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Trip Down Snelling Ave…

Posted on:
7 October 2009 3:30 pm
In Regards to:
2009 hamline game

I am writing this week exhausted from the incredible sports weekend in the Twin Cities.  Saturday the Gophers predictably fell to the Badgers for the umpteenth time and the Johnnies made a valiant comeback to shock the Royals in Collegeville.  Sunday the Twins thrilled the 51 thousand at the Dome and those tuned in on [...]

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The Time for Redemption is Now…

Posted on:
30 September 2009 6:00 am
In Regards to:
2009 bethel game

Let’s cut to the chase.  Bethel has beaten the Johnnies 3 years in a row.  The last 2 years in Arden Hills and in 2006 their first win ever in Collegeville.  The mystique is gone.  The Royals have developed a gameplan that is effective, and quite simply, works against SJU.  This is what great rivalries [...]

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Week 4: St. Peter and Patrick’s

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23 September 2009 10:40 am
In Regards to:
2009 gustavus game

Week 4 against Gustavus has the makings for a letdown game for the Johnnies.  They come off a long road trip to Moorhead that was successful, but did NOT shorten the injury report for St. John’s.  This would be an easy game to overlook when you can see a potentially huge Homecoming game with Bethel [...]

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This is the Rivalry…

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16 September 2009 12:09 am
In Regards to:
2009 concordia game

Each year when the Johnnies play the Cobbers I get nervous.  I am thankful that the Johnnies were scheduled to make the trip to Jake Christensen Stadium in mid-September instead of mid-November when the cold wind howls across the flat prairie and the natural grass field has seen better days.  All signs point to more of this fantastic mild [...]

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The Party Has Begun

Posted on:
6 September 2009 3:41 pm
In Regards to:
2009 uwrf game

Yesterday’s 28-24 comeback win at Wisconsin-River Falls to open the season was a good (good not great) start.  The team wasn’t great, but we’ve come to expect that early in the season.  If you are looking for the bread and butter statistics head here.  Also don’t forget to follow JohnnieFootball.com Feature Writer Finsleft on Twitter.  [...]

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Ten Minutes with Touchdown Tommy

Posted on:
12 November 2008 6:00 am

I recently had the chance to catch up with a couple of the biggest college football fans in the country.  Keith and Phil Arnold, from RoadtoGameday.com, were kind enough to spend some time with Johnniefootball.com.  Many thanks to the Arnold Bros. and good luck to their Cretin-Derham Hall Raiders in the State Semifinals this weekend.
Phil (far [...]

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Ten Minutes with Touchdown Tommy

Posted on:
13 October 2008 4:20 pm

I recently had a chance to catch up with Johnnie Vendor extraordinaire, Dick Wilke. Many thanks to Dick for taking the time. If you see “The Trickster” working an event in the Twin Cities, don’t forget to tell him that Touchdown T sent ya…

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Exclusive: Wisconsin-Eau Claire @ St. Thomas Preseason Scrimmage

Posted on:
31 August 2008 7:39 pm

Greetings Fellow Johnnie Fans,
 The 2008 season is fast upon us and I decided to start my Holiday weekend with a trip to St. Paul.  I stopped at Casper & Runyon’s Nook(Hamline and Randolph, across the street from Cretin-Derham Hall High School) for a couple of delicious Hamm’s on tap to go along with the best burgers [...]

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Touchdown T’s Post-Corner

Posted on:
21 November 2007 12:52 am
In Regards to:
2007 central game

As my childhood hero, George Jefferson, often said, “We are movin’ on up.” Onward and upward to bigger and better things as the Johnnies dispensed of the Redlands Bulldogs with relative ease last Saturday in the friendly confines of Clemens Stadium.  Bring on the Dutch of Central College who are starting to become an annual playoff [...]

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Touchdown T’s Post-Corner

Posted on:
13 November 2007 11:24 pm
In Regards to:
2007 redlands game

I don’t think there is a Johnnie football fan on the planet who was happy with the result of the MIAC conference championship game on Saturday in Arden Hills.  Both defenses played extremely well and Bethel was able to make the plays necessary to grab the lead with 24 seconds remaining.  The Royals have clearly [...]

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