Caring Is Creepy 2012: Have A Seat, Drew Ott
by RossWB on Jun 22, 2011 10:04 AM CDT
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The Iowa coaching staff on the hunt.
Creepy Christmas (Creepmas?) continues! Two days after scoring their second verbal commitment of the 2012 campaign (and their first in months), Iowa struck again, snatching TE/DE Drew Ott out of Nebraska. Ott ticks off a lot of boxes on your Prototype Ferentz-Era Iowa Recruit Checklist:
Slightly undersized? Check! He's 6'4", 235 lbs.
Positionally versatile? Check! Nebraska recruited him as a tight end (though they didn't offer him); Iowa is bringing him in as a defensive end.
Multi-sport star? Check! In addition to football, Ott led his team to a basketball state championship last winter, and excelled at track in the spring.
Under the radar? Double-check! Not only did he not have an armful of big-time offers (his other BCS offers were Kansas State and Ohio), but he played eight-man football in small-town rural Nebraska (Giltner, population: 389!).
Not surprisingly, most of the recruiting services don't think too highly of Ott yet -- ESPN and Rivals haven't even really ranked him amd Scout made him a 2*. (247Sports thought a little more highly of him, though, making him a 3*.) But Ott fits the profile of any number of past Iowa players. Chad Greenway springs to mind most readily, since he was another 2* recruit from a rural area in a neighboring state who played a slightly different type of high school football (nine-man football in Greenway's case). Current player (and potential defensive line starter) Dominic Alvis is another comparison, as a talented multi-sport athlete from rural Iowa who was lightly recruited.
Highlights for Ott are a little light, unless you want to watch him unleashing a thunderous* dunk, although FOTP PlannedSickDays was able to dig up this highlight reel. Ott appears to be a classic "hurry up and wait" Iowa recruit; he'll almost certainly redshirt as a freshman, bulk up, and spend the next few years on special teams. It's unlikely his name will be on the tip of your tongue come fall 2012; file it away for use in about three years.
* By rural Nebraska standards, anyway.
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Other Nebraskan Hawkeyes that I know of:
Larry Station
Patrick Vint
Adam Shada
Hopefully the Hawks will go back to the Larry Station type this time.
Pennsylvania: Leading the nation in Lyme disease since 1787.
by ReadingRambler on Jun 22, 2011 10:18 AM CDT reply actions
Shaun Prater!
Andre Woolridge!!!!!!!!!!1
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
Seth Olsen, Jeff Tarpinian, Shaun Prater (and his brother who left us), and so much more!
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jun 22, 2011 10:22 AM CDT up reply actions
Nile Kinnick lived there for a year or two.
Hey Dolph, you look like I need a beer.
by Give Eddie a Beer on Jun 22, 2011 10:26 AM CDT up reply actions
Wait a second?
HawkeyeState is from Nebraska? I knew there was something about that guy.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 22, 2011 10:32 AM CDT up reply actions
Yes. Here is his favorite shirt:
Pennsylvania: Leading the nation in Lyme disease since 1787.
by ReadingRambler on Jun 22, 2011 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
That is seriously terrible.
And I know from terrible MS Paint jobs.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
Yeah.
The hands are all wrong.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jun 22, 2011 2:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Bravo
Where can i get one?
You'll figure out what to do, for god's sake your The Boat! - JD Scrubs
by smokinthereiff on Jun 22, 2011 2:32 PM CDT up reply actions
Nebraskan, checking in
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
-- I eat a lot of stuff -- WaterlooChazz
by Blackheartnopants on Jun 22, 2011 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions
Wasn't Greenway a product of 8 man football.
I watched some of the clips above but it is hard to tell. Ott is quite a bit bigger than much of his competition. He appears to have good speed but needs to work on his tackling skills.
"Make it tasteful, but dongier" - Blackheartnopants
Yes-ish
From the story:
Chad Greenway springs to mind most readily, since he was another 2* recruit from a rural area in a neighboring state who played a slightly different type of high school football (nine-man football in Greenway’s case).
by The Mexican't on Jun 22, 2011 11:06 AM CDT up reply actions
I have this hankering
that if KO’K were to grow facial hair, it would come up in a very predictable pattern.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Jun 22, 2011 11:14 AM CDT reply actions
Like an End Around?
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Jun 22, 2011 11:25 AM CDT up reply actions
Bizarro Wannstache.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jun 22, 2011 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
You forgot "plays TE"
One day the entire Iowa roster will consist of former TE prospects. Except for the actual tight end, who will of course be a converted linebacker.
Speaking of Nebraska....
Good God are these ugly. Very Ronald McDonald.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jun 22, 2011 12:25 PM CDT reply actions
The N stands for... well, you know.
"I want to be a cowboy. I don't want to be a panda. Pandas are boring, stupid and boring. Bad panda!"
....Nom Nosborne?
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jun 22, 2011 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
VINT
Pennsylvania: Leading the nation in Lyme disease since 1787.
by ReadingRambler on Jun 22, 2011 3:03 PM CDT up reply actions
optioN
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 22, 2011 3:58 PM CDT up reply actions
nowledge
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
-- I eat a lot of stuff -- WaterlooChazz
by Blackheartnopants on Jun 22, 2011 4:22 PM CDT up reply actions
Nineties
/Can’t remember who said this at OTE
//So I am going to take credit
"I shoot, I score. He shoots, I score." - Dan Gable
by ClaybornSmash on Jun 22, 2011 7:48 PM CDT up reply actions
I think they're pretty cool.
I also have no fashion sense, so maybe that’s part of it.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 22, 2011 2:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Those are awesome. So are the blackshirt ones.
In the past 10 years, just four team owners have not paid a luxury tax and are not on pace to pay one this year: Donald Sterling, Jerry Reinsdorf, Chris Cohen (Golden State), Bob Johnson (Charlotte).
Two owners’ teams averaged an operating income of over +$10 million per year while their teams have lost over 60% of their games: Donald Sterling and Jerry Reinsdorf.
I actually like those type of gloves and wish Iowa would do a Tigerhawk version
But yes, those are ugly
Battles are won with a hammer, wars are won with a scalpel
Yeah, I think Wegher threw those up after he scored at the OB or one of our other games.
"They're not people, James Ingram. They're Jimmy Buffett fans."
by SomeJerkPoster on Jun 22, 2011 7:52 PM CDT up reply actions
Nike? made those for the bowl season a few years ago.
and I think the NCAA banned them right after the bowl season.
Fun will not be allowed.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
I don't think the NCAA banned them.
Because OSU was wearing them last year. I think it was Posey that was flagged for using the glove taunt after scoring against Michigan.
by The Mexican't on Jun 22, 2011 8:10 PM CDT up reply actions
I think these gloves and the "taunt" are both very bush league.
Real men don’t need fancy gloves.
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 22, 2011 9:22 PM CDT up reply actions
I like the gloves
And don’t think it’s much of a taunt. Now, if the gloves looked like a vagina, that’d be a taunt. And an awesome one, at that.
by The Mexican't on Jun 24, 2011 9:38 AM CDT up reply actions
Like tOSU's block O?
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Jun 24, 2011 11:43 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
rec'd
We will become more intensity!!! --What Reading Rambler thinks Tom Brands should do.
by WaterlooChazz on Jun 24, 2011 12:53 PM CDT up reply actions
As long as it's about creepy caring
fOSU has now lost three recruits. The guy who went to Pittsburgh (anybody think they told him that if he stayed out of the B1G they would release him, otherwise they wouldn’t?) and two commits who were both pretty hot prospects.
"If you need a rah-rah speech at halftime, you’re playing the wrong sport." - Pat Angerer
It's too bad the Tressell thing didn't blow up earlier
Iowa easily could have wound up with Prince (the guy who’s going to Pitt now). We were his second choice during the recruiting process.
And take refreshing dips in Lake Minnetonka.
Templeton Rye'd the Lightning.
by Smokin Herb Grigsby on Jun 22, 2011 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions
Game... blouses.
Part of me wishes Chapelle had kept making funny TV, and part of me is glad he quit while he was ahead, leaving us with a small but perfect sample of his genius.
Brunettes not fighter jets
Chapelle Show and Man Show
died at their peak (The Rogan and Stanhope year doesn’t exist)
Agreed that I’m not sure they could have kept up the genius. Only South Park has been able to sustain it for more than a decade, not sure how they do it.
I spent half my life's earnings on wine, women & song. The other half I wasted.
by therealCatnuts on Jun 23, 2011 9:14 AM CDT up reply actions
Plenty of idiots to make fun of.
"Pockets full of weed, chewing tobacco, wrapping papers and dental dams"
--HFMR Running the Beermile (tfj @ HawkeyeRecon)
by Eyeheartfreedumb on Jun 23, 2011 12:00 PM CDT up reply actions
Rumor has it that Chapelle is planning a TV comeback.
No idea when, or which channel, but I think it’s being considered. He’s definitely back on the stand-up circuit.
by The Mexican't on Jun 24, 2011 9:40 AM CDT up reply actions
They had a couple of his old shows on Comedy Central the other night.
Man, I miss that show.
"You don't become a Hawkeye fan, You're born with Black and Gold in your veins." - Me
by BStylin Hawkye on Jun 24, 2011 11:44 AM CDT up reply actions
The story is ...
He shows up on open mike nights in LA, usually Sundays and Mondays, and just riffs on current events, without a script, and is almost always funny.
Excuse me for my bellicosity. And spelling. Bellicosity and spelling.
-- I eat a lot of stuff -- WaterlooChazz
by Blackheartnopants on Jun 24, 2011 2:45 PM CDT up reply actions
Kenny “O-Spot” appears to be sporting a Ron Jeremy and “Captain Cunnilingus” looks great with the Snider look but what is “Long Dong” Johnson stylin?
"Make it tasteful, but dongier" - Blackheartnopants
Standard-issue cop 'stache.
He’s just missing some mirrored aviators and the propensity for excessive force.
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