1984 Big Eight Magazine

**wesley_w** · 06-08-2012, 03:51 PM

I scanned the pages pertinent to ISU from the 1984 Big Eight Magazine. That year it was published by a company called College Sports, Inc. I love looking back at these and will try to scan some more in the next few weeks.

1984 Big Eight Magazine

**Cyclonepride** · 06-08-2012, 03:56 PM

Avg bench press 225 when Criner took over....yikes.

Also interesting that Tracy Henderson was first Big 8 receiver over 1,000 yards.

**tejasclone** · 06-08-2012, 04:05 PM

Page 2 predictions.

Buck Turnbull of the Des Moines Register. National Champion: Iowa.

Figures.

**WalkingCY** · 06-08-2012, 04:46 PM

The Big 8 ruled.

**cyclones500** · 06-08-2012, 11:44 PM

Originally Posted by wesley_w

I scanned the pages pertinent to ISU from the 1984 Big Eight Magazine. That year it was published by a company called College Sports, Inc. I love looking back at these and will try to scan some more in the next few weeks.

1984 Big Eight Magazine

Wow — that's cool! Rep coming shortly.

I remember the "Writers' Poll" pages from those days.

That turned out to be an awful season for ISU.

I attended most of those home games. I remember the KSU tie; weather was terrible; fight broke out between the teams at the end of the game.

Yes, I am old.

**clone319** · 06-09-2012, 12:50 AM

Originally Posted by tejasclone

Page 2 predictions.

Buck Turnbull of the Des Moines Register. National Champion: Iowa.

Figures.

Ha, saw that, was gonna post this. Nothing like perpetuating a stereotype, from the past ha.

**dcxme1183** · 06-09-2012, 06:32 AM

Originally Posted by Cyclonepride

Avg bench press 225 when Criner took over....yikes.

Also interesting that Tracy Henderson was first Big 8 receiver over 1,000 yards.

I was fairly young and don't quite remember why Criner kicked Henderson off the team. What were the circumstances?

**IsUaClone2** · 06-09-2012, 08:11 AM

Didn't at least two of those players move on to the pros -- Alex Espinoza and Dennis Gibson?

**RING4CY** · 06-09-2012, 08:17 AM

Originally Posted by IsUaClone2

Didn't at least two of those players move on to the pros -- Alex Espinoza and Dennis Gibson?

Alex Espinoza NFL Football Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com
Dennis Gibson NFL Football Statistics - Pro-Football-Reference.com

**DistrictCyclone** · 06-09-2012, 08:47 AM

Not a single Texas player on the roster, and very few FL or CA players, either. How times have changed.

**CyinCo** · 06-09-2012, 09:06 AM

It also stikes me how small players were. Receivers at 170-175 and guards at 260?? wow. The biggest guy on the team is pushing 300.

**Cyclonepride** · 06-09-2012, 09:34 AM

Originally Posted by dcxme1183

I was fairly young and don't quite remember why Criner kicked Henderson off the team. What were the circumstances?

Not sure....I would have been 13-14 at the time, and back then, you had to pour over the pages of the DM Register praying for a couple paragraphs that mentioned ISU. And yes, that is my equivalent of walking up hill- both ways, to school through a foot of snow. Just as bad.