Mt. Rushmore of ISU Athletics
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Just putting this out there - I won not one but TWO ISU intramural championships. And they were in basketball, a MAJOR intramural sport. So, you know, I think I might just be in this conversation .... 
(I think Johnny Orr has to be on there because ISU was a disaster in both BB and football before him and had no national profile. Hilton Magic preceded success in football from the Sage Rosenfels era.)
(I think Johnny Orr has to be on there because ISU was a disaster in both BB and football before him and had no national profile. Hilton Magic preceded success in football from the Sage Rosenfels era.)
I’ve said it once, I’ve said it 1000 times: the shoulder shrug girl in the red head mouth gif never EVER gets the credit she deserves.
Just putting this out there - I won not one but TWO ISU intramural championships. And they were in basketball, a MAJOR intramural sport. So, you know, I think I might just be in this conversation ....
(I think Johnny Orr has to be on there because ISU was a disaster in both BB and football before him and had no national profile. Hilton Magic preceded success in football from the Sage Rosenfels era.)
Some of the best football occurred in the 70’s under Earle Bruce and Johnny Majors. Basketball was really good many years before Johnny, but he put things back on the map after decades of futility.
Agreed. There was a bit of a run in the 1970s but it wasn't sustained.
I think Johnny was very important in our national profile.
Just my thoughts.
I don't understand the implied sarcastic criticism of Wayne Morgan here. If you give him a pass on his first year like people give Prohm a pass on his third, then he went the NCAA Tournament one out of 2 years, and pulled off a tournament win. Not a bad brief career.
She actually thought that was the camera for the video board and not the ESPN camera.
Re: Trice -- he has his own separate mountain, so I could see him being excluded from the exercise.
Wow, a lot of names already in the mix and a lot that aren't that maybe should be....
Dexter Green
George Amundson
Meagan Taylor
Angie Welle
Georges Niang
Monte Morris
Melvin Ejim
If you think of Rushmore as those that put ISU Sports on the map I think you have to go:
1) Gary Thompson
2) Clyde Williams
3) Harold Nichols
4) Bill Fennely
I think you can trace any success in each sport back those individuals.
Dexter Green
George Amundson
Meagan Taylor
Angie Welle
Georges Niang
Monte Morris
Melvin Ejim
If you think of Rushmore as those that put ISU Sports on the map I think you have to go:
1) Gary Thompson
2) Clyde Williams
3) Harold Nichols
4) Bill Fennely
I think you can trace any success in each sport back those individuals.
I still have nightmares. We still have to be the only program that was at the bottom of Div 1 and got put on probation getting there.
