Week One...

Here we go college football season is upon us again. Camp has come and gone, classes have started, everyone is testing all their tailgate equipment and starting to set things out to pack up their car and head to their respective schools. If you think you have been anxious and waiting in anticipation of the season starting you don't know the half of it. Those of us that work for a football team and their respective players are more than ready for the season to start. The players are tired of hitting each other, and the staff is ready to focus on game planning. In case you didn't know I work for the Iowa State Football team basically as a video guy, for practices I go 60 feet in the air on a boom lift and record practice for the coaches and team, same kind of deal for games except no lift. This season I will use my blog to express my thoughts and predictions for Iowa State, Iowa, and to a lesser degree UNI...I do have to go to work and class after all.

So to start it off here we go...Iowa State hosts Northern Illinois on Thursday September 2nd. I love thursday games but hate how this last week and through next weekend our weekly football schedule is different from what day of the week it actually is. Northern Illinois is a very tough very physical team, from what I have seen they run a more traditional offense than what most college teams and especially we run. Overall they are a good team however I do not think they will have the athletes to match us for the whole game so I think the second half will be a very different than the first half. That being said I am excited to see how our veterans mesh with our newcomers in a game situation, there are several guys that have looked very good in practice that I think will surprise a lot of people...I like my job so that's all I'm going to say. We NEED to score more points this year and that will be a key...my prediction 32-17 Cyclones.

On to Iowa...now to address the first point. I do think Iowa will have a phenomenal year, they are stacked, they have a fairly favorable schedule, and well they are Iowa and always seem to come out on the lucky end. I don't know anything about Eastern Illinois other than they will get steam rolled...no score prediction other than that. As I said the hawks will have a great year I don't know if I can put them at 10+ wins currently but the chance is there...that being said they may only get eight wins. Good luck this week.

That's all for now...have a good week! Stay safe and remember responsibility and to represent yourself and your school in a first class manner! GO STATE!!! GOD BLESS!!!