John Gagliardi turns 85 years old on November 1st and he's still a living legend at St. John's. But this year is different. The Johnnies have already lost three games, the most recent being a 63-7 loss to rival St. Thomas. But in no way is it time for Gagliardi to go.

The 10,000 fans who packed O’Shaughnessy Stadium in St. Paul Saturday may have thought they would see a close game between two old rivals. It didn't happen. St. Thomas clobbered St. John's 63-7, led by five Dakota Tracy touchdown passes.

The Tommies football team has lost only once since the start of the 2010 season, and that was a quarterfinal playoff loss last year to Bethel. St. Thomas hopes to avoid repeating history when it takes on St. John Fisher in St. Paul.

St. John's head coach John Gagliardi is not ready to retire. The Johnnies finished the season 6-4, and a four game winning streak to end the season gave Gagliardi reason enough to return for a 60th season next year.

The Catholic St. John's University in Collegeville announced Michael Hemesath as the institution's first full-time lay president. Hemesath is an economics professor at Carleton College and a 1981 graduate of St. John's. The Rev. Robert Koopmann announced he will step down at the end of this academic year.

To date, all the presidents of St. John's University have come from the adjacent Abbey. That may change now that the university has hired a search firm to find the successor to the Reverend Robert Koopman.