There were definitely some sloppy ones. Kansas is a top 5 defense though so I don't know why Bilas was that surprised.
Bilas doing our game Wednesday
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Fran is great, but Raftery is the entire S-tier. Even my non-sportsball gf thought he was fun.
"Don't invade the cylinder! Not in public!"
Because Kansas wasn't forcing them. He even said many of them were unforced turnovers. That's what he was commenting on. And he was pretty much correct. KU wasn't getting hands in the passing lanes, so much as it was ISU making bad passes or moving out of control.
I don't like Bilas but wasn't offended by anything he said. I find him kind of boring and repetitive.
I’m just glad Bilas got to see what type of player Curt is. When he’s doing other games later this year and goes down the ‘one of the best guards in the country’ talk, I’ll be curious if Curt enters the conversation.
It seemed like Bilas was being forced to talk good about us.
ESPN sang our praises for 2 solid hours...let's keep complaining everyone, keep it up!!
I was at the game so I didn't get to watch the broadcast until last night. I watched keeping in mind what I had seen in this thread. I really don't get what people are so upset about. Bilas was fine. His critiques were fair and he gave us a lot of praise. My goodness we are oversensitive as a fanbase.
Bilas was incredibly complimentary.
Bilas was as complimentary as one could be and clearly did his homework before the game.
The only way he was critical at all was about our unforced turnovers and I struggle to call that “critical”. It was objectively true.
Anyone complaining is just butt hurt over ESPNs general coverage. Time to get over it.
The only way he was critical at all was about our unforced turnovers and I struggle to call that “critical”. It was objectively true.
Anyone complaining is just butt hurt over ESPNs general coverage. Time to get over it.
Good grief
As far as Bilas commentary (I finally watched the broadcast on tape last night), in eons of broadcasts involving ISU it was finally one that didn't come from the "look at these plucky upstarts" point of view.
We were better across the board and he and Shulman 99% reflected that.
We were better across the board and he and Shulman 99% reflected that.
Sure, Bilas was complimentary of Iowa State during the broadcast. As expected. But let’s see what he says when he’s not under Hilton’s lights in the upcoming weeks.
I didnt watch the whole thing but watched the last 10 minutes last night. Had the same impression, he was fair, and complimentary
I did the same thing. Watched the game the following day after attending it. I thought Bilas was spot on and very complimentary of the Cyclones.
