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It’s a Family Thing
Webster’s offers this as a definition of family: an association of people who share common beliefs and/or activities. Seems to me that the publisher over at Webster’s could have saved some ink and simply published this: Family: being a Johnnie!
And for me this proposed definition would be just fine. Being a second generation Johnnie (My [...]
SJU Emerges 10-3 Over St. Olaf but Lose Boyle
What appeared to be a routine play for SJU QB Joe Boyle ended up seeing him leave the game in the 1st quarter and not returning. Boyle aggravated an already sprained right thumb (throwing hand) that was originally injured in the Hamline game October 10th. According to St. Cloud Times reporter,Frank Rajkowski, Boyle will undergo [...]
SJU’s Unofficial Underground News remains decidedly ecstatic — #8
Look! Up in the sky! It’s a bird. It’s a plane. No, it’s Kellen Blaser ripping the hearts out of the Tommie Faithful!
And how sweet it is…!
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MONKEY STOMP!!!
Monkey Stomp. Man it feels good to say that. For those of you unfamiliar with the term, a monkey stomp is a victory by a margin of 21 points or more. Last year, 6 of the 12 games played by SJU were stomps. This year, well, the term hasn’t been used often in the Johnnie football lexicon.
The Johnnie family, a wise choice!
As the age-old adage states; “you pick your friends, not your family.” This statement implies that as human beings we really have zero choice when it comes to the family that we are born into. There is simply nothing we can do about what this birthright means to us as we make our way through life. There can be good and there can be challenges in any family. But for those of us who are (proudly) members of a family that we did choose to join, we are most secure in our knowledge that there is nothing better than the Johnnie family!
