Originally Posted by ketelmeister 
In my view, the best player was George Amundson. Was runner-up in the Heisman for a program no one had heard of. All Big 8 as both a running back and QB. Took Iowa State to a level it has not achieved before on his shoulders. Second place, Seneca Wallace. He carred an average team on his shoulders to achieve above it's level. Made Iowa State relavent again.
I don't know if that is exactly fair. I do agree that Amundson was the best player. But he didn't do it just on his shoulders. Carlson was a pretty good QB on the '71 team (played with the Chiefs), and as I mentioned before ALL the receivers had pretty good NFL careers. Murdock was a jr tackle who'd become a force in '72. Pittman was a jr Center who moved to Guard after the rest of the linemen graduated.
That team worked because you couldn't just defend the run - the receivers were that good. And you couldn't defend against the pass - because Amundson was that good. It was a very solid offense!!!
