Yep. How ISU pretty much loses every time it happens, for at least the last couple seasons.
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Yep. How ISU pretty much loses every time it happens, for at least the last couple seasons.
Process didn't love us back today.
I don’t blame the playcalling, I blame the special teams, and yes, that’s on the head coach. I cannot understand how we can’t find a punter that doesn’t shank it once a game.
Agree. Defense was pushed around a little in the first half.....but regrouped and the only reason ISU even had a chance. I'm trying to figure out if the coaches know we have WR's on the field or if they are any good.
Covid is what elevated our program. Covid management is the only margin Campbell has had success in
Unfortunately that's par for the course. With a small community like Iowa State, the coaches and media are too close and the criticism rarely falls where/when it should.
I've hated that phrase for 2+ years because we need to worry about winning in the 80% before we worry about the margins. We fail at so many fundamentals that talking margins is like Minnesota rowing the boat.
And maybe the only time....because back in the day the opponent returning a KO for a TD usually meant ISU lost 56-7 instead of 49-7.
Going off memory here but here’s how this staff starts seasons:
0-6 vs Iowa
G5 loss vs LA
FCS loss and OT win vs UNI
1-5 in Big 12 openers.
They need to scrap what they do in camp and start over. No reason for a team that has been one of the best in the country in October to basically be Vanderbilt in September.
0-6 vs Iowa
G5 loss vs LA
FCS loss and OT win vs UNI
1-5 in Big 12 openers.
They need to scrap what they do in camp and start over. No reason for a team that has been one of the best in the country in October to basically be Vanderbilt in September.
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This makes the rest of the season not so much fun.... I will say that KSU, OSU, OU and Texas are all better than Baylor.... We can't keep giving games away...
I remember that one year when Oregon was ranked No. 2 mid-season and in line for a the BCS champ game.
Then Dennis Dixon's knee decided that Oregon should play USF in the who-gives-a-crap bowl.
Valiant comeback today that fell a bit short.
But the truth is that the Cyclones are not as complete a team as we thought they would be this year.
And that won't stop me from rooting for you guys the rest of the way.
Then Dennis Dixon's knee decided that Oregon should play USF in the who-gives-a-crap bowl.
Valiant comeback today that fell a bit short.
But the truth is that the Cyclones are not as complete a team as we thought they would be this year.
And that won't stop me from rooting for you guys the rest of the way.
It seems like we have quite a few losses where we outgain opponents so I looked it up:
'21:
Loss to Baylor: + 187 yards
Loss to Iowa: + 166 yards
'20:
Loss to Louisanna: +31 yards
Loss to OK State: -72 yards
Loss in B12CG to OU: +43 yards
--- If we cut it off there the odds of that are astronomical, '19 is a little less crazy but still about even in our losses in total yards.
'19:
Loss to Iowa: +105 yards
Loss to OK State: +66 yards
Loss to Baylor: +35 yards
Loss to OU: -22 yards
Loss to ND: -183 yards (the only loss in three seasons where easily outgained.
Outside of Notre Dame beatdown loss and close B12CCG loss we're pretty much exclusively losing games with special teams and turnovers giving our opponents wildly better field position. Today's was even more crazy because with penalties we outgained them by something like 250 yards.
It's a good stat in that it means we lose close with one exception...but it is just crazy to have such a high % of losses come in games where you rush and pass for more than your opponent, sometimes by a drastic amount.
'21:
Loss to Baylor: + 187 yards
Loss to Iowa: + 166 yards
'20:
Loss to Louisanna: +31 yards
Loss to OK State: -72 yards
Loss in B12CG to OU: +43 yards
--- If we cut it off there the odds of that are astronomical, '19 is a little less crazy but still about even in our losses in total yards.
'19:
Loss to Iowa: +105 yards
Loss to OK State: +66 yards
Loss to Baylor: +35 yards
Loss to OU: -22 yards
Loss to ND: -183 yards (the only loss in three seasons where easily outgained.
Outside of Notre Dame beatdown loss and close B12CCG loss we're pretty much exclusively losing games with special teams and turnovers giving our opponents wildly better field position. Today's was even more crazy because with penalties we outgained them by something like 250 yards.
It's a good stat in that it means we lose close with one exception...but it is just crazy to have such a high % of losses come in games where you rush and pass for more than your opponent, sometimes by a drastic amount.
I've spent a lot of time thinking about it, and I don't think we can blame the tents for this one.
