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    STORY: Iowa State showcased its younger players during a blustery spring game Saturday

    No, Sama and Carson were in uniform. I arrived at 10:15 am and saw Becht, Sama, and the others scrimmaging with offense going South. Then about 10:25 they stopped and started doing position drills. Those guys are fine, just not showing us what they can do. I saw one D-line, I think it was...
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    Spring football video: Ryan Clanton's update on the offensive line

    I understand that we need and OL that can get the 1 yard when we need 1 yard most of the time. But what I saw in the Memphis game was a coach who called a play and had no viable option for switching when there were extra guys in the box. OL has no chance of success when reads and changes do...
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    *** Official Selection Sunday Thread ***

    The seeding is what it is. I am less worried about SDSU, WSU, or Drake than I am getting refs from a small conference that have never seen a team play defense like ISU and it turn into free-throw scoring for our opponent and our best guys on the bench in foul trouble. That is the real threat...
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    Heading into March Madness

    Perhaps it is time to change the starting line-up a little to kick some life into the team. Perhaps start Curt Jones over Milan and move Gilbert to the 3 to make a less mobile 3 have to guard him. Need to something different off the high screen and roll as it seems we are getting very little...
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    Kansas State fans are madder than I have ever seen

    I watched on CBS. What the announcers said when Tang came over to TJ to discuss something after Tang had already alerted the officials to a problem. TJ listened to him then went off on the officials as TJ, according to the announcers, had already received a warning about being out of the...
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    ***2023-24 Bowl Game Pick'em Contest***

    I just checked. I am 5-3 and in first place. Won't last, but enjoying it now.
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    Will ISU make a Bowl Game? YES! Which One? LIBERTY BOWL 12/29

    For the bowls that remain after the change in format, a rule should be put in place that no team can play in its home stadium, and not closer than 150 miles from their campus unless it is a playoff/NY6 bowl game.
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    Coaching Staff In The First Half

    I remember in the first half, a KU receiver caught a pass and avoided being tackled till he was driven to the sideline, stepped out, then was taken down by an ISU player. A personal foul was called. If Noel was called out and the whistle blew at the 30, why did a KU player tackle him inside...
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    Will ISU make a Bowl Game? YES! Which One? LIBERTY BOWL 12/29

    I think the key to your post was "a few weeks ago". What kind of odds did you give us to win "a few weeks ago"? In college football, a lot changes in a few weeks.
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    Running out of Bounds

    I would argue that about half of the fumbles we have recovered from other teams is when the runner is fighting for that one more yard. Look at the Nebraska 8 fumble game against us for example, but even the Fiesta game against Oregon. Add in a wet ball and slippery field turf and I think it is...
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    What Has Changed Since Ohio Loss?

    I've read some of the comments. My opinion is that the OL has stopped making false start and holding penalties in critical situations. At Ohio, 5 penalties for 50 yards, and against TCU 1 penalty for 15 yards. That is a huge difference. The OL is moving away from awful towards average, and...
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    One Question Keeps Being Asked…

    It is also very frustrating that we have a wide receiver who drops consecutive first down passes in the first half in Noel and yet he is still in the game. Does his backup just have no idea how to run a route? What good does it do to find him open, and throw a ball that hits is hands in a good...
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    Campbell's Unwillingness to Use the QB Run Game

    I fully agree that the zone read was available. I also saw, in the first half, when we put Samba in, the Iowa linebackers moved up between the tackles and on one play, even jumped up and down. A run to the outside appeared to be wide open, but we ran up the middle on at least 2-3 occasions...
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    Iowa State releases depth chart (2023)

    I am not speaking of any player in particular, but I would imagine at this point with game prep, we have players that are on the scout team to simulate the looks UNI will give us. If I had already red-shirted, like a RSFM, I would be working with the punters as much as possible and asking to be...
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    Iowa State releases depth chart (2023)

    I think if I was a wide receiver who had already red-shirted, and was buried on the depth chart, I would ask the ST coach if I could try catching punts and kickoffs. Spend a good amount of time with the punters in practice and learn the spins and rotations and catch the ball. It would get me...
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    w/ Ryan Harklau (1 hr)

    Hark was optimistic, but did not say much about WR and was NOT optimistic about the kickers. What does that mean?
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    w/ Ryan Harklau (1 hr)

    I don't remember Ryan stating much about the WR, but I could have missed it. But he did say a lot of 3 TE sets and it sounded like multi-back sets are also a possibility, which could indicate a lack of the WR room?
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    ISU Gambling Megathread

    I am sure the only reason the DMR is reporting on this is because charges have been filed. No charges (yet) against the others who may be involved.
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    Gamblin…Smoke and Fire

    If, as was suggested earlier in this thread, an athlete was betting under another person's account in the athletic training center, that would be illegal and could be why the DCI is involved. And it could be more than one athlete doing this to avoid detection.
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    The Iowa State Jets

    I am absolutely sure the Jets will look only at former Cyclones to fill out their roster, because it is so important to them to make a fan base in central Iowa happy.