FB: American Rivers Conference

[HansenRatings]

Looks like BVU is going to have a coach specifically tasked w/ recruiting the West Coast/Hawai'i. link

Hard to sustain a recruiting base w/o focusing in your backyard in my opinion.

[doolittledog]

Looks like BVU is going to have a coach specifically tasked w/ recruiting the West Coast/Hawai'i. link

Hard to sustain a recruiting base w/o focusing in your backyard in my opinion.

So far BVU has 3 returning coaches and the new HC brought in 1 coach with him from Hastings.  None are coordinators.  The coach he brought in from Hastings went to Linfield and is from Hawaii.  That would make sense to see him go after west coast and Hawaii players.  It would also be wise to target Sioux City, Council Bluffs/Omaha, Ft Dodge, Des Moines, Sioux Falls and the western half of Iowa. 

New Minnesota coach Fleck had "row the boat" as his catch phrase at Western Michigan.  Looks like coach Mollring has #buildthedam going at BVU.  Catchy I guess

[HansenRatings]

They already built it.

[5 Words or Less]

Is Storm Lake a reservoir?

[HansenRatings]

Is Storm Lake a reservoir?

I'm not sure. The lake itself doesn't have a wikipedia page.

[doolittledog]

From lakelubbers.com  Storm Lake, at 3,097 acres, is one of the largest natural lakes in the state.  From the Iowa DNR, during a 2008 mapping, the deepest depth was 20.4 ft. 

Supposedly the lake was named after a trapper called it storm lake after a storm blew through.  Beaver trapper...Buena Vista Beavers...it all makes sense 

[Purple Heys]

Looks like BVU is going to have a coach specifically tasked w/ recruiting the West Coast/Hawai'i. link

Hard to sustain a recruiting base w/o focusing in your backyard in my opinion.

When Mollring was at Doane, he recruited SoCal, particularly Orange County and San Diego.  Plenty of kids looking to continue to play football from there...though the weather can be a tough sell.

[doolittledog]

Looks like BVU is going to have a coach specifically tasked w/ recruiting the West Coast/Hawai'i. link

Hard to sustain a recruiting base w/o focusing in your backyard in my opinion.

When Mollring was at Doane, he recruited SoCal, particularly Orange County and San Diego.  Plenty of kids looking to continue to play football from there...though the weather can be a tough sell.

I would think the remoteness of Storm Lake might make BVU a tough sell for SoCal kids as well. 

[doolittledog]

I think it was Fannosaurus Rex  that posted the conference portion of the schedule awhile back.  Now some of the schools are releasing their full schedule. 

Buena Vista tweeted out their 2017 schedule today...

https://twitter.com/BVUAthletics/status/826557388962615299

Start on a Thursday, then take a week off.  Then play 9 straight weeks.  Their conference bye week will be filled with a game @ Washington Univ.

08/31 Mayville St. (6pm)
09/09 Bye
09/16 Central
09/23 @ Loras
09/30 Luther
10/07 @ Dubuque
10/14 @ Washington U (St. Louis)
10/21 Nebraska Wesleyan
10/28 @ Simpson
11/04 Wartburg
11/11 @ Coe

[doolittledog]

Central has their 2017 schedule posted. 

6 away games last year...6 home games this year.

https://athletics.central.edu/schedule.aspx?schedule=53

09/02 Whitworth
09/09 Augustana
09/16 @ BVU
09/23 NWU
09/30 @ Simpson
10/07 Wartburg
10/14 @ Coe
10/21 BYE
10/28 Loras
11/04 @ Luther
11/11 Dubuque

Coe also has had their 2017 posted.

http://www.coeathletics.com/schedule/15/5.php

09/02 @ UW-River Falls
09/09 Cornell
09/16 @ NWU
09/23 Simpson
09/30 @ Wartburg
10/07 BYE
10/14 Central
10/21 @ Loras
10/28 Luther
11/04 @ Dubuque
11/11 BVU

[doolittledog]

Dubuque with their 2017 schedule...

http://www.dbq.edu/Athletics/MensAthletics/Football/

09/02 @ Bethel
09/09 Pacific (6pm)
09/16 Loras
09/23 @ Luther
09/30 BYE
10/07 BVU
10/14 @NWU
10/21 Simpson
10/28 @ Wartburg
11/04 Coe
11/11 @ Central

[Pat Coleman]

And obviously bits and pieces of the rest of the schedules are in as well. Here's where you can see them:
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Loras/2017
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Luther/2017
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Nebraska_Wesleyan/2017/index
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Simpson/2017
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Wartburg/2017/index

[doolittledog]

And obviously bits and pieces of the rest of the schedules are in as well. Here's where you can see them:
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Loras/2017
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Luther/2017
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Nebraska_Wesleyan/2017/index
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Simpson/2017
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Wartburg/2017/index

Thanks for that, somehow I missed that when I looked around.  Interesting that both BVU and Wartburg have mid-season games against Washington U. 

[Alfredeneumann]

Wartburg 2017 Schedule - BYE week 1 again.
http://www.go-knights.net/news/2017/2/2/2017-football-schedule-released.aspx?path=football

Complete schedule
September 2                      BYE
September 9                      vs. Monmouth                                                       7 p.m.
September 16                   @Simpson*                                                            1 p.m.
September 23                   vs. Washington University (St. Louis)                      1 p.m.
September 30                   vs. Coe*                                                                  1 p.m.
October 7                            @Central*                                                           1 p.m.
October 14                          vs. Loras*            (Homecoming and Family Weekend)      1:30 p.m.
October 21                          @Luther*                                                               1 p.m.
October 28                          vs. Dubuque*                                                          1 p.m.
November 4                       @Buena Vista*                                                         1 p.m.
November 11                    vs. Nebraska Wesleyan*                                              1 p.m.

[Pat Coleman]

And obviously bits and pieces of the rest of the schedules are in as well. Here's where you can see them:
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Loras/2017
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Luther/2017
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Nebraska_Wesleyan/2017/index
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Simpson/2017
http://www.d3football.com/teams/Wartburg/2017/index

Thanks for that, somehow I missed that when I looked around.  Interesting that both BVU and Wartburg have mid-season games against Washington U.

No worries -- you didn't miss them. I've been adding pages in bunches over the past couple of weeks.

Wash U and the IIAC are a nice fit next year. The IIAC has those midseason bye weeks because of the odd number of teams and Wash U is an independent in 2017 only, with many dates to fill.