Guessing my ISU peers will disagree with me, but Will McDonald is our best pass rusher.
Random ISU/Tech Notes (from a Tech fan)
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They are equally good at what they do. McDonald is probably our best speed rusher, while I think Bailey can mix it up and beat a guy with an inside move as well.
I'm excited to have them both. Watching us put pressure on the QB is a beautiful thing.
If you listen to our coaches, they appear to be more concerned with Bailey, which might make McDonald the more effective pass rusher on Saturday.
I don't expect Iowa State to have more than 1 sack on Saturday. It's not really worth sending DEs screaming up field against Tech's offense, unless it's a 3rd and long type situation, which we have avoided for the most part this year.
Still, UT did not have a sack but their pass rush still impacted the game quite a bit.
Like I said above, if Tech can't block Iowa State's defensive ends, we will just run our "now" & "bubble" RPOs over and over again. It can work but it will take perfect 12+ play drives to convert into actual points. And it's going to be nearly impossible for Tech to win the game that way unless weird stuff happens like Tech being 2+ TO margin.
McDonald spent a lot of time dropping back and as a “spy” against OU.
They may not need him to that as much against Tech.
Colombi is a much better QB than Bowman. That's 2 games now where we've managed to avoid the opposing teams best QB for a full half or more
It may have looked like that. But to say we didn't try would take away from the total ass kicking that you guys put on us.
It's very strange that two of the biggest butt whippings put on Tech in some time were games where ISU outscored Tech by an average of 13 points per game.
These past two games could've (should've?) been as bad as 66-10 was.
I wouldn't be so quick to say that. Colombi came in during garbage time. I doubt he would have fared as well had he started the game.
I was at the game. It was a blood bath, and if it wasn't for the blocked kick, it probably would have been about 56-0.
Don't worry about that. Glad to have TTU fans on the board.
In seriousness, you can afford to be patient with Wells. You all (y'all, I guess) should do so.
Garbage time or not, I think Columbi is the right move. If nothing else because he came over with Wells (correct?).
Guns Up, Cheers.
This. The same time Colombi came in, Walters and Heft were trying to list all of the young players suddenly on the field. I remember they started out with T.J. Tampa and D.J. Miller in the secondary.
The silly penalty by our wide receiver for lining up wrong erased our touchdown and led to the field goal attempt, which led to the fluke touchdown by Tech. That's a 14 point turnaround. Instead of being up 21-7 at half, we would have been up 28-0 and the route is on.
For those of us who live in AZ now - we are not sure if he is indeed an NFL caliber coach He got to draft his favorite QB (all 5'8" of him) and trade away a helluva great RB in David Johnson and we still aren't sniffing the playoffs.
It should've been way worse. The only time Tech's offense was that totally shut out was in 2018 in Manhattan, when we had 1 scholarship QB available with torn ligaments in his knee and it was also like -4 degrees.
Through the first 4 possessions of the game, it was 21-7 even though Iowa State had gained over 98% of the total available yards, with the missing 2%, like you said, wiped away by an alignment penalty. Meanwhile, Tech had about 50 yards on 17 plays.
