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Early Predictions on Regional Rankings

Posted on:
26 October 2009 7:37 pm

JohnnieFootball.com brings you an early look at the first preview of regional rankings set to be released by the NCAA this Wednesday.
It’s still a little early to be thinking playoffs (since there are three weeks left in the regular season), but not too early to start looking at how the NCAA will view potential post-season placements. 
So [...]

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Grill Marks

Posted on:
25 August 2009 3:53 pm

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As this August’s slight chill in the air reminds us, football season is close at hand, and perhaps no event at a SJU football game makes a bigger impact on gameday than the idea of meeting the old gang on campus over a hot grill and celebrating yet one more reason to be in [...]

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Preliminary picking the playoffs

Posted on:
11 November 2008 9:00 am
In Regards to:
2008 carleton game

To predict the Johnnies’ chances for the playoffs, this week’s installment is the easiest I have had to date: Just win, baby.

Taking the next step, supposing the Johnnies do make the post-season, where do they go from here?

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The Manic MIAC

Posted on:
4 November 2008 9:30 am
In Regards to:
2008 augsburg game

And the craziness continues in the MIAC for another weekend.

You have to go back to 1990 to find the last time the MIAC champion had two conference losses. That year, Concordia and St. Thomas shared the conference crown with 6-2 records—and St. Thomas hasn’t been there since.

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Watching the MIAC…and an early look at the “Wild” West Region

Posted on:
28 October 2008 9:30 am

With three weeks left in the season, the MIAC race is shaping up and the NCAA playoff picture is starting to come into focus. The water is extremely murky in each situation, but let’s examine both, and see where the Johnnies play out.

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Weekly Update — the MIAC race

Posted on:
22 October 2008 9:30 am
In Regards to:
2008 stolaf game

Well, another week with a win means the MIAC title is still within reach for the Johnnies, albeit a longshot. Let’s take a look where we are now.

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The MIAC Race…slow and steady wins it?

Posted on:
14 October 2008 1:11 am
In Regards to:
2008 stthomas game

While the Johnnies have struggled at times this year, it is important to remember that SJU has lost two games by two plays it failed to make…and as such, perhaps the hope of its 30th MIAC title isn’t over for the Jays. So let’s take a look at the MIAC race.

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Curing the Cabin Fever: Splitting hairs—and splitting D-III?

Posted on:
22 January 2008 11:42 am

There is a big problem in NCAA D-III athletics. It’s not that there are booster programs run amok, or cheating scandals, or that athletes are being paid to play college sports. Rather, the problem is that D-III itself may be too big.
Huh?
To explain we first need a little history lesson.
It isn’t exactly common knowledge that [...]

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The Untold Story

Posted on:
6 November 2007 5:00 pm
In Regards to:
2007 bethel game

Here cometh the Esq’s annual telling of the tale of the BC-SJU rivalry. Yes, I did mean to say BC and not BU; no, the contents of the tale may not be 100% verifiably accurate and accounted for. But it certainly makes for a good story.

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A Victory on the Midway

Posted on:
20 October 2007 11:45 pm
In Regards to:
2007 hamline game

On this sun-drenched after-noon at old Norton, alongside the rail yards and switching stations, the number 6 left the dock.
The iron horse careened across the landscape, amidst the silver-capped bullets, it’s white-and-red striping gliding clear of any obstacles that dared cross its path.
Three times it would deliver its cargo to the end zone, racking up [...]

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