FB: American Rivers Conference

[DutchFan2004]

wow that link takes me to the 2005 2006 listings there is no 2007 something must be wrong with my puter

[Klopenhiemer]

Until about 3 months ago I never knew that my grandfather had landed on Omaha beach and served all the way through till the end of the war.  He was part of the DD tanks that went in and also helped Patton's Army break the seige of Bastonge.  He died when I was 10 and I wished I had talked to him.  My uncle said he never talked about it at all.  I think we will be losing much of that history in the next 10 years.  We are losing these heros every day.  God bless them for their service.

DF2004.  Small world.  My grandfather landed on D day as well in a tank battalion.  He was under Pattons command.  Did some liberation of camps from what I understand.  Never talked about it much. 

[Wartburg Fan]

wow that link takes me to the 2005 2006 listings there is no 2007 something must be wrong with my puter

DF2004 are you going to D3's front page and award season begins Then go down  to D3.com all region team ( it in red and clicking on it) If so and you still can't get it something is wrong with your puter.

[Klopenhiemer]

Ok ... we have Harry Smith as a football student-athlete at Central.  When I was teaching at UD in the late 60's, one of my students was Anthony Iadanza ... now known at Tony Danza .. a wrestler for the Spartans.  Any other IIAC athletes gone on to fame?

Actually just had this discussion with a co-worker a couple days ago.  The famous IIAC alums that immediately come to mind (even if they weren't all athletes):
BV:  Uhh...help me out here Beavers
Central:  The aforementioned Harry Smith, NFL Hall of Famer Vern Den Herder
Coe:  Marv Levy, Fred Hickman of ESPN, Curt Menefee of Fox Sports, former NBA coach Bill Fitch (he is either an alum or coached there at some point)
Cornell:  Drawing a blank again
Dubuque:  Danza, disgraced Notre Dame coach George O'Leary
Loras:  Greg Gumbel, MLB Hall of Famer Red Faber, Notre Dame AD Kevin White, actor Don Ameche, Harlem Globetrotter Curly "Boo" Johnson
Luther:  Former Iowa congressman Jim Nussle (just one among numerous reasons not to vote for him)
Simpson:  George Washington Carver
Wartburg:  Former Texas Rangers broadcaster Mark Holtz, FBI whistle blower Coleen Rowley, Iran hostage Kathryn Koob, former MLB umpire Don Denkinger (Cardinals fans know who he is), Hooters co-founder Dennis Johnson

Off the top of my head: Larry Biittner (MLB in the 70's), Bernie Saggau, RAY REASLAND (sorry Rams, our bad).

New Hampton High School thought Ray did a good job (I think he coached Heideman and the guys around him when the Chickasaws got very good in football in the late 1980s and early 1990s).  What did Ram fans think of him when he was an assistant at Cornell?  Maybe Coach Miller needed to stay in Mount Vernon a little longer.

I thought Coach Reasland did a fine job as both an assistant and a head coach.  No, he didn't have success as a head coach, but it definitely wasn't from lack of effort.  It has been said on here many times that there is a different attitude on the team now that he is gone and that players now expect to win games.  I can tell you first hand that Ray never would have played a player who was playing just to play.  I played under coach for one year as an assistant and 3 years when he was head coach, and I will tell you that a head coach can have only so much influence over his players.  It was not all Coach Reasland's fault that the program failed to continue the success on the field that Coach Miller had in his final season.  If you look at the numbers, Coach Miller's final team was a team that was led by an outstanding senior class and some young guys who had career years, and Cornell for whatever reason hasn't been able to keep producing those types of teams for the past several years.  I personally think that Coach Reasland did some nice things for the program and laid a pretty solid foundation, he was just not able to build on it.  Now that being said, I am also impressed with what I have seen and heard from Coach Dillon.

I played against Coach Dillion in high school and he was a class act.  He has a lot of talent on those teams but he did win 24 straight games over two years.  I never really heard how things went after he left for Atlanta to take over a stuggling high school program down there. 

Best of all he beat Valley every year I was around that is always music to my ears!  There is only one worse team in my book than Valley and that is Johnston. 

[Klopenhiemer]

Oh by the way...the weather out there in Iowa is insane!

I look at home prices every time I travel out there "just to look".  And I think to myself, the folks are nice, there's no crowds, nice quiet pace of life in general...but that's in the early Fall.  The Winter hits like a "Bayonne Bleeder" Chuck Wepner below-the-belt special.

So what if selling my modest shack in Socal would net me a palacial mansion in the cornfields...it would be in freaking snow and ice right now!

We have a place for the snow out here and we can visit it when we want to on weekends in the mountains.  Of course I have to fight traffic to get there.

8)

Hey Purple, real men can handle the cold weather 

Purple just break out a nice bottle of bourbon and that will warm your soul on any cold winter night. 

[Klopenhiemer]

In case anyone was curious about UD listing Jermar Jackson at 5'10" he said on the Aztec Bowl preview show that I listened to this morning that he is 5'8" and is hopefull some pro team will at least give him a shot at playing  QB but doubts they will because of his height. 

With him admitting to being 2 inches shorter than is listed in the press guide it makes you wonder how much fudging goes on with players height and weight. 

Does he actually have a chance to make an NFL roster.  I know he was good but did I miss something.  Is this kid an NFL type talent?

[KoHawk01]

In case anyone was curious about UD listing Jermar Jackson at 5'10" he said on the Aztec Bowl preview show that I listened to this morning that he is 5'8" and is hopefull some pro team will at least give him a shot at playing  QB but doubts they will because of his height. 

With him admitting to being 2 inches shorter than is listed in the press guide it makes you wonder how much fudging goes on with players height and weight. 

Does he actually have a chance to make an NFL roster.  I know he was good but did I miss something.  Is this kid an NFL type talent?

I dont think you missed anything  He was definitely good for D3, but lets get serious.  The only IIAC guy I know of getting any NFL attention was Brock Hall at Loras but who knows whats going on with that since his season was cut short.... where are all the Loras people on here     fill us in!

[Charlie Kohawk]

where are all the Loras people on here

warming their souls on bourbon would be my guess. That, or they've moved on to basketball season.

[doolittledog]

There are a lot of Loras people over on the basketball board.  Apparently they won't follow the football team if it isn't winning.

As far as Jermar, if an NFL team brought him in as a free agent just for a look see I am sure he would love it but he would also be happy going to the CFL or to the Arena League.  Anything to keep playing for a few more years. 

Brock Hall has been looked at by scouts as well as Tyler Sherden and Mark Mashburn that I know of.  There are probably others from the IIAC.  With the success of Freddie Jackson I'm sure more pro teams will be interested in at least looking at D3 talent.  They might not draft them but they will bring them into camp to try them out. 

And Purple Heys, another advantage of living up here in the cold and snow...if you are leaving for work and you can't get your car to start...just hop on your snowmobile and take that into the office!!!

[sportsknight]

Sportsknight talked to my daughter-in-law last night and she told all about you. Shame on you (just Joking) She had nothing but good thing to said about you and that you were in alot of her classes. the only thing she said was " what's up with announcing game for Central" again just joking.

This coming from the girl that was cashing a Simpson paycheck there for awhile? 

[DutchFan2004]

Sportsknight talked to my daughter-in-law last night and she told all about you. Shame on you (just Joking) She had nothing but good thing to said about you and that you were in alot of her classes. the only thing she said was " what's up with announcing game for Central" again just joking.

This coming from the girl that was cashing a Simpson paycheck there for awhile? 

You have a point there.  Simpson writing the check is far worse than a private radio station where you have to announce the game for a rival  

[Wartburg Fan]

Sportsknight talked to my daughter-in-law last night and she told all about you. Shame on you (just Joking) She had nothing but good thing to said about you and that you were in alot of her classes. the only thing she said was " what's up with announcing game for Central" again just joking.

This coming from the girl that was cashing a Simpson paycheck there for awhile? 

Only for  a short period of time and then she got her sense's back and went back to the Burg and cash their paycheck.

[Wartburg Fan]

Sportsknight talked to my daughter-in-law last night and she told all about you. Shame on you (just Joking) She had nothing but good thing to said about you and that you were in alot of her classes. the only thing she said was " what's up with announcing game for Central" again just joking.

This coming from the girl that was cashing a Simpson paycheck there for awhile? 

Only for  a short period of time and then she got her sense's back and went back to the Burg and cash their paycheck.

You know it was only teasing,that girl won't say anything bad about anyone

[footballdaddy]

I'm very surprised that Nick Weber did not make the all region team. There had to be a place for him somewhere.


BTW, how did I lose karma for saying my Dad was at Pearl Harbor? I know I'm the guy everyone loves to hate, but come on.

[doolittledog]

I gave you +k once yesterday and once today.  I'm sticking with my theory the Minnesota guys come on here on a regular basis and neg K us.