FB: American Rivers Conference

[putmeincoach]

if we agree Coe/Dubuque is the game of the week.....which other game may be closer than we think?

[D3Dutchman]

Speaking of new facilities / fields, if your respective school's field has soccer lines on it...it doesn't count.  Just sayin.

[notlongago]

if we agree Coe/Dubuque is the game of the week.....which other game may be closer than we think?

Central/BV could be closer than it appears to be on the surface... BV has played only ranked teams (other than wartburg), they have huge receiving targets that could exploit the Dutch DBs, and factor in the long ass drive it has the makings of 27-21 type win for the dutch

[putmeincoach]

if we agree Coe/Dubuque is the game of the week.....which other game may be closer than we think?

Central/BV could be closer than it appears to be on the surface... BV has played only ranked teams (other than wartburg), they have huge receiving targets that could exploit the Dutch DBs, and factor in the long ass drive it has the makings of 27-21 type win for the dutch

I had the same thoughts on that game

[warthog]

Speaking of new facilities / fields, if your respective school's field has soccer lines on it...it doesn't count.  Just sayin.

No greater truth has ever been posted on this site.

[duhawk]

Looks like Coe is looking at doing some more facility improvements in the future.  I pulled this off a website I work on daily that has information on project in the planning stages.

Campus Expansion Project; Provide For Playing Fields For Athletics And Intramurals, Acquire Properties To Convert To Green Space, Beautify Campus, Revitalize Northeast Side Neighborhood Including Adjoining Business District, Fieldhouse Performance Arena Improvements, FieldTurf All Weather Surface For Clark Field

Just more reason Central needs to fix their facilities. After this Wartburg will have the "W" over them, DBQ has...well everything, and Coe will have a nicer field at the minimum.

Buena Vista just completed a major renovation of their football stadium.  New field turf and track, lights, renovated concessions/restrooms, new scoreboard.  I think all that is left is to put in new visitor side seating. 

Simpson put in new turf last season, along with new ticket booths, concessions/restrooms which was phase 1 with phase 2 to be new seating. 

Has anyone questioned the safety and/or legality of Loras putting up visiting side bleachers on top of a cliff with no barriers to keep someone from falling a good 30ft or so???

Maybe some of the people on here that played in the Rock Bowl can verify also.

On the northwest corner of the field in the field of play a large rock (boulder)sticks up through the playing surface.  When we were on the field after the game with our son last year he pointed it out to us.  I can't believe they leave that thing there.

Talk about a school that needs a new playing surface.

Umm, that surface is 4 years old and was completely regraded before the fieldturf was put down, I've been down there many times and have never heard anyone from Loras mention it.  Maybe it's Jimmy Hoffa.

[duhawk]

Speaking of new facilities / fields, if your respective school's field has soccer lines on it...it doesn't count.  Just sayin.

No greater truth has ever been posted on this site.

Go ahead and keep thinking your institution wouldn't defile the football field by putting soccer lines on it.
The greater truth is that not all colleges can go out to the back 40 and 'trow down some soccer lines in the cow pasture. 

To Doolittle's point about the visiting bleachers, my understanding is the Rockbowl was never intended to have visiting bleachers but Wahlert wanted to play there and high school rules mandate that there must be bleachers on opposite sides of the field.  I'll trust that UD fans have enough common sense to not fall off a cliff, plus it makes it nearly impossible for visiting fans to storm the field after a big win, it would take them 5 min. to get there. 

[doolittledog]

if we agree Coe/Dubuque is the game of the week.....which other game may be closer than we think?

Last year, Luther/Wartburg was a 3 point game.  Maybe this happends again???

[doolittledog]

Umm, that surface is 4 years old and was completely regraded before the fieldturf was put down, I've been down there many times and have never heard anyone from Loras mention it.  Maybe it's Jimmy Hoffa.

I was thinking along those lines as well...instead of Giants stadium, it was the Rock Bowl

Rocks work their way up in our fields all the time...I suppose even after all the regrading at the Rock Bowl a rock the size of a bowling ball could be working it's way up now. 

[doolittledog]

Go ahead and keep thinking your institution wouldn't defile the football field by putting soccer lines on it.
The greater truth is that not all colleges can go out to the back 40 and 'trow down some soccer lines in the cow pasture.  

To Doolittle's point about the visiting bleachers, my understanding is the Rockbowl was never intended to have visiting bleachers but Wahlert wanted to play there and high school rules mandate that there must be bleachers on opposite sides of the field.  I'll trust that UD fans have enough common sense to not fall off a cliff, plus it makes it nearly impossible for visiting fans to storm the field after a big win, it would take them 5 min. to get there.

I don't like soccer lines on a football field, but also agree with what you are saying.  Older schools in a larger metro area like Loras don't always have the luxury of expanding like other schools in our conference.  Though, I wonder if you could shake down Greg Gumbel for a few million and redo Clark/Faber field back into the Loras soccer facility.  That would be a great place to see a game...and see soccer on real grass, like it should be. 

As far as the visitor bleachers at Loras, I agree, most fans will have the common sense not to do anything stupid.  I was just thinking in this day and age where there is some sort of code for EVERYTHING that some fire marshall or attorney hoping to make a name for himself would have put the kibosh on bleachers way up there.  More a legality sort of thing than an actual need sort of thing. 

[NewKnightDad]

Looks like Coe is looking at doing some more facility improvements in the future.  I pulled this off a website I work on daily that has information on project in the planning stages.

Campus Expansion Project; Provide For Playing Fields For Athletics And Intramurals, Acquire Properties To Convert To Green Space, Beautify Campus, Revitalize Northeast Side Neighborhood Including Adjoining Business District, Fieldhouse Performance Arena Improvements, FieldTurf All Weather Surface For Clark Field

Just more reason Central needs to fix their facilities. After this Wartburg will have the "W" over them, DBQ has...well everything, and Coe will have a nicer field at the minimum.

Buena Vista just completed a major renovation of their football stadium.  New field turf and track, lights, renovated concessions/restrooms, new scoreboard.  I think all that is left is to put in new visitor side seating. 

Simpson put in new turf last season, along with new ticket booths, concessions/restrooms which was phase 1 with phase 2 to be new seating. 

Has anyone questioned the safety and/or legality of Loras putting up visiting side bleachers on top of a cliff with no barriers to keep someone from falling a good 30ft or so???

Maybe some of the people on here that played in the Rock Bowl can verify also.

On the northwest corner of the field in the field of play a large rock (boulder)sticks up through the playing surface.  When we were on the field after the game with our son last year he pointed it out to us.  I can't believe they leave that thing there.

Talk about a school that needs a new playing surface.

Umm, that surface is 4 years old and was completely regraded before the fieldturf was put down, I've been down there many times and have never heard anyone from Loras mention it.  Maybe it's Jimmy Hoffa.

Check it out the next time you are there, I believe it is the NW corner in the field of play.  I saw it with my own eyes and could not believe it.

We sat on the home side last year, very scenic venue for a football game.

[duhawk]

Looks like Coe is looking at doing some more facility improvements in the future.  I pulled this off a website I work on daily that has information on project in the planning stages.

Campus Expansion Project; Provide For Playing Fields For Athletics And Intramurals, Acquire Properties To Convert To Green Space, Beautify Campus, Revitalize Northeast Side Neighborhood Including Adjoining Business District, Fieldhouse Performance Arena Improvements, FieldTurf All Weather Surface For Clark Field

Just more reason Central needs to fix their facilities. After this Wartburg will have the "W" over them, DBQ has...well everything, and Coe will have a nicer field at the minimum.

Buena Vista just completed a major renovation of their football stadium.  New field turf and track, lights, renovated concessions/restrooms, new scoreboard.  I think all that is left is to put in new visitor side seating. 

Simpson put in new turf last season, along with new ticket booths, concessions/restrooms which was phase 1 with phase 2 to be new seating. 

Has anyone questioned the safety and/or legality of Loras putting up visiting side bleachers on top of a cliff with no barriers to keep someone from falling a good 30ft or so???

Maybe some of the people on here that played in the Rock Bowl can verify also.

On the northwest corner of the field in the field of play a large rock (boulder)sticks up through the playing surface.  When we were on the field after the game with our son last year he pointed it out to us.  I can't believe they leave that thing there.

Talk about a school that needs a new playing surface.

Umm, that surface is 4 years old and was completely regraded before the fieldturf was put down, I've been down there many times and have never heard anyone from Loras mention it.  Maybe it's Jimmy Hoffa.

Check it out the next time you are there, I believe it is the NW corner in the field of play.  I saw it with my own eyes and could not believe it.

We sat on the home side last year, very scenic venue for a football game.

I'll check it out and let you know if I find it.

[Duhawkin]

Go ahead and keep thinking your institution wouldn't defile the football field by putting soccer lines on it.
The greater truth is that not all colleges can go out to the back 40 and 'trow down some soccer lines in the cow pasture.  

To Doolittle's point about the visiting bleachers, my understanding is the Rockbowl was never intended to have visiting bleachers but Wahlert wanted to play there and high school rules mandate that there must be bleachers on opposite sides of the field.  I'll trust that UD fans have enough common sense to not fall off a cliff, plus it makes it nearly impossible for visiting fans to storm the field after a big win, it would take them 5 min. to get there.

I don't like soccer lines on a football field, but also agree with what you are saying.  Older schools in a larger metro area like Loras don't always have the luxury of expanding like other schools in our conference.  Though, I wonder if you could shake down Greg Gumbel for a few million and redo Clark/Faber field back into the Loras soccer facility.  That would be a great place to see a game...and see soccer on real grass, like it should be. 

As far as the visitor bleachers at Loras, I agree, most fans will have the common sense not to do anything stupid.  I was just thinking in this day and age where there is some sort of code for EVERYTHING that some fire marshall or attorney hoping to make a name for himself would have put the kibosh on bleachers way up there.  More a legality sort of thing than an actual need sort of thing.

Clark/Faber field would be a great idea, but it doesn't hold water well and there's no where to drain it. There's been rumors flying around that once we replace the rockbowl's turf that we will move it down to Clark/Faber.

[Duhawkin]

Looks like Coe is looking at doing some more facility improvements in the future.  I pulled this off a website I work on daily that has information on project in the planning stages.

Campus Expansion Project; Provide For Playing Fields For Athletics And Intramurals, Acquire Properties To Convert To Green Space, Beautify Campus, Revitalize Northeast Side Neighborhood Including Adjoining Business District, Fieldhouse Performance Arena Improvements, FieldTurf All Weather Surface For Clark Field

Just more reason Central needs to fix their facilities. After this Wartburg will have the "W" over them, DBQ has...well everything, and Coe will have a nicer field at the minimum.

Buena Vista just completed a major renovation of their football stadium.  New field turf and track, lights, renovated concessions/restrooms, new scoreboard.  I think all that is left is to put in new visitor side seating. 

Simpson put in new turf last season, along with new ticket booths, concessions/restrooms which was phase 1 with phase 2 to be new seating. 

Has anyone questioned the safety and/or legality of Loras putting up visiting side bleachers on top of a cliff with no barriers to keep someone from falling a good 30ft or so???

Maybe some of the people on here that played in the Rock Bowl can verify also.

On the northwest corner of the field in the field of play a large rock (boulder)sticks up through the playing surface.  When we were on the field after the game with our son last year he pointed it out to us.  I can't believe they leave that thing there.

Talk about a school that needs a new playing surface.

Umm, that surface is 4 years old and was completely regraded before the fieldturf was put down, I've been down there many times and have never heard anyone from Loras mention it.  Maybe it's Jimmy Hoffa.

Check it out the next time you are there, I believe it is the NW corner in the field of play.  I saw it with my own eyes and could not believe it.

We sat on the home side last year, very scenic venue for a football game.

I'll check it out and let you know if I find it.

As a player there now, there was a 'boulder'. It is actually just a glob of glue that rose to the top and hardened. It was cut out and replaced during summer camp.

[duhawk]

Go ahead and keep thinking your institution wouldn't defile the football field by putting soccer lines on it.
The greater truth is that not all colleges can go out to the back 40 and 'trow down some soccer lines in the cow pasture.  

To Doolittle's point about the visiting bleachers, my understanding is the Rockbowl was never intended to have visiting bleachers but Wahlert wanted to play there and high school rules mandate that there must be bleachers on opposite sides of the field.  I'll trust that UD fans have enough common sense to not fall off a cliff, plus it makes it nearly impossible for visiting fans to storm the field after a big win, it would take them 5 min. to get there.

I don't like soccer lines on a football field, but also agree with what you are saying.  Older schools in a larger metro area like Loras don't always have the luxury of expanding like other schools in our conference.  Though, I wonder if you could shake down Greg Gumbel for a few million and redo Clark/Faber field back into the Loras soccer facility.  That would be a great place to see a game...and see soccer on real grass, like it should be. 

As far as the visitor bleachers at Loras, I agree, most fans will have the common sense not to do anything stupid.  I was just thinking in this day and age where there is some sort of code for EVERYTHING that some fire marshall or attorney hoping to make a name for himself would have put the kibosh on bleachers way up there.  More a legality sort of thing than an actual need sort of thing.

It would be nice if Gumbel would pony up for that but that is the last green space on the Loras campus. 

I agree about the liability factor of the Rock Bowl, I guess it won't come up until someone falls off.