Legacy Recruit Joe Alt Discusses New Offer From Iowa
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Motigerhawk
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A 6' 7" 240 lb. TE with athleticism? Yes, please.
MelroseHawkins
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I wonder if picking up recent recruit Justice Sullivan from Minnesota will help with his decision is chooses Iowa. I presume they know of each other being P5 recruits.
NikeHawk21
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From what I’ve gathered I think he projects as an offensive tackle
Zstatman
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Rob's article makes it sound like he's a lean towards Iowa.
He seems to have it in his mind that he's a TE. I'm sure Iowa would give him every opportunity to succeed at TE but you can't help but think tackle might be in his future, it sure has happened before with great success.
He seems to have it in his mind that he's a TE. I'm sure Iowa would give him every opportunity to succeed at TE but you can't help but think tackle might be in his future, it sure has happened before with great success.
He has a big head. I say always bet on someone with a big head. Truly mountainous people (Wirfs, Linderbaum, Gallery) can get that way because they have huge bone structure upon which to hang muscle. You get a sense of that bone structure by looking at their melon. You might be able to lots of muscle to a pin-head, but he is going to break down, he wasn't built for that. I think head circumference and jaw width should be key metrics used when recruiting offensive and defensive lineman. That cutting-edge insight is worth every penny you just paid for it.
On a related note, he will end up a lineman if he comes to Iowa.
And because this has not gone tangential enough yet, thinking about measuring the head/jaw size of recruits (would love to see KF enter a recruits home with tape and calipers in hand) reminded me of a presentation I once saw from Jianping Ma. He was a former coach of the Chinese Weightlifting program, and he has spent the better part of the last decade in Iowa. He is currently the weightlifting coach at Lindenwood U in Missouri.
He was speaking about the selection process of weightlifters in China. They identify athletes very early, take them out of their homes, and move them into dedicated training programs.
Anywho, Ma said one of the things officials would look at when evaluating potential weightlifting athletes is the size of the father's testicles. They reasoned that if Dad had big balls, the son would have a greater chance of having high testosterone, which of course is an advantage for strength. I am not saying the Iowa recruiters should absolutely follow this strategy, but I am not ruling it out either.
They also favored children whose moms had prominent upper-lip hair for the same reason.
I will show myself out, and I apologize for the preceding paragraphs (its Friday/procrastination day).
On a related note, he will end up a lineman if he comes to Iowa.
And because this has not gone tangential enough yet, thinking about measuring the head/jaw size of recruits (would love to see KF enter a recruits home with tape and calipers in hand) reminded me of a presentation I once saw from Jianping Ma. He was a former coach of the Chinese Weightlifting program, and he has spent the better part of the last decade in Iowa. He is currently the weightlifting coach at Lindenwood U in Missouri.
He was speaking about the selection process of weightlifters in China. They identify athletes very early, take them out of their homes, and move them into dedicated training programs.
Anywho, Ma said one of the things officials would look at when evaluating potential weightlifting athletes is the size of the father's testicles. They reasoned that if Dad had big balls, the son would have a greater chance of having high testosterone, which of course is an advantage for strength. I am not saying the Iowa recruiters should absolutely follow this strategy, but I am not ruling it out either.
They also favored children whose moms had prominent upper-lip hair for the same reason.
I will show myself out, and I apologize for the preceding paragraphs (its Friday/procrastination day).
I think Ojemudia did it, and I think it was a challenge at times. But all the more reason to be impressed by his All-B1G season this year.
Chickenlounge
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Wasn't Ruddock pre-med? These kids get so much help with schooling that they should be able to handle whatever major they want.
Motigerhawk
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I figured he probably would. Im sure his frame can handle 60 lbs.
But a 6'7" TE with his genetics? Fedorewitz (sp?) on steroids I was thinking.
HuckFinn
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Clearly, you need to extend your research toward those with “tiny hands.”
AreWeThereYet
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I'm not so sure about the "big balls" part, but its actually well established that heavy set bones and certain heavy features of the skull are linked in humans and other primates (other mammals too). Recently one of the regulator genes has been identified (BAZ1B). This regulator gene was identified through the study of Williams-Beuren syndrome associated with missing one of a pair of BAZ1B genes. This defect causes a severe developmental disorder where the bone structure is very underdeveloped, sometimes described as child like or elf like features. Extra copies of BAZ1B will cause very robust skeletal features including prominent brow ridges.
Of course most people don't lack this gene or have extra copies. How it interacts with dozens of other genes and also environmental factors influences how it and other genes like it get expressed.
Unless they have someone taking the exams for them it is hard. Only so many hours in the day and your brain has to be able to process and store and get sleep.
Scott Chandler.
Was Scott 6 ft 7 or was his brother NAte the QB, I think it was Nate . I thought Scott was more 6-4 or 6 ft 5.
Let's just say the Legacy pipeline has been very good to stellar. Let's see, Kittle, AJE, and I know there are others. Who else have been contributing legacy players the last 10-15 years.
If Alt is a KF type of player and person, and no suggestion that he isnt, then I would love to see him as a hawk.
And we have some had some very good younger brothers in the pipeline. Rieff, Niemann, etc.
If Alt is a KF type of player and person, and no suggestion that he isnt, then I would love to see him as a hawk.
And we have some had some very good younger brothers in the pipeline. Rieff, Niemann, etc.
Scott is 6' 7"
