DEPTH CHART IS OUT!
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Are Sowell and Townsend healthy? CMC is notorious for listing guys second, with the "or" designation, no matter their health status
No, we’re better with 2 studs. And the others will have 200-500 including TEs if you have two stud WRs.
lol. I never said it was the sole purpose of action. Matter of fact, I’ve never known CMC to do anything for one sole reason. He’s all about killing as many proverbial birds with one stone as you can.
Wrong.
Last year defenses only had to focus on two guys. Making them spread their attention to three wideouts far is better—TE’s and RB’s aside—including when one of your “studs” is getting a breather. Putting as much stress as you can on a defense is always optimal.
10-4.
It all comes back to:
“If you fall in love with the process…. if you fall in love with the process….Eventually…Eventually, the process will love you back!”
So yes, it is all the same in the end.
You’d never turn down having two studs. There were very, very few teams in the country who wouldn’t have traded their top two guys for our top two. Obviously Ohio st wouldn’t, but there wasn’t many beyond them. The problem was that the coaches and/or Rocco absolutely did not trust anyone else. It’s pretty obvious why Burkle piled up the yards late in the year. He gained that trust and teams were so concerned about Higgins and Noel that he ended up in a lot of mismatch situations.
Well let’s be honest, have we ever in our history had to replace the level of talent of Noel and Higgins? I’m guessing not.
Sama is who he is. Talented yes but lacks vision, hasn’t read blocks well. The great ones we have had have already shown way more than he has by this time in their career. He will likely be better this year but honestly he isn’t in the same stratosphere as Breece, and to be fair not many are.
May God forever bless Kyle Kempt, but I wonder how many yards Lazard would have had with Brock or Rocco.That's not some bold statement. You mean we lost two day two NFL draft picks from the WR room and we're not going to immediately replace them with someone new having a top 10 receiving season in school history? Oooh what a shocker that'd be
Don't need to have a Higgins/Noel in order to have a deep WR room and productive passing game.
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I find the debate about whether it’s better to have 2 1,000 yd receivers vs 4 500 receivers very interesting.
I think it might be better to have the 4 500 yd receivers honestly. If I’m an opposing defense, I think having to worry about 4 is harder than 2.
I think it might be better to have the 4 500 yd receivers honestly. If I’m an opposing defense, I think having to worry about 4 is harder than 2.
Every week, It's in the ISU notes, page 7
Iowa State Football Media Center - Iowa State Athletics
2025 Iowa State Football Fact Book - 2025 Iowa State Football Yearbook - Iowa State Live In-Game Notes For access to the Iowa State Media Drop or to be added...
Or this week's notes:
Sowell is, and he's really friggin good. X is a giant question mark
Higgins ran a 4.47 with a 39 inch vertical at 6'4" 214 lbs and Noel ran a 4.39 with a 41.5 inch vertical. You're saying Sowell and Townsend are better athletes? Both Higgins and Noel are elite at their position athletically.
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Which is more than one or two and then the back up to one (4th receiver) is also really good which stresses the defense out.
I was thinking Saturday can't get here soon enough but now I'm not so sure.
Every week, It's in the ISU notes, page 7
Iowa State Football Media Center - Iowa State Athletics
2025 Iowa State Football Fact Book - 2025 Iowa State Football Yearbook - Iowa State Live In-Game Notes For access to the Iowa State Media Drop or to be added...cyclones.com
Or this week's notes:
Much thanks for the link. Not sure why I didn't think to look in the Game 1 Notes. Apparently, I'm having my own version of a slow start to the season.
