Iowa St. lost by Texas 44 to 41
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Fighter Hyabusa on Nintendo's Pro Wrestling despite being Japanese clearly looked Polish, and very much like Dan McCarney.
Looks more like Dale MacArtney to me (not to be confused with Dave McCartney).
That was my freshman year. Still remember that game, Texas drove down the field so easily that last drive to win it. The 1999 team was pretty good and so close in several games. I remember losing a really close game to Colorado that year too and IIRC that was the same year we blew a huge lead to KSU at halftime.
Still have nightmares of the Texas game and being up 28-0 over KSU at half and then watching them outscore us 35-0 in the second half IIRC...
Oh yes, this is the game where we used TWO timeouts on freaking PATS!!!!! Came back to haunt us big time as they couldn't stop us that game either. As much good as Danny Mac did for our program, that was another example of the usual type of errors that cost us BIG games. It was at least a fun game to watch, even if I torched a few cars on the angry walk home(allegedly of course).
28-7 at halftime and K-State ranked #15.
Cyclones Nearly Upset No. 15 Kansas State - Iowa State University Athletics Official Web Site - www.CYCLONES.com - The home of Iowa State Cyclone Sports
That 1999 team went 4-7 but lost several close games:
K-State (by 7)
Texas (by 3)
Colorado (by 4)
Kansas (by 3)
Watched the 2000 Insight Bowl the other night and the classic Skladany prevent defense was in full effect at the end of the second quarter that allowed Pittsburgh to get back into the game. They missed the field goal but ate up yards quickly enough to gain a jolt going into the 3rd quarter.
My point here is the Skladany defense lost more close games for us than I can remember. It's one thing to give up the underneath routes late in the game to prevent a big strike, but it's something completely different to give up 10 yard underneath routes and allow the chains to move.
It's one thing I have been happy to see with Rhoads and Wally. Their late game play calling seems to be driven by what their opponent calls for crunch time plays and it appears more often than not the coverages will exploit those tendencies.
My point here is the Skladany defense lost more close games for us than I can remember. It's one thing to give up the underneath routes late in the game to prevent a big strike, but it's something completely different to give up 10 yard underneath routes and allow the chains to move.
It's one thing I have been happy to see with Rhoads and Wally. Their late game play calling seems to be driven by what their opponent calls for crunch time plays and it appears more often than not the coverages will exploit those tendencies.
