*** Official IOWA STATE vs #19 Kansas State Game(Day) Thread ***

Absolutely f***ing inexcusable to give up a touchdown there. Really, really bad defense. Some of the worst tackling efforts you’ll ever see on a football field. Giving up the EASY 4th down and then the big gain right after (also wide f***ing open) is on Heacock. Really disappointing from this staff, once again right before a half.

And dropping INT’s isn’t bad luck or a bad break. We’ve dropped dozens of INT’s in CMC’s tenure. DB’s, LB’s, it doesn’t matter - they all drop them, year after year. When it happens with so many different players across so many different seasons, that’s on the staff. Dropping an INT is a turnover.
 
If we are being honest with ourselves, we are going to have to get used to not winning in the margins some games. Campbell has said it as nauseam, but we have yet to actually be good in the margins. Until I actually see it, we will be the team to hurt ourselves in these close games. There is a reason Campbell is the Scott frost of the big 12 in one score games…..
At this point I’m not sure that CMC is capable of not shooting himself in the foot. He is awful in the margins. I fully expect to have opportunities to win the new Big 12 in future years and Matt Campbell will find a way to screw it up. He has has opportunity after opportunity to self-correct but he never does. It is hard to watch.
 
Not that I am surprised that the sky is falling on here, did anyone honestly expect more than this? K-State is much better than us. The fact it is this close is amazing, frustrating, but amazing.