Noah Fant
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Did we not really care? I remember the coaches offering him, initially for defense, then on the offensive side as well...
Oh well, guess we remember different things...
We cared. Previous staff was all about him playing DE and overall blowing it. Riley was a lot more flexible, but too late. They made up a lot of ground that Bo chopped up, but the gap was too big.
6'8 Austin Allen and 6'7 Kurt Rafdal say hello. Or if he stays at TE 6'4 Cam Jurgens says whats up.
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anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi
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I could have scored on that 2nd one. Nobody over the top in the last half minute of a half? Bohl is looking very foolish. His team is not prepared well at all.
And here comes everybody out of the woodwork. Welcome back to football season. Former staff pretty much alienated him and Fant's dad. Ferentz was already way ahead with him when Riley arrived.
Good specimens, but not the same speed as Fant. Our TE appear to be more possession type, Fant could be a legit deep threat.
To be fair Iowa has sent the 3rd most tight ends to the league since 2000 but you have a point. A conversation to have would be comparing recruiting rankings for those tight ends.
Pelini's staff completely screwed up Fant' s recruitment and Rileys staff tried to salvage it, but Hank Hughes botched that. Riley tried to step in and make an 11th hour push for him, but the damage had already been done. Couple that with the fact that Fant liked Iowa's TE history and it was a long shot.
Sure wish we could have gotten Gayle Sayers to stay home. Damn.
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anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi
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Of course. Its also his fault we let Harrison P go to Stanford and Drew Ott to Iowa. Derp
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anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi
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A Nebraska kid so I wish him the best but will root against him when he plays Nebraska. Why can't we just wish kids the best until they play the Huskers?
Who on here is wishing him the worst? Should each poster in this thread also wish him the best?
Nobody. Its people trying to make a case against the current staff for not getting an Omaha kid to Lincoln. More on the old staff but whatever fits their agenda I guess.
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anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi
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Just another full heart he missed out on while pulling in these half hearted out of staters! Sad! So bad!
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anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi
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You're starting to get it! Nobody has more heart than white kids from Nebraska.
What I remember is that WE wanted him on D, HE wanted to play TE. Riley hired 12/14, Fant committed to Iowa 01/16. That's over a year the current staff had to "make up ground" on a kid from Omaha, Nebraska. Blame it on Pelini if makes you feel better.
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anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi
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You bring nothing to a discussion but insults. The quality of your character is on full display with every post you make.
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anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi
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Some would say insults, some would say truth. Your posting history reveals yourself. Sorry I hurt your feelings.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but Fant committed to Iowa like in August of the previous year, opened things up, played a little game with Minnesota, flirted with NU and ended up back with Iowa. The frayed relationship does date back to Bo, and Hughes played a factor as well.
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anon_umk0ifu6vj6zi
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It also didn't help that when Fant spoke with Riley about playing offense Riley told Fant he would have to work on his blocking and Fant replied something to the effect of "I'm not a lineman I'm a reciever."
That was pretty much the end of the the recruitment on both sides.
Sounds like a conversation really being taken out of context, but I could be wrong. WR/TE both require blocking skill, TE more so. Wouldn't be surprised if Iowa mentioned the same thing as he was making the transition in high school from being primary a big WR to possible TE. All moot though.
I don't think he ever "decommitted". Atleast not publicly. He went on a visit to Minnesota and it caused a stir.
For some reason I was thinking Nebraska was really late in offering him and it hurt their chances.