Before I start this week’s
edition, I want to let everybody know that the opinions and quotes stated by
students in this article in no way represents the views of me, or anybody
associated with CycloneNation.com. It is simply a way for the Iowa State students to get involved and to give
them a way to state their opinions and since they’re paying tuition, by golly
they deserve it.
The first individual I talked to
this week was a guy named Corey Aldritt straight off the streets of Eden Prarie,
Minn. Aldritt is not only a diehard Cyclone, he’s an extremely opinionated young
man and even that might be an understatement. Aldritt made it clear to me that
Saturday’s performance just didn’t cut it in his opinion.
It looked like a JV team out
there. We get to the 40-yard line and we put on our tap dance shoes. We get
scared and I’ve never seen more pathetic football in my life. I think that I’ve
stood up more times to wave at people than I did have reason to cheer during the
game.
The one positive that I do see is
that Nebraska
actually wanted us to win this game. That’s how bad they played in this game. We
still got it handed to us, on national television. It was
terrible.
Pretty negative stuff Corey. Let’s
get positive can we?
I thought that our defense stepped
up in the second half. Enough for the offense to win the game, but our offense
just looked terrible.
My Take: Okay, never mind about
the positives Corey. You’re just not a positive guy, and I’m down with that.
Those were some pretty strong statements. For the record Corey, the game was on
regional, not national television.
Now I’ll move on to victim number
two, Elissa Braun out of St.
Charles, Ill. Elissa was
a sweet girl, who for some reason was hanging out with antagonistic guys like
Aldritt. Elissa didn’t really want to be interviewed, but I persuaded her to do
otherwise. Here’s what she had to say.
I’m just feeling generally
disappointment. I’m kind of cold and kind of tired. It’s been a long day. The
whole day was just a lot of work for such a disappointing
outcome.
My Take: “I’m kind of cold and
kind of tired.” That’s a classic quote. You see, that’s why I wanted to
interview a female. They always put things in perspective. Yeah, the loss was
tough but warmth and rest are a lot more important than winning a football game.
I was hoping that we would win; I
didn’t think we were going to.
My Take: Honesty is the best
policy. Good work Elissa.
Alright, back to the game. Neal
Aslesen out of Montage, Minnesota had a lot to say, but more about
what happens after the games than during.
We can’t keep giving credit to
teams like UNI who we should be crushing. I just feel like it’s not fair to our
team. After we beat them by however many points, we say that they played a great
team and we talk about how tough of a team they are. Dan McCarney should say
that they played a good game but our team wasn’t in it. We should have beaten
them by a lot more than that.
Our defense made some great plays
in the second half but our offense didn’t do a thing.
So what will make them play
Neal?
I don’t know. I have no idea.
That’s a good question.
My Take: I think that quote speaks
for all of us, including the players and coaches.
That’s a good place to end this
version of CN Student Sound Off.