The first true Paul Rhoads moment wasn’t captured on film. It happened shortly after his hiring in December 2008.
In front of the returning Iowa State football players and staff members Rhoads stood up and introduced himself, and his program, to the men that would come to embody it.
It helped form the foundation for his all-in mantra, his desire for a blue collar program that would lead to three bowl games, a series of big upsets and 32 wins entering this weekend.
“The first team meeting in Hunsiker (auditorium), one of the absolute greatest professional nights of my life,” Rhoads said.