Media passes can only take us so far. One place they won’t take us, the practice field. I would do anything to spend one day on Iowa State’s practice field.
I would love to watch Bret Culbertson kick field goals.
I would love to watch Phillip Bates throw passes in practice.
I would really love to see J.J. Bass in practice because I want to know what happened. The junior college transfer from El-Camino Community College burst into the Cyclone’s season with a 133 yard rushing effort against Kent State. After that, he’s virtually disappeared. After a 134 yard game in Toledo, Bass didn’t play in Nebraska. Coach Gene Chizik didn’t make any mention of it until his weekly radio show at Applebees with John Walters. There, he called it a shoulder injury.
Since then, he’s run the ball a combined 18 times against Texas Tech and Texas.
Maybe Jason Scales is Chizik’s new running back. The point is, we just don’t know. Scales, who has carried the ball 72 times for 274 yards this season, has been listed at the top of the Cyclone’s depth chart since the Nebraska game.
Chizik made it clear from day one he was going to be careful about what he releases in terms of injury reports. While it may help confuse opponents, it leaves many questions up in the air.
Is Jason Scales his running back or is J.J. Bass just hurt?
Would Austen Arnaud really be playing if he wasn’t hurt?
Boy, would I really love to be at practice this week.
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