Troy Davis Recruitment

OK, admittedly that's at the very beginning of my ISU fandom, but I didn't recall Calvin so I looked. Unless there's a story there that I'm missing, even Branch wasn't the feature back...seems like a great big pile of 'throw whoever at them' (kind of like early this season)...maybe you have better memory than I and I'd be glad to learn, but at least looking at the stat lines, it doesn't appear there was anyone who stood above the pack...but then on the flip side, it's not really like Troy was left out in the cold either...

1994 | Iowa State Cyclones Football Statistics and Results | Totalfootballstats.com

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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #999999"]Player Name[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]Pos[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]#[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]GP[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]Att[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]Yards[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]TD[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]%[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]Y/G[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]A/G[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]TD/G[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]A/TD[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]LNG[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] Todd Doxzon[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] qb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 148[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 375[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 2.53[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 41.7[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 16.4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 37.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 29[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] Rodney Guggenheim[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] rb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 11[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 72[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 330[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 4.58[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 30.0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 6.5[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0.4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 18.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 41[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] Jim Knott[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] rb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 11[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 77[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 327[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 4.25[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 29.7[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 7.0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 25.67[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 38[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] Calvin Branch[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] rb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 10[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 62[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 320[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 5.16[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 32.0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 6.2[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] N/A[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 29[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] Troy Davis[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] rb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 35[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 187[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 5.34[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 20.8[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 3.9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] N/A[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 37[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] Artis Garris[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] rb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 10[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 34[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 115[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 2[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 3.38[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 11.5[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 3.4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0.2[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 17.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 16[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] Jeff St.Clair[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] qb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 8[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 63[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 87[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 2[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 1.38[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 10.9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 7.9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 31.50[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 22[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] Jahi Arnold[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] rb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 11[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 48[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 4.36[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 5.3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 1.2[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] N/A[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 16[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] Geoff Turner[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] wr[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 11[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 15[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 5.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 1.4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] N/A[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 9[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] Ed Williams[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] wr[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 11[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 1[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] -3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] -3.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] -0.3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0.1[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] N/A[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0[/TD]
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It was pretty well known at the time (Troy's freshman year) that we had the hotshot freshman running back and Walden was hardly playing him for some reason. I had heard plenty about him and he looked good when he was in there. I was there for the kickoff return for a TD. There were a lot of people that I knew that were ****** at Walden for not playing him more.
 
OK, admittedly that's at the very beginning of my ISU fandom, but I didn't recall Calvin so I looked. Unless there's a story there that I'm missing, even Branch wasn't the feature back...seems like a great big pile of 'throw whoever at them' (kind of like early this season)...maybe you have better memory than I and I'd be glad to learn, but at least looking at the stat lines, it doesn't appear there was anyone who stood above the pack...but then on the flip side, it's not really like Troy was left out in the cold either...

1994 | Iowa State Cyclones Football Statistics and Results | Totalfootballstats.com

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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #999999"]Player Name[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]Pos[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]#[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]GP[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]Att[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]Yards[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]TD[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]%[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]Y/G[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]A/G[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]TD/G[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]A/TD[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]LNG[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] Todd Doxzon[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] qb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 148[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 375[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 2.53[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 41.7[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 16.4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 37.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 29[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] Rodney Guggenheim[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] rb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 11[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 72[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 330[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 4.58[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 30.0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 6.5[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0.4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 18.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 41[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] Jim Knott[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] rb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 11[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 77[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 327[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 4.25[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 29.7[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 7.0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 25.67[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 38[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] Calvin Branch[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] rb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 10[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 62[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 320[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 5.16[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 32.0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 6.2[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] N/A[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 29[/TD]
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[TR]
[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] Troy Davis[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] rb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 35[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 187[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 5.34[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 20.8[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 3.9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] N/A[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 37[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] Artis Garris[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] rb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 10[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 34[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 115[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 2[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 3.38[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 11.5[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 3.4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0.2[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 17.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 16[/TD]
[/TR]
[TR]
[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] Jeff St.Clair[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] qb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 8[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 63[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 87[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 2[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 1.38[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 10.9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 7.9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 31.50[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 22[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] Jahi Arnold[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] rb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 11[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 48[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 4.36[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 5.3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 1.2[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] N/A[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 16[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] Geoff Turner[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] wr[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 11[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 15[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 5.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 1.4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] N/A[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 9[/TD]
[/TR]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] Ed Williams[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] wr[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 11[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 1[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] -3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] -3.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] -0.3[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0.1[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] N/A[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] 0[/TD]
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The stats are reflective of what you end up with running the triple option. The defense can take away your feature back - in this case Branch and Knott to some extent. Doxzon the QB and Guggenheim the FB ended up with more carries than would be ideal.
 
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Calvin Branch and Geoff Turner were both kicked off team before Mac's first season rolled around and both ended up at Colo State. Both good players.

I was living in CO in 1994 and went to that ISU@ CU game where this unknown ran back a 99-yd kickoff. I was amazed I hadn't heard of this guy name Troy Davis.

Amazing how sucky we were in 1994 with Doxon, Troy, and Calvin Branch capable of running a great wishbone attack. All three were in the NFL at some point

We basically were weak in the O-line, which is an annual problem still
 
What ever became of Troy?
Do not know where Troy is today, but I do know where the trophy he received for being the runner-up Heisman is!!! He gave it to the ISU student who tutored him through college and to whom he gives all the credit for him graduating! She displayed it for years at the bar where she worked, but now has it in a closet at her home!
 
OK, admittedly that's at the very beginning of my ISU fandom, but I didn't recall Calvin so I looked. Unless there's a story there that I'm missing, even Branch wasn't the feature back...seems like a great big pile of 'throw whoever at them' (kind of like early this season)...maybe you have better memory than I and I'd be glad to learn, but at least looking at the stat lines, it doesn't appear there was anyone who stood above the pack...but then on the flip side, it's not really like Troy was left out in the cold either...

1994 | Iowa State Cyclones Football Statistics and Results | Totalfootballstats.com

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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #999999"]Player Name[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]Pos[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]#[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]GP[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]Att[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]Yards[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]TD[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]%[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]Y/G[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]A/G[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]TD/G[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]A/TD[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #999999"]LNG[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] Todd Doxzon[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] qb[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"][/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 9[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 148[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 375[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 2.53[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 41.7[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 16.4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 0.4[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 37.00[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #FFFFFF"] 29[/TD]
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[TD="width: 15%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] Rodney Guggenheim[/TD]
[TD="width: 5%, bgcolor: #E2E2E2"] rb[/TD]
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I think Calvin spent some time in the dog house his last year at ISU but believe me he was a stud. He was more versatile than Troy and was a true all-purpose back. Branch went on to play a few years in the NFL which shows you how good he was. According to his wiki page, Calvin is now a scout for the Raiders.
 
Troy graduated?
I don't know the answer to that but I can tell you I admired his work ethic. Some people (Hawk fans) bashed ISU saying if Troy Davis could make it in school there it showed what a ****** school it was. Troy Davis worked his *** off. Granted, I didn't spend a ton of time in the library, but everytime I was there, Troy was there. And he wasn't dicking around either, his head was in his books.
 
Do not know where Troy is today, but I do know where the trophy he received for being the runner-up Heisman is!!! He gave it to the ISU student who tutored him through college and to whom he gives all the credit for him graduating! She displayed it for years at the bar where she worked, but now has it in a closet at her home!
Didn't know there was a trophy for being runner up.
 
Calvin Branch and Geoff Turner were both kicked off team before Mac's first season rolled around and both ended up at Colo State. Both good players.

I was living in CO in 1994 and went to that ISU@ CU game where this unknown ran back a 99-yd kickoff. I was amazed I hadn't heard of this guy name Troy Davis.

Remember the swan dive Troy did into the end zone at the end of the return? Classic!
 
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Do not know where Troy is today, but I do know where the trophy he received for being the runner-up Heisman is!!! He gave it to the ISU student who tutored him through college and to whom he gives all the credit for him graduating! She displayed it for years at the bar where she worked, but now has it in a closet at her home!

That is really cool. I hope he's doing well wherever he ended up.
 
Calvin Branch and Geoff Turner were both kicked off team before Mac's first season rolled around and both ended up at Colo State. Both good players.

I was living in CO in 1994 and went to that ISU@ CU game where this unknown ran back a 99-yd kickoff. I was amazed I hadn't heard of this guy name Troy Davis.

Remember the swan dive Troy did into the end zone at the end of the return? Classic!


loll I don't remember that part, but we sat in the rain/sleet in Boulder as Rasham salam broke the 2000/yd barrier. CU had a great team in McCartney's last season and wonder-boy asst. Rick Neuheisel poised to take over.

Driving out of the stadium listening to their blowtorch 850 am, the CU play-by-play guy was crying on the air because CU was losing many of it's players to graduation. it was homerism x10
 
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Being in front of cameras or even talking on radio is not as easy as it looks. At least not for some of us (like me).
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I work with software support and have no problems talking to somoene on the phone and helping the person resolve an issue. Trying to do the same thing in front of an audience (especially a large audience) is nearly impossible for me to do. I get nervous just thinking about standing in front of a large audience. I guess I will never be President no matter how hard I try.
 
The oldest brother, Eddie Davis, played RB at a small school in Iowa and was an All-American. My friend Barry was a RB for the same team and was also an All-American. The school closed down or got rid of the football program or something. This was right after Eddie's senior year. My friend transferred to some school in MN. Troy and Darren have a younger brother, Jason, who was also a great RB in high school. He was planning on playing for ISU, but for some reason decided not to play college ball. IIRC, he may have wanted to try to have a career as a rapper. I chat with Darren and Jason every once in a while. Darren has two sons who play RB. Darren Jr. I believe is going to start high school this fall. Darren says he is much better than he or Troy at that age, and he set all kinds of records for pee-wee or whatever league he played in.

It's cool seeing some older names in this post like Calvin Branch, Ed Williams, Todd Doxzon, Geoff Turner etc. I remember Turner scoring a TD against Nebraksa (I think it was a pretty long pass play) that was called back for holding. That was the last ISU game I have been to. I think that was 1994, but could be mistaken. Was TD's freshman year.
 
Didn't Jason even sign with ISU but could t qualify due to grades? The rumor at the time was that he was better than Troy and Darren.
 

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