******Official Post-Game Thread******

[andynel88]

AA was not very sharp early today. Even from the radio you could tell he was throwing high and hard.

Yeah but he was really sharp in the second half, including starting 8 for 10 on pass completions, you could even tell that from the radio he was hitting his receivers dead on.

It's amazing what people can find to nitpick when we're one win away from bowl eligibility with this schedule!

 

[gwoodclone]

I was furious after the first half, but the team responded perfectly in the second. It wasn't as easy a win as it should have been, but it's a Big 12 win and we're 5-4(3-2). Three chances to get the win we need to go bowling again, and the road to the North Championship runs through JTS. GO STATE!

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

First off, I take the blame for the bad first half. I have a AA jersey and every time I wear it to a game we play bad and often lose so I thought playing KU could break the jinx. I was wrong and took if off I believe right before the Lenz PR TD. What a waste of money that purchase was.

Glad to see us take over the game in the second half. I think the game was really over when Gill passed on going for a TD to settle for a FG. Thank God we didn't go after him.

 

[CtownCyclone]

First off, I take the blame for the bad first half. I have a AA jersey and every time I wear it to a game we play bad and often lose so I thought playing KU could break the jinx. I was wrong and took if off I believe right before the Lenz PR TD. What a waste of money that purchase was.

Glad to see us take over the game in the second half. I think the game was really over when Gill passed on going for a TD to settle for a FG. Thank God we didn't go after him.

I thought I was the reason for the poor play in the 1st half - I didn't have my ISU flag flying proudly during that time. At the half, I went out and hung it proudly. Coincidence?

 

[mksmith2]

Re: ~~~~~~UNOFFICIAL BOOTLEGGED POST GAME THREAD~~~~~

did anyone else hear Arob refer to himself, Woody, Shontrelle and James White as "the Wolfpack"?

good nickname. hadn't heard that one before.

Think he got the idea from WRNL?

 

[dualthreat]

Re: ~~~~~~UNOFFICIAL BOOTLEGGED POST GAME THREAD~~~~~

Is this where I post my unofficial bootlegged post game comments?

 

[CYinPA]

Re: ~~~~~~UNOFFICIAL BOOTLEGGED POST GAME THREAD~~~~~

did anyone else hear Arob refer to himself, Woody, Shontrelle and James White as "the Wolfpack"?

good nickname. hadn't heard that one before.

Pretty sure Rutland, Wagner, Ennis?, and ? referred to themselves as the wolfpack back in the day.

 

[ISUAlum2002]

A few thoughts:

The offensive play in the first half was truly offensive. Probably the worst we've looked all season, even worse than we looked during the beatdowns against Utah and OU.

The defense did well to hold KU to 9 points today (the TD was scored against our scrubs) considering the short field we gave them after our first "possession."

What does everyone think about Turner Gill deciding to run the clock out at the end of the first half to kick the FG? They had time to throw the ball into the end zone at least twice into the end zone before attempting the FG, there was about 20 seconds left and they had at least one TO left, maybe two. If coach Rhoads had done that I would have been ******* ******. Gill must have thought the potential for a turnover wasn't worth risking the potential 3 points before half, but you could see from the body language on his players that they weren't happy with the decision.

The offense looked great on those first two drives of the second half. A good mix of running and throwing, and AA was making good decisions on the zone read. We went a couple of weeks where he couldn't run the ball from the zone read, and the opponents knew it and would always tee off on A-Rob. KU looked like they were expecting the same thing each time we ran the zone read as AA had good space each time he took it.

A few uncharacteristic drops by WR's in the first half kept the offense from getting in sync. They tightened up in the second half.

How about your thoughts on Gill using the TO at the end of the game? **** move or prudent? I know some will say that you should play and coach to win the game at all times, but they weren't going to get 3 scores in 30 seconds and they put our players at risk of injury as well as their own by running that extra meaningless play.

 

[CycloneWanderer]

At that point, we had our backups of backups in the game getting experience. A few more reps is good for them.

 

[CloneAbuse]

Watching Darks trying to catch passes today made me think of the movie The Replacements when they have to plaster the receivers hands with stick em' so he could make a freakin' catch.

I'm often critical of AA, but Darks was the reason for the first two three and outs in the first quarter. Then he dropped the deep ball late in the game. WHen he made a catch two plays later he was getting in the defenders face and talking.....please...make more bigtime recpetions before you get cocky.

 

[Bigguns]

AA was not very sharp early today. Even from the radio you could tell he was throwing high and hard. This was a game when ISU needed to hit Kansas coming off the bus, but ended up whiffing with the one play TO.

Actually he was sharp all day long. Good decisions in the run and pass game!

 

[Cyintex]

How about your thoughts on Gill using the TO at the end of the game? **** move or prudent? I know some will say that you should play and coach to win the game at all times, but they weren't going to get 3 scores in 30 seconds and they put our players at risk of injury as well as their own by running that extra meaningless play.

I'm ok with it... i don't think he's calling the timeout because he thinks he can win. I think he just wanted to get his team a chance to score, feel a little better about themselves and a have a chance to work on a situation that might let them win a game in the future. I remember several years ago at nebraska, I think it was Seneca's first year, we were getting our usual beatdown and Mac called a similar timeout near the end of the game ... they showed a shot of Solich on the sideline rolling his eyes but the announcers said something to the effect that Mac was just coaching for the future.

 

[jdoggivjc]

AA was not very sharp early today. Even from the radio you could tell he was throwing high and hard.
This was a game when <acronym title="Iowa State">ISU</acronym> needed to hit Kansas coming off the bus, but ended up whiffing with the one play TO.

Okay, fine - we didn't hit them coming off the bus. We certainly did hit them coming out of the locker room, though...

 

[Cyclone1985]

A few things regarding what i've read in this thread:

Penalties: Were close to the least penalized team in the nation ... around 5 per game.

Play calling: If Money doesn't fumble that football on drive #1 and then catches that pass over the middle on 3rd down on drive #2, thats 2 drives we could have had to get more yards. The pass over the middle was good for 20 yards.

Dropped Passes: Darks-- Whats the deal man? You have the best hands on the team! At least I thought you did before today. How about you catch a big TD pass next saturday... all will be redeemed.

You mean the pass over the middle that was at his feet?!

 

[clonedude]

A few thoughts:

The offensive play in the first half was truly offensive. Probably the worst we've looked all season, even worse than we looked during the beatdowns against Utah and OU.

The defense did well to hold KU to 9 points today (the TD was scored against our scrubs) considering the short field we gave them after our first "possession."

What does everyone think about Turner Gill deciding to run the clock out at the end of the first half to kick the FG? They had time to throw the ball into the end zone at least twice into the end zone before attempting the FG, there was about 20 seconds left and they had at least one TO left, maybe two. If coach Rhoads had done that I would have been ******* ******. Gill must have thought the potential for a turnover wasn't worth risking the potential 3 points before half, but you could see from the body language on his players that they weren't happy with the decision.

The offense looked great on those first two drives of the second half. A good mix of running and throwing, and AA was making good decisions on the zone read. We went a couple of weeks where he couldn't run the ball from the zone read, and the opponents knew it and would always tee off on A-Rob. KU looked like they were expecting the same thing each time we ran the zone read as AA had good space each time he took it.

A few uncharacteristic drops by WR's in the first half kept the offense from getting in sync. They tightened up in the second half.

How about your thoughts on Gill using the TO at the end of the game? **** move or prudent? I know some will say that you should play and coach to win the game at all times, but they weren't going to get 3 scores in 30 seconds and they put our players at risk of injury as well as their own by running that extra meaningless play.

We did the same thing basically against Iowa at the end of the game. No problem with it.

Could anyone else on our roster scored a TD on Shontrelle's run? I don't think so.

 

[jgfeilmeier]

we are 5-4 do we plan for the huskers(they have everything to lose and everything to gain by beating us and i think they are coming to ames to play)or do we spend more time on a game we have a very good chance to win (colorado)and get the 6th win and go bowling. That is what i want (a 6-6 record and go bowling is better than a 5-7 record and stay home.)which could happen the way we play at colorado the last 4 years.

 

[cycloner29]

Watching Darks trying to catch passes today made me think of the movie The Replacements when they have to plaster the receivers hands with stick em' so he could make a freakin' catch.

I'm often critical of AA, but Darks was the reason for the first two three and outs in the first quarter. Then he dropped the deep ball late in the game. WHen he made a catch two plays later he was getting in the defenders face and talking.....please...make more bigtime recpetions before you get cocky.

I made the comment about the Replacements and same scene about "looks like I jerked off and elephant! to the people around only a couple people around knew what I was taking about and about died laughing!!

 

[CyFan61]

we are 5-4 do we plan for the huskers(they have everything to lose and everything to gain by beating us and i think they are coming to ames to play)or do we spend more time on a game we have a very good chance to win (colorado)and get the 6th win and go bowling. That is what i want (a 6-6 record and go bowling is better than a 5-7 record and stay home.)which could happen the way we play at colorado the last 4 years.

I can't imagine a single coach will mention Colorado at any point until after this week's game. This Saturday is our chance to get bowl eligible. If you really think ISU will be practicing this week with Colorado's schemes to get 2 weeks of practice in, you are sorely mistaken. It is all Nebraska all the time this week and I believe we have a chance to win this game.

 

[dualthreat]

You mean the pass over the middle that was at his feet?!

well, from where i was sitting, it looked like it was at his knees and slightly behind him. A tough catch? Yes. A catchable pass? It looked like it was. I guess I can put that blame on AA...? Doesn't make a difference. My point was: the blame shouldn't be on THerman

 

[kcclone33]

You mean the pass over the middle that was at his feet?!

Are you serious? How about the 3 that hit him in the numbers? The second one was a perfect ball, right to his numbers, in stride, and he was running a perfect rout.