His last season's last two losses saw NU get a solid 76 (KU) and 65 (CU) hung on them.
And it was glorious.
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His last season's last two losses saw NU get a solid 76 (KU) and 65 (CU) hung on them.
And it was glorious.
Never a head coach.
Obviously some of them have been worse people (starting with Paterno on down).
But in terms of their *coaching* ability.
Calling you "the new Mike Riley" is calling you "Fredo Corleone."
I didn’t hate on Riley too much as a coach. Winning 8 games a year at Oregon State is similar to winning 8 games at ISU.
But it was a weird fit, and predictably didn’t work out.
As a Chargers fan I think they're doing Campbell dirty with that comparison. Riley was awful.
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I never trusted CMC's game planning and strategy after that 2022 Cy-Hawk game. Yes, we ended up winning that game 10-7... but that was despite CMC's horrible gameplan going in.
I just remember going into that game that everyone was talking about how ISU just had to avoid special teams disasters since that was a big struggle for us in the past and Iowa was known for having no offensive ability at that time especially and counted on other teams' mistakes for their ability to score at all.
And so the game starts with us getting the ball first... we promptly go 3 and out, with taking a sack on 3rd down which pinned us deep in Iowa's territory... and we proceed on 4th down to get the punt blocked... and Iowa scores a TD just a few plays later... and the game starts off 7-0 Iowa right off the bat.
I remember to this day just being SO FURIOUS over this. Everyone in the world knew going in that Iowa couldn't score, and you couldn't give them any gifts... and we start the game like that. And then not only that... we didn't even learn from that mistake... and we got another punt blocked later on in the game. It was like there was no preparation whatsoever going into that game.
And to think... that was the ONLY points Iowa had that entire game... off of our own mistake. Good thing too... we only managed 10 pts and somehow won it. Iowa was SO bad.
I just remember going into that game that everyone was talking about how ISU just had to avoid special teams disasters since that was a big struggle for us in the past and Iowa was known for having no offensive ability at that time especially and counted on other teams' mistakes for their ability to score at all.
And so the game starts with us getting the ball first... we promptly go 3 and out, with taking a sack on 3rd down which pinned us deep in Iowa's territory... and we proceed on 4th down to get the punt blocked... and Iowa scores a TD just a few plays later... and the game starts off 7-0 Iowa right off the bat.
I remember to this day just being SO FURIOUS over this. Everyone in the world knew going in that Iowa couldn't score, and you couldn't give them any gifts... and we start the game like that. And then not only that... we didn't even learn from that mistake... and we got another punt blocked later on in the game. It was like there was no preparation whatsoever going into that game.
And to think... that was the ONLY points Iowa had that entire game... off of our own mistake. Good thing too... we only managed 10 pts and somehow won it. Iowa was SO bad.
While all that may be true, the whole point of defense is to prevent the other team from scoring and we only gave up an average of 20.2 points which ranked 5th among the 16 teams in our league.
Is that great? No, but I'd say it's pretty decent. Hoping we can improve on that this season, but it won't be easy.
While I'm confident our defense will definitely put more heat on the QB this year and rack up more sacks, it will definitely put more pressure on our dbacks to cover down field. In other words, if you bring the heat, you better get there fast or you're very vulnerable.
I think that he’ll do fine. How many underrated players did we just miss out on that blew up? Guys like Kenyon sadiq and R mason Thomas. He’s going to get those guys at a place like psu. That staffs eval was always elite.
The question to me is how it stacks up in the big games against 5 star players. You know Campbell will have a few bone headed calls per game. Can they win in spite of him? How long will psu fans tolerate first round playoff losses?
I don't think he'll be able to get any better talent than Franklin was able to get... the question will be his coaching ability to win those big games. I don't trust him at all on that ability. Clock management alone will probably cost him a win somewhere along the line.
Is Rocco any better than Drew Allar was? Allar got injured last year and only played about half the season, so that wasn't a very real representation of his ability... but his 2025 stats were almost exactly like Rocco's were last year for ISU... except Allar completed almost 67% of his passes, and Rocco 60%.
And I'm not sure PSU fans are used to having their two deeps filled with Iowa State players either. The lucky thing for CMC is that their schedule is about as easy as you could possibly get.
The pressure on CMC and all those ISU players will be IMMENSE though. National Championship or bust are the expectations in Happy (Pedo) Valley.
I'm gonna need to see or hear more about Brahmer wearing PSU gear on ISU campus.
Smells like the Tyrese Hunter Hook Em photo in front of Johnny to me.
Smells like the Tyrese Hunter Hook Em photo in front of Johnny to me.
It's bad enough to be leaving, but I don't mind any player doing what they feel is in their best interest... but you don't need to be a major d-bag and rub it in the faces of all the fans that supported you while you were here.
If that is 100% true... then I surely do not wish you any success at Penn State at all. You made your bed... now deal with it.
That stat is why you have look at the data we only played 12 games, with no bowl game, so our total points given up is lower than it normally would be. Of the 25 schools ranked ahead of us in total points given up, only ND played 12 games, the rest were 13 or more. In our four loses we averaged giving up 31.75 points
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Well, if you can’t recruit legit front 6 dudes like ISU didn’t, couldn’t, and probably never will consistently, then playing the defense that requires 6 instead of 7 makes sense. The whole point was recruiting safety and hybrid types at a place like ISU is a hell of a lot easier than true edge guys or high level LBs.
The bottom line is that defense WAY outperformed ISUs talent every year since they implemented it. Whether you look at the draft or recruiting, ISU should’ve been one of the worst P4 defenses in the country, but it was consistently very good.
The defense had its holes, like every defense does. But you’ve got a better shot at scheming against those holes with your best 11 on the field. Last couple of years this defense was too slow.
If the staff was great at recruiting and developing DL and LBs, then great. But the last few years ISU got good DBs and a mixed bag at the LB and DL groups.
If 20.2 is the average number of points we gave up per game, why would it necessarily have been higher if we had played more games?
If we had played in a bowl game with our normal roster, we would have likely been matched up against a team that would not have been nearly as familiar with our defense as our regular season opponents. It's possible we would have held them at or below our season average. Regardless, the result of one game would not change the 20.2 average very much.
Oh whatever. If it happened I'm sure it was after thousands of people claiming to be ISU fans called him garbage on social media. Everyone wants to point the finger and claim the other side fired the first shot when it comes to justifying hate in these situations. Who's got time for it. Just move on.
