FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[SagatagSam]

MIAC official conference schedule webpage shows football championship weekend has been eliminated.

Boz Bostrom broke the story on Twitter:
https://x.com/bozbostrom/status/1928650310127358307?s=46&t=mGqTC79GJ1s2EzukNSOUQQ

[art76]

MIAC official conference schedule webpage shows football championship weekend has been eliminated.

Boz Bostrom broke the story on Twitter:
https://x.com/bozbostrom/status/1928650310127358307?s=46&t=mGqTC79GJ1s2EzukNSOUQQ

Bethel's website is a little behind it seems - thanx for sharing.

[Redtooth]

Not spilling the names or details (to quote John G. "No damn scouting reports") but SJU's offense just picked up a couple MAJOR transfers that could/should/will have an enormous impact on production and efficiency in the post Syverson era......

Thrilled that the "Championship Game" has been eliminated and the divisional garbage that came with it.

[DuffMan]

What a tease.

[SagatagSam]

Some noteworthy items announced for the upcoming season:

Divisional structure officially eliminated and replaced with a true round robin. This was changed already on the MIAC website, but now teams and the conference are making the official announcement.

Games played after the end of daylight savings time (which is the final two weeks of the regular season) will kickoff at noon instead of 1 p.m.

https://gojohnnies.com/news/2025/6/2/football-miac-eliminates-championship-week-sju-to-play-all-nine-conference-opponents-in-2025.aspx

[SagatagSam]

Some noteworthy items announced for the upcoming season:

Divisional structure officially eliminated and replaced with a true round robin. This was changed already on the MIAC website, but now teams and the conference are making the official announcement.

Games played after the end of daylight savings time (which is the final two weeks of the regular season) will kickoff at noon instead of 1 p.m.

https://gojohnnies.com/news/2025/6/2/football-miac-eliminates-championship-week-sju-to-play-all-nine-conference-opponents-in-2025.aspx

Looking ahead, the Johnnies will play Bethel early in the season in 2025 and 2026. The 2026 game could potentially be SJU's homecoming game as it falls on October 3. If so, it would fall on the 17th anniversary of Russell Gliadon's game winning 49-yard field goal in 2009.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiKMd6jTa-w

The two teams won't meet in a late season showdown until 2027 and 2028.

[faunch]

Not spilling the names or details (to quote John G. "No damn scouting reports") but SJU's offense just picked up a couple MAJOR transfers that could/should/will have an enormous impact on production and efficiency in the post Syverson era......

Thrilled that the "Championship Game" has been eliminated and the divisional garbage that came with it.

Hopeful the new guys will make in impact on the offensive side however the offense hasn't been our Achilles hell the last couple of seasons. I'll take a disruptive d-lineman, stud linebacker and a shut down corner in the mix as well.

[hazzben]

Thanks Pat, appreciate the off season info! #Isitfootballseasonyet

[OzJohnnie]

What a tease.

When is the kickoff luncheon? We'll surely find out then if redtooth forces us to wait.

[HSCTiger74]

Oz, what's up with the Hawks? I can't remember the last time they lost three in a row (although I'll admit that I don't follow the matches as closely as I used to).

[OzJohnnie]

Oz, what's up with the Hawks? I can't remember the last time they lost three in a row (although I'll admit that I don't follow the matches as closely as I used to).

Two things, unfortunately.

First, the forward line has been under-manned all season. We've cobbled together a line that doesn't include a big gorilla to anchor it. Well-structured defence can just sit on everyone.  So if you can only generate limited scoring shots, you must score six every time. We haven't.

Second, our effort has really fallen off. Footy is a game that requires players to push themselves beyond their limits when the lungs are burning and the muscles are so tired. We've had a run against three top teams, the fourth in another day, and they have simply outworked us.  Good footy is 90% effort. If you're willing to outwork the other team (tackle more, repeat sprints in defence to maintain zones, thankless repeat sprints off the ball in offence to provide options that may never be taken) then you win nearly every time.

We'll see how we go. Four quarters of 100% effort is the only way to win at the top of the ladder.

[DuffMan]

UM-Morris, Auggie Tech, Mac, Hot Carls, and St. Scholastica at home?  What an awful home schedule.  I'll set the over/under for regular season points given up at Clemens at 7.5.

Ooh, and now we add the Potato Oles as a 6th home game.  Wonderful.