From the Ames Trib this morning - Rhoads explains fourth quarter play calling...
Seriously CPR? Call a timeout for pete's sake.
By Bobby La Gesse
Sports Editor
rlagesse@amestrib.com
When Iowa State wide receiver Carson Epps fell near the first down marker, the coaching staff thought it was a first down.
A pass was called, but the Cyclones, driving to take the lead late in the fourth quarter, found themselves in third down.
The ensuing pass was incomplete and ISU failed to convert on fourth down a play later, ending a drive full of confusion in a 35-31 loss to No. 5 Oklahoma State on Saturday.
“Got to execute,” coach Paul Rhoads said. “Got to block. Got to run. Got to get that first down.”
Rhoads wasn’t going to use the play calls as an excuse. He said the Cyclones should have converted regardless.
ISU started the drive on its own 28-yard line. The second play was the Epps catch. Thinking Epps moved the chains, offensive coordinator Todd Sturdy called a pass play.
“We thought we got the first down,” Rhoads said. “From our view on the spot it sure looked like a first down. Line to gain is something they are supposed to stop to review if they feel it is necessary. So we made a call based on what we thought was a first-and-10 play.”
Rhoads said the staff realized it was third down before the ball was snapped, but didn’t have time to change it because the offense wouldn’t look to the sideline during its two minute offense.
“Everything had been in and eyes were off of us, so the play was going to be run,” Rhoads said.
Quarterback Joel Lanning threw an incomplete pass to wide receiver Allen Lazard.
“We should have been able to get it anyways,” Lanning said. “We just kind of hurt ourselves toward the end of the game.”
Rhoads said the fourth down call — an inside run to running back Mike Warren — would have been the third down call. Regardless, he felt the Cyclones were in a spot to convert the first down.
Warren was quickly engulfed by defenders on the handoff and never made it to the marker.
“They were bringing everyone off the edge and inside and they just stuffed every gap,” Rhoads said. “That’s pretty much the answer for fourth-and-one.”
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Seriously CPR? Call a timeout for pete's sake.
By Bobby La Gesse
Sports Editor
rlagesse@amestrib.com
When Iowa State wide receiver Carson Epps fell near the first down marker, the coaching staff thought it was a first down.
A pass was called, but the Cyclones, driving to take the lead late in the fourth quarter, found themselves in third down.
The ensuing pass was incomplete and ISU failed to convert on fourth down a play later, ending a drive full of confusion in a 35-31 loss to No. 5 Oklahoma State on Saturday.
“Got to execute,” coach Paul Rhoads said. “Got to block. Got to run. Got to get that first down.”
Rhoads wasn’t going to use the play calls as an excuse. He said the Cyclones should have converted regardless.
ISU started the drive on its own 28-yard line. The second play was the Epps catch. Thinking Epps moved the chains, offensive coordinator Todd Sturdy called a pass play.
“We thought we got the first down,” Rhoads said. “From our view on the spot it sure looked like a first down. Line to gain is something they are supposed to stop to review if they feel it is necessary. So we made a call based on what we thought was a first-and-10 play.”
Rhoads said the staff realized it was third down before the ball was snapped, but didn’t have time to change it because the offense wouldn’t look to the sideline during its two minute offense.
“Everything had been in and eyes were off of us, so the play was going to be run,” Rhoads said.
Quarterback Joel Lanning threw an incomplete pass to wide receiver Allen Lazard.
“We should have been able to get it anyways,” Lanning said. “We just kind of hurt ourselves toward the end of the game.”
Rhoads said the fourth down call — an inside run to running back Mike Warren — would have been the third down call. Regardless, he felt the Cyclones were in a spot to convert the first down.
Warren was quickly engulfed by defenders on the handoff and never made it to the marker.
“They were bringing everyone off the edge and inside and they just stuffed every gap,” Rhoads said. “That’s pretty much the answer for fourth-and-one.”
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