LOL you are one if the most negative posters on here so go ahead and file me into the "tired of your same old crappy takes" category. But yeah feel free to call it a year after game 2...
I'm tired of hearing about the great Matt Campbell
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LOL you are one if the most negative posters on here so go ahead and file me into the "tired of your same old crappy takes" category. But yeah feel free to call it a year after game 2...
Those complaints were legit though. Go back to the those seasons a review who we had to beat to get to 7 wins...
IMO 3 straight 8 win seasons would certainly fall into the big things category but you do you.
And also how competitive did we look in the losses. Night and day vs now.
I’m not sure some folks understand how tough it is to win college football games.
Cyclone fans should be thanking their lucky stars daily that he is at ISU.
Cyclone fans should be thanking their lucky stars daily that he is at ISU.
I'm sorry, but it's going to take longer than 3 seasons to out-coach the ISU national stage curse.
If the holding wasn't called on that 4th down we would be talking about the endzone pick.
If the last punt return wasn't screwed up we would be talking about the missed FG.
I expected 1 of 2 outcomes in this game.
1 – ISU gets throttled
2 – ISU finds a way to lose a close game
Call me superstitious, but if this was a normal 11 am game ISU would have won by 14. I don't know what the answer is. One of us needs to offer up our first born or something.
If the holding wasn't called on that 4th down we would be talking about the endzone pick.
If the last punt return wasn't screwed up we would be talking about the missed FG.
I expected 1 of 2 outcomes in this game.
1 – ISU gets throttled
2 – ISU finds a way to lose a close game
Call me superstitious, but if this was a normal 11 am game ISU would have won by 14. I don't know what the answer is. One of us needs to offer up our first born or something.
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That's all great and all and certainly affects games. But they've completely ignored the big picture. Talent and coaching are the most important factors.
I completely agree. Campbell is a really good CEO. If he can be a great CEO and realize that he is one Great OC away from being able to put up a statue on campus then terrific. If not, then this is probably going to plateau. 8-5 is good and I'm certainly never going to want him gone but it could be a little better.
Who on offense creates an inherent mismatch and can stretch the field? I understand people’s concerns about the offense but do we have dynamic playmakers or are we going to have to rely on 8-11 play drives? Longer drives require being more efficient in the red zone. The year is still young and this offense is still growing up.
Also the “missed opportunity” argument seems to suggest that the defense will fall off the map next year and that Ramos and Downing cannot exceed the current starters with a year of growth. Lima, Spears and Bailey will be huge losses but you could still return 7 starters on that defense with Eni, Rose, both corners and Eisworth leading the way.
This program is set up for sustained success in a way we have never seen before and I have been going to games since 1984.
Fumbles happen. Don't like em, but they happen. The rest pretty much tells the story.
I miss the old days of Rhoads and the “I wish we were more like Iowa” crowd.
I think most people believe that “disappointment” and failure (or failure to meet expectations) are one in the same. There must have been a class on “straw mans” argument at Iowa State in the last decade because that same terminology gets thrown around a lot on this website when a person is losing an argument.
Yeah, I'm not going to rip on Brock's fumble in those conditions. The rest is all 100%correctable.
How did I miss this gem of a thread until now? So much potential in the first 12 pages already. Wow!
And we also didn't capitalize on two interceptions that were in our hands. Should've could've would've won the game but we didn't. Figure out our offense once we get past our opponents 40's and this team will be very good. Everyone needs to take a step back from the ledge and let the season play out.
It made me sick watching us drop the pick in the end zone that would've completely changed the game. Maybe not the outcome, but the game would've ended in a different way. Have to, have to, have to make them. I think we will end up making those plays as the season moves forward.
All in all we just lost to a freaking solid Iowa team by 1 on a weird day and we had many opportunities to win.
