FB: American Rivers Conference

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No work for me today. Just golf ... with coach Koehler, Romelle Slaughter and Paul Yeager.

Tulips are blooming but not many open in Pella.  ...  Good to see the coaches.  Sounds like the team came out of spring with no injuries. 

Let's hear some recruiting news

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Without revealing my source (who may or may not be accurate <-- how''s that for a disclaimer??)   I hear that Central will soon be home to Nate Snead (currently at Drake), Brett Wilkin (currently at Iowa), Ben Burzacott, Shane Wong -- all standouts on the SEP 2006 Championship team.

Again, water cooler speculation....

Did these guys commit?

[footballdaddy]

WH just wondering if you got your golf in today. It stop raining in Des Moines for a while then this afternoon it broke loose, at least at the Federal Court house its was raining.  Do you play at the Haverster alot or at Brairwood in Ankeny

Wartburg Fan, glad to see you're back to work. Hope you are doing ok. Stop in sometime.

Thanks Footballdaddy, been back to work for about a Month. The Doctor said that everything looks good and that they think they got all of it. Has Jr. left for the Mexico yet?  You will probably see me this week or next as the old girl needs some work done ( not the wife) the car.

Footballkid's been in Mexico since Thursday. Talked to him briefly last night ($.99 a minute!), and so far so good. No Montezuma's Revenge yet! I'll be gone next Friday since taking softballkid to WB for a visit, maybe we can get a multistudent discount!

[doolittledog]

Comparison between the D-III schools and NAIA schools with football in our state.

School -------Founded - Affiliation ---- Enrollment - Tuition/Room/Board - Endowment

Buena Vista - 1891 ---- Presbyterian - 1,149 - ---- 30,554 --------------  130,454,220

Central ------- 1853 ---- Reformed ----- 1,606 ------ 30,154 --------------  72,442,818

Coe ----------- 1851 ---- Presbyterian - 1,275 ------- 32,990 --------------  76,803,235

Cornell ------- 1853 ---- Methodist ----- 1,121 ------- 33,250 --------------  69,166,653

Dubuque ---- 1852 ---- Presbyterian -- 1,237 ------- 25,700  --------------  47,067,695

Loras --------- 1839 ---- Catholic -------- 1,591 ------- 29,730  -------------- 25,941,634

Luther -------- 1861 ---- Lutheran ------- 2,504 ------ 33,500  --------------- 97,673,391

Simpson ------ 1860 ---- Methodist ------ 2,030 ------ 30,251  -------------- 71,347,121

Wartburg ----- 1852 ---- Lutheran ------- 1,769 ------ 31,285  -------------- 40,915,153

Grinnell -------- 1846 ---- Non-Denom ---- 1,589 ------ 38,222  ----------1,471,804,000

Waldorf -------- 1903 ---- Lutheran ------- 670 --------  23,474 -------------  4,948,174

Briar Cliff ------- 1930 ---- Catholic --------- 1,095 ---- 25,983 ---------------  9,465,357

Dordt ------------ 1955 ---- Reformed ------- 1,266 ---- 25,450 ---------------- N/A

Morningside ---- 1894 ---- Methodist ------- 1,232 ---- 24,870 ---------------- N/A

Northwestern -- 1882 ---- Reformed ------- 1,342 ---- 25,368 -------------- 38,014,532

Graceland ------- 1895 ---- Cm of Christ ---- 1,820 ---- 25,900 ------------- 57,505,061

Grandview ------ 1896 ---- Lutheran -------- 1,707 ---- 23,894 ------------- 10,358,507

Iowa Wesleyan - 1842 --- Methodist ------- 849 ------ 24,750 ------------- 10,002,971

St Ambrose ------ 1882 --- Catholic ---------- 2,829 --- 28,615 --------------- N/A

William Penn ----- 1873 --- Quaker ---------- 2,085 --- 20,927 -------------- 9,549,349

D-III compared to NAIA seem to have similar enrollments.  D-III schools seem to be more expensive and also have higher endowments than the NAIA schools. 

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Designation	Average Enrollment	Average Tuition	Average Endowment
IIAC (9)	1,586	$30,824	$70,201,328
NAIA in Iowa (10)	1,490	$24,923	$19,977,707
Grinnell	1,589	$38,222	$1,471,804,000*

*Grinnell's endowment is nearly double the COMBINED total endowment of all other private colleges in Iowa

Yowza!

[footballdaddy]

I know this is a football board, but Wartburg winning the IIAC conference tournament was newsworthy enough to mention in one line of the Des Moines Register. I know that softball isn't a "Big Three" sport, but in women's athletics it is. As if we need one more example of the lack of repect the IIAC gets.

[doolittledog]

My guess on IIAC schools being more expensive that the NAIA schools is...with IIAC schools having on average bigger endowments, they are then able to give more in finantial aid packages...therefore evening things out with the NAIA schools.  Grinnell, with the largest endowment had the highest expenses.  St. Ambrose with the biggest endowment among the NAIA schools was also the most expensive among them. 

Now if only I could find that website I saw a year or 2 ago that listed average finantial aid packages 

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Grinnell's endowment will earn $73,590,200 @ 5.0% ROI

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Grinnell's endowment will earn $73,590,200 @ 5.0% ROI

Wartburg's Total Operating Expenses (in 2005) = $37,044,000

[Alfredeneumann]

I know this is a football board, but Wartburg winning the IIAC conference tournament was newsworthy enough to mention in one line of the Des Moines Register. I know that softball isn't a "Big Three" sport, but in women's athletics it is. As if we need one more example of the lack of repect the IIAC gets.

It didn't even make the W'loo Courier on Sunday. I guess they were too busy writing about horses and ultimate fighting.

[Klopenhiemer]

Anyone have any information on the spring practices?  Who has had them and what were the results?

[Alfredeneumann]

Anyone have any information on the spring practices?  Who has had them and what were the results?

Wartburg waited until MAY TERM and started last Thursday.

[DutchFan2004]

Anyone have any information on the spring practices?  Who has had them and what were the results?

Central had them and they didn't suffer any injuries.  Was good as the team is going to be young. 

[doolittledog]

29 - UD record for most extra points made in a season... by Todd Cox in 1980  That record was broken during the 2007 season...many UD offensive records were broken in the last year. 

I wonder if any of those were after a TD reception by spurrier??? 

[DutchFan2004]

29 IIAC record 29 wins for Central 83-87