Game time temp on Saturday in Collegeville will be 22 degrees...my weather app says the feels like temp will be 10. Wind 10 mph with gusts up to 16. Not terribly conducive for a team that gets 75% of their yards passing the ball.

Happy Thanksgiving 🦃

Quote from: DuffMan on November 24, 2025, 02:43:14 PM

Quote from: Mister36 on November 24, 2025, 02:32:46 PMI think based on many factors (Scoring, defense, etc) you could say this is the best BU team ever.

Yeah, you could also make the case that the MIAC is WEAK this year, which I definitely think it is.

Agreed...I think BU and / or SJU could get a real eye opener this Saturday. The balance in the MIAC this season was the worst I recall in a long time.

Quote from: DuffMan on November 22, 2025, 05:54:14 PM

Quote from: faunch on November 22, 2025, 08:34:22 AMFanduel says NDSU is favored by 32.5 over U$T today. As much as I can't stand the Tommie$ and would love to see them get monkey stomped or double stomped I think they cover.

Changed your mind yet?

Quote from: DuffMan on November 22, 2025, 05:54:14 PM

Quote from: faunch on November 22, 2025, 08:34:22 AMFanduel says NDSU is favored by 32.5 over U$T today. As much as I can't stand the Tommie$ and would love to see them get monkey stomped or double stomped I think they cover.

Changed your mind yet?

Jesus they're not ready for that level in anyway

Tommie$ down 28-0 first quarter...
Double or triple stomp?

Fanduel says NDSU is favored by 32.5 over U$T today. As much as I can't stand the Tommie$ and would love to see them get monkey stomped or double stomped I think they cover.

Quote from: DuffMan on November 21, 2025, 10:20:04 PMOh my goodness Jett Feeney is good.

I didn't watch it...my wife convinced me to go to a school play and i forgot the championships started last night.

Quote from: DuffMan on November 20, 2025, 08:10:56 PMDespite the MWC being what it is, Monmouth demolished everyone except Wartburg, and the Johnnies are 0-1 against respectable teams.  I expect a slug fest, and the Johnnies will lose if they don't come out firing on all cylinders.

Look at you taking a turn to negative town...I thought that was my job!
I do agree with you BTW.

Quote from: MadRedFan on November 19, 2025, 04:14:26 PMI'm sort of surprised no one has posted this yet, especially given the discussion a while back about SJU's history with DI transfers at QB.  Yesterday's Star-Trib posted its "25 best high school" FB players.  One of the QB's was one  Nathan Ramler, 6-5 230 lb QB from Chanhassen.  Nephew of the famous and highly regarded Kurt Ramler of SJU lore.  He identified his college choice as SJU. Company for Mr. Feeney?? I'll include the link altho I suspect its behind a paywall.

QuoteNathan Ramler
Chanhassen �• senior • quarterback

Born with quarterbacking in his DNA (uncle Kurt Ramler was an All-America QB at St. John's), the 6-5, 230-pounder was the consummate passer, standing tall in the pocket, able to move deftly in small spaces, go through progressions and deliver a strike downfield. He threw 24 touchdown passes without an interception during the regular season. Overall he is 180-for-258 passing for 2,352 yards and 27 touchdowns. College: St. John's

https://varsity.startribune.com/high-school-football-all-minnesota-team-strib-varsity-25-players/601478099

So Ramler starts 2027-29...Feeney's brother goes D1 for 2 seasons but maybe gets a medical redshirt for one of those two years and then transfers to SJU and plays 3 seasons....there I've got SJU's QB position solved for about the next 7 seasons??

Also I think this dude's brother is currently on the SJU team:
Todd Rogalski
St. Thomas Academy • senior • safety

A 5-11, 175-pound do-it-all player, he's always creating an advantage for the Cadets. He's a whiz on special teams, both blocking punts and returning them. He's made 70 tackles, 13 for loss, intercepted three passes and blocked four punts and a field goal. He also has caught 16 passes, scoring six touchdowns. College: undecided

Quote from: OzJohnnie on November 19, 2025, 12:13:25 PM

Quote from: DuffMan on November 19, 2025, 10:19:16 AMI gave in on 11/1--was happy to make it to November, but it was getting chilly and I was nursing a level 4 Halloween hangover.

Heh. A level four. I haven't seen that used in a few years. I believe someone had published the level rules at one point. Does anybody remember what they all are?

I swear at my age they are all level 4 or above. No such thing as a little hangover anymore.

Quote from: DuffMan on November 19, 2025, 10:19:16 AMI gave in on 11/1--was happy to make it to November, but it was getting chilly and I was nursing a level 4 Halloween hangover.

How many levels are there?

Quote from: Boys of Fall on November 18, 2025, 03:14:11 PMNot a big fan myself, but I'm warming up to them.  Assuming they continue to wear the blue I would like to see them  minimize the red trim even more.
I think it will be a long time before the blues become the Notre Dame green and are worn in a big game (look at the competition when they have been worn), this might go back to the red pants fiasco.

I don't mind the red pants but that wide stripe that runs down the sides and expands by the knee look awful. A simple double thin white stripe would be fine. That being said it also seems stupid to order pants and jerseys that you only intend to wear one game per year.

Quote from: Redtooth on November 17, 2025, 07:48:24 PM

Quote from: hazzben on November 17, 2025, 05:31:52 PMI saw Logan post that Wart got done a diservice, essentially treated like a 2 seed in their own quad. He might be right, but aside from NPI Wartburg just doesn't looke like a very elite 1 seed IMO given the stats above.

That said, the MIAC finds itself in 2 of the 3 toughest quadrants ever according to Logan's numbers. If we get anyone to the quarters or beyond we'll have earned it, great chance to reset the recent national narrative about the conference.

The success that SJU and Bethel have in this tournament will do very little to change the legitimate narrative that the MIAC has two very good programs that see very little competition other than their now once a year regular season meeting...prior to the playoffs.  It has been over 20 football seasons since a current MIAC team not named SJU or Bethel won the league title. 

The reality is most schools in the conference are waffling(at best) in their support and commitment toward building competitive football programs......words but very little definable action.  The recipe needed to build requires a level of institutional interest in doing so that just frankly doesn't exist beyond the two schools mentioned above.

The switch to playing everyone in conference also took away two additional competitive games (one NC and the conference title game) for both SJU and Bethel......that hurts nationally.

Both teams will be tested in their respective brackets and I hope both advance deep in the playoffs.

Do you think there's a chance that any MIAC schools drop football? Do schools like Hamline, Macalester, CSS benefit in enrollment numbers by having football programs? What other reasons are there for continuing their programs?

Quote from: sjujohnnie on November 17, 2025, 03:30:04 PMListening to today's podcast, it sounds like the consensus is one and done for St John's. Can anyone let the team know in case they need motivation?

Johnnies are 3-3 in their last 3 post season appearances. They really need to make a prolonged run (2-3 wins) and maybe have a trip to the semifinals to stake a claim to being top a 5 team in D3.
The last 3-4 seasons they've been in that 10ish range (maybe even outside of that).

From my calculations the Johnnies are 10-8 in the playoffs since 2014 (9 appearances). Take out the 2018 (2-1) and 2019 (3-1) playoff runs the Johnnies are 5-6 (if I'm math-ing correctly) . I get that it's really difficult to win in November and December however the playoff record is what it is. Will having one "competitive" regular season game make it more difficult to to have success in the post season? At this time of the season it's about winning games.

FWIW...my pick is NCC to win the whole thing again. IMO they've got something really, really good going.

Quote from: CHUBBS PETERSON on November 17, 2025, 11:53:15 AMFor the SJU faithful:

Sorry if I'm rehashing something previously discussed, but genuinely curious about your opinions of the blue, alternate home jersey. I know it's one of the school colors, but it hasn't really had a place in the football uniform until recently.

I like them but I don't like red stripes on the shoulder pads that go under the numbers. Aside from that they're a solid look. The white pants with double red striping are nice.

Quote from: DuffMan on November 12, 2025, 09:54:14 PMGonna be a long day for the UmYaYas.

Johnnies, #2 pass offense in D3
vs.
Oles, #225 pass defense in D3

Um...Ya got that right