What a day in Northfield. The Johnnies performance was as miserable as the weather. I thought we might end up with an all day Stiftungsfestivies. Fortunately the weather cleared and it was a pleasant day to watch a football game.
Thanks to Jeff Hanson for setting up the pre-game activities. The picnic pavilion was a life […]
Congratulations John! John Gagliardi: 2007 Liberty Mutual Division III Coach of the Year
September 2007 Archive
Carlton Stiftungsfestivities and Game Photos
Johnnies Stave off Mighty Knights and knaves in 10-7 Victory
In what could have become a glaring blemish on a mostly perfect 2007 Johnnie football season ended spectacularly with wide receiver Chace Pollock’s leaping 4th down catch and conversion inside the Carleton Knights 10 yard line. With St. John’s behind 7 to 3 and only 56 seconds left on the clock senior running back Mike Patnode continued […]
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Johnnie Gameday Predictions
To say that the Johnnies beat the Concordia Cobbers by 31 points last week would be correct, technically. But those of you who follow our gameday predictions will note that 4 of our 7 contributors predicted a Johnnie victory of at least 24 points for last week’s game. With one major hurdle cleared handily another awaiting […]
The View from Carleton
As small-college football fans go, we Johnnie backers are a pretty fortunate group. We have the 4 national championships, John Gagliardi’s career coaching victory record, Clemens Stadium and the nation’s best D-3 attendance on a near-annual basis, consistent (and overwhelmingly positive) media coverage—life is pretty good.
For most of our foes, their lone shot […]
Top Ten Johnnie Recruiting Hotbeds (modern era)
Melrose: Any place that sends WR Blake “Bottled Lightning” Elliott, QB Tom Linnemann, WR Ben Sieben, DB Shawn Schoenberg, OL Jason Primus, and DL Brian Zirbes belongs at the top of this list. I don’t think anyone can say one school has sent more impact players to the Johnnies in recent years.
Sartell: The local connection is […]
IST DAS NICHT EIN SCHNITZELBANK?
There was a planning committee meeting last Saturday morning for SJU classes with graduating years ending in 8 and 3. A glance at my photo to the left will no doubt cause you to gasp “no way” when I tell you that 2008 (9/27/08 vs Gustavus) will be my 30 year reunion at St. Johns. The call […]
Carleton Preview
After two consecutive drubbings of overmatched opponents at Clemens Stadium, head coach John Gagliardi leads his Johnnies into Laird Stadium in Northfield, MN to battle the Carleton Knights, coached by former Johnnie quarterback Kurt Ramler. If you’ve followed the Johnnies for a while, you’ll remember Ramler as the 1996 MIAC MVP. Ramler now bleeds blue […]
Touchdown Tommy’s Book Review…
Photo by Gavin Bond
The title of honorary Johnnie and Sports Illustrated Senior College Football Writer Austin Murphy’s new book is “Saturday Rules: A Season With Trojans and Domers”. I just picked it up from Barnes and Noble a couple days ago and to no surprise of my own it is a terrific read. I’m just over halfway […]
Inside the Numbers: Concordia Recap
While it’s likely no MIAC rivalry will ever top the one between St. John’s and St. Thomas, no team plays the Johnnies tougher on the gridiron than the Concordia Cobbers. Coming into this year’s game, St. John’s had mustered only a .562 all-time winning percentage against Concordia and their +127 point scoring margin was […]
Kofoed, Gagliardi and Mader Shift into Glide!
Even the “Master” himself was a bit amazed at the proficiency his senior quarterback Alex “AK-11” Kofoed demonstrated in surgically slicing and dicing The Concordia College defense for 303 air yards in only 3 quarters of play. “AK-11” simply dazzled a blazing day crowd at Clemens Stadium, recorded at 9,951, by first lofting and lobbing […]
