This is insane. Decent starters aren't getting D2 offers or looks unless they're built like a brick shithouse or have elite speed.
People calling D2 or D3 sports low level and insinuating any decent player could do what they do is just dumb.
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People calling D2 or D3 sports low level and insinuating any decent player could do what they do is just dumb.
My dad’s second cousin was a former Hawkeye TE who became an NFL Pro-Bowler and All-Pro.
My grandmother on my dad’s side started on UNI’s first softball team.
My mom won a couple bronze medals at the HS state swim meet in Michigan, and had an opportunity to swim at a larger college, but took a full music scholarship at Northwestern in Orange City instead.
My grandmother on my dad’s side started on UNI’s first softball team.
My mom won a couple bronze medals at the HS state swim meet in Michigan, and had an opportunity to swim at a larger college, but took a full music scholarship at Northwestern in Orange City instead.
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Don't get me wrong, they'll take camp bodies and the universities desperately need the tuition. But someone who was not a great football player in high school is not actually playing D2 football.
Unfortunately got to correct: it's Motocross but that's okay. Not going to judge since there is a motor
I once had a real brief encounter with Reese Morgan. It's a long story and it was real short encounter no biggie but I do see what you mean about his communication skills.
Son is going to play D1 golf.
Could have went DIII for a different sport.
Lukas Van Ness asked my daughter out and she declined.
Used to do a tax return for an ex Hawkeye football player that had a stint in the NFL.
Have a few clients actively working in the MLB and NFL. Coaching that is.
Get a Christmas card from Brian Ferentz and family.
Could have went DIII for a different sport.
Lukas Van Ness asked my daughter out and she declined.
Used to do a tax return for an ex Hawkeye football player that had a stint in the NFL.
Have a few clients actively working in the MLB and NFL. Coaching that is.
Get a Christmas card from Brian Ferentz and family.
Awesome, thanks! That's right he is from Northern Iowa.
He's a very important piece of their offensive line. He struggled a bit his first two years, and then really came into his own last year and had an excellent year. He took a huge step, and he and they must be over the moon.
Shhhhh..... let them keep that dream. Also you will notice anyone that "played a little ball" never actually played, and sure as shit didn't stay 4 years.
I'll agree on D2 but I certainly wouldn't call D3 high-level. The main reason why Wartburg, Loras, Central, etc. exist is because of sports. Kids that were good, not great, in HS want to get their last 4 years in.
There's a ton of great high school football players playing D3. Sure, there's some decent high school kids that get to play because it's simply a numbers crunch and filling hundreds of teams with 80-100 kids each year is damn near impossible.
D3 is, for the most part, high level football that a vast majority of high school kids can't play. The high school team I coach has had a really solid run the last five or so years and by far our best player during that time quit after a few years at Central because he couldn't play.
I played at Waukee when we were winning state championships and consistently going to state finals in the early 2000s.
I originally had a scholorship to go to UW milwaukee but lost it due to a motorcycle injury. I ended up playing d3.
There is a major gap between high school and d3 athletics. The difference between d1 and d3 is peak athleticism, no doubt, but it is often consistency in the skill as well. A d1 player might "make the throw" 80% and d3 might be 60%
I always looked down on the lower tiers, I actually probably cost myself with a "I'm going D1" mentality, d3 and NAIA are light years better than high school. Those are really good athletes. I don't remember the numbers, something like 3% of all High school athletes will play after HS. Saying "I could have" is like me saying I could have been a doctor, if someone would have only told me to focus on school, dumb. It isn't just can you play, it's can you manage School while developing.
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