Two losses to UNI were bad, but I’m pretty sure we get the designation of allowing Baylor to get their first EVER Big XII road victory?!?
Biggest Letdown in Cyclone History?
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The last three games Have been let downs- to me they were all equally flummoxing. Not sure which direction we’re headed but know where we’re trending.
The 1976 game against Okie State was a huge letdown in more ways than one. We were 8-2 going into that game and if we win we would be tied for the Big 8 Championship and go to the Orange Bowl. Our starting quarterback, Wayne Stanley, was out of the game with an injury so we ended up losing to Okie State and fell into a fourth place tie with Nebraska.
Not only that, because we were in contention for the Orange Bowl we got overlooked for any other bowl game. One of the best, if not the best team in ISU history and no bowl.
https://cyclonesidebar.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/isu-to-honor-1976-grid-team/
Not only that, because we were in contention for the Orange Bowl we got overlooked for any other bowl game. One of the best, if not the best team in ISU history and no bowl.
https://cyclonesidebar.wordpress.com/2016/08/22/isu-to-honor-1976-grid-team/
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The lack of urgency/intensity is troubling. These guys should’ve been ready to blow their collective wad, but seemed like they wanted to hold hands instead. Another sad effort that I’m tiring of.
Agree. I can’t figure out why we can’t hire a good offensive coordinator. We have a fantastic defensive coordinator. Our offense has zero identity. It seems like the line never improves.
I agreethat they are a good team, but we will be playing A LOT of good team in the big 12 and we couldn’t get open against man coverage. That means 2 things- we didn’t have time and/or the ability to get open vs Louisiana. That’s very troubling!
Just the tempo on offense is hard to watch. You get a couple of first downs, usually things start to get rolling, guys are flying around to get set, fly off the ball, etc. and today it was get something going but then just walk around and expect it to take care of itself.
It's baffling.
Game 1 is generally a crap shoot and doubly so this year with all the distractions and limits on practice. I agree they didn't seem ready to play especially on offense. I hate to say it but it looked to me like they gave up in the Fourth Quarter rather than digging down. The coaches always look bad when the players don't execute. We'll see how it goes. I agree with those who think we maybe need to get back to basics and fundamentals. I'm just happy to see some football and I don't believe we lost to a bad team.
CycloneErik
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If this Team honestly felt going in that it was ready to compete for a Big 12 title, well.......
........guess again. This offense is flat out terrible. The thin offensive line got exposed today, and outside of the TEs, Purdy has no one he can count on to catch a pass.
........guess again. This offense is flat out terrible. The thin offensive line got exposed today, and outside of the TEs, Purdy has no one he can count on to catch a pass.
, Maybe just maybe this will be the best team we play this year---------nah, Next week Louisiana will get beat by Ordinary Joe.
Louisiana would go 7-3/6-4 in the BIG12. Just ask K-State. The speed in Louisiana HS football is insane. That was a genius move.
Honestly I agree. We all should have seen this coming. Granted, I'll admit I had a pretty good time - got together with people for a fun garage watch, kids running around, shotgunned some beers with my new neighbors. I'm not so salty I can't appreciate the opportunity to hang out and have something to look forward to. But this game was pure trash performance, everybody sucked, and while I don't want to see anybody get fired or anything this was a terrible performance.
My take:
1. Purdy did the best he could for **** field conditions, and bad timing. I’m glad he ran some, we need that. His ankle appears to be fine.
2. Offensive line was terrible. I watched Sean Foster get blown past multiple times. He is not and will never be the guy.
3. Purdy couldn’t rely on Kolar’s touch. His other WR’s dropped some really good passes.
4. If our special teams was even remotely mediocre the score is 20-17. Defense was good, but playing prevent defense with a run heavy team is just stupid, and we could have avoided that long TD. So to me, just bad coaching. Those scores are wiped away if people do their job on special teams, and we play the proper defense.
5. Louisiana will finish the season ranked. Texas tech barely beat Houston Baptist, K state lost to Arkansas State, and Kansas got completely wrecked by coastal Carolina.
6. This year already sucks ass, this loss doesn’t even scratch the surface, and isn’t even a top 10 disappointment for me.
1. Purdy did the best he could for **** field conditions, and bad timing. I’m glad he ran some, we need that. His ankle appears to be fine.
2. Offensive line was terrible. I watched Sean Foster get blown past multiple times. He is not and will never be the guy.
3. Purdy couldn’t rely on Kolar’s touch. His other WR’s dropped some really good passes.
4. If our special teams was even remotely mediocre the score is 20-17. Defense was good, but playing prevent defense with a run heavy team is just stupid, and we could have avoided that long TD. So to me, just bad coaching. Those scores are wiped away if people do their job on special teams, and we play the proper defense.
5. Louisiana will finish the season ranked. Texas tech barely beat Houston Baptist, K state lost to Arkansas State, and Kansas got completely wrecked by coastal Carolina.
6. This year already sucks ass, this loss doesn’t even scratch the surface, and isn’t even a top 10 disappointment for me.
manning needs to get on the bus and leave worst OC in history come on Matt pull the plug
Not the best quarterback or coach in school history.
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