Dinner with Ed Schultz

On behalf of the Dragon Football Family, we want to thank Ed for entertaining the football coaching staff at his Detroit Lakes home.

Flashing #12 on the uniform, Ed captured Associated Press Honorable Mention All American Honors in 1977 as the QB for the Dragons. That same year, he was voted the co-recipient for the Vincent Yatchek Award given to the Team MVP (he shared the award with Bemidji State Head Football Coach Jeff Tesch). The conference also honored him with the MVP award.

Ed spends his time working in the radio and television business. This year, Ed Schultz has been nominated by Radio and Records as News/Talk Syndicated Personality of the Year. Ed has proudly represented the upper Midwest with TV appearances on CNN’s Larry King, FOX’s Bill O’Reilly, The Today Show and many other cable news network shows.

You can read more about Ed and his radio show here: KFGO Radio

Getting Ready for Media Day

Got a good laugh from Mike McFeely's column in the Forum today. If you missed it, you can follow the link below:

In Forum - Mike McFeely 07/26/08

With camp opening August 9th, and our media day is less then three weeks away, I will prepare some none cliche information so you will have something to write about.

. . .and Mike, married life is going well, thanks for asking!

Randy Sullivan inducted into NSIC Hall of Fame

Randy Sullivan '88, will be inducted into the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference Hall of Fame this Friday, July 25th.

From the running back position and wearing #5, Randy was captain of the 1984 team, was the conference MVP that season, won the Vincent Yatchak Team MVP Award in 1983 and 1984, and was voted most valuable MSUM freshmen in 1981. He also earned All American status in 1982 (Honorable Mention), 1983 (2nd Team), and 1984 (1st Team).

Congratulations from the Dragon Football Family to Randy Sullivan!

Incoming Dragons Shine in Wisconsin All Star Game

Great articles on Tyler Wegner from last night's all star game in Wisconsin. He was joined by future Dragons Kyle Thorpe and Jamie Braasch on the North team and Lenier Johnson on the South team:

• The Northwestern
• JS Online
• WIFCA
  

Great work guys!

Coach Tomeo Travels to South Carolina

I was invited last week to Presbyterian College in South Carolina to meet with their staff, talk football, and recruiting. I came away impressed with the Blue Hose Football Program, Coach Bobby Bentley and his staff, and the community and people in Clinton, SC. It was a great professional development trip for me and I come back to MSUM with many new ideas to help improve our football program. Below is a link to their athletic page: GoBlueHose

Football Alumni Golf Tournament 2008

Too say that the day was windy would be an understatement, but the 2nd Annual Dragon Football Golf Tournament was held at the Lynx National Golf Course in Sauk Centre, MN this past Saturday. Another great day of Dragon Football stories and lore was shared, even though I overheard some of the same stories as last year, they seemed to get a little better this year (was it the liquid refreshment?).

Our congratulations to the foursome from Allegiance Software headed by Brad Duerr, Ryan Sunram, Bryce Carlson, and their sponsor/boss from Allegiance, Mark Jensen. They had an adjusted score of 56.5 for the day.

Helping put the tournament together, special thanks to:

• Paul Clark ’98
• Bob Jones ‘93
• Dragon Athletic Director Doug Peters
• Rose Bakke from the Alumni Foundation
• Coach Bo Abraham on the grill

Also like to thank for their donations:

• Hornbacher’s Foods
• Hormel
• Double R Saloon – Bob Pallansch
• Budweiser Distributors

After speaking to many in attendance, seems that July is a great month to do the tournament and the majority feel that central MN is the best location so that we can draw from throughout the state. We will do some investigative work on if there is a better course available, if you know of one, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Enjoy the rest of your summer. . .camp opens August 9th!!!

Go Dragons!!!

New Helmet Design

New Helmet design in 2008!

Go Dragons!!!