Gotta give him credit the man leaves it on the field and if it weren't for him ISU would look a whole lot worse. Anyway big shout out 2 X for leading the FBS in catches after 5 weeks w/ 49 receptions. He's also currently 10th in yardage w/ 504. We'll definitely need him to keep being a beast for us to be able to right this ship the rest of the season.

Found this on Reddit and thought it was interesting. Mostly because it says/claims EIU is the easiest B10 school to get into…..

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Guess I will start this thread up earlier this week since we have Wednesday Night football tonight.

SMU @ Central Florida at 6 pm on ESPN2.

I'm about ready to throw in the towel on this turd. It's the second season of the show and I know it was a weird show to begin with, but it's just gotten even weirder and hard to follow. We've got different people from our group scattered over different centuries with no idea where they are or, in some cases, who they are, because they come "back" to the main group in 10,000 BC much older than when they left. It seems like it's so easy to come and go from La Brea in 10,000 BC that the show should last half an hour. Fall through the sink hole, find the exit and we're done. And who knew falling through a sinkhole wouldn't kill you, but would instead land you in 10,000 BC? Just weird.

The only reason I started watching it in the first place is that Natalie Zea was in it and I've enjoyed some other things she was in, like The Unicorn, Justified and The Detour.

Joens is preseason POY.

Joens (unanimous), Ryan, and Donarski are preseason 1st team.

I can't help but think that Joel Gordon becoming the QB coach and passing game coordinator has stunted our QB growth.

Timeline:

2008-2010: Gordon was the offensive coordinator at Emory & Henry a Division 3 school in Virginia. He worked along side Tom Manning was was an offensive line coach at the school in 2008.

2011-2015: Spent 5 seasons at his alma mater Shepherd (W.V>) University as Quarterbacks and Receivers coach.

2016-2017: Asked by Matt Campbell to assist as an Offensive Analyst

2018: Quarterbacks Coach

2019: Passing Game Coordinator/Quarterbacks coach.

Most of his listed accomplishments include Brock Purdy breaking all of the school records at ISU. But doesn't anyone else think that Purdy actually got worse or stagnant under his tutelage?
Purdy leaves ISU and gets an independent quarterbacks coach, all of a sudden he looks like an NFL quarterback.
We don't seem to have any development with our quarterbacks and they seem to become stagnant or get worse over their time here.
Discuss.

Welcome to another edition of “On That Note,” CF’s weekly music series, co-hosted by @MeanDean, @cyclones500 and myself.


This week, we are looking at songs with the word "again,” in the title or lyrics. NOT allowed: The word “against” (even though “again” is part of that word).

Last Week: Anyway, Anywhere, Anyhow

ISO C4 Parking Pass for October 8

NASHVILLE — Loretta Lynn, the country singer whose plucky songs and inspiring life story made her one of the most beloved American musical performers of her generation, died on Tuesday at her home in Hurricane Mills, Tenn. She was 90.

Her family said in a statement that she died in her sleep at her ranch, which had turned Hurricane Mills, about 70 miles west of Nashville, into a tourist destination.

Ms. Lynn built her stardom not only on her music, but also on her image as a symbol of rural pride and determination. Her story was carved out of Kentucky coal country, from hardscrabble beginnings in Butcher Hollow (which her songs made famous as Butcher Holler). She became a wife at 15, a mother at 16 and a grandmother in her early 30s, married to a womanizing sometime bootlegger who managed her to stardom. That story made her autobiography, “Coal Miner’s Daughter,” a best seller and the grist for an Oscar-winning movie adaptation of the same name.

According to (https://cyclones.com/sports/football/stats) here is where our players that have never used a redshirt stand on participation: (this is through 9 games [post WVU])

Freshmen (5+ games played, cannot redshirt)
- Jeremiah Cooper DB (9 played, 7 starts)
- Will McLaughlin LB (9 played, 2 starts)
- Domonique Orange DL (9 played)
- Jace Gilbert K (9 played)
- Tyler Perkins P (9 played)
- Cartevious Norton (5 played)

Soph/Jrs (5+ games, cannot redshirt)
- Myles Purchase (9 played, 9 starts)
- TJ Tampa (9 played, 9 starts)
- Beau Freyler (8 played, 8 starts)
- Jaylin Noel (9 played, 6 starts)
- Mason Chambers (9 played, 1 start)
- Joey Petersen (9 played)
- Deon Silas (8 played)
- Treyvon McGee (7 played)

Freshmen (less than 5 games played)
- Greg Gaines WR (4)
- Trevon Howard DB (3)
- Rocco Becht QB (2)
- Gabe Burkle TE (2)
- Jacob Imming LB (2)
- Jason Essex WR (1)
- Carson Willich LB (1)
- Myles Norwood DB (1)

Soph/Jrs (less than 5 games, still could redshirt)
- Blake Thompson (3)
- James Neal (2)
- Jacob Ellis (1)

I was listening to the radio this morning and they mentioned that Circa in Vegas is giving anyone that got knocked out of the Circa national survivor pool in weeks 1,2 or 3 a free hotel stay and a free spot in their pool villa for a Monday night or Thursday night NFL game. I thought that was a good consolation prize

Every post and reply makes money. NIL rights??

Please god help us not lose again

I realize losing close is frustrating but have to remember where we came from. 8 losses by more than a TD the last 6 seasons and only 3 of those by more than 10 points. Just need this young team to get out of their own way. Some painful perspective here but outside of '04/'05 when ISU avoided OU and Texas, the demolition days are over.

Campbell
2022:
2021: Iowa 27-17
2020: Louisiana 31-14
2019: KSU 27-17; Notre Dame 33-9
2018: Iowa 13-3; Oklahoma 37-27; Texas 24-10
2017: Texas 17-7
2016: Iowa 42-3; TCU 41-20; Texas 27-6; Oklahoma 34-24; WVU 49-19

Rhoads
2015: Iowa 31-17; TTU 66-1; TCU 45-21; Baylor 45-27; Oklahoma 52-16; WVU 30-6
2014: NDSU 34-14; Baylor 49-28; OSU 37-20; Oklahoma 59-14; Kansas 34-14; WVU 37-24; TCU 55-3
2013: UNI 28-20; Baylor 71-7; OSU 58-27; KSU 41-7; Oklahoma 48-10
2012: TTU 24-13; OSU 31-10; Oklahoma 35-20; Texas 33-7; Tulsa 31-17
2011: Texas 37-14; Baylor 49-26; Missouri 52-17; TA&M 33-17; OU 26-6; Rutgers 27-13
2010: Iowa 35-7; Utah 68-27; Oklahoma 52-0; Colorado 34-14; Mizzou 14-0
2009: Iowa 35-3; TA&M 35-10; OSU 34-8; Mizzou 34-24

Chizek
2008: Iowa 17-5; Baylor 38-10; Nebraska 35-7; TA&M 49-35; OSU 59-17; Mizzou 52-20; KSU 38-30
2007: Kent St 23-14; UNI 24-13; Nebraska 35-17; TA&M 42-17; Texas 56-3; Oklahoma 17-7; Mizzou 42-28; Kansas 45-7

McCarney:
2006: Iowa 27-17; Texas 37-14; Nebraska 28-14; Oklahoma 34-9; TTU 42-26; KSU 31-10; Kansas 41-10; Colorado 33-16
2005: Baylor 23-13
2004: OSU 36-7; TA&M 34-3
2003: Iowa 40-21; NIU 24-16; Oklahoma 53-7; TTU 52-21; Texas 40-19; Nebraska 28-0; KSU 45-0; Colorado 44-10; Kansas 36-7; Mizzou 45-7

Family has some time off the week of Oct. 16-22. We'd like to head a little north from the DSM area to see some Fall Foliage.

Per the national foliage map, it would be peak at that time in NE Iowa, SE Minnesota, and SW Wisconsin.

What are some national/state parks, cool outdoor locations we should consider for a 2 or 3 day trip in that area you might recommend? Wife, myself, and 2 Jr. High age boys. We are OK with some limited hiking (a mile or two) & climbing, but we're not master outdoorsmen. We're staying in motels! We'd like to stay within a 6 or so hour drive of Des Moines.

Also, if you had general recommendations of places the boys might like in that area, I'd take those suggestions, too!


(The area circled would be the best bet for that week)

Clone therapy for all.

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I say good. So many fake ID's in major football.

The awesome Big 12 has been nearly eliminated from CFP contention​

Current CFP odds:
Texas: 6% (preseason: 13%)
TCU: 5% (preseason: 0%)
Oklahoma State: 4% (preseason: 4%)

Big 12 title odds, per SP+:
Texas 26% (preseason: 12%)
TCU 19% (preseason: 3%)
Oklahoma State 18% (preseason: 14%)
Kansas State 17% (preseason: 4%)
Oklahoma 9% (preseason: 55%)
Baylor 8% (preseason: 9%)

The Pac-12 legitimately stunk in 2021, but in the early years of the Pac-12's playoff drought, the drought itself was used as proof of the conference's poor quality. I always thought this was unfair -- on paper, the conference was better and deeper than the ACC in most years, but the ACC had Clemson and was therefore guaranteed an annual CFP spot. If Oregon or USC had dominated a lesser Pac-12 and scored CFP bids, would that have really proven the conference was good?

Editor's Picks​

In 2022, the Big 12 is performing like an extreme version of the Pac-12. Its average SP+ rating is 13.8, second best behind only the SEC. Every team in the conference is ranked 55th or better, and the only reason Kansas (the No. 55 team) is that low is that preseason projections still play a significant role in the ratings. (Well, that and the Jayhawks slipped a few spots after Saturday's mediocre performance in a 14-11 win over Iowa State.)

The conference has six teams in the SP+ top 25 -- more than half of its roster! Every single week features at least one extremely important tossup game between conference contenders. But it's looking increasingly clear that the Big 12 probably won't have a CFP team. TCU and Oklahoma State are both unbeaten, but they haven't proven themselves dramatically superior to their peers, and SP+ gives both only a 1% chance of reaching 12-0. Both FPI and SP+ adore Texas, but despite the Predictor's slight optimism you have to feel the two-loss Longhorns are going to end up well out of the Playoff conversation.

If we had a 12-team CFP in 2022, the general narrative for this conference would shift dramatically. It would be virtually guaranteed at least one participant, and said participant would have an excellent chance of beating anyone outside of the nation's top three. Instead, the Big 12 will probably have to settle for enjoying a rather successful bowl season. A solid consolation, sure, but consolation all the same.

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I'm still trying to understand the overturned penalty during the KU game, and I didn't see it discussed anywhere else. I'm not a huge "blame the refs" guy, and I don't think this one call decided the game, but the general incompetence we've seen over the last few weeks is pretty incredible, and this sequence was one of the worst.

The player who caught the pass was covered up on the line, so by definition he was an ineligible receiver. By my understanding of the rules, he (1) can't go downfield on a pass play, AND he (2) can't catch a forward pass, even behind the line of scrimmage (an exception exists for a deflected pass). The call on the field was for (1) - "ineligible receiver downfield". The play was reviewed by the booth and the penalty was overturned because he wasn't downfield. However, the correct penalty in this situation was (2) - "illegal touching". So, I'm extremely confused how instant replay allows them to take away the incorrect penalty, but not apply the correct one. It seemed to me like they weren't even clear on the rules themselves, and the announcers certainly didn't help matters.

Am I missing anything here, or is my understanding correct? We know that the wrong call was made on the field, but was the replay fiasco additional incompetence, or do the rules actually say you can take away an incorrect penalty but not change it to the correct one in the process? If it's the latter, I think that's a big problem and not the intent of instant replay. Thoughts?

Listen to Ben Bruns on Iowa Everywhere. Looks like Kansas ran Cover 4 and dared us to run the ball and we couldn't. He said all they did the whole game was take away deep and seam passes, which they did. Our receivers couldn't get adequate separation.

Losing J-brock ended up being a deciding factor and our TEs aren't helping in the running game.

But, after all that we still did enough to win on offense, our special teams just did us in.

Lance Leipold is a great coach and he pretty much copied Iowa's defense against us.

I to am an Petras fan, your to dumb too recognize there ability too grow QBs. Petras four Heisman!

Yep.

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Another head coach fired… Another coaching search has started, and… Gasp… For once Campbell’s name is nowhere to be found

Two blocked punts nearly caused a loss vs Iowa. Three missed field goals and a poor snap on an extra point vs Kansas.

It could be argued ISU outplayed KU on both sides of the ball.

Not much to say other than that. He’s the absolute worst and Campbell needs to have the balls to let him go. That play calling today was some of the trashiest poop I’ve ever seen. Tom Manning is as useful as a poopy flavored lollipop.