Dubuque added the football roster today.  After a quick glance, and I realize this will adjust as players will quit or get injured. 

I count 63 Freshmen
IL - 21
IA - 10
WI -  8
TX -  7
FL -  6
MN -  4
MO -  1
NE -  1
CA -  1
CO -  1
MI -  1
MS -  1
NC -  1

Quote from: DriftlessDuhawk on Yesterday at 03:19:16 PMWell, there was a 118 point swing between the 2023 Loras/Simpson game and their 2024 matchup.  We went from an 82-16 Loras win, to the next year seeing Simpson win 66-14.  So I guess anything is possible 

Why can't we have fun light light-hearted conversations on this board without bringing up anxiety producing memory recalls?!?!
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Haha, yeah, I almost didn't make that post for that reason!  Even if it happened before your lifetime, Loras does have that 20 game win streak against UD from 1985-2004 

Quote from: HansenRatings on August 28, 2025, 10:46:56 AM

Quote from: doolittledog on August 28, 2025, 09:39:17 AMWe are 1 week away from Coe @ Cornell opening up the season

Anybody have any predictions on who will win this matchup? I fit a model on the Kohawks' margin of victory since 1998, and it says this year's game should be a ~38 point win for Coe, but by 2028, Cornell will win by nearly 100 points. The Rams are on the upswing!

Well, there was a 118 point swing between the 2023 Loras/Simpson game and their 2024 matchup.  We went from an 82-16 Loras win, to the next year seeing Simpson win 66-14.  So I guess anything is possible 

We are 1 week away from Coe @ Cornell opening up the season

Conference coaches pick Wartburg as the favorite this year.

https://rollrivers.com/news/2025/8/8/2025-a-r-c-football-preview.aspx

KMA is once again doing their preseason coaching interviews.

BVU
https://www.kmaland.com/kma_programs/upon_further_review/ufr-2221-seg-4-austin-dickinson/audio_fac7bbc2-2e84-42b4-93bb-a432c31e2a6f.html

Central
https://www.kmaland.com/kma_programs/upon_further_review/ufr-2227-seg-2-jeff-mcmartin/audio_d636535e-a2dd-468b-a87b-77a5db80fb1a.html

Coe
https://www.kmaland.com/kma_programs/upon_further_review/ufr-2243-seg-2-tyler-staker/audio_6aed4d09-581e-4719-87e0-f46f402d7d69.html

Dubuque
https://www.kmaland.com/kma_programs/upon_further_review/ufr-2253-seg-4-ryan-maiuri/audio_daa17367-95b7-4344-9a07-1e3893d7e378.html

Loras
https://www.kmaland.com/kma_programs/upon_further_review/ufr-2274-seg-4-steve-helminiak/audio_bd36c223-2259-49cd-a1ab-ad53cd99584c.html

Luther
https://www.kmaland.com/kma_programs/upon_further_review/ufr-2265-seg-4-joe-troche/audio_871f6729-4c04-4888-8ad6-bdb44ec36496.html

NWU
https://www.kmaland.com/kma_programs/upon_further_review/ufr-2238-seg-2-brian-keller/audio_01766bc4-dbf0-4199-be70-c6937e1b2ed1.html

Simpson
https://www.kmaland.com/kma_programs/upon_further_review/ufr-2228-seg-2-reed-hoskins/audio_028d192a-9d76-4bcc-b7a3-15b6be328f37.html

Wartburg
https://www.kmaland.com/kma_programs/upon_further_review/ufr-2273-seg-4-chris-winter/audio_0b4a0cae-d59c-4d0b-b302-efb8b5eabd3f.html

28 days until Coe kicks off the season at Cornell

30 days until the 2025 season for the rest of the conference. 

I am assuming DriftlessDuhawk will be running the pick-ems again this year.  He did a great job last year!

With fall camp about to start.  For the incoming senior classes, this is where they stand with one more season to make their mark.

Wartburg 24-0  3 titles
Coe..... 20-4
Central..17-7
Dubuque..16-8
Loras....11-13
BVU...... 7-17
Simpson.. 7-17
NWU...... 4-20
Luther... 2-22

ARC head coaches conference records.  Feel free to check my math.

Jeff McMartin.. 116-34  6 titles
Tyler Staker.....46-19  1 title
Steve Helminiak  32-50
Chris Winter.....30- 2  3 titles
Brian Keller.....14-49
Reed Hoskins......6-10
Ryan Maiuri.......5- 3
Austin Dickinson..4-12
Joe Troche........2-22

Win %
Chris Winter  .938
McMartin  .733
Staker  .708
Maiuri  .625
Helminiak  .390
Hoskins  .375
Dickinson  .250
Keller  .222
Troche  .083

Quote from: The Third Division on July 14, 2025, 06:45:54 PMPossibly a rebrand. I didn't see anything.

Announcing they are going to Flo Sports?

Or something along those lines?

Earlier this afternoon the conference twitter page posted something to the effect of There is a big announcement coming this week.  Can anyone guess.  That tweet quickly disappeared.  Anyone have any info? 

Quote from: Fannosaurus Rex on July 12, 2025, 09:23:59 AMIt is funny that when a local Chicago tv weather man puts up his regional map, the only two cities it names in Iowa are Waterloo and Oskaloosa.

Time to bring William Penn back to the conference 

Quote from: HansenRatings on June 27, 2025, 03:51:30 PM

Quote from: DriftlessDuhawk on June 27, 2025, 02:02:31 PMYeah, Logan and I have very similar sources, as these are the two schools I was referring to. The only thing I would add is that with Luther leaving, the conference is looking to move to a "travel partner" approach for all non-football sports.

With that being said, adding both Monmouth and Northwestern doesn't really work with that idea, and so the league would rather expand in one direction by getting two schools. So, either looking for an additional school in western Illinois or another one in the Twin Cities area.

I said this before, but I think Augustana would make a lot of sense for both parties. They're a good fit for the ARC geographically & fit the mold of the current institutions, and if Monmouth gets/accepts an invitation, that would be a good travel partner for them.

I'm not sure who else from the Twin Cities area would make sense, either for the ARC or for a school potentially looking for greener pastures.

Replace Luther with, wait for it, Martin Luther.  And there is a Brewery in New Ulm, MN.  (this is said with tongue firmly planted in cheek)

Quote from: DriftlessDuhawk on June 27, 2025, 02:02:31 PMYeah, Logan and I have very similar sources, as these are the two schools I was referring to. The only thing I would add is that with Luther leaving, the conference is looking to move to a "travel partner" approach for all non-football sports.

With that being said, adding both Monmouth and Northwestern doesn't really work with that idea, and so the league would rather expand in one direction by getting two schools. So, either looking for an additional school in western Illinois or another one in the Twin Cities area.

Knox is about 20 miles away from Monmouth.  With Luther leaving for the Midwest Conference it might be a bit funny to lose one school to that conference only to then take two from them.

Quote from: DriftlessDuhawk on June 26, 2025, 04:13:42 PM

Quote from: HansenRatings on June 25, 2025, 10:17:50 PMI could maybe see something where the top non-playoff team from a combination of the UMAC/MWC/NACC matches up with the next best team from the ARC, but that would probably, regrettably mean the dissolution of the Lakefront Bowl.

The other issue with this is that I know a couple of teams in these conferences have asked if the ARC plans on moving up to 10 teams with the subtraction of Luther, according to my "sources".

Even if completely made up...you have my attention