If he leaves ISU will be lost in the wilderness again.
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Yeah CMC moving on one way or another feels like an ultimate 'be careful what you wish for' deal.
If this isn’t the wilderness I don’t know what is.
Then you are incredibly young or incredibly ill informed on Iowa State football. I dont think you are likely either. I acknowledge your space to engage in drama queen hyperbolic statements, however. Enjoy.
You just become a Clone fan last few years. My God you clearly don't have a clue
We haven’t seen this much parity in conference play in a long, long time. Our facilities and stadium are significantly better than they used to be. We are not the Iowa State of old.
But if we keep bleeding wins by piss-poor game day coaching, we might as well be.
ISU never trailed ASU by more than 8 pts (1 TD + 2 pt conversion), and they trailed by 8 points for only about 7 minutes at the end of the third quarter, so there was really no reason to abandon the running game.
ISU never trailed CU by more than 7 pts (1 TD + XP conversion), and that didn't happen until the 4th quarter was 1/2 over, so again, there was really no reason to abandon the running game.
ISU didn't trail BYU by more than one score until the pick six early in the 4th quarter. Becht had attempted around 20 passes by that point, so a significant number of his pass attempts did come in the 4th quarter. However, bad passing cost ISU at least 7 points (pick six), if not 10 or 14 (red zone int).
Cincinnati got up big, so I understand the high pass count there. However, when only down by one score, why abandon what is working for something that isn't?
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This is exactly correct. There are no monster blue-bloods in the Big 12. AD budgets and facilities are comparable. The top 4 Big 12 FB stadiums in seating capacity (of which ISU is one) are within a couple thousand seats of each other. Back in the Walden era, Switzer would often take shots at ISU's poor football facilities in his media interviews. And why wouldn't he...one of the grass practice fields was used for parking on game days. Nobody in the Big 12 is doing that today.
Specifically to this, it probably would help if ISU took advantage of early-game surge and got ahead 10-0/14-0 when things seem to be clicking, instead of 3-0. It could lean more on running game and not fall behind and feel 'need' to pass as much.
We have so so NIL support. How hard does he have to work to keep his players cuz others schools are offering more money? ISU is behind there.
This stuff is built because of Campbell.
Hell ISU played in the Big 12 north, for years and could not break through that pile of trash. 1 good year?
Everyone else pretty much has invested a lot in facilities. So it's not like ISU has any advantage in this area. All things being equal
The advantage is the coach. Are they having a bad year? yep. Not by the standards of years Duncan to Rhoads, but for Campbell it's a down year.
But he has proven to be able to bounce back from rough years
If you would get rid of Campbell how many schools would look to snatch him up?
So no my friend this is not even being close to lost in the wilderness
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Why did he throw 28 vs. KSU and 27 vs. Iowa?
I know he threw something like 7 in a row yesterday on the last possession so that adds in.
CU and BYU had similar including being down by 14 to BYU and CU was just weird last one or two possessions iirc (and CU converted a 3rd and 16 to ice it).
I also think while the run game is better than other years it's getting over played as something reliable for big plays or something and it's not.
So are you good with those numbers because they won?
What was he told to run during the last 4 games?
The numbers seem reasonable to me for a QB that is playing reasonably well, as Becht was at the time.
Unless Becht is a renegade, it seems safe to assume the plays that were run were what he was told to run. Campbell doesn't seem like Iike the type to put a renegade QB on the field.
Anyone creating that thread at that point of the season would have been torched and pitchforked.
There was a VERY high caliber coach "at the time" hired at ISU in the very recent history. (literally 2 coaches ago). This coach played in the Dog ****, Big 12 north, which many would say was weaker than the Big 10 west, and probably the weakest division in CFB Power 4-5 history. This coach lasted 2 years at ISU, he won a grand total of 5 games at ISU in those 2 years. In those 2 years, losses included to the powerhouses of Kent State, The mighty University of Northern Iowa, Toledo, and UNLV. ISU even made a fortune on selling coins with this coach on them, because he was such great guy. Hell if you are willing to pay enough you could probably find someone willing to part with these exquisite coins.
But yeah we are in so much worse situation now. You are right. The sky has officially fallen, the end must be close.
Hell we probably should not talk about the gem that coached a couple coaches before this guy either, he was so amazing of a coach, that he decided he should not even win a game in an entire season, just for good measure.
You are right we could do so much better, time to fire everyone and move on to one of the gems like we had for most of the history of the program. Why would we want to keep the winningest coach in school history? Why would we want the only coach to take us to 2 CCGs? There has to be someone else that will get us more than our only 11 win season in school history. Right? There has to be someone that can do better than winning our only NY6 bowl in history. Its not like there is only 1 other coach in over 100 years at ISU with a record above .500. Oh wait....
There have been a lot of coaches fired this year, I am sure one of them would be willing to take a pay cut to come to ISU instead of staying at home collecting their buy out. I mean because they sucked at their last school doesnt mean they will at our mighty program with all our money and facilities, cuz we have so much more than places like Florida or Penn St. Ooh Hugh Freeze is available I hear!
With all the other openings around the country I am sure ISU is the destination all the best coaches are waiting for. I am sure we will get the pick of the litter, for half the price, when going up against the likes of Penn St, Florida, Auburn, Texas etc. I mean who wouldnt want to coach for the historical power ISU, for 50% the pay of other places.
You are right though this is the wilderness... No way we could ever get worse.
Guys, we have a QB problem, not a OC play calling problem!
When it comes to the recruitment of the current WR talent.. That is about the only area I see a problem with. Outside of Noel, we can't seem to recruit guys who can run great routes... But somehow they are better at finding transfer WR's who can..
When it comes to the recruitment of the current WR talent.. That is about the only area I see a problem with. Outside of Noel, we can't seem to recruit guys who can run great routes... But somehow they are better at finding transfer WR's who can..
