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Iowa State University Athletics
Chizik Enjoys First "Fall" Practice
08.01.2007 | Football
AMES, Iowa - It certainly didn't seem like fall. Temperatures flirted with the 90-degree mark as Iowa State's football team opened practice for the 2007 season on the intramural fields east of Jack Trice Stadium. But new Iowa State head football coach Gene Chizik was all business as the Cyclones began work in preparation for a season that opens Aug. 30 against Kent State in Ames. The practice had hardly started when Chizik shook up the team by making his players start over on a different field.
"We started our stretch and he didn't think we were doing it to his liking," said Iowa State wide receiver Todd Blythe. "He sent us across the field to start over, which is what he should do. He told us that he wasn't going to coach down to our level; we were going to practice up to his level. He already takes so much pride in being a Cyclone after just seven months here."
Chizik's team worked on special teams and then spent a large portion of the afternoon getting back in gear.
"The tempo picked up as practice went on," Chizik said. "I think they know where they stand after getting back on the field after spring football. It will take us a week of review to get us back to where we were after the spring game. But that is normal."
The team will practice again Thursday and Friday before Saturday's media day at Jack Trice Stadium.
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