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enisthemenace

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Anyone else think we have a better chance of beating WVU than Kansas? WVU's D is as bad as Baylor's and it looks like Kansas is starting to put a few things together. Also...WVU @ home; @ Kansas.
 

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No. It's our pass defense that is falling apart right now and Kansas is a running team while WVU is a passing team.
 

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WVU's D is bad, but i'm no longer sure our defense can contain their offense. Plus its not like Texas has a great defense either, giving up 40 points a game to everyone else in conference.
 

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KU is running the ball all over TT today. About 400 yards.

No need to pass the ball when you can run for 400. Hopefully our defense is better than TT's .... i just dont think it is.
 

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We are in big trouble for both of those games. Our O is not playing well and our D can't seem to get it together without Knott. Our D is still okay, despite not really stopping Texas since the first series.. but our O needs the D to play lights out.
 

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No. It's our pass defense that is falling apart right now and Kansas is a running team while WVU is a passing team.

This is a good point. Our run defense sucks because we're playing off-kilter. KU is going to come out running because its all they can do. Without threat of the pass, we're looking at a better match up against KU.
 

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The offensive effort we saw against OU would probably win either of the next two games.

The offensive effort we saw today would not.

Yep. I came out of the Oklahoma game feeling pretty good even though we lost. Today though... wow. We didn't belong on the field.
 

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Without Knott this Defence is Terrible, With KU getting 400 yards against a team that we couldnt beat the future looks like NO Bowl Game This Year.

Oh Well its only Ia State Football....
 

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Our defense has a better matchup against KU I think, as long as we can tackle Sims. Not being able to tackle Tavon Austin or any other WV player will be a big problem. Offense won't be able to keep up with WV.
 

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Without Knott this Defence is Terrible, With KU getting 400 yards against a team that we couldnt beat the future looks like NO Bowl Game This Year.

Oh Well its only Ia State Football....
Brighten up buttercup
 

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This is a good point. Our run defense sucks because we're playing off-kilter. KU is going to come out running because its all they can do. Without threat of the pass, we're looking at a better match up against KU.
We should definitely be able to line up to tee off against the run. Heading into this game, KU was averaging just 161 yards passing. Then 9th ranked pass offense was averaging 53 more ypg.

But their rush offense is damn good, and I didn't like the way Texas was able to run it right down our throats most of the day. We need to shore things up in a hurry, or we could miss a bowl game after starting 4-1.
 

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I assume I'm not the only one watching the OSU-WVU game. My God...WVU is getting thrashed, and it looks like Gino has lost ALL confidence.

Edit: Well...he looks a little better after taking a blow to the head.
 

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If we would have played KU and Texas earlier in the season I think that we might have knocked them both off.

Only Iowa State fans would be talking about a 9 loss and 1 SDSU Jackrabbits win team as an automatic loss. I understand why, but it's still pretty out there.

On one hand our downer fans are saying we should just ignore a comfortable win against Baylor...because Baylor sucks. But we also have to ignore that Baylor blew out KU seven days ago and now KU is a juggernaut.
 

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Kansas will be hungry. If Iowa state is better this year over the last two, they will find a way to win. Getting beat by a two loss OU and Texas team is not the end of the world. Two very winnable games remain.
 

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We've got to get ready for a real knock down, dog fight in Lawrence.