I've been watching others recruiting of the past 72 hours and there are pledges all over the place. Even some of our past pledges have re-pledged such as Tracy Robertson to Minnesota and Doran Guillory to Iowa.....I mean common Doran, Iowa was the best you could do, do you realize that they called you because Marcus Marlbourgh was taken from them by Missou....
Its interesting that our current commit list according to Rivals is stagnant at 18, wonder how our coaches feel with little more then a week til signing day and what was once a strong point of our recruiting class is now the weakest part. Our OL and DL have taken a huge hit on these decommits and either Chiz and his staff have shut up about who their talking to, or, were in real trouble. My guess is the first....thats a bummer if your paying for a service that has nothing to report except speculation....
Speaking of speculation, if you go through the ESPN recruiting tracker and pick ISU, there are a lot of guys that have been in contact with ISU about potential spots. Some i've never heard of but, one thing i did notice was that the level of the recruits were still after are beginning to look a bit on the diamond in the rough stage. I think our coaches have a understanding of talent and whos got it and who dont. Obviously because we've never had other big time programs taking our recruits away....
I only hope they can see into the future for these 18 year olds and find the ones that really have the athletic ability and all they need is direction to explode case in point Lonzie Range - he will be the steal of this years class....I think Darks, Johnson, Benton and Land if they all sign and develop along with last years recruits will give us a great secondary for the future - which one will be the next Huff or Griffin......my guess is Benton.....maybe Mathews as a OLB or Kellman if hes still a part of the team - rumor was he had left the team - anyone know anything about that????
Good Luck Chiz, were anxious to see how things shake out in a week!!!!
Its interesting that our current commit list according to Rivals is stagnant at 18, wonder how our coaches feel with little more then a week til signing day and what was once a strong point of our recruiting class is now the weakest part. Our OL and DL have taken a huge hit on these decommits and either Chiz and his staff have shut up about who their talking to, or, were in real trouble. My guess is the first....thats a bummer if your paying for a service that has nothing to report except speculation....
Speaking of speculation, if you go through the ESPN recruiting tracker and pick ISU, there are a lot of guys that have been in contact with ISU about potential spots. Some i've never heard of but, one thing i did notice was that the level of the recruits were still after are beginning to look a bit on the diamond in the rough stage. I think our coaches have a understanding of talent and whos got it and who dont. Obviously because we've never had other big time programs taking our recruits away....
I only hope they can see into the future for these 18 year olds and find the ones that really have the athletic ability and all they need is direction to explode case in point Lonzie Range - he will be the steal of this years class....I think Darks, Johnson, Benton and Land if they all sign and develop along with last years recruits will give us a great secondary for the future - which one will be the next Huff or Griffin......my guess is Benton.....maybe Mathews as a OLB or Kellman if hes still a part of the team - rumor was he had left the team - anyone know anything about that????
Good Luck Chiz, were anxious to see how things shake out in a week!!!!
