Inject this into my veins...
Is this years' team better than we thought?
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This is what it's like in the Big 10 west. Soak it in.
Except I contend the West is easier. But this type of schedule is what I’ve spent my life dreaming of.
I feel this team, while still young, is the deepest in talent...maybe ever. Not all of it is game-ready, but enough is to where there is a lot of confidence across the entire program.
I just recall Campbell's reaction to the TCU loss in 2022 & how there was such a difference physically between both teams. Led to a change in S&C coach & this is his 2nd full season for the team. In the not too distant past it seemed we had tweeners throughout our 2-deeps &, Heaven forbid, if we had to delve deeper there weren't players available with the physical traits necessary to compete highly at the D1 level. ISU is going to do ISU-things, and being physical is at the top. Taking care of that allows for the addition of utilizing talented positions for big plays, and schematically we are using more of those. The confidence & trust are there.
Think Campbell has exuded this confidence on the sidelines so far this season. Not as if he's walking around with a chip on his shoulder & more a calm, quiet confidence. It's no coincidence there are more Cyclones then ever playing in the NFL & the current roster in Ames will continue on that trend.
I just recall Campbell's reaction to the TCU loss in 2022 & how there was such a difference physically between both teams. Led to a change in S&C coach & this is his 2nd full season for the team. In the not too distant past it seemed we had tweeners throughout our 2-deeps &, Heaven forbid, if we had to delve deeper there weren't players available with the physical traits necessary to compete highly at the D1 level. ISU is going to do ISU-things, and being physical is at the top. Taking care of that allows for the addition of utilizing talented positions for big plays, and schematically we are using more of those. The confidence & trust are there.
Think Campbell has exuded this confidence on the sidelines so far this season. Not as if he's walking around with a chip on his shoulder & more a calm, quiet confidence. It's no coincidence there are more Cyclones then ever playing in the NFL & the current roster in Ames will continue on that trend.
If I could pump the brakes on this thread any harder I'd be fred Flintstone.
But hey let her ride!
But hey let her ride!
My philosophy is if it all falls apart, it won’t hurt any less if you downplay it. And meanwhile it sure is fun to dream.
I enjoyed the heck out of the 2021 football hype. And even though the season was slightly disappointing, I don’t regret enjoying it.
Don't sell the WBB short. Go for the trifecta.
I’m a little worried about Houston, well not Houston, but just the spot. Trying to get to 4-0, at a weird venue.
No broken plays, no defensive or special teams TD's and take control of the ball. Do those things and we win and probably win by 2+ TDs.
I guess I kind of expected a team somewhere around the conference championship and therefor somewhere around playoff talks. There aren't elite teams in this conference and with everything we returned, I think that's a fair expectation. Whenever we return so much experience with some talent I think it's fair to expect a really good year. Is it a failure if we don't do either one of those things? Not necessarily but what are we here for if we are returning most of a good defense and pretty much every important offensive piece but can't expect to be at least in the discussion of the playoffs. I mean, if I can't reasonably expect that this year, what's the point, ya know?
I think we're pretty dang good but I'm not sure of it. I don't know how good Iowa is because I don't know how good we are and I think Minnesota is pretty bad because I don't think their defense is very good and they can't run the ball. Winning that game is great, but I don't think it's ever a good barometer of how good either team may be. The thing is, we might not really know how good we are until UCF. Houston is the OU game from looking like they're pretty bad but the OU game still happened. Baylor might be okay? West Virginia is probably mediocre like they have been? The OL feels a lot better. The raw numbers don't really say so and Sama hasn't really broken out but we've also had a vanilla game, the Iowa game, and then he had 7 carries so sample size and quality is just okay. It's also possible our best line hasn't played yet.
I think we're pretty dang good but I'm not sure of it. I don't know how good Iowa is because I don't know how good we are and I think Minnesota is pretty bad because I don't think their defense is very good and they can't run the ball. Winning that game is great, but I don't think it's ever a good barometer of how good either team may be. The thing is, we might not really know how good we are until UCF. Houston is the OU game from looking like they're pretty bad but the OU game still happened. Baylor might be okay? West Virginia is probably mediocre like they have been? The OL feels a lot better. The raw numbers don't really say so and Sama hasn't really broken out but we've also had a vanilla game, the Iowa game, and then he had 7 carries so sample size and quality is just okay. It's also possible our best line hasn't played yet.
This is going to be hated on but are we sure Abu is a #1 feature back? I mean outside of BYU and KSU he never ran for more than 70 yards. In his next highest yardage games he ran for 67 (long of 39) and 59 (long of 55) so he’s was basically getting most of his yards from 1 long run.
I like the mixture of backs and how we have been using them this year and I have no doubt Abu will break a couple I’m just not sold on him being a #1 back.
We need the 2nd half Becht to start showing up and playing 4 quarters to get to the level we want.
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