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UNIGuy4Cy said:
Wow I dont even know where to start.
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Start by swallowing your pride, and just admitting that you were mistaken. Simple enough.

It's possible to take a so-so defensive lineman, and turn him into a good offensive lineman. It doesn't work the other direction--and if you have a superlative offensive line prospect, you sure as heck keep him there. Jake Campos isn't going to be playing defense any time soon.

Tim TeBrink, if I recall correctly, spent a season or so on defense, because McCarney was desperate for bodies, then went back to his natural home on offense, where he was a solid lineman. Oliver Ross was a JC defensive end, and after a redshirt, went on to a long NFL career on the offensive line. I'd offer other examples outside of ISU athletics, but don't see any reason to.

UNIGuy4Cy said:
You dont think guys like Eric Fisher and Luke Joeckel would make outstanding interior line guys. Watch the NFL combine once and tell me how "unathletic" offensive lineman are.
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Reading comprehension skills here? The former part was covered by another poster. Also, I didn't say that offensive linemen were "unathletic". What I said was that defensive linemen are more athletic. It's easy to see, just look at the NFL combine numbers. Defensive linemen on average have faster forty times, and greater vertical leaps. The reason is a simple matter of the geometry of the game.

Now, to get back on topic...

BuffettClone said:
According to CR Tyler Ahrens is close to making a commitment and it appears to be ISU or KSU.
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I watched Ahrens' video, and he's an interesting athlete, with size at wide receiver. It'll be interesting to see how this one turns out. I think that getting him would be nice--but I suspect I'd rather not see him on the other side of the field for four years.
 
On his rivals link, it says he narrowed to a couple contenders and GT and IU are High on the list while the rest are medium.
 
Interesting. Roderick Proctor verbally committed to University of Memphis. Thought he said it was between us and USF
 
Aclone said:
Start by swallowing your pride, and just admitting that you were mistaken. Simple enough.

It's possible to take a so-so defensive lineman, and turn him into a good offensive lineman. It doesn't work the other direction--and if you have a superlative offensive line prospect, you sure as heck keep him there. Jake Campos isn't going to be playing defense any time soon.

Tim TeBrink, if I recall correctly, spent a season or so on defense, because McCarney was desperate for bodies, then went back to his natural home on offense, where he was a solid lineman. Oliver Ross was a JC defensive end, and after a redshirt, went on to a long NFL career on the offensive line. I'd offer other examples outside of ISU athletics, but don't see any reason to.


Reading comprehension skills here? The former part was covered by another poster. Also, I didn't say that offensive linemen were "unathletic". What I said was that defensive linemen are more athletic. It's easy to see, just look at the NFL combine numbers. Defensive linemen on average have faster forty times, and greater vertical leaps. The reason is a simple matter of the geometry of the game.

Now, to get back on topic...


I watched Ahrens' video, and he's an interesting athlete, with size at wide receiver. It'll be interesting to see how this one turns out. I think that getting him would be nice--but I suspect I'd rather not see him on the other side of the field for four years.
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Ahtyba Rubin switched back and forth from DL to OL in junior college. He was actually an OL when we recruited him to ISU. He eventually made the switch to DL at ISU. And has had a pretty nice pro career.

Point is that all sorts of football players get switched to different positions during their college careers. Some pan out and some don't. There really is no hard and fast rule.
 
Speaking of height, according to the world of Twitter, Micquell Cotton has grown a little and is now 5'10". I'd take that for a safety prospect!
 
Scotty Schaffner had a question on his ask.fm account asking how much he hated the hoks. His answer, "With my whole damn heart"

I'm loving it haha
 
Why has ISU been slowly getting more recruits from Ill. & Wisc but less from Cali? Not complaining, just curious. I thought Cali was always a primary focus for ISU?
 
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