A loss...then a win.

Whether it is a curse or a blessing, it is almost as if your regular season is expected be undefeated when you're talking about Central Football. Central has 30 Conference Championships and that is more the the whole conference COMBINED! We lost to Coe College this saturday, rather frustrating. Coe didn't beat us, we lost the game. This puts us 1-1 in the conference and 3-1 on the season. Playoffs can still happen, but we'll need some magic for us to share the conference title.


Then, I get home to Pella and I head down to the Athletic Complex to see if Alex's soccer game has finished up and they WON! The lady Dutch beat the Beavers of Buena Vista for their first win of the season. I was really happy for Alex, despite my day being dull from the loss. We play Cornell next week, a nice rebound game.





Coach McMartin explains the loss better than I could:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0v5mmSpqVY&feature=player_embedded

This is Alex kickin butt.

Corwin Came to Central

Jeff Corwin, famous for his animal planet shows and nature adventures on TV, came to talk on Central's campus last week. He came to talk about animal conservation, and how we can help the animal populations. He is a very entertaining speaker, and has a job I'm extremely jealous of. Corwin travels the world reporting on, conserving, and taping animals. He used many examples of how "God's course" needs to be taken, but he doesn't enjoy seeing animals become extinct. He also explained that many animals are conserved at the expense of other species. All very interesting. But overall, I thought it was pretty cool, that small private college like Central was able to get Jeff Corwin to come.

A good football weekend!

This weekend, football wise, started for me on Saturday when THE Iowa Hawks slaughtered the Iowa State cyclones. I watched the game in Davenport, Ia with fellow coaches in Chili's. The Hawks won 35-7. That victory really just set the tone for the weekend as the Dutch played in Rock Island, Ill. against Augustana College. We (Central) won 28-23, in what might have been one of the ugliest victories I've been apart of, we won despite 5 turnovers and a safety. But, what was sweet was that was the second victory for my two college teams. When we got back, I had to capture and code the film so the players and coaches can watch it online. For those of you that don't know what coding film is; every play that takes place in the game, we code: Down, distance, formation, gain, run/pass, blitz #, back set, play result, coverage, defense formation, etc. IT SUCKS in other words. Well, I was in the coaches office accomplishing this task and others until 3 A.M. Well, 'round 11, i decided to wake up again and gather myself to a chair in my room, check my fantasy team and sloth all Sunday watching football. (glorious). I watched the Bears defeat the Lions in what should have been a loss. But, chalk one up for the Bears in the "W" column! haha. Calvin Johnson of the Lions, caught a TD pass with :34 seconds left in the game and it was called incomplete b/c of some dumb NFL rule about holding the ball through the play. So..BEARS WIN! haha. Then, like my normal self, I pushed homework due Monday until the sun has gone down and continue to procrastinate now.

This whole time, Alex has been in Minnesota playing soccer since Friday about noon. Can't wait to see her at our 8 AM class we have together, It'll be the first time in 3 days. Her being away was probably the one downside to the weekend. Her campaign in Minnesota left her soccer team 0-2 after the weekend, but she did mention a bright side being the team going to the Mall of America (surprise, surprise). haha

This catch, is what won/lost the game for the Bears/Lions.

Dutch offensive huddle at Augustana

Busy Weekend

This past Saturday, my parents drove to Pella to watch me Student Coach as the Dutch beat Wisconsin Osh Kosh 34-28. But that's extremely normal for my parents to come to a home football game, what made it different was immediately following, My parents and I walked over to Central's soccer field to watch Alex play against Milikin. It was fun. My parents and Alex and her mom went my football game, then my parents, Alex's parents and myself went over to the soccer game. It was a long but nice 5 1/2 hours of college sports. Then the Kleis' invited my familt over for flank steak sandwiches and hanging out. It was a ton of fun. Things are really clicking with me and Alex and it was cool to see my parents talk with and hang with Alex's parents like they've known each other for years.

Then on Sunday, Alex and I drove to DSM to celebrate my grandparent's 50th wedding anniversary which was piggybacked by my Great Aunt Sherri and Great Uncle Steve's 40th wedding anniversary. It was a ton of fun, we had cake and homemade ice cream and a good meal in the fellowship hall of my Grandpa Bolsem's church, where he is the preacher. It was all the family together as my uncle and his girlfriend Julie were there along with my sisters and their husbands. It was good to see my nephew Jack again, he's really growing. Ashley and Ryan live in Witchita, but make the drive more often then they probably prefer, so I've gotten to see Jack a decent amount of times since he was born. But overall it was a busy weekend with a lot of family time, but well worth the awkward conversations and pictures. Here are a few from the weekend.

Us grandkids with our significant others along with the oldies. And Jack.

This would be me coaching up my boy, Kyle Wood.

Alex playing soccer against Milikin. #7 for the special people.