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#1
Probably good you don't know Oz  ;)
#2
Follow up question. What's the Australia version of Sioux City or St. Cloud in terms of meth production? A guy on my team has a brother on the St Cloud SWAT team, man are there some interesting stories coming out of the Granite City.
#3
Quote from: OzJohnnie on March 26, 2024, 10:07:05 PMA potential major situation brewing in the Australian Football League over the last few hours.  It's come out, and the AFL has admitted, that they are faking injuries in order to keep players who fail secret AFL-arranged drug tests away from World Doping Authority testers and, thereby, avoiding a doping ban.

Apparently, players call the league CEO or Commissioner or other executives (sometimes at 2am we've learned) and let them know they have been blowing coke or smoking meth or whatever.  The AFL then fires up their private testing lab to see if the players will fail and arrange fake injuries if needed.  All the while keeping clubs in the dark and avoiding club doctors.


Genuine question. They've been covering up the testing. Do we really think it's "only" for blow and meth. My gut reaction was, there have to be guys also taking PED's, and this is a method of covering that up. Which is what WADA really cares about to begin with.
#4
He definitely applied, and yeah I'd assume the move to Winona is to keep pursuing moves up the ladder. And agree, bummer to see him head off, but probably ideal for Mac given they both applied for the same role and that could have gotten tricky.
#5
Quote from: SagatagSam on March 26, 2024, 09:34:51 AMMan, I checked in on the situation down in the American Southwest Conference. Not looking good for UMHB (at least not long-term). They will have two games that will be exhibitions from the standpoint of the NCAA.

So, for regional ranking and national tournament purposes, the committee will only have a seven game resume from UMHB to evaluate (Six ASC games plus one non-conference game against Whitewater).

Yeah, it's a brutal situation for the ASC schools right now. The only silver lining is a move to a 40 team field should help alleviate getting an at large. Having said that, the best bet is to get that Pool A bid and ensure a spot.

If the committee hadn't done such a poor job of using SOS and at large stuff last year, this would be a perfect scenario to encourage great non-con scheduling. Additional at large teams get in, go boost your SOS and RRO resume, and everyone benefits. But I'm not sure we can have any confidence in the NatCom right now and how they will treat SOS, RRO, etc. The insane notion that NCC couldn't be considered #1 seed since they weren't #1 in Region 5 has shaken confidence that logic is involved. And ignoring the previous playoff results as a 1 seed tiebreaker. Time will tell.
#6
Quote from: BiggieSmalls on March 25, 2024, 11:14:56 PMLooks like Bethel has found their new OC/QB coach along with promoting a DB coach. OC looks interesting coming from Berry College where they finished as 3rd best scoring offense and 5th best total offense in country last year.

https://athletics.bethel.edu/news/2024/3/25/mcelroy-announces-coaching-staff-updates.aspx

Yep, I really like both hires. The D staff is really good and deep. Adding Tavian as a full time guy is great.

Duling looks like a perfect fit. He checks both OC and QB coach boxes, and had a an explosive and very balanced offense for Berry. They put up 36 against Trinity (who gave up 9/gm) and averaged like 10/play. The fact he was Berry's recruiting coordinator is another great piece.
#7
Hazzben Jr. 1.0 had a "time trial" meet at UST for freshman track on Saturday. His first time competing in the hurdles, 400, and high jump. He admitted it was hard to run the quarter holding his breath the entire time. I think I've mentioned this before, but I've trained all the kids to hold their breath each Sunday morning as we drive through UST on our way to church. Made me chuckle when he said that  ;D
#8
Yeah, anytime you can say you were a two time collegiate national champ, 2 time greco national champ, made two world teams, and then were the primary trainer who helped Brock Lesner win a heavyweight UFC title, "Grade A bad ass" seems apropos. Gotta think Marty and his brothers are on the short list for families no one wants to mess with.
#9
Yeah Quinn had a great year. My youngest is good buddies with a little sister of one of the other MV varsity wrestlers. Fun year to follow them for sure.
#10
Follow up question ... was UWLax expected to be in the mix, or did they get a bump from hosting?
#11
Congrats to the Auggies and OldAuggie. I knew the 'Burgs were the dominant forces, but I don't follow D3 wrestlings as closely as I (casually) follow D1. Reading the details in the press release are mind boggling:

BEYOND THE BOXSCORE

Quote• Augsburg has now won 15 NCAA Division III national titles in school history (1991, 1993, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2015, 2019, 2023, 2024), tied with Wartburg for the most team titles in Division III. Either Augsburg or Wartburg has won every Division III national title since 1995.
• Augsburg has finished among the top two teams in men's wrestling national competition 29 times since 1975, and has finished among the top 20 teams nationally every year since 1971.
• Augsburg now has 59 men's wrestling national champions in school history -- a record 55 in NCAA Division III competition (since 1983), four in NAIA competition (1968-1983).

That's an insane run of dominance for 2 programs just 3 hours apart.

My youngest is drawn to the mat (vs the hardwood for the older siblings). We had a lot of fun following the Mounds View program this season, and watching the Big 10 and Big 12 tourneys last weekend. We will have to find time to take in some D3 duals this coming season.
#12
Quote from: faunch on March 12, 2024, 03:44:35 PMU$T has some unhappy neighbors. Love that the sign has red as the background.  ;D

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I really like the planter box you have at the end of your driveway Faunch  ;)

In all seriousness, what actual power/recourse do the neighbors have to prevent this arena from being built?














#13
Good for him, love to see Bartch still on a roster!
#14
Well, Bethel got a new head coach. Guess that's sorta news worthy. I think Coach Mac is a great fit, emerging from a really strong applicant pool.
#15
Let's GOOOOO!!!!!

Great to be back. Also made me realize how much I appreciate this little online community of misfits. I was starting to process the possibility of a d3 football season without the boards. +k to all if it was still a thing  :)