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Quote from: DuffMan on April 22, 2025, 01:02:22 PMI can't imagine the mess that would create with transfer credits, etc.

Duff your comment shows your D3 mindset. That line of thinking was thrown out the window years ago at the D1 (and some of the D2 schools/conferences).

"Student"-athletes.

So you're saying that college should really be about learning and accruing credits toward a degree?

Well, it's a whole lot of money to spend if all you get from it are good stories.

(Heh, #'s 2 & 3 brought up an old money story regarding SJU over the weekend.  They get a kick out the time I wrote the finance office and asked for a $220 dollar refund, or whatever I calculated the cost of a single intro chemistry class to cost, when the teach cancelled on short notice because of an unspecified conflict.  I reasoned that if I had to pay when I skipped class, then I got my money back when the teach did the same.

Denied.  But my girls appreciate the effort.)

Another Easter Monday thriller at the G. And another close loss to Geelong, we go down by seven points.  Arg.

Mrs Oz and #3 are Geelong supporters and have enjoyed this long run of Easter Monday success.  All I have in consolation is that we win when it matters most on that last Saturday in September.

Quote from: BiggieSmalls on April 21, 2025, 10:58:49 PMWonder what changed for him to just be passing through

Good question.  He came in Jan, left in April?  Maybe someone else is obviously going to win the starting job.  Or maybe a scholarship program reached out and offered him a starting spot.

EDIT:

I noticed in this article (https://www.stcloudlive.com/sports/college/johnnies-bringing-in-division-i-transfer-qb-beau-bush-from-usd) announcing his transfer to SJU that post his trip to Collegeville in the morning, he called up UST and cancelled his visit with them scheduled for that same afternoon.  Any idea on where he's going?  St Glenn didn't stay in his ear, did he?

Quote from: DuffMan on April 16, 2025, 08:37:59 AMThough I am not thrilled at the caliber of this non-con matchup, I think the first year of the NPI showed us that, with the current "dial settings", wins carry the bulk of the weight, so it's not a bad move, especially considering that SJU needs to fill Syverson's monster shoes.

Correct weight on both points.

Man, the Hawks got smashed by Port Adelaide last night.  A horrible thrashing.  Hawthorn are now 4-1.

It's sad to hear about Fr Don. He was a good man. My first year dorm guy.

99 runs, a good innings. As they say in cricket parlance.

Quote from: DuffMan on March 30, 2025, 03:59:06 PMLast time the Johnnies and Scots met was my junior yet, and I just turned 44. 

I went to a Johnnie v Scots game way back when @ Mac. Bud Grant was there.

4-0. The last time hawthorn started 4-0?  2014 and the fantastic Grand Final victory over Sydney.

This game was played in a wind storm against GWS, another premiership favourite. A good, hard fought victory. A grind.

https://youtu.be/sH3Bac0P4Zo?si=OTJEJ4iKU0tTJArp

Three in a row as we prevail in a very high pressure contest against Carlton.  In the last ten seasons where Hawthorn has started 3-0, they have won the premiership seven times, lost in the Grand Final once and in the Preliminary Final (the last before the Granny) twice.

This could be a very good year.

https://youtu.be/aDmDBnBtEs8?si=vBpdisRl3koAvOnN

Ah, glorious victory. This Hawks team is good. If they can maintain focus and avoid season ending injuries, they'll have a very good year.  They smoked Essendon in the first quarter and then just kept them away after that.

https://youtu.be/_YNuc5dz4jQ?si=8xKpPw-7nF9dSyaS

Ah, game day against the old enemy Essendon.  90k are expected at the MCG tonight.  Man, I hope we smash these guys.



(The older pictures are of Dermott Brereton on the left who brawled with Essendon in the 80's, and Campbell Brown on the right who famously brawled with them in '04 (the glorious Line in the Sand game) and '09)

Quote from: SagatagSam on March 12, 2025, 11:31:40 AMHere are the Durenberger Trophy standings as we close the winter sports season and enter the home stretch:

It's gonna be neck and neck. What's left?  Tennis (Gusyies), baseball (Johnnies?), Outdoor T&F (Johnnies?), Cross Country (Gusties).

Is that right?

Quote from: BDB on March 11, 2025, 03:02:41 PMThe Minnesota State Tournament All Hockey Hair Team:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvUpFidZ7M8

Kudus to the STA boys.  They may not have flow, but they look like the sort of good Catholic boys that don't cause the father of Catholic girls nightmares.

(Of course, I know I'm fooling myself but a little cognitive dissonance does wonders for the blood pressure)

Annnnnnnnd the season is off!

The Hawks opened the AFL season with a big Friday night game against Sydney up in the Harbour City.  A cracking game to open the year and great win by Hawthorn.  The last time the Hawks opened the season was 1991, a very good year for the Premiership winning Hawkers.

https://youtu.be/2TW-fJYkHOE?si=4I6DmXFQyKTkpaGP

Bartch signed a one-year contract with the 49ers.  If he can win the starting job, he'll be up for a big fat free-agency deal.  What a great opportunity.  Good luck to him.