I've never understood the love some people have for Deace. The funny thing is, I think he does a tremendous job in his WHO gig and find myself agreeing with him a lot of the time.
But when it comes to the sports side, I just don't get it. Sure, he can name the 3rd string guard for South Florida off the top of his head. But that has more to do with a God-given ability to have a photgraphic memory than it does a true understanding and analytical ability for the sport.
Take today for example, he said (with a straight face, I assume) that ISU has a better QB, receivers, running back, etc than Penn State and that ISU has more explosive playmakers (guys that can turn a 5 yd gain into a 20 or 30 yd gain) than Iowa. He also said he thought ISU's defense would do a better job against Michigan's offense than Iowa's defense would....that ISUs scheme is set up better to stop it than Iowa's. Are you freaking kidding me??? Or take last year, when he argued with Miller for 20 solid minutes that Michigan couldn't possibly have a worse Big 10 record than they did the year before.....Michigan, of course, ended up with a 1-7 Big 10 record. Or two years ago when he claimed ISU had SEC-level speed. I could go on and on about all the crazy stuff he's spouted, but I think the point is made. At the end of the day, a good analyst can set aside his biases and look at things objectively and give a good account. Steve is a guy who's incapable of doing that.