Sunday afternoon the NCAA Division III Selection Committee awarded St. John’s University one of four #1 seeds in the 2009 football tournament. Having completed their first undefeated season since 2005 with an entertaining 41 – 14 victory over the Carleton Knights, the 2009 playoffs begin with a distint home field advantage in Collegeville.
The Johnnies also retained their [...]
November 2009 Archive
Johnnies Receive #1 Seed in DIII Playoffs
Carleton Game Photos
Great November day for a football game. And we get to do it again next week!
Go Johnnies!
The Underground News urges attendance to tomorrow’s game — #11
As mentioned last issue, we have a chance to set an NCAA Div. III Football attendance record at Collegeville — 50,000 people attending games at ourClemens Stadium during a single regular season. We need approximately 9,000 fans to show up and cheer the Johnnies on to yet another MIAC championship in order to set that record of over 50K. Can we do it?
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Johnnies Finish Regular Season 41-14 Over Carleton
Making the NCAA tournament is an expected conclusion to the regular season for the Johnnie football squad, but with the 2009 season came a number of key injuries through out the season making the 2009 post season even more special.
The Johnnies took on the Carleton Knights in the season finale and prevailed 41-14 in a [...]
Selection Sunday Live Chat beginning at 2:00pm – Updated 8:54pm Saturday
All right Johnnie rubes, it’s that time of season where all the banter and jibe talking among college football enthusiasts is decided on the field with the announcement of DIII’s top 32 teams.
Ok, maybe not ultimately the best 32 teams when we take into consideration the NCAA’s selection criteria but at least it’s a tournament. [...]
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Never take sides against the family!
This line was famously used by Michael Corleone when speaking to his brother “Fredo” in the Godfather. However for this week’s tilt against those “smart guys” from Carleton this quote rings rather true for all in the Johnnie Nation! Why you ask?
Well it just so happens that the current Head Football Coach at Carleton is [...]
Dethroning the Knights
The Carleton Knights are getting closer. From 1996 to 2006, the Knights were outscored by the Johnnies by a cumulative total of 481 to 47. They never held the Johnnies to fewer than 31 points and they never managed to score multiple times in any of the 10 games. They accomplished both [...]
Keep In Touch
Back in the olden days, when I would have to miss a Johnnie football game, the outcome of Saturday’s tilt would often not be known until Sunday night. After the long drive home and unloading the hunting gear, grabbing the sports page would be the first Johnnie football news of what happened on the gridiron [...]
Tom and Carol’s Chili
It’s the regular season finale this Saturday and here at JohnnieFootball.com we’re planning another huge party to celebrate another entertaining season!
For starters, Tom and Carol Arth are planning on serving up some of their late fall chow with their semi-annual chili feed. Using Ron Tomzcik’s enormous bouya pot, Tom and Carol will be offering a [...]
Showing Up to the Regular Season Finale…
First and foremost, I hope the Carleton Knights show up to the game this week. They are coming off five straight losses in the MIAC and the schedule on their school site has them playing in St. Joseph, MN on Saturday.
The Knights, led by Johnnie QB legend Kurt Ramler, are having a tough season after [...]
