FB: American Rivers Conference

[D O.C.]

Thought the Knights were going to do it.
Good season.
Congratulations!

[doolittledog]

Simpson hires new football coach.  A former Wartburg Knight.

https://simpsonathletics.com/sports/fball/2022-23/releases/20221212o5lbtc

[DBQ1965]

One time Offensive Coach at Iowa Wesleyan and more recently Mississippi State Head Football Coach, Mike Leach has passed.  He was a breath of fresh air as a coach.

[Ralph Turner]

One time Offensive Coach at Iowa Wesleyan and more recently Mississippi State Head Football Coach, Mike Leach has passed.  He was a breath of fresh air as a coach.

May I recommend a book about the Air Raid offense, which covers the Iowa Wesleyan years.

The Perfect Pass by S. C. Gwynne. It is a very enjoyable read for football fans.

[bluenote]

I was very happy to see you kicked SJU at Collegeville... we did the year before also... maybe we should form a pac and donate... LOL!

[Outside the Crate]

It's nice to see Wartburg's Christopher Winter being named d3football.com's Coach of the Year.

[hazzben]

Northwestern College wins the NAIA title. Iowa has produced a ton of really good small college football the last few years. NWC, Morningside, Central, Grandview, and Wartburg have all made the semifinals or won titles. It'd be fascinating to see how it would shake out if they played across divisions.

[doolittledog]

Northwestern College wins the NAIA title. Iowa has produced a ton of really good small college football the last few years. NWC, Morningside, Central, Grandview, and Wartburg have all made the semifinals or won titles. It'd be fascinating to see how it would shake out if they played across divisions.

Approaching ancient history now.  But Central and Northwestern played every year from 1970-1983
Central went 5-8-1 against Northwestern.  0-5-1 over the last 6 but they were all competitive games.

1970 20-7  Pella
1971  7-0  Orange City
1972  7-19  Pella
1973 10-22  Orange City
1974 19-0  Pella
1975 14-20  Orange City
1976 38-32  Pella
1977 26-7  Orange City
1978  7-23  Pella
1979 12-20  Orange City
1980  6-10  Pella
1981 16-16  Orange City
1982 28-42  Pella
1983 27-45  Orange City

[BLynn]

I know D3 schools are penalized, or at least not given credit for playing non-D3 programs so it's understandable  why we don't have M'side-Wartburg or NWC-Central anymore. It's too bad. Keiser who lost to NWC lost 3 non-NAIA games but still made the post-season. That couldn't happen in D3, correct?

[hazzben]

I know D3 schools are penalized, or at least not given credit for playing non-D3 programs so it's understandable  why we don't have M'side-Wartburg or NWC-Central anymore. It's too bad. Keiser who lost to NWC lost 3 non-NAIA games but still made the post-season. That couldn't happen in D3, correct?

Keiser won their league, so they'd have gotten an automatic bid in D3.

[doolittledog]

BVU hires new head coach.  I wasn't even aware they were going through a change in leadership.

https://bvuathletics.com/news/2022/12/20/austin-dickinson-named-bvu-head-football-coach.aspx

[Outside the Crate]

I see that Wartburg ranks 4th among the 450 D3 colleges in Learfield Fall Director's Cup standings.  That's probably the best any ARC college has ever done.  Wartburg is only led by John's Hopkins, Williams and MIT.

[doolittledog]

Enrollment figures from https://iowacollegeaid.gov/DataCenter

BVU - 1,973 (1,182 off campus)
Central - 1,169
Coe - 1,265
Dubuque - 1,777
Loras - 1,305
Luther - 1,610
Simpson - 1,151
Wartburg - 1,444

Past 5 years...
BVU
2022 - 1973
2021 - 1959
2020 - 1863
2019 - 1815
2018 - 1847

Central
2022 - 1169
2021 - 1139
2020 - 1120
2019 - 1163
2018 - 1117

Coe
2022 - 1265
2021 - 1371
2020 - 1394
2019 - 1431
2018 - 1422

Dubuque
2022 - 1777
2021 - 1990
2020 - 2214
2019 - 2303
2018 - 2413

Loras
2022 - 1305
2021 - 1400
2020 - 1404
2019 - 1416
2018 - 1489

Luther
2022 - 1610
2021 - 1742
2020 - 1802
2019 - 1951
2018 - 2005

Simpson
2022 - 1151
2021 - 1218
2020 - 1268
2019 - 1359
2018 - 1444

Wartburg
2022 - 1444
2021 - 1543
2020 - 1565
2019 - 1506
2018 - 1498

Other Iowa schools of note
Upper Iowa
2022 - 3072 (2492 off campus)
2021 - 3027
2020 - 4224
2019 - 5054
2018 - 5382

UNI
2022 - 8949
2021 - 9231
2020 - 9522
2019 - 10497
2018 - 11202

ISU
2022 - 29969
2021 - 30708
2020 - 31825
2019 - 33931
2018 - 34992

Iowa
2022 - 30015
2021 - 29909
2020 - 30448
2019 - 32535
2018 - 32948

[wartknight]

Merry Christmas to the ARC posters. Safe travels & enjoy the holiday season with family & friends.

[Knights88]

Merry Christmas and happy new year to all our ARC friends!

My first post on the message boards, but will be my first of many.

This was an incredible season for my Knights!  Hopefully 2023 will equally or even more successful!
Sounds like Wartburg will be loaded next season.