Shots Fired
- Thread starter Conductorclone
- Start date
This has never made a lick of sense to me and sounds like a very Hawkeye-ian excuse. What in the world does "doesn't put an emphasis on this game" even mean? Does he call the team together today and say "Listen fellas, I want us operating at a 6 this week. Some effort but let's not go all out."
You people act like there is some finite amount of "emphasis points" that can be allocated out across the year or something. Of course he wants to win this game, and I'd venture to say wants it just as bad as OU and Texas. And if he is in fact not emphasizing (whatever the heck that actually means...) a Top 10 non-conference matchup, that is a big issue.
Last edited:
Ding, ding we have a winner. ISU fans who claim that we don't treat it like a "huge game," do that to mentally comfort themselves in event of a loss.
It's a huge game - for both teams. Losing it is painful for either side. But it's not like you have to "ration" your energy. A team regroups and moves on to prepare 100% for the next game on the schedule, whether they win or lose.
I didn't even see a single "yo Momma's so fat" in there.
Exactly. Not a whole lot of DI coaches out there that aren't absolute Type A, win at all costs, competitive a-holes. It's literally how they got to where they are.
The reality for BOTH teams this year is that it’s possibly the biggest game for both programs in years. Anyone that says different is an idiot.
Whoever wins their chances at the playoffs are intact and boosted. Iowa would sail through their schedule with a big ten title game against OSU waiting.
ISU wins and could sail into late season with showdown in Norman.
I wish people wouldn’t downplay the importance of this game. Especially this year. It’s a ******* MASSIVE game for both.
Whoever wins their chances at the playoffs are intact and boosted. Iowa would sail through their schedule with a big ten title game against OSU waiting.
ISU wins and could sail into late season with showdown in Norman.
I wish people wouldn’t downplay the importance of this game. Especially this year. It’s a ******* MASSIVE game for both.
I see it as the same thing as what you see in a NFL preseason game but on a different scale. He wants to emphasize making the team better rather than winning the game.
-Matt Campbell
I don't think there is a finite amount of emphasis points. But Iowa runs a completely different offense than the Big12 runs. How much time do you spend to install a defense to stop what they do vs worrying about a spread offense that you'll face later in the season. I'm not saying you ignore it, but you certainly aren't spending time with a 4-3 defense to try to slow down Iowa's rushing attack.
I honest to God can't tell if this is satire. An NFL preseason game? Are you kidding me?
I know, hilarious that Iowa would be a "superbowl" after so many consistently bigger wins every season.
Even funnier that ISU had its best season of all time without even playing Iowa.
TOE players must be pretty high over there. Not that there's anything wrong with them getting high, Goodson shouldn't toke up during interviews, not professional.
It's the reason KSU gives teams problems if they are halfway decent. They drain the clock just like Iowa.
Unfortunately it gets worse after you compare it to an NFL preseason game. Campbell wants to win this game. I can absolutely guarantee you that's his singular purpose this week. You can "process" all you want, but the point of the "process" has always been to win games like this. Do you honestly believe that if provided with the options of play sloppy and win or play great and lose he'd take the second?
Especially this year if we do truly think we have CFB Playoff aspirations. Those teams are selected on razor thin margins. You don't sacrifice wins for future success when every game counts the way it does in CFB.
Especially this year if we do truly think we have CFB Playoff aspirations. Those teams are selected on razor thin margins. You don't sacrifice wins for future success when every game counts the way it does in CFB.
Sorry, but I think that is lame. I think what the results show is that Campbell teams start slow every season. I really don't think it has anything to do with how much emphasis he puts on non-con vs. conference games. Campbell is 1-4 in the first conference games of the year at ISU. Last year was the first that he didn't start 0-1 in conference play.
In an ideal world I think he'd make sure our key guys didn't get hurt and maybe got some young guys some game experience. But do I think he'd forfeit all of that for a win? Yes, as winning is really the only measure of success in college football.
I'm also trying to figure out what that has to do with his motivation level to beat a Top 10, Big 10 opponent?
