Oh my god I’m glad someone else notices this too. When Noel and Higgins are on the bench it’s a run 100% of the time. It’s so obvious.
Officiating made two big mistakes
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We’ve been living on the edge all season and it finally caught up with us. Some dropped passes, unusual penalties, Rocco under pressure, questionable play calling, long drives that the D gave up etc. Hopefully a wake up call because every game left on the schedule is winnable. Losing the 3 starting LB’s & replacing with inexperience has had to taken an edge off the D. Glad to see Abu have success like last years K State game, maybe he’s a guy that can execute on a slick field.
Not only that, as much as I love Carsen Hansen, when he don't have his mouth piece in (dangling from his facemask) he isn't getting the ball. Good defenders and coaches notice these things.
Just quoting for emphasis. When I see this and know it’s going to be a run, you know for sure the other team sees it too. I understand Higs and Noel need breaks, but you still have to throw out of other sets once in a while to keep them honest.
Yep if that was “close” then they need to abolish the intentional grounding rule. It was 8 yards or so away and you could clearly tell he was just getting rid of the football due to the pressure.
You can LMAO all you want, they would call that 10/10 times
I noticed it 4 or 5 times.
One of the times he was lined up as a receiver then motioned to the backfield.
I'm not sure what you're looking at, but he has his mouthpiece in I think every play he's in the back field or close to it. Only time I see him not have it in is if he's lined up out wide.
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This is the only answer. However, our OLine was abysmal. Mediocre play from them and we win no matter the mistakes made by officials.
This loss is on the O, no one else.
4 or 5 times it wasn't in and it wasn't a running play. It's hard to miss when it's dangling there from his face mask. That's what I was looking at.
Unless I missed it I literally just went back and looked and he has his mouthpiece in I think every time he's lined up in the back field.
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it may be the difference from close ups with plenty of time to snap to when it’s snapped. Dunno. Don’t care enough to look it over on replay cause that’s not gonna be any level of fun.
Giving up 7 points to the opponent on their first drive every single freaking time infuriates me. I honestly don’t understand the “strategy” of it LOL.
ISU has an inexperienced offensive coordinator, who may not yet understand these type of nuances of the game. My question is, why isn't somebody, like the head coach, helping him to understand these things so that they don't manifest themselves during gametime and cost ISU an easily winnable ball game?
Given the past two games, it seems like defenses have figured what what ISU is up to on offense. Hopefully somebody can figure out what adjustments to make.
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ISU lost the game because they made too many mistakes. 1st and goal from the 1 foot line and come away with 3 points? That’s not winning football, and that was the difference in the game.
