*** Official #17 IOWA STATE vs Kansas Game(Day) Thread ***

[ISU_Guy]

Well, I guess on paper at least it wasn’t a blowout

 

[BigLame]

Have to wonder if TT and KU have devised a way to take advantage of how thin we are at LB. Sure seems like that may be true.

They all certainly ran in our C gaps (including UCF here), a lot of time pulling 2 OL, like the ol' counter-trey action.
All 3 also exposed our safeties to some long pass plays. Definitely found ways to expose there, too.
Dom Orange out hurts our D tremendously, especially against the run.
M Verdon out must also be really hurting our defensive backfield, too, which also led to our lack of communication back there.

Eerily reminds me of when we lost Mike Rose, which I don't want to think about.

 

[Darius Bieber]

Great now Higgins is hurt in a meaningless play.

 

[PFlatts]

Oline is better but needs to take another step in pass protection. Rocco with time is pretty good

Better in what?

 

[ISU22CY]

Your expectations are yours to manage

Yep with that attitude we get to continue to watch what we just did.

Silly to expect a 7-1 team not to get their **** stomped in by a 2-6 team

 

[fsanford]

And of course Colorado is slashing the Tech defense in Lubbock.

Well CU has a first round QB and perhaps the best WR in the country

 

[Clonefan94]

We had Purdy (with weapons) and couldn’t even win the Conference.

Except for his OLine. Imagine what we could have been with an average P4 OLine.

 

[xboxfever]

Good job going for two for no reason so your stud receiver can take a hard shot to the ribs.

 

[clonedude]

What an embarrassing game defensively for both teams.

 

[FerShizzle]

There is a lot wrong with this team, including tons of injuries, but Rocco is not "fine". He shows flashes, but is not consistent enough for this level.

Honestly, it’s too many different personnel groupings and schemes. Just spread and pass. He can sling it when he gets in a rhythm. The heavy set needs buried and forgotten.

 

[danvillecyclone]

I’m sorry so late. drunk at the game

The INT to Higgins should have never been thrown. Doubled underneath and Noel was wide open deep.

Wide open.

 

[Texbudman]

KU just pushed the routes way down field. They didn’t even look at the underneath routes. They flooded the deep secondary. UCF kind of did this too. I don’t really remember how TTech exploited it. I was drunk.

Our secondary isn’t very good at coverage and makes up for their poor coverage with an extra safety. But our LBs need a lot of help right now so the safeties are kind of stuck in no man’s land.

Our linebackers have really been exposed the last few games

 

[CycloneVet]

Better in what?

It’s better than last year, so at least there is some progress

 

[PFlatts]

It’s better than last year, so at least there is some progress

Oh so from complete garbage to just mostly garbage...got it

 

[Koala]

The defense the last three games is atrocious. I’ll give Rocco a pass.

Defense had a couple huge whiffs against UCF but otherwise played fine. Rocco's two* pick 6's made that game worse than it needed to be.

 

[IlliniCy]

If it's any consolation.....the Hoks would give a left nut for him.

F*** them. Leave them out of this thread.

 

[CycloneVet]

Linebackers caught up with us today.

 

[cincinnaticyclone]

It’s good to know our two point conversions have improved since last week now that they no longer matter

 

[ISUKyro]

Odd to see the D do so bad today.
Honestly, if we act sober, if the D was close to their normal day and even just a little worse than their normal day, we would have been fine.

 

[Cyclones01]

Linebackers caught up with us today.

Agreed