*** Official IOWA STATE vs #4 TCU Game(Day) Thread ***

[BCClone]

Listen, I hate where we are too.

Ignoring anything doesn't make it go away.

We're in a worse spot offensively than in Campbell's second year.

And Special Teams.

You tell me how we get better absent mass staff changes and portal usage.

I’ve never seen a positive post of yours EVER. If you love being this unhappy then we ain’t got much in common so I might as well just hit ignore.

 

[CYEATHAWK]

Where do you think Campbell is going?

To hide in the margins.

 

[joefrog]

I’ve never seen a positive post of yours EVER. If you love being this unhappy then we ain’t got much in common so I might as well just hit ignore.

Heacock is a top 10 assistant coach, probably top 5.

Our defense under him has always exceeded its talent, and this year was BCS quality.

I like the black uniforms for night games.

 

[3TrueFans]

I’ve never seen a positive post of yours EVER. If you love being this unhappy then we ain’t got much in common so I might as well just hit ignore.

Some people just prefer to be miserable for whatever reason.

 

[scyclonekid]

And it helps if you sit in an easy chair with a bag of frozen peas on your crotch

Should’ve scheduled it for March madness.

 

[CycloneWanderer]

To hide in the margins.

No margins to hide in today. Unless, of course, you are talking the margin of TCU's victory; that margin could hide the sun.

 

[scyclonekid]

Fix offense, fix ST!!

 

[cyatheart]

Listen, I hate where we are too.

Ignoring anything doesn't make it go away.

We're in a worse spot offensively than in Campbell's second year.

And Special Teams.

You tell me how we get better absent mass staff changes and portal usage.

Recruiting on the offensive side has slipped the last two or three years

 

[simply1]

Listen, I hate where we are too.

Ignoring anything doesn't make it go away.

We're in a worse spot offensively than in Campbell's second year.

And Special Teams.

You tell me how we get better absent mass staff changes and portal usage.

sure you hate it. I mean why else would you be so prolific during bad times?

 

[cyclonehomer]

hoooooo those announcers mentioning Campbell likes developing instead of getting transfers. . . I don't like the sound of that. The development on offense has been horrendous.

Agree. Guys have kinda either had it or not and then not really made strides beyond that...

 

[atlantacyclone]

I still don’t blame the D.

They gave up less than 400 yards… should be a close game … our O put them in bad spots … having said that the game was over in 5 minutes.

 

[DSM4Cy]

CMC postgame: TCU is like where we were 2 years ago (has to throw in that very defensive reminder), our values have never wavered, our team is very young, we have the talent in our locker room to get there, we have a long way to go.

 

[dosry5]

I’m currently watching the USC v ND game with my glasses off. I’m pretending USC is ISU. I feel better about us

 

[cyclonehomer]

That was ugly.

I don’t want to get rid of Campbell and not sure if firing Manning would have any impact without a change to the overall strategy. We have to be more aggressive on offense. They held back a great offensive unit last year with conservative play calling and didn’t provide any spark with play calling for the offense this year.

It’s year 7. We have better players than when Campbell first arrived and should be more aggressive.

Doesn't get more correct than this. Last year's team was overwhelmingly talented on offense for a college team, at least for a non-blue-blood. The fact that they were still trying to minimize possessions and play "complimentary football" (read conservative to a fault offense) was a concern to me.

It's not shocking whatsoever that they couldn't manufacture the just below average offense that they needed to win 8 games (or more) this year. Need a complete change of philosophy on what the whole point of offense is.

 

[singsing]

Recruiting on the offensive side has slipped the last two or three years

I think that covid year hurt having all the super seniors last season. Kinda shot our load last season and it didn't pay off. Paying again. This was a total rebuild year that didn't go well.

 

[Chipper]

Punting. Kicking meaningless FGs.

Just screams of end of Rhoads era “hoping to keep score semi-respectable”.

Crazy to watch coaches lose that hunger. It turns into ptreservation.

 

[Darius Bieber]

CMC postgame: TCU is like where we were 2 years ago (has to throw in that very defensive reminder), our values have never wavered, our team is very young, we have the talent in our locker room to get there, we have a long way to go.

Lol we were not a CFB playoff caliber team 2 years ago. Campbell is gonna get a lot more flack now.

 

[mkadl]

No excuses from my vantage point. We sucked when the chips were down most of the time. My superhero coach is human. Not a fun season. I will be a fan next year too! Go Cyclones.

 

[madguy30]

Doesn't get more correct than this. Last year's team was overwhelmingly talented on offense for a college team, at least for a non-blue-blood. The fact that they were still trying to minimize possessions and play "complimentary football" (read conservative to a fault offense) was a concern to me.

It's not shocking whatsoever that they couldn't manufacture the just below average offense that they needed to win 8 games (or more) this year. Need a complete change of philosophy on what the whole point of offense is.

I'm watching KU-KSU right now.

KU isn't good and it's not like their offense is some crazy sophisticated deal but they utilize what they have and work with a certain crisp pace and purpose that makes them effective.

 

[LtRaczack]

Some people just prefer to be miserable for whatever reason.

I was thrilled when we scored our second touchdown. It reminded me of celebrating touchdowns against Iowa in the Criner era.