Grinnell College coach Greg Wallace hopes the momentum of the 2004 season carries over to this year. The Pioneers won three of their last four games to finish 6-4. Offensively, quarterback Sean Pfalzer will lead this team. The junior from Moraga, California finished 18th in total offense in NCAA III in his first year as a starter. Pfalzer will direct a young offense that lost nine starters and Wallace says the defense will need to lead the way early in the season.Grinnell opens on Saturday at Ripon College of Wisconsin and Wallace says they face a tough chore to start the season. He says Ripon brings back a number of talented people and run the option offense. Wallace says defending champion St.Norbert is the favorite in the Midwest Conference and then Monmouth was picked second.It is Wallace’s 18th year as the head coach.