Happy Homecoming --See you there (UUN#7-21)
Dear Surprised, but Elated Readers —
Well, that wasn’t supposed to happen. A shutout. Of Concordia. At their Homecoming. I don’t know who and what to crow about the most — the Offense for putting up 42 points at the half, and winning by 49-0. Or the Defense for shutting down a potent Cobber team with a multi-talented quarterback.
Cobber Coach Terry Horan said, "That's a really good football team and we were on our heels all day. We didn't really get anything established and that made it a tough day at the office.”
Saint John's scored touchdowns on its first seven offensive possessions. The Johnnies rolled to 518 yards of offense, and held the frustrated Cobbers to nearly half of their average offensive output — only 215 yards, against their average of 425.3 per game. Sophomore quarterback Aaron Syverson played the first half and finished 20 of 24 passing for 289 yards and four touchdowns. He also rushed for a 2-yard touchdown. Of course, I don’t know this, but I’m imagining that Cobber coach Terry Horan said to Gary Fasching ’81 at the postgame handshake: “Gary, thanks for sitting Syversen and others down at the half and taking your foot off the accelerator in the 2nd.” MIAC regulations limit the travel squad to 50 players and every one of them played as far as we know, including all three traveling quarterbacks.
"We executed our stuff, which is good, and we took it one play at a time and kept moving the ball," said Aaron Syverson, who credited the defense for the victory. "It's pretty easy to win games when (the opponent) doesn't score any points.”
SJU's defense held Concordia, which entered the contest ninth in NCAA Division III in passing offense, to 163 yards through the air. The Johnnies totaled eight tackles for a loss and two interceptions. Concordia quarterback Tanner Dubois entered the game averaging the third-most yards of total offense per contest, 368 (125 yards rushing, 979 passing), but was held to 33 yards on the ground and 149 yards through the air. That was an incredible feat and one we hope can be duplicated or nearly so against another powerful offensive threat this Saturday at our own Homecoming — Augsburg University.
It isn't often when a lineman can grab an interception, but senior #19 Collin Franz did it for one of two batted-down pass attempts that landed in SJU hands. There were several other batted passes that fell incomplete as well.
Concordia players were stymied on both sides of the ball. Here's a quote from Concordia Coach Terry Moran who suffered the worst defeat in his 20-year career with the Cobbers: “The biggest thing is to forget it. Forget it fast, move forward and be better because of it.” The Cobbers are transitioning to a quicker-paced offense, which has shown promise but uneven results, and the defense is allowing 33.5 points and 432 yards of total offense per game.
A few more words about the game: The weather cleared up by the time we got to the tailgate a bit after 11 am; it was another perfect day for football and Concordia’s Homecoming-swelled crowd of about 5,600 plus about 400 (maybe more) enthused St. John’s fans made for a fine atmosphere. I like Concordia as an institution and team; I also like Concordians as a group — open and friendly. I like their stadium and — heck — I even like Moorhead and Fargo.
The official SJU tailgate site hosted about 30 or so red-clad souls and other independents held their own pregame get-togethers in the parking lot. Tom Stock traveled up from St. John’s to welcome Johnnie fans, before heading right back down to attend to various class reunions back on campus…a lot of driving, plus he didn’t get to see our wondrous game. Fargo Brewing co-founder Aaron Hill ’05 and his family also hosted, with Aaron providing a large complementary cooler of some of his wares. Tom Sinner ’77, over from nearby Casselton, ND, was representing the 40+ members of his extended family that have gone to St. John’s and St. Ben’s over the years. Bernie McKigney ’65 was present…easy for him since he now lives in Moorhead after a career in the military and in government work. My old buddy, John Fritz ’62, a retired farmer from New Effington, SD, was there with wife Judi and daughter Jaci. John says he’s coming to Homecoming this Saturday, too. “Never miss it,” he said.
Just a part of the Johnnie-Bennie group enjoying the tailgate before the game. From left, Ron and MaryAnn Youso; Bill Marrin in blue; Lynn Bormann; John Sipe in blue hat; Billy Kauffmann; Peter Bormann; Jeanne Kauffman (a Cobber in red); Bob Wicker; Jeff Norman; Bernie McKinney; and Peg Marrin. Note the nearly cloudless skies.
Gathered around a grill and table full of yummy items were long-time instigators of the Moorhead tailgates before they moved from Fargo: Peter (Recovering Tommie) Bormann and his wife Lynn Youso Bormann SJP ’86, up from Monticello now, and Lynn’s parents Ron ’64 and Mary Ann Youso, up from Foley. Bill Blake ’65 came up from Detroit Lakes and he’ll be coming to Homecoming too. Jim ’64 and Anita Conn were up from Alexandria while Bill ’61/‘65 and Peg Marrin joined our little circus from Pelican Lake, north of Brainerd. Billy ‘87 and Jeanne (a Cobber dressed in red) Kauffmann drove up from Plymouth. There were some father-son alums in the crowd: Roger ‘53 and Charles ‘75 Huyinck from St. Cloud, and Lou ’49/‘54 and Tom Gottwalt ’82, up from the Cities. I introduced myself to Leif and Joelle Syverson, parents of quarterback Aaron, who went to Minnetonka High School. Leif is pronounced “Layf”, not “Leaf” or “Life”, by the way. Although Leif is a graduate of St. Olaf, his son — after determining life at D-I Colorado State wasn’t what he was looking for in college — wanted to apply to only one MIAC school, St. John’s. Gary was most excited to welcome him. Leif pointed out a couple other parents at the tailgate — sophomore wide receiver Jimmy Buck’s parents, and junior defensive back Tommy Deters’ parents; both of those players went to Orono High School.
Max Stein ’04 and Dick Wilke drove up the night before to be sure not to miss any of the tailgate festivities. Going in to the game I ran into Bob ‘65 and Joanne Neis up fom St. Louis Park. In the stadium I sat with Joe ’85 and Jack ’19 Wozniak, father and brother of outstanding defensive lineman, #91 Michael. Michael is the grandson of the late (and great) Leroy Lilly ’55 who was a smashing two-way lineman on John Gagliardi’s first team. Besides the outcome of the game, it was really fun: the school had a Homecoming Parade outside before the game; a band that added a festive feel; an announcer who was fun to listen to as he tried to keep the crowd into the game; an almost full stadium on their side with, at least at the start, a very enthused group; and a bizarre, but fun video played during the time-out between the first and second quarters — it was a strangely dressed fellow beating on a drum and leading the Cobber fans in a nonsense song. We’d never seen anything like it and it was cool, in a very odd sense.
After the game Young Max insisted that our crew adjourn to Mick’s Office in downtown Moorhead. It is a dive bar extremely popular with students and alums from Concordia…and apparently Max. At any rate, among all those maroon and gold Cobber colors were ten red-clad partiers: Max; Dick Wilke; John Sipe ’61/’65; Ron Tomczik ’65; Jeff Norman ’78; Jim ’64 and Anita Conn; and Bill ’61/’65 and Peg ‘65 Marrin; and your scribe.
Cobber maroon and gold colors on the Concordia mascot.
After bidding adieu to Max, Dick, Jim and Anita, the remainder of us headed for Fargo Brewing Company’s newly expanded and quite handsome facilities where we were greeted by co-founder Aaron Hill.
He told us how he happened to come to St. John’s…it was love at first sight even though his parents were unable to help vey much financially. Aaron got through and still loves the place, as is personified with his tattoo of the Abbey Banner. (I happened to be in the photo below hoisting a nice IPA while Aaron presents his tattoo.) While there a young man came by after seeing all the red in one corner; it was Brian Gilbertson ’05 wearing his own St. John’s dark blue shirt. He said he has known Aaron since sixth grade and went to Shanley High School in Fargo with him before they both went to St. John’s. He is in nursing and has five kids including triplets.
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Seeking Help At Augsburg —
A visitor walking on the Augsburg campus when one of the football players came up to him and asked, “Excuse me, Sir. What letter comes after ‘X’ in the alphabet?”
The visitor smiled and replied “Y.”
The Auggie became very angry and said, “Because I need to know for my English class, that’s why!”
(Contributed by Conrad Macina, Landing, NJ)
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SJU Rolls to 49-0 Road Win —
Read the recap and box score of the Concordia game:
https://gojohnnies.com/news/2021/10/2/no-5-sju-football-rolls-to-49-0-road-win.aspx
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All About Augsburg —
What a battery we’re facing this Saturday. Remember when the Auggies were pretty much a laugher game? Not this year. Although they are 2-2 for the season, they are 2-0 in the MIAC, racking up impressive 54-14 and 56-28 wins over St. Scholastica and St. Olaf respectively the past two weeks. With a new coach, Augsburg Hall of Fame former quarterback Derrin Lamker ’97, his competitive recruiting (including transfers from CCs and other colleges), his extensive coaching knowledge, and some young offensive “stars,” Augsburg University is letting people know that they don’t intend to be one of the conference’s door mats any longer.
Running Coach Lamker’s offensive onslaught on the field is an impressive sophomore quarterback, #8 Cade Sheehan. This Rochester kid was just named MIAC Offensive Player of the Week; he completed 35-of-51 passes for 405 yards and six touchdowns against no interceptions, tying a single-game school record for passing touchdowns in Augsburg's 56-28 Homecoming win over St. Olaf on Saturday. His six-touchdown effort tied Augsburg's single-game school record -- first set by his Auggie coach in a 1997 game, also against St. Olaf. Sheehan leads the MIAC this season with 1,261 passing yards and 315.3 passing yards per-game, while his 106 completions and 161 pass attempts are both second-best. Nationally, he ranks fifth in total offensive yardage per-game (345.2), fifth in passing touchdowns (18), eighth in completions per-game (26.5), eighth in "points responsible for" (112) and second in "points responsible for" per-game (28.0).
Sophomore #11 Dominic Smith from White Bear Lake was named to the D3football.com Team of the Week for his performance in Augsburg's Homecoming win over the Oles. Smith tied an Augsburg single-game record with four touchdown receptions, part of a 10-catch, 136-yard effort against St. Olaf last Saturday. Smith leads the MIAC in receptions (35), receiving yardage (547), receiving yards per-game (136.8) and receiving touchdowns (9). Among NCAA Div. III receivers nationally, he ranks second in receiving touchdowns, third in receiving yards per-game, fourth in receptions per-game (8.8) and 10th in receiving yardage. To make matters worse for the Johnnie Defense, Smith has two skilled companion receivers who join him in MIAC leading touchdown receptions: Sophomore #6 Braden Tretter (Sauk Rapids) and Senior #1 Josiah Ferguson (St. Michael).
Look in the table below to see how impressive Augsburg is vis-a-vis SJU. Admittedly we’ve played more skilled competition in three of our four games, and in a couple of our games we’ve played a lot of subs. Still, our outing with Augsburg won’t be a walk in the park, particularly if Sheehan establishes a rhythm with Smith and his other receivers, and our secondary is not up to the task.
MIAC Individuals Leaders as of this past week:
Passing, yards per game:
1. C. Sheehan - Augsburg 315.3
2. A. Syversen - St. John’s 285.8
3. T. Dubois - Concordia 282.0
Touchdowns:
1. C. Sheehan - Augsburg 18
2. A. Syversen - St. John’s 12
3. J. Singleton - Carleton 12
Receiving, yards per game:
1. D. Smith - Augsburg 136.8
2. R. Alston - St. John’s 108.7
3. J. Kidder - Bethel 101.0
Touchdowns:
1. D. Smith - Augsburg 9
2. B. Tretter - Augsburg 4
3. J. Kidder - Bethel 4
4. J. Ferguson - Augsburg 4
5. A. Larson - St. John’s 4
Augsburg is probably the youngest (and perhaps least experienced) team we’ll face this year, but they do seem explosive; it is by far the most diverse team, too. We know what they can do in the air, but I haven’t heard much about their ground game (In four games it has averaged about 3 yards per carry). If we can limit the effectiveness of their throwing game, they’re screwed. I also think their defense might be suspect too, meaning that if we can establish a sustained running game, after throwing a few bombs of our own, we can eat the clock and limit the time for Sheehan and company to throw their passes. My hope is for us to score two TDs for each of theirs. SJU 48-Augsburg 24.
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SJU Coach, A.D. and Team Ask For Fan Behavior Changes —
First, the good news. St. John’s is currently averaging about 7,750 fans at the three games so far. That’s great for support of the team and several SJU budgets. Also, after a few years of declining student attendance at games, greater numbers of Johnnies and Bennies are now coming out and even staying to the end.
But here’s the bad news. In a recent op-ed in The Record signed by Football Coach Gary Fasching, Athletic Director Bob Alpers and the entire Football Team, it was requested strongly that students amend their ways in three areas: For Safety, Sportsmanship and Respect —
National Anthem. Students have been loud, inattentive, mocking, and disrespectful at this time and it has to stop.
Knocking Over The Fences. This seems to have become a common occurrence after touchdowns in front of the student section; it’s against regulations and endangers players, referees, photographers, and fans, and absolutely has to stop.
Rushing The Field. Whereas the crowd joy after narrowly winning the Aurora game in an almost miraculous fashion makes that student rush understandable, subsequent games against Martin Luther, which was a blow-out, and against Bethel where the win was not in doubt at the end, make the student rushes uncalled for. Students on the field interfere with the teams visiting with and congratulating each other; it also interferes with officials and the other team leaving the field; and finally it conflicts with the desire of players to visit quietly with parents, family and friends that is the real tradition after games on the field. The rushing needs to stop.
Although it’s wonderful that Johnnies and Bennies want to celebrate and join in the jubilation of a gridiron victory with the players, and are much more engaged with the team than in the past several seasons, there needs to be a balance and maturity that isn’t there right now. Let’s hope that the op-ed by Bob, Gary and the team is listened to by student fans and taken seriously.
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The Brilliant Auggie Prof —
There was an Augsburg Biology professor who had worked on his own time for years with peculiar experiments on spiders. After years and years of tests and trials he was ready to let the Augsburg science community — both academics and students — know his exciting findings.
He sent out scores of emails and posted announcements on bulletin boards around the campus that he was hosting a live show to demonstrate his findings. At the event over a hundred were there, more out of curiosity than anything, as the details of the findings were kept secret.
The prof himself wandered on stage and silenced the murmurs. “Today I will demonstrate two things. The first being that spiders can understand and respond to basic commands.”
The crowd laughed and jeered but undeterred he opened a box on his desk and a spider crawled out. “Spider, walk left” The spider moved to its left. The crowd was silenced. “Spider, move right.” The spider moved right. The crowd gasped. Forward, backward, the spider responded again and again. The crowd applauded in awe.
The scientist then removed all of the spider's legs. The crowd, confused by this, watched in silence. “Move left” The spider didn't move. “Move right” Nothing. Forward, backward, no response.
“This is to demonstrate my second finding. Once you remove a spider's legs, it goes deaf.”
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Wicker's Health Rant —
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SJU 2021 Football Schedule
(All games are played on Saturdays, beginning at 1 pm)
Date Opponent Location
Sep. 4 Aurora Collegeville W 39-33
Sep. 11 Bye
Sep. 18 Martin Luther Collegeville W 55-7
Sep. 25 Bethel Collegeville W 31-25
Oct. 2 Concordia Moorhead. W 49-0
Oct. 9 Augsburg Collegeville (Homecoming)
Oct. 16 St. Olaf* Collegeville (Family Weekend)
Oct. 23 Gustavus* St. Peter, MN
Oct. 30 St. Scholastica* Collegeville
Nov. 6 Carleton* Northfield, MN
Nov. 13 MIAC Championship Week TBD
(* With St. John’s, these teams are also part of the MIAC’s new Northwoods Division.)
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MIAC Standings
MIAC All
Carleton 2-0 4-0
St. John’s 2-0 4-0
Augsburg 2-0 2-2
Bethel 1-1 3-1
Gustavus 1-1 3-1
Hamline 1-1 3-1
St. Olaf 1-1 2-2
Concordia 0-2 1-3
Macalester 0-2 1-3
St. Scholastica 0-2 0-2
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Last Week’s Results —
5th Week, Saturday, October 2
St. Olaf at Augsburg — This might be a closer game but I’m thinking the new Auggies might just take it 27-17. Actually Augsburg 56-28. Wow!
St. Scholastica at Hamline — Lowly Hamline can have some fun at home against the even lowlier Saints. Pipers 42-16. Actually Hamline 34-18…and, between the two teams, they had an unbelievable 22 penalties.
Gustavus at Bethel — This is a critical game in our Northwoods Division as well as for Bethel; if the Gusties take them you can bet we’ll be walking into a fire storm down in St. Peter on Oct. 23…but I think the Royals will narrowly survive at home 32-28 especially if Gustie quarterback Michael Veldman isn’t healthy enough to play. Actually with no Veldman, Bethel 34-9. Five turnovers sure didn’t help either.
Carleton at Macalester — Carleton has been feeling their oats recently so they should continue their winning ways against Mac. Knights 38-9. Actually Carleton 24-10. They played for the “Book of Knowledge” Trophy but really it’s the “We’re More 'Woke' Than You Are” Trophy.
St. John’s at Concordia — Playing the Cobbers is always a question mark; they are usually tough, feisty, punishing, but classy opponents giving us close games. However I see we’re improving every week so St. John’s 34-10, assuming the Cobs don’t injure our quarterback like they did at Gustavus. Actually, Blow-out City: SJU 49-0. Who would-a thunk it?
Other Games of Interest:
St. Thomas at University of San Diego — If I underestimated U$T last week against Butler U. in their first Pioneer League game, it won’t happen again when the Toms play winless USD out in sunny California. I’m predicting the Tommies win by roughly the same score, 36-10. Actually, I’m not going to predict scores for U$T games anymore because I don’t know their competition well enough. The Tommies blew the game 27-24 and are now 2-2.
#1 North Central plays at Carroll and the only suspense is whether they’ll score 50 or 60 points. Ditto unranked Aurora who plays at Wisconsin Lutheran and we wonder if they will win their third straight game reaching 70 points (Think they’re trying to prove that their 64-7 loss to North Central was a fluke). #3 Whitewater hosts Stout and #8 Oshkosh travels to Platteville…so expect no changes with those ranked guys.
Actual Results: #1 North Central 62-7; Aurora 70-29 (third week in a row of 70 points!); #3 Whitewater 37-6; and #8 (now #9) Oshkosh was nearly upset 35-32.
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D3Football Top 25 —
By Week 5 things are settling in fairly well, with the top dogs safely ensconced at…well…the top. Linfield, now #7 behind SJU, jumped two places and pushed Hardin-Simmons and UW-Oshkosh each down a spot. Bethel hung on to #16. Nobody dropped out of the Top 25 this week, while Gustavus still received votes and Aurora has received more votes after beating three teams in a row scoring 70 points without allowing many in return. What will Aurora have to do to make it back into the Top 25?
https://www.d3football.com/top25/2021/week5
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AROUND THE MIAC —
6th Week, Saturday, Oct. 9
Carleton at St. Olaf — Usually a close, hard-fought contest for The Goat Trophy for intra-city supremacy, this year I see a revitalized Carleton continue on its winning ways 38-14 over the Oles.
Gustavus at St. Scholastica — Ouch! The Saints will feel the wrath of the Gusties ticked off at their unseemly, five-turnover loss at Bethel. Gustavus 53-3.
Bethel at Hamline — Double ouch! It’s games like this that make me feel so sorry for Hamline. Royals 52-10.
Concordia at Macalester — Carleton handled Mac easily so you can only imagine what an embarrassed Concordia will do to the Scots. Cobbers 48-16.
Augsburg at St. John’s — All of a sudden the Auggies are a huge threat offensively. Assuming we can tame their passing game, the Johnnies should entertain their Homecoming crowd 48-24.
Other Games of Interest:
Valparaiso at St. Thomas — Who knows which Tommie team will show up? I’m not predicting scores for them anymore but U$T should win a close one, just like they should have but didn’t last week.
After three weeks of winning by identical 70 points, I’m pretty curious to see how Aurora will do against another patsy, Eureka College.
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Cautionary Message from SJU’s Career Guidance Center —
WORLD'S WORST JOBS
- Mine
- Shark Baiter
- Road Kill Removal Crew
- Prison Glee Club President
- Rotten Sardine Taste Detector
- Assistant To The Boss's Nephew
- Circus Elephant Clean Up Specialist
- Nuclear Warhead Sensitivity Technician
- Vice President, Screen Door Sales, North Pole Division
- Director Of Public Relations, Chernobyl Nuclear Facility
- The Person Responsible For Replacing Urinal Deodorizers
- The Person Responsible For Recycling Replaced Urinal Deodorizers
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Johnnie Radio Network —
Saturday’s game can be heard live on WBHR-660 AM across central Minnesota, KDIZ-1570 AM in the Twin Cities and KOWZ-1170 AM in Waseca, which covers most of southern Minnesota and into western Wisconsin. Mark Lewandowski, Bryan Backes, Mike Carr and Charlie Carr will call all the action, beginning with Johnnies Magazine at 11 a.m. and the pre-game show at 11:30 a.m. The game will also be broadcast on the SJU football website via Stretch Internet. This is the 23rd season SJU football can be heard worldwide over the internet.
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Listening via the Internet: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/csbsju/
Viewing via live streaming: https://portal.stretchinternet.com/csbsju/
Note: There is a $10 charge to watch the St. John’s-Augsburg live broadcast.
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The Reel 2021 - Game #4, Concordia Highlights —
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1dSAMK0Tmw (2:04 min.)
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Johnnie Question of the Week, Season 3, Episode 4 —
Who has the most Drip on the team? Find out on this weeks episode of Johnnie Question of the week; also find out what “Drip” means:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzNNxqnh4_s (7:13 min.)
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Scenes At The Bethel Game —
Two classmates reconnecting up in Moorhead for the Cobber game.
Left, Bill Blake '65, of Detroit Lakes, and John Sipe '61/'65 of St. Paul.
From left Anita Conn, Bob Wicker, Bill Blake and Jim Conn.
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The Uncasual Fan —
I was not expecting that. The annual game with Concordia is typically a closely contested ball game that usually is not decided until sometime in the 4th quarter. Both teams are always well coached and disciplined, and the game in most cases is a back-and-forth affair. So much for that. Not sure what happened but SJU brought their “A” game and Concordia did not. The Cobbers did not respond to our first couple of punches, and it was game over after that.
I was not able to make the trip to Moorhead, but I listened to our fine broadcast team and watched some live stats at the same time. Kudos to my buddy Carbo [Mike Carr ’77] and the rest of the broadcasting crew for keeping it interesting when it was so one sided. Could you imagine if the Vikings had done something like that. Paul Allen would spontaneously combust live on air.
My Summary of the game
The Good:
· St. Johns showing up with their A game (offense/defense/special teams)
The Bad:
· Concordia not showing up for a game against the Johnnies
The Ugly:
· The final score if you are a Cobber fan
Part II
No rant this week but here are my thoughts:
I continue to be optimistic about our chances of running the MIAC table but know enough that we can not look too far ahead (towards the Gusties). Remember Concordia in 2019. One game at a time – Please.
I also think we have started to establish our identity on offense. I believe “we are a passing team that can also run the ball when needed and to keep things balanced.” The thing I really like this year is our short passing game. The long passing game is exciting to watch but those passes in the 7-to-15-yard range are kind of like a running game and very hard to defend. Our QB is finding people on shorter passes and taking what the defense is giving us. Kind of different than our previous passing teams. I also like how we are having a bigger and bigger selection of receivers to throw the ball to. That really makes it hard on opposing defenses.
I am not sure about our defensive identity yet but I do know that we are getting better each game and gaining confidence on a week by week basis. Remember we started the season with 7 or so new starters on defense. Working as a team takes some time.
Looks like this Saturday (Homecoming) will be another nice day at St. John’s. I am looking forward to a fun day of tailgating and football followed by the Hall of Fame banquet in the evening. Congrats to my good friend Jeff Norman ‘78 and all the other athletes being inducted this weekend. — The Uncasual Fan
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‘The Things We Do To Our Kids’ Department —
Due to COVID and his working-from-home arrangement over the past year, an accountant was working at his desk one evening when his little daughter came up to him. "Daddy, will you read me a story before bed?" she asked. In her hand, she had the book Cinderella.
"Sure, sweetheart," the father replied. "You get ready for bed and Daddy will be there in a few minutes."
When the father had finished putting away everything on his desk, he took a seat in the rocking chair, put his daughter in his lap and read Cinderella to her for the first time.
The girl was fascinated by the story, especially the part where the pumpkin turned into a golden coach. "And they all lived happily ever after," the father concluded.
"Daddy?" the girl said.
"Yes, sweetheart?" the father replied.
The girl asked, "When the pumpkin turned into a golden coach, would that be classified as income or a long-term capital gain?"
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SJU Wins Second Consecutive MIAC Golf Championship —
MIAC CHAMPIONS! SJU won its 14th conference title today at Bunker Hills G.C. The win clinched SJU's 19th appearance at the NCAA DIV. III National Championship May 10-13 in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
No. 20 Saint John's golf used a fast start Monday to win its 14th conference title at the 2021 Fall MIAC Championships on Monday, Oct. 4, at Bunker Hills G.C. (par 72) in Coon Rapids.
The win clinched SJU's 19th appearance at the NCAA Division III Championship when the 2022 edition is held May 10-13 at Mission Inn Resort and Club in Howey-in-the-Hills, Fla.
The Johnnies finished with a 45-hole total of 706 (-14) and Gustavus Adolphus claimed second with a 712 (-8). Carleton was third with a 758 (+38).
SJU started the final round Monday morning with a 15-shot lead over GAC. The five Johnnies combined for 14 birdies and 25 pars on the front nine as SJU was -10 at the turn. The Gusties, however, posted a 277 (-11) and closed the gap to six after the Johnnies lost nine shots on the final four holes to end with a 286 (-2).
For the first time since 2008, all five Johnnies — four sophomores and one junior, all Minnesotans — finished in the top 10 to earn All-MIAC honors.
Sophomore Nate Loxtercamp birdied five of his first six holes and tallied a 71 (-1) to place second out of 45 golfers with a 173 (-7). He led the tournament with 14 birdies.
Sophomore Sam Berger led SJU Monday with a 2-under par 70 and tied for fourth with a 178 (-2), while sophomore Glavine Schugel claimed sixth with an even-par 180.
Sophomore Blake Schuler tied for seventh (+1, 181) and junior Thomas Gutzmer placed 10th (+3, 183).
SJU wraps up the fall portion of its 2021-22 schedule in two weeks (Oct. 17-19) at the Golfweek Division III Preview in Destin, Fla.
SJU GOLF…Something definitely new: Tailgating by SJU golf fans before MIAC final day at foggy Bunker Hills.
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Pre-Med Majors, Family Dynamics Department —
Five year old Becky answered the door when the Census taker came by.
She told the Census taker that her daddy was a doctor and wasn't home, because he was performing an appendectomy.
"My," said the census taker, "that sure is a big word for such a little girl. Do you know what it means?"
"Sure! Fifteen hundred bucks, and that doesn't even include the anesthesiologist!"
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A Few Odds & Ends —
• There will be a pregame celebration/indoor “tailgate” in St. Peter before the Gustavus game on October 23 at Minnesota Wing King. The owner is opening early and will have Johnnie/Bennie specials. We hope to have a huge turnout, both there and especially at the Gustavus game. Consider this your first alert.
• For those who are on the fence about attending Homecoming, here a link to the schedule. Come on up: https://www.csbsju.edu/sjualum/events/homecoming-2021
• Do you feel you need to take a 4-minute break from all this info to enjoy a bit of Heaven on Earth? Close your eyes, listen to Lux Aeterna and be transported:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLU-Ul5FSyI (3:53 min)
Lux aeterna luceat eis, Domine, cum sanctis tuis in aeternum, quia pius es.
Requiem aeternam
dona eis, Domine,
et lux perpetua luceat eis.
May light eternal shine upon them, O Lord, with Thy saints forever,
for Thou art kind.
Eternal rest
give to them, O Lord,
and let perpetual light shine upon them.
• Congrats to Fiona Smith, a sophomore whiz at CSB track and field, and now cross country at the Blugold Invite in Colfax, WI. Fiona finished first out of more than 350 runners. She finished in 21:37.28, just 10 seconds shy of the school record she set less than a week ago, but 21 seconds ahead of the second-place finisher. Her performance helped St. Ben’s take 5th place out of 27 teams and led to her being named MIAC Athlete of the Week. This marks the fourth weekly MIAC honor of Smith's career. She joins Morgan Pierce '18 as the only two athletes in program history to earn the honor four times. Pierce earned Athlete of the Week honors once in 2017 and three times in the 2018 cross country season.
Sophomore Fiona Smith.
• The latest word on the Gagliardi Legacy Fund is that momentum continues to grow for the team’s endowment. We are more than half way to the admittedly huge goal of $5 million; it’s getting harder now. Many of the large gifts, and many smaller ones, already received have come from former players on John’s teams. But what about the rest of us? Although many readers of the UUN never played football at St. John's, SJU is still our team and we want to see it kept strong despite changing finances in higher education.
Everything given to the Fund is used exclusively for the benefit of the team and its many expenses. Please consider making a tax-exempt contribution by sending a check to St. John’s University in care of St. John’s University, PO Box 7222, Collegeville, MN 56321. Be sure to note in the check memo that your tax-deductible contribution is for the Gagliardi Legacy Fund. If you would prefer to make your contribution via a credit card, please call 320-492-0851.
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From Our Readers —
From Dave Wendt '63, Edina, MN —
Bob - Thanks for another great UUN #6-21 . You covered all the great SJU NEWS and inside information. The closing story about the two women observing the man seated next to them with the chicken eating their popcorn was “priceless.” One of the advantages of waking up in the middle of the night is having sufficient time to read your magnificent work. However, it failed to put me to sleep. Must have been especially interesting. Even the “Food Rant” was informative. Thanks for all you do for SJU. GO JOHNNIES. — Dave
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From C.J. Lyngen '92, Rogers, MN —
Hi Bob, It was great chatting with you at the Martin Luther game. I won't be at the Cobber game tomorrow but will most definitely be at Homecoming next weekend. There has been a lot of chatter on our alternate jersey colors. I personally like them and would say let's add the light blue pants into the mix as well. Also, there is some serious steam on the online message boards (d3boards.com) as to what color this blue technically should be referred to/described as - how does this sound: Lake Sagatagan Blue? I'm going with this! I will reintroduce you to my daughters next weekend, Leah '23 and Lucy -'24; you first met them years ago. Go Johnnies! — C.J. Lyngen ’92, Tommie 3 - ’89
(Editor’s Clarification: I asked C.J. why he didn’t mention the lovely Bennie mom of their two current Bennies, and also what the significance of Tommie 3 -’89 is. To answer the second first, C.J. said that was the year he “graduated” from St. Thomas Hall, 3rd Floor, his freshman year. I told him that I never did “graduate” from 2nd Tommy, Short Wing until Fr. Hilary Thimmesh moved out, about two weeks before he died at age 91, a couple of years ago this past August. C.J.’s long-suffering spouse is Trish Anderson Lyngen ’92 and SOT ’96. She is now Campus Minister and a Philosophy teacher at St. John’s Prep School.)
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From Bruce '67 and Susie Gooding (well Suzie, anyway), Durham, NC —
(Editor's Note: Long-time readers may remember when the “Earthy Suzie Gooding” was a regular contributor to the UUN with…well, her brand of earthy humor. We miss it; it’s been several years of quiet. All Suzie sent this time, without a word of explanation, was a link to "30 Delightful Puns From the Victorian Era"; I'll pick my favorite five and print them below but for incorrigible punsters, no matter the era, I'll include her link:
https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/648525/puns-victorian-era?utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=CPC_PM&utm_campaign=23848702480950294&geo=US&fbclid=IwAR1GSi6blj3et6DD9xpGg_CFJY8iRTyM6AQCxfDqgWdiWMtdWQM3NsD3XVI
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A BEEHIVE AND A DISEASED POTATO?
None at all, as one is a beeholder, the other a speck’d tater.
WHAT SORT OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENT RESEMBLES A BAD CONTINENTAL HOTEL?
A vile-inn. (You wouldn’t like a foreign vile-inn very long; you must return to your Bass-soon.)
WHY IS A FOUR-QUART JUG LIKE A LADY’S SIDE-SADDLE?
Because it holds a gall-on.
WHY IS A PIANO LIKE AN ONION?
Because it-smell-odious.
WHY IS A MAN WHO NEVER LAYS A WAGER AS BAD AS A REGULAR GAMBLER?
Because he’s no better.
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From Tony Sandeen ’94, Hong Kong SAR, who after he spent a couple months here in the States, has to quarantine in a hotel for three weeks, regardless of his vaccination status, before he can go to his home and family —
Wick, I'm on day 12. Originally I intended to go dry no other reason than the challenge. I blame my CEO for putting me off the wagon when a bottle of London gin and Indian tonic water arrived day 6. My maid is keeping me in supply of fresh fruit, veggies and other healthy items while the treadmill I had delivered is doing the trick. I committed to run 200 km's over the duration but at current pace will exceed 250. What else to do when I’ve multiple hours of teleconferences per day...
Morton's is on the ground floor and I treated myself last Sunday while listening to Gregorian chant to make up for no Sunday mass (I'm either not diligent enough or too fidgety to be bothered with the online versions). All in all, I was expecting quarantine to be horrible, which it’s not, but it's not something to be done repetitively. The power of low expectations, I guess. I had intended to listen to the Johnnie game but that plan fell apart when the score was listed on the same page as the audio link. When will these webmasters learn...
On a brighter note, I was happy to hear the second worst team in MLB lose in today's wildcard; the downside is that the worst team in MLB won.
I"m on the 15th which means Hillary will be collecting me at 1 minute past midnight on the 15th so I can wake up in bed and cook pancakes for the family my first day out... Cheers — Tony
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From John Chromy ’64, Washington, DC —
Thanks for the good reports and useful analysis of the Bethel game and its ups & downs. Note: It took me a while to figure out the "rabbit as a type-O"--but I finally got it. The aging process causes my "brain server" to take more time to sort through the data before finding the right conclusion.
Re the Amos 5:5 sign, take that Carleton, Harvard, & Duke!!! Nobody, but nobody has as sophisticated and subtle a "Rat Squad" as the Benedictines. Not even my bible thumping Baptist Preacher brother knew what Amos 5:5 was about. Way to go OSB Squad.
On another note---pleased and proud to see that St. Ben's is now offering a doctorate in Nursing Leadership. No one is more qualified than the Benedictine nuns to offer in-depth training in medical administration. in addition to nursing the St. Cloud hospital to life, it was the good Sisters from St. Benedict's Monastery who administered the hospital in my hometown, New Prague, from 1952 until 2014---and they did a terrific job managing and growing a community hospital. In 2014 it was turned over to the Mayo Health system, because our OSB leaders were well past retirement, but they had to wait until the Mayo system developed enough medical administration experience so they could step into the very large boots of our friends from OSB. Thank you, the good Sisters from St. Benedict, and congratulations on the new doctorate programs at CSB.
Wicks---don't give up on the healthy eating rant---you are a prophet in your own time. More of us should listen to you. — John
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From Nellie Klein ’60, St. Cloud, MN —
Here’s a photo of our son Dave Klein '81 sent to us by his wife Holly. They are shown on an eight-mile wilderness trail near Missoula, MT and Dave had to stop to check the SJU-Concordia score. Holly wrote that it was “unreal that they had coverage” out there in no-where land. Just makes you feel good if you’re a Johnnie fan. Smiles on the face of all Johnnie fans today. — Nell
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From Jim Mahoney ’64, Laguna Niguel, CA —
Bob, On Saturday, my son, his daughter and I attended the St. Thomas vs University of San Diego game. The University of San Diego is a beautiful campus on a hill overlooking Mission Bay and has a very nice bowl stadium. The game was ugly consisting of many penalties and several turnovers on both sides. USD had several pass interceptions and three were returned by UST for a pick 6. One was called back for a penalty.
After three quarters St. Thomas was ahead 24-14 and had the ball on the USD 2 yard line with first and goal. They managed to come away with no points and then found a way to lose the game 27-24. St. Thomas ran a lot of misdirection and counter plays. By the fourth quarter, San Diego was not being fooled.
I will say UST played even with USD and it came down to who made the most mistakes. My feeling is St. Thomas will win a few games in the league. They are currently 1-3 but should win a couple more. It was a fun way to spend an afternoon with son and granddaughter. Best — Jim
(Editor's Note: Jim was a lineman on the first National Championship team in 1963.)
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From Tom KcKeown SJP ’47/SJU ’52, Mendota Heights, MN —
Did you note that the San Diego fans were so excited to host St. Thomas that 1097 of them showed up to watch their winless team defeat the Tommies today? — Tom
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From Clark Stanton, San Rafael, CA —
This past weekend, the Tommies lost to the University of San Diego, 27-24. Admittedly a close game, but the deciding advantage for the Torreros may have been that the Immediate Past President of USD is Mary Lyons, who prior to taking the position at USD was President at the College of Saint Benedict. Tommies still suck. — Clark
(Editor’s Caruso Quotes: “I am sickened,” coach Glenn Caruso said in a post-game interview with ESPN Radio. “I am sickened by the [sic] inopportunity of us to capitalize and finish. The defense outscored the offense,” Caruso said. “Tell me when was the last time that you’ve seen that. It’s our expectation—it is not a hope, it is not a wish, it is not a need,” Caruso said. “It is our expectation that that is finished, and it did not get finished today.”
I bet that was some plane ride back to the Twin Cities…all the offensive players pretending to sleep all the way home. The Tommies hope to extend their 28-game home regular-season winning streak when they take on Valparaiso on Saturday, Oct. 9, in St. Thomas’ homecoming game.)
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For Better or For Worse, U$T Will Continue To Be
Who They Are In D-I —
Last Sunday there was a special pull-out section in the St. Paul Pioneer Press highlighting the University of St. Thomas' entry into NCAA Division I. Naturally, there was an interview with Coach Glenn Caruso about the move to D-I football. To the question, "What changes will we see?" the coach answered in part, "We're going to be who we are; we're going to have the same culture, we're going to have the same attitude, we're going to have the same thought process but scaling it [up]…"
Another question asked "What do you look for in players?" Caruso answered, again in part, "...At the end of the day, the focus has never been about the win, the focus has never been about points or the shutout or the yards or the sacks. It's all part of a larger process to teach our young men how to live the best life that they can, and to be able to deal with adversities that will inevitably be at their feet, and serve other people."
Although the UUN invites reader comments, let us state briefly: What...A...Crock!
"Never about the win?" Tell it to all the lowly teams U$T ran up the scores on to look big and tough for the D-III rankings. Tell it to all the young Tommie freshmen and sophomores that the coach used as raw meat in full hitting practice for his first and second teams. Tell it to his once-D-III athletes who, like it or not, signed up for a crypto D-I or D-II program of five or six hours of practice and other program work six days a week. (That’s two and three times the amount of time the rest of the MIAC spends.)
"Teach our young men how to live the best life they can!?!" Why, then, has St. Thomas been despised for their poor sportsmanship, arrogance, cheap shots to injure, and chippiness by virtually all their MIAC competition and many teams outside our league? Why did so many SJU players, especially our quarterbacks, name the Tommies as the dirtiest team they faced year in and year out? Why, besides the school size and financial resources imbalance, did the majority of MIAC teams (not CSB & SJU) want U$T out, or some of them would leave the conference if St.Thomas stayed? If Glenn and his boys keep the "same culture, same attitude and same thought process" going into their new league, it won’t take long for them to be as equally scorned across the country as they are in Minnesota.
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Battle Between the Sexes, True Communications Division —
A married man was having a long-term affair with his secretary.
One day, they were overcome by passion and they took off for her house, where they made passionate love all afternoon. Exhausted from the wild sex, they both fell asleep and didn’t rouse until well into the evening. As the man hastily threw on his clothes, he told the woman to take his shoes outside and rub them through the grass and dirt. Mystified, she nonetheless complied and then he quickly slipped into his shoes and drove home.
“Where have you been?” demanded his wife when he entered the house.
“Darling, I can’t lie to you. I’ve been having an affair with my secretary and we’ve been having hot, passionate sex all afternoon. I fell asleep and didn’t wake up until eight o’clock.”
The wife glanced down at his shoes and said, “You lying bastard! You’ve been out playing golf!”
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About The Concordia Game —
From Peter Bormann, Monticello, MN —
Rob, it was great to see you and celebrate a Johnnie "W" on the road in Moorhead! What a great turnout we had at the tailgate gathering. Sorry we missed Chris there but we understand. 49 - 0 was quite something. It's great that we were able to use some of the second and third string talent from the Johnnie's bench. — Peter
The mild weather last Saturday was perfect to bring out Peter Bormann's 1972 Olds Cutlass convertible. It's been in storage since the Bormanns moved from Fargo to Monticello. Peter is shown with some admirers before driving it down to Tom Stock's for winter storage closer to home. It's strange to think that this car is more than twice as old as the students on our team. Sitting in the front seat is Lynn Bormann with Peter in the background. Jeff Norman hopped in the back seat and Lynn's dad Ron Youso is shown at right.
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From Ron Tomczik ’65, Medicine Lake, MN —
The first unexpected event was that I had three Johnnies ringing my doorbell and knocking on the front door at 7:30 am. I had incorrectly set my alarm clock. But 15 minutes later Barney Oldfield (alias Jeff Norman ‘78), Bob Wicker ’60/‘64, John Sipe ’61/‘65 and I had the show on the road.
#2) Arriving at Moorhead, we found the main road was blocked due to the Concordia Homecoming Parade. So, fearless Barney drives around campus looking for the "back door" to the tailgate area and finds the Cobber back forty with trenches. Jeff used his football quadruple option skills to maneuver, at good speed, through the trenches and arrived at the Johnnie tailgate site--announcing our arrival by laying on the horn. Better than a $5 ride at the State Fair! SJU’s Tom Stock was manning the tent and numerous SJU Aums had set up food/beverage dispensing tables. Thanks to all! By the way, hardworking Tom Stock had to hustle back to Collegeville to assist with Reunion duties and thus missed the game.
#3) Game day weather was unexpected and wonderful. Over the past many alternate years of attending Moorhead games, I can't remember such a nice Fall day. It was almost too hot in the visitor stands.
#4 The Game-- Totally unexpected; 42-0 at halftime!
* Aaron Syverson, our quarterback, was spot on; 20/24 pass completions in the first half. He never played the second half
First seven possessions, we scored seven times.
Receivers made excellent catches.
* Offensive Line — protected Aaron, made holes for the running backs
* Defense — Half time score speaks for itself!
* I believe all the Travel Squad got into the game, including all three quarterbacks. It is somewhat of a shame that this was not a home game where more players could have gotten on the field.
Our continuous questions: Have we improved this much? Is Concordia just a really young/inexperienced team? Etc., etc. Over the years, almost always, Concordia has played us tough, in addition to being a classy, well coached team.
#5) After the game: Barney drives us to Mick's Office. Seeking a scarce parking spot, he illegally enters a one-way drive, nudges up to within kissing range of cars in a restaurant drive-thru line, goes back and forth and finally parks the van backwards in a space another sardine could not fit into. Some locals upset. It had to be the best van quadruple parking job ever! Coach John G. would have been proud of the maneuver--if he didn't have a heart attack first. We celebrated with Max Stein, Dick “Trickster” Wilke, Jim and Anita Conn, and Bill and Peg Marrin.
#7) Later we visited our Johnnie owned/operated brewpub Fargo Brewing Company. Nice very large building including outdoor seating with super large and VERY clean men's restrooms and imbibe with Oktoberfest beer. The Marrins joined us as well as our Johnnie owner Aaron Hill ‘05. All were happy with this new experience. Later we had an enjoyable meal in a recommended nice downtown Fargo restaurant, The Toasted Frog.
The gang at The Toasted Frog in downtown Fargo. Ron Tomczik is pictured at left front; all the others have been identified enough in this issue.
In summary, a day filled with the unexpected but thoroughly enjoyed by all--except for those who had to ring my doorbell in the am. Go Johnnies. — Ron '65
P.S. A hearty tribute to our Johnnie Golfers who are the MIAC Conference Champs! We would like to see another I-94 billboard honoring a national championship!
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ROTC Program At SJU —
From Jim Conn ’64, Alexandria, MN —
Hi Bob – Pictured standing at rest in the recently completed Veterans Memorial Park in Alexandria are, from left, LTC Doug Serie – SCSU ’01 & currently Professor of Military Science at SJU. Recently nominated to attend USA War College; Major General (ret.) Paul Rehkamp SJU ’63 & Alexandria resident; and USAF Veteran Jim Conn SJU ’64 & Alexandria resident
Jim Kuhn ’02 and John Taylor ’58 (not pictured) sponsored this trip to Alexandria to tour the Memorial – coffee at the VFW visiting local veterans and then lunch at Travelers Inn, which will soon be celebrating its 100th anniversary under nurturing guidance of the SJU Sieve family for most, if not all of those years!
The SJU ROTC squad recently returned from the prestigious “Sandhurst” military competition held annually at West Point placing 5th amongst a field of 44 colleges & universities bested only by Army squads in the top 3 positions and the University of Georgia in 4th. All of the major service academies in the US participated and honors for the TOP Cadet in the nation was awarded to Math Major Ethan Erickson SJU ’21. (Editor’s Quick Note: Now that’s hot stuff!}
A bit of bemusement and déjà vu followed my meeting with this fine cadre of Johnnies reflecting upon our mandatory participation in the ROTC program at SJU in the ‘60s. After visiting with Colonel Serie I easily deduced that it is now a much stronger program absent the compulsory nature in earlier years, which had a tendency to bring out the rebellious nature in some of us. I still went on to be a pretty good war fighter after departing SJU in 1962 and enlisting in the USAF to become a non-rated crew member flying aboard the storied B-52.
In character and no surprise to those of us with a lifetime of SJU embedded genes, the SJU ROTC program excels nationally producing exceptional military leaders under leadership of the likes of Colonel Serie. A plug from me to all of your readers to recognize and support this exceptional, nationally-ranked ROTC program at SJU. Regards, — Jim
(A reply from John Taylor: Thanks, Jim Conn, for hosting us. I am/was emotionally impressed with the diligence you and your Alex compatriots exhibited in planning and construction of the Veterans Memorial Park. It is an awesome tribute to all those who served.
General Paul, you and your son have a standing invitation to stop up to the President's Suite to meet President Jim Mullen at any Johnnie Football game. Thank you for your continued service to our country. — John)
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An Auggie Goes On A Trip —
A recent alumnus of Augsburg University took a business trip to New York. When he arrived, the hotel clerk asked him a riddle: "My mom and dad had a baby. It wasn't my brother. It wasn't my sister. Who was it?"
The Auggie thought long and hard, but eventually gave up. "I don't know, who was it?"
The hotel clerk responded, "It was me!"
The Auggie thought that was hilarious. He couldn't wait to get home and tell this funny joke to his family and friends in Minneapolis.
When he arrived home his parents and younger siblings met him at the airport and he asked them: "My mom and dad had a baby. It wasn't my brother. It wasn't my sister. Who was it?"
His family thought and thought about it until they gave up. So he told them, "It was a hotel clerk I met in New York."
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An Underground Classic —
The Rude Bus Driver
A woman got on a bus holding a baby. The bus driver looked at the child and blurted out, "That`s the ugliest baby I've ever seen!"
Infuriated, the woman slammed her fare into the fare box and took an aisle seat near the rear of the bus. The man seated next to her sensed that she was agitated and asked her what was wrong.
"The bus driver insulted me," she fumed.
The man sympathized and said, "Why, he shouldn't say things to insult passengers. He could be fired for that."
"You're right," she said. "I think I'll go back up there and give him a piece of my mind!"
"That's a good idea," the man said. "Here, let me hold your monkey."
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FINAL WORD —
Handling Medical Bills —
A man suffered a serious heart attack while shopping in the St. Cloud Target. The store clerks called 911 when they saw him collapse to the floor. The paramedics rushed the man to the St. Cloud Hospital where he had emergency open heart bypass surgery…
He awakened from the surgery to find himself in the care of Benedictine nuns at the hospital. One of the Sisters was seated next to his bed holding a clipboard loaded with several forms, and a pen. She asked him how he was going to pay for his treatment.
"Do you have health insurance?" she asked. He replied in a raspy voice, "No health insurance.”
The nun asked, "Do you have money in the bank?” He replied, "No money in the bank."
Do you have a relative who could help you with the payments?" asked the irritated nun. He said, "I only have a spinster sister, and she is a nun”
The nun became agitated and announced loudly, "Nuns are not spinsters! Nuns are married to God.”
The patient replied, "Perfect. Send the bill to my brother-in-law."
(Contributed by Bob Christensen ’62, Minneapolis)
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This issue is finito! Happy Homecoming to those coming up for Homecoming…but even if you cannot, just remember:
GO JOHNNIES ! !
(Pluck the Auggies …or something like that.)
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Submitted while dreaming of a juicy Homecoming Augsburger at the tailgate,
R.L. Wicker SJP ’60/SJU ’64, St. Paul, MN
651-699-4697
theowick@aol.com
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