When they had Kempt and then Brock his freshman year........it was whatever you had to do to score. I remember Brock's first game against OSU........bomb's away. And not just to Butler.
It seemed this all went away Brock's senior season....and since Matt has been in touch with his inner Dan McCarney and/or Brian Ferentz.
Didn't he say as much earlier this year about being guilty of playing "not to lose"? Well..............that's exactly what we saw in the first half last night.
Kempt had the one game in Norman when they didn't have film, and Brock's game at OSU in '18 was similar. The new guy can run around and sling it around all over when no one knows the tells or tendencies. Those facts get overlooked all the time when those two games come up and it's kind of baffling.
After Norman, Kempt was a manager but still had likely the best receiving core ever at ISU and David Montgomery. They still flailed around plenty on offense though.
Purdy still had Butler for a season and then Deshaunte Jones and Kolar to work with afterwards. His senior year there really wasn't anyone to stretch the field so defenses could press and keep everything in front. They were still 43rd in scoring despite not having a burner to the outside/over the top.
I agree: ISU's approach on offense is weird especially in situations where you get some momentum and have a chance to keep the foot on the throat. After a big/long pass last night during the come back the next play was slog up to the line, motion once or twice, wind the play clock down, and hand it off up the middle.
Why not get Jackson or someone to the corner and let them make a play right away?
Last night's overall approach was weird. The defense held serve scoring wise but looked out of sorts in a lot of it.
