Comments on: Recruiting Class Rewind http://www.hawkeyenation.com/football/recruiting-class-rewind Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:58:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: tm3308 http://www.hawkeyenation.com/football/recruiting-class-rewind/comment-page-1#comment-522 tm3308 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 07:37:10 +0000 http://www.hawkeyenation.com/?p=1702#comment-522 This class was for the most part a major disappointment. For the longest time, I remembered Moeaki as the guy who could never stay healthy for more than 5 minutes, Stross as the guy who spiked the ball after an essentially meaningless touchdown at Happy Valley, Richardson as a guy who could have been the greatest. But, this class came through at the end. Though they were small in numbers, the amount of leadership they gave made it seem like we had twice as many of them. Stross may end up in infamy for his dropped passes at Ohio State, but I will choose to remember him for the terrific catches he made against Michigan and Wisconsin. Moeaki may go down as the most injury-prone superstar in school history, but I'll remember him for his huge game against Syracuse in 2007, and his two terrific catches in Madison this year, and as the best tight end under Ferentz since Dallas Clark. Dace Richardson is a classic "what could have been" story, but what "was" was truly remarkable in itself. I thought we'd seen the last of him 2 years ago. Instead, he showed terrific resolve and came back even better than he was before he got hurt. Angerer needs no description. The guy typefies Iowa Football. Edds was one of my favorite Hawkeyes, and it pains me to think I won't be seeing ol' number 49 out there next fall. I can't say enough about how proud I am of the guys who stuck it out in the program, especially Richardson. He quickly rose to my top 10 for favorite Hawks of all time, right up there with Dwight, Sanders, Clark, Banks, and Pagel. Good luck to this crew of outstanding players and young men, wherever they may end up! This class was for the most part a major disappointment. For the longest time, I remembered Moeaki as the guy who could never stay healthy for more than 5 minutes, Stross as the guy who spiked the ball after an essentially meaningless touchdown at Happy Valley, Richardson as a guy who could have been the greatest.

But, this class came through at the end. Though they were small in numbers, the amount of leadership they gave made it seem like we had twice as many of them. Stross may end up in infamy for his dropped passes at Ohio State, but I will choose to remember him for the terrific catches he made against Michigan and Wisconsin. Moeaki may go down as the most injury-prone superstar in school history, but I’ll remember him for his huge game against Syracuse in 2007, and his two terrific catches in Madison this year, and as the best tight end under Ferentz since Dallas Clark. Dace Richardson is a classic “what could have been” story, but what “was” was truly remarkable in itself. I thought we’d seen the last of him 2 years ago. Instead, he showed terrific resolve and came back even better than he was before he got hurt.

Angerer needs no description. The guy typefies Iowa Football. Edds was one of my favorite Hawkeyes, and it pains me to think I won’t be seeing ol’ number 49 out there next fall.

I can’t say enough about how proud I am of the guys who stuck it out in the program, especially Richardson. He quickly rose to my top 10 for favorite Hawks of all time, right up there with Dwight, Sanders, Clark, Banks, and Pagel.

Good luck to this crew of outstanding players and young men, wherever they may end up!

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