Awesome Assessment of ISU Talent
- By RonBurgundy
- Football
- 24 Replies
This is just some great work by Alex Halsted at 247.
First graph is trend of ISU talent. This is NOT recruiting ratings, but the cumulative rating of the 85 man squad. Just look at how CMC has improved the team.
This second one is even cooler. This is broken down by position. Clear improvement in all units (except Special Teams) across the board. Look at how DL is a strength now, and clearly time for the OL to step up.
https://247sports.com/college/iowa-...crease-247Sports-Composite-ratings-134873682/
First graph is trend of ISU talent. This is NOT recruiting ratings, but the cumulative rating of the 85 man squad. Just look at how CMC has improved the team.
This second one is even cooler. This is broken down by position. Clear improvement in all units (except Special Teams) across the board. Look at how DL is a strength now, and clearly time for the OL to step up.
https://247sports.com/college/iowa-...crease-247Sports-Composite-ratings-134873682/
Question for those few who dislike the Orr Cyclone
EDIT: This concerns only the nickname logo. The I-STATE logo stays as the primary school logo!
Regarding the Orr Cyclone, some still cannot let go of ANY association with bad football of the 1980s.
Originally designed by Roger Gade, who worked for ISU for two decades, it first appeared with Criner's teams and was used in various forms as the only school logo with a Cyclone from 1983 to 1995, also during Orr's reign over Hilton Magic and multiple national championships in other sports.
With the current I-STATE logo, Pollard's athletic department redesigned a logo from the 1970s basketball teams. That period was also ISU's worst basketball era ever.
When you look at the current I-STATE logo, do you think of the putrid 1975-76 team that finished 3 - 24? Or maybe you think of Maury John's death?
Don't forget the current I-STATE design first appeared with the, uhhh, less than ideal results of Chizik and McDermott. Is it tarnished by such association?
With the proposed Orr Cyclone logo, the athletic department COULD redesign a logo from the 1980s football teams. That period was a bad era of football, but not the worst ever.
Thus:
1970s I-STATE logo used with BAD basketball, but GOOD football
1980s Cyclone logo used with BAD football, but GOOD basketball
What is the difference????
Pollard's comments in the past (esp. w/ new Cyclone logo) illustrate he doesn't attach any stigmata to logos and poor athletic results, but rather it's some fans that do so. The AD has also listened to fan feedback w/ I-STATE logo rollout in 2007 and Jack Trice throwbacks among other ideas.
Why not again?
The Orr Cyclone could become the Campbell Cyclone. Timeless design transcends, as seen below:
Regarding the Orr Cyclone, some still cannot let go of ANY association with bad football of the 1980s.
Originally designed by Roger Gade, who worked for ISU for two decades, it first appeared with Criner's teams and was used in various forms as the only school logo with a Cyclone from 1983 to 1995, also during Orr's reign over Hilton Magic and multiple national championships in other sports.
With the current I-STATE logo, Pollard's athletic department redesigned a logo from the 1970s basketball teams. That period was also ISU's worst basketball era ever.
When you look at the current I-STATE logo, do you think of the putrid 1975-76 team that finished 3 - 24? Or maybe you think of Maury John's death?
Don't forget the current I-STATE design first appeared with the, uhhh, less than ideal results of Chizik and McDermott. Is it tarnished by such association?
With the proposed Orr Cyclone logo, the athletic department COULD redesign a logo from the 1980s football teams. That period was a bad era of football, but not the worst ever.
Thus:
1970s I-STATE logo used with BAD basketball, but GOOD football
1980s Cyclone logo used with BAD football, but GOOD basketball
What is the difference????
Pollard's comments in the past (esp. w/ new Cyclone logo) illustrate he doesn't attach any stigmata to logos and poor athletic results, but rather it's some fans that do so. The AD has also listened to fan feedback w/ I-STATE logo rollout in 2007 and Jack Trice throwbacks among other ideas.
Why not again?
The Orr Cyclone could become the Campbell Cyclone. Timeless design transcends, as seen below:
