FB: Midwest Conference

[The Roop]

Not many posts for a Friday. Is it the off season or what ??

[blu thru n thru]

Ripon @ Beloit - Beloit 24-21 (Roop rallies troops with rousing halftime speech)
Lawrence @ Grinnell - Grinne 38-14 (Angry Grinnell out to prove they really are better than Knox...)
St. Norbert @ Carroll - St. Norbert 28-20  (Knights not gonna lose 2 in a row)
Lake Forest @ Monmouth - Monmouth 24-17 (Home cooking give Scots late score to win)

Game of the Week:
Knox @ Blueboy Nation - IC 42-10 (I'm at the game.  What more inspiration can a team have?)

 

[blu thru n thru]

Holy Crap!  Have any of y'all stepped outside today?  Where'd I wake up?  The Arctic Circle? 

I had pizza last night that was like a pie.  I liked it.  So, I guess not all great ideas come from Texas. Just most of them...

Once the ice thaws later this morning, it should be a great day for football.  Best of luck to all except those who stand in Blueboy Nation's path to the crown.  I'll be posting updates on the GOW.   Safe travels!

Gotta go help make the ribs!  I'm working on blue BBQ sauce...

[The Roop]

Just wait until November in WI. FYI. Always subtract 10 degrees from the temperature when at Strong Stadium. It will still be double digit weather then so shorts are in order. 

[Just Bill]

Holy Crap!  Have any of y'all stepped outside today?  Where'd I wake up?  The Arctic Circle? 

I had pizza last night that was like a pie.  I liked it.  So, I guess not all great ideas come from Texas. Just most of them...

Once the ice thaws later this morning, it should be a great day for football.  Best of luck to all except those who stand in Blueboy Nation's path to the crown.  I'll be posting updates on the GOW.   Safe travels!

Gotta go help make the ribs!  I'm working on blue BBQ sauce...

Blu, I know you are the self appointed expert on a wide variety of topics, but you don't know jack about cold.  We will let you know when it's cold.  This is what's known as "football weather."

I was once part of a basketball team that had a player from Nigeria. On the first 50 degree day of the fall he showed up at the gym in an enormous, quilted winter coat, hat, gloves, scarf, the whole works.  We told him, "we will let you know when it's cold."  As the temperature kept dropping he'd ask every day, "Is it cold yet?" We'd so "not yet" and he'd shake his head in disbelief.  Finally we hit a January day when the temp was about -5 with a wind chill of close to -30 (yes, blu there is such a thing as negative temperatures).  We called his apartment at 7:00 a.m. and said, "NOW, it's cold."

[The Roop]

Not his fault Bill, those from the Republic of Texas have a crisis when it gets below 80.

[blu thru n thru]

Bill- I hear ya.  And, actally, I do know cold.  Here's a little secret I haven't shared.  I come from Midwest roots.  Born in Chicago.  Spent my first 8 years in the IL area.  Then my folks took me to God's country (Texas).  I lived there 5 years and then they took me to New England (A.K.A. Hell on Earth).  Got back to Texas as quick as I legally could.  Been there since.

As far as my self-appointment, I saw it as a job that needed doing, and vacant. So I stepped in. It's my nature.  I raise the bar.  It's all I've ever done.  It's part of my life-long commitment to making everything I touch better.  It's a full-time job.  I even have business cards stating that purpose.  Your recognition of same is all the thanks I need...

And, you're right.  This is football weather.  It's my one beef about HS football in Texas.  The games through mid-Oct. are steamy sweaty experiences.  This is a spectacular day for football.

[The Roop]

As far as my self-appointment, I saw it as a job that needed doing, and vacant. So I stepped in. It's my nature.  I raise the bar.  It's all I've ever done.  It's part of my life-long commitment to making everything I touch better.  It's a full-time job. 

I will assign you the football board as your first task my paduwan learner but the basketball board is mine. Patience or you will not be accepted as a master in to the New Roop Order.

[SNCOLDAD]

OK all. It appears that football is secondary at Carroll. Since they have a soccer game to play we have a late start. 4:00 PM for those of you that may not have noticed. What this does mean is that I expect updates on ALL games. Roop, you better be ready to text me the scores.

Last 4 weeks of the MWC regular season. Bittersweet!


GO GREEN KNIGHTS

[The Roop]

I will text you Americas Team updates SNCOLDAD but it will be dependent on the PennAtlantic broadcast. Due to an unexpected chain of events I will not be in Beloit today.

[hickory_cornhusker]

It is Faculty and Staff Appreciation Day at Carroll today. They've always had this game playedlater in the day, even when they don't have soccer. Probably an attempt to validate the lights at the stadium. Look at it as an oppurtunity to tailgate longer.

Last time St. Norbert traveled to Waukesha the Green Knights barely escaped. Hopefully the Pioneers can take them this time around. This is probably the biggest football gameon Carroll's campus since 1997 when they won the Midwest Conference North Division. I'm hoping the Pioneers figure out whatever it is Beloit and IC did to the Green Knights. 34 years is long enough to wait between playoff appearances.

[The Roop]

Well SNCs fake punt attempt on their own 19 in the 4th quarter didn't help them. Not sure how Beloit tricked them in to doing that.

[blu thru n thru]

No worries, Obiwan, when we're stop talkin football, I'll vanish lie a puff of smoke...

Update on the rib action here at Blueboy Nation central (conveniently located at the south end of the football field). We've gone with some kinda St. Louis style. Using cherry wood on marinated pork ribs. Never heard of such madness! But dang! They're looking good. Even a self appointed expert on all can learn a thing from time to time.  

[The Roop]

Ribs vary region to region as does chili.

[The Roop]

Here's another variant you may have never heard of blu. In WI ribs are typically done in a crock pot/slow cooker with sauerkraut for about 4 hours. Mmmmmmmm Mmmmmmmm.