Recent content by EvolSwing
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More "Under the Radar" Names
What needs emphasis is "developing players" through great coaching. This hasn't been talked about enough I feel. I hate to bring up the Hawks but every year they put a couple of linemen in the pro's and always have good line development. Nobody rates their recruiting terribly high so it has to... -
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Throwback Thread: COACHING SEARCH: Wednesday, Nov. 25 evening update
What we need in a coach is the innate ability to recruit and then secondly the ability to "see" that recruit starting. Of all the stuff that drove me nuts about our coaches was not seeing Mike Warren as the feature back and Lanning running the offense. Rhoades would be here today if those two... -
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Fire Rhoads NOW!!!
Re: Fire CPR, or drop football. Most of you are probably too young to remember this but....many years ago we missed an extra point to beat Nebraska at Clyde Williams. Osborn iced our kicker and it worked. An "Extra Point"! Then some years after Drake is leading some Valley Conf team by 4 pts... -
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Warren almost to 1,000
I've said this before, Warren's HS highlight videos were unbelievable. I watched Tommy Mister and all the RB's we were recruiting. Nobody looked as good as MW. He could run with a slight hesitation then accelerate through a hole and then gone. He didn't need to knock defenders down because they... -
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Not Enough for the Haters
Like many I saw Lanning in the Ia State Championship game and liked his ball handling and power run game. Simply put he brings an extra threat the D needs to watch for. He's not the pure passing threat we see with most B12 teams but he freezes the linebackers because he can plow through the line... -
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Who would want to takes Rhoads place?
You got it Bro! Think back to Nebraska in the days they steamrolled everyone with their option running. Nobody wanted to play those guys. Then they switched to a game like everyone else and they became mediocre. We can't just go out and hire another coach who will repeat the same mistakes. We... -
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National Perception
Man I agree. Perhaps a bad analogy but when Nebraska thought they needed to play modern football like everyone else they failed to realize their unique way of playing is what made them so good. ISU cannot recruit the 4-star kids like the powers in the B12 so what "can" we do? Well we saw how a... -
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Baylor play calling
Each ISU QB has his own set of plays. They each know the play book but obviously SR is not going to run running plays that he can't execute. I've blogged before that Lanning is a Tebow prototype. He's big and runs like a fullback. This extra dimension gives the OL a split second to take... -
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Time For Lanning
All we have to go on with Lanning is what we have seen which is too small a sample. However if we look at what he did at Ankeny with that fast paced option type game, he was brilliant. What we have now is a very limited running game. If I'm a defender I know if ISU runs its either off tackle... -
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QB situation poll
You are half right. Sam is quick and can run when there's an open hole. Lanning is a fullback in QB clothing. Big diff. Ask yourself who you would rather hit a tight hole? SR or Lanning? The ability to be a fullback forces defenses to play up and gives the QB the option to fake the run and let... -
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QB situation poll
We play a snap back to the QB with a back to either hand off to or block. Why? Guessing so we can have a bunch of receiver options to throw to, right? But Iowa didn't respect our run game so sat back in a zone that SR couldn't pick apart. Having a runner at QB like Lanning would or could force...