It’s too much to throw a 5 yard pass to a wide open TE?
*** Official #17 IOWA STATE vs Kansas Game(Day) Thread ***
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At the start of the year CMC hired a pass rush specialist. I don't see any improvement and maybe a regresion. The 3 DL can't get any presure and when we blitz the rusher just runs into a clogged group. No twists or variations. Just keep trying staight ahead push. Good quarterbacks will continue to eat us alive.
You jumped into this at the end. Go back to my response to LAClone and things will make more sense to you.
Its hard to twist or stunt much out of the 3 man front unless you are going to blitz while doing it. It seemed that on our few blitz's we are trying to blitz into the same area that the d lineman is rushing through and they just walled us off.
Well, literally anyone could aggressively pass downfield on us and beat us… this was one of the worst defensive performances in recent memory.
That’s what makes it so hard for the die hard fans who have been around for decades… this team had a realistic shot to do something special. It’s unlikely to happen again in our lifetime …
EXACTLY. We saw what happened when we got Jackson out in space. We've grossly underutilized him this year.
demoncore1031
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Yes I knew that, but there had to be someone better than James that could have gone in.
1. I can’t wait to get real injury reports.
2. We’re not going to Memphis.
2. We’re not going to Memphis.
We had players in good position to make plays, especially in the KU run game, but Neil and Daniels were good enough athletes to avoid tackles from the players in position.
Feels like our running plays are best when they're quick and going north south. Get rid of any slow developing run plays and anything that flows more east west
Hansen north/south. Sama is a combo. Throw it to Jackson out in space. Our backs are phenomenal if they’re utilized well and our staff actually sticks with what’s working.
I certainly understand that feeling. Obviously if the team wins 2 of the next 3 and then a bowl game, we still get to 10 wins…and that feels pretty good. I think that’s possible, but I understand the disappointment/concern. You would like to think winning the homecoming game, at a 2 win Kansas, and then against Cincinnati were going to be your “easiest” three games to make that happen. Campbell has surprised us plenty of times before…and I certainly think he can do it again. It doesn’t feel great right now though.
KU could end up wrecking the B12's reputation this year. First they lose to Illinois and UNLV. Now they have a chance to knock off ISU, BYU and Colorado. I wouldn't be surprised to see them do it.
Here's the worst part about it. I've expressed my opinions and concerns about this schedule before, but if we win vs Cincy, @utah, and win a bowl game against a middling P4 team to get to 10 wins, it's still a helluva feat, but which game do you feel great about?
Winning 10 games without beating a single good team would feel pretty hollow to me, but at least we'd have that monkey off our back.
KU is going to finish 3-9. They aren’t winning those games.
I can't disagree with this more if I wanted to.
Iowa State can absolutely compete in the current iteration of this conference. We were competing around the top even when OU/UT were still around. 7-0 felt special and I agree that may be really hard to replicate again, but this will not be the last time we compete for a big 12 title berth by any stretch.
