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MUScoop => Hangin' at the Al => Topic started by: Sharpie on June 30, 2015, 08:05:08 AM

Title: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: Sharpie on June 30, 2015, 08:05:08 AM
Did any scoopers attend? If so, how was it and what were your thoughts?

I'm an out of towner and wish I could attend these things but not in the cards.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: jsglow on June 30, 2015, 08:32:04 AM
Chick and I were there.  Pretty standard fare including Wojo's normal comments.  My only concern was watching our guys play volleyball for fun against the Women's VB team.  Please be careful out there Henry.  We don't need a slip and fall injury.  Also that Steve Novak's cute little girl has a great seat on daddy's shoulders for the festivities.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: warriorchick on June 30, 2015, 09:22:01 AM
Chick and I were there.  Pretty standard fare including Wojo's normal comments.  My only concern was watching our guys play volleyball for fun against the Women's VB team.  Please be careful out there Henry.  We don't need a slip and fall injury.  Also that Steve Novak's cute little girl has a great seat on daddy's shoulders for the festivities.

Not as good as Jimmy Mac's daughter.

Also, (just so I can get the rumors flying), I noticed that Big Fishy was MIA.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: warriorchick on June 30, 2015, 09:23:49 AM
For whatever reason, Wojo is huge on legacy players.

He had a meet and greet with them before the picnic.  We were told about 50 showed up.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: GOO on June 30, 2015, 09:36:41 AM
For whatever reason, Wojo is huge on legacy players.

He had a meet and greet with them before the picnic.  We were told about 50 showed up.
I had to miss it, so any comments are appreciated. 

Did they serve hot dogs and hamburgers this year?   
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: warriorchick on June 30, 2015, 09:37:33 AM
I had to miss it, so any comments are appreciated. 

Did they serve hot dogs and hamburgers this year?   

Nope, we are back to Bubb's BBQ.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: GGGG on June 30, 2015, 09:49:35 AM
Heard Luke wasn't there.  Anyone know why?
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: Goose on June 30, 2015, 10:21:51 AM
Had some of the family down there and thought the turnout was smaller this year than last year. Think the weather might have scared some folks off. Nice event and nice group of kids. Had my two young nephews there and the team were extremely nice to them.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: MUfan12 on June 30, 2015, 10:39:22 AM
Heard Luke wasn't there.  Anyone know why?

He was at the alumni event prior to the BBQ.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: GGGG on June 30, 2015, 10:48:14 AM
He was at the alumni event prior to the BBQ.

Thanks.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: MU62 on June 30, 2015, 10:54:46 AM
I had to miss it, so any comments are appreciated. 

Did they serve hot dogs and hamburgers this year?   


They had chicken, brats, barbecue and hot dogs.  Also baked beans, pasta salad and potato salad.  Very good.  
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: augoman on June 30, 2015, 11:19:22 AM
For whatever reason, Wojo is huge on legacy players.

He had a meet and greet with them before the picnic.  We were told about 50 showed up.
Buzz actually did this as well.  Sounds like about the same turnout.  I understand Wojo calls them 'ambassadors'.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: The Lens on June 30, 2015, 11:25:45 AM
I had to miss it, so any comments are appreciated. 

Did they serve hot dogs and hamburgers this year?   

The food was as average as it has been in the past.  It seems for year #1 they went way over board on great food and then realized they would get about the same turnout with average picnic fare.  Seemed to be a little less games than years past (I have 3 kids so I noticed this stuff).  Staff, current and former players all very accommodating in taking pictures with kids etc.  It's a really cool event that I hope MU continues to do.  Turnout was a little light but as mentioned, storms were expected but never showed up.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: warriorchick on June 30, 2015, 11:59:47 AM
Here are some pictures from the players' reunion.  Click on the image to scroll through them.

https://www.facebook.com/MarquetteMensBB/photos/ms.c.eJw9kMkRxEAIAzPa4j7yT2xtsHh2tUbIToog6g524s5fUni3uxQnUYG1rTQyjt~_8moJtvb~;89JE~_76ODPh81eUFfrm~;45GX5uGLyDN~_5fXE891Rwr4aFP2Z~_30thD~_8~_PvZlA28fo082T8irTV~;Aq8~_e~;Z7h9bhv87~_8AlyTv~;tW65F3G0~;9cfJ4R3~;O~;xAhcA7z5XPz2Ne7l45nb0Wdn7z6~_c3zH9CYawQ~-.bps.a.706599449483685.1073741981.141090692701233/706600996150197/?type=1&theater

Can someone help me identify this dude here with the fanny pack?

(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11665636_706599549483675_4938529054334733927_n.jpg?oh=ac97eec6f6286ad184ba797eac856daf&oe=5631098A)
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: hdog1017 on June 30, 2015, 12:33:58 PM
Was Oluoma Nnamaka at the reunion? 
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: NYWarrior on June 30, 2015, 01:23:32 PM

Can someone help me identify this dude here with the fanny pack?


i believe that is The Pope, Greg Johnson .. not 100% sure though
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: Tums Festival on June 30, 2015, 01:38:45 PM
Here are some pictures from the players' reunion.  Click on the image to scroll through them.

https://www.facebook.com/MarquetteMensBB/photos/ms.c.eJw9kMkRxEAIAzPa4j7yT2xtsHh2tUbIToog6g524s5fUni3uxQnUYG1rTQyjt~_8moJtvb~;89JE~_76ODPh81eUFfrm~;45GX5uGLyDN~_5fXE891Rwr4aFP2Z~_30thD~_8~_PvZlA28fo082T8irTV~;Aq8~_e~;Z7h9bhv87~_8AlyTv~;tW65F3G0~;9cfJ4R3~;O~;xAhcA7z5XPz2Ne7l45nb0Wdn7z6~_c3zH9CYawQ~-.bps.a.706599449483685.1073741981.141090692701233/706600996150197/?type=1&theater

Can someone help me identify this dude here with the fanny pack?

(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11665636_706599549483675_4938529054334733927_n.jpg?oh=ac97eec6f6286ad184ba797eac856daf&oe=5631098A)

One former player who is in a few photos and is easy to ID is George Thompson. Guess "numbergate" wasn't any kind of deal breaker.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: keefe on June 30, 2015, 10:01:56 PM

Can someone help me identify this dude here with the fanny pack?


The fanny pack dude is Hoopaloop
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: keefe on June 30, 2015, 10:04:17 PM
Nope, we are back to Bubb's BBQ.

The only thing I know about Bubb's BBQ is that asinine commercial they run during Marquette radio broadcasts. They really need to change that.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: Warrior Code on July 01, 2015, 01:33:02 AM


Can someone help me identify this dude here with the fanny pack?



Sinbad?
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: Goose on July 01, 2015, 09:44:45 AM
The fanny pack is Greg "Pope" Johnson. In that picture is O Ball, Ric Cobb and Artie, I think.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: 4everwarriors on July 01, 2015, 11:25:06 AM
Here are some pictures from the players' reunion.  Click on the image to scroll through them.

https://www.facebook.com/MarquetteMensBB/photos/ms.c.eJw9kMkRxEAIAzPa4j7yT2xtsHh2tUbIToog6g524s5fUni3uxQnUYG1rTQyjt~_8moJtvb~;89JE~_76ODPh81eUFfrm~;45GX5uGLyDN~_5fXE891Rwr4aFP2Z~_30thD~_8~_PvZlA28fo082T8irTV~;Aq8~_e~;Z7h9bhv87~_8AlyTv~;tW65F3G0~;9cfJ4R3~;O~;xAhcA7z5XPz2Ne7l45nb0Wdn7z6~_c3zH9CYawQ~-.bps.a.706599449483685.1073741981.141090692701233/706600996150197/?type=1&theater

Can someone help me identify this dude here with the fanny pack?

(https://scontent-ord1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/11665636_706599549483675_4938529054334733927_n.jpg?oh=ac97eec6f6286ad184ba797eac856daf&oe=5631098A)




That's Tommy Crean. I'd know that mofo anywhere. He can run, but he cannot hide, hey?
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: keefe on July 01, 2015, 11:40:17 AM
The fanny pack is Greg "Pope" Johnson. In that picture is O Ball, Ric Cobb and Artie, I think.

Is that a Hawaiian karate gi?

Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: GOO on July 01, 2015, 12:58:34 PM
Is that a Hawaiian karate gi?


I don't know, but if the Pope was ever confused and lost, I think he'd be found quickly!  That is one man that standout in a crowd.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: reinko on July 01, 2015, 02:59:40 PM
How was the sound quality?   Could you hear everything WoJo said?  What about the questions that were asked?
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: 4everwarriors on July 01, 2015, 03:32:53 PM
Was Jen the moderator, hey?
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: warriorchick on July 01, 2015, 04:29:53 PM
How was the sound quality?   Could you hear everything WoJo said?  What about the questions that were asked?

Sound quality was excellent.

I could hear Wojo just fine.  Unfortunately, he didn't say anything I haven't already heard him say 20 times before.

And no questions were asked.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: warriorchick on August 14, 2015, 08:16:52 AM
The fanny pack is Greg "Pope" Johnson. In that picture is O Ball, Ric Cobb and Artie, I think.

Nice article on The Pope.  Left school without finishing his degree.  In 2010, he reapplied under EOP and graduated in May 2014. 

https://medium.com/we-are-marquette/a-promise-to-finish-6e6621f5f120
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: GGGG on August 14, 2015, 08:17:51 AM
Nice article on The Pope.  Left school without finishing his degree.  In 2010, he reapplied under EOP and graduated in May 2014. 

https://medium.com/we-are-marquette/a-promise-to-finish-6e6621f5f120


Why was Majerus distracted?  Someone holding a sandwich?
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: keefe on August 14, 2015, 01:52:43 PM

Why was Majerus distracted?  Someone holding a sandwich?

I think it was a manager with a towel
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: HouWarrior on August 14, 2015, 07:00:37 PM

They had chicken, brats, barbecue and hot dogs.  Also baked beans, pasta salad and potato salad.  Very good. 

I am BBQ curious (sounds like a sex ad- lol).

With Buzz , the BBQ should have been Texas style,IE high quality Brisket very slow cooked with a dry rub . Here, Sauce isn't nearly as big a deal or key to BBQ rankings as it is in other locales.

With Wojo, the BBQ might shift to Carolina style which includes a sweet hickory sauce. Locales like KC, Memphis and the Carolinas grade their BBQ with more sauce emphasis.

Is the BBQ served now dryrub meat focused, or does the sauce make the BBQ?

Again, I am a BBQ curious lover. LOL
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: TAMU, Knower of Ball on August 14, 2015, 07:06:29 PM
I am BBQ curious (sounds like a sex ad- lol).

With Buzz , the BBQ should have been Texas style,IE high quality Brisket very slow cooked with a dry rub . Here, Sauce isn't nearly as big a deal or key to BBQ rankings as it is in other locales.

With Wojo, the BBQ might shift to Carolina style which includes a sweet hickory sauce. Locales like KC, Memphis and the Carolinas grade their BBQ with more sauce emphasis.

Is the BBQ served now dryrub meat focused, or does the sauce make the BBQ?

Again, I am a BBQ curious lover. LOL

Sauce ruins the meat. Spoken like a true Texan.
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: 4everwarriors on August 14, 2015, 07:09:58 PM
Here Tex, the Que now consists of kielbasa, golabki, golanka, and pierogi, ai na?
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: Galway Eagle on August 14, 2015, 07:27:41 PM
I am BBQ curious (sounds like a sex ad- lol).

With Buzz , the BBQ should have been Texas style,IE high quality Brisket very slow cooked with a dry rub . Here, Sauce isn't nearly as big a deal or key to BBQ rankings as it is in other locales.

With Wojo, the BBQ might shift to Carolina style which includes a sweet hickory sauce. Locales like KC, Memphis and the Carolinas grade their BBQ with more sauce emphasis.

Is the BBQ served now dryrub meat focused, or does the sauce make the BBQ?

Again, I am a BBQ curious lover. LOL

Where do they inject their meat? That's what I do. Can't go wrong with some doctor pepper injections
Title: Re: MU Backyard bbq
Post by: ChitownSpaceForRent on August 15, 2015, 05:24:25 AM
Not a fan of the Carolina style. That's the more vinegary sauce right?