He is so talented we can afford to offer him and hope he makes grades. You can do this for one kid or so a year. My memory says we got Troy Davis when most people thought he would not qualify. I have not heard any informed speculation on what the odds of him qualifying are, but it’s reported that he said he needed a good three months of academic work.
RECRUITING: Joseph Scates commits
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Speaking of Troy Davis, does anyone know if or where his son is playing college ball at?
Meanwhile, reaction on Eastern side of state....
As tolfbfan pointed out, it is quite the interesting road over probably 2 and 1/2 years at least of Campbell and staff reaching out to Scates, building that trust and friendship. Finally with this relationship coming to the point where offers from LSU, Alabama, Michigan State, West Virginia, Arkansas, Kentucky, Indiana, Oklahoma, Vanderbilt, MInnesota and Toledo were all shunned in favor of coming to Iowa State.
Many of us older fans have always wondered if there was a way to get better recruits and players to come to Ames, and it always seemed no one had a positive answer to that question. But now it is seeming as if there in fact is a path to winning consistently in football at Iowa State. The path is challenging and requires great persistence, belief and dedication. But just knowing now that it is real and the groundwork is being laid brings me such incredible relief and joy, a feeling I presume is shared by most if not all who frequent these forums as well as countless others who follow and cheer for the Cyclones. Dare we dream of a time when an 8-5 record is considered a "down" year?
Many of us older fans have always wondered if there was a way to get better recruits and players to come to Ames, and it always seemed no one had a positive answer to that question. But now it is seeming as if there in fact is a path to winning consistently in football at Iowa State. The path is challenging and requires great persistence, belief and dedication. But just knowing now that it is real and the groundwork is being laid brings me such incredible relief and joy, a feeling I presume is shared by most if not all who frequent these forums as well as countless others who follow and cheer for the Cyclones. Dare we dream of a time when an 8-5 record is considered a "down" year?
While "the 49th best class and 7th best in Big XII" doesn't sound the best, the fact that it is a smaller class and we took a Punter and Kicker I am very happy with it.
I believe that's how CMC was able to get Kamilio Tongamoa, Johnnie Lang, Tarique Milton, and Eyioma Uwazurike to come to Ames as well.
I see where CW wrote in his Monday musings that Scates was 6-2". The first twitter info I saw listed him at 6-4", and a website had him at 6'3". Wonder which one he really is. ( not that it matters if he's fast/elusive )
Scates teammate Tavion Thomas decommitted from OU, thought he might want to play with Scates in college but it looks like Ohio St may be making a push.
https://247sports.com/Player/Tavion-Thomas-46036670
https://247sports.com/Player/Tavion-Thomas-46036670
Just goes to show the advantages the blue bloods have in recruiting.
They have 3 RB's committed already, and Thomas would be the lowest of the 4....
That dude has plummeted. After his freshman year they had him ranked as a 5-star - sitting as the #9 player in the country on one service. That's a huge drop over the course of a high school career.
Yes, on Friday when I checked before his commitment, ISU was 57th.
