FB: American Rivers Conference

[Purple Heys]

Heys,

I am surprised that Cornell and Grinnell have not renewed playing each other.  Close in proximity to each other and having a history of playing each other would make sense to play them in nonconference. 

Absolutely agree.

They have a history from previous Midwest Conference affiliation.

On the other hand...on the trip to Alma, the Rams got to stop in South Bend at the University of Notre Dame and conduct a practice at their practice facility...and on the trip to Northwestern the team took in a Twins game at the MetroDome.

So there is something to be said about a nice roadie.

I made the drive from Des Moines to Mt. Vernon stopping at Grinnell on the way to have a look-see at a school that sent me letters when I was graduating from High School.  It would be kind of a non-event road trip.

BTW - Cornell is at home for 6 games this year - both non-confernence games are at home...Grinnell has field renovation going on, originally scheduled at Grinnell

[Purple Heys]

Are you kidding me Klop? Dead last. Let's put it this way, I have a feeling BV will be wishing they hired coach Glo when they had the chance.

#1 QB and RB return. If I remember correctly, most of the OL has at least 2 years of experience. The youngest Kain graduated (are we all tapped out, or is there another Kain brother floating around  ), so the WR core is probably young, but I seem to remember a few underclassmen playing last year.

On the other side of the ball, the defense returns their leading tackler and pre-season All-American (for what's worth). After looking at last year's stats, 9 of the top 12 tacklers from last year's team return.

The non-conference schedule went from two playoff teams last year to a team with ZERO years of experience (Grand View) and a team that Cornell beat the past two years (no offense PH). Maybe that will help the young coaching staff and players (along with former players and fans) gain some confidence.

Here's my safe predication, they will not finish first or last.

I would be pleased with a 7-3 and it would be even better if one of the seven wins is against Central!

Stormchaser...As I said in an earlier post that DF1 posted, I was rocking the boat a little.  I honestly do not see Simpson finishing last.  Obviously I do not see Loras, Coe, or Cornell finishing in the places that I picked them.  Matter of fact, I do not see Central finishing where I placed them either.  

Case in point.  We have had this discussion many times over the last 3 months.  No new information has been released.  We know little regarding how spring ball went.  To that point, there was little that they could really do in spring ball.  There was no contact and it was a lot of drill work.  There are no new convincing points to choose one team over another than there were 2 months ago.  There is no Suckow saga or anything else brewing.  So being it was early in the morning, I did not want to start work, I figured the board needed a little spice.  

Note:  Time will tell regarding BV passing on Coach Glogowski.

Please see picks below.  This is honestly how I see things shaking out this year.  

Wartburg
Central
Coe
Simpson
UD
BV
Cornell
Loras
Luther

I will go on record saying the suprise team of the year will be Cornell.  They will beat Loras and Luther this year, and score 1 win over the other 6.  I am not ready to say who yet.  They will play hard and be in most games.  

Glad to see Klop got that shipment of Purple Kool-aid   8)

[Klopenhiemer]

dutchie...I like the idea of picking the final conference standings before the season starts.  I think that would be fun to see how it shakes out.  

WH...I like your idea as well.

It should be a fun season of pick em's!

[Walston Hoover]

There's still plenty of time. The Suckow saga didn't happen until the last week of July.

[sc_stormchaser]

DF2004 - Sorry, Mr. Posting Police. Since when are all of our posts "on point?" I was simply responded to Dutchie's question - "what's the report from the Simpson camp, any predictions?" That's it, I gave my predictions. Logic says, if you finish with a 5-3 conference record, you probably won't be in first and you definitely won't finish last. That's what a get for responding to a Dutchie post 

Pat- I could be wrong, but I thought both Briar Cliff and Dordt used their first two years to play JV schedules.

Klop - I know, I was just giving you a hard time.

[DutchFan2004]

Are you kidding me Klop? Dead last. Let's put it this way, I have a feeling BV will be wishing they hired coach Glo when they had the chance.

#1 QB and RB return. If I remember correctly, most of the OL has at least 2 years of experience. The youngest Kain graduated (are we all tapped out, or is there another Kain brother floating around  ), so the WR core is probably young, but I seem to remember a few underclassmen playing last year.

On the other side of the ball, the defense returns their leading tackler and pre-season All-American (for what's worth). After looking at last year's stats, 9 of the top 12 tacklers from last year's team return.

The non-conference schedule went from two playoff teams last year to a team with ZERO years of experience (Grand View) and a team that Cornell beat the past two years (no offense PH). Maybe that will help the young coaching staff and players (along with former players and fans) gain some confidence.

Here's my safe predication, they will not finish first or last.

I would be pleased with a 7-3 and it would be even better if one of the seven wins is against Central!

Stormchaser...As I said in an earlier post that DF1 posted, I was rocking the boat a little.  I honestly do not see Simpson finishing last.  Obviously I do not see Loras, Coe, or Cornell finishing in the places that I picked them.  Matter of fact, I do not see Central finishing where I placed them either.  

Case in point.  We have had this discussion many times over the last 3 months.  No new information has been released.  We know little regarding how spring ball went.  To that point, there was little that they could really do in spring ball.  There was no contact and it was a lot of drill work.  There are no new convincing points to choose one team over another than there were 2 months ago.  There is no Suckow saga or anything else brewing.  So being it was early in the morning, I did not want to start work, I figured the board needed a little spice.  

Note:  Time will tell regarding BV passing on Coach Glogowski.

Please see picks below.  This is honestly how I see things shaking out this year.  

Wartburg
Central
Coe
Simpson
UD
BV
Cornell
Loras
Luther

I will go on record saying the suprise team of the year will be Cornell.  They will beat Loras and Luther this year, and score 1 win over the other 6.  I am not ready to say who yet.  They will play hard and be in most games.  

Glad to see Klop got that shipment of Purple Kool-aid   8)

That must have been over 80 proof kind.   

[Klopenhiemer]

Pat - there are a couple NAIA teams here in Iowa that have recently started football programs. They used a JV schedule for the first two years of play. I couldn't think of any DIII in the area that have recently started football, so the NAIA teams, including Grand View, are really the only ones I could think of as a measure.

I don't know who the schools are but I know it's hard to use Waldorf as a measuring stick considering they were moving up from the junior college ranks.

If I am not mistaken, Morningside played at least one season of JV before it kicked off a varsity schedule.  This was after they broke their affliation with the NCC.  I know that this is not an NAIA board, but figured that I would add this.  

[Pat Coleman]

Yeah -- several D-III's have gone that route as well, but it's the two years of JV that I hadn't heard of.

[DutchFan2004]

stormchaser you need something to take a chill.  If you thought I was being a posting cop you should stop and read things and digest them.  

[DutchFan2004]

There's still plenty of time. The Suckow saga didn't happen until the last week of July.

That is why I suggested the week before the season starts to have the final preseason picks in.  The EVIL EMPIRE may try to get some more converts before fall practice starts.      We want it all fair don't we and want to wait for all contingent transfers to get settled.   

[Ash Park]

Are you kidding me Klop? Dead last. Let's put it this way, I have a feeling BV will be wishing they hired coach Glo when they had the chance.

#1 QB and RB return. If I remember correctly, most of the OL has at least 2 years of experience. The youngest Kain graduated (are we all tapped out, or is there another Kain brother floating around  ), so the WR core is probably young, but I seem to remember a few underclassmen playing last year.

On the other side of the ball, the defense returns their leading tackler and pre-season All-American (for what's worth). After looking at last year's stats, 9 of the top 12 tacklers from last year's team return.

The non-conference schedule went from two playoff teams last year to a team with ZERO years of experience (Grand View) and a team that Cornell beat the past two years (no offense PH). Maybe that will help the young coaching staff and players (along with former players and fans) gain some confidence.

Here's my safe predication, they will not finish first or last.

I would be pleased with a 7-3 and it would be even better if one of the seven wins is against Central!

Stormchaser...As I said in an earlier post that DF1 posted, I was rocking the boat a little.  I honestly do not see Simpson finishing last.  Obviously I do not see Loras, Coe, or Cornell finishing in the places that I picked them.  Matter of fact, I do not see Central finishing where I placed them either.  

Case in point.  We have had this discussion many times over the last 3 months.  No new information has been released.  We know little regarding how spring ball went.  To that point, there was little that they could really do in spring ball.  There was no contact and it was a lot of drill work.  There are no new convincing points to choose one team over another than there were 2 months ago.  There is no Suckow saga or anything else brewing.  So being it was early in the morning, I did not want to start work, I figured the board needed a little spice.  

Note:  Time will tell regarding BV passing on Coach Glogowski.

Please see picks below.  This is honestly how I see things shaking out this year.  

Wartburg
Central
Coe
Simpson
UD
BV
Cornell
Loras
Luther

I will go on record saying the suprise team of the year will be Cornell.  They will beat Loras and Luther this year, and score 1 win over the other 6.  I am not ready to say who yet.  They will play hard and be in most games.  

I sure hope you are right......I'm just hoping that some of the rumors I have been hearing about some key people leaving or not going out this year are not true. I did hear that Dallas Bush is not coming back and if that is the case the Rams will be hurting for a quarterback and will most likely have to start a freshmen.

[Klopenhiemer]

There's still plenty of time. The Suckow saga didn't happen until the last week of July.

That is why I suggested the week before the season starts to have the final preseason picks in.  The EVIL EMPIRE may try to get some more converts before fall practice starts.      We want it all fair don't we and want to wait for all contingent transfers to get settled.   

If I am not mistaken, Central will be the big winner in the transfer sweapstakes this offseason.  My sources tell the QB from SEP and Drake is coming to Pella.  Looks like he will be the starter as well. 

[Ash Park]

Heys any word on Dallas Bush leaving? I know one person does not make a team but he was the only experienced QB coming back and in fact the only QB in the system if I'm not mistaken.

[New Storm]

Heys any word on Dallas Bush leaving? I know one person does not make a team but he was the only experienced QB coming back and in fact the only QB in the system if I'm not mistaken.

That would be a blow they need an experienced QB not a freshman

[Ash Park]

Yes it would be a huge blow....regardless if they happen to bring in a stud freshmen QB...it would take him at least 1 year to adjust i think