***Official Iowa State at Oklahoma State Gameday thread****

MIClone

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Crazy that people are questioning Sam Richardson's QB play. You can't ask more than 10-28 for 129 yards from you QB. He has been solid and has really had our offense rolling.
 

dmclone

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LOL - putting batted passes only on the QB? Hilarious.

Yeah, he's the one throwing the ******* ball into the guys ******* hands. The line has given him plenty of time. I'm not saying they should take him out but he has been terrible. Keep in mind that these are not long passes. This is easy **** that you should hit 60+% of the time.
 
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Istate

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ISU team is SLOW. Very slow. The players and how things develop. One of the slowest, if not the slowest, in the conference.

Which is why we beat Iowa. It's the only team on our schedule that has less team speed than us outside of maybe KU and Toledo.
 

Mtowncyclone13

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The problem with this team is not the refs. It's not all Sam Richardson. It's lack of talent as a whole. The recruiting under Rhoads has been beyond awful. They only sign guys that's best offer is ISU 99% of the time. You can be a good coach, but if you can't recruit talent, good coaching can only take you so far.

How do you recruit when your competition is everyone in Texas? It's not like hoiberg where he can sell his NBA experience and a chance to shine. Why would a Texas kid come here over any other offer in Texas?
 

Skidoosh

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Defense is done. The offense just seemed not to get off the bus.

Cant blame 'em. Played lights out and offense thanked them by putting up 6 points. Can only carry the team for so long.
 
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awd4cy

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The problem with this team is not the refs. It's not all Sam Richardson. It's lack of talent as a whole. The recruiting under Rhoads has been beyond awful. They only sign guys that's best offer is ISU 99% of the time. You can be a good coach, but if you can't recruit talent, good coaching can only take you so far.
Our 2015 class has the potential to be his worst yet. So far we are ranked lover than every power conference team besides Colorado.
 

huntt26

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I vote for putting in Rohach just to dodge injuries and get the backup some reps.

I think we already knew it before, but this game confirmed we will not go bowling this year. Just not enough winnable games left anymore.
 

cyclonez7

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Crazy that people are questioning Sam Riichardson's QB play. You can't ask more than 10-28 for 129 yards from you QB. He has been solid and has really had our offense rolling.

Yep that last 3 and out on 3 incompletions was great offense.
 

ISUFan22

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Better than leaving it up to our receivers making a play.

I see why Mangino harped on the WR needing to be tougher. Without West and Bundrage we have no one you can count on.
The need for tougher receivers has been here for nearly a decade. Every offseason the coaches sing their praises and the fans buy into the hype - overhyping it. Every year, the receivers significantly underperform.

More of that this season made worse by injuries. But the group was weaksauce right from the start before the injuries hit.
 

norcalcy

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******* pathetic. Special teams basically gives up 14 in a minute, WR can't catch all day, and now the D is too worn out to even put up a fight.

For whatever reason, we just don't play this thing called FBS football. We are living in a parallel universe where it just doesn't seem to matter whether we can score a TD or not. The rest of college football seems to have figured out quite a while ago that the rules allow you to play offense. We haven't done that for years.

Defense came to play and put up a fight. They're not world beaters, but they tried to keep us in the game. What the hell is it going to take to put even a mediocre offense on the field?