FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[OzJohnnie]

I think the Iowa board gets more posts during the off-season that when football is on.  That's a sorry statement on the enthusiasm for  I-O-Way football, no?

[Mr. Ypsi]

They play football in Iowa??  Who knew??

Uh, oh - incoming ... duck and cover, duck and cover!

[OzJohnnie]

Can anyone spot the critical mistake this wannabe McLuvin made?

[retagent]

I forgot about Legace in the All-Star game. Dipietro was good there too.

[tmerton]

tmeton......if you have ever walked  into a 7-11 in So. Cal or a 76 gas station, you would understand.

Oh, please.  I've been in those 7-11s and 76 stations, the cabs in DC, and all the mom and pop grocery stores that dot San Francisco.  So?

[DutchFan2004]

I think the Iowa board gets more posts during the off-season that when football is on.  That's a sorry statement on the enthusiasm for  I-O-Way football, no?

The amount of posters have been growing in the 4 years I have been posting.  I think there has been some friendships made on the board and some good natured bantering going on.  We have not progressed to Hamm's fests yet but who knows.

EDIT:  I don't see a lot of football talk coming from this board in the off season and somehow it seems that the number of postings keep going up here.   

[DutchFan2004]

They play football in Iowa??  Who knew??

Uh, oh - incoming ... duck and cover, duck and cover!

I think the Johnnie posters are pretty well informed that we do know how to play football down here in Iowa.  At least they found out last year.  To paraphrase Coach G after our last meeting "I don't remember any one doing that to us"

[finsleft]

Little Clark was doing very badly in math. His parents had tried everything... tutors, mentors, flash cards, special learning centers. In short, everything they could think of to help his math.
Finally, in a last ditch effort, they took Clark down and enrolled him in the local Catholic school. After the first day, little Clark came home with a very serious look on his face. He didn't even kiss his mother hello.  Instead, he went straight to his room and started studying. Books and papers were spread out all over the room and little Clark was hard at work. His mother was amazed. She called him down to dinner. To her shock, the minute he was done, he marched back to his room without a word, and in no time, he was back hitting the books as hard as before. This went on for some time, day after day, while the mother tried to understand what made all the difference.Finally, little Clark brought home his report card. He quietly laid it on the table, went up to his room and hit the books. With great trepidation,his mom looked at it and to her great surprise, little Clark got an 'A' in math. She could no longer hold her curiosity.
She went to his room and said, 'Son, what was it? Was it the nuns?' Little Clark looked at her and shook his head, no. 'Well, then,' she replied, was it the books, the discipline, the structure, the uniforms? 'WHAT WAS IT ALREADY?'

Little Clark looked at her and said, 'Well, on the first day of school when I saw that guy nailed to the plus sign, I knew they weren't fooling around.'

[finsleft]

It's Friday, remember? Jokes are 2 for 1 today.


The local news station was interviewing an 80-year-old lady because she had just gotten married -- for the fourth time.

The interviewer asked her questions about her life, about what it felt like to be marrying again at 80, and then about her new husband's occupation. "He's a funeral director," she answered. "Interesting," the newsman thought. He then asked her if she wouldn't mind telling him a little about her first three husbands and what they did for a living.

She paused for a few moments, needing time to reflect on all those years.  After a short time, a smile came to her face and she answered proudly, explaining that she first married a banker when she was in her early 20's, then a circus ringmaster when in her 40's, later on a preacher when in her 60's, and now in her 80's, a funeral director.

The interviewer looked at her, quite astonished, and asked why she had married four men with such diverse careers. Smiling, she explained, "I married one for the money, two for the show, three to get ready and four to go."

[Goal Line Stand]

They play football in Iowa??  Who knew??

Uh, oh - incoming ... duck and cover, duck and cover!

I think the Johnnie posters are pretty well informed that we do know how to play football down here in Iowa.  At least they found out last year.  To paraphrase Coach G after our last meeting "I don't remember any one doing that to us"

But Coach G is getting up there in years and the memory seems to be going.   

              2005 NCAA III Championship Second Round
            UW-Whitewater vs. Saint John's (MN)

                               W, 34-7

  Just ranking your chains a little, boys! 

[repete]

57,
Props for your Western league reference. Almost thought you were talking WHA, which had some great moments -- but then remembered Invaders were Western, Spurs were World.

The WHA was major fun. Loved the clear Plexiglass at the old St. Paul Civic Center, the coverall unis were a bit weird. Saints had Slapshot role models Jack Carlson (very good guy) and Goldie Goldthorpe (Ogie Oglethorpe).

Plus the had some amazing talent too: Johnnie McKenzie, Dave Keon, Mike Walton and great locals Huffer Christiansen, Paul Holmgren and Mike "Still Crazy After all Those Beers" Antonovich.

One night a bunch of us were fueling up for a game, got on a bus in south Minneapolis for a game and were told mid-ride that the team had folded. They pulled that twice -- folding mid-season in '76 and '77.

A late note to Ret: Yeah, I didn't see that game just the Brashear bomb. Folks at work were talking plenty about the lousing refs as well.

Don't know if ROR is on board (or will get thru the puck chatter) by www.hulu.com went public with dozens of old TV shows online, including 20 Rockford episodes. They've also cut a deal with the NHL. Good quality video that plays well on a 19-inch full screen.

[repete]

Sent to me by janesvilleflash, a hockey mom goes bananas.

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/21029/

Flash wanted to know if this was Mrs. BDB. 

BDB,

Catching up on the board after days away, this was the No. 1 highlight. Thanks.

[57Johnnie]

How about them AVS? I think I told you  -- Davy Jones came out of the locker. 

[bennie]

I forgot about Legace in the All-Star game. Dipietro was good there too.

When Manny kept saying "that was a lucky one" after every save, I started joking with a friend that we now know what tape will be exhibit A for his team should he ever go to arbitration! I also loved it when he charged up the ice with the puck in the Young Stars game!

[bennie]

How about them AVS? I think I told you  -- Davy Jones came out of the locker. 

Yes you did! I will admit that I watched some of the Avs game but then switched when I saw that they had the Oilers well in hand.  I probably should have stuck with that game. The Canuck (and the Red Wing) announcers make me so mad with their backhanded "compliments" to the opposing team.