LOL, nevermind the fact that every metric shows that Iowa is one of the top programs in OUT PRODUCING it's talent level.
How far can Iowa go?
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LOL, nevermind the fact that every metric shows that Iowa is one of the top programs in OUT PRODUCING it's talent level.
Lol. No one is going to draft Campbell higher than Rose because of where they went to school. Campbell will be drafted higher than Rose because he is a better player with a higher ceiling. D2 or D3 players get drafted in the first three rounds seemingly every year. If you can play, they will find you.
Rose is a better college player. Campbell is a better pro prospect. It's not complicated guys lol
When you consider RECRUITING ranking, sure. But you guys like to tout how you get more players into the NFL than almost every other school. Looking at 2021 NFL rosters, Iowa has 33 former players in the NFL. That's tied with Clemson for 6th in the FBS behind perennial powerhouses Alabama (53), OSU (47), LSU (46), Georgia (35) and Notre Dame (34). All of these teams have been in the CFP recently. When was the last time Iowa played in the B1G championship?
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When you consider RECRUITING ranking, sure. But you guys like to tout how you get more players into the NFL than almost every other school. Looking at 2021 NFL rosters, Iowa has 33 former players in the NFL. That's tied with Clemson for 6th in the FBS behind perennial powerhouses Alabama (53), OSU (47), LSU (46), Georgia (35) and Notre Dame (34). All of these teams have been in the CFP recently. When was the last time Iowa played in the B1G championship?
NFL players by college on 2021 rosters
The 2021 NFL season is right around the corner, here's the amount players in the pros that each conference and team has.
Path is never easy in the B1G West meatgrinder.
Again when was the last time a receiver from EIU caught a pass in the NFL, last time a running back had a carrier? How many starting QB's playing on Sunday are from EIU? I have not mentioned ISU, we have had few players in the NFL, but Montgomery on Sunday ran for more yards and touchdowns that every running back from EIU has in the last 10 years. Lazard has more catches and yards this year then all the WR combined from EIU in the last 10 years.
If EIU is producing such high end talent year after year, then why have they not won a championship in the past decade? EIU produces few if any skilled position talent, lots of Olineman, D lineman, TE's and DB's mostly safeties.
The talent level between ISU and EIU is not nearly as great as your fan base believes. So why don't you and the rest of the EIU backers just head back over to your own board and all dream about how the EIU talent stacks up with Alabama, OSU and Georgia.
Lets look at the age of those EIU players on that Oline.
LT 2nd year in the program back up 4th year in the program
LG 5th year in the program backup 4th year in the program
C 4th year in the program back up 4th year in the program
RG 1st year in the program backup 3rd year in the program
RT 3rd year in the program backup 2nd year in the program.
On defense I would agree that you did not have much returning, but on the OL, EIU had quite a bit, they also had a lot of returning players that were beat out by younger players.
If you are going to talk about EIU football, at least have some clue what you are talking about, instead of shooting off your mouth. Now how about you label this DUMB and just leave.
That’s where the WR and RB talent level comes into play I think. At the end of the day that’s where Iowa’s recruiting and development have held them back or kept them from having seasons where they could truly compete with the top handful of schools.
You are all over the place. A reasonable and rational discussion can be had here. Iowa’s WR and RB talent level has lagged behind other positions on the team. Most Hawkeye fans get that. You started earlier by saying Iowa was beating the Clones with an athletically inferior team and that part is not true. I agree the disparity in talent levels between the 2 schools has decreased substantially. Iowa doesn’t or ever probably will have the talent level of the Alabama’s of the world. We know that as well.
Pretty long for Twins, once his preseason predictions blew up it his face and was losing face he went and hid.
I never said that the EIU WR were athletically inferior to ISU, I said they were to the Alabamas of the world. What I did say the gap between ISU and EIU is not nearly as large as the EIU fanbase thinks it is. EIU did not out athlete ISU this year, they did out scheme ISU and played mistake free football, while ISU did not.
That was the difference in the game. The athletes on the field were basically equal, which is a shock to EIU fans.
He’s in top form the same time as the cyclones: the off season.