FB: American Rivers Conference

[doolittledog]

Anybody out there have any news on 2010 football schedules?

We know who Coe is playing in their non-con games.  Central has released their schedule.  Dubuque should open with Rockford, @ UW-Platteville, @ Central. 

If anybody else has any info please share.  The earlier I can bug my wife about scheduling roadtrips the better

[Charlie Kohawk]

A vote for Coach Staker is a vote for the IIAC. Let's all support a most deserving candidate for D3 Coach of the Year. Visit coachoftheyear.com Dec. 15-29 to vote among the finalists. Fan votes constitute 20 percent of a coach's final score.

http://www.coeathletics.com/article/341.php

Here is Pat's assessment of the D3 Coach of the Year finalists, who include:
Steve Briggs - Susquehanna University
Greg Debeljak - Case Western Reserve University
John Gagliardi - Saint John's
Steve Staker - Coe College
John Troxell - Frankin & Marshall College

"That's a ridiculous list of finalists. I get to cast a regular ballot for this award and I'm thinking of returning it blank."

http://catdomealumni.blogspot.com/2009/12/coach-of-year-update-coach-smith-was.html

Wow! 

Vote for Steve Staker every day from Dec. 15 to 29 at www.coachoftheyear.com. 

[Purple Heys]

Hey Heys, do some scouting on Chance Early, son of former Hawkeye WR Quinn Early.  His Cathedral Catholic Dons are playing at Qualcomm on Friday.  Quinn is hoping his son can get some attention from the Hawkeyes.  If not, maybe he could be a big time receiver in the IIAC!!!

Here is a clip his dad provided on a Hawkeye site.  He is up for play of the week against Vista product Stefan McClure.  http://www.kusi.com/ppr/playoftheweek/78824757.html

You bring back some good memories with that Prep Pigskin Report. I think that McClure kid is the nephew of my godparents.

An extra word about Stefan McClure.  He is a junior CB who spent last Friday night on an island with Kenny Stills.  Stills, after this year, became San Diego's all-time leading receiver and he is being recruited by Florida, USC, Michigan, Oklahoma and every other big-time D1 program.

Is this Kenny Stills related to the Kenny Stills who was a DB at Wisconsin and played for the Packers and I think the Vikings? Maybe we'll see him in the Big Ten.

I would be talking about Kenny Stills, Jr.  He is the son of the very same Kenny Stills of UW and the Packers and Vikes.  Kenny Junior played his Little League Baseball at Oceanside Valley (for the Rockies) against Rev. 3.  Kenny Junior was 12 then and Rev. 3 was 10.   

[doolittledog]

Heys, give our best to .Jr. He deserves the recognition he is getting. Fell free to brag to us all you want, you've earned it too!

Kudos to all the other IIAC players who earned their recognition too. Next year we will dominate the teams!

Thanks...it is much appreciated.  Jr. was excited...when I called him he said, "thanks Dad, can I call you back, I'm lifting."       Gotta love that work ethic.      Seriously, though, he was excited.

They did an article about him in our local paper this past Tuesday...I'll link it when they post it.

Jr. thought it was better to tell dad he was lifting weights instead of talking to a couple cheerleaders about going out later that night

[footballdaddy]

Hey DDog, don't be so sure .JR wasn't really lifting. It was only 12.oz at a time!

Just kidding Heys! But heck, I was 21 once!

[DBQ1965]

     COACH QUOTES
   
#1.  After you retire, there's only one big event left... and I ain't ready for that.' Bobby Bowden /  Florida  State

#2.  'The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely to be the one who dropped it.  Lou Holtz / Arkansas
 
#3. There's nothing that cleanses your soul like getting the hell kicked out of you.' Woody Hayes /  Ohio State
 
#4.  I don't expect to win enough games to be put on NCAA probation.  I just want to win enough to warrant an investigation.  Bob Devaney / Nebraska
 
#5.  It's kind of hard to rally around a math class.    Bear Bryant /  Alabama
 
#6.  I make my practices real hard because if a player is a quitter, I want him to quit in practice, not in a game.      Bear Bryant / Alabama
 
#7.  I never graduated from  Iowa , but I was only there for two terms - Truman's and Eisenhower's.  Alex Karras / Iowa
 
#8.  My advice to defensive players:  Take the shortest route to the ball and arrive in a bad humor.   Bowden Wyatt /  Tennessee
 
#9.  I could have been a Rhodes Scholar, except for my grades.   Duffy Daugherty /  Michigan State
 
#10.  Always remember... Goliath was a 40 point favorite over David.'   Shug  Jordan  /  Auburn
 
#11.  I asked Darrell Royal, the coach of the Texas Longhorns, why he didn't recruit me and he said:  'Well, Walt, we took a look at you and you weren't any good.   Walt Garrison /  Oklahoma  State
 
#12. Son, you've got a good engine, but your hands aren't on the steering wheel.  Bobby Bowden /  Florida   State

#13.  Football is not a contact sport - it is a collision sport.  Dancing is a contact sport.   Duffy Daugherty / Michigan   State

#14.  After USC lost 51-0 to Notre Dame, his postgame message to his team:  All those who need showers, take them.   John McKay / USC

#15.  If lessons are learned in defeat, our team is getting a great education. Murray Warmath / Minnesota

#16.  'The only qualifications for a lineman are to be big and dumb.  To be a back, you only have to be dumb.                                Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

#17. It isn't necessary to see a good tackle.  You can hear it.  Knute Rockne / Notre Dame
 
#18.  We didn't tackle well today but we made up for it by not blocking.   
Wilson Matthews /  Little Rock   Central   High School

#19.  I've found that prayers work best when you have big players.
'   Knute Rockne / Notre Dame

  #20.  'Gentlemen, it is better to have died as a small boy than to fumble this football.'   John Heisman   AUBURN
 

[footballdaddy]

Those are great quotes, humorous and true at the same time. I do belive that #13 is actually attributed to Vince Lombardi, but I could be wrong.

[Mr. Ypsi]

Those are great quotes, humorous and true at the same time. I do belive that #13 is actually attributed to Vince Lombardi, but I could be wrong.

As a Michigander, I know that at least around here it is always attributed to Duffy.  There are many famous quotations attributed to multiple people; tracking down who said it first can be tricky.  (I suspect many who have won out actually heard it from their neighbor or barber! )

[warthog]

Those are great quotes, humorous and true at the same time. I do belive that #13 is actually attributed to Vince Lombardi, but I could be wrong.

As a Michigander, I know that at least around here it is always attributed to Duffy.  There are many famous quotations attributed to multiple people; tracking down who said it first can be tricky.  (I suspect many who have won out actually heard it from their neighbor or barber! )

The sources I was using for my quotes of the day, that were being printed during the season, credit many of the  sayings to people other than the coaches DBQ1965 credits.  I think Mr. Ypsi may be correct in his analysis.

[warthog]

Great news about the D3 championship game (Stagg Bowl) is that I can now get my Christmas shopping completed next Saturday, because I don't give a rat's ass who wins. 

[Fannosaurus Rex]

I wouldn't care who won the Super Bowl or the BCS Championship most years if I didn't bet on them.  Come to think of it, I still don't care who wins just whether or not they cover.

[doolittledog]

I actually try to watch the D3 championship game most years.  That way I feel like I did my part if the D3 game gets a higher rating than the D2 and D1-AA championship games.

Of course I watched the 3rd quarter of this years D2 championship game.  And if I happen to be home and find the D1-AA championship game while flipping channels I will probably watch that as well.  I like college football, doesn't matter the level.  That is probably why I drag my wife around the state of Iowa in the fall following D3 football

[DBQ1965]

Join the IIAC group in ESPN's College Bowl Mania.  34 bowl games beginning this Saturday ... pick the winners and rate the games of the basis of confidence in your picks.

Go to this web-site ... http://games.espn.go.com/bowlmania/en/frontpage ...

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[wartknight]

I wouldn't care who won the Super Bowl or the BCS Championship most years if I didn't bet on them.  Come to think of it, I still don't care who wins just whether or not they cover.

You aren't stealing a quote from Art Schlichter are you?

[footballdaddy]

I wouldn't bet on it!