My Ex Step-Cousin QB Verbally Committed to Kansas State
 

The kid's name is Jesse Ertz and he is a stud QB from Mediapolis High School....a small school/town in Iowa. He recently verbally committed to play QB at Kansas State.

Now, I know close to nothing about Kansas State. I am also from Mediapolis (born, raised and moved back here after college) where there really isn't very many Chiefs fans, let alone KSU fans. Mediapolis is located in Southeast Iowa and I think the majority of Iowan Chief fans seem to be from Southwest Iowa. Our football program has never really been notably good until the past couple years....they have a bundle of talent right now (for 2a Iowa anyways). The new KSU recruit, Jesse Ertz, has been a very successful QB for the team these past few years.

There seems to be a few KSU fans who post on here because every once in a while I will notice them being referenced. So maybe a few people may find this interesting. Usually when I notice a KSU thread, I don't even bother to read it because I have no reason to. I will probably follow them a bit more closely now though.

Ok, so the title of the thread may come off as kind of confusing, but I can easily explain it. I am a Swafford. My grandpa and grandma Swafford divorced in the 1970's and my grandpa remarried Jesse's grandma (his mom's mom). My grandpa and Jesse Ertz's grandma divorced in the 90's. His grandma to this day has the last name, Swafford. I grew up thinking of her as a grandma and still kind of do, although I haven't seen her as much as I'd like to since they divorced. Obviously, since my dad and Jesse's mom were step-siblings, I saw his family around a lot when I was younger around the community, family gatherings, etc.

So just a few minutes ago, I pulled into my driveway and my neighbor flagged me down and was like, "hey Swaff, you hear that Jesse Ertz verbally committed at KSU?" It was news to me. I thought it was pretty cool and kind of crazy because he was a baby the last time I remember really being around him. And it's not only the familial connection, but it's the community connection as well. First off, Mediapolis is such a small town and it is rare that we ever produce D1 athletes....my brother was one of the few (he wrestled D1). Also, Mediapolis was never known for it's football program until Jesse Ertz (along with an awesome change in the coaching staff 6-7 years ago) added a spark to the program...they are speculated to be in the hunt for the 2a state title this year.

Anyways, I thought this was pretty cool. So what is the word on Kansas State? I'm assuming they are rivals with KU? Is it a good program? Like I said, I know nothing about KSU, but would like to know more now.

To the KSU fans, I hope Jesse does well for you guys, considering he starts.

My best friend's sister's boyfriend's brother's girlfriend heard from this guy who knows this kid who's going with the girl who saw Ferris pass out at 31 Flavors last night. I guess it's pretty serious.

Lol, I knew these were coming. :) Props and rep, that is funny.

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It would have been a lot less confusing if you just said "this guy I'm not related to at all and have never been related to."

Haha, come on.... we both refer to the same woman as, "Grandma." His grandma Swafford, which is MY last name. (Although she actually is his biological grandma). :)

Wow, 2 stars and an offer from Western Illinois. I'm excited. :rolleyes:

I didn't look into that, although I probably should have been expected to.... sorry that I couldn't excite you, homeslice.

You probably shouldn't give out last names. A bored ChiefsPlanet can put it's incredible investigative skills to use at will and before you know it, your ex-step cousin's former stepdad's tranny hooker will be tied to Kurt's mom, thus ending your ex step-cousin's career before it starts.

On a serious note, is it a bad idea to name-drop on here? Has some crazy shit happened in the past due to that?

What part of Iowa? My wife has all kinds of family from there.

Southeast. Boondocks. Burlington, IA is our region's "big" city..... the city with a Wal-Mart.

My cousin would crush your cousin.

Ex step-cousin, which means some kid I know by name of no relation at all........

Yes. Good job. That is correct. I have acknowledged this and explained it thoroughly (excluding my sarcastic exchanges where I was joking around about the lack of relation...). God damn some people look for reasons to be dicks.

Ugh, I can't wait until this thread is buried. I feel like a tool box for posting it and that dude above has me all paranoid about name-dropping.

You know what.

**** 'em.

I hope he has a great experience at K-State, and marries a hotter chick from KU.

Crazy shit? Nah. Ignore anyone that criticizes you for name-dropping.

Best of luck to your non-inbred, non-cousin!

Jesse Ertz > Matt Cassel

I'm gradually (heavy emphasis on gradually) getting to the point where I can comfortably, confidently and consistently maintain the **** 'em mindset with a few of the posters on here. I do have that mindset on another board that I post on frequently. But that board is an Iowa youth, high school and college wrestling board and since I am experienced in and have followed all three of those levels of Iowa wrestling for decades, I know pretty much everything like the back of my hand and can successfully debate about anything associated with it. On this board, I read a lot, but stray away from participating in some of the real technical football conversations because I'm not 100% confident in my knowledge of it... I have learned a lot from many of you and intend on continuing to learn, but I have to feel real confident in my knowledge before I will allow myself to mix it up in some of these football conversations. There are few things that annoy me more than observing some of the people on here who post, but obviously don't know what they are talking about.... I don't want want to be one of those guys and if I were to attempt to mix it up in some of these conversations, I would most definitely be one of "those guys." The crazy thing is when I originally created my account, I actually thought I had a vast knowledge of Chiefs football/football in general....what a rude awakening that was. I'll get there, but it may take a couple years. It's a process. :)

Lol, I don't know what provoked that irrelevant, ramblish rant, but sorry if reading it was tough to endure.

Lol, thanks. Although, I admit, I really don't know the kid and haven't really been around him since he was a baby, I still want to see him succeed even if the odds don't seem to be in his favor with being a 2 star recruit (according to saul) and all. His sister was closer to my age (29) and I knew her pretty well. It was one of those things where every once in a while when we'd talk, we would get on the topic of, "remember when we used to be cousins" followed by some random memory from when our grandparents were married.

LMAO

Stars don't mean shit anyways.

It's about hard work and dedication.

One of my baby brothers is a Freshman on the team this year and he and his friends told me that Jesse has a lot of the intangibles that may help him be successful. Of course, this is coming from Freshmen/Sophomores in high school.

1st team all state last year as a Junior...of course this is 2a, Iowa.

I actually read on the Hawkeyes board that he was recruited by Iowa, Purdue, Iowa State, Northwestern and Wake Forest. They said that he worked out as QB and WR for Iowa...Evidently he is wanting to exclusively play QB.

It's awesome, dude. Anybody who can play ball at that next level coming from a 2A school in Iowa is something special. Most people are just jerking your chain. Don't sweat it. We'd all love to suit up for a Div1 school but only a few have.

AWWSOME! LMAO

I think my step-brother-in-laws second cousin's sister's boyfriend plays football for Mizzouri.

FWIW to you K-State fans, Ertz had a great senior season and last week he ended up breaking the Iowa high school career touchdown passes record which was previously held by current Iowa Hawkeye starting QB, James Vandenberg. Mediapolis football qualified for state for the first time ever this year and are playing in the semi-finals tonight at 7 pm. So if any of you KSU fans want to watch Ertz play in a meaningful game, you can do so at 7 pm at this site: http://www.livesportsvideo.com/ihssn/

good call. Left foot clearly out

Are their small mountains & rocky outcrops where you live ? LMAO

So this kid is evidently Kansas State's presumed starter for this coming season. I will be watching a lot of KSU football this year. A lot of Southeast Iowa is tuning in to Kansas State because of Jesse now. Can't wait!

wtf is an ex step-cousin!?

Does he know Marco Estrada?

Sorry to hear you broke up with your step cousin.

Isn't pretty much everyone who lives in Mediapolis, IA related in one way or another?

Lol

My dad's dad was married to his mom's mom...but then they got divorced. We had Christmas gatherings together until they divorced...Jesse was either a baby or unborn...their divorce date was was close to his birth date, I think. His oldest sister and I were pretty tight... His family is cool. I still refer to his Grandma as "Grandma." His grandma's last name is my last name.

Kind of.

LMAO

Is this like the guy who introduces you to his wife and sister when there is only one woman standing near him?

A return to full rico!! Moar.

Git off me pa yer crushing my smokes

Gonna be a rough year for the K-State offense

ROFL

ROFL

LET'S GO JESSE ERTZ!!!!!!!!!

You are going to have to explain this one to me.

What the hell is a step cousin? :shrug:

This is why my rico roast was gold

He's going to get wrecked by TCU. Just letting you know.

Burlington Iowa.....home of Rich Dansdill !

Who's that?!

I bet.

Hey now!!!!!

Jesse is about to make his first start for the Wildcats in a few minutes. It is crazy in Mediapolis, IA right now...a huge deal...literally the whole community and surrounding towns in Southeast Iowa are watching this game and backing him. We haven't had an athlete accomplish anything like this before. Area newspapers have been covering this A LOT since he was named starter. Man, I hope he does well!!!

M-E-P-O GO MEPO GO!!!!

is this game on TV?

I googled "Kansas State TV" and just paid $10 for the monthly fee...I'm watching from my laptop right now. I bet there have been hundreds a of Mediapolis people who have done this...and we only have a population of 1500... LMAO.

K State starts with a kickoff return for a TD...LMAO

Annnnd on the first play he hurts his knee... UGH!!!

sorry to hear that man. Hope he isn't hurt bad and can make it back soon.

Aw sucks. Does it look serious?

Thanks bud.

I hope this doesn't stem from his injury from his Senior year in high school. He tore his ACL at substate. Played on it through the semifinal game at state and Snyder told him that he didn't want him playing on it in the state finals because he didn't want him to risk his future collegiate career...so our team lost in the finals by a couple points...if we would have had Jesse, we would have blown them out. Nevertheless, it was gritty of him to lead our team to the finals through two games wth a torn ACL.

The announcers just made it sound as if it looks pretty serious. :(

Yeah, it looked serious. And the announcers just said he was real emotionally distressed before being led to the locker room. Son of a gun.....:(

I hope you can get your $10 back.

Sucks for your ex step cousin.

Haha I think I might just end up watching a bunch of Kansas State games this year. I have never been able to get into the Iowa Hawkeyes. I've been more of a Notre Dame fan... This was another crazy family thing. My grandma had 14 sisters and 2 brothers...which put me in awkward situations every time I went on dates when I was single...I had to interrogate my dates about their family lineage, for all of my great aunts married into different last names. Anyways, one of my cousins from that side married Lou Holtz's son when Holtz was the Irish coach. So since then, I've rooted for the Irish despite the fact that I've never met Lou Holtz...or his son...or my cousin who married him....or her mom, which was my Grandma's sister. Haha.

This Kansas State stuff has been cool because with Jesse Ertz, I feel like I can root for a team that other people in my area are rooting for as well because like I said, I just can't get into the Hawkeyes for a variety of reasons. The most I ever followed the Hawkeyes was during the Stanzi era...he was so fun to watch.

I'm sorry but the thread title of this just screams inbred, meth, rednecks and trailers all in one.

Sorry about the injury though. That would be tough shit.

10,000 words dedicated to one play. The most rico thing to ever happen

Lol, I know it does. I thought it'd be funny, but to make it worse, it's true! LMAO

Yeah, looking at facebook...our community is very upset.

Yeah dude, it doesn't look good. I have a gut feeling he may have re-tweaked that ACL. :(

That's terrible.

Is he a senior?

Nope, Sophomore.

So my dad just got done telling me something interesting...

Guess who met with the Chiefs for 3 hours the other day and things apparently went well?!?!?!

Jesse Ertz...my ex step cousin.

I’m guessing he will be UDFA...

Burlington yeah I got a nice coat from their factory one year for Christmas

Not sure on the specific date but they do a pre draft visit with players who went to the local D1 schools but also the small schools in a certain radius of KC. Plus kids that went to HS in KC area. Then after the draft they have the rookie minicamp and have tryout guys there. Probably a couple QBs tryout and or signed if they don’t draft one late so those couple events I would bet he has a good chance for an invite if they like him. That would be a really good experience for him

Don’t worry good post. Too bad he didn’t go to the hawkeyes

Saw this thread from years back and it brought back some memories... I used to play against MEPO in high school and a few of the highlights were on my old high school's field... ahhhh Seven Ponds Park in the 80's...

I didn’t realize that their place was a Burlington address. Lot of Mepo kids who live South of town have Burlington addresses for some reason. Mepo boy, though! A town of like...1500! I live right in the middle of those mean streets!

Off topic...My brother is hands down, the best athlete Mepo has had since Ertz... 1st team all state DL, 4 time placer/2 time finalist in wrestling, will likely win 1-2 sprinting events at state this year...great at the 400...went to state and placed in, I believe 3 events and a Drake Relays event as a Junior...

Anyways, Senior this year. Hasn’t made his commitment...everyone is expecting wrestling because that is what my family is synonymous with...I believe he is going to sign in the next week to play football in college. Should be fun.

They wanted to convert him to a WR. He wasn’t having it.

If he can hand the ball off he is an upgrade over Bray.

Ahhhh dude my stomping grounds as a tyke!!! I wish they still had it!!! My friend’s parents owned that...he lives there now...throws great parties.

I probably shouldn’t elaborate on some of the details I’ve heard...but I think he is being seriously looked into and considered by the Chiefs. I agree, it’ll be a great experience for him! It’ll be a great experience for Mepo! Heck...some of my friends may actually become Chiefs fans!!!

With all due respect and I like ya rico and am not dissing on your boy Ertz here, but he ain't no QB either "at the next level"(NFL). And I am a big K-State fan as well. I see Ertz more as an H-Back/TE at the next level and maybe why the Chiefs were talking to him. The two back up QBs at K-State(Fort Hays kid/ Independence Mo.kid) definitely showed K-State is fine at the QB position. Will be interesting to see who wins the starting battle for the 18 season for sure.