STrib: Bizarre finish as St. John's survives Wheaton to move on to Division III semifinals (video)

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St. John’s survived some wild final moments to make it back to the NCAA Division III semifinals for the first time since its last national championship in 2003.

The Johnnies withstood a Wheaton touchdown in the final 10 seconds and two potential tying point-after attempts from 35 yards to hold on for a 34-33 victory in the D-III quarterfinals Saturday.

“An incredible game,” St. John’s coach Gary Fasching told WCCO radio. “We were up 21-7 at half and played real well in the first half. We had trouble stopping them in the second half. … We found a way to get it done.”

Jackson Erdmann’s 27-yard TD pass to Jack Kemper — his fifth TD pass of the game — and the PAT gave the Johnnies (12-1) a 34-27 lead with 6 minutes, 7 seconds remaining

The Thunder (12-1) drove 67 yards on 14 plays and scored on a 1-yard run by center Jake Hibben to pull within a point with nine seconds left. However, after scoring Hibben spiked the ball — which is not allowed in college. Hibben was given an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty, and the tying point-after attempt was moved back 15 yards.


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St. John's survives Wheaton to move on to Division III semifinals

Wheaton missed two PATs after celebrating a late TD.
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Go Gophers!!
 

When does St. Thomas play? I heard they are unstoppable.
 

You can't spike the ball?
 


BleedGopher said:
per STrib:

St. John’s survived some wild final moments to make it back to the NCAA Division III semifinals for the first time since its last national championship in 2003.

The Johnnies withstood a Wheaton touchdown in the final 10 seconds and two potential tying point-after attempts from 35 yards to hold on for a 34-33 victory in the D-III quarterfinals Saturday.

“An incredible game,” St. John’s coach Gary Fasching told WCCO radio. “We were up 21-7 at half and played real well in the first half. We had trouble stopping them in the second half. … We found a way to get it done.”

Jackson Erdmann’s 27-yard TD pass to Jack Kemper — his fifth TD pass of the game — and the PAT gave the Johnnies (12-1) a 34-27 lead with 6 minutes, 7 seconds remaining

The Thunder (12-1) drove 67 yards on 14 plays and scored on a 1-yard run by center Jake Hibben to pull within a point with nine seconds left. However, after scoring Hibben spiked the ball — which is not allowed in college. Hibben was given an unsportsmanlike-conduct penalty, and the tying point-after attempt was moved back 15 yards.


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St. John's survives Wheaton to move on to Division III semifinals

Wheaton missed two PATs after celebrating a late TD.
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Go Gophers!!
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What a messed up sequence of plays on that video
-Center scores on a trick play and spikes it - See he knows he screwed up almost instantly
-First attempt at extra point is missed - Johnnies get called for roughing the kicker (kicker stands there with leg extended and Johnnies guy runs into him completely unnecessarily). But that is negated by the other team having 12 men on the field. How in the heck do you line up for an extra point with 12 men on the field? So the penalties offset
-Misses the second long extra point attempt and Johnnies win.....crazy.
 


Should have never allowed offense to have 12. Should have been stopped in formation and moved back 5 more yards prior to the snap. Crazy ending.
 


You gotta give it to the kicker for sticking his leg out to attract the roughing...too bad his kicking skills don't match his acting skills.
 

In P5, if you can't find a kicker who can make a FG from 15 yards back of the PAT ... that's on you.

In DIII, I can understand it.
 




MplsGopher said:
In P5, if you can't find a kicker who can make a FG from 15 yards back of the PAT ... that's on you.

In DIII, I can understand it.
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The D3 kicking game can definitely be another animal, even for top teams like St. Johns. Their only loss on the year was a 1-point loss to Concordia where the Johnnie kicker missed all 3 extra points (all were blocked). The Johnnies then get a guy from the student body who knows how to kick, and he's gone 32 for 36 in since then. Good story.
 

GopherVotary said:
Almost as bad as simulating a dog urinating.
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You can almost forgive the center for the bonehead play because I would bet that was his first TD. The Ole Miss "celebration" was one of the dumbest things I have ever seen a player do on a football field. Glad it cost his team a huge rivalry game because there is just no place for crap like that.
 

MNVCGUY said:
You can almost forgive the center for the bonehead play because I would bet that was his first TD. The Ole Miss "celebration" was one of the dumbest things I have ever seen a player do on a football field. Glad it cost his team a huge rivalry game because there is just no place for crap like that.
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Agree to disagree.

Doesn't hurt the pro game in the slightest. Makes it more entertaining. Didn't take a single thing away from the scoring play.

Regardless, their kicker lost it for them by not being able to make a FG 15 yards back of the PAT line. My opinion
 



MplsGopher said:
Agree to disagree.

Doesn't hurt the pro game in the slightest. Makes it more entertaining. Didn't take a single thing away from the scoring play.

Regardless, their kicker lost it for them by not being able to make a FG 15 yards back of the PAT line. My opinion
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Assume you are talking about the Ole Miss play.

I have no problem with celebrations in the NFL, although even if it had been legal the ole miss one would have been pushing the limits a bit.

But the players know that is not allowed in college football so to do something like that in a key moment in a rivalry game was just stupid and selfish on the part of the player.
 

It wasn't logical, that is undeniable. In the heat of the moment, emotions get the better of humans, all the time.
 

MplsGopher said:
It wasn't logical, that is undeniable. In the heat of the moment, emotions get the better of humans, all the time.
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All true, doesn't change the fact that he scored, then instead of celebrating with his teammates he ran to the back of the endzone and then did what he did right in front of an official.

The kid in the DIII game with the spike felt like a lapse in judgement, the Ole Miss celebration felt very choreographed. He had nearly 5 seconds to think it through but it was more important to him to have his "look at me" moment then it was to do the right thing. Same reason he ran over to the bench to get some sort of championship belt to carry around as well even after doing it and hurting his team.
 

MNVCGUY said:
All true, doesn't change the fact that he scored, then instead of celebrating with his teammates he ran to the back of the endzone and then did what he did right in front of an official.

The kid in the DIII game with the spike felt like a lapse in judgement, the Ole Miss celebration felt very choreographed. He had nearly 5 seconds to think it through but it was more important to him to have his "look at me" moment then it was to do the right thing. Same reason he ran over to the bench to get some sort of championship belt to carry around as well even after doing it and hurting his team.
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I'm with you MNCVGUY. When I saw that dog pee celebration, I hoped the kicker would miss so that the stupidity and selfishness would hurt.
 

Spiking should be allowed for anyone over 250 pounds. Nothing better than a big guy spike.
 

MNVCGUY said:
What a messed up sequence of plays on that video
-Center scores on a trick play and spikes it - See he knows he screwed up almost instantly
-First attempt at extra point is missed - Johnnies get called for roughing the kicker (kicker stands there with leg extended and Johnnies guy runs into him completely unnecessarily). But that is negated by the other team having 12 men on the field. How in the heck do you line up for an extra point with 12 men on the field? So the penalties offset
-Misses the second long extra point attempt and Johnnies win.....crazy.
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it was not a trick play....they lined up their center at Fullback for 4 straight runs. everyone in the stadium and watching on TV knew that guy was getting the ball again

but yeah just a crazy weird ending.
 


I checked the Johnnyhole.com site and didn’t find anything there so I’m glad to see a discussion here!
 

Gophs24 said:
it was not a trick play....they lined up their center at Fullback for 4 straight runs. everyone in the stadium and watching on TV knew that guy was getting the ball again

but yeah just a crazy weird ending.
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I assume you mean either the backup center was at fullback, or the backup center was at center and the starting center was at fullback.

The center has to lineup on the ball.
 



MplsGopher said:
I assume you mean either the backup center was at fullback, or the backup center was at center and the starting center was at fullback.

The center has to lineup on the ball.
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Lol. Yes the starting center was at full back
 

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