Quote from: 5 Words or Less on January 27, 2012, 02:15:42 AM
They do to!  They serve pretzels.   

If burgers and brew is what you want, I like T-Bocks on Water St. in downtown Decorah.  But if you really want your money's worth, and if you don't mind skipping the brew with your burger, I'd recommend eating in the College's cafeteria high above Carlson Stadium.  You'll get all you can eat for 8 bucks and if you get there early, you can even get a window seat near the press box to listen in on the chatter of the coordinators, SID and radio announcers.  Bring along a prospective student and eat for free ... and to be honest, the food aint all that bad.

Sincerely yours,
5 words or more

What about Mabe's downtown?  Great pizza joint!

WHOOOOOOHHHH, huge sigh of relief.  On 16-50 shooting from the floor the Kohawks get the W.  Made some big free throws down the stretch.  Anybody know about the Luther Loras game or the Wartburg BV game?

Very low offensive production from both teams at Eby.  Halftime score, 20-19 Coe is up.  Lot's of dribble drive and simple passing around the arc.  No hard cuts to the basket nor any post touches to really speak of.

Two big games for the middle of the conference teams this week. 

Central at Coe and Simpson at Dubuque.

Luther at home against Loras and BV on the road to Wartburg.

Predictions for the games tonight?  It would be great to see a couple of upsets tonight to help Coe out.  It would be great to see Loras to play up to their potential/hype for once tonight and take it to Luther.

Quote from: iowan on January 23, 2012, 02:45:48 AM

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Quote from: iowan on January 21, 2012, 03:26:24 PM
Co Coe Nut: I dont see how you can put Coe & BV ahead of Central. Central beat Coe by 21 and BV by 8. I do think Luther is the team to beat in the IIAC.

Those games were also back in November and early December when Central was playing really well.

So a win in first part of the season doesnt count?

Number one, Central is already behind in the race to Coe and BV.  Coe was rough on the road at the beginning of the season, and I can go back to numerous occasions when Coe gets beat by Central and then takes care of business at Eby against the Dutch.  BV is always better at the end of the season.  (How many times has BV got into the tournament as a low seed and then made the NCAA tournament?)  Also, I believe my point on Central's lack of size is still valid.

Guess will just have to see how the season turns out.  As many sports people like to say Iowan: "What have you done for me lately?"  This is conference ball in January not November.

Sorry for not posting in a while guys.  Been on the road quite a bit.  Saw the Coe/BV game in person, and it definetly was not Coe's night.  Terrible shooting performance from Coe, and a great shooting performance from BV.  It looked to me that their bigs and their outside shooting were really hitting.

One comment for Phred.  BV, most definietly, Simpson, questionable?  Really, it's any teams conference to win right now.  (With the exception of Cornell, Warburg, and Loras.)

As of right now, Coe is the only team to topple the defending conference champs in Luther.  (At Luther.)  With that said, it's going to take a lot of help from every team in the conference to take out Luther half way through the conference season. 

My predictions, seeing quite a few of the teams play so far this year.

1)  Luther (I wish I could say Coe, but they're sitting nice right now.)
2) Coe (Still a young team at the beginning of the season, but realizing what it takes to win now.  Especially on the road.)
3) Dubuque  (May come down to the same result as last year.  Same record as Coe, but Coe wins the tie breaker.)
4) BV  (Looked good against Coe, and apparently took it to Dubuque.  If they win at home, they jump up to the 2 spot.)
5) Central  (Lack of size, may be coming to fruition.)
6) Simpson (Talented team, but I think they lack discipline defensively, especially down the stretch when the games really matter.  Also, if they're not hitting shots, see previous comment.)
7) Loras (They're just too talented not to win a more games then the basement dwellers.)
8) Wartburg.  (May get a couple of wins if Murphy and Sathoff both have great games.)
9) Cornell (Don't think there is a debate here....)

It truly is any team's conference to win right now, but those are my predictions.  Let's look back on these in a 3 weeks or so.

I see the road to the NCAA tournament going through Decorah, with Coe beating Dubuque in the second round.  What happens after that, toss-up.

Also, even though there is no game on their schedule I still predict that Cornell will lose tonight.  Just HAD to get that jab in there!

Predictions for the games tonight?  I see three teams that really need a win tonight, and are most likely considered underdogs according to league records.

Coe has had a tough time as of late playing up at Luther, I think it's due to the high altitude.     Or perhaps Luther just being a solid, well coached team.  If Coe gets it going from the outside though, Luther needs to watch out.  Both teams match up well on paper, as far as players, but Luther has had our number over the past few years.  (I miss the days when Luther was a cupcake game!)  It would great to see a lot of upsets tonight to get the league within reach for everyone and keep the conference competitive. 

Here are my predictions:

I have to say this, Coe wins due to hot shooting and Seth Light staying out of foul trouble in the first half.  Look for Wirth and Mataloni to both go for 15+ points.  Possibly all threes.

As much as it pains me to say this, I want Wartburg to get a W tonight, but I don't see it happening after watching both the Coe v. Dubuque and Coe v. Warburg game.  Dubuque should be able to contain Sathoff and cruise to a victory.

Simpson/BV game between two struggling teams.  I don't see Simpson being able to take down BV, even though the Beaver Den will most likely be quiet tonight.

Can Loras actually play to the potential that they're always hyped with?  Sorry Klompen, but I hope they do.  However, Central absolutely throttled Coe at home.  I see similar results tonight against Loras.

Any wagers tonight?   

Doolittle, sorry thought I posted this.

Ugly game overall at Eby.  53-50 win for Coe.  Terrible outside shooting for both teams, and questionable officiating towards the end of the stretch.  Murphy was called for a charge with under 30 to play and it being a one point game.  Coe's player was most likely under the hoop or moving his feet....With the officials that were out there, this type of officiating does not surprise me.

However, this time it worked out in Coe's favor and will take the win any way we can get it!

Pretty sloppy game at Eby right now.  Coe up 20-19 on Wartburg.  Coe's hot shooting has seem to stop today, perhaps due to a pretty stingy zone defense being played by Wartburg at times.  Also, Wartburg getting after it on the Offensive glass, but not capitalizing at this point.

Quote from: doolittledog on January 04, 2012, 11:16:40 PM
Hey Klompen, the IIAC website has Wartburg beating your Dutch tonight

That got me looking up teams results tonight and under the schedule part there is a drop down window so you can look up individual teams instead of seeing the whole conference together.  And on there, there is a drop down window for Upper Iowa?!?!  Um, what???  Are the Peacocks coming back home???

Doolittle, looking at the IIAC website and Central is a comfortable 4-0 right now.  As for your previous post, CAN'T BELIEVE you haven't been to Eby yet.     As for parking, easiest way for you to get to Coe is just come in off or 151, you will hit Marion, take a left at the first stop light (151/highway 13), take your second right on Collins road, and proceed to first Ave South/left.  Once you're on first Ave proceed to Coe Drive I believe, right after the Wendy's on First Ave., and head on down to Eby.  (It's a one way.)  You will see our campus left and right, but you should see signs for all our buildings.  Take a right, right after the raquet center and there should be stree parking available for you.  If you don't take that right you will have a long cold walk.  That's the best I can do for you.  (As for the directions, I may have had a few girlfriends in Dubuque that made me travel there.) 

I hope the Eby magic continues and the Spartans don't take another conference win from us!

Coe wins 90-75, even though Coe held a solid 20+ point lead the last 10 minutes of the game.  (Simpson continued to play their starters the last 3 minutes of the game.) 

Doolittle, to answer your question.....  As a Coe fan, I have to say they're that good!     You don't shoot 60% being a terrible team.  However, we're undefeated at home, and have not won a game on the road yet.  The one possitive thing to see is 6 players with over 10 points.  With that type of balanced scoring it's tough to just lock down 2-3 players. 

Being someone heavily involved in the Coe Men's basketball program, the 6th place preseason ranking is a shame for Coe.  If not this year, next year this is a 20 win team.  They had struggles on the road early this season, but you have to remember there are a lot of young players on this team.  It's great to have Jake Raney back to help out Kevin Gaster with senior leadership.  Jake came back from injury and contributed in a big way tonight. 

Simpson forced a very up tempo game tonight, but struggled to handle Coe's ability to bring the ball up the court and show balance from all positions on the floor.  If you're going to press for 35 minutes, they need to be a more disciplined, and recognize shooter.

Great assist count for Coe tonight, with a relatively low amount of turnovers for the tempo of the game.  Looking forward to posting with you guys throughout the season!  Best of luck through this conference schedule.

Which brings me to a couple of questions.

1) Who is your prediction to win the IIAC this year?  Early favorite has to be Luther, do you see anyone that can bring them down this year?

2) Where did all the BV fans go?  If you have 3-4 non NCAA tournament apperances, do you lose your posting status?

Thanks for the welcome Dolittle.  Coe up 74-53 with ten minutes left.  5 players with over 10 points for Coe.

Coe 46 Simpson 36 at half.  (9) 3 pointers for Coe in the first half.  Shooting at about a 60% clip right now.  Having a tough time with Simpson's pressure however.  If Coe continues to turn the ball over it could be an interesting game in the second half.

Coe out to an early 23-12 lead, led by their hot shooting.  In particular Wirth.