Just a little article on our new FB commit

[sdcyfan]

http://www.argusleader.com/article/20090929/SPORTS/90929041/1002/sports

He's a player folks.

Also some info on another SD kid considering Iowa State.

http://www.keloland.com/NewsDetail6162.cfm?Id=0,88953

 

[Clones21]

links dont work

 

[cstrunk]

links dont work

Take out the "http//" and they will.

 

[sdcyfan]

all fixed.

thanks.

 

[cstrunk]

Austin Sumner sounds like a pretty good QB. Hope he has an outstanding year and commits to ISU...

 

[CyinCo]

Given that "final" list, I like our chances. If wants big time ball, he'll pick ISU or Wisky. In that case, it probably comes down to what type of offense he'd like to be a part of. The spread is the hip thing to do.

 

[Clones21]

Given that "final" list, I like our chances. If wants big time ball, he'll pick ISU or Wisky. In that case, it probably comes down to what type of offense he'd like to be a part of. The spread is the hip thing to do.

correct, any kid with a strong arm wants to go play in a spread offense

 

[Psyclone Brian]

They look pretty solid!
I hope these are players that coach PR wants for his system.

 

[Bobber]

They look pretty solid!
I hope these are players that coach PR wants for his system.

Well Duh...I don't think they'd offer if they didn't think that.

 

[minnclone99]

Is this the kid with the Giant little brothers? Or is that the guy from Washington, Iowa? That site uses the same software as the rag so I'm confused.

 

[sdcyfan]

Tom is the one who has a younger brother, Derek, that is being recruiting by the Big 12, Big Ten, SEC, and PAC schools. I think Tom is just as good if not better than his little bro, but would REALLY love to see them both end up at ISU. I think he also has a younger brother who is 6'2 220 at the age of 12.

Austin is the QB from Brandon Valley that has been offered by ISU, SDSU, NDSU, and Wisky. Record breaking QB from SD. I really think he'd be a perfect QB for Herman's offense or any offense for that matter. Really talented kid.

 

[Bobber]

Austin is the QB from Brandon Valley that has been offered by ISU, SDSU, NDSU, and Wisky. Record breaking QB from SD. I really think he'd be a perfect QB for Herman's offense or any offense for that matter. Really talented kid.

By the way, do you know when they offered Austin? Some South Dakota people were lamenting a while back why we weren't looking at this kid?

 

[bigsag]

My understanding is that once the coaching staff evaluated Tom Farniok, they backed off recruiting Ben Gottschalk from southern California (and 14th ranked center in the country by Rivals). Tom Farniok has a reputation for being tough, hard-nosed, intelligent, and playing till the whistle blows.

As a side note. Some recruiting services have Tom's younger brother Derek ( 6'8" - 308 lbs) listed as one of the top ten offensive tackles (in the country) for the class of 2011.

 

[BigCojones]

Given that "final" list, I like our chances. If wants big time ball, he'll pick ISU or Wisky. In that case, it probably comes down to what type of offense he'd like to be a part of. The spread is the hip thing to do.

That would be sweet if we could land him and Tom's younger brother. Seems like he would be a perfect fit for Herman's offense. Can't believe more big dogs didn't come after him.

 

[sdcyfan]

Austin camped at ISU and has had an offer ever since to my understanding. He's had an offer from South Dakota State and North Dakota State since last fall and ISU and Wisky both offered over the summer. Just what I've heard through people that are close with the Brandon Valley program.

 

[Wesley]

Our last SD qb was George Amundson.

 

[sdcyfan]

One last thing that I'd like to mention is that SD kids almost always get overlooked by D-1 schools. But every year there is 2-3 kids that could play D-1 here in SD. I understand that SD isn't a hot bed for football recruiting and a coach can go to florida or texas and find 5 D-1 prospects at one HS, but the strong point to all of this is that PR and staff are making the extra efforts to find kids no matter where there from. This just is an example of our staff working their tails off at their job and recruiting. We have the right guy for the job and given time he will be really successful here.

Go Cyclones, beat K-State!!!!!

 

[cyclonejk]

Ive heard from a pretty reliable source from the South Dakota State program that SDSU is the only school to have offered Austin so far. The other 3 programs are waiting on his senior game film before offering. They also did mention that the odds are very high that all three schools (NDSU, ISU, Wisconsin) will offer.

 

[weR138]

Is this the kid with the Giant little brothers? Or is that the guy from Washington, Iowa? That site uses the same software as the rag so I'm confused.

Tom and "little" bro Derek Farniok go to Washington High School in Sioux Falls, SD. The other city schools are Lincoln, Roosevelt and O'Gorman Catholic (which is a very good program). There is talent in SD and I'm glad we're mining it.

This is ancient history but Heelan won a 4A state championship in '82 after losing to both Washington and O'Gorman. Good programs.