Or........conference quality isn't what it used to be.He's successfully raised the standard. For better and worse. 7-6 used to be a smashing success, now it's met w/ 'meh' kind of a disappointment. and 4-6 was the norm while not celebrated.
Or........conference quality isn't what it used to be.He's successfully raised the standard. For better and worse. 7-6 used to be a smashing success, now it's met w/ 'meh' kind of a disappointment. and 4-6 was the norm while not celebrated.
Snyder did his magic facing stacked teams from Nebraska, Oklahoma, OSU, Texas, aTm, Missouri, and Colorado.Just getting ready for months of bad comparisons to Snyder and Ferentz that don't match what those two actually accomplished.
I'll give you OU/TX have been trending down, but OU was a playoff team or in the hunt most of those years. KSU, TTU, TCU, Baylor all varying levels of good or retooling.Or........conference quality isn't what it used to be.
Rewatch the last offensive series in the 2020 conference championship game and you see some strangely familiar things:
1. Consecutive false starts
2. A clear indecisiveness on what play to call
3. Purdy forced to rush without a clear play determined resulting in an interception and ultimately the game. Yes other factors put the game in that position but that one decisive drive shows all the same trademarks seen this year.
4. The appearance is the game moves too fast for the coaching staff to determine plays and you see this very clearly whenever it’s a two minute drill especially although it’s always present.
5. Everyone has seen the offense is best when it moves quickly and forces other teams to react. The reality is it cedes the initiative to every single defense it faces by being indecisive and not having the next two to three plays in mind. This has been an issue for years.
6. The continuing major scheme and play execution issues with offense and special teams have been apparent for years. The fact that these issues continue is alarming and will continue to limit the team.
No doubt about, but turnovers aside we missed game saving stops. We are coached to get stops.They're coached to be aggressive. We're not. That's Campbell's philosophy.
Hard to make big stops if you're playing passive. We don't rush if we don't have to. We almost always go into umbrella. Bend but don't break is fine unless your offense can't score. Then you need to be more like Iowa and play the ball not the formation and down.No doubt about, but turnovers aside we missed game saving stops. We are coached to get stops.
This is what I've been saying for the second half of the year. Last year, we had an NFL QB, NFL RB, NFL TE, and an NFL WR (X) to cover up these offensive issues. It's also crazy that we had NFL players at key positions and went 7-6.
My complaint has been that we are using the same schemes, play calling, lack of accountability, etc. that caused us to go 7-6 with NFL talent this year when we don't have NFL talent at key positions and expecting better results than we had with those players.
It’s amazing what some think to explain these results. They want to say that 2020 was the greatest season and the greatest Iowa State football team of all time with the Fiesta Bowl win. Alright let’s agree and say the unique circumstances of 2020 didn’t matter at all. In fact it only worked against us because if we just would have had our limited crowd in Jack Trice we never would have been clobbered by the Rajin Cajuns!This is what I've been saying for the second half of the year. Last year, we had an NFL QB, NFL RB, NFL TE, and an NFL WR (X) to cover up these offensive issues. It's also crazy that we had NFL players at key positions and went 7-6.
My complaint has been that we are using the same schemes, play calling, lack of accountability, etc. that caused us to go 7-6 with NFL talent this year when we don't have NFL talent at key positions and expecting better results than we had with those players.
If you think today's top Big12 teams are anywhere near as talented as the usual Nebraska, Texas, aTm, and Oklahoma of the glory days of the Big12 I don't know what to tell you.
Apples. Oranges.
Bottom is better, sure, but top isn't near the cream it was.
CONFERENCE | COUNT |
SEC | 505 |
Big Ten | 381 |
ACC | 307 |
Pac-12 | 298 |
Big 12 | 207 |
AAC | 143 |
C-USA | 113 |
MWC | 103 |
IND | 87 |
MAC | 72 |
SUN | 50 |
Boomers would be the ones watching CampbellBall and getting excited about 3 yard runs up the middle and yelling Woohoo! Just like Woody Hayes!Okay Boomer.
Which years are you referencing those aforementioned teams ALL being "stacked"?Snyder did his magic facing stacked teams from Nebraska, Oklahoma, OSU, Texas, aTm, Missouri, and Colorado.
Comparing CMC to Snyder trivializes Bill's accomplishments and legacy.
I wondered about that while walking out of JTS on Saturday. I can't imagine a team consistently having a worse ratio.Is yards per point a stat anyone tracks? I bet we have one of the highest yards per point total in modern history.
Move with ease between the 10s and don’t score points
That game was trending a 100 yards per point until the TD. Tech only needed 246 yards for 14 points.I wondered about that while walking out of JTS on Saturday. I can't imagine a team consistently having a worse ratio.
How on Earth did they manage that much scoring without breaking 1000 yards?!?That game was trending a 100 yards per point until the TD. Tech only needed 246 yards for 14 points.