What impact did Iowa's better FB facilities have on Fant's recruiting
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Lmao, congrats on catching up to 2003.
Not for the facilities.....not for tight ends..... he did it for the cheerleaders!
i do believe he was impressed
he was particularly impressed with Iowa's trophy case - describing it as extremely well kempt and free of clutter .. he raved about how the ribbons were arranged
he was particularly impressed with Iowa's trophy case - describing it as extremely well kempt and free of clutter .. he raved about how the ribbons were arranged
The OP is obviously trolling, but he is correct in the fact that the new Iowa Football Complex is freaking legit. Iowa toured 8-10 schools around the country including Nebraska and took the best ideas from each and incorporated then into the new facility.
If by legit you mean on par with what Nebraska had 10 years ago, then yes.
Not for the facilities.....not for tight ends..... he did it for the cheerleaders!
A couple decent ones, but overall some true barkers.
If he is truly interested in medical school, that may have been a factor.
Surprised he didn`t go with UCLA. They actually have hot chicks and a damned good football coach.
Not saying Iowa new facility's aren't legit... But take one example and look at Nebraska's locker room compared to Iowa's.
It's not even close seriously take a very good hard look at both.
Not for the facilities.....not for tight ends..... he did it for the cheerleaders! Yikes!!
I'm sure it was their trophy case that impressed him.
I'm sure it was their trophy case that impressed him.
I didn't know Weird Al was a Hawkeye fan!
Iowa has had some success getting kids to the NFL as tight ends. I will note that they have run basically the same ball control TE heavy pro-style offense since Ferentz got there. QBs that play in pro style systems have a better chance at making a roster in the NFL too. I suspect that history helped them immensely because he sure as hell didn't pick Iowa because of the coach, the town or the facilities. He'll get a good education and he'll need it because the odds of him cashing game checks is very low.
Some. A word meaning a few. The story on the Hawks page talks about 4 I think from over the past 21 years. I think they have more playing than that now but NU has at least 2 playing in the NFL that didn't even play TE in college. They also note that the TE heavy plodding ball control offense Iowa runs is one of the few remaining in the B1G that utlitilizes the TE so much. You play TE in a pro style offense using a bunch of TEs and the probability increases that somebody is going to make an NFL roster. So you can go to Iowa and IF you don't develop some metabolic muscle disorder that disables you for life or kills you, you might have a 2% chance of making an NFL roster someday as a TE. If a kid is talented enough you can make it to the NFL EVEN IF YOU GO TO IOWA and have a crappy HC and OC. Amazing how that works. BTW, WHEN Ferentz gets canned after once again losing to Iowa St they'll bring a guy in with a spread offense and the TEs will all be getting slivers in their ass from the bench.
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Just off the top of my head these guys have all cashed NFL checks...
Dallas Clark
Zeron Flemister
Eric Jensen
Brandon Myers
Tony Jackson
Austin Wheatley
Scott Chandler
Tony Moeaki
C.J. Fiedorowicz
Ray Hamilton
Allen Reisner
Marv Cook
Michael Titley
Alan Cross
Oh, brother......I've seen better looking dogs in a kennel. Seriously.....not one chic in there is hot. The one blonde has nice hair......but that's about it. If you're going to school for the hot cheerleaders, south of the Mason-Dixon line is where you wanna go.Not for the facilities.....not for tight ends..... he did it for the cheerleaders!
Not sure why this is still a topic, time to find something more productive to discuss. Some guys act like this kid is the Gronk.
To answer your question, yes, I have to think if Iowa didn't upgrade it's facilities had to help. I don't know the the NFL thing would have had much to do with it.
If they sold him on this, he will be sorely disappointed. You can get a good pre-med education nearly anywhere if you put your mind to it. Plus, since he's a Nebraska resident, UNMC will remain his most affordable med school option. If he graduates from Iowa, their med center will likely treat him as a resident for admissions purposes but not for tuition purposes.
5, 3, 2, 4, 6, 1, 7Not for the facilities.....not for tight ends..... he did it for the cheerleaders!
I think? So close to tell.
