2006 Iowa College Soccer thread

Couldn't agree with you more. Cornell and Coe are officially on the struggle bus.
As far as someones comment earlier about DBQ beating Platteville, who has Plateville really played besides I think rochester from NY and UW-Whitewater that were worth anything. What I am getting at is their #9 ranking was from d3kicks.com and they were really over rated in that poll. They got killed by UW-Whitewater 4-0 at home and 3-0 against DBQ. And to show you how bad those rankings are Platteville is still ranked #23?!? Glad to hear the weather is shaping up to be a typical brutal fall season going into winter in iowa.

 

Hey, don't rain on my parade!!! Dubuque seldom gets good news you know. We have to take what we can get.

 

Not raining on your parade just saying UW-P was overrated. It was a good win for DBQ no question. I love the weather tag from the Loras v. UD game last nite------cold/windy/snowy!!!! And I was also glad to see Terry Vaughn is still doing IIAC games, always enjoyed him in the middle. What was the score doolittledog? j/k

 

Cornell...welcome back to the living! We thought you weren't going to come out of the ICU this season. Quite a dogfight now for 5th and 6th in conference tourney. Simpson and Central should decide who ends up 3rd and 4th this Wed. Loras and Wartburg look to be locked onto 1st and 2nd. Simpson could end up 3rd, 4th or 5th depending on Luther and themselves. Luther could swim up to 4th.

 

Well, Cornell...welcome back to reality but I think we all expected Wartburg to continue rolling. You've still got a chance for 3 more points against Simpson and with a little luck that may get you in the tourney. You'll need some help from the others in the hunt.

 

A week ago Luther looked to be a lock for post season tourney. Imagine this:

DBQ beats Luther which ties Luther on points(9) but DBQ owns head to head tiebreaker. BVU beats Loras and DBQ and finishes with (10) points. This leaves Luther out of tourney. BVU needs to play out of its mind.

Or this: Luther beats DBQ and then DBQ ties BVU after BVU loses to Loras. Points at that point are Luther (12) DBQ(7) and BVU(5). Cornell then beats Simpson to finish with (7) points. DBQ and Cornell finish with (7) points each and the head to head tie breaker goes to...drumroll....DBQ via 3-2 OT win. DBQ in tourney.

 

Or this...Luther and DBQ tie. DBQ then loses to BVU. Luther (10) DBQ(7) BVU(5).

Then, BVU beats DBQ after BVU loses to Loras BVU now at(8)points and DBQ at (7). Cornell beats Simpson and ends at (7) Simpson at (9). Cornell and DBQ out. BVU in.

 

I prefer to look at your scenarios that have DBQ in the post season tourney!!!

 

Please no.

 

So...Luther tied Dubuque 1-1.

 

It's happening!....Dubuque ties Luther and earns a valuable point. Loras beats BVU, as kind of expected. DBQ needs only a tie in next game against BVU to advance to tourney while BVU must have a win. Cornell/Simpson result later tonight could complicate this even more. Central beat St.Thomas(MIAC) today 1-0. First win versus MIAC opponent this year. Will play 7th MIAC opponent tomorrow. Loras probably guaranteed itself a 2nd place finish and first round bye today. Face last place Coe for final IIAC contest.

 

"actually that is win number 2, they beat Bethel this year 2-0. They're 2-3-1 this year against the MIAC.

Off topic, but I'd love it if IIAC and MIAC would get a "challenge" together on a weekend, like the Big 10-ACC challenge. I mean sure the teams play each other anyways, but set aside a weekend for it. Play it 1 year at a central location in Iowa, the next at 1 in MN. Bring down 9 MIAC teams and all the IIAC teams, 2 games each.

And it was Coe/Simpson tonight, Cornell/Simpson is next weekend."

Ahh, accuracy is overrated, anyway!! Good for Central...maybe they can get to .500 with a win Sunday. (Is my math right?)
Does Cornell have a shot if they beat Simpson? Three teams could end up with 7 points for final (6th) spot in tourney. I'll get back to you or you have your people call my people!

 

"Does Cornell have a shot if they beat Simpson? Three teams could end up with 7 points for final (6th) spot in tourney."

I'll answer my own question: If Cornell can beat Simpson AND BVU can beat DBQ, there will be 3 teams with 7 points(BVU and DBQ with 2 wins and a tie, Cornell with 3 wins minus some red card penalty points, I guess).

Each team is 1 win and 1 loss against the other two.

The next tie breaker would be "goal differential." At this point the goal differential winner would be.................Cornell!! How about that?!!!

 

Yes, Cornell has received 2 penalty point deductions for 2 red card offenses. They could have 6 points instead of 4 and then would have only had to play for a tie. They have caused themselves to have to work a little harder. Coe is the only other team to have red card point deductions. Note: I think 3 or more hard yellows will also give a team penalty point deductions.

18 IIAC AND MIAC teams getting together on one weekend? Ratifying a constitutional amendment might be easier!

 

How much longer until Mello gets canned? When I played there he accepted and then decided against taking over at Stetson. The women have a winning record but the men's team has been slumping for a long time. I didn't think he was the greatest coach, but relied on his recruiting to get by. He doesn't seem to be able to bring in the best players anymore.

I'm far away from Iowa now and was wondering if anyone had heard any inside news.

 

glad to see a luther alum speak up and voice some frustration in my day they were always the top dog and have really fell off on the men's side. i can say that i think kuhn has it partially right the conference has really gotten better overall as recruiting goes. but it seems also like each school has a base that they go after year in and year out. for example, loras gets a lot from chicago-rockford area with the help of a lot of catholic schools in those areas. wartburg seems to have a lock on top talent from iowa and also they walked into harrison who has helped propel that program into the next level, question for them will be can they sustain it. i think they will their coach is a very hardworker. but luther......he has not put the effort into the recruiting side as much as the other programs and it is really showing. his tag in the past for recruits was probably why go to some other IIAC school when we continue to beat them. and he can no longer use the tag as best iiac soccer school. it's an uphill battle at a lot of these schools to recruit simply because the midwest is so abundant with D3 schools as well.

on another note, if all these coaches stay the conference will only get better and will continue to garner national attention. i can only think of 3 maybe 4 schools that need to make a change in my eyes. can you guess the 3 for sures?????? Storm, Rams and Norse need to go in different directions.

 

How many IIAC coaches are full time coaches. Wartburgs program really began to turn around when they decided to hire a full time coach. The last I knew Cornell coaches were just part time. Is it a DIII thing to have one coach for both men and women or is it just an Iowa thing?

 

Central, gaining momentum? The Dutch come off a strong road performance with their defense shining. Can they derail the Wartburg train again this year? This may just end in a scoreless tie even though both offenses have had praise heaped upon them of late.