FB: American Rivers Conference

[dutchfan1]

How 'bout a roll call for the Central-Wartburg game on Saturday?  Who's going to be in Pella for the showdown?

I'm there! WH, SK, it would be fun to run into you guys before the game!

I plan on crashing Warthog's tailgate at some point. Warthog, what would you like me to contribute?

[TrainsEqualCrowdNoise]

http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080913/SPORTS/709139942&SearchID=73330128975015

Kinda makes you wonder about the coaching and why they are winless if every player is the best. I believe that's TE, RB, and QB now.

I am wondering if every kid on the Cornell roster gets told by Dillon they will be starting and making "all-district"

Bush actually is a pretty good QB, my questions are...Is his head screwed on straight?  And will he be allowed to do anything with his talent with Dillon as HC?

I think most IIAC teams would be happy with the TE and RB Cornell have.  There is some talent in Mt. Vernon...just not enough of it. 

Doolittle you hit the nail on the head every time.  Comments made from Dillon and from this article continue to give me doubts about the future of this program while he is at the helm.  I don't mean to be so negative but it has been hard to find positives since he has been here.  Makes you wonder about his motivations for actually being a coach....

I could be wrong, as I usually state.  And in this case I hope I am...

[LCNorse]

http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080913/SPORTS/709139942&SearchID=73330128975015

Kinda makes you wonder about the coaching and why they are winless if every player is the best. I believe that's TE, RB, and QB now.

I am wondering if every kid on the Cornell roster gets told by Dillon they will be starting and making "all-district"

Bush actually is a pretty good QB, my questions are...Is his head screwed on straight?  And will he be allowed to do anything with his talent with Dillon as HC?

I think most IIAC teams would be happy with the TE and RB Cornell have.  There is some talent in Mt. Vernon...just not enough of it. 

Doolittle you hit the nail on the head every time.  Comments made from Dillon and from this article continue to give me doubts about the future of this program while he is at the helm.  I don't mean to be so negative but it has been hard to find positives since he has been here.  Makes you wonder about his motivations for actually being a coach....

I could be wrong, as I usually state.  And in this case I hope I am...

I wouldn't read to much into what a young man says to a local news paper...lets remember what we are dealing with here...I'm sure it was a mis quote or something...I highly doubt and coach at this level cares more about individual achievement then winning...mostly becasue they won't have a job for very long with out team success

[doolittledog]

http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080913/SPORTS/709139942&SearchID=73330128975015

Kinda makes you wonder about the coaching and why they are winless if every player is the best. I believe that's TE, RB, and QB now.

I am wondering if every kid on the Cornell roster gets told by Dillon they will be starting and making "all-district"

Bush actually is a pretty good QB, my questions are...Is his head screwed on straight?  And will he be allowed to do anything with his talent with Dillon as HC?

I think most IIAC teams would be happy with the TE and RB Cornell have.  There is some talent in Mt. Vernon...just not enough of it. 

Doolittle you hit the nail on the head every time.  Comments made from Dillon and from this article continue to give me doubts about the future of this program while he is at the helm.  I don't mean to be so negative but it has been hard to find positives since he has been here.  Makes you wonder about his motivations for actually being a coach....

I could be wrong, as I usually state.  And in this case I hope I am...

I wouldn't read to much into what a young man says to a local news paper...lets remember what we are dealing with here...I'm sure it was a mis quote or something...I highly doubt and coach at this level cares more about individual achievement then winning...mostly becasue they won't have a job for very long with out team success

Yes, and let's also not forget "leading questions" from reporters to kids minutes after a game finishes.  The kids might not have their heads completely in the right frame of mind at that moment.  Gives us message board fans something to talk about all day long though 

[LCNorse]

I know ol norse, bolt, and doolittle are heading to norseland this weekend...I'm hoping to make it also...just wondering who else plans to take in the game at Decorah. Last time I was on campus lots of renevations were going on...new roads all throughout campus, new science building opened up...and softball, baseball, and football practice fields getting resodded(from the flood)...sounds like it will be a beautiful day at Carlson!

[ShowMe]

http://www.gazetteonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080913/SPORTS/709139942&SearchID=73330128975015

Kinda makes you wonder about the coaching and why they are winless if every player is the best. I believe that's TE, RB, and QB now.

I am wondering if every kid on the Cornell roster gets told by Dillon they will be starting and making "all-district"

Bush actually is a pretty good QB, my questions are...Is his head screwed on straight?  And will he be allowed to do anything with his talent with Dillon as HC?

I think most IIAC teams would be happy with the TE and RB Cornell have.  There is some talent in Mt. Vernon...just not enough of it. 

Doolittle you hit the nail on the head every time.  Comments made from Dillon and from this article continue to give me doubts about the future of this program while he is at the helm.  I don't mean to be so negative but it has been hard to find positives since he has been here.  Makes you wonder about his motivations for actually being a coach....

I could be wrong, as I usually state.  And in this case I hope I am...

Com'on keep the faith. Solving problems is not always as simple has it seems although the best solutions are simple. Also, don't let everybody's perceptions of the teams Cornell has played distort the facts. Both teams played a good game and deserve to win over Cornell. Cornell also played well, there was an obvious difference in the strategy of the passing game between the first and second game so there's an improvement. We had the ugly turnovers show up the last game which is a key to our success.

Based on opinion, COE has had a tough non conference schedule which should help in conference play. I believe Cornell have learned something from the two losses. I just hope they can get it together against Coe.

[5 Words or Less]

... I am sitting in a Panera waiting for a meeting bored out of my gored. 

This might help ...  B U E N A   V I S T A  rearranged spells:

avis abe nut
naive tubas
and
vitabun sae ("Vitamin C" as spoken with a plugged nose)

[Klompen]

This just in - Central football players are planning on eating up and spitting out the orange and the black this weekend as Wal-Mart in Pella had a run on the orange and black oreo cookies.  Wartburg players respond by chewing up all the Big Red gum they can get their hands on.  

[DBQ1965]

Catching up on lots of reading here after returning to northern Germany from 8 days in the former East Germany and a weekend in Prague.  The return here also brought me the news of the UD-Redlands game ... OUCH!  But thanks to Pat and D3football.com for helping to keep me up to speed.

We'll see what kind of team the Spartans are this coming Saturday ... when I will be back in the States but not anywhere close to Decorah.  I may not get to see UD play until November.

Keep it up all you IIACers.

GO SPARTANS!

[TrainsEqualCrowdNoise]

I'm not concerned with the quotes made by Bush, and I know all about leading questions and journalistic omission.  I have my own reasons for why I said what I did, and they don't all stem from this one article.  I did state that I hope that I am wrong, because I still have hope that the program can be "righted" and I sincerely hope that it does as Cornell is my school and who doesn't want their school to succeed.  I was happy to see that there seemed to be a change in play calling that hopefully better used the skill set of one Mr. Bush.  I think he has an opportunity to be a top performer in the conference, but unlike what was stated in the article, I don't think one performance makes him one of those players just yet.  Big week ahead of us, a lot riding on this game.  I hope we come to play and that we minimize mistakes (penalties and turnovers).

[Fannosaurus Rex]

I will watch Central beat Wartburg on the video stream.  Or not considering my luck with computers.

[Walston Hoover]

I will watch Central beat Wartburg on the video stream.  Or not considering my luck with computers.

You having no luck watching Central beating Wartburg on video streatm will have nothing to do with your luck with computers.

[DutchFan2004]

I will be in the parking lot for the pregame festivities.  SK come on over for some of those baked beans.  I think we will have brats and sloppy joes as well.  Any one else wanting to come is welcome.

[Walston Hoover]

I'll have to see how meetings go Saturday morning and if the babysitter comes through for us. Right now, planning on heading to the land of legalized pot, aka dutch country.

[the_mayne_event]

I'm not concerned with the quotes made by Bush, and I know all about leading questions and journalistic omission.  I have my own reasons for why I said what I did, and they don't all stem from this one article.  I did state that I hope that I am wrong, because I still have hope that the program can be "righted" and I sincerely hope that it does as Cornell is my school and who doesn't want their school to succeed.  I was happy to see that there seemed to be a change in play calling that hopefully better used the skill set of one Mr. Bush.  I think he has an opportunity to be a top performer in the conference, but unlike what was stated in the article, I don't think one performance makes him one of those players just yet.  Big week ahead of us, a lot riding on this game.  I hope we come to play and that we minimize mistakes (penalties and turnovers).

he had an average game.  nothing to write home about... averaging 9 yards per pass isnt anything spactacular.

man, i would be pissed if i had to wear those purple and white striped socks teh cornell players wear