Well, I hear that Campbell doesn’t even want to win, I bet he was so upset after those first 7 wins.
***Kansas Game Week Discussion Thread***
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I agree with what you said above - if we had squeaked by I would've predicted a for sure L next week.
We'll find out how much this team hates losing next week. Certainly stuff to be fixed.
And yes, our online fanbase is pretty toxic. IRL, we'll have a group at Arrowhead and are planning on a fun time.
Of course they are. They’re next on the schedule, and some of you pump up every “next team on the schedule”.
They’re 2-6.
“Aggressive”?
They’re 14th in the league in total defense. They’re giving up even more rushing yards per game than we are. Their pass defense is 13th.
Apparently you mean…overly aggressive? Passive aggressive?
Those stats have nothing to do with what I'm talking about. Tech had a bad pass defense too but kept ISU uncomfortable.
KU will bring lots of guys and crowd the line on D. Both sides of the ball for them are fairly unpredictable.
They don't piss around on offense like ISU has done the past two games.
Agree. We were the 2nd least penalized team before yesterday. It was a day where 3 penalties that we usually don’t committ had huge game breaking implications. Even with the other things that went wrong, that’s a double digit win without the back breaking penalties. We’ll get back to disciplined football starting this week. We can still beat anyone in the Big 12.
Not really. I get what you're saying about getting a loss out of their system and maybe taking some pressure off. I have also seen situations where a team loses after a solid early season win streak and the flood gates open for multiple losses.
The Cyclones are going to have to play their best game of the season. Don't feel we match up well against KU's offense with Daniels being mobile QB and a solid run game with Neal and Hishaw. KU went through a rough patch offensively early in the season, maybe because they lost their OC to Penn State.
Get the feeling the ISU game will make or break their season. Win and they have the confidence to finish strong against BYU, CU and BU. Lose and guys don't have much to play for at 2-7.
Or just maybe, the talent level between ISU and every single team on the schedule is incredibly similar. We saw it yesterday. Iowa State is not good enough to just show up and win a game. Its not pumping up every single opponent we play, its called being realistic.
Kansas is not a bad football team despite being 2-6. Really not that different from the 2022 Cyclones who blew every single late lead they had
I've probably watched about half of KU's games and I wouldn't discount them because of their record. All but TCU were by a TD or less. And every loss KU gave up a 4th Q lead. They've been outscored 68-27 in Q4 of their 6 losses.
i really need colorado to lose b/c i can't handle all this colorado big 12 title/playoff talk.
hopefully tech puts that to rest this week.
hopefully tech puts that to rest this week.
It's going to be a tough game, but our guys seem to harden their mentalities on the road. Our defense is really, really good. The offense just needs to find a way.
The potential is there and has been all year for the offense. Eventually, potential only does so much. But there’s a lot of season still for it to click.
Going to be a great weekend to shut up all the loser fans on here who were more excited to jump down the coaching staff's throat after a loss than about a 7-0 start.
I'd assume the CFP committee will have us at where the AP voters do...in the 16-18 range. We still have so much to play for.
One game at a time....beat Kansas!
One game at a time....beat Kansas!
Yep. 1 pt and 1 min away from being 8-0. Their is a lot left to play for.
Sometimes things that have worked despite maybe not being a great idea fall into trends that prove to not work out later.
I'd like to see a chart on what levels a lot of passes were completed in some wins vs. going for the long ball and relying on that vs. making the basic play that just moves the chains.
Heck one pass! If they don't convert the sliding catch on 4th and 7, we're 8-0 and singing different tunes. Game of inches. Let's take it out on the squaks this week
Going to make this prediction:
ISU wins 24-21
that being said, if we lose and I think this game is a toss up since KU is a much better team than their record and their season is on the line, its going to be a long, long week and I think 9-3 is a real possibility.
I think we struggle with teams that can get a QB out of pocket and buy time to find open receivers.
ISU wins 24-21
that being said, if we lose and I think this game is a toss up since KU is a much better team than their record and their season is on the line, its going to be a long, long week and I think 9-3 is a real possibility.
I think we struggle with teams that can get a QB out of pocket and buy time to find open receivers.
