FB: American Rivers Conference

[DBQ1965]

Page 1959 ... the year I graduated from high school.

[DutchFan2004]

Its a two horse race for Conference MVP.  Brad Boyle and David Zachary.  Zachary gets an edge for being on the best team, but Boyle gets an edge for his contributions both in the air and on the ground with 16 passing TDs (2nd in the conference) and 8 rushing TDs (3rd in the conference). 

I think if Coe wins out, Staker should be the hands down COY due o the fact that his peers thought this Coe team was good enough to finish 7th in the preseason poll.

Just my two cents.

I agree with you on both the MVP and COY.  I would make the case for Coach Mac that if they go 10 with the team he may get it.  Also I can see there being co COY this year for the job Staker has done at Coe.  Kind of hard to pass on a perfect season even if you were picked high in the conference we were not picked to win it. 

Zachery for MVP I think he has earned it.  With Boyle and I know its kind of hard but a QB that doesnt win the conference and had a poor showing against Central kind of makes him second.  Time will tell. 

[doolittledog]

Page 1959 ... the year I graduated from high school.

That means you could have attended your 50th high school reunion this year!!!

You're a California kid...but that is even pre Beach Boys and Gidget and Beach Blanket Bingo and all that  

[DutchFan2004]

The weather should be beautiful - 60 degree temps, even! It's going to be balmy!

You all can thank me later for bringing my family and my weather to Cornell's Senior Day    8)

I will thank you now.  Congrats to Jr on Senior day.  I hope that for you and him the Rams can get that monkey off their backs.  If Central wasn't playing the burg I would have come and watched Jr.  Good luck this weekend.

[DutchHawk]

I think if Central (when) Central goes 10-0 and Coe 9-1 then the most fair thing to do is have co COY awards. I think each achievement is worthy. Dont know if they have ever had it but hard to argue against a 6-4 team last year be this dominant this year, and a team picked 7th to place 2nd.

Thats my vote

[doolittledog]

Dubuque Telegraph-Herald crystal ball picks for this weekend.

http://www.thonline.com/article.cfm?id=262123

They predict a 19-12 Duhawk victory over Cornell and a 23-20 Luther win over Dubuque...among other picks. 

[DBQ1965]

Page 1959 ... the year I graduated from high school.

That means you could have attended your 50th high school reunion this year!!!

You're a California kid...but that is even pre Beach Boys and Gidget and Beach Blanket Bingo and all that  

Yes ... Buddy Holly and the Crickets ... Richie Valens ... Bobby Darin ... Frankie Avalon ... and so many more.

[5 Words or Less]

Was baseball deemed too expensive?

		Operating	Team
UNI		Expenses	Total
2007	Number of	per	Operating
Sport	Participants	Participants	Expenses
Basketball	16	$24,142	$386,269
Football	105	$4,203	$441,339
Baseball	35	$6,156	$215,446
Track - In/Out	112	$1,276	$142,902
Golf	15	$2,226	$33,397
Wrestling	30	$2,691	$80,719

Cross Country info wasn't listed

Source: U.S. Department of Education (via Doolittle's link) http://www.ope.ed.gov/athletics/InstList.aspx

Doolittle, was this the link?

[doolittledog]

I think it might.  It was during that discussion anyway.

Thanks for finding that!!!

[MWCfan787]

Good Luck to Wartburg and Buena Vista this week

sincerely from the MWC

[SpeedKills84]

I think a strong case can be made for Nate Snead for player of the year.  He has 9 passing td's and 13 rushing including the game winner against UWSP.  His qb efficiency rating is 138.08 vs Boyle's 131.2.

Boyle's rating is 148.8 and combined passing/rushing has accounted for around 800 more yards and and 2 more touchdowns than Snead.  Zachary is having the best year at rb in the league and Boyle is at qb.  Zweifel should be ranked ahead Snead.

[Old Dutch]

Good Luck to Wartburg and Buena Vista this week

sincerely from the MWC

Life can't be any fun when you always have to hope for others to lose.  

I don't know if it will be a close game or a blowout, don't care, as long as the Dutch take care of business and get the W.

[BeaverOfYore]

The season must be over:

The last 250 posts -

Central Fans  -  102
Wartburg Fans - 40
Cornell Fans  - - 27
Dubuque Fans  - 25
Outside the IIAC 25
Coe Fans - - - - 19
Luther Fans - - - 9
Simpson Fans - - 3
TOTAL - - - - - - 250

We're used to Loras never getting talked about on here.  Where did all the BV people go???  Klop gets busy and they all took off!!!

Still lurking, just not as often.  I've been busy too, and I haven't been able to make it to as many games this year.  Sorry that you guys from other schools don't understand what it's like to have a successful career.

[DutchHawk]

I think a strong case can be made for Nate Snead for player of the year.  He has 9 passing td's and 13 rushing including the game winner against UWSP.  His qb efficiency rating is 138.08 vs Boyle's 131.2.

Boyle's rating is 148.8 and combined passing/rushing has accounted for around 800 more yards and and 2 more touchdowns than Snead.  Zachary is having the best year at rb in the league and Boyle is at qb.  Zweifel should be ranked ahead Snead.

If you look at conference only stats, as you should being as though we are talking about conference player of the year awards, Boyle is 3rd in Pass efficiency behind both Central QB's He also completes fewer percentage of passes when compared to Snead. Boyle has 20 tds, Snead has 18.

Im not saying Snead for POY, just raising the point that you have to look at conference only stats, but I think its between Zachary and Boyle.

Zachary is running for 132 yards per game in conference.

[DutchFan2004]

I think a strong case can be made for Nate Snead for player of the year.  He has 9 passing td's and 13 rushing including the game winner against UWSP.  His qb efficiency rating is 138.08 vs Boyle's 131.2.

Boyle's rating is 148.8 and combined passing/rushing has accounted for around 800 more yards and and 2 more touchdowns than Snead.  Zachary is having the best year at rb in the league and Boyle is at qb.  Zweifel should be ranked ahead Snead.

I am not sure you will ever see a receiver get MVP.  My reasoning is that passing starts with the QB.  He has to read the coverage to find the open guy.  The he has to deliver a catchable ball.  If those two things don't happen the third thing can't happen, the catch, the thing that the receiver gets credit for.