Campbell’s Offense

[ZRF]

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Sebastian Castro intercepted the pass and took it 30 yards for the pick-six to extend the Iowa Hawkeyes' lead against the Iowa State Cyclones.

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Man I tell you what though... That's just the wrong throw by a freshman. His eyes went left right away but watch Jaylin on this play and even Brahmer I believe who's in there. Nwankpa engages our TE downfield and it leaves Noel wide open for if thrown well would've been either a huge gain or maybe even a TD.

Go back and watch it again. Rocco gets hit right after he throws and didn't have time to let the other potential routes develop. Quite frankly I think Iowa's coverage predicated on the pressure.

In that particular scenario the only good play is throwing it away. That's been the problem with our offense, something that Dekkers faced r repeatedly last year. There is a dearth of timing throws and hot routes across the middle, often having a low percentage outside throw as the only available option.

Simply poor design and play-calling. Becht was basically set up to make a freshman mistake. If Castro doesn't jump it the other corner would have picked that off. Just a brutal play.

 

[MJ271]

Sebastian Castro intercepts the pass and takes it 30 yards for the pick-six extending Iowa's lead against Iowa State | FOX Sports

Sebastian Castro intercepted the pass and took it 30 yards for the pick-six to extend the Iowa Hawkeyes' lead against the Iowa State Cyclones.

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Man I tell you what though... That's just the wrong throw by a freshman. His eyes went left right away but watch Jaylin on this play and even Brahmer I believe who's in there. Nwankpa engages our TE downfield and it leaves Noel wide open for if thrown well would've been either a huge gain or maybe even a TD.

Another thing I saw on rewatch, Becht seemed to be so focused on getting the ball out quick that he probably missed a fair number of these opportunities. One reason it seems like there were no deep routes is because Becht nearly always had the ball out before anyone going downfield had gotten 10 yards past the line of scrimmage.

For as many people complaining about the route tree, it seemed to me that the routes were there. It's just that either the pass protection wasn't there, or Becht was throwing as if the pass protection wasn't there.

 

[Statefan10]

Go back and watch it again. Rocco gets hit right after he throws and didn't have time to let the other potential routes develop. Quite frankly I think Iowa's coverage predicated on the pressure.

In that particular scenario the only good play is throwing it away. That's been the problem with our offense, something that Dekkers faced r repeatedly last year. There is a dearth of timing throws and hot routes across the middle, often having a low percentage outside throw as the only available option.

Simply poor design and play-calling. Becht was basically set up to make a freshman mistake. If Castro doesn't jump it the other corner would have picked that off. Just a brutal play.

Rocco does get hit right after the throw but Noel was still very much open on his break and the defender is 4 yards away from Rocco. You are correct though that this would've been a quick hitter but I think that's the throw that needed to be made. Regardless, we can comb through every play to find flaws, the blocking on that play was abysmal.

 

[Statefan10]

Another thing I saw on rewatch, Becht seemed to be so focused on getting the ball out quick that he probably missed a fair number of these opportunities. One reason it seems like there were no deep routes is because Becht nearly always had the ball out before anyone going downfield had gotten 10 yards past the line of scrimmage.

For as many people complaining about the route tree, it seemed to me that the routes were there. It's just that either the pass protection wasn't there, or Becht was throwing as if the pass protection wasn't there.

I think that's something that Rocco will work into. He's still learning.

 

[MJ271]

I think that's something that Rocco will work into. He's still learning.

Yeah, that's where the whole "first-ever game started against a power 5 defense, and it's a defense that was 2nd in the country in scoring average last year and will undoubtably be a top 15 defense this year on most every metric" is kind of a big deal. I don't blame him for wanting to get the ball out quick. He has the potential to improve a ton.

 

[Statefan10]

Yeah, that's where the whole "first-ever game started against a power 5 defense, and it's a defense that was 2nd in the country in scoring average last year and will undoubtably be a top 15 defense this year on most every metric" is kind of a big deal. I don't blame him for wanting to get the ball out quick. He has the potential to improve a ton.

I believe in Rocco and I believe that this offense has it's best days ahead of them this season. I also think that because of that, our stellar defense, and our improved special teams, we can make a bowl game.

 

[joefrog]

And others will say “fire Campbell” two games into the season with a team who’s offense is predominately made up of freshman and sophomores and has an almost entirely new offensive staff

Curious, exactly who is responsible for those things?

Neither of those things mean we cannot try some flag, post, go, and sluggo routes.

Not to mention any jet sweeps, reverses, or 2 back sets.

Those things you mention do not excuse a lack of creativity or a complete inability to manage a game clock.

 

[LtRaczack]

Campbell's offense or lack of

The fans were not saying "Boooooo" in the stands during that long TD drive in the Iowa game. They were all saying "Boooooyaaaaaaaa-Campbell".

 

[LtRaczack]

Curious, exactly who is responsible for those things?

Neither of those things mean we cannot try some flag, post, go, and sluggo routes.

Not to mention any jet sweeps, reverses, or 2 back sets.

Those things you mention do not excuse a lack of creativity or a complete inability to manage a game clock.

Flag, post, go and sluggo routes don't fit on a 3x5 card. Even if you use the back.

I wonder if he found the slide rule for calling plays that Paul Rhoads spoke about.

 

[LincolnSwinger]

Don’t you think you should give OL Coach Clanton more than 2 games?

And Campbell hasn’t been at Iowa State for 10 years. This is his 8th year. We have had winning records in 6 of those years.

Not just winning season records, but winning conference records. That is currently being undervalued in his overall evaluation.

 

[bozclone]

I hope Dean figures it out blocking because even in the UNI game he struggled.

It hate to single one guy out, but man he needs to do better. He now has the size. In many cases the TE just needs to get his body in between the defender and the play. He doesn't need to pancake the guy.

 

[madguy30]

Curious, exactly who is responsible for those things?

Neither of those things mean we cannot try some flag, post, go, and sluggo routes.

Not to mention any jet sweeps, reverses, or 2 back sets.

Those things you mention do not excuse a lack of creativity or a complete inability to manage a game clock.

Who's your choice for the next ISU coach?

No 'that's the Ad's job' answers.

 

[LonelyCyKC]

Right, but in 2021 the offense itself wasn't the problem, rather it was play calling in key situations as well as executing. Our defense also fell off a cliff after we lost Mike Rose and then he wasn't the same. 2021 is a black eye because I do agree, we should've won 9-10 games. Last year though, give us a damn special teams and we win 7 games. We lost nearly everyone and ISU is not a reload type of program.

Our special teams (not including Noel's poor performance Saturday) is night and day different and will help us win football games this year. I'd love to allow a very young offense sprinkled with talent some time to play and grow together before we start bringing up whether or not Matt Campbell is the right man for the job, because I think that's a ridiculous statement.

They finally hired a special teams coach after how many years without one and many years of poor special teams play.

 

[KidSilverhair]

Regardless, we can comb through every play to find flaws, the blocking on that play was abysmal.

Unfortunately we find ourselves here more often than not.

 

[CoKane]

Of all people, John Miller talked me into being back in the middle on all this.

Wild world we live in

 

[HouClone]

Ben Bruns said in his podcast last year when we were ripping on the OL that the OL, if overmatched in skill, can still be effective by creating angles. Our OL has been overmatched for years. All I see are drop backs and basic runs. Where are the traps, the pulling linemen to create these angles? This offense sucks.

 

[NickTheGreat]

Repeating but the last play was a whiff and my have been successful if Dean just creates any delay.

He blocks like a quarterback!

 

[Statefan10]

They finally hired a special teams coach after how many years without one and many years of poor special teams play.

Yup. That’s been my biggest criticism with Matt. Our blunders on special teams over the years have cost us numerous wins. They won’t always be perfect and missed field goals are just part of football, but we’ve had countless **** ups that are just uncalled for.

I’m pretty happy so far with our special teams play but I think you gotta get someone different back there. Noel is a head case.

 

[Statefan10]

Of all people, John Miller talked me into being back in the middle on all this.

Wild world we live in

Welcome back

 

[Land Grant]

Who's your choice for the next ISU coach?

No 'that's the Ad's job' answers.

This is the biggest canard of this whole thread -- no one I can see is calling for MC's ouster.

Even if they were (which they're not) hiring coaches IS the AD's job. Why would that be a bad answer?