*** Official Drake VS #23 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

madguy30

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Have you ever played football in conditions like this? Just curious if you understand how big of an equalizer it is.

Yes.

The answer was to run, run, and run some more. Also take what's there for passing.

Drake looked well coached and ready on offense.

Weather can not be an excuse if Drake pulls this off.
 

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Always an excuse with that crew. It was the Texas feed that didn't work...it was a bandwidth issue with too many logging in....it was....it was....

They just can't successfully do football

This. Exactly. And nothing gets better, ever. Not the way technology works today. Just not a good representative for ISU.
 
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A good team should still be able to push these guys around.

Let's see if we can make a statement in the 3rd quarter and blow this game open.

And let's see if the camera crew finds a dry towel... They even mentioned that it has stopped raining...
 

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The whole point of scheduling this game is getting an easy, guaranteed win in which all the ISU reserves get plenty of PT for the benefit of their own development.

Unfortunately, the conditions pretty much preclude all of that except the opportunity for a win.
 

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20-14 at halftime. So now the starters have to play at least another quarter (or maybe more0 in hopes of stretching the game out of reach. And a one-score halftime lead isn't safe against anybody.
 

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We're playing a non-scholarship football team. You'd still expect our OL to be able to line up and beat their DL physically. Same story with this OL as it's been all season. We've had to sratch and claw for a 6 point lead.

I wanted to see one thing today, our O-line shove it down someone's throat.

I guess that will have to wait, again.
 

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the field is so terrible right now that the less athletic team probably has an advantage, but that is not an excuse -- the team should be able to dial it back and be less aggressive to compensate. and there is no excuse not to keep putting the ball in the air when that is working better than running. the trick is to keep the passes medium-range so our line doesn't have to hold too long.
 

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Just like Jay Jordan pointed out in his offensive assessment (UT game) - Purdy failed to hit a sure 1st down to Montgomery on 3rd down - David was standing there, wide open, for 2-3 seconds and Purdy refuses to make that pass. He's a very good QB, but he still too often tries for the homerun, rather than make the "sure" pass (or throw it away). This has been a butt-ugly game - was expecting to see our backups after halftime - but that ain't happenin'.
 
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Matt Campbell’s #1 priority in the off season is to get a ******* offensive line coach. This is the worst offensive line I have ever witnessed. I’ve thought that all season but this game is 100% confirmation. Pathetic.
This is THE issue today. Watching this O line struggle against Drake is ******* ridiculous. No excuses for this.
 
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At least they didn’t let them score to end the half like they have done several times
 

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Know it's not his style but hope CMC rips their ass at halftime. Some of the most uninspired play I've seen in quite sometime. Iowa State looks like they don't want to be on the field today.