You guys have a great tradition, and a claim to confidence, maybe even over-confidence. you are the 2-10 ISU Cyclones out of the Big 12.
This was posted on
www.bisonsports.net not too long ago:
It sounds bad for ISU.
This doesn't sound like the team I follow. For instance, we're thin along the offensive line and at RB? The redshirt freshman RB you so casually tossed in the heap was the scout team offensive player of the year last year. Plus we have a Florida transfer just becoming eligible. The freshman especially looks like a monster in practice and the transfer has speed to burn. That's not even counting two true freshmen, who also look capable. One of them reminds Big XII followers of Darren Sproles, same size, same blazing speed. ISU fans are excited about our depth at RB and we have some wannabe pundit telling us we should be concerned? We're thin there?
We have 8 guys on the offensive line who have started at least one game and several others who have played significant minutes. We're thin there?
We're inexperienced at WR? We may be youngish, but we are NOT inexperienced. We return three starters/part-time starters, and a guy who should have started if the previous coaching staff didn't have it's head up its collective behind. We return 6 players, including TEs, who had at least 15 catches last year. Make that 7 players if you count RBs. Even saying that, there are several newcomers and holdovers having a very good camp and pushing the proven veterans for playing time. And they'll probably get it because this staff wants to trot players in and out on the fly. You are going to be in for the shock of your lives if you think WR is one of the weaknesses of this team. It's the deepest, most talented position on the team.
We lack experience and depth on the D-line? We have three seniors and a junior on the d-line, all four of whom have started at one time or another or have seen extensive playing time in crunch time, plus three backups at interior positions who have played when the bullets were flying. You have me on the DEs, because we're counting on two redshirt freshmen to be backups. But one of them, Maggitt, was defensive player of the year on the scout team last year, and the other one, Laing, may have the most talent, though he's raw. We're thin there? If anything we're lacking talent that most Big XII teams have, but a lot of 1-A schools could say the same thing.
We're weak and thin at LB, but we are hopefully correcting that with a couple of jucos and a couple of really talented freshman that the coaches have already singled out. Besides, we are going to be playing mostly a 5 DB set for many of our games, with the exception of the first two, based on the offense that's across from us.
The only thing you got right is the defensive backfield. We have a lot of returning players, plus one player we're all really excited about, David Sims, who should be playing at Oklahoma if he had gotten a test score back earlier.
So, no, that analysis you provided looks nothing like the team I follow.
