FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Kilted Rat]

I haven't done a thing yet and once I do go on Active duty, I'll only be treating the men and women (like your bro) who are doing the actual protecting of our country.

They're the ones who deserve the thanks and respect, I'll merely be part of the support staff.

[Touchdown Tommy]

Alright Godfather, thanks for checking in with MIAC PP.  Your daughter sounds like quite the Boulder Diva (akin to the Stiftungsfestivities Red Hot Bennie).  Have u observed the boys she is dating?  I smell a surprise trip to a Buffaloes game this fall.  I will be happy to lend my services if you want to hire me for my specialty "leadpipe kneecap" treatment...

fins: Isn't Laker down the road now?  Correct me if I am wrong.

Tmerts: McKane is a former soccer player and close personal friend of OAS.  Enough said.

KR: As promised, I scouted last nights Fort Myers Miracle vs. Lakeland Tigers.  Pitching matchup was Justin Jones for the Miracle (kid we picked up for Doug Mientkiewicz in that crazy deal with Red Sox, Cubs, etc.) and Dallas Trahern for the Tigers.  The Twins new prospect from the Reds, Brandon Roberts, lead off and played CF.  1 for 3 with a BB, not a great night but not terrible either.  He struck out in the bottom of the 8th with 2 outs, score tied at 1, and runners on 2nd and 3rd to end the inning so clutch hitting may need some improvement.  Game ended on a crazy fluke play, runner on 1st, 2 outs, bottom of 9th, full count, batter hits lazy fairly routine fly ball between LFer and SS.  Ball drifts into no man's land and falls, runner is hustling on the crack of the bat and scores from 1st base to end the game.  Simply rediculous.

[tmerton]

Thanks, we are having a medical law lecture series this week given by a Lawyer. She has a class roster and is in the habit of randomly calling on people from the list. Of course she called on me 1st today and asked:

"Why did you go into medicine?"
My reply that earned applause from the class and multiple bonus points from the Lawyer, "Because I couldn't get in to Law School."

 Reminds me of the time I was stopped for speeding when I was visiting my parents in Tulsa.  Attempting to curry favor and avoid a ticket, I explained to the officer how I had just been riding with the police that semester in law school.  Of course he asked which law school and, when I confessed that I was at the University of Texas, his eyebrows lifted a bit and he asked why I wasn't at Oklahoma University instead.  Well, I said, they have to admit you before you can get in (omitting the fact that you have to apply before they can admit you).  But it was good enough to get off with a warning.  

Fortunately I'll be in the Navy for the first 6-10 years after graduation so I won't have to deal with managed care and/or malpactice for several years, but after that then it will come in handy.

Well, instead of managed care, you'll be dealing with line officers.  And instead of "medical necessity" the key term will be "malingering."  I'd say its good preparation for the world of managed care.   

[finsleft]

fins: Isn't Laker down the road now?  Correct me if I am wrong.

Affirmative. Now reigning at Queens College in Kingston, Ontario.

Copied from their website:
Student Affairs  Dr. J. Deakin (acting) 
   Dr. J. Laker (As of July 1, 2006) 

[frankrickard]

What's wrong with another Gustie in charge of the MIAC? Especially one engaged to a former Winger?

However, if any creative chants I particularly enjoy are outlawed, I'll be the first one complaining -- probably on her voicemail.

If shotgunning Hamm's at pregame is outlawed, I will get really drunk and vomit everywhere at their wedding...wait, that will probably happen anyways.

[Kilted Rat]

TDT,
Thanks for the scouting update. Any estimated timetable for when/if he'll be ready for the bigs?

Tmert,
Good points. From my 5 weeks of officer training, I already saw plenty of malingering to get out of PT.
One guy in my unit "bruised his heel" the 1st day and didn't have to run or march or anything for the entire duration because of it.
The irony is no one ever saw his bruise and one night at the very end following a late night at the O club he was chasing geese on the way home without difficulty.

[finsleft]

TDT,
Thanks for the scouting update. Any estimated timetable for when/if he'll be ready for the bigs?

Tmert,
Good points. From my 5 weeks of officer training, I already saw plenty of malingering to get out of PT.
One guy in my unit "bruised his heel" the 1st day and didn't have to run or march or anything for the entire duration because of it.
The irony is no one ever saw his bruise and one night at the very end following a late night at the O club he was chasing geese on the way home without difficulty.

After 15 beers, the pain in my heels goes away, too. Funny how that works. Especially if there's geese involved. 

[Willy Wonka]

KR - He probably came down with plantar vaginas -- made famous by Wonka, Shannon Stewart and Timmy D -- and had Paul Bruning, the GAC athletic trainer, write him notes to get out of said drills. Frank and Mongo know what I'm talking about.

Sounds like he outsmarted the system. Can't hate on him for that.

[Touchdown Tommy]

KR: I'd say he is a mid-level prospect.  Twins are pretty deep in the OF with Denard Span in line to take over for Torii after this season (unless after the Twins decline his 12 mil option they get him to sign a long term deal). If he were to develop some power he'd make the bigs, but Roberts isn't particularly physically imposing so that appears slim.  Twins need some power hitters which is the one glaring weakness in the farm system.  

Bottomline: You aren't gonna get Mickey Mantle in return for Juan Castro unless Cincy completely misjudges his capability.

[Kilted Rat]

WW,
Don't forget the entire lost season of Wally World.


TDT,
Good point, however we did get Liriano, Nathan, and my homeboy Boof (as you mentioned the other day) for AJ, so stranger things have happened.
I thought we brought in Sierra and Rondell White to provide some power?
Combined batting .180 17RBI's and 0 HRs.

[KennethK]

Future Johnnies Bobby Klint, Totino Grace and Josh Rose Litchfield are listed on the rosters for this Saturday's high school all-star football game.  Anyone know of other participants that will be attending MIAC schools this fall?

[Touchdown Tommy]

KenK: Yea I heard that Joey Fahey (Johnnie Red's nephew) is playing in the game and attending Bethel....

[frankrickard]

KR - He probably came down with plantar vaginas -- made famous by Wonka, Shannon Stewart and Timmy D -- and had Paul Bruning, the GAC athletic trainer, write him notes to get out of said drills. Frank and Mongo know what I'm talking about.

Sounds like he outsmarted the system. Can't hate on him for that.

I'm pretty sure you just copied me with that awesome injury

[Drake Palmer]

LTLIP (Longtime Lurker, Infrequent football Poster) In case anyone's interested or cares -  here are the rosters for the upcoming high school all star football game this Saturday:

2006 METRO ALL-STARS

Jer.# First Last Pos. Ht. Wt. School Coach (College if known)

1 Joey Lehman DB 6'0" 190 Coon Rapids Clayton Copple
2 Bobby Klint DB 6'1" 185 Totino-Grace Jeff Ferguson - SJU
3 Jake Machacek RB 5'11" 195 Eastview Kelly Sherwin
4 Corey Knuppel LB 5'11" 195 Eagan Dave Fritze
5 Patrick Whinnery RB 6'2" 210 Maple Grove Craig Hanson
6 Freddy Coleman WR 6'4" 210 St. Paul Johnson Jeff Plaschko - NDSU
7 Tony Pastoors DB 6' 3" 190 Totino-Grace Jeff Ferguson - SJU?
8 Nico Holmes WR 6'1" 185 Woodbury Beau LaBore
9 Brady Ervin DB 6' 2" 195 Eden Prairie Mike Grant
10 Eric Ellestad K 6'3" 179 Robbinsdale Armstrong Derek Fisher
11 Adam Weber QB 6'2" 205 Mounds View Jim Galvin - U
12 Blake Hedstrom DB 6'0" 185 Blaine Shannon Garrety
20 Patrick Shannon TE 6'4" 210 Benilde St. Margaret Pat Krieger
23 Jalon Hopkins RB 5'10" 175 Minnetonka Dave Nelson
24 Matt Jeans QB 6'1" 180 Mahtomedi Wally Malmstrom
25 Hamada Omar DB 5'11" 175 Washburn Peter Haugen
32 Kevin Lauer LB 6'1" 230 Hastings Bob Majeski
33 Tommy Becker LB 6'1" 230 Wayzata Brad Anderson
43 Charles Quigley RB 6'1" 215 Totino-Grace Jeff Ferguson
44 Scott Madson LB 6'2" 225 Apple Valley Mike Fritze
46 Adam Johannsen LB 6'2" 215 Mahtomedi Wally Malmstrom
48 Brad Albano DE 6'2" 235 Farmington Mark Froehling
55 Sean McWhirter DE 6'4" 240 Orono Jeff Weiland
57 Evan Sanford C 6'4" 285 Eastview Kelly Sherwin
58 Josh Ostrue C/G 6'4" 280 South St. Paul Chad Sexaur
59 Brandon Hoey DT 6'5" 290 Mounds View Jim Galvin
62 Jake Schoenecker DT 6'2" 235 New Prague Troy Buthe
67 Daniel Schoen G 6'0" 235 Maple Grove Craig Hansen
70 Adam Hegedus C 6'3" 250 Wayzata Brad Anderson
71 Brady MacIver DT 6'4" 245 Anoka Jeff Buerkle
73 James Snyder OT 6'3" 270 Minnetonka Dave Nelson
75 Grant Krumme DT 6'2" 215 Spring Lake Park Jeff Schlief
77 John Schantzen OT/G 6'2" 260 Stillwater Scott Hoffman
79 Kyle Richardson OT 6'4" 275 Centennial Mike Watson
80 Maurice Turner WR 6'2" 200 Mounds View Jim Galvin
83 Tom Whalen WR 5'10" 165 Fridley Steve George
85 Brandon Mickelson WR 6'1" 160 Champlin Park Mike Korton
91 Andrew Johnson DE 6'5" 235 Maple Grove Craig Hansen
92 Kyle Anderson DT 6'3" 275 Bloomington Jefferson Jon Leverenz
93 Jake Fabian DT 6'1" 240 Blaine Shanon Garrity

METRO STAFF

(Head)Jeff Buerkle - Anoka H. S. Rory Sanders - Tartan H. S.
Dan Dymoke – Mpls. Roosevelt H. S. Chris Simdorn - Roseville H. S.
Mick Goudy - Rogers H. S. Mike Smalley - Academy of Holy Angels
HONORARY - George Smith, Mahtomedi

2006 OUTSTATE ALL-STAR FOOTBALL

Jer. # First Last Pos. Ht. Wt. School

1 Blake Olson TE 6'1" 190 West Central Area MikeFrisch
2 Joe Clark RB 5'6" 185 Rochester Century Jon Vick
3 Tyler Bass DB 5/9" 185 Blooming Prairie Chad Gimbel
4 Jake Benzkofer LB 6'1" 215 Mankato East Eric Davis
5 Mike May C 5'10" 218 Le Sueur-Herderson Terry Turek
6 Zac Benson DB 6'2" 185 Grand Meadow Gary Sloan
7 Luke Berg DB 6'0" 170 Yellow Medicine East Dave Brokke
8 Ben Anderson DB 5'10" 170 Annandale Matt Walter
9 Reid Velo QB 5'9" 165 Nashwauk-Keewatin Charlie Campbell
10 Andrew Larson QB 6'2" 180 Fergus Falls Richard Risbrudt
11 Eric Bergman DE 6'3" 228 Becker Dwight Lundeen
12 Kendall Proell WR 6'0" 185 Osakis Steve Tax
19 Ryan Hayes DE 6'4" 230 Red Wing Paul Schmit
20 Nic Anderson RB 6'1" 190 Cannon Falls Matt Schultz
20 Nathan Haase DB 6'0" 195 Bertha-Hewitt Rick Harig
21 Mike Wubbena DB 5'8" 170 Fairmont Troy Cody
22 Brian Hanson DB 6' 185 Proctor Dave Hylla
28 Mike Berg LB 6'0" 178 Eden Valley-Watkins Ray Tri
32 Karl Klug DE 6'4" 220 Caledonia Carl Fruechte  - Northern Iowa?
35 Nick Henning FB 5'11" 215 Fulda Brad Holinka
40 Brent Eidenschink LB 6'0" 220 Detroit Lakes Flint Motschenbacher
42 Zach Bothun RB 6'1" 190 Montevideo Dave Schimming
43 Ben Berhow DT 6'1" 240 Albert Lea Clay Anderson
44 Jim Siegle LB 6'2" 210 Long Prairie-Grey Eagle Nathan Libbon
45 Josh Rose FB 6'2" 225 Litchfield Jon Johnson - SJU
46 Joe Lindgaard LB 5'11" 200 Cambridge-Isanti Todd Larkin
47 Grant Aakre DE 6'1" 218 Hawley Peder Naatz
54 Scott Saehr DT 5'11" 245 Pierz Leo Pohlkamp
56 Tim Rahkola DT 6'2" 310 Esko Bill Hudspith
61 Luke Young OT 6'4" 260 Foley Carry Heron
63 Greg Dingmann OT 6'4" 275 Albany Mike Kleinschmidt
64 Dustin Roggenbuck DT 6'1" 220 Ortonville Trevor Keller
66 Jake Sperry OG 6'3" 220 Rochester Mayo James Miller
70 Creighton Schroyer C 6'4" 255 Pipestone Richard Schroyer
73 Ben Aaseth OT 6'3" 260 Bold Steve Solem
75 Sam Sterner OT 6'4" 265 Waconia Pat Foley
77 Josh Griebel OG 6'2" 230 Delano Merrill Pavlovich
82 Tim Langer WR 6'2" 205 Becker Dwight Lundeen
83 Rob Dehn TE 6'5" 200 Owatonna Jeff Williams
84 Josh Flavin WR 6'2" 185 Little Falls Jack Marmon
99 Ty Boyle DT 6'4" 260 International Falls Stuart Nordquist

OUTSTATE STAFF

Johathan Johnson - Litchfield H. S. (Head) David Haugen - Pelican Rapids H. S.
Paul Dunn - Springfield H. S. Jeff Ramey - Brainerd H. S.
Peder Naatz - Hawley H. S. Dan Ellingson - Hills-Beaver Creek-Elsworth H. S.
HONORARY - Chuck Halsted, Two Harbors

[SUMMIT!!!!!]

Did anyone else notice that former MIAC football players make more than the sports page in the Strib?

Well, at least today one it...landing in CJ's gossip column, no less! Apparently Senile Sid thought CJ should mention a certain former WR who the gossip maven promptly dubbed "The Hot Hoagie"....good lord, and they pay her to write that kind of crap??!?!