FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[Robert Zimmerman]

I have tried to park at 11:30 am behind Physical Plant at the Hamline and Concordia games this season and all the spots were gone (some were making there own spots). I think a lot of folks try to park there now. They have coned off places like down at Brother Mark's garage area, so it is more limited now.

[DuffMan]

Working grounds crew for Br. Mark for a summer, I knew every nook and cranny of campus and had some pretty reliable options. These days, it's generally a better bet to just park in the shuttle lot unless it's a sparsley attended game or you get to campus quite early.

[repete]

I have tried to park at 11:30 am behind Physical Plant at the Hamline and Concordia games this season and all the spots were gone (some were making there own spots). I think a lot of folks try to park there now. They have coned off places like down at Brother Mark's garage area, so it is more limited now.

Ah, so you were the guy poking around in front of me! lol. I got to campus via back way at 11:30 and had the same idea. My Frank House history was no help. I learned a lot of nooks working over summers as well but many are long gone. Big assignment was painting Edelbrock House (former Durenberger home) with JG and family next door.

I've got to try that Duff route from parking. Was going to walk it Saturday but knew I could not keep up with 5-year-old grand along the road.

[hazzben]

I witnessed a true act of Benedictine hospitality today...There was an older Johnnie pulling a cooler and 4-5 Cobber students.

I initially read this as an old Johnnie pulling 4-5 cobbers on his cooler to their vehicle. lol

[hazzben]

Wonder why we don't opt for review-is it home team that decides or both teams have to agree? The refs were horrible, especially that CC first touchdown, but SJU D didn't do themselves any favors in the first half-seems too often that is the case.

The conference had to vote for it and I believe that schools in the league were afraid that it would benefit the schools who put resources into broadcasting (Bethel and St. John's), enough of the others voted against it.

That perfectly sums up the current state of the MIAC. St. Olaf's broadcast Saturday was really good. Lots of replays, great camera angles, solid announcers doing their best with a blowout. The only struggle was not realizing when Bethel went with pace they needed to cut out replays or they'd miss the next play.

Half of this league wants to invest in their programs and put a good product out, on the field and production-wise, the other half is stuck in neutral and content to stay there.

It's such a short sighted decision. How does replay benefit SJU and Bethel any more than other schools? It's goal is to get the play correct. If anything, it would help lower tier schools when they play in environments where there's a large crowd pressuring the refs.

The bigger issue, is that it would ensure MIAC refs are prepared for late round post-season games when replay is available. Bottom line, a lot of D3 crews are out of their element come the quarterfinals and semi-finals when replay is on the table. They aren't familiar working with it, are uncertain on the types of plays that are reviewable, etc. You can't blame them when it's a tool they never use in the regular season.

[DuffMan]

I initially read this as an old Johnnie pulling 4-5 cobbers on his cooler to their vehicle. lol

Lol, fair. Not my best grammatical structure.

[Patrick Coleman]

I witnessed a true act of Benedictine hospitality today...There was an older Johnnie pulling a cooler and 4-5 Cobber students.

I initially read this as an old Johnnie pulling 4-5 cobbers on his cooler to their vehicle. lol

Same! It was an interesting mental image.

[MadRedFan]

I have tried to park at 11:30 am behind Physical Plant at the Hamline and Concordia games this season and all the spots were gone (some were making there own spots). I think a lot of folks try to park there now. They have coned off places like down at Brother Mark's garage area, so it is more limited now.

We have parked one place or the other "back there" - physical plant/liturgical press/Emmaus Hall - for many years, as it was easier to get out and back to our cabin that way.  We have tailgated there too, mostly "solo".  Anyway, I was going to say, we usually plan to arrive by 10am to get a good choice of parking there. By 11 or so, things start to get scarce.

[Redtooth]

Wonder why we don't opt for review-is it home team that decides or both teams have to agree? The refs were horrible, especially that CC first touchdown, but SJU D didn't do themselves any favors in the first half-seems too often that is the case.

The conference had to vote for it and I believe that schools in the league were afraid that it would benefit the schools who put resources into broadcasting (Bethel and St. John's), enough of the others voted against it.

That perfectly sums up the current state of the MIAC. St. Olaf's broadcast Saturday was really good. Lots of replays, great camera angles, solid announcers doing their best with a blowout. The only struggle was not realizing when Bethel went with pace they needed to cut out replays or they'd miss the next play.

Half of this league wants to invest in their programs and put a good product out, on the field and production-wise, the other half is stuck in neutral and content to stay there.

It's such a short sighted decision. How does replay benefit SJU and Bethel any more than other schools? It's goal is to get the play correct. If anything, it would help lower tier schools when they play in environments where there's a large crowd pressuring the refs.

The bigger issue, is that it would ensure MIAC refs are prepared for late round post-season games when replay is available. Bottom line, a lot of D3 crews are out of their element come the quarterfinals and semi-finals when replay is on the table. They aren't familiar working with it, are uncertain on the types of plays that are reviewable, etc. You can't blame them when it's a tool they never use in the regular season.

I would love to see replay in the MIAC to improve the calls made/missed on field, but can assure anyone hoping for replay that the version we would get would not be worth it.  The lack of quality equipment and personnel would make it functionally useless.  When I was a replay official for an FCS team we had 16-24 cameras all staffed by professionals with 4 of us up in the booth working with a TV production truck to get what we needed and sometimes that wasn't enough.  Certainly no one in the MIAC has the production capability to make it worthwhile.

[Patrick Coleman]

Wonder why we don't opt for review-is it home team that decides or both teams have to agree? The refs were horrible, especially that CC first touchdown, but SJU D didn't do themselves any favors in the first half-seems too often that is the case.

The conference had to vote for it and I believe that schools in the league were afraid that it would benefit the schools who put resources into broadcasting (Bethel and St. John's), enough of the others voted against it.

That perfectly sums up the current state of the MIAC. St. Olaf's broadcast Saturday was really good. Lots of replays, great camera angles, solid announcers doing their best with a blowout. The only struggle was not realizing when Bethel went with pace they needed to cut out replays or they'd miss the next play.

Half of this league wants to invest in their programs and put a good product out, on the field and production-wise, the other half is stuck in neutral and content to stay there.

It's such a short sighted decision. How does replay benefit SJU and Bethel any more than other schools? It's goal is to get the play correct. If anything, it would help lower tier schools when they play in environments where there's a large crowd pressuring the refs.

The bigger issue, is that it would ensure MIAC refs are prepared for late round post-season games when replay is available. Bottom line, a lot of D3 crews are out of their element come the quarterfinals and semi-finals when replay is on the table. They aren't familiar working with it, are uncertain on the types of plays that are reviewable, etc. You can't blame them when it's a tool they never use in the regular season.

I would love to see replay in the MIAC to improve the calls made/missed on field, but can assure anyone hoping for replay that the version we would get would not be worth it.  The lack of quality equipment and personnel would make it functionally useless.  When I was a replay official for an FCS team we had 16-24 cameras all staffed by professionals with 4 of us up in the booth working with a TV production truck to get what we needed and sometimes that wasn't enough.  Certainly no one in the MIAC has the production capability to make it worthwhile.

Nonetheless, even a basic system that includes the main camera in the box and the end zone cameras for coach film can correct some errors. Is it only worth having replay if it can make the game perfect?