Game Thoughts: Arizona State

[ClonesTwenty1]

@CycloneRulzzz can we get this one on the gameday threads? lol

 

[Erik4Cy]

I’m starting to wonder if the score pickers on staff can find some remote reason to pick ISU to win in any game yet this season?

This week staff picks were some of the worst I've seen in awhile.

Homer ISU winning picks for all 7 pickers aside...everyone should know no way in hell ISU is holding a team under 20 right now...except for maybe Okie State, but even that I kinda doubt.

 

[atlantacyclone]

Seems like Rocco hasn’t been himself since the concussion.. when he does throw it well it’s often dropped…

 

[Clonefan94]

i made some vegetable beef stew and am drinking merlot

Are you sure you aren’t drinking Malort, not Merlot? Because I would have been eating the stew also.

 

[Clonefan94]

@CycloneRulzzz can we get this one on the gameday threads? lol

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Might as well make it part of the hit tape the way things are going.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

This week staff picks were some of the worst I've seen in awhile.

Homer ISU winning picks for all 7 pickers aside...everyone should know no way in hell ISU is holding a team under 20 right now...except for maybe Okie State, but even that I kinda doubt.

There’s absolutely no way the staff can pick Iowa State to win(and not look like an idiot) other than that OSU game. If there is one staff member that picks Iowa state to win TCU, KU they should be fired immediately.

 

[Inthesystem]

A bowl would only be worthwhile for the additional practices. I can’t imagine there would be a huge following wanting to watch this team play another 6-6 team in a toilet bowl game.

Well, I would but I’m weird that way.

 

[1SEIACLONE]

This is starting to remind me of the scene in Tommy Boy when Richard tells Tommy (after a series of failed sales meetings), "Well, let's head off to our next huge embarrassing failure." This performance was mostly on the offense, and I was actually quite proud of the D. The D played way better than they did at Colorado.

Offense

- Rocco Becht stinks right now and I don't know what else to say. He's struggling in intermediate throws (10-20 yards), and he's not seeing check downs either
- The final 4th down throw to Chase Sowell was really low and near his knees. If that pass is anywhere near the torso or mid section Sowell runs out of bounds easy and keeps his feet. Chase Sowell in general has been a big letdown this season and his only big game was Arizona. Sowell had a couple drops today and it hurt the team.
- Case in point ISU was 2/12 on 3rd down late in the game. Cut out the multiple tight end sets it is clogging up the middle of the field and making us easy to defend. Where are the slant passes to our quick WRs, screens to RB or WR, we do nothing to make the defense cover more of the field laterally
- The throw to Ben Brahmer was a total hospital ball and completely terrible.
- Carson Brown should play more, one PI drawn and catches most balls. I'm wondering if Brett Eskildsen OR Carson Brown had 10 targets and Sowell had fewer would this outcome have been different.
- Dylan Lee had a huge block and a nice run, would like to see him play more especially if Hanson is dinged up.
- Ben Brahmer had a hold on an important 2nd down and an offensive pass interference. One TE probably shouldn't have two flags in the same game woof. Having said that I feel horrific about his injury whatever it was, hope he recovers ok.
- I put this game more on Rocco and less on Taylor Mauser. Rocco missed so many easy throws, did not check it down at all ever. On one 3rd and 5 he had Carson Hanson wide open for a 6 yard gain and he ran around and got sacked.

Defense

- Kooper Ebel is a really good, future NFL player to me. He was everywhere today and looked all Big 12. Marcus Neal is a good safety.
- Will McLaughlin had a massive forced fumble
- The front 6 has zero playmakers outside of the above.
- We are 9th in the big 12 in interceptions, and 2nd to last in sacks. The defense will not be winning / closing games with metrics like that.
- Our defense made a backup QB (on his 3rd program) look like Cam Newton at Auburn in the 1st half.
- Tatoroa McDonough and Izeguo at DE don't do anything particularly well, are neither good pass rushers nor huge difference makers at stopping run
- The defense played well enough for us to win today, and I'm going to put this loss squarely on the offense.

Special Teams
- Our special teams is always high liability, zero upside - and that was proven true again today. Aiden Flora is never allowed to return a punt.

The sack there was horrible, he only had to look up the field, and Hanson was wide open, giving us enough for a first down.

 

[Clone95]

There’s absolutely no way the staff can pick Iowa State to win(and not look like an idiot) other than that OSU game. If there is one staff member that picks Iowa state to win TCU, KU they should be fired immediately.

Who cares who they pick? If you’re using that as gambling advice, that’s a you problem.

 

[ISU4Life]

There’s absolutely no way the staff can pick Iowa State to win(and not look like an idiot) other than that OSU game. If there is one staff member that picks Iowa state to win TCU, KU they should be fired immediately.

 

[CoachHines3]

in other news I think we broke colorado by letting them win


How in tf did we lose to that team. looking back at that, we are bad.

 

[bluestarcyclone]

in other news I think we broke colorado by letting them win


How in tf did we lose to that team. looking back at that, we are bad.

In hindsight even the early wins had a lot of red flags for what's happened in these 4 losses.

Hell, our very first trip to the goal line in Ireland we: lost a yard, got sacked back to the 16, got fortunate to get a fresh set of downs with a penalty, and then fumbled it away. The weird pattern of giving up TDs immediately after our own also showed up in that game.

 

[Tpups21]

There’s absolutely no way the staff can pick Iowa State to win(and not look like an idiot) other than that OSU game. If there is one staff member that picks Iowa state to win TCU, KU they should be fired immediately.

Wouldn't be shocked if they win next week at TCU. Campbell's teams play way better as the hunter than the hunted.

 

[CycloneRulzzz]

A bowl would only be worthwhile for the additional practices. I can’t imagine there would be a huge following wanting to watch this team play another 6-6 team in a toilet bowl game.

Ireland was the Bowl game. Nothing in states short of playoff compares to an international visit.

 

[aeroclone]

Wouldn't be shocked if they win next week at TCU. Campbell's teams play way better as the hunter than the hunted.

I would say we have been the hunter for a couple weeks already.

 

[awd4cy]

in other news I think we broke colorado by letting them win


How in tf did we lose to that team. looking back at that, we are bad.

how did Arizona lose to us?

 

[awd4cy]

Wouldn't be shocked if they win next week at TCU. Campbell's teams play way better as the hunter than the hunted.

You mean like the BYU game last week?

 

[Tpups21]

You mean like the BYU game last week?

They were favored against BYU.

 

[awd4cy]

They were favored against BYU.

Fair, even though it made zero sense. They were nearly top 10 though

 

[bustamoveisu]

We look like a Paul Rhoads coached team!