deep ball completions

Has something changed in our schemes this year? It seems like the defense is giving up at least 2 huge passing plays a game in OU OSU TX and now Kansas games . Is it personnel or are we just in the wrong defense at the wrong time.

KSU qb is no slouch. he will torch us on sat if the back 4 has a game like last week

any thoughts?

Purdy stat tracker

*****Updated after Kansas******
Record holder for most passing yards in a season with 3575 (passed Seneca for 1st in KU game)

Record holder for TD passes in a season with 26 (passed Todd Bandhauer in the Texas game)

Tied for 1st for most TD passes in a game with 5 (Bandhauer and Steele Jantz)

Total offense in a season: Record holder with 3843 yards (Passed Seneca in KU game)

1st in total yardage in a single game

Tied for 1st for total touchdowns in a single game (6-Brett Oberg)

3rd in Career total TD’s (55-behind Arnaud and Meyer) Needs 3 to pass Arnaud and 8 to pass Meyer. This is nuts, those guys were 3 and 4 year starters.

3rd in career passing yardage : 5825 (behind Austen Arnaud and Brett Meyer, needs 3674 to overtake Meyer).

4th in career total yardage: 6401 (behind Richardson, Arnaud and Meyer) Needs 4021 to be overtake Meyer.

HS sports

With Dowling winning it’s 7th straight football title, and a few things I noticed as my boys do and will be competing for their HS (not football), this thought came up. Besides football, what HS sports matter IRT furthering your career of playing in college? You don’t need to play HS bb to be noticed or nationally seen, let alone evaluated. Same with golf, soccer, etc.

When kids can play / compete with / against better competition (typically better coaching and year round) in their club or travel teams, how relevant is HS sports really?

emotional attachment?

Trouble logging in

For about a month now (about the last Firefox update) I can't log into this site from Firefox. I am apparently logged out AGAIN on that browser despite clicking the box that says keep me logged in. I've always been able to log back in. But now when I go to Firefox, which is my go-to browser, there is no log-in option. There's just nothing there. And the result is, I can't respond to any posts, which is probably a blessing to some of you.

I have to go to Chrome, which I have never liked, where I find the log-in option. Is there a solution to this?

Cyclones.tv coverage

For many years now after I left Iowa I've been grateful for what I could get for wrestling coverage. When Cyclones.tv came along I was thrilled being able to watch the Clones home meets over the internet.

Wrestling coverage has come a long way and this year anyone with a Flo subscription can watch our Cyclones.tv feed. Similarly, I can watch many other teams home feeds.

Which leads me to my point, that we absolutely have to replace Tom Kroschel. This is no longer IPTV where we are trying to explain the sport to anyone watching. It is embarrassing listening to Tom ramble on about 1970's history while Kyven is trying to explain the action on the screen.

I know Tom is a great historian and a loyal Cyclone through and through, but he does not belong on the broadcast. Watching the UNI-Neb rebroadcast tonight and Drew Foster and whoever he is with are fantastic. As these broadcasts are more public to the wrestling community on Flo this could very easily affect recruiting.

Coach Campbell's favorite ISU Football team vs MY Favorite Campbell Coached ISU Football team(s).

I've often heard that this year's team is Coach Campbell's favorite team of the Iowa State teams he has coached. I have wondered what he really means by this?
Because for me:
- this team isn't as fun as the 2017 squad where Kyle Kempt emerged from nowhere into a leadership role as the rest of the team resolved to play as a unit.
- this team isn't as solid on offense or defense as the post Noland 2018 squad.
- this team hasn't shown signs of incredible growth during the season like the 2016, 2017, and 2018 squads.

I'm sure I can go deep into my praise and criticisms for multiple parts of this team, but the point is that I don't feel like this team plays with a sense of urgency with respect to the talent level they have on the field. They seem to muddle to the level of their opponent and never show consistency. So for me, someone who wasn't expecting a 7 or 8 win season, the season has still been a disappointment to me. I hope in the Kansas State game they are able to figure out how to play with that near elite capability they sometimes show. I also hope they find a way to deliver the knockout punch that has been missing (and has allowed many lesser teams to get back into the football game).

Damn I miss Butler and Montgomery...

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