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hoosman

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The only positives are penalties and DB play. Punting was also good - we will be doing a lot of that. Almost had a couple more blocked though. At this point, MC appears to be either lazy, stubborn, or incompetent when it comes to special teams and offensive play calls. ISU just gave up a TD on special teams. We’ve seen no improvement in either for 7 years now. So we are not letting Dekkers run because he might get hurt. Risk- we might lose games. Reward - we might win games. Right now, we are losing regardless.
 

madguy30

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Dekkers must be involved in the run game. It gives the defense another dimension to account for and might slow down the rush.

Also need to get him out of the pocket.

We did a bit of both against UT and it worked. No idea why it went away the next game.

Roll outs and letting him race to the marker worked yesterday but as soon as ISU looked like they were getting in a groove it was back to weird long developing plays.
 

cycloner29

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The couple of guys behind us should have been calling plays yesterday. No play by play person has anything on these two coaches in waiting. I think the one guy just liked talking to himself because no one else around him would talk to him.
 
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Lol, and Auburn is 3-5 also. I guess it's better to be a backup on a scrub SEC team than a starter on a scrub Big 12 team.
He's making money, can't blame him for leaving. Would you rather make 50,000 a year and get to develop for a year or two, or make nothing while playing a ton of snaps, risking your body to get worn down before ever getting a chance to make said money at the next level? He saw what happened to Greg Eisworth.
 
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iowastatefan1929

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Funny on the 4th and 1 were Norton got contained for a 1-2 yard loss out of shotgun, the ball got snapped and should not of, they were going to shift into another play.
 

davegilbertson

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Funny on the 4th and 1 were Norton got contained for a 1-2 yard loss out of shotgun, the ball got snapped and should not of, they were going to shift into another play.
Can someone smarter than me tell me of our pre snap shift produce anything of note?

It seems like it just over complicates things on our side without much advantage
 
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Neptune78

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He's making money, can't blame him for leaving. Would you rather make 50,000 a year and get to develop for a year or two, or make nothing while playing a ton of snaps, risking your body to get worn down before ever getting a chance to make said money at the next level? He saw what happened to Greg Eisworth.
It depends if you can develop sitting on the bench.
 

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I was almost like they said let’s make it harder for Dekkers and the offense. Actually get a first down… quick run to the line hurry we need it to be 2 and 12, fast hurry up!

At one point the did this exact thing and then called a time out. ******* Christ, call the timeout 10 seconds earlier and run a good play on first down.

Maybe they thought 2 and long was the best strategy. Because they achieved that with tremendous success.
 
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isufbcurt

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The couple of guys behind us should have been calling plays yesterday. No play by play person has anything on these two coaches in waiting. I think the one guy just liked talking to himself because no one else around him would talk to him.

Do you sit in section G by the moron with the bird hat?
 

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The offense finally gets a score and the d makes a huge stop with a great sack. Followed by a disgusting 3 and out. Gross
 
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huntt26

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Best part of the game......

Fans throwing football out of stadium.....
Sad but true....

Any idea what ended up happening to them??......hopefully just booted......
Honorable mentions:
  • Juicy Wiggle continues to be such a spectacle. So much fun and the crowd goes nuts. I really thought the Cyclones were going to win after that track played.
  • The marching band halftime show was fantastic.
  • Weather conditions. Beautiful late October day.
  • One of the defensive backs breaking up a pass and then doing a motion like he's putting a sword back into a sheath.
 

iowastatefan1929

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Which one of you drunks was trying to start a Fire Manning chant toward the end of the game on the west side? Also which one of you had the brilliant idea to yell Call Better Plays at the ISU sideline hoping that will magically solve the problem?
 

joefrog

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I was almost like they said let’s make it harder for Dekkers and the offense. Actually get a first down… quick run to the line hurry we need it to be 2 and 12, fast hurry up!

At one point the did this exact thing and then called a time out. ******* Christ, call the timeout 10 seconds earlier and run a good play on first down.

Maybe they thought 2 and long was the best strategy. Because they achieved that with tremendous success.
Year 7, multiple millions of dollars, and our offense still has no idea how to run a damn 2 minute drill.

Incompetence routinely on display.
 

joefrog

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Which one of you drunks was trying to start a Fire Manning chant toward the end of the game on the west side? Also which one of you had the brilliant idea to yell Call Better Plays at the ISU sideline hoping that will magically solve the problem?
Listen, don't disparage heroes like that. This staff needs to feel some public embarrassment for their product.
 
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