FB: American Rivers Conference

[DriftlessDuhawk]

Duhawks fell to Benedictine on Saturday night. Once again, "being balanced" did not work for the Duhawks as they rushed the ball for 38 yards on 25 attempts... One sure would hope that at a certain point, the staff diagnoses the run game as not being a strength of this team. The defense looked slightly better, but BenU was no Hope that's for sure. Late in the 3rd quarter, the Duhawks turned to Sophomore QB Will Phillips as they had seen enough from the starter, and he proceeded to go 10-15 for 100 yards and a TD in a failed comeback effort. The sophomore is a tall kid with a bit more zip on his throws, and he showed some decent promise. If he is the starter this week, he is going to have to be a bit more polished on his decisions.

With the Duhawks playing a late game, I was able to tune into a few other conference games. I saw Central get a few stops on its way to a win against RMC. That defense looks stout. Wartburg's performance at Stout was very impressive, and it is clear that the Knights will be a force this year. Just because Stout has public money to afford multiple cameras doesn't mean they have to use them if the view is worse, just my opinion. Coe put up many more points than I figured they would. I'm sure most feel that way, but it's tough to win football games giving up 59 points. UWRF's QB and offense are elite, but that is still a tough showing.

[DriftlessDuhawk]

Division III is not just for "small private colleges." 

I think the sentiment is fair to have. I certainly understand how most D3 fans feel this way toward the WIAC, as they have certain advantages that most D3 schools simply are not afforded. That being said, the conference plays by the same rules as everyone else, and it is totally fine that they are D3. I think it's equally fine to point out the fact that, as a conference, they were born on 3rd base while some other conferences are still in the on-deck circle.

[Schipper Strong]

Division III is not just for "small private colleges." 

I think the sentiment is fair to have. I certainly understand how most D3 fans feel this way toward the WIAC, as they have certain advantages that most D3 schools simply are not afforded. That being said, the conference plays by the same rules as everyone else, and it is totally fine that they are D3. I think it's equally fine to point out the fact that, as a conference, they were born on 3rd base while some other conferences are still in the on-deck circle.

Thank you for more appropriately stating what I was trying to get across.

[doolittledog]

Will be getting to Dubuque about 11am tomorrow.  Mrs Doolittle thinks it would be better to stay home and put up Halloween decorations than risk sitting through the predicted rain tomorrow.  Not sure how many of our kids will be there.  They're all in Dubuque but not sure about job schedules and what not. 

So since it was 2010 for the last victory in the series for Loras...

There's a man sitting on a park bench with his dog.  Another man sits down and says "hey, does your dog do any tricks?"
The man with the dog says sure, watch this.  "Hey Rusty, UD beat Loras in football"  the dog then does a back flip.
The other man says wow! What does your dog do if Loras beats UD?
The man with the dog says "I don't know, my dog is only 14 years old!"

[DriftlessDuhawk]

Will be getting to Dubuque about 11am tomorrow.  Mrs Doolittle thinks it would be better to stay home and put up Halloween decorations than risk sitting through the predicted rain tomorrow.  Not sure how many of our kids will be there.  They're all in Dubuque but not sure about job schedules and what not. 

So since it was 2010 for the last victory in the series for Loras...

There's a man sitting on a park bench with his dog.  Another man sits down and says "hey, does your dog do any tricks?"
The man with the dog says sure, watch this.  "Hey Rusty, UD beat Loras in football"  the dog then does a back flip.
The other man says wow! What does your dog do if Loras beats UD?
The man with the dog says "I don't know, my dog is only 14 years old!"

How do I dislike a post Pat?

[Schipper Strong]

Tough picks this week. That point spread makes it challenging. Thanks for doing this Driftless. I think Central will try to play a lot of subs if the games goes as most expect, but on an away game they can only go so deep. It may not be enough to stay under the spread.

Simpson appears to be improved as one would expect with a Wartburg grad leading the team. Have they improved enough to not be monkey stomped? Would Coach Winter be less likely to stomp a WB grad? Not so far.

Loras and UD seem to have switched positions. I think the change at UD started with Coach Canfield and gained a bit more momentum with each change. I always thought Coach Birie was pretty competitive at Loras, but if I remember right people were glad he retired. Be careful what you wish for?

Luther and BV both used to be talked about in the top 3 when I started watching Central football. That was a long time ago! Back when William Penn and Upper Iowa were in the conference. Do we still all play Luther next year, but not as a conference game or is tomorrow the end?