ISU's "bizarre" 2017 loss at Kansas State was "defining" in a sense for Matt Campbell's Cyclones

[The Rob Gray]

ISU's "bizarre" 2017 loss at K-State remains instructive for Coach Campbell and the Cyclones

Nov 25, 2017; Manhattan, KS, USA; Kansas State Wildcats head coach Bill Snyder shakes hands with Iowa State Cyclones head coach Matt Campbell at midfield following the Wildcats' last-minute touchdown win at Bill Snyder Family Stadium. The Wildcats won the game 20-19. Mandatory Credit: Scott Sewell-U

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[CycloneVet]

I am not sure I have ever been so mad during a game as I was that day.

 

[CycloneVet]

The only thing close was when Georges picked up a charge and somehow got called for a foul against Kansas

 

[JM4CY]

The only thing close was when Georges picked up a charge and somehow got called for a foul against Kansas

Very, very good comp.

 

[madguy30]

The only thing close was when Georges picked up a charge and somehow got called for a foul against Kansas

I was pissed for a few days after the Georges thing (was actually more pissed about the phantom foul that kept Withey in) but the 2017 KSU ending will live in infamy.

 

[GT25Ump]

I would pay money to see a replay of that game, where I could rewind and rewatch that BS over and over, to make sure I wasn't imagining what occurred. Seriously, where can I find a video of that game, I'll never get over the obvious actions that occurred.....

 

[ISUAlum2002]

I'll never forget it.....4 flags thrown but picked up, ALL of them were penalties that would have been against K-State had they not gotten picked up, including the most egregious one at the end that would have essentially iced the game. You rarely ever see even one of these picked up, I had never seen 4 in a single game up to that point and haven't seen it since.

Earlier in the game K-State scored a touchdown when their receiver had very obviously false started on the play, but it wasn't called.

I'm convinced the officials were trying to send old balls Snyder out with a win, only he didn't actually retire after that like he should have.

 

[throwittoblythe]

I'll never forget it.....4 flags thrown but picked up, ALL of them were penalties that would have been against K-State had they not gotten picked up, including the most egregious one at the end that would have essentially iced the game. You rarely ever see even one of these picked up, I had never seen 4 in a single game up to that point and haven't seen it since.

Earlier in the game K-State scored a touchdown when their receiver had very obviously false started on the play, but it wasn't call.

I'm convinced the officials were trying to send old balls Snyder out with a win, only he didn't actually retire after that like he should have.

As I told a friend after that game “If you ever thought a game was rigged, that was the one.”

 

[awd4cy]

Refs really screwed us out of a 9 win season. Possibly 10 with a bowl game win. That 2017 team was a great team. Kansas State and Oklahoma State were wins.

 

[cyIclSoneU]

I'm convinced the officials were trying to send old balls Snyder out with a win, only he didn't actually retire after that like he should have.

I’m also certain this is the case - which made it that much sweeter that we were able to come back and beat 5-6 K-State the next year in Ames, depriving those fans and Snyder of one last bowl game send off.

 

[qwerty]

 

[Cyched]

Y

 

[CyGuy5]

Refs really screwed us out of a 9 win season. Possibly 10 with a bowl game win. That 2017 team was a great team. Kansas State and Oklahoma State were wins.

I will go to my grave saying Marchie caught it. That was such an unbelievably bad call, not to mention the refs bailed out Okie State the entire second half of that game.

 

[83cy]

That was a bad night.

 

[Cyclonepride]

The only thing close was when Georges picked up a charge and somehow got called for a foul against Kansas

This game, that moment, and the blarge against Michigan State all rank up there for me. Hard to pick one, as all had me steaming (might be the blarge due to the consequences, and the fact that it made me mad for years).

 

[CycloneErik]

This game, that moment, and the blarge against Michigan State all rank up there for me. Hard to pick one, as all had me steaming (might be the blarge due to the consequences, and the fact that it made me mad for years).

I'll add Aaron Craft's foul on Clyburn that they called a charge.

 

[CycloneVet]

I'll add Aaron Craft's foul on Clyburn that they called a charge.

Aaron Craft better have his head on a swivel if I ever run into him, never know, a haymaker may come out of nowhere.

 

[isutrevman]

I am not sure I have ever been so mad during a game as I was that day.

I'm still mad.

 

[jsb]

I was driving home during that game listening to John and Eric. I was so freaking mad, I couldn’t see straight. There was a basketball game that night that I drove directly to and I was mad throughout the whole game.

 

[cayin]

Refs really screwed us out of a 9 win season. Possibly 10 with a bowl game win. That 2017 team was a great team. Kansas State and Oklahoma State were wins.

There screwed us at WVU that same year. Butler caught a pass, the defender tried to tackle him, and Butler broke free and was clear to the endzone for the win. But the refs had called him down or stopped. He wasn't, it was a VERY bad call. So yeah, we were really close to 10 wins that year, maybe eleven if we don't **** ourselves against Iowa that year. Oh, and even in that game the refs screwed us late in the 4rth Q. Vanderberg grabbed and pulled our defensive back from getting to an overthrow. It was offensive PI all the way. That would have backed Iowa way up and probably would have iced the game.