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Definitely a factor, and in recent years the committee has looked beyond just "X beat Y and Z beat Y" in order to rank teams. So if X beats Y by a field goal and Z beats Y by 24 points, that would be something they could consider. But if X beats Y by 14 and Z beats Y by 10, 17, 21, that's usually not considered significantly different.
Can't look past Concordia (or St. Olaf for that matter). Going to Moorhead is one that screams "trap game" to me. I'd hate to go there with our heads in the clouds and have the Cobbers keep it close by making the most of their possessions and controlling the ball for 40-plus minutes. (See SJU v. Concordia-Moorhead, 2012, 2014).
Admittedly, I was rather giddy so my powers of observation may have been off, but I didn't see UST switch their defensive game plan during the entire game. They stayed with the blitz extravaganza, often safety blitzes, and tried to make that work the whole game. I can't recall them trying to keep more men in coverage. It seemed like the Johnnie receivers were continually in 1-on-1. Granted, the Jays were splitting five wide about 60 percent of the time but it still seemed like the Tommies were rushing with at least six every down.
3. Threw to the outside and picked apart man coverage...o-line gave Jackson enough time!Does St. Olaf,Gustavus or Bethel have the athletes to duplicate this type of game plan vs UST? I would venture to say Gustavus has the QB and receivers but not sure of the O-line play. Bethel with Marsh at QB if he plays like he did against SJU could put a scare into the Toms. Time will tell how it shakes out.
Big props to the Johnnies. Masterful offensive gameplan. If someone told me before the game UST’s offense hits 620 yards and Parks runs for over 250, I would have said sign me up. The Johnnie D made plays when it needed to though.
Jackson Erdmann looked like a high level D1 Qb today. Dropping balls in small windows all over the field. And he missed out on a TD with the TE drop in the end zone too. Scary.
Caruso has some very nice words for Faschcinng and in John’s memory postgame.
Very cool pre-game note: With it being tackle cancer fundraising day via Randy Shaver’s efforts, the Rat Pack from SJU came over and presented flowers to Rachael Caruso, in respect for her current Colon cancer fight she is in. A sentimental moment and wonderful gesture in a great rivalry!
I’ve a got a pic of that that a friend shared..very decent move by the rats 🐀!
St Thomas made the national media this morning! Was listening to Rush in the car & he was going off on an engineering professor at St Thomas who wrote an article that appeared in the Guardian essentially blaming people who voted for Republicans for the devastation that hurricane Michael caused. Not even Rush is a fan of the Tommies! He called them obscure & the professor idiotic among other things. LOL!
Strength of Schedule rankings have been released. 4 of St John's 5 wins have come against teams rated higher on the list. (#6 Gustavus, #10 Augsburg, #16 Bethel, & #25 UW-Stout). St John's made the list at #29 & after scrolling down for quite aways, St Thomas finally appeared at #170.
Auggie #10, Gustavus #6 you say? I would like to audit whatever the source info is?
http://d3football.com/seasons/2018/schedule?tmpl=sos-template
There are MANY flaws in the NCAA SOS methodology, that have been discussed often on D3. While I know this is a factor of consideration for the selection committee, I would leverage Massey or Hansen as a much better metric. And, just because any team is ranked high in that metric, does not mean they are an actual strong opponent. If you look where Mount and MHB are, that would validate it.
952: It isn't meant to be an RPI, sir. It's meant to measure only the strength of the schedule. It's well-named in that regard.
I'm gonna wager under 14K tomorrow (which is still an incredible # of people).
Strength of Schedule rankings have been released. 4 of St John's 5 wins have come against teams rated higher on the list. (#6 Gustavus, #10 Augsburg, #16 Bethel, & #25 UW-Stout). St John's made the list at #29 & after scrolling down for quite aways, St Thomas finally appeared at #170.
Auggie #10, Gustavus #6 you say? I would like to audit whatever the source info is?
http://d3football.com/seasons/2018/schedule?tmpl=sos-template
There have been a lot of great John stories shared this week in social media, print/web, radio, podcast, etc, etc. Former Johnnies QB Joe Boyle has shared some really good ones on his Twitter and this so far has been my favorite.
It's from a thread about the 2008 MIAC Championship game vs Carleton. This exchange from John happened right before the game winning drive with around 1 minute to play.
Strength of Schedule rankings have been released. 4 of St John's 5 wins have come against teams rated higher on the list. (#6 Gustavus, #10 Augsburg, #16 Bethel, & #25 UW-Stout). St John's made the list at #29 & after scrolling down for quite aways, St Thomas finally appeared at #170.
Maybe basketball-did you forget SJU won the MIAC or do you have a selective memory?
The University of St. Thomas. Where humility goes to die.
It's been reported that John said regarding touchdown celebrations to act like you'd been there before (in the endzone). Advice that the Tommies could take to heart considering the success they've had has only been recent.
Another piece of advice that would serve them well is credited to their university's namesake, St Thomas. "There is no virtue without humility."
