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No official info here, but he was on the exercise bike with a trainer keeping an eye on him during just about every game.
Raises hand.
Just because we won games, does not mean we don't have areas to improve in. This idea that a lack of a pass rush or bad tackling or the fact we sucked a** against the run - people literally said heading into the game they didn't care about yards cause we were the best scoring defense -
makes no sense to me.
You know what helps defenses get off the field? Sacks.
Makes 3rd down percentage go down for offense? Negative plays and tackles for loss, including, you guessed it, sacks.
Quarterbacks are even more likely to have more turnovers and lower % when facing pressure.
I get so tired of the idea that we accomplished something and should just be happy. Or can't criticize obvious holes in a team simply because it won X amount of games. I will never understand that mindset. We won games, so it doesn't matter if that area wasn't good enough or that area wasn't good enough.
Its one thing to appreciate a 10 win season, Big 12 title game appearance , another bowl game, but acknowledge the flaws that kinda got exposed for the nation to see on Saturday. Rather than to simply say essentially, this is as good as it's ever going to be, so shut up. That's just a mindset I'll never understand.
Might it be the best its ever going to be? Sure. Very plausible. 10 wins is one helluva an accomplishment. Something I certainly never thought would be done at Iowa State and the team deserves all the plaudits and everything else for accomplishing that feat.
But that said, that also does not mean that it was perfect and that there were some pretty huge areas of discrepancy. Pass rush being one of them. Tackling at the second level / run fits being another one.
That'd be like me saying "oh, I've got a house and a job and car, who cares if I don't have a family." Maybe I never will. Maybe I won't. IDK. My point is, in my own opinion anyways, its both possible to be grateful for what you have, appreciate it, but also be aware of areas you'd like to change in the future. Like, it'd be great if I had a family one day. If not, then its not the cards and I can accept that. Likewise, I think it'd be pretty great if Iowa State could have a better pass rush. But that's just me.
Iowa State's never going to be an elite football program like the likes of Ohio State, or Michigan or bama. And we're unlikely to win 10 games on the regular and that makes this season incredibly special and this team will always have an incredibly fond place in the memory banks.
But for me at least, that does not mean the season or team is above reproach when it comes to areas it can improve in or attempt to. Cause ain't that what life's about? No matter how good or how bad, trying to improve it or ourselves? Least that's how I see it. Then again, I've never liked treading water.
I've seen a handful of times this season that Sama is making a boatload and may even be our highest paid player. It led to a theory a few weeks ago that the staff feels like we need to utilize him to show those NIL funds weren't poorly allocated. I can't imagine Campbell & Co. prioritizing those sorts of optics above on-field success, but we did still win 10 games so maybe they tried to balance the two areas of concern?
It's the only explanation I could come up with for why he was given so many opportunities when Hansen exists.
I realize it is possibly only temporary as things continue to change but I did see that Stanford hired former Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck as general manager of their football program last week:
www.si.com
It's a bigger job than just raising and allocating NIL funds. How long before this becomes the norm.
Andrew Luck’s New Role at Stanford: Why “General Manager” is a Misnomer
Andrew Luck, one of Stanford’s most iconic alumni, has indicated a return to his alma mater to assume a role unlike any seen in college football. As the Cardina
www.si.com
It's a bigger job than just raising and allocating NIL funds. How long before this becomes the norm.
If Carson has been dealing with a nagging injury all year I still don't get this coaching staffs logic. 8-10 carries is perfectly fine but 11-15 carries is completely off limits and will send him over the edge.
I just think that the staff had the right read on Sama when they were recruiting him as a CB. Then he blew up for a million yards in the state title game. He definitely has NFL RB speed, but lacks RB instincts. I guess Nwangwu did too and he finally figured it out as a SR. I just think that if he wants to play in the league, it’s at CB and not at RB.
IF he could make that switch, then you have a starter opposite Williams and Hansen would be the primary back, with Lee, Peppers, Flora filling in plus whoever they find in the portal.
IF he could make that switch, then you have a starter opposite Williams and Hansen would be the primary back, with Lee, Peppers, Flora filling in plus whoever they find in the portal.
I think its been the norm. Bama announced a 6 figure deal for their "GM" at the start of last yearI realize it is possibly only temporary as things continue to change but I did see that Stanford hired former Indianapolis Colts QB Andrew Luck as general manager of their football program last week:
Andrew Luck’s New Role at Stanford: Why “General Manager” is a Misnomer
Andrew Luck, one of Stanford’s most iconic alumni, has indicated a return to his alma mater to assume a role unlike any seen in college football. As the Cardina
It's a bigger job than just raising and allocating NIL funds. How long before this becomes the norm.
For 14 weeks?
That's usually not how it works, those situations happen all the time in the NFL.
Malik Nabers was suppose to be on a "pitch count" yesterday due to nagging hip/groin issues and still played 94% of snaps.
1. He wasn’t on a pitch count for 14 weeks, he was injured in the UCF game. Up to that point Hansen had been seeing an increase in carries up until the WVU game where he had 20 carries.
2. The Nabers situation is totally different from Hansen. Two different positions, leagues, and capable backups in Sama and Jackson.
I hope CMC tells Travis, Noel, Higgins, and Porter to get ready for the NFL. We need to audition the current inventory at those positions to properly asses what we have versus what is available in free agency (Some call it the portal).
Doesn't we aren't shopping the market until 12/28, but at ISU it's far easier to retain than it is to acquire
Doesn't we aren't shopping the market until 12/28, but at ISU it's far easier to retain than it is to acquire
Wait, you think CMC isn't stubborn, and wouldn't arrogantly continue to do something, just to prove himself smart and correct?
Have you watched ISU football?
Per Noel, sounds like the guys want to play, and he's certainly not going to forbid that kind of leadership.
CMC got outcoached by a 2nd year head coach at a school with limited success in football.
Linebackers, real o-linemen and tall, fast wide receivers (think Hakeem Butler).
And he just lead ISU to its best football season in history. Chill tf out.
