*** Official IOWA STATE vs Kansas Game(Day) Thread ***

[StPaulCyclone]

How do you have nobody out there for the option

Reeder took the pitch man, it looked like Purchase lost contain.

 

[cyatheart]

I think our offense has looked fine, we're just pulling our usual ******** of ruining it ourselves constantly.

Dekkers needs to find some pocket awareness or the oline needs to learn how to block. Not sure which is the issue here, maybe both

So other than the missed blocks, bad snaps, and poor execution, it's been good

 

[bluestarcyclone]

The other team scores first and the doom and gloomers come out of the closet. Just wish you all could handle a little adversity.

I mean, its not just that they scored first. We've looked bad all over well before that.

 

[CyGuy5]

Commercial, kickoff, commercial is just brutal

 

[Cyinthenorth]

Does it though? Their big plays have been off a busted coverage or trickery.

They are holding a lot too. Only been called for one so far

 

[CoKane]

People need to stop with the ref BS. There is holding on every play in football, it doesn’t get called 99% of the time for either team.

We are losing because we aren’t executing, we’re slow in space, and we’re too green and timid on offense.

We are in this game and the BS about the refs needs to stop. It’s pathetic.

It would be a tie game with we don't call the BS PI or if we're given the probably fumble we recovered. That being said, we don't deserve to be leading so it is what it is.

 

[Malone]

Just feels like we make things so much harder on offense than it needs to be. Feels more like a coaching issue, especially while watching Kansas move the ball freely.

 

[Didley]

Kansas seems legit. But they’re beatable. Im more convinced now that every Big 12 team is almost exactly evenly matched. Every game will come down to turnovers and penalties

 

[CoKane]

So other than the missed blocks, bad snaps, and poor execution, it's been good

Lol yeah, pretty much.

 

[StPaulCyclone]

Our LB are sloooooowwww

Freyler is the new Rose, cleaning everything up.

 

[enisthemenace]

That last look he was short… barely. I’m surprised they gave it to him…

I mean…I don’t disagree, but do you honestly think there was enough to overturn it? I don’t think so.

 

[DSM4Cy]

So far, we haven’t valued each down enough on offense and have been content to look for short gains rather than opening up the whole field. This is because the O-line can’t protect well enough. So we’re just trying to run clock and shorten the game Bill Snyder-style, but we don’t have the line to do it. Seems rather familiar…

I feel like we’ve gone from extreme overachieving in the early CMC years based on the talent on the roster, to playing about as badly as we possibly can based on the talent on the roster both last year and into 2022. Complacency?

 

[Cyinthenorth]

Yeah, maybe having a 260 pound linebacker isn't such a great idea

Maybe Vance needs to come up to the line and be our 4th down lineman. Maybe then we could get some pressure

 

[AuH2O]

It's just like the mangino years. They go from bottom feeder to top dogs for a few years until the magic wears off. Then back to the basement.

Ku football knows no middle.

If Leipold is there they will be pretty good.

 

[CoKane]

Also, are we sure Will McDonald is ok? Dude isn't even in the top 10 on the team for tackles and he's been invisible today too

 

[DSM4Cy]

I mean…I don’t disagree, but do you honestly think there was enough to overturn it? I don’t think so.

Yeah, I don’t think there was either. No problem with either of the replay reviews so far, or even the PI on Purchase after seeing the replay.

 

[Dowwmeow]

So other than the missed blocks, bad snaps, and poor execution, it's been good

Pretty fair summary so far

 

[AllInForISU]

I will say, only Tom Manning would make the worst defense in the conference look like world beaters

Dekkers is not seeing the field well at all and their best RB got hurt in the third play. That’s not on Manning.

 

[Didley]

Just feels like we make things so much harder on offense it needs to be. Feels more like a coaching issue, especially while watching Kansas move the ball freely.

Too much depends on executing 3x 4 yard plays in a row to move the chains. But any slight mistake like a penalty of or incompletion ends it. Too much depends on perfection.

 

[stateofmind]

So much ignorance in GameDay threads.