https://www.startribune.com/saint-johns-johnnies-football-collegeville-mn-coach-brandon-novak-becker-high-school-wrestling-champ/601877126

Another classic Reusse article about Brandon Novak taking the Loras job.

Quote from: OzJohnnie on June 27, 2026, 06:18:40 PMWe haven't played "Where Am I?" in a while.  Who's got this one?



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Heh. I was an assistant varsity girls basketball coach during my first 5 years at Apollo. We went up to Hibbing for a holiday tournament. Half of the players rode in the school van that I was driving and I made them listen to Bob from St. Cloud all the way to Hibbing. Then we drove by this very house. The players were not impressed with the music nor the house.

We are officially out this morning. My wife said it was fine during the week when we were at work and school most of the day, but she is not enduring 63 degree temps all weekend. The fireplace was turned on this morning.

Still master of my domain, but woke up to the house at 64 degrees this morning. My wife is starting to complain. However, we made it past fall break in which my daughter was home from CSB and is always cold. Trying to make it to the weekend without the furnace!

A great guy and it will be hard to fill his shoes at CSB/SJU. My son was an accounting major at SJU and now works for Deloitte in Minneapolis. Boz helped him get an international tax internship in London when he studied abroad during his junior year. Boz also helped him get an internship at Deloitte which eventually turned into his career. Boz went above and beyond for his students, in and out of the classroom. RIP Boz, you will be missed.

https://www.startribune.com/reusse-st-thomas-st-johns-football-rivalry/601448664

Good stuff from Patrick.

A little something from Gary about the QB situation:

https://wjon.com/ixp/70/p/quarterback-competition-st-johns-football/

RIP Father Don

https://wjon.com/st-johns-mourning-passing-of-campus-legend-father-don-talafous/

Some interesting developments about SJU football that I was not aware of:

https://gojohnnies.com/news/2025/4/3/football-st-cloud-orthopedics-feature-search-for-new-starting-qb-one-of-the-focal-points-of-extended-spring-practice-at-sju.aspx?fbclid=IwY2xjawJb6H1leHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHeq4NgMgPEb4hhbBmcVDm5gNb0YCjbHDninHASD0DDSwGHXMeoz8YrMGGw_aem_DP7KCh-PInVSEh1DFAerAA

Always great to read an article written by Frank!

Well, maybe the new CSS football coach can at least improve the video feed.

ROR, so kind of you to ask! (and I am sure the rest of the board has been waiting on the edge of their seats since I didn't see any of you at the tailgate).

St. Ben's took 5th in both Jazz and Pom in the open (smallest) division. Mankato took first in both Jazz and Pom, Duluth took second in both, and SCSU took 4th in both (which did not make CSB too happy).

Minnesota is crazy talented with dancers. The Gophers are incredible and compete in the top division and have won the most national championships of any college team. UST did well in the middle division and are also very good.

I promise this will be the last post about dance until football season.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw86Exo81oA

Easily the best football player I ever watched play in person.

Not a lot of activity on the college dance post patterns boards, so I will put this here. Heading down to Orlando this coming weekend to watch the CSB dance team at Nationals. Hope to see some of you at the tailgate!

Reusse's thoughts on the state of college football from his latest column:

"College football: Cheer, cheer for old Notre Dame, just out of long-ago habit. Trying to figure out legitimacy in 18-team conferences is not possible with nine-game schedules.

I'd rather watch St. John's and Bethel (and I do) than the Gophers play Wisconsin with the goal being a tie for seventh in their conference. Penn State game here was good though ... I'll give that to P.J.'s fellas."

Me too, Pat. Me too.

I agree, it is really tough to gauge a team by scores and stats. The Sus loss to Cortland by 2 points is nothing to sneeze at, I really don't think this is a weaker team from the East. I am expecting a game similar to the SJU-Aurora game a few years back. Two really good offenses that are tough to stop, but I think the SJU D gets enough stops to pull out a victory. 38-28 SJU