*** Official Tennessee State vs #6 IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[madguy30]

50 bench points is just mind-boggling

Is that a record or did Cujo's position bake that in if someone else was hitting?

 

[fsanford]

Practice is for practice though!

And why doesn't the bench get more time at the end of early season bye games to practice together!??

/s

They lost the guy they run the offense through.
I suspect most practice time was going over said offense.

You now lost this option, so you treat this as a scrimmage , and you let guys play to try to develop further chemistry.


Did I mention they lost the guy who touched the ball literally on every offensive possession?

Not saying I like it but I understand it

 

[madguy30]

You don’t think I know that? You really think I believe Otz is listening to some nobody on a message board? I sure hope he doesn’t.

It’s still dumb though. I will die someday still believing that. Would all of you be saying that “building some chemistry” in a meaningless ending of a game was worth it had we lost Lipsey or Milan? Easily could have happened. Those guys were kinda dirty too…. guys were going down all over the place.

I doubt I’ll change anyone’s mind on here…. it is what it is. We got away with it thankfully. Move on.

These guys get away with playing basketball and training like all of the time, basically year round.

 

[Texbudman]

At that point in the game, there is no chemistry to be made…. it’s a men’s ymca league night game at that point…. up and down, no plays, no defense…. but as we saw several players going down with injuries…. because of all the chaos. It was dumb, but luckily we got away with it. You would agree had Lipsey or Milan gotten injured in that playground game at the end.

Can’t go thru life scared and worried. S**t happens. Just play.

 

[GoSTATE71]

Ok load it up with steroids ice and pray to the basketball gods to reverse course

 

[Fishhead]

If he’s indeed out for the year I’m happy he can heal and get ready for the draft. He sounds like such a solid and respectful dude

 

[madguy30]

They lost the guy they run the offense through.
I suspect most practice time was going over said offense.

You now lost this option, so you treat this as a scrimmage , and you let guys play to try to develop further chemistry.


Did I mention they lost the guy who touched the ball literally on every offensive possession?

Not saying I like it but I understand it

And if he's even able to go at all (highly doubt it) he'll be like Lipsey last year; just very limited.

 

[isucy86]

Otz kept his guys in to get more time together and create more chemistry without Jefferson on the court. He is preparing the team to be at their best.

Don't think what TJ did today was anything different than he has done throughout his tenure at ISU. We could be beating a team by 50 and the bench guys aren't coming in much before 3 minutes left.

Not saying I agree with TJ's approach, but for it to be a CONSTANT complaint among fans when ISU blows out a team is like piSSing into a 100mph wind.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

If Jefferson isn’t able to come back I’m going to be happy with just a Sweet 16 run. Beating Kentucky without him would be great. Just sucks.

 

[isucy86]

CW just tweeted that its just a sprain, not specifically the grade of strain but XRay was negative

Good that X Ray negative, but is that going to show ligament damage?

 

[Cyched]

Get him the good drugs and get him back out there

 

[CycloneSpinning]

You don’t think I know that? You really think I believe Otz is listening to some nobody on a message board? I sure hope he doesn’t.

It’s still dumb though. I will die someday still believing that. Would all of you be saying that “building some chemistry” in a meaningless ending of a game was worth it had we lost Lipsey or Milan? Easily could have happened. Those guys were kinda dirty too…. guys were going down all over the place.

I doubt I’ll change anyone’s mind on here…. it is what it is. We got away with it thankfully. Move on.

I don’t know that you’re wrong…I just don’t know that guys are thinking they’re constantly in imminent danger of getting hurt though either…and it’s something of a reward for the starters to get to play in an easy tournament game too. Especially when they are playing well. It ended up fine. I do think we just leave it alone and move on.

 

[fsanford]

And if he's even able to go at all (highly doubt it) he'll be like Lipsey last year; just very limited.

Yep

And therefore you needed the scrimmage to let guys stay in the game to work on things.

Best time to do it. Given you will have only 1 practice

Desperate times call for desperate measures

 

[Cardinal2001]

hehe would he qualify for a medical redshirt?

 

[CoachT03]

50 bench points is just mind-boggling

Right?! How many times have we ever achieved that?

 

[PolCy83]

Low ankle sprain per J Jeff and Otz. "Day to day".

 

[clonedude]

"Can’t go thru life scared and worried"

Agree... but you also can't go thru life being stupid either. You can play that game both ways.

 

[jdoggivjc]

Low ankle sprain per J Jeff and Otz. "Day to day".

Talk about dodging a bullet if true - that would mean probably not ready for Kentucky, but would likely be ready for next weekend, assuming we can survive without him Sunday.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

Saddest beat down win ever. Injury sucked the fun out.

 

[PolCy83]

As a gambler, I love betting on large Iowa State spreads bc of Otz. Almost feels like he’s got money on it.

Netted over $400 on ISU bets today. Again, small potatoes, but I'm a novice. It almost overcame the pit of darkness I felt in my stomach the entire effing game.