As the most widely read contributor to this website you may have been surprised to see my writing partner TouchDownTommy, AKA Nacho Libre, posting first thing Monday in place of my typical early morning composition.
As a budding college football observer, TDT is finding his niche among the writers at JohnnieFootball.com and was in creative mode following his attendance at the Cobber game Saturday on the UST campus.
With stubby pencil in hand our junior writer did a thorough job recording the UST Homecoming events and also managed to start a bit of controversy on the D3Football.com message boards with his less than complimentary description of those in attendance.
Not that TDT was critical of those in attendance, just the number of folks who decided to show up.
For the record and for all the hardcore Johnnie fans that show up consistently for games, we take none of this dedication for granted. For the unbelievable numbers that make the trek to Collegeville and establish St. John’s as the attendance leader in Division III football, we salute you.
What must be considered seriously however is a St. Thomas football team that’s burning for a signature win in a season that may also deliver a conference championship and postseason play to their university and second year coach Glenn Caruso.
My absence from Monday morning “Paydirt with DustySJU” was a brief departure from the Johnnie football Saturdays I practice ritually. Instead of Veek and Johnnie Red’s selection of bratwurst, pork patties and Stiftungsfest, I was having my own “Jager-fest” four hours northwest of the metroplex.
This past weekend was also spent attempting to connect with the college football world via dialup and AM radio while prepping the Hacienda Del Mar for it’s winter nap.
A few passes around the lake Friday and Saturday afternoon snagging jumbo perch and northern pike was a perfect respite before the important stretch run beginning with the Toms this weekend. The quick departure from my Saturday habit also gave TDT the opportunity to go live Monday morning, catch my many readers by surprise and introduce them to his own impending superstardom.
No one’s accusing the staff at JohnnieFootball.com of challenging the A-Man, Austin Murphy, college football’s premier writer, but we sure are having fun pretending. You can catch The A-Man’s genius insight weekly in Sports Illustrated Magazine.
One thing we don’t pretend about however is the tradition of Johnnie football, the faithful fans and readers that take interest in the point of view presented here and most importantly, we don’t pretend about the real challenge St. John’s University faces this Saturday.
From the Johnnie photographers showing up and providing a glimpse into the game and pregame activity, to the team of writers consistently making deadline to the webmaster who glues it all together, we applaud you our fans.
We also thank the advertisers who believe enough in what we do to help support the JohnnieFootball.com site. The team at JohnnieFootball.com is proud of what we do and proud to do it on behalf of our fans and our team.
We’ll be even prouder come Saturday when our boys stop another challenger dead in their tracks.
