Illinois matchup
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I just don't think the way they play is like BYU who really made ISU chase and get turned around.
To me it looks more like Hoiball.
I've listened to five different podcasts today (2 Illinois based, 3 national). Every single one hyped up Illinois and their offense and predicted Illinois to win. They all think the Illini are on some super roll and can't be stopped. The Chicago one predicted a double digit win.
(Putting on my Cardinal/Gold lenses) I am going with Cyclones 78-72.
(Putting on my Cardinal/Gold lenses) I am going with Cyclones 78-72.
I believe they're referring to ISU.
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Also, if we look at duquesne's performance against better teams, their adjusted defensive rating falls off. 46 AdjDE vs quad 2 or better (torvik). 120 vs Quad 1 (but a small sample size)
For reference, vs quad 1 illinois kind of falls off a bit as well, to 14th overall and 148th adjDE
No I thought he was calling us Iowa in that post.I believe they're referring to ISU.
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Went back and edited the egregious typo, a thousand apologies.
After Watching the illinois/Duquesne game I feel Lot better about Thursday. I didn't see the game Saturday cuz I was driving home from omaha but the score was obviously intimidating. Domask's booty ball is not gonna work against us. Shannon is a stud and he is gonna get his regardless of what we do but most of his points the last 2 games were lightly contested drives to the hoop. Hawkins shot out of his mind. If he shoots like that Thursday we are in trouble but I highly doubt it. If Milan shows up offensively we win.
4 Houston starters fouled out and they still won.
Hopefully Dumbass panics when he’s got 2 rabid cyclones frothing at the mouth and humping his leg on the baseline.
Illinois D likes to force midrange jumpers. Soooo, if Yo Momma and The King to the Third Power has those 15 footers on lock, it should open up the OH MY LORD IT'S HASON WARD lobs.
Illinois D likes to force midrange jumpers. Soooo, if Yo Momma and The King to the Third Power has those 15 footers on lock, it should open up the OH MY LORD IT'S HASON WARD lobs.
Alternately, maybe TAMU is just a bad matchup for Houston, along with some particularly questionable officiating.
TAMU gave them their toughest 2 games of the season (a loss by 4 and a loss in OT) in Home\Neutral environments aside from our win (but that was pretty much a road game). Almost all of the rest of their home\neutral wins were by double digits
That game was really a perfect storm for Houston- playing the team they already had seen a tough matchup against, while getting the kind of officiating they absolutely didn't want to see. Kind of the scenario we were afraid of in a potential matchup with BYU.
IMO the problem with opposing fans and even WAY too much of the media is that when people hear "defense," the image of Virginia and SDSU come to mind.
It's very easy for outsiders to assume we are in the mold of those classic slow-grind super disciplined teams who play conservatively and are always in the right place. In others' minds, all their team has to do is be patient, make a few plays, win some one-one-ones, and hit some contested shots and BOOM! Advantage offense.
Quite frankly, not only is it getting old at this point, it's just lazy and disrespectful, even if unintentional. Sure, it is what it is and we're Iowa State so yeah, it's not unexpected whatsoever.
Our defense is dynamic, aggressive, and simply a vulgar display of high-octane game changing athleticism. People just don't feel comfortable associating those words with defense in general, or Iowa State athletics, respectively. Let alone the Iowa State defense in particular.
It's very easy for outsiders to assume we are in the mold of those classic slow-grind super disciplined teams who play conservatively and are always in the right place. In others' minds, all their team has to do is be patient, make a few plays, win some one-one-ones, and hit some contested shots and BOOM! Advantage offense.
Quite frankly, not only is it getting old at this point, it's just lazy and disrespectful, even if unintentional. Sure, it is what it is and we're Iowa State so yeah, it's not unexpected whatsoever.
Our defense is dynamic, aggressive, and simply a vulgar display of high-octane game changing athleticism. People just don't feel comfortable associating those words with defense in general, or Iowa State athletics, respectively. Let alone the Iowa State defense in particular.
We are going to blow their doors off the more I think about it.
You can feel that way as long as you don't lose your **** if it doesn't happen, because they are a good team and there is no legitimate reason to think this will be a cakewalk for either team. Just wishful thinking.
The b12 has not done nearly as well as anticipated. The b10 has done much better than I expected. Will be interesting.
And no lead will be safe if for some reason ISU gets one that's sizable.
People will be up in arms about it being a B1G team but Illinois is good no matter the conference.
