Yep. The bad 1st quarter thing will not work out well against KSU, Utah, UCF. Especially when combined with our defense usually needing a few series to feel them out.
Is this years' team better than we thought?
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Minnesota has lost 5 Big 10 games in a row and 6 out of 8 dating back to last year. I wouldn't give Iowa too much credit for beating them.
Don't keep us in suspense. How does the Championship game vs Utah turn out?
We get the revenge! On to the playoffs. Utah gets in, too
Big 12 Championship Game
REMATCH - #5 Utah (12-0): Iowa State wins their first ever Big 12 title. Iowa State 23 - Utah 20
Yes, he is. Breece had games where he didn't do much as well. We had one of the worst run blocking OLs in the country last year so none of that really matters. He's had 12 ATTs this year outside of the Iowa game and I do think Iowa is pretty good up front. I used to think he was close to Breece 2.0 and that may not be true but theres a lot of room between that and "not a #1."
I said it when it was announced but Bowman coming back for his 15th year was a dumb move by Oklahoma State.
People forget how soft those old Big 12 north schedules were the years we missed Oklahoma and Texas. There were more bad teams than average on those schedules.
Sama's more of a crasher it seems.
Breece had/has such a unique running style that it's kind of hard to compare in those terms but I thought his freshman year it was evident he was elite in running through tackles and really leaning into establishing 2-3 more YAC.
Sama has the speed but not sure if he has the lean.
He’s not a guy you can give a straight handoff to on 3rd and 1, 2 or 3 or at the goal line and have confidence he can grind the yards without good blocking up front, which we know doesn’t always happen. So no, he’s not an RB1 imo. He’s the Toni pollard. We just need to figure out who our Zeke is. I think it would be better for Sama and the team’s ceiling if we could figure that out. Change of pace back is an important piece of an offense in today’s game.
Imagine getting Sama the swing pass in the 4th quarter of a slogger and he’s only had 10 touches up to that point.
Minnesota is a bad football team. Much like Iowa, PJ has tallied up a ton of wins against bad teams and then pulls the occasional rabbit out of his hat.
More than any other team MN hides behind the “Big 10 football” better than anyone. They are soft.
I was fishing in Minnesota last weekend and listened to KFAN out of Minneapolis. They are quickly losing their patience with him.
Hall made our average to below average line look a lot better than what it was because of his ability to make people miss and then burn them when they did. Sama has not shown that ability at least yet, I tend to think by the end of the season it will be another RB that is getting most of the carries.
