It's also the level of competition. Put Boise St. in the Big 12 or the SEC, and see how many 0, 1, or 2 loss seasons they have.
No talent? Or poor coaching?
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It's also the level of competition. Put Boise St. in the Big 12 or the SEC, and see how many 0, 1, or 2 loss seasons they have.
Mac wasn't an offensive wizard, but he usually had the defense well prepped for most opponents. chizik just bit off more than he could chew.
Agree, but SJ would get a lot of playing time. A.A. would start, Darks for sure, and maybe the running backs (I think ISU would get the start). But no oline or TE would start.
On topic with the "no talent or poor coaching" question....There is talent at ISU. No doubt at least a handful of guys could start at Iowa.
Part of me feels ISU is a couple athletes away from being a pretty decent team, or else a couple more players (already in place)developing this coming year and making them a decent team.
Arob for instance.....4+ YPC average in his career. limited touches and basicaly averages 50 yards a game. just under 1,200 in his 2 seasons.
6 games in '08 with 11 or less rushes(missed game vs kent state)
His career total yardage over a 12 game season would come to 22 carries and just under 100 yards per game. He's not an elite runner by any means but hes fairly proven as a D1 back.
look at his production from the nebraska game on(6 games)...91 carries, 473 yards. 5.2 average.
Darks had a stretch of 23 catches in 3 games. 8,8, and 7. What other freshmen in D1 Fb were doing that?
With a little player progress, I think the stars we have on the team will only get better with some more help around them.
Part of me feels ISU is a couple athletes away from being a pretty decent team, or else a couple more players (already in place)developing this coming year and making them a decent team.
Arob for instance.....4+ YPC average in his career. limited touches and basicaly averages 50 yards a game. just under 1,200 in his 2 seasons.
6 games in '08 with 11 or less rushes(missed game vs kent state)
His career total yardage over a 12 game season would come to 22 carries and just under 100 yards per game. He's not an elite runner by any means but hes fairly proven as a D1 back.
look at his production from the nebraska game on(6 games)...91 carries, 473 yards. 5.2 average.
Darks had a stretch of 23 catches in 3 games. 8,8, and 7. What other freshmen in D1 Fb were doing that?
With a little player progress, I think the stars we have on the team will only get better with some more help around them.
both but i will have to go with coaching look at all the mid major teams that win in their conference and go to big bowls... and win their big bowls... These teams players are not all americans so a lot of it has to do with coaching.