FB: American Rivers Conference

[Purple Heys]

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

1st place with over 5,500 votes after two days. You can vote every day. Make sure the IIAC is represented.

I just voted again for Coach Crunchberries...he's at 6418 now!    

[dutchfan1]

NewKnightDad1 has joined mrs. doolittle, doolittle, w3bfootballdaddy 1 and yours truly in the IIAC group on ESPN's Football Bowl Mania. 

Why don't you join also? 

Go to: http://games.espn.go.com/bowlmania/en/frontpage

Sign in and join the group IIAC Forever.  The password you will need is IIAC2009.

Pick the winners of the 34 bowl games ... rate your confidence leve of your picks (34 High ... 1 Low) ... and then see how you match up with our other IIACers.

You have until kick-off of the Fresno State - Wyoming game to get in on the fun ... and the challenge.

I'm playing -- try and beat me! LOL

Thanks for setting this up!

[DBQ1965]

NewKnightDad1 has joined mrs. doolittle, doolittle, w3bfootballdaddy 1 and yours truly in the IIAC group on ESPN's Football Bowl Mania. 

Why don't you join also? 

Go to: http://games.espn.go.com/bowlmania/en/frontpage

Sign in and join the group IIAC Forever.  The password you will need is IIAC2009.

Pick the winners of the 34 bowl games ... rate your confidence leve of your picks (34 High ... 1 Low) ... and then see how you match up with our other IIACers.

You have until kick-off of the Fresno State - Wyoming game to get in on the fun ... and the challenge.

I'm playing -- try and beat me! LOL

Thanks for setting this up!

Hey ... everyone wants to beat the Dutch.

[DBQ1965]

The clock is ticking with less than 2 hours to get in on the IIAC group in ESPN's College Bowl Mania.

So far we have 8 who have picked their college bowl winners:

mrs. doolittle, doolittle, Wbfootballdaddy, NewKnightDad, JuliePins, IIAC Thunderbolt and Purple Heys.

Join us while there still is time. 

Go to http://games.espn.go.com/bowlmania/en/frontpage

Look for the group named IIAC Forever (password is IIAC2009) and join in the friendly competition.

[Kohawk Krazy]

Anyone catch the pregame show today?  Did the IIAC  have any All-Americans?

[doolittledog]

Because I have nothing better to do on a Saturday night while watching the St. Petersburg Bowl than to look up data from the Department of Education...http://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?s=IA

Buena Vista
Enrollment: 2,376
36% Male ; 64% Female
67% in-state ; 28% out-of-state ; 5% unknown
91% white ; 2% black ; 3% hispanic ; 1 % asian

Central
Enrollment: 1,558
46% Male ; 54 Female
80% in-state ; 19% out-of-state
87% white ; 2% black ; 2% hispanic ; 1% asian

Coe
Enrollment: 1,310
45% Male ; 55% Female
57% in-state ; 38% out-of-state ; 4% foreign countries
85% white ; 2% black ; 2% hispanic ; 1% asian

Cornell
Enrollment: 1,112
49% Male ; 51% Female
17% in-state ; 79% out-of-state ; 3% foreign countries
80% white ; 3% black ; 3% hispanic ; 2 asian

Dubuque
Enrollment: 1,323
55% Male ; 45% Female
31% in-state ; 60% out-of-state ; 2% foreign countries
80% white ; 13% black ; 4% hispanic ; 2% asian

Loras
Enrollment: 1,512
51% Male ; 49% Female
42% in-state ; 54% out-of-state ; 4% foreign countries
89% white ; 1% black ; 2% hispanic

Luther
Enrollment: 2,423
42% Male ; 58% Female
33% in-state ; 62% out-of-state ; 4% foreign countries
85% white ; 1% black ; 2% hispanic ; 2% asian

Simpson
Enrollment: 1,999
41% Male ; 59% Female
87% in-state ; 13% out-of-state ; 1% foreign countries
88% white ; 2% black ; 1% hispanic ; 2% asian

Wartburg
Enrollment: 1,799
47% Male ; 53% Female
72% in-state ; 24% out-of-state ; 4% foreign countries
84% white ; 4% black ; 1% hispanic ; 2% asian

[oldNorse]

Very interesting poat on the IIAC enrollements.  I did not know BV had 2376 students.  Are they all residential students or the "Upper Iowa type", i.e. computer enrollees?  An honest question.

Observation on the UWW-MtUnion game.  Those two teams played at a level that is  a notch or two above any game I have ever seen in the IIAC in the last 50 years.  Receivers play, RB jukes, QB throws and DB/DL/OL play had exceptional consistancy.  Not just an occasional good play.

This is not a knock on the IIAC but only to say that those two team played an exceptional game.

Congrats to the Whitewater and to Mt. Union for such entertainment.

[doolittledog]

Very interesting poat on the IIAC enrollements.  I did not know BV had 2376 students.  Are they all residential students or the "Upper Iowa type", i.e. computer enrollees?  An honest question.

The data I had was from the Department of Education.  Pat Coleman has government data from another site at... http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/InstList.aspx

Interesting how two government agencies can have different data.

BVU - 1,999
Central - 1,426
Coe - 1,249
Cornell - 1,103
Dubuque - 1,279
Loras - 1,440
Luther - 2,347
Simpson - 1,474
Wartburg - 1,729

[coocooforcoekohawk]

Hey Cali,
Missed you at the Rugby X-mas party.

We didn't even finish the keg, but I think the strippers got to drink it once we left.  So everyone had a Merry Christmas.

Merry Christmas to everyone on the board!

[Klompen]

Very interesting poat on the IIAC enrollements.  I did not know BV had 2376 students.  Are they all residential students or the "Upper Iowa type", i.e. computer enrollees?  An honest question.

The data I had was from the Department of Education.  Pat Coleman has government data from another site at... http://ope.ed.gov/athletics/InstList.aspx

Interesting how two government agencies can have different data.

BVU - 1,999
Central - 1,426
Coe - 1,249
Cornell - 1,103
Dubuque - 1,279
Loras - 1,440
Luther - 2,347
Simpson - 1,474
Wartburg - 1,729

Probably reflects different years or slightly different wording about what they are looking for, such as degree-seeking students or all students.  All students would include high school students, post-baccalaureate, guest/visiting students, etc. that would not be in degree-seeking student counts.

[steelhawk]

From the Telegraph Herald

"Late-breaking: Suspects named
A former University of Dubuque standout football player was one of two men arrested Friday in connection with a robbery Thursday morning at Kennedy Road US Bank branch.

Travis A. Strowbridge, 23, was a preseason all-American tackle for UD in 2008."

[doolittledog]

From the Telegraph Herald

"Late-breaking: Suspects named
A former University of Dubuque standout football player was one of two men arrested Friday in connection with a robbery Thursday morning at Kennedy Road US Bank branch.

Travis A. Strowbridge, 23, was a preseason all-American tackle for UD in 2008."

And he had been kicked off the team prior to the 2008 season. 

[warthog]

From the Telegraph Herald

"Late-breaking: Suspects named
A former University of Dubuque standout football player was one of two men arrested Friday in connection with a robbery Thursday morning at Kennedy Road US Bank branch.

Travis A. Strowbridge, 23, was a preseason all-American tackle for UD in 2008."

And he had been kicked off the team prior to the 2008 season. 

Regardless it is a damn shame.  23 years old and having this hanging over you for the rest of your life.  What the hell was he thinking?

[Willie University]

From the Telegraph Herald

"Late-breaking: Suspects named
A former University of Dubuque standout football player was one of two men arrested Friday in connection with a robbery Thursday morning at Kennedy Road US Bank branch.

Travis A. Strowbridge, 23, was a preseason all-American tackle for UD in 2008."

And he had been kicked off the team prior to the 2008 season. 

Regardless it is a damn shame.  23 years old and having this hanging over you for the rest of your life.  What the hell was he thinking?

For him, it was all about football and that was the major problem. He also had some other troubles with the law which lead to his being not let back into school and of course, not allowed back on the team.

It's too bad the Telegraph Herald mentions that he USED to play football for UD but of course, I would expect nothing less from a Lorass/catholic biased organization. I am sure if they put that much effort into digging up dirt on people, they could find a few ex-lorass students with some shady involvements.....but of course, that would never make the paper...

Moving on, he was a past recruit on a past team. As soon as UD realized he was trouble, they handled it regardless of his "football" status as pre-season all-american. That says a lot for the administration about letting someone go that wasn't here for the right reasons. It's just too bad for him given the opportunity he was given, he didn't make the most of it.

Willie U

Funny how Speedkills brings it up.......do you work for the TH too 

But I suppose lorass needs to try to get ANY edge they can in recruiting this year after finishing 8th. 

[Willie University]

My bad Speedkills, I thought you posted it. Steelhawk did. It was the starting with the S and post that threw me off.