Okay, so I haven't written in a few weeks. Here are some random thoughts from January:
1) Harrison Barnes is bigger than I thought he was - oh, and he's really good. I went to the Valley-Ames game Friday night. I was extremely impressed with Ames' team. James Kohler is a good looking athlete. I also left thinking that if Harrison isn't on that team, people are buzzing about Doug McDermott - he can play. My guys didn't come out on top, but it was fun to see that level of HS basketball.
2) Enough with the Chiziked post - the Register's mention of my blog this morning contained an inaccuracy. The post that was deleted, and all of the subsequent responses to that post (most of them directly refuting the poster) was a rant about Dan McCarney that was highly inflammatory. Coach Mac was a very small part of the piece, mentioned for context of my feelings over the last two years. The post was completely off topic and down-right mean.
3) ISU is putting together a nice recruiting class in spite of the late coaching change. I will miss cheering for Conor Bofelli each week, but ISU was fortunate to pick up another good OL that same day. I'm excited about the staff and have gotten great feedback from the players. They immediately see the same things I did when I was around Coach Rhoads from 1996-1999.
4) I get that people are upset our men's basketball team lost at Colorado; I listened to the game, and the last few minutes were tough to take. But I think if Wesley Johnson doesn't get some REALLY bad advice, this is a different conversation. I think we as a fanbase need to give this group some time.
5) Hilton Magic has been great the last two weekends even though we came up short - fun stuff to be part of.
6) Would this damn snow melt so I can go slap the golf ball around just a little this winter?
7) Great win last night, ladies! And thanks to all of the women's basketball letterwinners that came back for the weekend; it was special to see you on the court and around town.
8) Go, Cardinals. I guess.
