach. I believe the gym is named after him now.

[OldAuggie]

repete:

Being interested in college football history, I, too, have enjoyed the photos and accounts of the St. Johns/Towson game. Thanks for sharing those for everyone here.  One aspect I noticed is that, at least to me, it appears that the players on both teams are of the size of DI players. It could be just the angle of and the photos themselves, although a check of the rosters in the game program could answer that question.

Your slides bring back memories of my childhood in being a lifelong University of Michigan fan as Dad was an alum and had season tickets for our family.  We attended games as a family every year until my brother and I played in college (my brother was being recruited by them), and mom/dad did not renew their seats as they obviously we going to our games in the MIAA. I "connect" with tour slides also, because I still have the 35 mm Argus camera photo slides of the Michigan/Navy game we attended when I was a kid in which Roger Staubach played. That was back in the day when Michigan Stadium officials allowed cameras and the playing surface was grass!

Anyway, thanks again for sharing your trip down memory lane for us. A classic!

(Edited for typos🧐🙂)

Not sure you put this together but reading the post by repete, #83 the tight end for the Johnnies in that picture, is Mike Grant the son of Bud Grant. I played at UMD for a short time with his brother Bruce Grant. Mike looks bigger here than Bruce, similar to the length and height of Bud Grant, a standout athlete for the Gophers.

I watched this game on TV with my dad, we were/are big Gopher Football fans but this Johnnie game caught my attention as a 14 year old kid. It was actually on local TV here.

I knew Bruce better than Mike, when I lived in Duluth '80-84. Did you know Gary Birkholz -- a great o-lineman and tremendous guy? Died of a heart issue just a few years out of school.  And Bruce, too, died too young.

Yes I did! He was a great o lineman indeed. He was the classic case of intelligent offensive lineman and they all have to be to succeed. He had the combo of intelligence and the typical size needed as a big, thick UMD lineman. They were all big! I was sad when I heard he passed away so young. I knew Bruce as well. Again sad to hear he died at a fairly young age.

[OldAuggie]

Sam: I've got in-laws in Sacramento so I hope to see the old Camelia Bowl stadium sometime. Memories of the Phenix City stadium are dim, but it seemed pretty generic from what I recall.

Old Auggie: One of my favorite Duluth-area  football stories involved not the Bulldogs, but UW-Superior back from the days of the unfortunately abbreviated Wisconsin State University Conference (WSUC!).

The old coach there -- Americo "Mertz" Mortorelli was driving a recruit around campus in his beater car.  As he rounded a corner, Mertz's door popped open and he rolled out of the car. And Mertz had a body shape that was conducive to rolling! Great guy. Great old coach. I believe the gym is named after him now.

Great story! I recall UW Superior football very well. The Bulldogs beat them up each year and it was traditionally the first game of the season and always very, very one sided. I was at UMD during the  beginning of the years you were in Duluth - 80 to 84 (81,82 for me) but I have to say I never heard of Mertz rolling out of the car!!

UMD was D2  and in the NIC at the time and UWS was a bad D3 team and why they played us was beyond me. I guess it was similar to Concordia playing Moorhead State and SJU vs. SCSU. Concordia beat Moorhead State my Jr year at Augsburg after I had transferred.

Minnesota State - Moorhead - I still can't get used to that. They had some good teams at Moorhead St. back then. It was always UMD or Moorhead St. for the conference title.

Yes I did play in the long forgotten MIAC vs NIC  "Metrodome Classic". Still have the program.