FB: Midwest Conference

[DuffMan]

Isn't that TC's sister? I thought she went to UST...

I can only imagine that TC's sister is much homlier (based on his appearance).  I'd introduce that chick to the Johnnie Nation!!!

[ritz72]

ritz72 - thanks for your approval of our homepage...I set up that shot.

They have fluffers on staff at MON??

[DuffMan]

They have fluffers on staff at MON??

LOL!

[Kilted Rat]

Ritz,
You trumped my ace... for that I salute and karmalize you!

[schwanman]

In defense of MC's stands, many fans like to sit on the big hill on the home side. But, yes, we'd like to get more seating, and we'd also like to get pro turf and a nicer press box. Plans for all are in the works.

Heard two things about SJU football today and wanted to check them out. A la Bill Walsh's 49ers, do the Johnnies open the game with a 20-play script? And, is it true that hitting is relatively light in SJU practices ... they save the heavy-hitting for Saturdays?

[onearmedscot]

Maverick--

For six pages ago...sorry, busy day at the office.

First, please don't call me Mr. Johnson--I'm way to young for that.

Second, I thought my commas were enough to show what I meant but I guess not.  What I meant was "For the sixth time in seven years, the MWC rep will lose...and this year's rep, Monmouth, will lose handily--i.e. three touchdowns.

Sorry for the confusion but thanks for doing the research.

OneArmedScot

[Kilted Rat]

In defense of MC's stands, many fans like to sit on the big hill on the home side. But, yes, we'd like to get more seating, and we'd also like to get pro turf and a nicer press box. Plans for all are in the works.

Heard two things about SJU football today and wanted to check them out. A la Bill Walsh's 49ers, do the Johnnies open the game with a 20-play script? And, is it true that hitting is relatively light in SJU practices ... they save the heavy-hitting for Saturdays?

I doubt the scripting part, Duffman, Ritz, or Mr. Shoes would know more about that since they actually played.

As far as hitting, there is NO hitting in practice. Players only wear shoulder pads and helmets... well they wear shorts or sweatpants and  shoes and socks, but no leg pads. Occassionally an accidental hit will happen on the practice field, but it is the exception not the rule.

There are also no calisthenics, no organized stretching, and no whistles at practice.

Gagliardi's theory on stretching is "A lion doesn't stretch his hamstrings before chasing a gazelle, why should humans be any different."

[fightingscots13]

I remember all those "quirks" when St. John's and Gagliardi were featured on ESPN a few(?) years ago...thought it was a little strange at the time, but why mess with success...my h.s. football coach didn't believe in sprints, but we made up for the conditioning in other ways (pursuit drills, kick-off & punt coverages, etc.)...i gotta believe that the players have ways of stretching and getting loose, even if there isn't anything "organized."  Any former Johnnies care to give some details??

[fightingscots13]

ritz - since the Johnnies don't do anything organized to get loose, my guess is that they have fluffers of their own - maybe some 3rd or 4th stringers with soft hands....

[Mr.Shoes]

I only played defense (and even then, only as a scout teamer), so the offensive script thing is a mystery to me. I highly doubt we do anything of the sort, but part of John's reputation is his willingness to try anything that works.

The way I understood the lack of organized stretching, conditioning, etc. is this: there are enough talented guys on the team, that if the first-stringer doesn't do his job staying in shape and getting prepared, there is any number of guys who are more than willing to step in and get their chance to prove themselves. You slack, you sit. Simple as that.

[Old Fighting Scot]

ritz72 - thanks for your approval of our homepage...I set up that shot.

hey you cant take full credit for that shot!!!!

[SJU92#57]

We did have 1 drill in warm ups...the "nice day"drill.  we'd all lie on the ground and look up and admire what a "nice day" in was.  Gag's has got the boy's practicing in the Palestra this time of year. Would want anybody to get a cold or sick

[BumFighter]

It's always a nice day in the Palestra....and game day at Clemens Stadium.

The sun always shines on Johnnies football.

[Pat Coleman]

The link to the team-by-team snap shots on the front page are a nice touch, however, someone obviously didn't do their homework.  Unless I am mistaken, I didn't spend four years going to school in Jacksonville, Illinois.  Monmouth College is located in (gasp!) Monmouth, Illinois, not Jacksonville.  Nice work.

Alright, alright, take it easy. This is one person doing 32 of these freakin' things and sometimes when working from memory I slip up. Give me a freakin' break.

At least someone else had the common courtesy to actually e-mail me rather than gripe about it on the message boards, so I actually found out about it. If you cared about the information being correct, rather than just being an ass and bitching about it, you could've done the same.

By the way, they're not just a nice touch, they're a staple of our annual coverage. Those who come around the site in November know this.

[sjusection105]

In defense of MC's stands, many fans like to sit on the big hill on the home side. But, yes, we'd like to get more seating, and we'd also like to get pro turf and a nicer press box. Plans for all are in the works.

Heard two things about SJU football today and wanted to check them out. A la Bill Walsh's 49ers, do the Johnnies open the game with a 20-play script? And, is it true that hitting is relatively light in SJU practices ... they save the heavy-hitting for Saturdays?

I echo what Kilted rat says plus I also wanted to mention if you are not aware that the QBs at SJU call their own plays. Many times coming out of a time out a specific play is called,but during the flow of the game the QB has pretty much free rein.They will also run a handful of "favorite" plays to death until proven that they don't work. From 2000-2003 Blake Elliott make a living on the WR screen because his QB's  could smell "blood in the water" if the other team was playing man & the CB couldn't handle Blake.