COLUMN: Simply put, 2017 success will depend on Jacob Park
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Nice work Chris! It is pretty hard to argue with what you put out there, but I am sure someone will try. 
Without quality line play the QB is never going to be terribly accurate. There will be too many hurried throws, early throws, throws on the run and balls thrown away to save a sack to get much higher than the accuracy we are experiencing now. In addition if the line consistently can't buy time the defenses ISU face will know they can press and not have to worry about something developing over the top since there isn't time for that. That makes all of the throws you are making in more congestion and traffic with tighter coverage.
If the line is indeed upgraded then Park has a chance.
If the line is indeed upgraded then Park has a chance.
I agree in general with this, because the signal caller has been the one that historically dictates how well we do. But I believe the more important positions to dictating that success is the OL.... Put Aaron Rodgers behind a swiss cheese line and the success won't translate... I know you started the column with this direction too. Up front in the trenches to me is really going to dictate how far we go, because with out depth and skill in those backbone areas (DL, OL...)the other positions don't have a chance. There are too many dependency on a good to marginal OL and DL.....
If you have a great offensive line and a great running back er backs all you need is a qb who can hand them the ball....An oh hellsbells any offense is only as good as its Offensive Line.....
Go Cyclones Beat the purple haks
Go Cyclones Beat the purple haks
That was a complete team with a good defense, a good offensive line and good skill position players. Sage had to be more of a game manager than a Seneca Wallace QB.
I like our top 6 OL. Stay healthy and we are in good shape. Our OL got a lot better as the year went on(and it started off a hell of a lot worse than this one looks). Our HC and OC know OL, they are more experienced this year and have been better coached a year longer.
I also think having LeCharles Bentley and his team continuously helping the OL is huge and very underrated.
I also think having LeCharles Bentley and his team continuously helping the OL is huge and very underrated.
Like every other program, the offense lives on the backs of the o'line, not the QB. Adequate signal callers look like stars behind monster lines, while the opposite is also true. Park is probably an adequate QB by league standards. But it's how Jake Campos and the others in front of him develop as a unit that will make him better or worse than his credentials may indicate.
Good ol' 2003. Woof!
Even worse, 27% of ISU's points that season came in one game (48 points vs. Ohio).
Man it's depressing to look at our passing numbers... isn't the record for tds in a season only 19?
I would be fine with that as long as we are putting it in the end zone on the ground as well.
Mother of God...
edit: Worst part is I was in school that year. I don't remember sucking that hard. Must have blocked it out due to the massive psychological trauma.
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Recalling that 2003 QB trio of Flynn, Terry, and Love made me dry heave.
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