Blum: The RDTF Factor

[ChrisMWilliams]

Here's Brent Blum's first football column for CycloneFanatic.com...Some interesting and entertaining stuff. Brent's column will appear on CF every Thursday throughout the 2010 ISU football and basketball seasons.

Iowa State Football: Brent Blum on the RDTF Factor' | Cyclone Fanatic

 

[1100011CS]

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Good stuff

 

[Rhoadhoused]

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I liked everything except all the stupid shots at Iowa.

 

[Clonegrad07]

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I LOVED all the snide comments about Iowa. That was a great article. This is Cyclone Fanatic! NICE!

 

[UNIGuy4Cy]

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I liked everything except all the stupid shots at Iowa.

This, dont be a Jon Miller and bash the opponent in the media or on a website, let the fans do it not the writers.

 

[sdillon500]

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Nice job, Brent. Love the stat-based analysis, but I'm way to lazy to research this kind of stuff myself.

And god, reading that breakdown just brings back how close 2005 was to being a huge year for ISU football. A few more breaks go our way (Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas) and the Cyclones are sitting at 10-1 and playing Texas in the Big XII title game.

 

[isugcs]

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Too much truth in that one...

Great article, it all comes down to defense, as always. I don't think you can write us off, but there will need to be some pleasant surprises.

Love the Iowa comments! You are the anti-zabel.

 

[zach]

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This, dont be a Jon Miller and bash the opponent in the media or on a website, let the fans do it not the writers.

I liked the write up. No problem with the very mild shots at Iowa at all. You want to hear real shots at a particular school, listen to JM or giggles or read the rag (SK). I got tired of it and rarely listen to either smuck and refuse to buy the rag so I have no problem at all as this is a Cyclone fan site after all. Could BB go to far, yes, but he didn't even come close.


I find it much more offensive when we have a player that works his butt off and gets a scholly and so called ISU fans complain that he is not good enough for ISU and what are the coaches thinking. Or when we get a recruit who doesn't meet our standards of speed, size, height. If you want to knock off on the remarks, lets start in house first about our own.

I assume BB is an ISU fan first, a writer second and it shows in his writing.

Fight PR with PR!

Z

 

[JY07]

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it wouldn't let me comment on the article: you probably need an * next to the part about the coaching staff being intact due to losing ash

 

[no2cyclones]

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RDTF Factor, Chris...

Come on, you're better than that kind of typo!

 

[zdorr40]

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And god, reading that breakdown just brings back how close 2005 was to being a huge year for ISU football. A few more breaks go our way (Missouri, Nebraska, Kansas) and the Cyclones are sitting at 10-1 and playing Texas in the Big XII title game.

Great point. That defense was terrific. What could have been...

 

[GeronimusClone]

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RDTF Factor, Chris...

Come on, you're better than that kind of typo!

I thought it stood for Right To Die Factor. Thought euthanasia was a little deep for this joint.

 

[CyForPresident]

Great article.

This bring me back to the good old days of reading Blum's and CWilly's articles in the ISU Daily at the library. Ah, good times.

 

[ChrisMWilliams]

Great article.

This bring me back to the good old days of reading Blum's and CWilly's articles in the ISU Daily at the library. Ah, good times.

I loved those days...

Next up...we need to get a Williams and Blum podcast going. Anybody up for sponsoring this?