***OFFICIAL Fiesta Bowl Predictions: ISU vs. Oregon***

Who wins the 2021 Fiesta Bowl?


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cstrunk

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I've got ISU by 10. We made it through the Big 12 regular season 8-1. We have seen how good OSU, Texas, and OU have been in the bowl games. No reason to see ISU lose here, beyond their own undoing. ISU usually doesn't blow out their opponents, except we did see that a few times in the 2nd half of the season.

I've got ISU 38 - Oregon 28.
 

madguy30

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Oregon by a TD...might be different if ISU gets out to a good start (or at least avoids a bad start) and plays within themselves.
 

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Their d line is gonna cause Brock some problems but their QB has issues. We ravage QBs with confidence issues. Our defense has been playing extremely well and I don’t know why that wouldn’t continue.

24-10. Cyclones.
 

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+Have we corrected the issues getting play-calls in on time?
+ Will we have special team mistakes?
+ 3 Interceptions / turnover?

I have us winning by 1-5, but I don't know much about O
 

Cyinthenorth

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I want to say ISU by 6-10, and I do think we are a better team this year. Glad we aren't playing the Justin Herbert rendition of Oregon. That said, sometimes our guys get in their own way, and like someone else mentioned have not done well in national stage type of games lately, 0-2 in recent bowl games and lost to OU 2 weeks ago in the biggest game in school history. I think a 6-10 ISU win should be the most likely outcome, but it's not what I'll predict.

ISU 27 Oregon 24.
 
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Good Purdy win by a td. Bad Purdy lose by a td. Hoping for good Purdy. Encouraged by big 12 play so far.

This. I'll also add that good Purdy seems to be the Purdy that has a handful of running plays, either called or read-option keepers. That's one thing I'll be watching for.
 

CascadeClone

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With no turnovers by either team... ISU 31 Oregon 20.

If Oregon throws a couple picks... it could get like Boomer-Florida.
If Brock throws a couple picks, Oregon can certainly win.

Oregon will probably struggle to move the ball consistently, but has speed if someone gets loose they can score.
ISU should be able to be balanced and move the ball, just stick with the run and don't get pass-happy like they sometimes do.

I think it will be a slower paced, lower scoring game.

All that said- here's what I am hoping for: a WV-type game, where Oregon can't keep their offense on the field the first few drives, and as a result their defense wears out early. Then the Clones just dominate - win TOP by 10 minutes, rush for 300 yards, etc.
 
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nickoff

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Oregon is gonna struggle to move the ball outside of a few big plays. Don't think they get more than 17-21.
Think ISU will struggle a bit on offense due to Oline injuries, until we wear them down some and then Breece will be the difference maker. As mentioned above, prolly close going into half, but we pull away in 2nd.

I'm hoping for some more creativity in the passing game, with some crosses to Milton and some screens or dump offs to Kene to try and match the speed of Oregon's defense.

As long as we don't have any special teams monkey business, I'd say clones by 10-14.