In the almost 50 years that I have been a fan of Iowa State Football, we have been at a significant disadvantage at the QB position most seasons. Purdy changed that. We need Dekkers to be a star.
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I never thought we would have a respectable DL and look at us now!
In the last 50 years, the best Gopher QB has probably been Adam Weber or Cory Sauter. You're not wrong but just think about how bad that is.
I have been a cognizant fan for over 25 years. In that span, I can only think of 4 QBs at ISU who could consistently put the team on their back and compete with just about anyone: Sage, Seneca (sans the OU game in 2002) Bret and Brock. Austin had some good games, but the Big 12 was the gunslinging league while he was under center, and he/ISU's offense was not up to par at the time. Yes, in general QB has not been good. From 2010-2017 it was Cleveland Browns bad. I don't want to go back to those days.
Yes, that is certainly some perspective. Iowa State, while not a QB gold mine, has certainly not been bottom barrel bad by any means. I would be pretty hard pressed to recall a Kansas QB not named Todd Reesing.
It's probably pretty telling about Kansas if my follow-up question is," Who's Todd Reesing?"
The guy who helped Mark Mangino put KU football on the map (briefly) in the mid 00s.
There's a lot more options to step up at RB than QB, it could easily be Norton or Sanders that takes "breaks out" at the RB position
Love that.......AND that's why Blum has a new role with the We Will Collective!
I just listened to @ChrisMWilliams on with Miller and he picked Dekkers and it was like drinking a nice Four Roses single barrel and here you show up with a bottle of Pappy Van Winkel.
All fine and good, and I am coming to terms with the realistic possibility of a true RBBC approach by the staff this year. There are a lot of guys who can tote it, but if I had to put my money where my mouth is and predict one of these guys to become a 'bellcow', it would be Brock. Campbell has not historically been a RBBC guy either, so I can picture a world too, where it starts out RBBC and then one guy kind of runs away with it after the first 4 or 5 games. Brock is the veteran of the group, so I hope he gets every chance to go and 'break out'.
Hopefully. Former 4-star guy going into his redshirt junior season. Hasn't seen much playing time in his career yet.
I think Dmitri Stanley is more than capable of contributing to the effort to free up X. Not to minimize Noel, but Stanley and the other newcomer WRs this year are the reasons I wouldn't go with Noel as my candidate for breakout player.
Best overall group does not equal we'll be fine without Hall. The proof is in the pudding and no one, including the coaches, will know how good anyone is until we see how they perform on Saturday.
Where was Blake Peterson ever rated a four-star guy? 247 has him at three stars as does Rivals.
Blake Peterson, Beresford , Weak-Side Defensive End
Blake Peterson is a 6-4, 225-pound Weak-Side Defensive End from Beresford, SD.
247sports.com
Yeah, Dekkers would be my pick. Would like to have seen him play more last year. Will be interesting to see if he delivers this season. Freyler will be fun to watch, the way he flies around the field and makes plays. And Easton Dean - IIRC, Campbell said he could wind up being the best TE out of ISU, or something like that.... Well, here's the quote: Matt Campbell on QB-turned TE Easton Dean: "On or off the record, Easton's going to be the best tight end we've ever had here." !!! Wooooo-weeeeee.
