I’ve been looking at the video of Stevo Klotz’s TD yesterday, and I couldn’t help but think about how much it’s an example of how far the program has come under CMC.
In the meltdown weeks, some genius was whining about “Where are all of those great recruiting classes?” I’m not sure if they were…misinformed…enough to think that a “great” recruiting class for ISU is the same as a great recruiting class for the likes of tOSU or Bama—or if they were just totally blind to the young talent on the field right in front of their noses.
The simple fact is, the talent level on this program is improving. It may be more incremental than most of us would prefer, but it’s there.
And that includes the simple fact that many of our walkons are now better than our scholarship players used to be. Yes, I say that in response to that (ahem) clever person who was complaining about a walkon seeing red when Malik Verdon was out.
Stevo is just one example. I mean, I like and respect the heck out of Sam Seonbuchner. He worked his tail off, and was a key lynchpin in the turnaround of this program.
Not to throw Sam under the bus, but…there’s no way he was athletic enough to make this play. Not to mention that 6’3” 244 doesn’t match up to 6’4” 260.
And redshirt sophomore DE Trent Jones II and true freshman S Drew Surges are just two more examples.
Pardon me for not detailing the advances among scholarship players here. Maybe a Part 2 coming—that has little to do with “rankings”.
Having been a fan since the days of Donnie Duncan (student), Jim Criner and Jim Walden, I love where this program is at!
In the meltdown weeks, some genius was whining about “Where are all of those great recruiting classes?” I’m not sure if they were…misinformed…enough to think that a “great” recruiting class for ISU is the same as a great recruiting class for the likes of tOSU or Bama—or if they were just totally blind to the young talent on the field right in front of their noses.
The simple fact is, the talent level on this program is improving. It may be more incremental than most of us would prefer, but it’s there.
And that includes the simple fact that many of our walkons are now better than our scholarship players used to be. Yes, I say that in response to that (ahem) clever person who was complaining about a walkon seeing red when Malik Verdon was out.
Stevo is just one example. I mean, I like and respect the heck out of Sam Seonbuchner. He worked his tail off, and was a key lynchpin in the turnaround of this program.
Not to throw Sam under the bus, but…there’s no way he was athletic enough to make this play. Not to mention that 6’3” 244 doesn’t match up to 6’4” 260.
And redshirt sophomore DE Trent Jones II and true freshman S Drew Surges are just two more examples.
Pardon me for not detailing the advances among scholarship players here. Maybe a Part 2 coming—that has little to do with “rankings”.
Having been a fan since the days of Donnie Duncan (student), Jim Criner and Jim Walden, I love where this program is at!
