Best ISU FB Player from the 80's/90's/00's

Dryburn · 07-02-2008, 02:56 PM

70's had to be Matt Blair, or maybe the quarterback George Amundson......at least from what I can remember....

80's Dwayne Crutchfield

90's Had to be Troy Davis

00's Seneca

MookInLincoln · 07-02-2008, 04:21 PM

FWIW, my lists DO NOT include what they did in the NFL ... only what they did at ISU

djkent01 · 07-02-2008, 04:23 PM

Originally Posted by MookInLincoln

FWIW, my lists DO NOT include what they did in the NFL ... only what they did at ISU

Your lists were outstanding. No need to qualify anything. I printed them off to keep for myself.

THANKS!

MookInLincoln · 07-02-2008, 04:28 PM

Thanks djkent01, but Jon is talking a lot about what the hawks did in the NFL

If you consider their professional careers, the order of my lists would change dramatically

For example, Keith Sims would be much higher

chrishull14 · 07-02-2008, 04:54 PM

I listen online to kxno and they somehow hit a wrong button and played commercials during part of the second segment. I don't know what I missed, but overall it was fun to look back and remember.

MookInLincoln · 07-02-2008, 05:03 PM

I lost the stream also ... disappointing ... good listen to what I heard, of course it was like reading my screen on the ISU players LOL ... good show Jon

djkent01 · 07-02-2008, 05:11 PM

Originally Posted by MookInLincoln

I lost the stream also ... disappointing ... good listen to what I heard, of course it was like reading my screen on the ISU players LOL ... good show Jon

He was reading from your list - but he did give you credit for it.

MookInLincoln · 07-02-2008, 05:16 PM

Oh totally and I appreciate that ... he got me to listen to KXNO for a while too ... of course as soon as Marty came on I switching back to Omaha radio LOL

djkent01 · 07-02-2008, 05:19 PM

It was a good show - and I got to call in and give some appreciation to John Quinn. Besides being a Dowling kid (I think), he played for the Dolphins for five years or so - although he was a backup to Marino.

OK - now, I'll let it go.

ketelmeister · 07-02-2008, 09:42 PM

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.

cyclonelifer · 07-02-2008, 10:01 PM

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!!!