The Offensive Line
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By far the most disappointing position group tonight in my opinion. They were just horrible...I sit beside a former ISU offensive linemen and he was astonished by how bad they were.
Only excuse I heard on the call-in show and postgame show tonight was KO was injured, and they're starting with a new center (and that showed as he got beat badly a couple of times). A few false starts but no holding calls that I remember. That being said, I hope they get a lot better than this before next week. A LOT BETTER! Can't have free rushers coming up the middle, or Steele under pressure in no time against a 3-man rush.
Herman is going to have us run out of the shot gun on the goal line no matter what. It's what he likes. Shot gun 100% of the time.
I understand the suspension deal plus KO being dinged up but after hearing all spring and camp that this would be one of the best position groups and be very deep I couldn't believe how bad they looked. We couldn't dig in and get a yard against UN freakin I...embarrassing.
CPR said before the season this was the best O-line they've had. I understand that KO was out most of the game and our road paver Hicks didn't play. Still doesn't excuse the horrible play by the rest of them.
...was god ******* awful. Jantz had no protection and the running backs had to make their own holes because there was nothing there.
I can't actually decide which line was worse. The defensive line is absolutely brutal with keeping contain. The offensive line was trying to get Jantz killed.
I can't actually decide which line was worse. The defensive line is absolutely brutal with keeping contain. The offensive line was trying to get Jantz killed.
We are in a bad bad way. May not win another game if this is the offense we are going to roll out.
demoncore1031
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Not having Hicks is a gigantic loss. People just keep underestimating how big of a loss it is when you lose a guy like that. Same thing they did when Reggies Stephens didn't play against A and M two years ago and was probably 50% agasint OSU the following week. You just can't replace guys like that.
HH is a dominant lineman and no one talks about the guy.
HH is a dominant lineman and no one talks about the guy.
Awful. I'm never negative, but the Oline was awful. If you had asked me how bad they could possibly be I would have said, "Oh, they could be pretty bad" and this would have flown past what I thought. By far the most dreadful Oline performance we have had in recent memory. I realize UNI is a good 1-AA school. I had this discussion with someone who is a Hawk fan. He said losing to them wouldn't be a shock and really wouldn't be that bad for ISU. That's ********. UNI, at their best should never beat us or come close. I don't care how good they are. I am glad we won, don't get me wrong, but had we lost I probably would have melted down on this very board. I have likely never have been so disappointed in this program as I was for 3 quarters tonight. My hope is that this is a wake up call that they need to get their **** together. I don't just mean the Oline either. That's everyone excluding Knott. He's still Jake Knott.
