Having just returned back from several days of fishing on Lake Winnibigoshish we have to apologize for the slow turn around today on Andy’s latest report from Johnnie football camp. As Andy indicates there hasn’t been a decision on the starting quarterback position however my bet is a replay of 2004 when AK-11 made his way onto the field as a 4th stringer. It won’t be The Cold Spring Cannon waiting his turn this year but the gunslinger recruited from south Minneapolis. Be sure to read all of Andy’s post as there’s actually been a Joe Luke sighting and also take time to read yesterday’s Part II from TC for more insight on the offense. Appearing later this weekend will be a secret report from TDT who witnessed a little publicized scrimmage Friday afternoon between the boys on Cretin Avenue and The Eau Claire BluGolds. The pace is picking up…. Johnnie Up Everybody!
—DustySJU
August 25th
Not much to report on the practice end of things. Due to orientation, the freshmen had to leave early. The day was pretty free for the rest of us. Jimmy Sharpe and I went to get our books and our parking passes. For the first time in my college career I was able to keep my book spending to a minimum and it made my day. Jimmy was not as lucky as he dropped more than $600 on books. Later Steve Foertsch came over to watch “Rescue Me” Season 4 with Gunderson and Schumacher. Paul Zawacki, our other roommate and I, have never seen that show so we decided to work on the house a little bit. Paul is a work horse and cleaned the entire Three-Season porch, which was in dyer need of a cleaning and I hung some stuff up on the wall. Tonight we are probably going to socialize with other upper-classmen who have started to move in for the year.
August 26th
Today marks the last day of camp and what better way to end it than a two-a-day. We finally split up into first teams and scout teams. I think I can speak for the rest of the defense when I say that this was a very welcomed change of pace and everyone is excited to start preparing for East Texas. The night was capped off with the D-line going to Damien Dumonceaux’s house for dinner. The meal was excellent but the highlight of the evening was playing Rock Band and Mario Kart on the Wii. Mario Kart was anybody’s game and every race was intense. Rock Band definitely brought out certain linemen’s talents. Noel Meyer was a killer vocalist and Steve Foertsch and Dave Burns were awesome on the drums and Joe Luke made Jimi Hendrix look like a beginner on the guitar.
School starts tomorrow and practice will shift into its daily routine from now until hopefully sometime in December. Camp was very successful and although the mystery of the starting quarterback seems to still loom, everyone is once again healthy and the team is in excellent spirits.
