Thursday, November 18, 2004
Whoa, where have I been?
Sorry about the lack of updates but my internet has been down and I've been busy with other stupid crap. Anyway, a few things have happened. First, ISU rolled EA Sports without Stinson and Carr playing due to injuries. Stinson should be back by Drake but Carr might be out a few weeks. We'll also be without Blalock due to a one-game suspension for playing in an unsanctioned tournament in Boston over the summer. Pretty lame if you ask me but when do I expect anything the NCAA does to make any sense?
So, Drake is up on Tuesday. Dr. Tom Davis is going into his second year and there's a decent amount of optimism going into the season for them. They should try to press but ISU should be used to running against it assuming they're working on their own press in practice. I'd feel a lot better with Blalock running the point but, assuming Stinson plays, I still don't think ISU should lose this game in Hilton. That said, there seems to be a decent amount of feeling or fear among ISU fans and certain fat radio hosts in Des Moines that Drake will win this. Given Deace's history of making dumb predictions and saying anything to cause a little controversy I'm not too worried about it.
The Cyclones announced the signing of four members of next year's class. The link includes capsules on all four. There's definitely some size with 7 footer Kellen Lee, 6'10" Ross Mardsen out of Ames, and top 50 6'9" recruit Shawn Taggart out of prep school powerhouse Mt. Zion. Farnold Degand is a 6'3" guard out of Boston also sounds like a good talent. All four guys picked ISU over some fairly big name schools. It's nice to see that Morgan can really use his east coast connections to get these guys.
So, Drake is up on Tuesday. Dr. Tom Davis is going into his second year and there's a decent amount of optimism going into the season for them. They should try to press but ISU should be used to running against it assuming they're working on their own press in practice. I'd feel a lot better with Blalock running the point but, assuming Stinson plays, I still don't think ISU should lose this game in Hilton. That said, there seems to be a decent amount of feeling or fear among ISU fans and certain fat radio hosts in Des Moines that Drake will win this. Given Deace's history of making dumb predictions and saying anything to cause a little controversy I'm not too worried about it.
The Cyclones announced the signing of four members of next year's class. The link includes capsules on all four. There's definitely some size with 7 footer Kellen Lee, 6'10" Ross Mardsen out of Ames, and top 50 6'9" recruit Shawn Taggart out of prep school powerhouse Mt. Zion. Farnold Degand is a 6'3" guard out of Boston also sounds like a good talent. All four guys picked ISU over some fairly big name schools. It's nice to see that Morgan can really use his east coast connections to get these guys.
# posted by Ben @ 6:32 PM 
