Arland Bruce IV (in case anyone is interested)
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Its certainly possible that he could get more individual stats there. Good luck Arland. #mefirst
Maybe he can muff some more punts and keep his new team from the conference title game as well.
Some people on here weren’t upset at losing Arland because he was a MAC type talent. 🤦♂️
At least we won’t have to watch TeSlaa and Bruce each catch 10 balls against us. Every year.
Good luck AB4. Great dude who should've got more touches.
I would have liked to see him get more balls thrown his way on offense, but he was frustrating to watch on punt returns.
We lost a ton of hidden yardage with him pointing at the ball as it rolled another 10-30 yards instead of coming up and catching it. That was never a problem last year with Charlie Jones or this year when Cooper DeJean was back fielding punts.
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Can't argue with the punt return stuff at all. That was frustrating. But I loved his hard-nosed running when he had the ball. Wish we could've thrown some WR screens or slants to him.
We did. And while many times the throw was not good (to say the least), when the ball was on time/ on target did he really ever make any explosive plays?
I liked Bruce. But I mentioned in another thread a while back, I really think we wanted him to be a playmaker more than he actually was a playmaker. it seemed like quick slants and quick outs were the only routes he was routinely an option for - never really developed into a deep or even intermediate threat. And yes, QB was a HUGE issue.
Good luck to him in the big 12. Since there is zero defense there he’ll probably put up ok stats, but I’m not sure he’s truly the playmaker we all wanted him to be.
I was expecting him to have more play making ability this year.
Instead the two plays I’ll remember most out of him this season consisted of him falling down on what should have been a walk in TD and a muffed punt.
Instead the two plays I’ll remember most out of him this season consisted of him falling down on what should have been a walk in TD and a muffed punt.
Oklahoma State is losing a ton of players/WRs to the portal.
Hope he has more success down there at OSU. There were two big plays he could have made this season that would have most likely resulted in 2 more wins for Iowa. He could have walked in for a TD vs. ISU but tripped over his own feet , and the muffed punt vs. Nebraska. Two huge plays In close losses.
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I don’t mind if they are losing by 24 points.
Yeah that’s a significant transfer. Losing a skill player to OSU. Did not expect that. Good luck Arland.
Bruce had 19 catches and 1 td on the year that he had to drive to catch vs Nevada in 2022. How pathetic is that stat line with the best wide receiver on the Iowa team.
I hear the turf monsters aren't nearly as treacherous in stillwater. As an offensive player I'd rather face b12 defenses too
I mean OSU had trouble this year but they also scored more points in their first four games of the season than Iowa’s offense scored the entire season!
Wonder why their wrs hit the portal. They had a really quality group.
Was he thought? Nico is certainly better/more productive. And Vines sure seemed to be every bit what the guy who transferred out was
OSU is not in a good place right now. They have had a ton of attrition, even their defensive coordinator left to “take a year off.”
That would be pathetic if it were true but hey don't let facts get in the way of your argument. Nico was the leading wide receiver, not arland. I'm not saying 34 catches and 1 TD is groundbreaking stuff but why lie?
Hopefully he can stay on his feet in an important game against a major rival that could impact the outcome of the game
