***Official Iowa State @ Iowa Gameday Thread***

[F5cy]

I love Iowa State.

That is all.

 

[ISUCubswin]

LOL

Yes, coaches made players drop an easy INT and fumble at goal line, right?

I'm not sure we have another player on our roster that could've caught that ball. That's how pathetic our defense is.

 

[cyfan964]

2 HANDS ON THE BALL INSIDE THE 5. NOT DIFFICULT.

 

[CloneSolo]

Nope, I respectfully disagree. This is on the players. Fumbles, not stopping a team on 4th and eight, dropping interceptions. Nothing in that scenario is a coaching error. We need our guys to start believing they can win, and do the things necessary to win.

 

[atlantacyclone]

All bad breaks so far ... Time to step it up in the second half!

 

[Cy$]

Alright. Here comes the king of halftime adjustments, Kirk Ferentz everyone!

He'll look like a king with our staff's halftime adjustments.

 

[Fitzy]

Don't worry guys. We're a second half team............

 

[ISUFan22]

ISU could totally shred Iowa's defense thru the air with a proper gameplan but even more important - receivers willing to execute. It's totally there and begging to be taken.

 

[aeroclone]

I agree. Coaching (for once) has been fine. Players making HUGE mistakes. They need to come out smarter and we can maybe still make this a game.

Sure, the gameday strategy is ok, but they recruited and developed the players that are out there wetting the bed.

 

[ISUCubswin]

Seriously...with all the receivers we have, why didn't we move someone to corner?

No way Jarvis West can be worse than the crap we put out there, and West makes plays.

 

[roundball]

2 HANDS ON THE BALL INSIDE THE 5. NOT DIFFICULT.

No ****. Four downs to go a few feet, the only thing crossing that player's mind should be "hang on to the football".

 

[HFCS]

Probably reads like sour grapes but Iowa isn't impressive either.

But their bad field goal kicking forces KF to be aggressive and that's enough when we can't hang onto the ball and the refs fix a key call. Result, down 14-3 against a very avg iowa team

 

[deadeyededric]

Like every bad team, we create ways to lose.
Players and coaches alike, this whole thing looks bad this year.

Best coaching staff and most talent we've had at ISU in years!! Just ask people, they'll tell ya!

 

[CysRage]

They aren't. The difference - discipline, execution, and not making stupid mistakes.

If we showed half of the above as Iowa has, the scoreboard would be much closer.

This. I hate Iowa more than anyone but their teams always are outstanding at the basics. That is why their redzone D is always so good, that's why they always convert on short yardage situations, that's why they win football games in the trenches. We can still turn it around but it's just annoying that if we were mistake free until this point, we'd be up at half.

 

[IcSyU]

Now for the customary "the defense is tired" so they won't stop Iowa during the second half because they can't get themselves off the field on 3rd and long/4th and long.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Nope, I respectfully disagree. This is on the players. Fumbles, not stopping a team on 4th and eight, dropping interceptions. Nothing in that scenario is a coaching error. We need our guys to start believing they can win, and do the things necessary to win.

I agree. The coaches actually came in with a pretty good game plan. Just failure to execute.

 

[HandSanitizer]

Holy Crap.
Subtract the stupid A Personal foul on the punt
The interception that our own guy broke up
and the fumble that lossed a TD.
A PI call that was no where near close to right

We should be winning.
But we are ISU and are down 14-3.

 

[cycloneworld]

What's sad is that this is the best QB play we've seen in years...

Richardson again making good throws and good decisions.

 

[cyclonez7]

Hopefully we can score points in the second half for the first time this season.

 

[cyclones12321]

Well at least i got the dallas cowboys......oh wait. Frickin hate football season