91 seconds

[clonedude]

I think fans that say "Well we scored 35 in the first half and should be able to score 70 every game" have played a little too much XBox. I don't think the game plans have been overly conservative in the second half for the most part. I just think the percentage of 3rd down conversions (especially 3rd and short) has been pitiful. It is an execution issue more than a play calling issue.

I'm not necessarily thinking we should be able to score 70 pts every game, I never said that.

But if we put up 35 pts in one half against someone, then I fully expect to score more than 7 pts in the 2nd half, and if we don't I'd consider that 2nd half a failure. Whereas Rhoads is thinking.... " all we have to do is score 7 pts this half to win the game."

Sorry, I just don't like that line of thinking. Sounds like a defense minded head coach, which Rhoads is.

 

[cyclones500]

ISU lost that game long before it became a kneel-or-don't-kneel situation. Squandered opportunities.

 

[khardbored]

When the clock operator put 10 seconds on the clock that should not have been there I honestly had no idea if it would help us or screw us. That was quite an odd play to stop the clock on, odd they corrected the much more minor error later.

It was odd, but at the time I thought it would actually help us, as it gave KSU less time in which to score and tie it up. How silly of me!!!

 

[VanderHuge]

91 seconds that changed the future of Cyclone Football.


Unfortunately the coaches chose to put their futures in some chart. Ok, tell me though, does the "chart" account for the fact that you fumbled 6 times already? No? Then I would say that in this case it's as useful as a magic 8 ball. In the end, Mike Warren and Joel Lanning fumbled, but I ask this; Who was playing the best at that point of the game? The defense that, once they started rushing more than 3 again unlike the prior quarter, stuffed the Mildcats on back to back and what "should have" been winning drives. Take the knees, coffin corner a punt with about 10 seconds left and watch Kstate try to drive 80 yards. Good luck.

Talk about hindsight being 20/20. I have never ever seen any coach take knees in order to punt.