Portal:1989 Spring Men/Memorable Events

(as told by Jim Russell) - Spring 1989 regular season I went down to the Academy to referee AFA A vs somebody local. Before the first half, as usual the cadets lined up in their huddle just behind the center of the halfway line, and then ran around in a circle; but instead of the usual “Go Zoomies” I heard them yell something like, “oh ending”. I thought it odd but had a game to do so I ignored it. But then they did it again just before the second half, at which they were to kick off. So when the kicker came up to the halfway line, I asked him what this “Oh ending” chant was. To which he replied, “No, it’s ‘No Vending’. You see, Sir, we are hosting Nationals this year, and if we win all our regular and initial playoff games, we on the A side don’t have to run the concessions and sell the food during Nationals. The B side will have to do it. We don’t want to have to do the selling, so we call out, ‘No vending’ to remind ourselves why we want to win.” True story.

Starting A-Side for the 1989 National Championship team:

1 Jim Snyder '89

2 Mike Junk '90

3 Kevin Oleen '89

4 Jay Owen '90

5 Dan Drummond '89

6 Art Wunder '89

7 Ted Schiller '89

8 Brent Vanderpol '89 (C)

9 Floyd Finley '89 (C)

10 Ron Buckley '89

12 Doug Nikolai '89 (replaced by Wood)

13 Tim Bohman '90

14 Skip Rodgers '90

Wings: Dave Metz '89, Bill Jacobus '90, Eric Fester '89

Tim Jozwiak '89 was an excellent flanker who played a lot, Donny Wood '90 played a lot at both inside and outside center, and Eric Fester '89 played a lot on the wing (may have started this game)