Sobering stats. Basically turnovers and special teams are the reasons why we are 2-2 and not 3-1 or 4-0.
By the numbers - not winning in the margins
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Campbell does more talking about details and margins than he does coaching them!
kcbob79clone
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Yards between the 20s doesn't mean much.
Ok but they consistently had a 80-yard field in front of them when they took possession vs. Iowa, while Iowa consistently had a 50-yard in front of them when they took possession. Congrats for having more total yards I guess but if you actually look at what happened it's just because Iowa's D dominated with turnovers and Iowa's ST dominated with field position.
And lucky for Baylor they didn't even have to start at the 50 since they got to return a kickoff.
So turnovers and special teams just like we thought. Maybe we need a special teams coach and the oc to allow our qb to do what he does best.
Also this is yards per play, not total yards which is a big difference.
Also this is yards per play, not total yards which is a big difference.
Settle down Beavis, the game was a couple weeks ago. You guys won. What are you so upset about?
Lol. Nice. Not upset at all, but whatshisface saying 'it's hard to lose' that game with those stats is just pretty limpminded. Love the Beavis reference though.
Isn’t that exactly what I said in my post?? Turnovers and special teams. Jeez.
You're making his point. Special teams and turnovers are the reasons for that.
Yep you made the point, but the Fuhrman guy said 'it's hard to lose games with those stats'... no, it's not if you actually look at what happened.
Guy has some other interesting tweets. OSU hasn't scored in the second half in the last two games (Boise and KSU) and won both games and covered.
I get tired of hearing the “margins” thing from our coaches. Just do it or shut up. Our mistakes aren’t in the margins. They are huge, inexcusable errors that cost teams games.
The truly frustrating part about all of this is the coaching staff has done the hard part at a school like ISU. They've got the talent on O and D to compete at a high level. Yet somehow they are failing at what is comparatively speaking the easy part, just being competent on special teams.
Everyone gets so worked up over “the margins”. It’s just coach speak to get through press conferences without revealing much. No one wins with terrible special teams and an offense that struggles to finish drives. None of that is unique to ISU.
The mistakes are 'margins' stuff.
They're just really glaringly poor fundamentals at very important times and are trends over several seasons.
Is this the ISR forum? If not, why don't you just STFU and get out of here?
Clam down, you 100% agree with the tweet, the way he said it just hurt your feelings.
