Jess Settles...

[ISUChippewa]

Got to be honest here fellow Cyclone fans.

I really, really like Jess Settles; not quite as much as Fran, but he's now a close second for me. He clearly knows the game well and knows what to look for that non-experts like me miss. He's not afraid to be critical of players without being a complete d!ck about it. And perhaps most importantly he's not afraid to call out p!ss-poor officiating, like he did at least a couple of times tonight.

Plus (and I know he was a Hawkeye for 9 years or so) he just seems like a really solid dude; someone you could definitely have an adult beverage or two with on the front porch on a nice spring day. I hope he keeps on calling our games and I would be just fine with him replacing Larry Morgan during the ESPN+ games in the non-conference schedule.

 

[NorthCyd]

Got to be honest here fellow Cyclone fans.

I really, really like Jess Settles; not quite as much as Fran, but he's now a close second for me. He clearly knows the game well and knows what to look for that non-experts like me miss. He's not afraid to be critical of players without being a complete d!ck about it. And perhaps most importantly he's not afraid to call out p!ss-poor officiating, like he did at least a couple of times tonight.

Plus (and I know he was a Hawkeye for 9 years or so) he just seems like a really solid dude; someone you could definitely have an adult beverage or two with on the front porch on a nice spring day. I hope he keeps on calling our games and I would be just fine with him replacing Larry Morgan during the ESPN+ games in the non-conference schedule.

As someone who listened to him a lot on KXNO it's not surprising to me. He was always great on the monday show with Jake and was always complimentary of ISU with some really great insights.

 

[Cyched]

Settles might be a bigger ISU fan than some of our gameday thread idiots

 

[CyPunch]

He’s done a good job. It’s a little weird that we’ve had him like 4 straight games but I’m not gonna complain about anyone who isn’t Chris Spatola.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Got to be honest here fellow Cyclone fans.

I really, really like Jess Settles; not quite as much as Fran, but he's now a close second for me. He clearly knows the game well and knows what to look for that non-experts like me miss. He's not afraid to be critical of players without being a complete d!ck about it. And perhaps most importantly he's not afraid to call out p!ss-poor officiating, like he did at least a couple of times tonight.

Plus (and I know he was a Hawkeye for 9 years or so) he just seems like a really solid dude; someone you could definitely have an adult beverage or two with on the front porch on a nice spring day. I hope he keeps on calling our games and I would be just fine with him replacing Larry Morgan during the ESPN+ games in the non-conference schedule.

Problem with this is Settles is an analyst where Morgan does play by play role.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

settles does a solid job

 

[HFCS]

I guess we all agree he has settled into the job nicely.

 

[CYphyllis]

Jess was my favorite player as kid, hard for me to not enjoy him succeed as an announcer.

To be honest, I don't believe it's wrong to say he has done an excellent job. He does his homework, he's calling out plays before they happen - he's good at this. He's been doing a lot of ISU games and I hope he gets more.

 

[twincyties]

Some of his jokes are cheesy, but in a kind of funny way. Like when he said “no one hates droughts like a farmer and a basketball coach”.

You know he had that up his sleeve and feels a little forced, but - like a good dad joke - its pretty good given the setting.

 

[exCYtable]

As a native Iowan, he just knows how to connect to the audience with funny state of Iowa references. He's really done a bangup job. He's an enjoyable listen.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Some of his jokes are cheesy, but in a kind of funny way. Like when he said “no one hates droughts like a farmer and a basketball coach”.

You know he had that up his sleeve and feels a little forced, but - like a good dad joke - its pretty good given the setting.

He's used it before but I still like it.

 

[IlliniCy]

My favorite quip of Settles was, while doing a game in Hilton a while back, "I'm sort of a legend in this building."

 

[mj4cy]

Give me him over most others I've heard on the plus (especially McClure).

 

[Cyclonepride]

Got to be honest here fellow Cyclone fans.

I really, really like Jess Settles; not quite as much as Fran, but he's now a close second for me. He clearly knows the game well and knows what to look for that non-experts like me miss. He's not afraid to be critical of players without being a complete d!ck about it. And perhaps most importantly he's not afraid to call out p!ss-poor officiating, like he did at least a couple of times tonight.

Plus (and I know he was a Hawkeye for 9 years or so) he just seems like a really solid dude; someone you could definitely have an adult beverage or two with on the front porch on a nice spring day. I hope he keeps on calling our games and I would be just fine with him replacing Larry Morgan during the ESPN+ games in the non-conference schedule.

The bolded part is a tough line for many announcers (particularly former players). Some of them just harp on something like they never had a bad play in their careers. Settles calls it out, but doesn't hammer the guy. Just explains what went wrong and moves on.

 

[Cydkar]

Got to be honest here fellow Cyclone fans.

I really, really like Jess Settles; not quite as much as Fran, but he's now a close second for me. He clearly knows the game well and knows what to look for that non-experts like me miss. He's not afraid to be critical of players without being a complete d!ck about it. And perhaps most importantly he's not afraid to call out p!ss-poor officiating, like he did at least a couple of times tonight.

Plus (and I know he was a Hawkeye for 9 years or so) he just seems like a really solid dude; someone you could definitely have an adult beverage or two with on the front porch on a nice spring day. I hope he keeps on calling our games and I would be just fine with him replacing Larry Morgan during the ESPN+ games in the non-conference schedule.

He's good.

 

[trevn]

Settles might be a bigger ISU fan than some of our gameday thread idiots

That’s an incredibly low bar, but point taken.

 

[Agclone91]

As a native Iowan, he just knows how to connect to the audience with funny state of Iowa references. He's really done a bangup job. He's an enjoyable listen.

He still lives in Iowa, so putting him on the games is probably an easy button for ESPN.

 

[Clonehomer]

I actually like him better than Fran. He calls the games and doesn’t go over the top with gushing about any player or team. He calls it as he sees it with the missed fouls last night. He’s just a solid broadcaster and doesn’t resort to gimmicks or catchphrases. I hope he gets opportunities for bigger games in the future.

 

[swiacy]

I may be mistaken but he has mentioned that his cousin is George Kittle who also comes across as a likable Hawkeye(2 words I’ve never put together in my life) and has no problem of positive takes on the Cyclones without being condescending. I assume he does analysis of other games. If he covers an Iowa game it would be interesting if he would be able to be honest about their shortcomings.

 

[AuH2O]

Some of his jokes are cheesy, but in a kind of funny way. Like when he said “no one hates droughts like a farmer and a basketball coach”.

You know he had that up his sleeve and feels a little forced, but - like a good dad joke - its pretty good given the setting.

Was it as good as “death by a thousand back cuts” after BYU got another bucket on a back cut.