FB: American Rivers Conference

[CaliRamRL6]

I can't comment on Cornell's performance vs Wartburg but I will say something about the weight room comment. The couple of times that I made it to Mount Vernon this past Spring, I saw a large group of football players working out with the strength coach. They might have some small guys but they have some big boys as well. Most of those players have worked hard to improve their strength and conditioning. I talked with Coach B this summer and he commented on the improved strength he saw after Coach Frey was hired on at Cornell. One thing he didn't see was much improvement in foot speed. That's something that he wanted to change in their workouts.

[CaliRamRL6]

I don't know if Coe is going to have a big home field advantage.  I'll bet Central brings more fans.

coocoo, are you showing up for this one?

[Klompen]

Sure would be nice if there were more seating for this game, particularly behind the visiting team, since that is where the majority of the fans would choose to sit.    Central does travel very well.

[DutchHawk]

2006               Central             31-28 (OT)
2007               Central             24-17
2008               Central             27-10
2009               Central             24-6

The disparity in scores keeps growing 3, 7, 17, 18 point wins since the last loss in 2005, which was a 3 point loss. Almost had the comeback, down 17-0, lost 17-14 and we were moving the ball at the end of the game into Coe territory.

Should be a fun game, watched Coe vs some no name NAIA school highlights, they run a very methodical offense, find the holes, make the plays. Cant wait!

Go Dutch!

[Klompen]

Just got done watching the Central/Simpson JV game.  Central won 42-15.  We have some GREAT young talent coming up including a couple of very fine QBs with good throwing arms, good receivers who can make things happen, a good running back wearing #8 (imagine that) and of course some good linemen including offensive lineman AZ Jr.  In fact, one of the FR QBs is also from AZ. 

Saw some of the strangest plays I have ever seen at a FB game.  Of course all of them were in Central's favor.    I will say, Central plays athletes other than just FR because there are a lot of talented players that don't get Saturday playing time.  One of those athletes happens to be Ethan Miller, who finished in the top 10 in the decathalon at the NCAA championships.  Just before half, Simpson was going to kick a
FG and Central blocked it.  Ethan Miller came up with it, and if I remember it correctly, he ran all the way to the left sideline, ran out of room and changed direction, going all the way to the right sideline, ran out of real estate, reversed yet again and when he approached the sideline for the third time turned on the jets and finally turned the corner, taking it all the way in for a TD.  I've never seen anything like it, sure wish they would put that on the highlights video, even if it is from a JV game. 

Then, on a Simpson pass, a Central player was trying for the pick, but the ball bounced off the center of his back in his diving attempt to catch it.  The astute player flipped over and up to catch the ball before it hit the ground for an INT.  Fluky, but fun, fun, fun plays to watch. 

Central has lots of young talent to fill future holes. 

[DBQ1965]

Just got done watching the Central/Simpson JV game.  Central won 42-15.  We have some GREAT young talent coming up including a couple of very fine QBs with good throwing arms, good receivers who can make things happen, a good running back wearing #8 (imagine that) and of course some good linemen including offensive lineman AZ Jr.  In fact, one of the FR QBs is also from AZ. 

Saw some of the strangest plays I have ever seen at a FB game.  Of course all of them were in Central's favor.    I will say, Central plays athletes other than just FR because there are a lot of talented players that don't get Saturday playing time.  One of those athletes happens to be Ethan Miller, who finished in the top 10 in the decathalon at the NCAA championships.  Just before half, Simpson was going to kick a
FG and Central blocked it.  Ethan Miller came up with it, and if I remember it correctly, he ran all the way to the left sideline, ran out of room and changed direction, going all the way to the right sideline, ran out of real estate, reversed yet again and when he approached the sideline for the third time turned on the jets and finally turned the corner, taking it all the way in for a TD.  I've never seen anything like it, sure wish they would put that on the highlights video, even if it is from a JV game. 

Then, on a Simpson pass, a Central player was trying for the pick, but the ball bounced off the center of his back in his diving attempt to catch it.  The astute player flipped over and up to catch the ball before it hit the ground for an INT.  Fluky, but fun, fun, fun plays to watch. 

Central has lots of young talent to fill future holes. 

Of course, Simpson is likely to be a great challenge.

[Klompen]

Of course, Simpson is likely to be a great challenge.

I thought of that too, and it applies to several aspects, but there were some beautiful LONG passes that were perfectly timed and on the mark.  Maybe the QB's had more time than other teams would have allowed, but both were FR QB's and both had some really outstanding passes.

[Klompen]

http://www.central.edu/athletics/story.cfm?storyID=3108
Above is the link to Central's write-up for Saturday's game for the Coe and Central faithful out there.

[DutchHawk]

Where are the Kohawk faithful!?

[DutchHawk]

Just got done watching the Central/Simpson JV game.  Central won 42-15.  We have some GREAT young talent coming up including a couple of very fine QBs with good throwing arms, good receivers who can make things happen, a good running back wearing #8 (imagine that) and of course some good linemen including offensive lineman AZ Jr.  In fact, one of the FR QBs is also from AZ. 

Saw some of the strangest plays I have ever seen at a FB game.  Of course all of them were in Central's favor.    I will say, Central plays athletes other than just FR because there are a lot of talented players that don't get Saturday playing time.  One of those athletes happens to be Ethan Miller, who finished in the top 10 in the decathalon at the NCAA championships.  Just before half, Simpson was going to kick a
FG and Central blocked it.  Ethan Miller came up with it, and if I remember it correctly, he ran all the way to the left sideline, ran out of room and changed direction, going all the way to the right sideline, ran out of real estate, reversed yet again and when he approached the sideline for the third time turned on the jets and finally turned the corner, taking it all the way in for a TD.  I've never seen anything like it, sure wish they would put that on the highlights video, even if it is from a JV game. 

Then, on a Simpson pass, a Central player was trying for the pick, but the ball bounced off the center of his back in his diving attempt to catch it.  The astute player flipped over and up to catch the ball before it hit the ground for an INT.  Fluky, but fun, fun, fun plays to watch. 

Central has lots of young talent to fill future holes. 

Of course, Simpson is likely to be a great challenge.

Central plays about a 7 or 8 game JV schedule per year, its not like you can have a whole lot of choices in who you play, so you take what you get. If memory serves me right they haven't lost many JV games in the last year or two, for what thats worth. Gotta get the young guys real game experience so they are ready to step in to varsity roles in the future!

[Charlie Kohawk]

Where are the Kohawk faithful!?

Resting.

[Stagg Again!!]

Congrats to Coe for moving up a spot in the rankings.  So it is #7 vs #9.  Does that make it "Game of the Week?"  Not the rankings matter right?

IMO, Week #4 Games of the Week should include:
#5 Mary Hardin Baylor v. #9 Hardin-Simmons
#7 Central v. #10 Coe
#14 North Central v. #20 UW-Eau Claire

Certainly, C v. C is on par with MHB v. HS

[warthog]

IMO, Week #4 Games of the Week should include:
#5 Mary Hardin Baylor v. #9 Hardin-Simmons
#7 Central v. #10 Coe
#14 North Central v. #20 UW-Eau Claire

Certainly, C v. C is on par with MHB v. HS

Were I a betting person, I might take the lower ranked team in all three games.

Knowing that seating is always an issue when Wartburg plays at Coe, we took bag chairs the last time we went to watch the Knights play at Coe.  We set them up on the corner of the end zone by the ball diamond and had the best seats in the house.

[AZDutchman]

...Ethan Miller came up with it, and if I remember it correctly, he ran all the way to the left sideline, ran out of room and changed direction, going all the way to the right sideline, ran out of real estate, reversed yet again and when he approached the sideline for the third time turned on the jets and finally turned the corner, taking it all the way in for a TD.  ..

That's one of those plays that the coach is going crazy while it's happening, but says that it was in the play book after it works. 

[footballdaddy]

Of course, Simpson is likely to be a great challenge.

I thought of that too, and it applies to several aspects, but there were some beautiful LONG passes that were perfectly timed and on the mark.  Maybe the QB's had more time than other teams would have allowed, but both were FR QB's and both had some really outstanding passes.

It's hard to read a lot into a JV game. Different schools approach them differently. Wartburg used them for player development first and winning the game second while others may put their emphasis in different places. Wartburg plays everyone that suits in 10 play rotations per position while from what I've seen, Central plays their starters usually into the second half without a lot of substitution. Both ways seem to work for each team.
For what it's worth, Wartburg JV beat Luther JV 32-0 Sunday in Decorah.