Quote from: hazzben on August 31, 2026, 10:32:36 AM

Quote from: DuffMan on August 28, 2026, 09:16:53 PMWhat if they get double stomped?

They could certainly lose this game and in reality they aren't the favorite. Barring an injury to Drews, a double monkey stomp seems unlikely. And to be fair, SJU was the most recent of the two to be on the wrong end of a Monkey Stomp against a top team.

Based on how SJU performed against an outstanding UWRF team back in December and the number of skilled players being replaced I think the light be greater likelihood of SJU being on the wrong end of a two score beating than BU.
I hope I'm wrong but if was forced to place a wager I'd have UW-LAX by a score or two.

Quote from: hazzben on August 28, 2026, 01:37:42 PMEarly returns on Top Gun offense, minus Blaha, aren't great. Drake loses 38-35 to middling D2 SD Mines.
UST almost lost to Winona, won on a wild fumble TD in the last minute.

Pioneer League had a brutal opening weekend. Davidson and MSU also lost to D2 programs.

Not at all surprised. Most D2 schools cost far less to attend and have lower entrance requirements than the Pioneer league schools.
U$T will get worked next week against No Dak

Quote from: sjujohnnie on August 24, 2026, 03:35:39 PMThe two churches that make up the parish I attend in the Sioux City Diocese in northwest Iowa will be locking the church doors five minutes prior to Mass starting. When that horrific school shooting in Minneapolis happened last August the parish council decided steps needed to be taken in the facilities plan to address the potential for active shooters, etc. Very sad sign of the times!

As for the return of football, what is the word about this year's St John's squad from those more in the know? Starting the season with a tough test against La Crosse!

They might want to replace the windows with bullet proof glass or something tha a bullet cannot penetrate. The Annunciation shooter shot through a window. 

I know this is a D1 story but too good not to share.
https://www.startribune.com/minnesota-gophers-football-ashton-beers-pj-fleck-roster-big-ten-center-rimington-trophy-watch-list/601874100

Quote from: sjujohnnie on August 24, 2026, 07:05:33 PM

Quote from: hazzben on August 24, 2026, 05:05:41 PMAny word on what teams not named SJU and Bethel have coming back or expect from the season?

If Bethel could take down North Central & St John's could take down Bethel . . . I'd be excited!

Gustavus has their QB back but I don't know what else. Carleton graduated their outstanding quarterback. The Cobbers i don't know anything about. I do know that SJU and BU handled them fairly easily. It's probably a two horse race with GAC, Concordia and Carleton battling for 3-5.

My prediction is that the Johnnies will start out slow on offense as they are replacing a lot of talent at the skilled positions. Hopefully a newcomer steps up early and the defense will make a play or two against UW-LAX in the opener or it could be a disappointing day in Collegeville.
The BU game will loom large as it's possible both teams could be facing the possibility of the loser having 2 losses. Not sure what that would mean for rankings, NPI or playoff implications. I'm assuming that close losses to ranked teams means more than blowouts against a crappy team.

Quote from: DuffMan on August 21, 2026, 08:38:10 AMI got this email from SJU yesterday, as I am sure many of you did. Seriously? I think back to when our kids were a little younger and needed backpacks full of activities and snacks to get through the afternoon. Heck, I brought a propane heater a few times!

QuoteNew Clear Bag Policy for SJU Football Games
Dear Johnnie Football Fans,
As you prepare for the upcoming Saint John's football season, we want to make you aware of an important change to gameday entry procedures.
A clear bag policy will be in effect for all Saint John's football games at Clemens Stadium this season.
If you plan to bring a bag into the stadium, it must be one of the following:

• A clear plastic, vinyl or PVC bag no larger than 12" × 6" × 12"
• A one-gallon clear resealable plastic bag
• A small clutch bag no larger than 4.5" × 6.5"

Medical, accessibility and diaper bags are permitted and will be subject to inspection.
Backpacks, large purses or totes, coolers, duffel bags, fanny packs, camera bags and other noncompliant bags will not be permitted. Please leave these items in your vehicle before entering the stadium.
To make the transition easier, approved clear bags will be available for purchase beginning with the first home game at the SJU Spirit Shop, football stadium shop and Spirit Shop cart in the tailgating lot.
Thank you for helping us make gameday safe and welcoming for everyone.

Go Johnnies!

Saint John's University

Makes one wonder what precipitated this? Too much contraband being snuck in? Was there an incident recently? Or maybe they just want to sell a few hundred cheap clear plastic bags at $10-15 a pop.

Anyone know why the Auggies are starting all of their home games at noon?

Quote from: Patrick Coleman on August 03, 2026, 02:19:37 PM

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Quote from: RoyalsFan on August 02, 2026, 06:38:08 PMYou do know that Carlton and St. Olaf are both in Northfield, right? Neither teams fans have to travel and they are huge rivals.

And despite the schools being less than 2 miles apart the game last season had a recorded attendance of 4,319 at Laird Stadium (where there is not charge for admission). Combined the enrollment of the two schools is about 8,000 meaning that it's likely barely 50% of the student bodies of both schools attended the game.

About 5,100 full-time undergraduates combined attend the two schools.

Nor sure where i came up with 8k???
My bad!

Quote from: RoyalsFan on August 02, 2026, 06:38:08 PM

Quote from: The Third Division on July 31, 2026, 08:36:36 PM

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Quote from: faunch on July 28, 2026, 11:24:15 AM$20 per ticket and $20 for the pre-game hospitality event to watch a game with a 30 point spread. And I wonder the charge will be for food and drink once in the "hospitality" zone?

Takes an opportunity for the Olaf students a chance to watch a game at home.  Not a fan at all!  If we were talking about a late season game in a dome I would support it, but this is ridiculous. 

Given St. Olaf averaged 965 fans at home games last year, and anecdotal experience (both as a player and fan and talking to my wife who is an Olaf grad), I'm not sure that St. Olaf students are queueing up en masse to attend home games. Outside of Carleton.

Case in point, in 2023 when the game was at Olaf, there were a wopping 564 fans vs SJU. I'm assuming SJU was at least half of that number. So let's call it 25 disappointed St. Olaf students, and 20 of them are probably girlfriends who would make the 30 minute drive to TCO. 

so they only game everyone goes to at northfield is carleton-st. olaf?

You do know that Carlton and St. Olaf are both in Northfield, right? Neither teams fans have to travel and they are huge rivals.

And despite the schools being less than 2 miles apart the game last season had a recorded attendance of 4,319 at Laird Stadium (where there is not charge for admission). Combined the enrollment of the two schools is about 8,000 meaning that it's likely barely 50% of the student bodies of both schools attended the game.

Quote from: The Third Division on July 31, 2026, 08:36:36 PM

Quote from: hazzben on July 31, 2026, 02:02:36 PM

Quote from: Texas Ole on July 30, 2026, 06:06:10 PM

Quote from: faunch on July 28, 2026, 11:24:15 AM$20 per ticket and $20 for the pre-game hospitality event to watch a game with a 30 point spread. And I wonder the charge will be for food and drink once in the "hospitality" zone?

Takes an opportunity for the Olaf students a chance to watch a game at home.  Not a fan at all!  If we were talking about a late season game in a dome I would support it, but this is ridiculous. 

Given St. Olaf averaged 965 fans at home games last year, and anecdotal experience (both as a player and fan and talking to my wife who is an Olaf grad), I'm not sure that St. Olaf students are queueing up en masse to attend home games. Outside of Carleton.

Case in point, in 2023 when the game was at Olaf, there were a wopping 564 fans vs SJU. I'm assuming SJU was at least half of that number. So let's call it 25 disappointed St. Olaf students, and 20 of them are probably girlfriends who would make the 30 minute drive to TCO. 

so they only game everyone goes to at northfield is carleton-st. olaf?

Yep...pretty much!

Quote from: Texas Ole on July 30, 2026, 06:06:10 PM

Quote from: faunch on July 28, 2026, 11:24:15 AM$20 per ticket and $20 for the pre-game hospitality event to watch a game with a 30 point spread. And I wonder the charge will be for food and drink once in the "hospitality" zone?

As a TCU fan my response is that at least the game isn't being moved to Ireland.  So we are moving what should be a home game for our Seniors to a neutral site.  WTF!  Takes an opportunity for the Olaf students a chance to watch a game at home.  Not a fan at all!  If we were talking about a late season game in a dome I would support it, but this is ridiculous.  The only other reason I could see St. Olaf doing this is that there were concerns about light that late in the season.

A source shared that the Vikings reached out to the Olaf a while back about have the game at TCO. I'm only guessing but having a refining cross country race on campus at noon would probably have required pushing the football game back to 2 or 3 pm.
The Oles final home game last season against the Piper drew 346 fans. Two years ago in November when the Ole hosted the Johnnies there were about 5,700 in attendance.
For the Ole players that have spent their careers hovering around the .500 mark it presents a fun opportunity to play in a unique environment...and maybe it's a bit of a payday for the program.
If the Johnnies come into the game undefeated and the weather is decent (35 degrees and above) it could be a good crowd...like 5,000-6,000 SJU fans and maybe 150-200 Ole fans.
If the Johnnies have 1 loss the crowd could still be pretty good.
If the Johnnies have losses to UW-LAX and BU and are on the playoff bubble and the weather is ****ty...maybe 3,000 fans.

Quote from: faunch on July 28, 2026, 11:24:15 AM$20 per ticket and $20 for the pre-game hospitality event to watch a game with a 30 point spread. And I wonder the charge will be for food and drink once in the "hospitality" zone?

https://gojohnnies.com/news/2026/7/28/football-sjus-nov-14-game-vs-st-olaf-moved-to-6-pm-at-tco-stadium-in-eagan.aspx?fbclid=IwY2xjawTVqDpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFseVNJdjltTEV3UDRQUFp5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHk-82V2G4Hgtyflb-BbFRmHMxaRBDeBVQRWcmorcdJD0c24tpwGpMJIxyc3c_aem_PqKavRHutKhY7kZPFvPImA

Apparently the D3 Cross Country National Championships are being held at Carleton on Nov. 14 which could be the reason the game was moved to TCO.

Quote from: Retired Old Rat on July 28, 2026, 03:36:18 PMThink about the money you'll save driving 20 miles round trip instead of 80 to Northfield.

Is this basically a payday for Olaf, courtesy of Johnnie fans? Taking a page from the UST playbook? The ratio of SJU fans to Olaf fans will be bigger than if the game were actually played at Olaf.

I like the night game idea — I just wish it were in August or September instead of November.

No tailgating!

How much of that $$$ is ending up in the Vikings / Wilf's pockets.

$20 per ticket and $20 for the pre-game hospitality event to watch a game with a 30 point spread. And I wonder the charge will be for food and drink once in the "hospitality" zone?

https://gojohnnies.com/news/2026/7/28/football-sjus-nov-14-game-vs-st-olaf-moved-to-6-pm-at-tco-stadium-in-eagan.aspx?fbclid=IwY2xjawTVqDpleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFseVNJdjltTEV3UDRQUFp5c3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHk-82V2G4Hgtyflb-BbFRmHMxaRBDeBVQRWcmorcdJD0c24tpwGpMJIxyc3c_aem_PqKavRHutKhY7kZPFvPImA

Quote from: OzJohnnie on June 27, 2026, 11:29:15 PM

Quote from: BDB on June 27, 2026, 10:00:22 PMBob Dylan's boyhood home?
(Just a shot in the dark)

Heh.  I knew you were a good chance to get it. I did wonder, though, if we would need to wait for Bobby himself to log in with the answer.

The high school building and the hockey arena there are works of art.