***2024 CFB Week 3 Games Thread***

jctisu

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Sure is. But Kansas wasn’t winning the conference anyway so not really at the end of the day.
Of course anything can happen, as they haven’t gotten to conference play, but I never understood the KU hype. Daniels is all about himself, the loss of Kotolnicki (sp) is a much bigger deal than folks talked about and I just think they were better with Bean at QB.
 

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I mean your posts sounds like KU is going to just look the same when ISU plays them.
I thought we were better than them last year (we really gave that game away) and going into this year without their OC and Daniels at QB, yes I expect to beat them. One thing that will not change in two months is Daniels trying to play hero ball.

Now if they use their RBs like they should? Sure then we shall see.
 

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I thought we were better than them last year (we really gave that game away) and going into this year without their OC and Daniels at QB, yes I expect to beat them. One thing that will not change in two months is Daniels trying to play hero ball.

Now if they use their RBs like they should? Sure then we shall see.

If Daniels is even playing by then (injuries, do they have another Bean type if he's benched?).

Either way ISU still has a ways to go for me to circle any conference games as sure Ws (not saying they won't, they just need to play well and consistent) and that's not taking injuries into consideration.
 

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I know we should be rooting for the conference. But stuff like this makes me think the conference might be more top heavy than we thought. If we can have 3 11-1, 10-2 teams, that'll be good.
 
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If Daniels is even playing by then (injuries, do they have another Bean type if he's benched?).

Either way ISU still has a ways to go for me to circle any conference games as sure Ws (not saying they won't, they just need to play well and consistent) and that's not taking injuries into consideration.
Spot on with Daniels and injuries. But one thing you’re not counting is that everyone always says “teams are not the same week to week” which is 100% obvious and true. BUT that doesn’t mean they will change in a good way. If this continues for KU, there’s a real chance Daniels and perhaps the team quits a bit by the time we play them.

KU had some pretty lofty expectations coming in, so if they lose a couple of Big 12 games right out of the gate that could go south fast.

And yes, I NEVER guarantee a win, but beating KU was needed to get to larger goals this year. If we want to challenge for the conference title, we can’t lose a neutral site game against a team that has shown some big weaknesses thus far.