*** Official IOWA STATE VS Baylor Game(Day) Thread ***

Blandboy

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What in the heck does this word mean relating to athletics? If the hot weather bothered us, we weren't in shape. And by the eye test, a few of our o-linemen aren't in shape.
Please.

Beyond hydrating, how do you prep for that kind of heat? Can’t duplicate it in late September in Ames, Iowa.
 
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Fair enough. But some of us were hoping for a next level jump in this season. And we weren't alone. Plenty of publications had us third in the league and a sexy darkhorse to make the championship game. I'll never complain about going to a bowl, any bowl. But clearly this team isn't going to live up to the hype. I wish just ONCE we would.
Just beat the teams we should beat from here on out and we’ll still be that. Pump the breaks on KSU, they beat Miss St, who is losing to Auburn by 40. KSU is one dimensional, going against our strength of run defense. OSU, TCU, Texas at home are all winnable games and Tech, KU, WV, and KSU on the road are also highly winnable.
 

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Kolar didn't even try to engage the defender. He was trying to actually run a route it looked like into the flat.

I'll have to rewatch if possible...looked to me like Kolar got into the defender and had his hands out on the defender's pads.
 
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Fair enough. But some of us were hoping for a next level jump in this season. And we weren't alone. Plenty of publications had us third in the league and a sexy darkhorse to make the championship game. I'll never complain about going to a bowl, any bowl. But clearly this team isn't going to live up to the hype. I wish just ONCE we would.

We have no idea if this team can live up to the hype. NONE. It seems less likely. But you would think we would have learned SOMETHING over the last 2 years and that is that maybe it is best not to freak out right away.
 
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We have no idea if this team can live up to the hype. NONE. It seems less likely. But you would think we would have learned SOMETHING over the last 2 years and that is that maybe it is best not to freak out right away.
Yes, we do. It can't. We can still have a nice season but finishing third won't happen and a championship game berth is laugh out loud impossible. Freaking out would be saying we can't make a bowl. I'm not freaking out, just very disappointed in losing two winnable games in year four. It's not okay no matter how many times people post on here that it is.
 

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Yes, we do. It can't. We can still have a nice season but finishing third won't happen and a championship game berth is laugh out loud impossible. Freaking out would be saying we can't make a bowl. I'm not freaking out, just very disappointed in losing two winnable games in year four. It's not okay no matter how many times people post on here that it is.

Can still very much finish third. Outside of OU and Texas, there’s no other powerhouse team in the league. Ton of good and quality teams.
 

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I thought the call that was a LOT worse was Purdy's INT on his throw away. Was that even looked at, and if not, why didn't CMC have them look at that? That was NOT an INT. Not even close.
 
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Imagine thinking a team has to have equal amounts of talent as Clemson to be considered good.

Who has said this?

Often the good teams make the crucial plays...the teams that aren't good don't make the plays. There's obviously exceptions in upsets.

ISU is pretty average right now but has potential to be decent.
 

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Imagine thinking a team has to have equal amounts of talent as Clemson to be considered good.

If we aren't Clemson, we might as well give up! Sometimes I wonder why some of us are even Iowa State fans. It seems like it brings nothing but misery to a lot of people. If something made me as angry as it makes some of you, I wouldn't mess with it anymore. I stick with it because Iowa State football brings me more fun than anger. By a large margin over the last 10 years. Now, during the end of the Mac era, it brought me more misery and I stopped caring.
 

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ISU is now 8-25 in the state of Texas since the formation of the Big XII in 1996.