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I didn't see a single poster predict a loss. Interesting considering they are 7 point dogs.
Who ever posted on your board something along the lines of the game will go however Brock goes nailed it. If the bad or inconsistent Brock shows up, that makes the game a complete toss up and not looking good for us. But if the good Brock shows up, then ISU winning becomes likely. I think if even B or B- Brock goes to Waco (I actually think he learned a lot from the Iowa game and will do better than that but Waco is Wacko) then we win. The ISU defense is a known commodity, Baylor isn’t going to score much. If we get 3 TDs and maybe one down the Assalley then I don’t see us losing that one.Baylor fan. I come in peace.
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Most Baylor fans are looking at this game pretty much the same way Iowa State fans are - this will be a true test of the team and will likely tell us a whole lot about how the rest of the season unfolds. We feel confident about what we have seen from the team but we realize that our first three opponents have been, well, let's say . . . lacking. Having said that, we've crapped the bed against inferior teams in the past, so we have hope that there's substance behind what we've seen.
I expect a hard-fought game. For those of you coming down to Waco, stop by the SicEm265 tailgate site and say Hey!
KSU isn't great without Thompson
There were a lot of fans in the threads prior to the UNI game that were saying taking UNI and the points was easy money.To be fair I remember every prediction for the UNI game was a blow out. Fans don't tend to see things objectively.
ISU did have major COVID issues. It just happened in camp and leading up to the first game rather in the heart of the season. But you are correct, not having major COVID issues during the conference season was an advantage.You won't recall but I wrote a few weeks back about this being a test of CMC's strategy to not have physical practices leading up to this season. There's no reason this senior-ladened team, with, what, five all-Americans?, shouldn't dominate this conference, sans OU.
I've also said that ISU had a distinct advantage last year going without major Covid issues nor injuries. That was not the case for many B12 teams.
We'll know about K-State Saturday night. Will Howard is clearly not as good as Skylar Thompson. But Howard had a solid outing v. Nevada. His game is more like Collin Klien's. That said, the biggest change for K-State has been on the defensive side.
dumb? quick - name me the last game we won where the running game and defense played bad in the same game. its not dumb to point out that for a variety of reasons - play style, opponents, etc. - that our passing attack to date is not going to strike a ton of fear into our opponents.
If people feared our passing game more than our ability to run and scheme - we wouldn't see 8 men in the box to stop the run.
there's many reasons for this but it does not strike me as dumb to point out that if we get in a situation where we have to throw 30 or so times a game - the odds and likelihood of things not going our way increases