FB: American Rivers Conference

[the_mayne_event]

Here is an up-date, as of Monday morning, July 7.

IIAC FAN BASE

UD:  dolittledog, DBQ1965, Spurrier, WillieU, Keith45

Central:  dutchFan2004, Dutchfan1

Wartburg:  Walston Hoover, sportsknight, Wartburg Fan, footballdaddy

Luther:  Ram2

BV:  The Show, Klopenheimer, BeaverOfYore

Coe:

Cornell:

Loras:

Simpson:

More Dutch fans: Klompen, KCDutch, Dutchlb, oldbeake, Airborne Dutch

Coe: Charlie Kohawk, coocooforcokohaws, Kohawk Krazy, the_mayne_event

Simpson: Storm-what?, sc-stormchaser, and don't forget the SID...

Cornell: Purple Hayes



Now, will all of these guys/you guys be participating in the Pick-'Em contest?

[Klopenhiemer]

Here are my current picks

Wartburg
Coe
Loras
Central
Buena Vista
Cornell
UD
Luther
Simpson

Suprise team of the year is Loras going from 2-8 to 6-4!

Wait, you have Central BEHIND Loras and Simpson finishing dead last? Are you sure it's just coffee you're drinking this morning? 

Personally, I think that Cornell will still bottom-dwell. I think that Coe is afraid of heights -- climbing as high as second would scare them. Loras will actually win a couple of games this year, but they are a bottom-tier team until they prove otherwise. BV has potential to do somethng decent. Luther won't be second from the bottom -- they'll fall somewhere in the middle, as will UD. Central and Wartburg will duke it out for the title again. The story almost writes itself.

But, these are just my personal opinions.... 

No coffee for me this morning.  But I was in the mood to shake the boat a bit   Its fun making some bold predictions and hoping they come true!

[the_mayne_event]

Now, will all of these guys/you guys be participating in the Pick-'Em contest?

i plan on it.

[New Storm]

Here is an up-date, as of Monday morning, July 7.

IIAC FAN BASE

UD:  dolittledog, DBQ1965, Spurrier, WillieU, Keith45

Central:  dutchFan2004, Dutchfan1

Wartburg:  Walston Hoover, sportsknight, Wartburg Fan, footballdaddy

Luther:  Ram2

BV:  The Show, Klopenheimer, BeaverOfYore

Coe:

Cornell:

Loras:

Simpson:

More Dutch fans: Klompen, KCDutch, Dutchlb, oldbeake, Airborne Dutch

Coe: Charlie Kohawk, coocooforcokohaws, Kohawk Krazy

Simpson: Storm-what?, sc-stormchaser, and don't forget the SID...

Cornell: Purple Hayes



Now, will all of these guys/you guys be participating in the Pick-'Em contest?

New Storm =Simpson

[New Storm]

Here are my current picks

Wartburg
Coe
Loras
Central
Buena Vista
Cornell
UD
Luther
Simpson

Suprise team of the year is Loras going from 2-8 to 6-4!

Wait, you have Central BEHIND Loras and Simpson finishing dead last? Are you sure it's just coffee you're drinking this morning? 

Personally, I think that Cornell will still bottom-dwell. I think that Coe is afraid of heights -- climbing as high as second would scare them. Loras will actually win a couple of games this year, but they are a bottom-tier team until they prove otherwise. BV has potential to do somethng decent. Luther won't be second from the bottom -- they'll fall somewhere in the middle, as will UD. Central and Wartburg will duke it out for the title again. The story almost writes itself.

But, these are just my personal opinions.... 

No coffee for me this morning.  But I was in the mood to shake the boat a bit   Its fun making some bold predictions and hoping they come true!

Simpson last you have a better chance of winning the lottery than that one coming true

[dutchfan1]

What is the report from the Simpson camp this year? Any predictions, Storm fans?

[Kohawk Remedy]

Here is an up-date, as of Monday morning, July 7.

IIAC FAN BASE

UD:  dolittledog, DBQ1965, Spurrier, WillieU, Keith45

Central:  dutchFan2004, Dutchfan1

Wartburg:  Walston Hoover, sportsknight, Wartburg Fan, footballdaddy

Luther:  Ram2

BV:  The Show, Klopenheimer, BeaverOfYore

Coe:

Cornell:

Loras:

Simpson:

More Dutch fans: Klompen, KCDutch, Dutchlb, oldbeake, Airborne Dutch

Coe: Charlie Kohawk, coocooforcokohaws, Kohawk Krazy, the_mayne_event

Simpson: Storm-what?, sc-stormchaser, and don't forget the SID...

Cornell: Purple Hayes



Now, will all of these guys/you guys be participating in the Pick-'Em contest?

You can add me to the Coe fan base as well, and I as well will be involved in the pick em.  Thanks!

[Ash Park]

Ash Park = CORNELL FAN

[DutchFan2004]

Speaking of pickem contest, how about we shake things up a bit this year?  I think that we should have a deadline of the week before the season starts say that Saturday at noon of all the alumni or scrimage games we have the preseason picks.  The number of correct guesses from that will be added to the final totals.  So if you pick UD to be number one and they finish first you get and extra point and so on.  That might make the picks a little less with the heart and more on the realistic side.  What do the IIAC people say to that?

[Walston Hoover]

Speaking of pickem contest, how about we shake things up a bit this year?  I think that we should have a deadline of the week before the season starts say that Saturday at noon of all the alumni or scrimage games we have the preseason picks.  The number of correct guesses from that will be added to the final totals.  So if you pick UD to be number one and they finish first you get and extra point and so on.  That might make the picks a little less with the heart and more on the realistic side.  What do the IIAC people say to that?

I'm fine with that. I'd also be fine with weighting games in here. I think ESPN.com has it for NCAA tourney.
say on a particular week,
Wartburg v Cornell
Central V BV
Coe V Simpson
UD v Loras
I give Wartburg my 4 because I'm most confident in that win
Central gets 3
Coe 2
and UD 1. And thats how you get pick'em points.

[sc_stormchaser]

Are you kidding me Klop? Dead last. Let's put it this way, I have a feeling BV will be wishing they hired coach Glo when they had the chance.

#1 QB and RB return. If I remember correctly, most of the OL has at least 2 years of experience. The youngest Kain graduated (are we all tapped out, or is there another Kain brother floating around  ), so the WR core is probably young, but I seem to remember a few underclassmen playing last year.

On the other side of the ball, the defense returns their leading tackler and pre-season All-American (for what's worth). After looking at last year's stats, 9 of the top 12 tacklers from last year's team return.

The non-conference schedule went from two playoff teams last year to a team with ZERO years of experience (Grand View) and a team that Cornell beat the past two years (no offense PH). Maybe that will help the young coaching staff and players (along with former players and fans) gain some confidence.

Here's my safe predication, they will not finish first or last.

I would be pleased with a 7-3 and it would be even better if one of the seven wins is against Central!

[DutchFan2004]

Are you kidding me Klop? Dead last. Let's put it this way, I have a feeling BV will be wishing they hired coach Glo when they had the chance.

#1 QB and RB return. If I remember correctly, most of the OL has at least 2 years of experience. The youngest Kain graduated (are we all tapped out, or is there another Kain brother floating around  ), so the WR core is probably young, but I seem to remember a few underclassmen playing last year.

On the other side of the ball, the defense returns their leading tackler and pre-season All-American (for what's worth). After looking at last year's stats, 9 of the top 12 tacklers from last year's team return.

The non-conference schedule went from two playoff teams last year to a team with ZERO years of experience (Grand View) and a team that Cornell beat the past two years (no offense PH). Maybe that will help the young coaching staff and players (along with former players and fans) gain some confidence.

Here's my safe predication, they will not finish first or last.

I would be pleased with a 7-3 and it would be even better if one of the seven wins is against Central!

You have some good points but remember that the nonconference games do not count in the conference standings.  So the two give me games you think are in the non conference schedule will not help in the IIAC.  They also may give time to the new staff to sort out some things that help in the conference.  They also have the affect of not preparing Simpson to compete with the IIAC schools as far as the tough games that the IIAC teams will give the Storm.  I do think that the Storm being picked last is a bit off.  I think this could be the year that the Rams get an IIAC win but till they do that they will be my pick for the bottom. 

[Ash Park]

Are you kidding me Klop? Dead last. Let's put it this way, I have a feeling BV will be wishing they hired coach Glo when they had the chance.

#1 QB and RB return. If I remember correctly, most of the OL has at least 2 years of experience. The youngest Kain graduated (are we all tapped out, or is there another Kain brother floating around  ), so the WR core is probably young, but I seem to remember a few underclassmen playing last year.

On the other side of the ball, the defense returns their leading tackler and pre-season All-American (for what's worth). After looking at last year's stats, 9 of the top 12 tacklers from last year's team return.

The non-conference schedule went from two playoff teams last year to a team with ZERO years of experience (Grand View) and a team that Cornell beat the past two years (no offense PH). Maybe that will help the young coaching staff and players (along with former players and fans) gain some confidence.

Here's my safe predication, they will not finish first or last.

I would be pleased with a 7-3 and it would be even better if one of the seven wins is against Central!

You have some good points but remember that the nonconference games do not count in the conference standings.  So the two give me games you think are in the non conference schedule will not help in the IIAC.  They also may give time to the new staff to sort out some things that help in the conference.  They also have the affect of not preparing Simpson to compete with the IIAC schools as far as the tough games that the IIAC teams will give the Storm.  I do think that the Storm being picked last is a bit off.  I think this could be the year that the Rams get an IIAC win but till they do that they will be my pick for the bottom. 

I do believe that Simpson will be a middle to maybe a top half of the conference team this year. Even though Grandview is in its' first year they should be a fairly decent team..maybe not the first game of the year but still I talked to woodley I think they will be a better opponent than Northwestern for the storm.

[sc_stormchaser]

DF2004- Geez, I realize that Dutch fans think SC grads are idiots, but I'm pretty sure most of us know that non-conference games don't count in the conference standings.  I never said that the non-conference games would help in the standings. However, I'm pretty sure I said it would help in the way of confidence. Anyway, thanks for explaining that to me.

Ash Park- I have a hard time believing Grand View will win very many games this year. Most new programs will have two years of JV before going to a full varsity schedule and even then, wins are generally few. GV is jumping in the deep end and it could be ugly this year. Unless you have transfers with real game experience, the majority of the guys you're sending out onto the field were playing on Friday nights last year.

I've been wrong before, but I predict the Northwestern game will be closer than the Grand View game.

[Pat Coleman]

Stormchaser -- not to dispute your main point that GV should struggle (seems reasonable) but no Division III school among the many that have started football programs in the past decade has had two years of JV play. Most have had zero and only a few have had one.