cole croston has followed i ihis dad's foot steps to iowa city. we'll hear from both of them coming up after home. five of those players are in their first year with the program, but the remaining two are a pair of walk-ons who have worked their way onto the depth chart. brandon snyder from west lyon is the backup safety d a special teams standout and sb-l's cole croston has worked his way up from walk-on to hawkeyes. according to his dad dave, that's quite a change from where he was in high school. cole croston--"he was a fantastic player and i don't think i'm necessarily in his shadow by any means. i'm just trying to be my own player. he was a great player. if i could even be half as good as he was it would be a fantastic career for me." dave croston--"the fact that i played down there, you know, my name's on the wall in the o-line room, i think he maybe caught a little grief from the other guys, but i don't think there was ever really pressure. we don't talk about technique, we don't talk about his kick- step or we don't talk about a whole lot

tim plus sb-l's cole croston has followed his dad's foot steps to iowa city. find out what both of them have to say on the family legacy up five of those players are in their first year with the program, but the remaining two are a pair of walk-ons who have worked their way onto the depth chart. brandon snyder from west lyon is the backup safety and a special teams standout and sb-l's cole croston has moved up from walk-on to starting right tackle for the hawkeyes, following in his dad dave's foot steps 30 years ago. cole croston--"he was a fantastic player and i don't think i'm necessarily in his shadow by any means. i'm just trying to be my own player. he was a great player. if i could even be half as good as he was it would be a fantastic career for me." dave croston--"the fact that i played down there, you know, my name's on the wall in the o-line room, i think he maybe caught a little grief from the other guys, but i don't think there was ever really pressure. we don't talk about technique, we don't talk about his kick- step or we don't talk about a whole

tackle cole croston of sgt. bluff-luton admires c-j's toughness. "seeing him go out there and play to his ability, even play through a few injuries and stuff like that, it really hits home and it helps us really want to block for him," said junior tackle cole croston. "it's the biggest game of our season because it's the next game and that's some motivation. i want to do whaterver i can do to help this team win," said junior quarterback c.j. beathard. "if that's me having to try and push the limit with me running the ball then i'm going to do that." the hawkeyes are 12-point favorites and are e fth in the new playoff rankings. that's a 7 o'clock game saturday on the big ten network. the iowa high school football semifinals start thursday in cedar falls. sgt. bluff-luton will play in the class 3a semi's for the first time innchool history. the 8th-ranked warriors take on 7th-ranked norwalk. sgt. bluff-luton has been scoring a lot of points. the warriors scored a 3a playoff record 72 points in round two -- and are averaging 53 points in their three p

cole croston--"he was a fantastic player and i don't think i'm necessarily in his shadow by any means. i'm just trying to be my own player. he was a great player. if i could even be half as good as he was it would be a fantastic career for me." dave croston--"the fact that i played down there, you know, my name's on the wall in the o-line room, i think he maybe caught a little grief from the other guys, but i don't think there was ever really pressure. we don't talk about technique, we don't talk about his kick- step or we don't talk about a whole lot football wise. just a little bit every n and then, but the big thing has just been have to make the most of it and that's what he's done." chris palmquist--we'll hear more from cole and dave coming up tonight in our heroes game preview special. 6:30, alex walker and i will take an indepth look at the rivalry and preview the black friday matchup. then friday i'll be live in lincoln at memorial stadium and alex will be at the pregame party here at the hard rock hotel and casino for a full hour long preview show...that begins at 10 am. we h

cole croston--"he was a fantastic player and i don't think i'm necessarily in his shadow by any means. i'm just trying to be my own player. he was a great player. if i could even be half as good as he was it would be a fantastic career for me." dave croston--"the fact that i played down there, you know, my name's on the wall in the o-line room, i think he maybe caught a little grief from the other guys, but i don't think there was everer really pressure. we don't talk about tetenique, we don't talk about his kick- step or we don't talk about a whole lot football wise. just a little bit every now and then, but the big thing has just been when you get an opportunity you have to make the most of it and that's what he's done." chris palmquist--we'll hear more from cole and dave coming up tonight in our heroes game preview special. 6:30, alex walker and i will take an indepth look at the rivalry and preview the black friday matchup. then friday i'll be live in lincoln at memorial stadium and alex will be at the pregame party here at the hard rock hotel and casisi for a full hour long g evi