The Clones will sure as hell win the second half of that bowl game. No doubt about it, Pete
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The Clones will sure as hell win the second half of that bowl game. No doubt about it, Pete
Blum... you should just give up. This site has been taken over by at least 100 posters trying to be the most clever ever in the history of posting.
Anyone who has suddenly changed their mind about this team might be in for some harsh reality in the weeks ahead I'm afraid. I hope I'm wrong, but I don't see it.
We've beaten UNI and Kansas. UNI is not even close to the team they've been the last few years with David Johnson, and KU might be the worst Big 12 team EVER.... as CW himself has said.
In the UNI game, our offense did virtually nothing. We had awesome punt returns all night and great field position all night. Any halfway decent team would have put up nearly 50 pts on them that night IMO. Look at the game stats, UNI had more yards than us, more 1st downs than us, and more time of possession than us. I know stats don't tell the whole story, but they were not outmatched in that game whatsoever.
And yesterday, let's get serious here.... KU is one bad football team. South Dakota put up over 500 yds of offense on KU, so let's not get too excited about us doing the same thing as South Dakota did.
I will say this... we look like the most talented Iowa State team that I've seen in a while, but unfortunately no better coached IMO. Our offense still looks lost a lot of the time and not in sync. Playcalling still leaves a lot to be desired. Defensively we are obviously much improved over last year, but we played defense like a middle school team last year so that's not saying a whole lot. We'll see just how much improved we are starting this week with TT and the following week with TCU.
We've beaten UNI and Kansas. UNI is not even close to the team they've been the last few years with David Johnson, and KU might be the worst Big 12 team EVER.... as CW himself has said.
In the UNI game, our offense did virtually nothing. We had awesome punt returns all night and great field position all night. Any halfway decent team would have put up nearly 50 pts on them that night IMO. Look at the game stats, UNI had more yards than us, more 1st downs than us, and more time of possession than us. I know stats don't tell the whole story, but they were not outmatched in that game whatsoever.
And yesterday, let's get serious here.... KU is one bad football team. South Dakota put up over 500 yds of offense on KU, so let's not get too excited about us doing the same thing as South Dakota did.
I will say this... we look like the most talented Iowa State team that I've seen in a while, but unfortunately no better coached IMO. Our offense still looks lost a lot of the time and not in sync. Playcalling still leaves a lot to be desired. Defensively we are obviously much improved over last year, but we played defense like a middle school team last year so that's not saying a whole lot. We'll see just how much improved we are starting this week with TT and the following week with TCU.
While I agree completely with your statement, I do see that there is at least potential, and skill enough on the offensive side of the ball to score more points. There have been a lot of years lately where you could see there was no chance to keep up. Way too many stupid mistakes, turnovers and missed FGs so far this year.
Still feel like 1 or 2 WR screens a game is enough to see if it will work. After that ISU is just wasting downs on plays that have as good a chance to be a pick 6 as a good play. Hopefully the coaching staff will see this soon.....
What is an awesome year to you? Seven wins and a cold-weather bowl game? Has Cyclone Football ever had an 'awesome' year?
Young and inexperienced? Get outta here!
We are certainly better than last year and our defense is pretty good this year. But we aren't going anywhere fast with Paul leading the charge. Never will ever win more than 6 or 7. Probably 4 this year then he gone.
We are certainly better than last year and our defense is pretty good this year. But we aren't going anywhere fast with Paul leading the charge. Never will ever win more than 6 or 7. Probably 4 this year then he gone.
Other than Kansas - we've been really bad again and still. Which team have you been watching this year?
This team needs to put up some points and yards against ANY other B12 team to see how "good" we really are compared to our conference opponents.
