Am I the only one...

[UNIGuy4Cy]

that thinks CU would have beat anyone in the country last week at home? Alabama, OU, Nebraska, you name it....I just dont think on that day, CU was gonna lose at home. I may be wrong, but they had the emotional edge. I see the same thing happening this week in Ames. I honestly do not see us losing for the same reasons. CPR is behind the scenes with these guys and the motivation factor will be HUGE on Saturday. I also believe that is another reason we need to pack the Jack and be loud and proud.

 

[CycloneYoda]

Re: I am I the only one...

Yes. You are the only one.

 

[IcSyU]

Re: I am I the only one...

Yep, you're the only one. We laid an egg, no way around it.

 

[NobodyBeatsCy]

Re: I am I the only one...

CU is a bad team and is in turmoil. No way we should have lost.

 

[mt85]

Re: I am I the only one...

that thinks CU would have beat anyone in the country last week at home? Alabama, OU, Nebraska, you name it....I just dont think on that day, CU was gonna lose at home. I may be wrong, but they had the emotional edge. I see the same thing happening this week in Ames. I honestly do not see us losing for the same reasons. CPR is behind the scenes with these guys and the motivation factor will be HUGE on Saturday. I also believe that is another reason we need to pack the Jack and be loud and proud.

Bingo. We couldn't have caught CU at a worse time.

 

[isuno1fan]

You are the only one that thinks a lot of things. That should tell you something.

 

[cloneswereall]

You are the only one that thinks a lot of things. That should tell you something.

There's thinking involved?

 

[Billups06]

Re: I am I the only one...

Bingo. We couldn't have caught CU at a worse time.

I get what you're saying, but I think it was more of a mix of ISU not playing well and catching CU at a bad time. I still think the turning point of that game was when we were driving, got down to about the CU 30 yard line and had 3 false start penalties in a row on what was originally a 3rd and 3(?) forcing us to punt. We never really moved the ball after that series.

 

[IcSyU]

Emotions don't win football games. Executing does. Emotions don't all of the sudden make you bigger, faster, stronger, etc. We went into Boulder and didn't execute worth a damn. They did. If emotions win football games, we should stomp Missouri this weekend. If emotions win football games, we shouldn't have choked away conference title game chances in 04 and 05.

 

[cycloneG]

I don't think that at all but I do think the Iowa State team that played CU could lose to anyone in the country.

 

[ahaselhu]

I do think that Colorado played better than they probably have all season, but that doesn't mean they would have beaten everybody.

I think it is a much different game if Hawkins was still their coach. Not because of Hawkins directly, but because firing Hawkins gave the players confidence that they otherwise wouldn't have had.

We still didn't play very well, but I suspect this was more a case of Colorado playing up to their ability for the whole game, rather than us playing terrible.

 

[Clones85']

that thinks CU would have beat anyone in the country last week at home? Alabama, OU, Nebraska, you name it....I just dont think on that day, CU was gonna lose at home. I may be wrong, but they had the emotional edge. I see the same thing happening this week in Ames. I honestly do not see us losing for the same reasons. CPR is behind the scenes with these guys and the motivation factor will be HUGE on Saturday. I also believe that is another reason we need to pack the Jack and be loud and proud.

 

[CykoAGR]

I think that it is the exact opposite. I think that ISU would have lost to ALMOST anyone last week. We played our worst game of the season against one of the worst teams that we have played.

Yes CU had an emotional advantage with all of the turmoil but that is no exuse to get beat by a lesser team.

This is the worst loss of the season for me by far and the worst loss of the CPR era. Probably even worse than the L's to UNI, Toledo and Kent State that Chiz had.

I am not turning on the team or the staff because I think that this could actually lead to a very strong performance this weekend and maybe the team uses AA's injury as a "win one for the Gipper" moment.

I just had a really hard time swallowing this one.

 

[mt85]

Re: I am I the only one...

I get what you're saying, but I think it was more of a mix of ISU not playing well and catching CU at a bad time. I still think the turning point of that game was when we were driving, got down to about the CU 30 yard line and had 3 false start penalties in a row. We never really moved the ball after that series.

I agree that we had opportunities to take back momentum and quell their emotional energy, but we failed to make those plays and allowed them to sustain that energy for the entire game. The kickoff return in the first half after we took the lead and the fumbled punt return after the half were critical moments where we let them sustain their emotions.

 

[heitclone]

I don't think CU is a great team but I agree many people underestimate just how talented CU is, they have higher recruited players than we have nearly across the board. That doesn't mean everything but it shows just how poorly this team performed under Hawkins. I think they showed a lot more speed and explosiveness at the skill positions than we have. I also think its apparent the CU offense has played much better since Hawkins has been under center. A very tough non conference schedule and a lame duck coach made the CU game look like we had an advantage but we didn't, face it this team has more talent that we do. I don't buy the "we just didn't show up" stance, thats an excuse for getting whooped. Other than the KU game this team lost to Cal, Mizzou, Baylor , Tech and OU. Pretty similar to us, so if CU is supposedly so awful then what does that make us?

 

[intrepid27]

Emotions don't win football games. Executing does. Emotions don't all of the sudden make you bigger, faster, stronger, etc.

I think emotion plays a HUGE role in most games. How do you explain us beating TX or playing NU down to the wire?

I for one would not be surprised to see CU beat KSU and/or take NU down to the wire.

I notices that Vegas does not have a spread out for the CU-KSU game. I"m guessing they are not sure how CU will play.

 

[Judoka]

The CU team we played was definetly playing better than their 0-6 conference record indicates, that is a fact.

However, Iowa State also totally laid an egg and played a horrible game, especially on the O-line.

The CU team we played on Saturday wouldn't be 0-6 in conference play, but they wouldn't be beating any elite teams either. Saturday was a case of CU being on the top of their game on the same day that ISU was on the bottom of theirs.

 

[mt85]

Emotions don't win football games. Executing does. Emotions don't all of the sudden make you bigger, faster, stronger, etc. We went into Boulder and didn't execute worth a damn. They did. If emotions win football games, we should stomp Missouri this weekend. If emotions win football games, we shouldn't have choked away conference title game chances in 04 and 05.

I think you are right that emotion alone is not going to win games, but emotions can be a factor in a game. Emotions can allow a player to play at their peak ability, but they are difficult to sustain for a long period.

In the CU game, whenever we had an opportunity to take away their momentum, we failed to capitalize. That allowed them to sustain their peak level of execution throughout the game.

 

[SNEDDS3]

I just love the fact we can make mediocre players look like heisman winners

 

[ahaselhu]

The CU team we played was definetly playing better than their 0-6 conference record indicates, that is a fact.

However, Iowa State also totally laid an egg and played a horrible game, especially on the O-line.

The CU team we played on Saturday wouldn't be 0-6 in conference play, but they wouldn't be beating any elite teams either. Saturday was a case of CU being on the top of their game on the same day that ISU was on the bottom of theirs.

I agree with this. ISU wouldn't have been beaten by just any team they faced on Saturday, and Colorado wouldn't have beaten any team they faced. Colorado played up to their ability, and we didn't.

Some people looked at the 0-5 conference record and expected us to roll them. But the fact is that they have playmakers at RB and WR, and probably a better offensive line than we do. On the other side of the ball, we should have been able to do better against their defense than we did, but I think this is where the coaching change made a big impact. Their new coach realized that they needed to change things up to give their players confidence, and they threw everything at our offensive line, with lots of blitzing and a variety of stunting. We were unprepared for that and it tore us up.

While I do think we could have beat Colorado, there are a lot of reasons why we lost, and they've been thoroughly discussed already. In the end, I still think we have a chance to beat Missouri, and I think we'll be treated to a good game this Saturday.