FB: Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

[DBQ1965]

I found this interesting, although it appears to have a heavy West Coast (and anti-Midwest) bias. How could Milwaukee, St. Louis, Cincinatti and the Twin Cities NOT make this list?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/06/travel/usa-beer-towns/index.html?hpt=hp_t5

It may have to do with the number of brew pubs in the city.

[stanbob]

I found this interesting, although it appears to have a heavy West Coast (and anti-Midwest) bias. How could Milwaukee, St. Louis, Cincinatti and the Twin Cities NOT make this list?

http://www.cnn.com/2013/05/06/travel/usa-beer-towns/index.html?hpt=hp_t5

Since when has cnn been concerned with accurate reporting anyways?

[FearTheEar]

CNN 100 percent completely accurate .... 

[OzJohnnie]

I've got a great knock knock joke. You start.

[Retired Old Rat]

Plug for sfury's latest blog post.  http://tvfury.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/a-minnesota-sports-dad-talks-sports/#comment-4682

Those of use who are a certain age can really identify with this.

[DuffMan]

Whoa!  LK Retires as Head Coach at Mount Union

[AO]

Whoa!  LK Retires as Head Coach at Mount Union

only 332 wins?  What a lightweight.

[57Johnnie]

Whoa!  LK Retires as Head Coach at Mount Union

only 332 wins?  What a lightweight.

....... and a whopping 24 losses in 27 years for a .928 winning percentage 

[faunch]

Anybody know if Mike Grant will be a candidate for the job?  When will the national search committee be named???
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.oh wait...they just promoted his son from within.  Maybe SJU should have done that...promoted from within...not necessarily the son part though.

[Retired Old Rat]

Whoa!  LK Retires as Head Coach at Mount Union

Wow.  I wonder if there were any signs that this was coming.

[sfury]

Whoa!  LK Retires as Head Coach at Mount Union

Wow.  I wonder if there were any signs that this was coming.

"When Alexander saw the breadth of his domain, he wept for there were no more worlds to conquer."

332-24. 11 national titles. All good. But when Kehres had defeated Glenn Caruso, well, how could you ever top that?

[DuffMan]

But when Kehres had defeated Glenn Caruso, well, how could you ever top that?

He probably retired knowing that he'd likely never top the almighty GC again. 

[HScoach]

Whoa!  LK Retires as Head Coach at Mount Union

Wow.  I wonder if there were any signs that this was coming.

LK's retirement has been a topic in Alliance for quite a few years.   Figured it was more likely this off season because of Title #11.   In my opinion, there was almost zero chance he was retiring after a loss.   

And the timing of giving the program to Vince is good too.  They're loaded on defense for '13 a clutch, experienced QB and have a stud TB that will both be juniors this fall.  Only question this fall is the #1 receiver position.   The cupboard for VK is hardly empty.  The key will be re-stocking it like his Dad did.

[stanbob]

The Mount missed a great chance if they didn't try to pry gc away from summit...

[hazzben]

And the timing of giving the program to Vince is good too.  They're loaded on defense for '13 a clutch, experienced QB and have a stud TB that will both be juniors this fall.  Only question this fall is the #1 receiver position.   The cupboard for VK is hardly empty.  The key will be re-stocking it like his Dad did.

It'll be interesting to watch. I'm not sure how he can repeat the dominance of his father (.928 winning percentage is mind boggling!!). LK was simply historic. Granted it sounds like VK won't be doing any rebuilding or reloading this year. But perceptions do swing. And teams/programs tend to have a cyclical nature. Even the most dominant have down years.

That said, I can't imagine a significant decline. But maybe this opens the door a crack for other teams to get a shot. Guess we'll see.

After all that useless prognostication, congrats to Kehres on one incredible career. The man could flat out coach.