UNI Game thoughts...

ekim121 · 10-01-2006, 09:42 AM

I thought the offense played very well. Someone posted a driver chart in another thread, and we only punted twice, so I'd say we accomplished everything we wanted to on O. As far as D, they were awful yet again. This was UNI, and for a large portion of the game we were but a speed bump. There were gaping holes for their backs and the 5 yard pass was open each and every time. On the flip side there were also times when they made good stops. Before Baum muffed the punt(s) the D gave a big stop in UNI territory so we would have gotten the ball back with good field position, and even after we handed them the ball back they did an outstanding job in holding them to a FG. But then on the very next drive after the fumble UNI drives it down their throats again...I'm not sure what gives.

I think the bottom line is that if the teams plays like they do tonight with the turnovers we'll be lucky to win 1-2 more games. If they can play like this without the turnovers I think we can make maybe 6-7 wins total. I don't want to be pessimistic (sp?), but I'm just trying to be realistic based on what I've seen on the field.

cyclonedcm · 10-01-2006, 10:02 AM

It's a great weekend when Iowa State wins and Iowa loses

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There has to be someone who can kick the ball in the end zone, I know there are high school athletes out there with a stronger leg than him... Josh should lose his scholarship!

Walden played bend, but don't break defense too... with worse athletes... we have some quick linebackers-- use them! we put as much pressure on the quarterback with 3 down linemen...

I hope we play our best game of the year yet and kick Nebraska's butt, I think we are capable of doing that.

mfelske · 10-01-2006, 10:58 AM

The fact that the Cyclones were -3 on turnovers and still won is huge. If they can correct those big mistakes I think this team will be OK.

price26 · 10-01-2006, 10:59 AM

I think the key in the second half was there was more blitzing of Sanders on obvious pass downs. I've watched every game this year and I don't think we've ever blitzed that much in any game, I wish there was a stat for how many times we brought more than 4 guys.

I think that has been one of our biggest problems all year, we havn't pressured the oppossing quarterback enough. You saw what happened when we went after Sanders in the second half, he was forced to dumb it off and he either completed it or there was someone there to drop the reciever right away.

Our pass defense stinks because our secondary can't chase wide receivers around for 15 seconds while the quarterback sits back in the pocket. Parker isn't as good as you all think (he's a freshman who has been knocked cold by Yanda and gave the Longhorns a chance to put the Clones away) and with the extra lineman, every time just doubles Curvey because Moorehead and Frere are pretty much non-existant.

Another thing is the crowd impact, I have never felt so out of game before the game even started. Johnson is out there trying to lead cheers and the Panthers fans are DROWNING OUT THE CYCLONE FANS! I was disappointed with the alumni and adult fans of Cyclone country before the game and I'm still disappointed with them afterwards. For this team to become a top 25 contender the fans, not the team, have to get better. The football intelligence is low, by that I mean that YOU CANNOT BE CHANTING LET'S GO STATE! WHILE OUR TEAM IS IN THE HUDDLE! You are basically helping out the opposing defense.

That is my two cents.

Bob · 10-01-2006, 11:00 AM

You know what Mac can take from this game? He was a yard away from not having a job next year.

cyclonedcm · 10-01-2006, 04:04 PM

Get Johnson off the field before the game, put an enthusiastic student out there... get his a__ off the field

cstrunk · 10-01-2006, 04:27 PM

I like Johnson's enthusiasm, yet he is not the guy that we need to put out on the field because he does NOT know how to coordinate the cheers! That needs to be changed soon. I couldnt even hear the CL-ON parts of the CY-CL-ON-ES chant. PA-TH-ET-IC