*** Official #18 IOWA STATE vs #13 Miami Pop-Tarts Bowl Game(Day) Thread ***

[t-noah]

Intersting footnote. I just started watching the game re-run. Guess who was in on the first play of the game? The high snap fumble by Cam Ward? Will MacLaughlin and Cale Brezina. Both were right in the backfield and Brezina got the recovery!

Those are two big guys we got back! MacLaughlin the past couple of games, and Brezina just this game.

I'll prolly have to watch the game a 3rd time, but I didn't notice Brezina much in the 2nd half. Does anyone know what his injury was/is and if he got re-injured yesterday?

 

[BCClone]

I'm still not convinced the Freyler PI shouldn't have gone against the WR on that play.

I thought it was a 50/50 call that should not have been called. They were both hand/arm fighting. One of the weakest PIs I’ve seen called.

 

[ClonerJams]

Just read Pop Tarts bowl had 4.3 million viewers.

For comparison, Penn State SMU had around 6 and Tennessee Ohio State had nearly 15 million.

I’m actually fairly impressed by the numbers given a non playoff game bowl.

4.3 is really good considering we were competing with an NFL game

 

[twincyties]

Also worth noting it was exactly same viewership as last year.

 

[SolarGarlic]

Rocco was very deserving of player of the game, but my MVP goes to Jaylin Noel. Senior leader, the singular focus of the secondary, and still had a huge game. And that doesn't even start to mention the most important part in the leadership that he showed by going out there when he really had nothing left to prove. He's an all timer in my book.

I thought Noel deserved it too, especially given his performance on the winning drive. Obviously Rocco is involved in that equation, but Noel took over the game when Miami knew we wanted to go to him, and they still couldn't stop him. It probably worked out for the best, but his big 3rd down catch would've been a TD if the Miami DB doesn't interfere. I would've been salty if we hadn't completed the pass.

 

[SolarGarlic]

It's artificial. The aspect college football is ******. Used to love it over the NFL. It's gone. We beat the hurricanes yaa! Did they want to play like it meant something? No. Also we couldn't win a watered down b12. Goes back again and again to 21 season. Had the studs on offense, really good defense. O line sub par, coaching, suspect at best. Glad Campbell got his ten win season. Congrats

Being an ISU fan ain't for you. Move along.

 

[CycloneDaddy]

JoeFrog...turning a new leaf to start the new year?

Let me know if they do, maybe I will take them off my ignore list.

 

[Newell]

Explanation was we had a guy lose his helmet, which would stop the clock, so their timeout wasn't taken.

Thank you. I left the room and when I returned they were still in timeout. Was it a full timeout or just stopping the clock while the ISU player left the field?

 

[t-noah]

I heard zero mention of Porter or Verdon by the announcers. Not surprised though, they were clearly rooting for Miami.

Agree. Most of (the little) their pregame prep seemed to be focused on Miami. The nuances about Iowa State were largely not there.

 

[JM4CY]

I totally missed this and find it way funnier than I probably should. She clearly drew a blank or had like a mini seizure but credit to her for powering through.

 

[Kinch]

I know how the guys on our floor would have celebrated. Get swimming suits on, grab Cigars and turn the shower into a sauna.

 

[12191987]

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I asked Grok to make me an Irish poptart. Black pudding?

Two things:

1. FarmO’Geddon is an absolutely fantastic name.

2. Black pudding is delicious.

 

[iowastatefan1929]

I had myself fully convinced we would get beat down by 3 touchdowns. Still buzzin with glee 2 hours later. Huge win dont care one iota how we got there.

 

[twincyties]

I had myself fully convinced we would get beat down by 3 touchdowns. Still buzzin with glee 2 hours later. Huge win dont care one iota how we got there.

I was not optimistic that we’d win, but (being curious - not argumentative) why so pessimistic about the severity of outcome?

 

[iowastatefan1929]

I was not optimistic that we’d win, but (being curious - not argumentative) why so pessimistic about the severity of outcome?

Recency bias from ASU.

 

[twincyties]

Recency bias from ASU.

Totally fair and understandable. Big 12 CG was certainly buzz kill.

 

[demoncore1031]

Thank you. I left the room and when I returned they were still in timeout. Was it a full timeout or just stopping the clock while the ISU player left the field?

For a player losing a helmet it should have taken 10-15 seconds to get that player off the field and resume play, but somehow it turned into a full timeout.

 

[IASTATE07]

2. Black pudding is delicious.

After reading this, what are some of your favorite foods?

 

[KidSilverhair]

For a player losing a helmet it should have taken 10-15 seconds to get that player off the field and resume play, but somehow it turned into a full timeout.

A full timeout that Miami didn’t have to spend. I couldn’t figure that out either.

 

[twincyties]

For a player losing a helmet it should have taken 10-15 seconds to get that player off the field and resume play, but somehow it turned into a full timeout.

I don’t know that it was intended to be a full timeout.

As I understand the rule, if a players helmet comes off the play is dead. Miami called a time out - I assume thinking the clock was still running.

When it was determined the play was already dead, it negated the need for the timeout.

Whether or not that part was handled appropriately (specifically whether or not a timeout can be given back once called) is beyond my depth of knowledge.

But the clock stopping when helmet comes off was correct.