FB: Empire 8

[SJFF82]

HAPPY BELATED EASTER E8....where are schedules for next year posted?   are they out yet?

[fisheralum91]

Also a happy belated holiday!
Glad to hear the hot stove stuff.
I know whites of their eyes stuff- but any good talk on recruiting just leads up to good banter this fall!!

[Sir Spiedie]

Here's a little recruiting news to whet your appetite, albeit, out of conference.http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070405/SPORTS/104050006/1002

[AUPepBand]

One of the Johnnies' recruits says he attended all of St. John's home games last year and loves the atmosphere.

St. John's led the D3 nation in football attendance in 2006, averaging more than 7,500 fans per game. We can all learn from the Johnnies.

Nice find, Sir Spiedie....+K


Correction:
For the 10th time in 14 years, Saint John's University was the top ranked institution among NCAA Division III football attendance leaders. Saint John's averaged a school-record 8,547 fans per game and attracted 51,284 spectators during six home games in 2006, an increase of 622 spectators per game from last year's figures. The Johnnies average attendance of 8,547 per game outdistanced second-place Wabash (Ind.) at 5,447 fans per game.

[AUPepBand]

And this, just in, from the E8 Nation Historian:

Shultz Accepts Pro Bid
Charles Shultz, Alfred University's Little All-America end, has signed a professional football contract with the Baltimore Colts of the National Football League. However, it is a provisional contract and Shultz will not report to Baltimore until 1959. He will continue at Alfred after graduation in June to work on his Masters and also faces Army service. A native of Turtle Creek, Pa., Shultz was picked as first choice Little All-America for the past two years as Alfred experienced two undefeated-untied seasons.
--Alfred Sun, Fifty Years Ago, April 11, 1957

Now, Mr. Chair, you may regret having appointed me historian.

[AUPepBand]

This is exactly why you were appointed historian, Pep. So how did Mr. Shultz's pro career turnout? And what is little All-America?

Anyways, quick update on trip to Quebec......

Playing Canadien rules!?

No passport required if  driving, just birth cert and license.
If flying, passport needed.

Regarding Chuck's pro football career, I will have to ask him how it turned out... I don't recall. He's retired now, after serving many years as director of the career development center at Alfred University.

Another Saxon who made it to the NFL was AU speedster Les Goble, who returned a kickoff for a TD while playing for the former Chicago Cardinals in the mid-1950s.

As for "Little All America," that was THE national recognition for outstanding small college football players at that time. They didn't have D3football.com All-Americans back then. 

[fisheralum91]

enjoy canada UC boys.
should be a great experience.
good team building.
not too great for the liver...but then again.....
oh- they dont have Utica Club up there- you may want to pace yourself on the potent stuff

[Sir Spiedie]

Spiedies tidbit of the day
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/mostread/s_501177.html

[SJFF82]

anyone check out d3baseball....Bridgewater St beat their opponent (dont remember their name)  57-1!!!!    They had 44 hits. 

[SJFF82]

oops...it was Newbury....its right on the top of this page dummy!

[JQV]

Here's a little recruiting news to whet your appetite, albeit, out of conference.http://www.sctimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070405/SPORTS/104050006/1002

+k to Sir Spiede.  This line from the story is going to ensure that PC smiles all day: "Unlike at the Division I and II levels, players in Division III do not sign letters of intent."

Shultz Accepts Pro Bid

+k to E8 Nation's Official Historian.  The question must be raised though, will we get history from all E8Nation members?  Did anything interesting every happen at Hartwick?  Or what about PG04's beloved 'Wich?

anyone check out d3baseball....Bridgewater St beat their opponent (dont remember their name)  57-1!!!!    They had 44 hits. 

Umm....Damn.

[superman57]

seriously what ever happened to the mercy rule....it doesn't even need to be something small like 10 but even 20 I mean 57-1 that's little league my friends

[JQV]

seriously what ever happened to the mercy rule....it doesn't even need to be something small like 10 but even 20 I mean 57-1 that's little league my friends

It was only a 7-inning game and does not appear to be part of a doubleheader.  It looks as if there was a mercy rule in effect.

[pg04]

Doing my part, an important chronology of Norwich:

1819 - Founded by Alden Partridge at Norwich, Vermont as "The American Literary, Scientific, and Military Academy."
1820 - Band organized, oldest collegiate band in the nation. First instruction in Civil Engineering offered in the United States.
1825 - Academy moves to Middletown, Connecticut.
1829 - Academy moved back to Norwich, Vermont following Connecticut's refusal to grant a charter.
1834 - Academy received a charter from the State of Vermont recognizing the institution as Norwich University.
1860 - General Alumni Association formed and chartered.
1866 - South Barracks at Norwich, Vermont burned. Norwich University moved to Northfield, Vermont.
1868 - First Barracks build in Northfield, Vermont named Jackman Hall in 1907.
1880 - University name is changed to Lewis College by Vermont Legislative Act. Restored to Norwich University in 1884.
1887 - First Commandant and Professor of Military Science and Tactics assigned to Norwich by the United States government.
1898 - Norwich designated, "The Military College of the State of Vermont" by the Vermont Legislature.
1910 - First Cavalry horses arrive on campus.
1919 - Centennial Celebration, stairs and gate posts erected.
1943 - Special Commencement in March due to World War II.
1943-1946 - University facilities devoted to Army Air Corps Air Crew Training Program; Army Specialized Training Program, and Army Specialized Training Reserve Program.
1945 - First veterans return to finish their degrees.
1947 - Mountain Cold Weather ROTC program inaugurated. Cavalry unit terminated.
1949 - Business Administration major instituted.
1951 - Honor System adopted.
1954 - South Gateway constructed. Lybrand Ski Area purchased.
1955 - Alden Partridge Statue unveiled.
1960 - Fraternities abolished. Class clubs instituted.
1972 - Merger with Vermont College.
1974 - First women enter the Corps of Cadets.
1981 - Acquisition of Alternative Education Programs from Goddard College.
1987 - Peace Corps Preparatory Program started as national model.
1990 - Five-year baccalaureate degree program in Architecture started.
1993 - Opening of the new Kreitzberg Library
1994 - Civilian and Corps campuses merged on Northfield Campus.
1995 - Cadet Tracey L. Jones, NU '96, is the first Norwich student to be selected as a Rhodes Scholar.
1997 - Opening of the new Engineering, Math, and Science Complex
1998 - Completion of the new Kreitzberg Arena
2001 - Sale of Vermont College to The Union Institute and University


Source: Norwich Website

[fisheralum91]

As a history buff- i thank you for the insight!
That is good stuff!

On a lighter note--------so what?


O cmon only kidding.


That is actually pretty cool.