FB: American Rivers Conference

Old Dutch · October 05, 2013, 10:05:18 AM

Quote from: doolittledog on October 05, 2013, 09:22:49 AM
The grass on the island in our driveway is freshly mowed. My wife, more than ever, is convinced she married an idiot! Our van is packed and we are heading over to Dubuque...tired grumpy kids and all!!!

Idiot is such a strong term DLD. Its more like an obsession to always pick your alma matter no mater the odds against them, an unhealthy compulsion perhaps, to believe you can influence and help your team to overcome their weaknesses with your unwavering support and loyalty. Wait a minute, did I just say that?

Good luck to everybody except the Spartans today. GO DUTCH!

notlongago · October 05, 2013, 10:18:13 AM

Quote from: Fannosaurus Rex on October 05, 2013, 10:04:03 AM
I hope you are right about Central getting the pressure on the U of D QB. But I don't see them putting up 31 regardless of the weather. I look more for 20 - 17 with a couple of Central field goals being the difference. The Central kicking game is back.

Lets hope it doesn't come down to kicking. The central kicker has been in a funk up to this point, I'd much rather him just keep his PAT streak alive by adding four or five more haha.

wartknight · October 05, 2013, 10:48:46 AM

Quote from: Old Dutch on October 05, 2013, 10:05:18 AM
Quote from: doolittledog on October 05, 2013, 09:22:49 AM
The grass on the island in our driveway is freshly mowed. My wife, more than ever, is convinced she married an idiot! Our van is packed and we are heading over to Dubuque...tired grumpy kids and all!!!

Idiot is such a strong term DLD. Its more like an obsession to always pick your alma matter no mater the odds against them, an unhealthy compulsion perhaps, to believe you can influence and help your team to overcome their weaknesses with your unwavering support and loyalty. Wait a minute, did I just say that?

Good luck to everybody except the Spartans today. GO DUTCH!

Wow, what a small world. Although I have met DD, I didn't realize he was related to myself & my brother-in-law (also my partner in crime). Evidently our last names were changed @ some point as my wife & her sister sometimes refer to us as a couple of Idiots!
Huh, never made the connection.

doolittledog · October 05, 2013, 12:33:43 PM

It's warmer in Dubuque than we were expecting. 72 degrees and humid. Our long sleeves and sweatshirts would be better in the lower 50's we were expecting.
And it's raining

notlongago · October 05, 2013, 01:21:43 PM

Quote from: doolittledog on October 05, 2013, 12:33:43 PM
It's warmer in Dubuque than we were expecting. 72 degrees and humid. Our long sleeves and sweatshirts would be better in the lower 50's we were expecting.
And it's raining

I don't think the weather is really going to affect either team...both seem built to be able to handle bad weather....bad experience for fans though.

Klompen · October 05, 2013, 03:30:31 PM

Dutch need to get their act together during halftime and come back and play a strong second half after giving up 10 pts late in the first half. Fortunately, penalties and turnovers have only put us down by 6 at the half. Central coaches will address the problems and hopefully we will get some breaks the second half. I suppose I could try to say that Central should be ahead because UD just got lucky with a lame pick 6, but the truth is that UD got a pick 6 because Central made a bad play and UD took advantage.

notlongago · October 05, 2013, 03:41:33 PM

Quote from: Klompen on October 05, 2013, 03:30:31 PM
Dutch need to get their act together during halftime and come back and play a strong second half after giving up 10 pts late in the first half. Fortunately, penalties and turnovers have only put us down by 6 at the half. Central coaches will address the problems and hopefully we will get some breaks the second half. I suppose I could try to say that Central should be ahead because UD just got lucky with a lame pick 6, but the truth is that UD got a pick 6 because Central made a bad play and UD took advantage.

For sure. Central is playing undisciplined football right now, and just getting outplayed. Lucky it's only a 1 score game at this point. If this continues, second half could turn ugly.

Klompen · October 05, 2013, 04:03:59 PM

Nice job by the Dutch to change up the field position and go ahead 14-13.

Now what I want to know is what is with the unsportsmanlike conduct penalties on the Dutch. Stop shooting yourselves in the foot!

notlongago · October 05, 2013, 04:18:36 PM

Just as I was concerned with, mental mistakes don't get fixed at halftime...DBQ entirely outplaying the Dutch and its turning ugly.

coocooforcoekohawk · October 05, 2013, 04:34:19 PM

Kohawks escape with a win. Score was not indication of how close the game was. Buena Vista is the best winless team in Division III.

doolittledog · October 05, 2013, 05:05:15 PM

Final score.
Dubuque beats Central 23-21

notlongago · October 05, 2013, 05:11:46 PM

Central gets what they deserve today. Can't expect to beat a good team with so many mental errors. Totally outplayed by DBQ. Hopefully they get their heads on straight and can keep the .500+ season streak alive, but in a conference with so few guaranteed wins (maybe 1...but in reality, none) even that seems in danger.

This just screams of a loss that will come back to haunt to them. DBQ sets the table for another conference title with a very solidly played game today.

Klompen · October 05, 2013, 05:13:24 PM

Congratulations to the Spartans for doing what they needed to do to hang on for the win. Lots of mistakes, penalties and dropped passes by the Dutch. Central beats themselves with all the miscues. No doubt Ud played flawless football, I don't want to take anything away from them. They deserved the win, i just wish Central had playedup to their capabilities, but if they don't play mentally focused they are going to lose more winable games.

Phred · October 05, 2013, 06:13:54 PM

Loras 7......Luther 41

Interesting to me that D III (Pat and all) predicted that this game would determine the success of the season for the winning team. Scores are no measure it seems but Loras struggled offensively throughout.......Currier, (Loras RB), didn't live up to his previous stats of +200 yards in two previous games.

Luther (old school football) ran up the gut and pitched outside. Nothing new to option FB.

Prediction.........Norse might be a spoiler in the IIAC race this year. Who knows what will happen when this coaching staff has time to recruit.

BTW "notion"........Norse new enrollment is 668.

Klompen · October 05, 2013, 06:23:51 PM

Okay, now that the game has beenover for awhile I do think I need to correct a serious omission from my prior posts. I have to say fantasticjob to the Dutch defense, particularly the backfield who had been called into question on being able to keep up with the UD deep threat passing game. Even the UD coach said to be ready for them to go deep and often. I think the Dutch D rose to the challenge amazingly. As I had to mention during the game, with all of our mistakes we could have been out of it early. Credit the defense and at least a little never give up offense that we could still hope and onside kick could give us a chance.

And not that I am going to say we should have won, because there were LOTS of things that could have gone differently, but to DLD and Willy, on the Central QB fumble in the second half that Dutch Radio repeatedly commented on being the only play of the game not shown on replay, was he down beforebthe ball came out? Either way we didn't make the plays we could have to win the game, but since I wasn't there, I'm curious about your non-blue shaded opinion.

Dutch, time to suck it up and not making me look like an idiot for talking about how much improved you are. I don't mind being related to DLD, but Wartknight too? Cut me a break!