Anybody still think McDowell and Bell leaving didn't hurt the team?!

[Clones85']

Does Sandvig get a look at corner? He played there as a freshman.

I've got to think that he is our nickleback. Or I have got to HOPE that he is our nickle back. That is where he played as a freshmen. He can't play corner at this level

[SpokaneCY]

Well you are wrong. There were many

What "we" said is if you aren't there for the team when you weren't playing, why should we believe you would be for the team when you WERE playing. Depth is great, but so are guys you can understand their roles and the greater good that is the TEAM.

[Harry]

Unless Bell and McDowell could have played defensive line they would have been of little value today.

[BryceC]

IMO if they want to quit in the middle of the season it would have hurt the team a lot more to have them complaining in the locker room about PT and crap like that.

[ajk4st8]

A lot of people on this board said it was no big deal that these two quit because they weren't starters.

Now Benton is out and it appears Leonard Johnson may not play either. So we have Banks and who? Reeves a true freshmen.

depth, depth, depth!! It is soooo important especially to Iowa State. Our basketball team is proof of this

Both were so completely burried on the depth chart. Neither was a loss at all. Just people looking for excuses, but the fact was neither was playing much at all this year. Well McDowell player a few minutes in one of the games only to get burnt for a TD in a matter of seconds. Do you not remember the secondary last year? Ill go with Reeves.

[cyclonenate]

LJ has a bugging leg but he still plays just not kick returns

[cyclonenate]

I didn't really know who McDowwel is but Bell plays good for me in NCAA 10

[bigmark]

It hurts big time, kids should of just stuck around, never know what is going to happen with the team and when you could get in and play or who you might beat out during the season.