OMG...that would be amazing! If that does happen...we may make the playoff.
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I can honestly see it. Barring injuries our oline will finally be above average.
O-line may be the best in the big 12. I know that's a bold statement. I can only think of OU being better.
We have a lot of depth that is multiple this year.
Personally I think it's the deepest most athletic O-line ISU has ever had. I think one Oregon's players said that are O-line was just relentless and kept coming.
I don't think anyone is underestimating him. There just hasn't been a large sample size on him yet. The news about his potential and progress is fantastic, though.
We've been spoiled with some really good RBs lately. I love it.
I guess this means "we have arrived" as a program. When sports writers actually put in some effort to learn something rather than make a few minor changes to whatever they wrote last year. In the past, typically this type of article would contain at least one reference to a player who is no longer with the program.
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I think CW usually writes the full magazne preview—which he usually sends in after kicking and screaming for more time to write until Spring practice is over.
My main complaint is that I think he pulled Kym-Mani King out of his yin ya—er, off an old depth chart, because while the coaches like Kym-Mani, no way he’s contending to start at FS with Amos.
That would be D.J Miller. Or a youngster like McDonald. Or Eisworth sliding over to accommodate one of those younger guys—Verdon is a dark horse. Maybe Freyler, once he gets here.
Amos also isn’t on campus this Spring, as the writer implies.
Other than that (and Jirehl being disproportionately high), I’d agree. This is one of the best breakdowns of it’s type I’ve seen.
Comes with being a predicted Top Ten program.
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Once Breece is drafted CMC will have 3 of his RBs in the NFL and that's a strong selling point in and of itself. if Jirehl makes it 4 it will be impossible for RB recruits not to notice.
They pack a lot of substantive content into a short article. Not just the easy stuff like "Breece Hall is going to be good" and "Mike Rose is a good tackler."
I don’t think you knock the downfield passing game. Butler was just a balloon for that stat area. Grinding away keeps our defense fresh and obviously Breece has flipped the game plan on its head. If we can control the ball and take less risk yet still score at a decent pace there’s no point in going deep.
I'd love to see us start the year running for about 250 vs UNI and a handful of backs getting carries.
That would be a drastic change from a normal year where we rush for 60 yards against them. We seriously suck running the ball against them. Can't tell you why.
Seems like our emphasis on using Tight Ends might affect our average per pass yardage.
I’d disagree with that. I feel like adding an outside threat to stretch the field occasionally would open up things for Breece—and everyone else—even more.
There were times that teams just loaded the box against him. And it worked.
Sometimes it only worked for “most” of the game—but that’s still too much.
I hope he can take the next couple steps over the off season. He does run hard, but it seems like he just plows into whatever hole is called for the play, whereas Hall can identify when the play is stuffed and bounced to the outside. Great blocker, good at catching the ball, so lots to like about him. He just needs to figure a couple things out to be a little effective.
