As the season opener approaches the 2011 version of the SJU football squad is beginning to take shape.
As is the case every year irreplaceable players need to be replaced, and 2011 is no different for head coach John Gagliardi and his staff.
Here is a sneak peek of what holes the Johnnies will have to fill [...]
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A Sneak Peek at the 2011 Johnnies
2010 Week 10: Hamline
The Johnnies end a disappointing season on Saturday with the Hamline Pipers coming to Collegeville. The perennial MIAC doormat is 0-7 in conference play with it’s lone win coming against the hapless Macalester Scots. The Pipers have lost their last 4 games by a combined total of 165 points. For all intents and purposes this [...]
2010 Week 9: St. Olaf
This week, following a modest victory over Carleton, the Johnnies return to Northfield to faceoff with St. Olaf. The Oles are tied with the Johnnies for 3rd place in the MIAC and look like they will be a force the next couple of years with several sophomores & juniors contributing this season.
Ole Offense: Sophomore QB, [...]
2010 Week 8: Carleton
The Johnnies travel south to Northfield on Saturday to face the Knights from Carleton in what will be the first football game since the torrential floods of late September. The Knights are 2-3 in MIAC play and 3-4 overall coming off a win at Macalester last weekend 42-27. They retained the coveted “Book of Knowledge” [...]
2010 Week 7: Gustavus Adolphus
The Johnnies and Gusties enter this weekend’s matchup with identical 2-2 MIAC records and 3-3 overall. This effectively means that the 2010 playoffs are out of the question for either school. It is Family Weekend at St. John’s, but the weather is getting cooler, it is MEA weekend, and the Johnnies are out of contention [...]
2010 Week 6: Bethel
The MIAC schedule can be unforgiving at times. Following last week’s OT loss to arch-rival St. Thomas on a missed PAT, the Johnnies travel to Arden Hills for a matchup with the Bethel Royals. The Royals come into the game with the top offense and defense in the MIAC (statistically speaking).
Royals Offense: The Royals are [...]
2010 Week 5: St. Thomas
The biggest game of the MIAC football season is Saturday in Collegeville. The Tommies come in with revenge on their mind following heartbreaking losses the last two seasons at the hands of the Johnnies. It is SJU’s homecoming weekend and campus officials are expecting a record setting crowd of 15,000+. Frankly, I think it will [...]
2010 Week 4: Augsburg
The Johnnies come off a big win over the Cobbers last weekend and travel to downtown Minneapolis to play the Augsburg Auggies. The Auggies come off a dramatic come from behind victory where they trailed 35-10 at one point in the 2nd half to beat Hamline at Edor Nelson Field.
1st year alum Nick Gunderson in [...]
2010 Week 3: Concordia-Moorhead
The Johnnies open MIAC conference play this Saturday hosting the Concordia-Moorhead Cobbers at Clemens Stadium. The Cobbers have opened the season with a 1-1 record against Dickinson State and Valley City State. They’ve won two out of the last three games in Collegeville and always seem to give the Johnnies fits on both sides of the [...]
2010 Week 2: Wisconsin-Eau Claire
The Johnnies play their 2nd and final non-conference game of the regular season on Saturday traveling to Eau-Claire, Wisconsin for a rare 7pm gametime against the Blugolds. They are a team dominated by sophomores and juniors & as always have tremendous size. This will be a stern early season test for the Cardinal & Blue [...]
