Wed, Nov 25 2009
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Urban's twinbill St. John graduate Urban Meyer will keynote pair of banquets tonight KARL PEARSONStar Beacon “Each one of them is getting an autographed photo of the team and a hat like we wore that year,” Schmidt said. “We also going to be selling shirts from that, along with Green Weinie shirts (the Heralds’ good luck charm of that era).”
There will be plenty of attractions for the entire crowd at the SJP event. A silent auction will be held, with all proceeds going to the SJP athletic department. Among the items to be auctioned off will be an autographed University of Florida mini-helmet, an autographed baseball with the signatures of 2007 Cy Young Award winners C.C. Sabathia of the Indians and Jake Peavy of the San Diego Padres, a bat and ball autographed by the members of the 1983 St. John team, a 1979 autographed Sporting News cover featuring Pete Rose, two sets of Indians tickets and a pair tickets to this year’s Ohio University-Ohio State football game on Sept. 6. The Schmidt roast should be an interesting affair. “There will be 12 roasters, with Urban starting off and with me as the roastee,” Schmidt said. “I have some rebuttal time. Urban is going to finish up and I get a chance to talk about what St. John has meant to us. I think it’s going to be a lot of fun.” Meyer, Hood and Ohio State offensive coordinator Jim Bollman will also be on the receiving end of the event at Lakeside. They will be the first persons inducted into the ESPN 970AM WFUN Hall of Fame. “Urban and Dean will obviously be there to accept,” Pete said. “Jim won’t be able to be there because he is on vacation, but (former Lakeside head football coach) Jay Corlew will be there to accept for him and will be reading a letter Jim is sending along.” Pete and his colleagues have already planted a seed for 2009 that they hope comes to fruition. “We’ve already invited (Ohio State head football coach) Jim Tressel and Coach Bollman to be our keynote speakers next year,” he said. The radio station will be providing blanket coverage of the event, starting with Pete’s Sports Report, which will be on the air from Lakeside at 4 p.m. Highlights of the banquet itself will also be broadcast during the evening. Tonight’s festivities are not the end of the celebration for the St. John contingent. The party will continue for most of the honorees Saturday. “We’re having a barbecue over at the school starting at 2 o’clock Saturday and lasting until whenever,” Schmidt said. “We think that’s going to be a good time, too.” 
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