Forgive me because I feel a little justified in being a bit bitter and prickly about this. It’s either now or never to try to get this out, so bear with me for a sec.
We’re seeing the rest of our anticipated 19 returning starters going here and there. Big time name brands everywhere.
IMO, the worst part of it is the entire time we had to deal with the stereotype that these guys are simply disciplined, smart, hardworking, etc…but they just aren’t that good.
The subtle implication was always that Iowa State just didn’t have talent…they couldn’t possibly… so they don’t. Point blank. No need to analyze it beyond that.
The truth was ISU had talent the entire time, real god-honest 2 deep talent across the board, no matter what. Throw out the rankings, throw out the biases, call it development or blind luck…but at the end of the day, we always had it.
And nobody REALLY believed it, ever. I get it, it’s just a fact of life. That’s gonna happen to a team from Ames, Iowa.
But honestly? That’s the worst part. Now all of a sudden we got blueblood grifters hyping up our guys like they are gonna take the CFB world by storm. Like can’t-miss blue chippers. The only thing that changed is they won’t be playing for Iowa State anymore.
I know I’m not articulating why it’s the worst part very well, but I’m trying, and I do think you guys get it. It’s just a reminder that no matter what we do, we’re not really ever going to be allowed to be here. And I’m sure you guys get that feeling. The bad guys win again, but this time? They took something innocent and special…and they soiled it man. And now they rub our nose in it. It sucks.
That’s the worst part. And when god-willing Jimmy Rogers does the same thing… it will happen again. It will be marginalized and asterisk’d and dismissed away. Which is fine, so long as we get to keep it for ourselves. Now we don’t even have that anymore. None of it. Just gone and ritually corrupted and paraded around shamelessly. I know this happens everywhere now, it’s just wrong tho. There’s nowhere left to hide. That’s the worst part.
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there was a reason academic rules were bent and societal norms were broken at the time to cater to athletes once value was discovered in them - if those rules were enforced there would be different teams at the front of the line and a way different conversation at the end of the day
