And whether or not some want to admit it, ISU, toe to toe, should probably not have been within one score in plenty of these games with CMC.
Campbell’s record in 1 score games vs FBS
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And whether or not some want to admit it, ISU, toe to toe, should probably not have been within one score in plenty of these games with CMC.
What if I told you about a time when ISU was a shoe in to get blown out about 3-4 games a year even in their best seasons?
Would you prefer that?
Not at all. I’m just making an observation and pointing out how balanced the Big 12 is this year. Every game is going to be a battle and if we don’t figure out how to win more of the close games this will be another disappointing season because this team has talent. We’re 1-1 so far but I really thought we would win yesterday.
You mean like Illinois, Indiana, NW, Maryland every year and MSU and Minn 3 out of 4 years???
we are in the game nearly every game. can count on one hand the blowouts in the matt campbell era past season 1. it is hard to consistently win close games, but if we could, we would have won the big 12 by now. and we've been saying this for several seasons in a row now. tough game in Kansas this week.
You make an interesting observation here clonehome, and you get accused of being an ungrateful whiner!
My post wasn't trying to imply he was an ungrateful whiner, just that the statistic he picked to make his point has some grey area that isn't accounted for.
I think a number of other responses said the same thing. I'm too lazy to look it up, but like I asked, what is the record vs. P5 teams decided by more than one score? I honestly don't know.
As Campbell mentioned yesterday, attention to detail needs to be cleaned up. Seems to me we help beat ourselves in many big games. Throw 3 interceptions when the game is being decided or two 15 yrd penalties in the first series, against maybe the best team in the conference. Of course fans from many teams may feel this way.
The number of ISU fans criticizing this post is revealing. So we should just shut up and pretend that Campbell is perfect in all respects. We are going to be 8-5 or 7-6 again this year and that's fantastic. It doesn't matter that we could have won 10 games if we had gone 4-2 in close games instead of 2-4.
I don't think this has gone unnoticed by Campbell himself. He's made strides to improve ST. Now we need to get more consistency on offense and defense. Let's not pretend that Dekkers is a running threat and how about running some misdirection plays on offense. Baylor sure did fake out Colby Reeder on 3-4 key plays yesterday.
One score losses can be looked at two ways---one is bad coaching causes the close losses. The second is that good coaching causes the team to be in games they have no business being in. The losses over the last 5 plus years are probably a combination of both of these, but probably more the second.
He's beaten every single Big 12 team home and away in 7 years. He's had winning conference records every year but the first one.
We lost by 7 points to a good team in what should be a rebuilding year. Let's not get so worked up.
He's beaten every single Big 12 team home and away in 7 years. He's had winning conference records every year but the first one.
We lost by 7 points to a good team in what should be a rebuilding year. Let's not get so worked up.
OF COURSE CAMPBELL HAS NOTICED IT. Of course he is trying to fix it. That still doesn't means fan should complain about the progress of the program.
Yeah, you just have to take it in stride. The default for many posters is cynicism and it gets tiresome but you take the good with the bsd.
By my count, ISU has lost only seven games by more than ten points under Campbell. Four of them were in his first year. The ones since then are at Texas in 2018, the bowl game against Notre Dame in 2019, and Louisiana in 2020.
We don’t always win, but we keep it close. Huge departure from what happened under previous coaching staffs.
We don’t always win, but we keep it close. Huge departure from what happened under previous coaching staffs.
I said this early on in the Campbell era. It sounds stupid but the first step in rebuilding is to stop getting blown out. If you are in most or all of your games you have a chance to win most or all of your games. There used to be a day when we didn’t have a chance, at all, in 3-4 games per year (even when Iowa state had decent teams). You were never going to get the stars to align and win 8-10 games under that scenario.
Any ISU fan who would like to see Campbell leave never sat through Walden or Rhoads 30 pt + losses and decades of losing seasons. Campbell is the best thing that ever happened to ISU football.
Even more incredible: ISU has only lost one conference game by more than ten points after Campbell’s first year. That’s one time in 47 games where we lost by more than ten points.
CycloneErik
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(quick calculation, open to correction as needed)
Record in games decided by more than one score (8-plus) in Campbell era (all games):
vs. P5
2022 (so far): None
2021: 4-1
2020: 5-0
2019: 4-2
2018: 4-3
2017: 4-1
2016: 1-5
Record: 22-12
All games
2022 (so far): 2-0
2021: 5-1
2020: 5-1
2019: 5-2
2018: 5-3
2017: 5-1
2016: 2-5
Record: 29-13
