Let's hear some Nickelback! (VIDEOS)

I've got more Nickelback videos to share. It's been 34 days since the Nickelback concert was held at the FargoDome. My wife and I had a nice Thursday night getaway right in the midst of Homecoming week. While I missed a terrific volleyball match against Maple Lake (the Jaguars won 3-2), the Thursday night getaway allowed me to be able to take in all eight regular season football games. Traditionally, since 2011, we have made an October getaway over one weekend, and that has almost always included a Friday departure which causes me to miss that week's football game. I honestly don't remember the last time I was able to watch all 8 regular season games. I think it was 2013!! I'm fairly confident that I watched all 11 football games in the fall of 2013.

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More to come. It's time to get back on track with musical and state football coverage! I have some Mayer Lutheran notes to publish.

A new article (with similar information to what was posted a week ago) for B-B-E's fall musical has been posted at the newspaper's website: https://tinyurl.com/2kztc3fa.

Some football notes...
The Mayer Lutheran Crusaders average 28.2 points per game, and their strength is their defense, which is giving up just 12.2 points per game. B-B-E's excellent defense has given up 11.1 points a game through 10 games this fall. The Crusaders are led by senior quarterback Levi Hahn, whose backfield talents are complemented by senior running back Jack Grimsley. They also feature a big man up front, 300-pound senior lineman Gavin Lofgren. The Crusaders may have an 8-2 record compared to B-B-E's 10-0 mark, but they are no slouch. Make no mistake: Mayer Lutheran is the real deal. They will be the toughest opponent the Jaguars have faced this year. They play in an outstanding small school conference.

Side bar on the Crusaders...in 2021, when they won the Class 1A state title with a hard-fought 20-14 win against Minneota, the Crusaders featured a roster with 16 seniors. Wow! Then in 2022, they had another great season with 9 seniors on the roster. The season ended with a close loss in the Section 2A championship against Lester Prairie/Holy Trinity. The 2021 fall was a banner season for Mayer Lutheran, as their volleyball team also earned the Class 1A state title, their fourth in school history. They did so by defeating...Minneota. Quite the state tournament rivalry between those two schools!

Click on the following link to see a video from Fergus Falls last Thursday night: https://tinyurl.com/4wapy3jd.

**Here's a video featuring members of the football team being greeted by fans at the FargoDome after they beat Upsala/Swanville Area:


Thursday this week is jam packed with day time activities: two Veterans Day programs and two state pep fests. We'll see if I can make it to all four events. Fingers crossed.

GAME DAY! In Fargo! LET'S GO! (VIDEO)

This will be brief...I need breakfast!

Today is another huge, huge day! Today is the day that Jaguar Country invades the FargoDome! This is just the second time in school history that we will be playing at the FargoDome, but it is the second time there in three seasons. The B-B-E Jaguars football team is set for a rematch with No. 9-ranked Upsala/Swanville Area in the Section 4A championship. Kickoff is at 10 a.m.

Today's big game will be on Smooth Magic 107 FM of Glenwood...107.1 FM on your radio dial, and they also stream online at https://www.kmgk1071.com.


**Here's Odin Jensen talking after last Saturday's game in Belgrade:


More to come after breakfast! Game updates will be posted on THIS blog post. We are set to arrive at the Fargo Dome by about 9:10 a.m.

**With just under 7 minutes to go in the second quarter, the Jaguars are ahead 20 to 12.

**Halftime: BBE 28, U/SA 12.

More to read and watch in a new blog post!!! This blog post is mostly a wrap.

(VIDEO) Pink at the FargoDome

I was fortunate enough to spend the weekend in Fargo and also take in the Pink concert at the FargoDome on Saturday night.

In my newspaper column this week, I made a glaring error while describing the weekend. I mentioned "having breakfast at the hotel on Friday" when I certainly meant to say Saturday. It was a very weird mistake. Earlier in the column, I spoke about getting pictures at the Let's Go Fishing fish fry on Friday night and then driving to Fargo afterwards. I certainly did not have breakfast in Fargo on Friday! Sheesh!!!!

Check out this video clip from the concert:

Pink recorded "Just Like a Pill" in 2001. The song's music video was shot in December 2001. You can read more about this song at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_like_a_Pill. And be sure to take in my newspaper's column that gives a few highlights of the weekend that we just had.

I ran out of space to give proper coverage to the Smooth Magic 107 FM Sports Banquet that was held one week ago in Glenwood. Below is video (~10 minutes long) featuring the awards given to six student-athletes in the B-B-E Jaguars athletic program.


More updates to come later tonight.