Predictions: Defensive MVP
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Tongamoa
Really going out on a limb to pick a guy that just arrived on campus this morning.
You make a good point here. He reminds me of none other than Ellis Hobbs, who came of age in the NFL. If the D-line can slow the running attacks, opposing OCs will resort to attacking the corners. Then we'll find out if Peavy is a candidate for the next level.
It feels like ISU is in pretty good shape with the corners, but you are correct, the way ISU got run over last year, a lot of teams didn't have to pass. I really like the fact that the coaching staff has enough faith in the defensive backfield to move to 3 linebackers.
He would be my 2nd choice. But when KCM is healthy, he's just a flat out stud and the best player on the defense
Didn't Ellis get burned in the Super Bowl when he played for the Patriots? I think it was the game losing TD. I don't watch Pro as much so I could be wrong.
Yes, and right there in front of God and everybody. And I'm pretty sure that was also his rookie season. He might have played there another year, but bounced around after that. Maybe he didn't achieve All-Pro status, but his rise from relative obscurity to playing in the Super Bowl will meet my definition of success any day.
He was a McCarney guy, too. Having read between the lines, I don't think he was real enamored with ISU folllowing McCarney's dismissal. In that Super Bowl, in his intro clip, didn't he get cute and plug his elementary school rather than ISU? I think he got over it, though, by the Rhoads era. Didn't he also return to ISU and finish his degree?
In any case, Ellis is one of my all time favorite Cyclones. I attended his pre-season debut in Foxboro that same rookie year. (Insert a Rube-Cred here) A bit of trivia: Doug Flutie came out of retirement for one last year, and was also on that roster as a backup QB. He, of course, threw the definitive Hail Mary locally for BC back in the day. No doubt, Ellis benefitted from the practice reps versus this master of deception. Ellis was small for his position, but Flutie was even smaller relative to other QBs. In fact, I hadn't seen him in the depth chart that day, and said to the guy next to me: "Who is that they've thrown into the game, a 6th grader? He is really somehow holding his own".
Yea, I know who Flutie is. Love watching him play. I remember my father and I were watching that Super Bowl and he my Dad was less than happy to inform me how badly Ellis got burned on that play. I still loved watching him play, but that's a character building moment if I have ever seen one.
