Methodist Orangemen on way here
Posted: Monday, November 17, 2008
I believe it was Garrison Keilor who once said something to the effect -- "We make fun of Methodists for their blandness, excessive calm, their fear of giving offense, the lack of speed and also for their secret fondness for macaroni and cheese.
"But, nobody sings like them.''
Mr. Keilor, I presume, has never been to a Morningside-Baker University football game.
By way of short introduction, here are some things you might not have known about the Baker team that will play the Mustangs Saturday in the first round of the NAIA football playoffs at Elwood Olsen Stadium.
First all, fans from both sides can sing (yell, cheer) like bunch of methodists.
The two schools are both affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
Baker, located in Baldwin City, Kan., also lists one of its graduates, Walter Anderson, as the inventor of the hamburger bun and that Anderson also founded the famous White Castle fast-food chain.
You know the White Castle, that tiny little burger of which you can consume 20 and have room for 20 more.
The Mustangs, I'd guess, would like to stuff the visiting Wildcats into a bun like so much hamburger.
Expect Baker, a member of the Heart of America Athletic Conference, to hit Our Town dressed primarily in white (since they're the visiting team) with some orange and black trim.
Keep in mind, though, the school has only one color -- orange. There is no combination like blue and orange, black and orange or brown and orange, but orange. The Baker Orangemen?
Morningside boasts a premier quarterback in senior Ian Gilworth.
But, coming out of high school at Shawnee Mission (Kan.) North, Baker quarterback Mack Brown, no relation to the Texas coach, was listed among the top 75 prep quarterbacks in the country and committed to Colorado of the Big 12.
At Shawnee Mission North the 6-3, 212-pounder passed for 19,05 yards after throwing for 2,250 yards as a junior.
Since transferring to Baker, though, Brown has become the school's career passing leader with almost 6,000 aerial yards.
Of the 16 teams in the field, Baker, St. Ambrose and Lambuth (Tenn.) are the only ones with three losses. One of the St. Ambrose losses is 52-0 at South Dakota.
Hot stove league report on baseball.
Read somewhere that Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has been described as a cross between a lost Steinbrenner child and a character from a Seth Rogen movie.
Maybe so.
Cuban wants to buy the Chicago Cubs and he reportedly would shell out $1.3 billion dollars for major league baseball's beacon of suffering.
But, keep in mind he owns the Mavericks, another example of frustrating futility.
Go figure.
Here are the choices in the remaining Iowa state football playoff games.
In the 2A semis today it'll be Central Lyon/George-Little Rock and Pella, while Sioux City Bishop Heelan and Pella will take 3A semifinal tilts.
The eventual champs will be West Des Moines Valley (4A), Heelan (3A), Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (2A), West Lyon (1A), Southern Cal (A) and Armstrong-Ringsted (8-man).
Etch 'em in stone.
"But, nobody sings like them.''
Mr. Keilor, I presume, has never been to a Morningside-Baker University football game.
By way of short introduction, here are some things you might not have known about the Baker team that will play the Mustangs Saturday in the first round of the NAIA football playoffs at Elwood Olsen Stadium.
First all, fans from both sides can sing (yell, cheer) like bunch of methodists.
The two schools are both affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
Baker, located in Baldwin City, Kan., also lists one of its graduates, Walter Anderson, as the inventor of the hamburger bun and that Anderson also founded the famous White Castle fast-food chain.
You know the White Castle, that tiny little burger of which you can consume 20 and have room for 20 more.
The Mustangs, I'd guess, would like to stuff the visiting Wildcats into a bun like so much hamburger.
Expect Baker, a member of the Heart of America Athletic Conference, to hit Our Town dressed primarily in white (since they're the visiting team) with some orange and black trim.
Keep in mind, though, the school has only one color -- orange. There is no combination like blue and orange, black and orange or brown and orange, but orange. The Baker Orangemen?
Morningside boasts a premier quarterback in senior Ian Gilworth.
But, coming out of high school at Shawnee Mission (Kan.) North, Baker quarterback Mack Brown, no relation to the Texas coach, was listed among the top 75 prep quarterbacks in the country and committed to Colorado of the Big 12.
At Shawnee Mission North the 6-3, 212-pounder passed for 19,05 yards after throwing for 2,250 yards as a junior.
Since transferring to Baker, though, Brown has become the school's career passing leader with almost 6,000 aerial yards.
Of the 16 teams in the field, Baker, St. Ambrose and Lambuth (Tenn.) are the only ones with three losses. One of the St. Ambrose losses is 52-0 at South Dakota.
Hot stove league report on baseball.
Read somewhere that Mark Cuban, the owner of the Dallas Mavericks, has been described as a cross between a lost Steinbrenner child and a character from a Seth Rogen movie.
Maybe so.
Cuban wants to buy the Chicago Cubs and he reportedly would shell out $1.3 billion dollars for major league baseball's beacon of suffering.
But, keep in mind he owns the Mavericks, another example of frustrating futility.
Go figure.
Here are the choices in the remaining Iowa state football playoff games.
In the 2A semis today it'll be Central Lyon/George-Little Rock and Pella, while Sioux City Bishop Heelan and Pella will take 3A semifinal tilts.
The eventual champs will be West Des Moines Valley (4A), Heelan (3A), Central Lyon/George-Little Rock (2A), West Lyon (1A), Southern Cal (A) and Armstrong-Ringsted (8-man).
Etch 'em in stone.
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