*** Official #16 IOWA STATE vs #15 Arizona State Big 12 Championship Game(Day) Thread ***

[RezClone]

So we dominated the 1st quarter. They dominated the 2nd quarter.

What's the score supposed to look like in that situation?

If you said 24 to 10... well...

 

[CoKane]

I've gotten on Cambpell over not taking chances before but not calling a timeout to throw a hail mary(or ****, even just trying a long after FG) is one of the mostly cowardly things I've seen in a while

 

[bluestarcyclone]

So glad we're taking those 3 TO with us to half time. Instead of using one of the three, we rushed a FG and it missed by 15 yards. Then that

Well we have to save them in case we want to use them on the 'fake that we're going for it but waste a timeout instead' play that never works.

 

[Spam]

Could have easily got a field goal out of that drive i

 

[CyGuy5]

They have never looked this bad before

The Kansas game disagrees

 

[bos]

Coaching staff quiting, wth was that?

I bet they aren’t quitting in the locker room right now.

 

[IcSyU]

They have about 4 game changing plays with 5 huge plays minus a sack.

We have....

 

[cybychoice]

And there it is. It’s not the refs fault to any degree. They are taking advantage of our defensive scheme. And with poor tackling and time management, we are 2 scores down. Nothing more than that.

The missed DPI that was obvious to the world was the entire turning point of the first half. No one will convince me otherwise. Clutch your pearls about people complaining about the officials somewhere else.

 

[CY88CE11]

We just ended the half at the 50 with 3 ******* timeouts in our pockets. Inexcusable.

 

[iowastatefan1929]

This is why we stay off twitter Jamie Pollard.

 

[madguy30]

Though delayed the karma for all of the 2016 Rose Bowl mockery is brutal.

That game and this are nothing alike. ISU would have a chance with doing little things better.

Stanford was going to win that game by 4 TDs 10/10 times.

 

[Drew0311]

They have one incomplete pass also. Our defense is terrible. Definitely need to hit the transfer portal for some guys that can play

 

[cincinnaticyclone]

The Kansas game disagrees

Lol you’re right just edited it

 

[Cymark86]

Matt Campbell has his strengths.

His biggest weakness is playing not to lose instead of playing to win.

There’s no scenario where you allow ASU to get the ball back with 2 minutes left in the half. Instead, we get some of the most listless, dog sh*t offensive playcalling possible.

There are so many instances of listless, pointless offensive possessions this season.

This right here is coaching malpractice. You are so conservative 99% of the time but have no awareness of what’s going on today? Good grief. Worse case scenario go on down 7 and get the ball after half time. For all the $$ spent on assistant coaches, this board could do time management better than this staff.

 

[WastedTalent]

That last 3 minutes was back breaking. Chance to get points before half, and have ball in 2nd, ISU punts and ASU gets TD.

 

[RezClone]

We HAD 3 TIMEOUTS!!!!!

 

[Walden4Prez]

We need to come out with a solid drive to start the 2nd half and score points. If we are in their side of the 50, go for it. I don’t need to see more shanked FGs.

 

[Dgilbertson]

Our team.....fighting for a fumble on an OBVIOUS down and running like 10 seconds off clock. sigh...

Let’s be honest though…we’re ISU. Could see that getting called a live ball then not enough evidence to overturn.

Refs could’ve done a better job blowing the play dead

 

[NoCreativity]

Campbell is completely lost today. He's trying to play Ferentz-lite scared football.

 

[awd4cy]

How can so many posters be calling game at half time? Yeah, they look bad. But have you watched the team this season? How many times we've thought "that's game" and then still won?

Keep the faith!

This is also the best team we’ve played all year by a decent margin.