If You Build It, They Will Come

The Grey Cup is played every year (well, not 2020...), and every year there is a winner.  The right team doesn't always win though.  No, sometimes the universe makes a mistake and the wrong team wins.  But how do we know who these "Misplaced Winners" are?   Well, this blog circles around one thing, and that's the Iowa Connection.  So, obviously every Grey Cup champion should have at least one Iowa Connection, but not every one does.  Either I've missed the connection (possible!), or the universe messed up.  Thanos snapped his fingers and the Toronto Argonauts won.  So lets look at those Iowa-less Grey Cup champions and see who it should have been. If this universe happened, here are number of titles these Iowa Connections would have gained (2+): 5 - Bill Briggs, Iowa 2 - Jeff Braswell, Iowa State 2 - D.J. Johnson, Iowa 2 - Jovon Johnson, Iowa 2 - Wayne Sheley, Lone Tree Note : Of the 82 Grey Cup Championships covered here, 23 have been I...

        Profile If you are making a list of Iowa State football players to profile, Troy Davis is near the top. Troy played for ISU from 1994 to 1996 and broke nearly every rushing record at the school.  He ran for over 2000 yards in consecutive years*, and finished in the top 5 for Heisman** twice.   After a few years in the NFL, Troy played  up in the CFL winning the Grey Cup with the Edmonton Eskimos. * 2000 yards in consecutive years is crazy (especially considering 11 games), but looking at college history, the mind is blown when looking at Barry Sanders' Heisman season when he rushed for 2850! ** Troy finished second his junior year behind Danny Wuerffel.  He also lost the Doak Walker Award to Bryan Hanspard, still baffling today. Personal Notes The CFL is another spot where you can gather cards of Iowa greats.  Here's what I have found: Iowa Hawkeyes - Kenny Ploen, Randy Duncan, Bob Jeter, Larry Ferguson, ...