IIAC 2014

[Medicated Pete]

http://youtu.be/qEL_ZIqjcA0 Wartburg - Luther Highlights 

[Madhatter5]

With the amount of firepower Simpson seems to have should Luther or Loras be on upset alert? The games are home for Luther and away for Loras.

Firepower? Because they scored 8 against BVU. They should be worried they gave up a goal against that team. Besides the win against a mediocre Wis-Whitewater there's not much left on their schedule to be impressed with.

As for the Loras vs. UD game, I left at half. Loras seems too scared to mess up and are content with playing kick ball, even when they are in their attacking half... As I have said in previous posts, they look their best and get their best chances when they knock the ball around more than 3 passes. They made more passes in UD's 18 then they did in the middle of the field.

As to the reason they have so many corner kicks, they seem to enjoy taking the ball down the sideline and then kicking it as hard as they can into their defender so it will go for a corner. Instead they should be bringing it back and waiting for numbers to get in the box and fire off a less contested cross.

The shut out will hopefully give their defense and goalie a boost.
Maybe it's the loss of 4 or 5 starting players but I for one am going to be worried for almost every Conference game the rest of the year.

[Puerco Espin]

Good confidence builder for the Duhawks today. BVU is in for yet another long season.

9-0 Wartburg over Central ... Yowzers. Curious how long they kept their starters in for.

Simpson appears to be the one on the outside looking in this year after the 2-nil setback to Luther.

UD hands Coe a 5-2 loss, nothing too exciting there.

[Durantula]

The Wartburg Central match was one of the weirder that I have watched. Central threw people forward and hardly played any defense. the Wartburg starters were only in for about 25 min and then did not even start the second half. I think BV might have a chance against the Dutch if it is on BV's field

[Puerco Espin]

Talk about a gameplan that completely backfired. Doesn't look to be a promising season in the land of the Dutch.

[Knighthaws]

Knights with a solid 3-1 win over the Olies. Kyle Sprain the Waverly homegrown talent with his third collegiate goal. He has really stepped up as a left back who can join the attack when needed. This Wartburg team is on a hot streak, hopefully they can ride this out for the rest of the season.

[Puerco Espin]

Looked at the box score and saw Wartburg had 12 shots and nine on target. That's quite impressive.

[Cheesehead Henry]

Saw Simpson dominated the game against St. Mary's (MN), but could only muster one goal. As well as Luther yet again edging out over a questionable opponent in UW-Platteville in OT to keep there schedule unblemished with the exception of Wartburg. Any idea what these games looked like? Anybody watch them?

[PickettStreetParty]

Why is the Loras vs. Western Illinois game cancelled ?

[futbol117]

I would assume it is weather related.

[Medicated Pete]

I would assume it is weather related.

Yep and will not be made up.. Bring on UW-Platteville on Wednesday 

[Cheesehead Henry]

I would assume it is weather related.

Dang I was gona say that. You beat me to it!

Anyways, this should be a solid matchup for Loras to see how they fare now that things get down to the nitty gritty. Platteville has proved to be a fairly decent squad. They tied to Wartburg 0-0, as well as narrowly losing 2-1 to Luther in OT. It will be interesting to see how Loras plays!

[PickettStreetParty]

Should be a good match-up against platteville as they added legend to their coaching staff. Andy Filipiak aka Uncle Drew joined UWP this season. Smoothest player I have ever seen.

[Puerco Espin]

I think Loras rolls 3-0. The Pioneers struggled against a weak side in Maranatha Baptist. Even with the key pieces missing for Loras, they put up three easily and another shutout.

[IIACFAN50]

Anyone know why the Grinnel/Central match was postponed and not rescheduled? Checked Central website to see the result and the match had been deleted from their schedule with no mention of why. Its as though the match was never made and vanished into thin air. Grinnel website at least acknowledged the match had been made but did not elaborate beyond line one of my post. If cancellation was weather related seems odd neither school would mention that?