RIP Coach Jim Walden
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He was a character indeed-a good match for Johnny Orr. He did takeover a bad situation with the lack of scholarships from the Criner fiasco among other challenges. Creative and fun-I have plenty of memories of games he coached. RIP coach.
The Jim Walden years are why I am such a die hard fan today. We had season tickets through all those bad teams because they were basically free and my Dad liked going to games. I remember the 6-5 team with Blaise Bryant as my favorite. The streaker game, the 0-10-1 season, tearing down the goal posts, beating Nebraska with Marv Seiler. And tailgating of course. A lot of good memories.
Bring this logo back on the helmets this season in a tribute to CJW!
Sad day, not our best coach, but another link to Cyclone history gone. Condolences to his family and friends.
Good guy. He wanted to turn ISU into a winner as much as we wanted him to it just didn't work. He probably would have had more success had the school been willing to invest more into football. He had some really talented players we just couldnt match the depth of the Big 8 powers. He had some upsets and a few 6-5 teams which would have gotten him into a Bowl game and a raise if he would have coached when Paul Rhoades did.
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We could probably ditch the Iowa State part but id love to have the Tornado logo forever.
