Quote from: OzJohnnie on Yesterday at 05:59:56 PMWell, my early thoughts on what may be our Achilles heel this year are penalties.  We're racking them up at nearly double our opponents' rate.  In fact, the penalty yardage has nearly tripled over the last three games.  Personal foul discipline in particular has been trending worse as the season progresses.

Normally, it is chronic turnovers that plague us in the postseason.  But this year, the Jays have been really good at retaining possession.

Discipline.  We've got a relatively easy schedule to run out the MAIC now.  I hope we see the intensity remain, but the discipline improves.

And we easily could have picked one up for the celebration on the 4th quarter interception. A bunch of players running down i to the student section is just not a good idea. I think the officials cut us a break on that one. 

Quote from: Redtooth on Yesterday at 01:26:48 PMYesterday's game was officiated very poorly, both in rules applications and mechanics.  The number of times the Umpire's field position almost resulted in a tackle when SJU was running the underneath drag to Riley was ridiculous.  The back judge was consistently out of position and threw some flags that were total guesses.  The line judge on Concordia's sideline that awarded Cord their first TD missed the fact that Klang's foot was both out of bounds and short of the goal line, great effort and close but should have been ruled incomplete.  SJU had two TDs overruled by wrong rules interpretations, the first and goal run for TD in the 4Q when the side judge threw a flag for holding while trailing the play with the runner crossing the goal line was the first (and ended killing a drive and led to no points)... not his call based on play movement......the second one was the monster sack and FUMBLE in the 4Q that was scooped and scored where the referee (white hat) didn't blow the play dead nor make a motion to rule incomplete pass (which it wasn't) until AFTER the SJU defensive player had returned the fumble for TD.  I know that one of the BIG10 officials was in attendance to evaluate the officials and I would be shocked if his analysis was much different.  In addition to the above, this crew was severely unathletic and overwhelmed by the speed of the game.

Agree that SJU didn't get many good breaks and had to overcome some bad ones.
I was wondering if offenses intentionally use the back judge as a screener. To me it seemed like SJU and Concordia were running those drag routes right at him. Is he supposed to be deeper than he was? Also how do they decide if they're going to be positioned in the offensive or defensive backfield?
I watched some of the livestream last night and this morning and 100% agree on the Cobbers first touchdown...no way he was inbounds. And that scoop and score was absolutely a fumble.

Quote from: faunch on Yesterday at 09:53:40 AM

Quote from: hazzben on October 17, 2026, 08:27:39 PMThe MIAC is just brutal right now. I'm glad to see the Cobbers are on the up swing. I hope I don't eat these words when they come to Arden Hills. But the Olaf game was brutal. This doesn't make teams better, Bethel could have scored a hundred today. And that's not a flex on Bethel as much as it's an indictment of where most of the league is talent-wise right now.

Reusse would agree with you. SID departments have a tough job trying to put a positive spin on games like that.
Maybe you just dump the box score into ChatGPT or Gemini and say...give me a positive headline...anything.

https://x.com/patrick_reusse/status/2111648582465954106?s=46

Because I wanted to know I put the entire pdf of the stats from the Bethel/Ole game into Google Gemini and asked for a positive / supportive headline for the Oles. Here's what I got:

-Dillon's 57-Yard Touchdown Highlighted St. Olaf's Fighting Spirit   

-Oles Show Heart Behind Landon Dillon's Explosive 57-Yard Touchdown Dash   

-St. Olaf Fights to the Finish: Landon Dillon Breaks Free for High-Voltage 57-Yard TD

Quote from: hazzben on October 17, 2026, 08:27:39 PMThe MIAC is just brutal right now. I'm glad to see the Cobbers are on the up swing. I hope I don't eat these words when they come to Arden Hills. But the Olaf game was brutal. This doesn't make teams better, Bethel could have scored a hundred today. And that's not a flex on Bethel as much as it's an indictment of where most of the league is talent-wise right now.

Reusse would agree with you. SID departments have a tough job trying to put a positive spin on games like that.
Maybe you just dump the box score into ChatGPT or Gemini and say...give me a positive headline...anything.

https://x.com/patrick_reusse/status/2111648582465954106?s=46

Quote from: sjusection105 on October 17, 2026, 09:52:28 PMDoes the Life Safety crew go through any type of training for getting cars through a 4-Way Stop after a sporting event....? Apparently not.....

If you don't have a parking pass you always arrive early enough to park by the power plant / old butcher shop.

Quote from: DuffMan on October 17, 2026, 09:20:59 PM

• Klang (#7) is a heck of a player, but he really got away with some pretty blatant push-offs today.
• Feeney was a little off today (only 473 yards ). Could have been the wind. Also had a few drops because of the sun angle.
• Thanks to Schwellenbach for the post-game Dr. Peppers!
• SJU D smothered the Cobber run game all afternoon and really tightened up 2nd half.
• Penalties. Geez. We were doing everything we could to help them sustain drives.
• What an ideal day for football (minus the wind, but it's was calm in our seats). I ran into a number of teammates I haven't seen in years. Awesome day in Collegeville!

As much as some of us lament a lack of a running game by SJU they sealed the victory with the running game.
Up to that final drive SJU had 9 rushing attempts for 32 yards.
In that final possession they ran it 7 times for 27 yards and a touchdown. Bohmert practically doubled his rushing yardage (and a had a couple nifty runs to boot)...he finished with 52.

Quote from: sjujohnnie on October 17, 2026, 04:13:13 PMDefinitely making it hard on ourselves. If we lose, might not make the playoffs. Disappointing!

We are making so many mistakes.
I get it that Concordia has something to do with those but we are doin the some self inflicting damage

Quote from: OzJohnnie on October 17, 2026, 03:12:21 PMMan, I'm glad I missed the first half.

2nd half isn't going much better

Quote from: sju56321 on October 17, 2026, 03:03:51 PMThis isn't a team going anywhere in the playoffs, if they make it. The D is just bad-corners are terrible

Gonna need a couple big breaks in the second half.
Ou d-backs are getting worked.

Cobbers look good...johnnies making too many errors

Johnnie d-backs are having a tough first half.

Quote from: MadRedFan on October 14, 2026, 01:47:22 PM

Quote from: Boys of Fall on October 13, 2026, 02:33:53 PMThere hasn't been much mention of the Johnnie defense this season.  Going into the season I think this was an area of question.  Only two years removed from Jerry retiring and first year without Novak opened the team up for some big changes.  So far I think the defense under Herberg has answered the questions.  It's early, but the energy he's bringing to that side of the ball is encouraging.

Yes.

From time to time over the years, I wished the Johnnies would/could have some bigger boys in the front seven.  Lots of years went to war with 230 lb DT's, 200 lb LBs etc.  This year, they've got a nice size front four, at least front 3, 285/270/265 and off the bench with 270/270/250, good crew of LB's around 220-225 lbs.  I think that helps! Maybe the new DC favors size a little more than the old "speed" emphasis.

And he seems to be mixing guys in and out which helps keep our guys fresh while the opposition o-line wears down. Offenses like UWRF do a good job of neutralizing that by running their extreme hurry up offense although I'm not sure they go as fast this season as they did last.

Interesting stat comparison for the Johnnies from the BU to Mac game.

Versus BU 21 for 3.6 yards per carry.

Versus MAC 24 attempts for 1.6 yards per carry.

Also the little shuffle (shovel) pass that was so effective against BU didn't seem to work as well against the Scots.

Quote from: sjujohnnie on October 10, 2026, 05:05:44 PMSounds like Herberg may have delivered a thrashing with his tongue at halftime. Will be interesting to see how we look against the Cobbers!

I was observing him "conversing" with some of the other defensive coaches on the track at half time and yes he did not appear pleased.

Mac was improved and had a good crowd there for homecoming. I wasn't surprised SJU wasn't dominating at the start but from an about mid second quarter on it was all Johnnies. Good to get a little sloppy play out of the way. Cobbers are the only real test left in the regular season.