Rahshon Clark: True Cyclone

**balken** · 02-09-2008, 09:46 PM

I think Fran Fraschilla said it well. Extreme paraphrasing due to poor memory: 'Rahshon Clark is not a great player as Barry Stevens or Jeff Hornacek or Marcus Fizer, but has been very good player and a very important part of this program.'

**kingcy** · 02-09-2008, 09:50 PM

Originally Posted by balken

I think Fran Fraschilla said it well. Extreme paraphrasing due to poor memory: 'Rahshon Clark is not a great player as Barry Stevens or Jeff Hornacek or Marcus Fizer, but has been very good player and a very important part of this program.'

That is so very true. He did have a few rough games in there but all and all he is the heart of this team, a good leader, and looks to be good at helping out the younger guys.

**arganbright2** · 02-09-2008, 09:50 PM

I remember Clark's dunk against Virginia when he was a Freshman on Sportscenter's top plays. Since then I have had a massive man-crush on Rahshon

**Aldude505** · 02-10-2008, 01:24 AM

I know watching ISU the last couple years and this year in CA. He is one of the biggest 'game-changers' i've seen. He can do one play and send all of Hilton into a screaming madhouse. It's amazing to watch and to be apart of. He has made his time at ISU the best he could. He helped us through regrowing years and helped us when it looked like no one would. The dunk today was absolutly the best i've ever seen in person, and the block was just as respectable!!! Should be on ESPN, but it is already on youtube, I've already watched it a good 20 times there and I'm still amazed.

**ISUclones33** · 02-10-2008, 04:17 AM

I have to tell you, knowing Rashon personally, he is what the title says he is, True Cyclone. Ive asked him which coach he likes better, what system he liked better, Wayne Morgan was his favortie guy in the world, but Rashon stuck it out and continued to be a cyclone. Unfortunately Tasheed Carr and friends didnt stick around to help the McDermott transition.

**Phaedrus** · 02-10-2008, 08:31 AM

My pathetic post, in support of Rahshon's awesome-ness:

We love you man.

**lomashad** · 02-10-2008, 08:45 AM

I hope we get at least one upset this year for Rahshon! You can tell how bad he wanted that game. I guess it'll just have to be Kansas!

**cyismydog** · 02-10-2008, 09:15 AM

Was that a sportscenter top play?

**Cyfan13** · 02-10-2008, 10:53 AM

Originally Posted by cyismydog

Was that a sportscenter top play?

No, and we couldn't believe it! We were all together last night watching Sportscenter and couldn't believe they had skiing and horse racing clips in the top 10 and not that dunk...Boo to Sportscenter for that.

**cyismydog** · 02-10-2008, 10:56 AM

Their is no way that is not a top 5 play.

**isucyfan** · 02-10-2008, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Cyfan13

No, and we couldn't believe it! We were all together last night watching Sportscenter and couldn't believe they had skiing and horse racing clips in the top 10 and not that dunk...Boo to Sportscenter for that.

I think the reason was because it wasn't pretty in terms of style points, but dang, that was a thing of beauty in terms of all the things that had to come together to get the dunk. (picking it up off the floor, outrunning defenders, body control, and elevating.)

**AirWalke** · 02-10-2008, 10:57 AM

Originally Posted by Cyfan13

No, and we couldn't believe it! We were all together last night watching Sportscenter and couldn't believe they had skiing and horse racing clips in the top 10 and not that dunk...Boo to Sportscenter for that.

Horse racing? Honestly?

That was a pretty nice dunk, considering the level of difficulty. I've seen him make better ones with style, but like a lot of others, picking up the loose ball like that in stride, and still making it into the rim takes an extraordinary amount of skill. Plus, the play literally happened right in front of me, so of course I'll remember it.

**superdorf** · 02-10-2008, 10:58 AM

In case you didn't see the other thread, I created a video of the dunk in question:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyNONxI9tQg]YouTube - Rahshon Clark Dunk vs. Texas[/ame]

**CYCLONE STATE** · 02-10-2008, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by Cyfan13

No, and we couldn't believe it! We were all together last night watching Sportscenter and couldn't believe they had skiing and horse racing clips in the top 10 and not that dunk...Boo to Sportscenter for that.

That is soooo wrong

**Cyfan13** · 02-10-2008, 11:00 AM

Originally Posted by isucyfan

I think the reason was because it wasn't pretty in terms of style points, but dang, that was a thing of beauty in terms of all the things that had to come together to get the dunk. (picking it up off the floor, outrunning defenders, body control, and elevating.)

We thought just the fact of how far he was when he took off would put it on the list...That was just ridiculous. I really didn't think he was going to make it...Silly me!

But yes, horseracing on the top 10. Me and Booz were cracking up