STORY: Iowa State's defense was a no-show in Norman

[Connor_Ferguson]

It wasn't a great day for Iowa State's defense while the offense made strides.

Iowa State's defense was a no-show in 50-20 rout at No. 14 Oklahoma

Sep 30, 2023; Norman, Oklahoma, USA; Iowa State Cyclones head coach Matt Campbell reacts during the second half against the Oklahoma Sooners at Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kevin Jairaj-USA TODAY Sports Iowa State followed its well-worn blueprint for one-score los

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[madguy30]

I'm really curious to see if they can figure anything out there.

Luckily they don't see that offense again.

 

[OscarBerkshire]

Our defense might actually be terrible. Bowman putting up 27 against us at home and now allowing 50 to Oklahoma… don’t love what that means going forward

 

[Cyclonepride]

I'm really curious to see if they can figure anything out there.

Luckily they don't see that offense again.

I think that's the key. The most important factor in disrupting our defense was the tempo. No time to reset, no time to take a breath or sub. They took what we gave and when we expected that, they burned us with something else.

 

[atlantacyclone]

I guess that Iowa is just that bad

 

[madguy30]

I think that's the key. The most important factor in disrupting our defense was the tempo. No time to reset, no time to take a breath or sub. They took what we gave and when we expected that, they burned us with something else.

I think many CFers are underestimating how good OU is and how precise they were tonight.

 

[cytor]

Clearly they were not prepared for the no huddle

 

[cyphoon]

It wasn't a great day for Iowa State's defense while the offense made strides.

We gave up deep bombs on plays where we only rushed 3 and dropped 8. That should be schematically impossible.

yeah, not a good day for the D.

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[Thomasrickj]

Our defense sucks

 

[Drew0311]

Our defense might actually be terrible. Bowman putting up 27 against us at home and now allowing 50 to Oklahoma… don’t love what that means going forward

Actually the defense gave up 43.

 

[Thomasrickj]

Our defense was a no show and the offense gave up with 6 minutes left to go in the first half. Campbell is a joke of a coach when it comes to in game adjustments.

 

[t-noah]

The uniforms should be really cool next week.

 

[demoncore1031]

The uniforms should be really cool next week.

Who we got next week? Or, I should say who are we losing to next week?

 

[Pope]

Actually the defense gave up 43.

Make that 41 (pick 6 and a safety).

 

[GoldCy]

You youngsters now know what a Barry Switzer ass kicking is with the Boz relaxing on the sidelines eating a hotdog. Difference is they didn't run up the score like they could have.

 

[gocy444]

It all comes down to pressure. Any good QB is going to feast when he can sit in the pocket for 10 seconds.

 

[CYEATHAWK]

You youngsters now know what a Barry Switzer ass kicking is with the Boz relaxing on the sidelines eating a hotdog. Difference is they didn't run up the score like they could have.

Eating a hotdog in warm up sweats. Those games were worse because Switzer could run it up without throwing a single pass. In his mind if you know what OU is going to do, and if you can't stop their scrubs from scoring that's a you problem.

 

[KCyclone2010]

I said it in the game thread, but the linebackers just aren’t what we need to run the scheme. The talent difference in the linebacking core compared to OU was glaring.

 

[dafarmer]

I think we learned that speed is lacking. And we need to blitz a lot more often.

 

[joefrog]

I said it in the game thread, but the linebackers just aren’t what we need to run the scheme. The talent difference in the linebacking core compared to OU was glaring.

Good thing we addressed that after it being an obvious problem last year.

Oh, wait..........

Pretty obvious defeating ISU's defense became formulaic a couple years ago.

Take chances as much as you can in the first half and score as much as possible.

ISU saves many adjustments and blitz packages for the second half, so the offense can't scheme against them at halftime.

If we know and see this, guarantee our opponents do as well.