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

CoKane

Well-Known Member
Oct 26, 2013
18,196
11,885
113
Cedar Rapids
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
 
  • Like
Reactions: ISU1991

alarson

Well-Known Member
SuperFanatic
SuperFanatic T2
Mar 15, 2006
59,367
73,844
113
Ankeny
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.
 

cybychoice

Well-Known Member
Jun 27, 2014
510
478
63
Ankeny
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.
 

madguy30

Well-Known Member
SuperFanatic
SuperFanatic T2
Nov 15, 2011
57,170
55,075
113
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

Well-Known Member
Nov 7, 2019
9,027
13,707
113
51
Norwalk, Iowa
They have one incomplete pass also. Our defense is terrible. Definitely need to hit the transfer portal for some guys that can play
 

Cymark86

Well-Known Member
Dec 2, 2023
382
378
63
56
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

Well-Known Member
Oct 22, 2012
7,195
4,425
113
40
That last 3 minutes was back breaking. Chance to get points before half, and have ball in 2nd, ISU punts and ASU gets TD.
 
  • Like
Reactions: RezClone

Walden4Prez

Well-Known Member
Jul 8, 2014
4,190
3,932
113
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

Well-Known Member
Sep 16, 2023
1,663
2,034
113
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