FB: American Rivers Conference

[oldNorse]

Yea oldNorse, that 06 team was a real head scratcher. Third or fourth, in the nation, in total offense and two wins to show for it. They developed a knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I guess I'm hanging my hat on the fact Hefty always preached and practiced, developing quality depth at every position. If you watched them play the last couple yeaes, you know they changed OLinemen and DLinemen like a hockey team. They have a lot of Jrs. and Srs. with more experience than people think. I understand where the skeptics are coming from. If you only saw them once and just read the headlines, you would be right to think they lost everything from a 500 team a year ago. I just don't think thats the case.

C"mon oldNorse- work with me here!!

OK, Thunderbolt......I see LC Norse is on the board as well.
I only saw the Homecoming game last year and heard of the others so I can't say I am an expert.  However, looking at the Norse roster it seems the Dline is strong but not deep.  The Oline is 1/2 experienced and the backfield is essentially new. At least one corner can play with the best, other DBs are working on it.  Backers are new.

The game against Cornell was called "smash mouth football" by one of the coaches.  The only problem is that it was the Norse who were smashed for half of the game.  Lucky for us it didn't go into overtime.

I still will go with Alexander Pope...."Hope springs eternal in the human breast........"  Maybe we can see a resurgance of the Norsemen of old.

[Airborne Dutch]

Warthog, I don't envision the same entertainment at George's and the Windmill. Both are along Main Street. Pella wouldn't want to tarnish its golden Dutch image.

[doolittledog]

So, Klompen and Airborne Dutch, with the ownership change is there a chance that George's and the Windmill will now have the same entertainment (women tossing lunch in the parking lot) as Doc Salami's? 

Just think, SportsKnight was trying to pick up some of those same girls when they returned from the parking lot after unloading.  Not that he succeeded.  Even blind drunk women have standards.   

Personal foul on warthog for piling on...that's 15 yards and an automatic 1st down to sportsknight 

Wow warthog, that was some good stuff!!! 

[Charlie Kohawk]

Is Feller a returning GI?

No. He's just taken a rather pedestrian path through college, with several stops along the way.

[Thunderbolt]

Yea oldNorse, that 06 team was a real head scratcher. Third or fourth, in the nation, in total offense and two wins to show for it. They developed a knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I guess I'm hanging my hat on the fact Hefty always preached and practiced, developing quality depth at every position. If you watched them play the last couple yeaes, you know they changed OLinemen and DLinemen like a hockey team. They have a lot of Jrs. and Srs. with more experience than people think. I understand where the skeptics are coming from. If you only saw them once and just read the headlines, you would be right to think they lost everything from a 500 team a year ago. I just don't think thats the case.

C"mon oldNorse- work with me here!!

OK, Thunderbolt......I see LC Norse is on the board as well.
I only saw the Homecoming game last year and heard of the others so I can't say I am an expert.  However, looking at the Norse roster it seems the Dline is strong but not deep.  The Oline is 1/2 experienced and the backfield is essentially new. At least one corner can play with the best, other DBs are working on it.  Backers are new.

The game against Cornell was called "smash mouth football" by one of the coaches.  The only problem is that it was the Norse who were smashed for half of the game.  Lucky for us it didn't go into overtime.

I still will go with Alexander Pope...."Hope springs eternal in the human breast........"  Maybe we can see a resurgance of the Norsemen of old.

I'm sure one of the coaches did call it "smash mouth football." It would not have been politically correct to say, We just got done playing St. Olaf, Central and Wartburg. We are beat up pretty bad and  started a QB who had never taken a varsity snap. So we ran the same 5 plays all day long, because they couldn't stop us. (until we got to the red zone.)
I'm not sure which half the Norse got "smashed" in. The Rams had about 100 yards of offense in the first half, but never threatened. The Norse scored a TD and two field goals while missing another and fumbling on the Ram twenty. The second half started with Sherden joining Stavast and others without pads on. LCNorse could probably enlighten us on the game plan, but it looked pretty simple to me. Don't turn the ball over, grind out the clock and lets go home with a win. Thats pretty much what I saw in the 2nd half. They slowed the game to four possessions each. The Norse drove down the field and kicked four more field goals. The Rams had two nice drives they scored TDs on. And yes a third in the closing seconds against a (prevent what?) defense. Go to the IIAC site and look in the archives at the drive charts and stats. At the end of the day, you can argue the Rams D. came up big or the Norse stumbled in the red zone, or a little of both. You will have a hard time arguing the Norse got "smashed"
I'll leave you paraphrasing Samuel Clemons: If you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to re-evaluate your position.

[Wartburg Fan]

 WOW everyone is picking on sportsknight.  I guess all those good thing I hear about him must be wrong,or I miss understood after reading his posts the past couple of days. I will have to check with my  people that know him and find out more information on him.      Speaking of those individuals they went to a wedding two weekends ago where  a ex-tightend got married and saw Andy H. and Mac and a couple of other ex-players. He said he think he got home around 4AM thing don't chance.

[dutchfan1]

Central Fans and Pella visitors, if you were a fan of Dr. Salami's you will need to find a new place for awhile.  It is currently closed, but will be reopening as a restaurant again in the future.  My understanding is that the new owners were planning to offer many of the same options as before, but until it reopens, we can only speculate.  There is always the Sports Page.

Any idea when they'll reopen?  I was kind of planning on hitting Salami's to celebrate a Wartburg win Sept. 21.  They have (had?) pretty good food when I lived in Pella, and a surprisingly good beer selection.  The Sports Page hadn't opened yet by the time I left town, so I have no basis of comparison there.

...or drown the sorrows of a Wartburg loss?  

Speaking of the IIAC clash of the titans, I propose a D3football.com Team Drink for all Wartburg/Central/conference posters prior to kick at the big game. Anyone in? Warthog, SK, WH? Klompen, DF2004, KC, Fanosaurus? All others? If people are up for it, we can coordinate the week of the game.

[DutchFan2004]

For the Dutch faithful.  Any news on when Central will have their scrimage?  I had heard that they were going to scrimage Auggie again this year at Pella.  Last year it was a Thursday night.  If anyone has heard anything please let me know.

[5 Words or Less]

Yea oldNorse, that 06 team was a real head scratcher. Third or fourth, in the nation, in total offense and two wins to show for it. They developed a knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I guess I'm hanging my hat on the fact Hefty always preached and practiced, developing quality depth at every position. If you watched them play the last couple yeaes, you know they changed OLinemen and DLinemen like a hockey team. They have a lot of Jrs. and Srs. with more experience than people think. I understand where the skeptics are coming from. If you only saw them once and just read the headlines, you would be right to think they lost everything from a 500 team a year ago. I just don't think thats the case.

C"mon oldNorse- work with me here!!

OK, Thunderbolt......I see LC Norse is on the board as well.
I only saw the Homecoming game last year and heard of the others so I can't say I am an expert.  However, looking at the Norse roster it seems the Dline is strong but not deep.  The Oline is 1/2 experienced and the backfield is essentially new. At least one corner can play with the best, other DBs are working on it.  Backers are new.

The game against Cornell was called "smash mouth football" by one of the coaches.  The only problem is that it was the Norse who were smashed for half of the game.  Lucky for us it didn't go into overtime.

I still will go with Alexander Pope...."Hope springs eternal in the human breast........"  Maybe we can see a resurgance of the Norsemen of old.

I'm sure one of the coaches did call it "smash mouth football." It would not have been politically correct to say, We just got done playing St. Olaf, Central and Wartburg. We are beat up pretty bad and  started a QB who had never taken a varsity snap. So we ran the same 5 plays all day long, because they couldn't stop us. (until we got to the red zone.)
I'm not sure which half the Norse got "smashed" in. The Rams had about 100 yards of offense in the first half, but never threatened. The Norse scored a TD and two field goals while missing another and fumbling on the Ram twenty. The second half started with Sherden joining Stavast and others [injured] without pads on. LCNorse could probably enlighten us on the game plan, but it looked pretty simple to me. Don't turn the ball over, grind out the clock and lets go home with a win. Thats pretty much what I saw in the 2nd half. They slowed the game to four possessions each. The Norse drove down the field and kicked four more field goals. The Rams had two nice drives they scored TDs on. And yes a third in the closing seconds against a (prevent what?) defense. Go to the IIAC site and look in the archives at the drive charts and stats. At the end of the day, you can argue the Rams D. came up big or the Norse stumbled in the red zone, or a little of both. You will have a hard time arguing the Norse got "smashed"
I'll leave you paraphrasing Samuel Clemons: If you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to re-evaluate your position.

Rams also had numerous injuries

[LCNorse]

Yea oldNorse, that 06 team was a real head scratcher. Third or fourth, in the nation, in total offense and two wins to show for it. They developed a knack for snatching defeat from the jaws of victory. I guess I'm hanging my hat on the fact Hefty always preached and practiced, developing quality depth at every position. If you watched them play the last couple yeaes, you know they changed OLinemen and DLinemen like a hockey team. They have a lot of Jrs. and Srs. with more experience than people think. I understand where the skeptics are coming from. If you only saw them once and just read the headlines, you would be right to think they lost everything from a 500 team a year ago. I just don't think thats the case.

C"mon oldNorse- work with me here!!

OK, Thunderbolt......I see LC Norse is on the board as well.
I only saw the Homecoming game last year and heard of the others so I can't say I am an expert.  However, looking at the Norse roster it seems the Dline is strong but not deep.  The Oline is 1/2 experienced and the backfield is essentially new. At least one corner can play with the best, other DBs are working on it.  Backers are new.

The game against Cornell was called "smash mouth football" by one of the coaches.  The only problem is that it was the Norse who were smashed for half of the game.  Lucky for us it didn't go into overtime.

I still will go with Alexander Pope...."Hope springs eternal in the human breast........"  Maybe we can see a resurgance of the Norsemen of old.

I'm sure one of the coaches did call it "smash mouth football." It would not have been politically correct to say, We just got done playing St. Olaf, Central and Wartburg. We are beat up pretty bad and  started a QB who had never taken a varsity snap. So we ran the same 5 plays all day long, because they couldn't stop us. (until we got to the red zone.)
I'm not sure which half the Norse got "smashed" in. The Rams had about 100 yards of offense in the first half, but never threatened. The Norse scored a TD and two field goals while missing another and fumbling on the Ram twenty. The second half started with Sherden joining Stavast and others without pads on. LCNorse could probably enlighten us on the game plan, but it looked pretty simple to me. Don't turn the ball over, grind out the clock and lets go home with a win. Thats pretty much what I saw in the 2nd half. They slowed the game to four possessions each. The Norse drove down the field and kicked four more field goals. The Rams had two nice drives they scored TDs on. And yes a third in the closing seconds against a (prevent what?) defense. Go to the IIAC site and look in the archives at the drive charts and stats. At the end of the day, you can argue the Rams D. came up big or the Norse stumbled in the red zone, or a little of both. You will have a hard time arguing the Norse got "smashed"
I'll leave you paraphrasing Samuel Clemons: If you find yourself on the side of the majority, it's time to re-evaluate your position.

Going into that game we had lost our starting qb...and had a backup who was more of a running threat then a passing one...game plan was to give sherdan the ball and get out of Mt. Vernon with a win...As for this year I can see LC having the best d-line in the conference top to bottom. They have 4 returning starters on the line, that includes Webb, who is looking great so far. Linebackers aren't as inexperienced as you think, with Klein and Mirieu both playing in the middle and Theobald and McGivney(soph with a huge upside) playing on the outside. The defensive backfield has some question marks...Humple is really the only proven corner on the team, and I would argue that Luther hasn't had good DB play for a while now so I don't even know if that experience is really good experience. Defense will definitely be the strong point for the norse this year...I'm looking at a 4-6 maybe 5-5 year...but I could also seem them going 2-8 or 7-3...just a lot of question marks like all of the other teams in the conference.

[Thunderbolt]

 I'm sure they did, ye of few words. And I would guess those injuries affected the Rams game plan and play calling. Thats the only point I was trying to make.

[Walston Hoover]

Yes. Screwdrivers all around.
DF1, you may want to wait until after the game to take your one drink. You'll want to be conscious for the game 

Speaking of the IIAC clash of the titans, I propose a D3football.com Team Drink for all Wartburg/Central/conference posters prior to kick at the big game. Anyone in? Warthog, SK, WH? Klompen, DF2004, KC, Fanosaurus? All others? If people are up for it, we can coordinate the week of the game.

[DutchFan2004]

Yes. Screwdrivers all around.
DF1, you may want to wait until after the game to take your one drink. You'll want to be conscious for the game 

Speaking of the IIAC clash of the titans, I propose a D3football.com Team Drink for all Wartburg/Central/conference posters prior to kick at the big game. Anyone in? Warthog, SK, WH? Klompen, DF2004, KC, Fanosaurus? All others? If people are up for it, we can coordinate the week of the game.

Are you calling DF1 out?  You are old and married and out of practice while DF1 is still single and used to that scene.  I think my money is on DF1

[Airborne Dutch]

Am I allowed to compete in absentia?

[warthog]

DutchFan1:

That sounds like a good idea.  I think we should also invite Mr. & Mrs. Coco since they're back on the contiguous forty-eight.