I don't know if it was a TV timeout, but pretty sure it was change of possession - after a kickoff, if I recall.
D-O-G is annoying no matter what, but it's inexcusable with a routine change of possession.
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D-O-G is annoying no matter what, but it's inexcusable with a routine change of possession.
Refs must have warned us before. Usually they don’t wind the play clock until the team starts coming onto the field in that scenario, iirc, the play clock was at 18 when we starting jogging out onto the field.
Then remember that KU had a delay of game penalty and should have had another which was about 3 seconds after the clock struck 0 but the ref apparently didn’t look because he thought the ump had pumped the clock.
There was something strange in the WSU game. Even when we did not have false starts we had guys getting off the ball late. It was fairly loud in there but it was a lot more ISU fans. Not sure if there was something with WSUs calls but guys were not coordinated on the snap count.
Players or coaches had claimed that WSU had been simulating the snap. They had been caught doing that before and that defensive coaching staff has since been caught doing it since.
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You're going to have to explain which teams "packed it in".
The 3 big wins were Kansas, KSU and TCU.
Kansas sucked.
KSU followed up a 45-0 loss to us with a 31-32 loss to Baylor (doesn't seem like packing things in).
WVU was 5-3 when they visited and then went on to win their bowl game 24-6.
I seem to remember KSU being gutted by COVID at the time
I thought 7-5, which when you take a step back is certainly still on the table. But it's not the WHAT, it's the HOW and the WHO.
HOW - it's just same **** different game. Special teams failures and offensive incoherence. And it's not like it's ONE thing on special teams or offense - there are numerous problems in both phases that need fixed.
WHO - Kansas, regardless of the gaudy record, is still one of the lower half teams in conference we will play.
So that's why everyone is freaking out, and all the consternation about the continuing unsolved problems.
All great points and completely agree. However, the bolded part is where the consternation regarding the offense emanates, IMO. A poster last week, I believe Jeremy, shared that our offense is ranked ~90th in yards per attempt on passing plays. We don't appear to be throwing the ball down field more and we are beginning to utilize the 'bunch' formations from the offenses of years prior. Will be interesting to see what the offense looks like if Brock and Norton are still out this Saturday.
KSU had a ton of guys out and WV was coming off a 3 week Covid pause to head up to Ames, Iowa in December.
I think ISU wins those games with the full roster/non pause availability but not complete domination start to finish.
That team was playing some really good football the last month but also needed breaks like Texas trying to fake punt.
But sometimes that's the difference.
I’m sure we didn’t run those because everyone here hates it when we run too many so now there is a quota lol
Yeah, we don't throw the ball down the field. I can't find air yard numbers right now but I can assure you we aren't anywhere near the top of that. I could live with the interceptions 30 yards down the field. It's those 8 yard outs getting picked off that are killers. FWIW, SP+ doesn't have us ranked above like 63 in any offensive category and the best ones are drives that lose yards and drives that get at least one first down. In other words, our best areas, analytically, are things that don't mean anything in regard to production. Also, we are 130/131 on ST which isn't really shocking, but is certainly damning.
There was some stuff about Purdy being encouraged not to run as much in his SO year, which is when Manning came back. There's some ideas that it may be Campbell who wanted that or that he was injured also so who knows the truth there
I think "freaking out" is a bit strong. I think most people just want to see some acknowledgement of some sort that maybe there're changes in philosophy or changes in scheme or something. A lot of people are watching games and with their eye they can tell it's not working but there's not much acknowledgement from anyone that matters, in words or actions, that something needs to change. Speaking for myself, I've been pretty down on what we've been doing offensively for a few years now and my point was that once we don't have a top 2-3 back in college football like we had for 6 straight years, we would have some struggles. Now, we don't have that and we can't manufacture anything. So, to me, this isn't just this year as much as it's been a few years and I can't say we've gotten better at anything offensively. Hutch is great but the next two best WRs we've had here were brought in by Rhoads, the OL hasn't gotten better since Rhoads, QB has probably been better because of Purdy he turned out to not be able to play here forever. I don't necessarily want to see anyone fired or anything either but it's getting hard to imagine that after this long there's going to be a positive shift. I hope there is and I hope Manning and Campbell adjust things in the offseason and really look at what we're doing and re-work some things but I just don't know if that will happen.
No one picks a kicker in college based on his ability to hit extra points. Making all your extra points and less than 60% of your field goals means you didnt have a good year. I never said anything about Mevis, he was very very good last year.
That's tough though. I'm not going to kill Manning or Campbell for trying dial back Purdy's running. He was beat to hell after about 5-6 games as a Fr. It's one thing to be a good runner as a QB. But he still took way to many direct shots as a runner.
All of this about Dekkers not doing this or not doing that. Remember that he is still green and has a TON of potential. He is still learning and will continue to learn, like when to throw the ball away instead of taking a sack. But give the kid a break. He's not ready to carry this team on his own, and that's what he ended up having to do with Brock and Norton out. Yes it was Kansas, but not your fathers Kansas. And yes we were in a position to win the game. But if the blame is going to be placed anywhere, it should be the lack of special teams being a priority or being an afterthought.
I think we are in some ways seeing how good Purdy was and may have taken him for granted.
Kansas State losing to Baylor is actually bad. Baylor during COVID year sucked. They only beat Kansas, and then that Kansas State game that year.
Which makes our home game against Baylor look even worse, being down big to that Baylor team and needed a huge comeback to win.
I think for some many people, we're left wondering where is the creativity on offense? What do these people do in the offseason? Does anyone even remember a RB wheel route? Or putting two backs in the backfield? Do we run a RB screen? Jet sweep?
Scary thought is that ISU requires an NFL RB to be even decent on offense under this staff.
Scary thought is that ISU requires an NFL RB to be even decent on offense under this staff.
