Campbell’s record in 1 score games vs FBS
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21-7 vs P5 in last 6 seasons in games decided by more than 1 score. That's incredible and shows that ISU is a top 3 school in the B12 during that time. We win at least half of our 1-score games and we are sitting on 10 wins in almost every season.
He's so close, but not Saban. Plenty of good work to build on. Get a damn unsprtsminke, yesterday
Campbell has a plan which is to be in a position to win a FBS game. Our talent is equal to or less than opponents on average. Another way to look at it is how many FBS teams have we dominated or been embarrassed by? Not many of either.
Yeah there is something there, not sure what it is...but it does seem like we get behind a lot and then have this mad scramble to catch up
Not sure why that is.
I think the point is, he has set I new, higher floor with his most talented players in the program now. The future is bright. 7-5 as the new floor with 8, 9 and even a 10 win season mixed in, sounds damn good in a round robin league and given our history. Wasn’t enough for Nebraska and how’s that worked out for them. Iowa is more than happy to live in this space, playing lesser competiton. And before I am told I am settling, this program would need a lot more donors, NIL money, etc. to achieve more than the above.
Oklahoma and Baylor are one score games now.
Before CMC they could be five to eight score games pretty regulatrly
Before CMC they could be five to eight score games pretty regulatrly
Close loss still count as a loss, but, historically, if ISU fell behind a good team by more than a couple of scores, odds were low of clawing back to make it a game. Commonly those situations snowballed into a lopsided loss.
I really believe it is our defensive philosophy at the start of games that is to blame. We are playing from behind in nearly every game due to this. I would really like us to crank up the aggressiveness early in games to set the tone, but I doubt we see this under Heacock.
I really doubt that we just do this for no reason. I think Heacock sets up in a base defense to start the game and makes the opponent reveal some of their gameplan before we do. By now, it seems like a strategic decision and the defensive results are generally good.
My only problem with Campbell is the way he preaches about margins, yet, in close games, that is exactly what costs us the game. Dumb false starts, not getting the play in on time, and general dumb mistakes. I’ve come to accept that this is CMC, I’m fine with it if he keeps us relevant. It could be what you get with mostly 3 star recruits. I’ll take the drive and passion in exchange for that. I wish he could clean it up, but I wouldn’t trade CMC for anyone at ISU, he seems to have a genuine love of the University.
What's interesting is that at spots like ISU, being super strong fundamentally should be the cornerstone that you actually DO and are known for to be successful.
When ISU has been on point with this stuff with CMC, they've been very good. But honestly I don't see real strong fundamentals throughout and like many can agree, it's the difference in many games.
Take a look at last year...in the 11 P5 games (9 conference + 1 bowl game + Iowa), ISU scored 14 or less points in the first half 7 times, including single digits 4 times. I'll think you'll find similar behavior in the previous years. Yes, ISU is often playing from behind...because the offense can't score in the first half. It isn't a defense problem.
I have no idea how you'd do this other than manually.
But I'm guessing the one score games have shifted from MAC teams, FCS and bottom of B12 to Iowa/bowls/top of big 12.
Just who your one score games are against says everything.
So it’s ‘y’all’ in one post and ‘our’ and ‘we’ in the next post?…I think you’re a hok troll who was smart enough to catch your errors in your second post and change your pronouns to blend in accordingly.
Go away- ‘y’all’ lost your Super Bowl this year.
How many times do we allow teams to score on their first or second possession? It is a lot, and that is an issue. We stiffen up in the second half which is great, would just like to see us start games a bit more aggressive. Heacock is awesome, just very conservative at the start.
