Hey guys, I see you found my blog post on the Sycamores.
First of all, I would like to seriously thank this site for linking to my post and reading it. I had nearly 100 views today and I've never posted anything on my blog that has received that many views.
I sincerely apologize if I offended anyone with the ISU-Blue stuff. I only use it as another way of referring to the team without using Sycamores or Indiana State too much. SDSU folks get offended a lot when people refer to them as just "South Dakota" or as San Diego State. An example of this can be read
here.
As for the team itself, I was sort of surprised how many of Indiana State's players are transfers and that was sort of a underlying theme in my preview. I think I counted 5 or 6 players who have legitimate Division I experience, not mentioning players who have played at smaller schools. SDSU, by comparison has two players have have transferred in from D-I schools. (1 from SMU, 1 from Missouri)
I touched on Burnett and Washington in brief and of course, you guys will have a better feel on the key players. Defense will be key but in all honesty, every team in Valley has defensive issues and that was seen in 2010 with the constant swings from week to week. One week, a team gives up 40+ on the road and follows that up with a stout 10 point effort the next week.
In my preview that I had to have in print in May (which is way too early), I had the Sycamores finishing 3rd, behind UNI and North Dakota State. Rest easy, I don't see Indiana State falling back to the basement, especially with Fouch.
If you don't mind a little shameless plug, check out
sdsucollegian.com during the football season and especially for coverage on the Sycamores when they come to Brookings to face SDSU. I will also continue my conference previews on my blog throughout next week.
Thanks again. Best of luck this year.
