I agree, that is pretty much exactly what I said. None of the things BC listed were inherent natural abilities though. Leverage, hand placement, footwork, and technique in general can all be improved.
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I agree, that is pretty much exactly what I said. None of the things BC listed were inherent natural abilities though. Leverage, hand placement, footwork, and technique in general can all be improved.
That hasn't stopped them before. They just had to send a DT to JUCO because he didn't qualify IIRC
LOL at if you recall correctly. You know more about Iowa than anyone. They certainly recruit academic risks as well. But it was an almost certainty that Vance would not qualify at one point.
This DT that was sent to Iowa Western, Daviyon Nixon, did qualify out of high school. The problem was he wasn’t cleared until he had already enrolled and started practicing at Iowa Western. He is already back at Iowa after only one semester at Iowa Western. If he didn’t qualify out of HS, he would have had to graduated JUCO to move on.
And talk about special, Nixon could be. Alabama committed a recruiting violation by contacting him while he was at Iowa Western. If the best program in the country is willing to break the rules to try and recruit a kid, he must be really good.
So why didn't Iowa recruit Vance? I think that's going to be one Kirk regrets
Seems like a good fit for his playing style. He'll likely be behind on the depth chart until he's a junior, maybe even a senior.
I know I shouldn’t engage the troll here, but I know OV well and, as I already said, there was concern about eligibility. No one doubted skill.
“Numerous schools, though, didn’t want that risk. Aside from Iowa State, Vance said a number of colleges believed he wouldn’t qualify academically — thus, end up in junior college. So they either backed off or avoided kicking the tires altogether.”
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.desmoinesregister.com/amp/97196088
Could work out for him.
I dont ever want a kid to fail to get an education so certainly hoping for the best for Vance.
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Crazy to think ISU might start 3 guys this year from CR and Kirk refused to offer them all
Definitely interesting to think about. A couple pretty bad evaluations by KF on some OL and not sticking by a kid who is really talented in his own backyard
It's not that I'm upset that we didn't land him (we have quite a few QB's) but I don't get the TCU commitment. I have nothing against them but I was surprised at that choice.