Meltdown time?

[SCarolinaCy]

It is not melt down time. Despite all the talk about the OL being seniors, this is a very young team and they are going to have games like yesterday. I thought the coaches did a poor job of putting Purdy in comfortable situations when it was clear he was struggling throwing the ball. Just need to rest up, get a few guys healthy and figure out how to make the running game work better so Purdy doesn't have to be the total focus of the offense.

This.

 

[tolfbfan]

Not time for nut cup, but am feeling a little weird

 

[iowastatefan1929]

probably the first game in the past 4 where we didnt see a new wrinkle.
in hindsight should have told brock, if they blitz u run all day.

we have seen brock get more comfortable when he really gets his blood pumping

 

[yoteforever]

I feel like we have the talent to be a 9 win team, but will likely win 6 or 7.

That is almost entirely on the coaching IMO. We are getting less out of this team than we should.... and by a decent margin too.

On the defensive side.... the amount of cushion our DBs give is ridiculous... and their tackling technique is beyond awful.... has been all year. And they all do it too.... even Eisworth. They all put their heads down and try to lay the wood, rarely ever wrap up, and also take terrible angles too.

This is the entire reason Eisworth gets injured every single game. He puts himself, and his health, in a lot of danger on nearly every tackle. And not tackling with your head up and wrapping up cost us the 3 long TDs yesterday.

On the offensive side.... like many have said we seem to have no identity or strategy going into each and every week. Football 101 has always been to establish the run and make the other team stop that.... and then that will open everything else up for you.

So when did OSU ever shut down our running game yesterday to force us to throw the ball 62 times?? I don't remember them ever really shutting down our run game and forcing Purdy to have to throw it on nearly every play, do you?

We ran Purdy on a designed run once that I can remember, and he gained like 7 yards. But we never did it again. When we were in the 3 TE set, they couldn't stop our running, yet we were seldom in that set, and instead just chose to pass all day for whatever reason??

I have a gut feeling that CMC was not a happy camper at all after the game yesterday when he saw we threw it 62 times. Like he said.... "we did not play Iowa State football today.". But my problem with that is.... it's just WAY too late to realize that AFTER the game and to not be able to make the correct changes during the game in order to avoid getting beat.

Leave it to people like you to post absolute nonsense. I’m sure Matt will resign and offer the position up to you to lead the charge. You’d be a beaut.

 

[Skyh13]

This team is 1 game away from bowl eligibility with a number of games left. Suggesting it's meltdown time is pretty dumb.

If you were expecting this to be a 9 win team, then sure, I guess it's meltdown time, but it would've been stupid to think that in the first place.

 

[iowastatefan1929]

the recruiting is in the lower half of the conference and traditionally a very hard to school to recruit to, and no where near a recruiting hotbed. these coaches are near geniuses, but even when they outscheme, they got copied, so all u have left is culture and work ethic and practice strategies and creativity/misdirection etc. that need to be better than the other teams to get an edge or close the gap on a recruiting edge. coaches need to keep doing what they are doing and continue to come up with different schemes/game plans to throw the competition off + the whole team just seemed to not be all there, and there is not enough talent to not be all there. if campbell though only has one more good wrinkle do you save it for texas or use it against oklahoma. wrinkle might be a screen game or more power formation. not sure just guesses.

 

[UNIGuy4Cy]

the recruiting is in the lower half of the conference and traditionally a very hard to school to recruit to, and no where near a recruiting hotbed. these coaches are near geniuses, but even when they outscheme, they got copied, so all u have left is culture and work ethic and practice strategies and creativity/misdirection etc. that need to be better than the other teams to get an edge or close the gap on a recruiting edge. coaches need to keep doing what they are doing and continue to come up with different schemes/game plans to throw the competition off + the whole team just seemed to not be all there, and there is not enough talent to not be all there. if campbell though only has one more good wrinkle do you save it for texas or use it against oklahoma. wrinkle might be a screen game or more power formation. not sure just guesses.

You clearly don’t follow recruiting, you are full of bs with this bottom of the Big 12 in recruiting.

 

[inCyteful]

the recruiting is in the lower half of the conference and traditionally a very hard to school to recruit to, and no where near a recruiting hotbed. these coaches are near geniuses, but even when they outscheme, they got copied, so all u have left is culture and work ethic and practice strategies and creativity/misdirection etc. that need to be better than the other teams to get an edge or close the gap on a recruiting edge. coaches need to keep doing what they are doing and continue to come up with different schemes/game plans to throw the competition off + the whole team just seemed to not be all there, and there is not enough talent to not be all there. if campbell though only has one more good wrinkle do you save it for texas or use it against oklahoma. wrinkle might be a screen game or more power formation. not sure just guesses.

Dude - you have stupid poster of the year wrapped up.

Save some of your new stupid wrinkles for later in the season or for MBB in case someone makes a run at you.

 

[inCyteful]

Haven't read the thread so I am sorry if I repeat the same take others have.

Thought about this game way too much over the weekend. I remember thinking when there were about 7 min left and we had the ball with a tie score that this was THE situation that required a good running game and the we absolutely needed to go to our running game. My fear then was that we would zip down the field, score and give OSU the ball with too much time left.

I cannot for the life of me understand why it didn't become the Purdy/Hall Leg Show. I don't second guess coaches, even the bad ones (unless they coach at ToE). I got to do a little position coaching in HS some time ago and I have immense respect for those that choose to teach and organize and lead young people. But I have to think CMC and staff are raking themselves over the coals on this one.

I have complete confidence in this staff - I imagine they feel 10x worse than we do today. Looking forward to what they have planned for the rest of the season.

Sorry, that's about as close as I get to melting down.

 

[royhobbs]

Brock is a good quarterback that had a crap day. All sins washed away when we beat Oklahoma.

 

[jdcyclone19]

Was this game a let down, yes, but no melt down warranted. We are still 3rd in the conference standings, nothing to be alarmed about yet. The bye comes at a very good time. Our offense has been exposed and this two week allows the staff to pivot.

 

[TXCyclones]

Does @UnCytely sit in Section 7 Row 21 seat 9/10? Because his posts sound exactly like the POS who bitched the entire game. Everybody around him hates him.

 

[iowastatefan1929]

You clearly don’t follow recruiting, you are full of bs with this bottom of the Big 12 in recruiting.

you might be the most delusional person I have come across on this forum

I have noticed throughout life that whenever I am accused of something, the accuser is guilty themselves.

recruting rankings
according to 247
2016 -> 8th
2017 -> 7th
2018 -> 7th
2019 -> 6th

rivals
2019 -> 7th
2018 -> 9th
2017 -> 6th
2016 -> 7th

werent u just talking about how you wanted to see iowa state in the CFP last week. lol.
i would venture you are guilty of what you keep accusing me of.

 

[ZB4CY]

This team is 1 game away from bowl eligibility with a number of games left. Suggesting it's meltdown time is pretty dumb.

If you were expecting this to be a 9 win team, then sure, I guess it's meltdown time, but it would've been stupid to think that in the first place.

Now I'm not in total meltdown mode, but it would be naive to think this team can't finish 7-5 or worse, 6-6. It could happen.

I think going into the year, many thought this could be a 9 win team. There is nothing stupid about that prediction.

 

[knowlesjam]

Was this game a let down, yes, but no melt down warranted. We are still 3rd in the conference standings, nothing to be alarmed about yet. The bye comes at a very good time. Our offense has been exposed and this two week allows the staff to pivot.

How was our offense exposed? This was more so to do with some questionable play calling. Why was Purdy throwing 60+ passes? Running routes were there all day...especially given the blitzing scheme that OSU was running every flipping play. Looking back at the game again...so frustrating...3 long plays by the OSU offense...21 points. 1 field goal by OSU in the 2nd half was due to a 15 yard penalty. 7 points on a pick 6. So, honestly, OSU scored 3 points out of 31 on a legitimate long drive. No panic here...tighten things up and we should get the Texas and KU games while OU and KSU are going to be dogfights.

 

[jdcyclone19]

How was our offense exposed? This was more so to do with some questionable play calling. Why was Purdy throwing 60+ passes? Running routes were there all day...especially given the blitzing scheme that OSU was running every flipping play. Looking back at the game again...so frustrating...3 long plays by the OSU offense...21 points. 1 field goal by OSU in the 2nd half was due to a 15 yard penalty. 7 points on a pick 6. So, honestly, OSU scored 3 points out of 31 on a legitimate long drive. No panic here...tighten things up and we should get the Texas and KU games while OU and KSU are going to be dogfights.

I can't argue with the play calling and we should have attacked the edges and run more but part of that was OSUs scheme. Texas Tech in the second half (and baylor to some extent) has shown that if you bring pressure, you will cause Purdy to roll out and make some bad decisions/poor throws. Baylor showed that Purdy struggles with bracket coverage schemes. In general, we have struggled with the 3-3-5 defense. OSU this past weekend took what Baylor and Tech Text did, and combined them. While the offense still produced, we clearly struggled.

 

[surly]

Never as good as the look when winning, never as bad as when losing. ISU will win at least two more, maybe three.

 

[BillBrasky4Cy]

I can't argue with the play calling and we should have attacked the edges and run more but part of that was OSUs scheme. Texas Tech in the second half (and baylor to some extent) has shown that if you bring pressure, you will cause Purdy to roll out and make some bad decisions/poor throws. Baylor showed that Purdy struggles with bracket coverage schemes. In general, we have struggled with the 3-3-5 defense. OSU this past weekend took what Baylor and Tech Text did, and combined them. While the offense still produced, we clearly struggled.

Running the football is the recipe to blow up a team that is selling out against the pass. The staff put together a terrible game plan and never adjusted and that is way more frustrating than any individual performance out there on Saturday.

 

[jdcyclone19]

Running the football is the recipe to blow up a team that is selling out against the pass. The staff put together a terrible game plan and never adjusted and that is way more frustrating than any individual performance out there on Saturday.

Absolutely, please do not take my previous comment as any kind knock on Purdy. The coaches put him in a bad position and not in a position to succeed.

 

[adjl]

We legitimately still have a chance to win the Big 12. Texas is obviously very beatable with all the problems in the secondary. Oklahoma's defense is not great so we can play with them. Kansas, and Kansas State are both wins. We can run the table and get there. It's not far fetched. We just had a bad game. That's it.