The irony of you of all people telling someone to let something go, sure is something.
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The irony of you of all people telling someone to let something go, sure is something.
I don’t know, I think most, if not all of the Campbell era ISUs WR groups were stronger than this year.
He started with Lazard > Butler > Hutch > Noel and Higgins. Not to mention secondary receivers like D Jones, Pettway, Akers, Milton, Murdock and Eaton were pretty good.
Rocco is still QB1. However, one armed or one legged Rocco is not QB1. We lost 4 in a row because of that.
The defense and special teams have something to say in this along with injuries.
A lineman was kicking off at one point.
The losing streak was a whole team effort. Except for the RB's maybe. The Colorado game was probably Sama's best normal career game.
Like I said early, Coberly isn't going to let a concussed player back in the game. I know this from first hand experience.
Makes me wonder if has been playing with a rib injury then. That would affect throwing, for sure.
I'll take the bait and post the "shut this thread down!" response. It'll be an open competition for QB1 with Becht starting fall camp in the pole position. That doesn't mean he'll win it, especially if Manske is a good as some fans think (hope) he is. Think of it this way, if Becht is a really talented college QB but Manske is a future pro -- not saying he is but arguing "if" -- then it could be the latter.
You just listed individuals, who usually had a decent secondary receiver. That’s not a “group”, that’s two or three, tops.
Talent-wise, this whole room is ahead of any of those years. They have some communication issues with Rocco at the moment, and some drops (Hakeem says hi), need some growth, but that doesn’t put them below that average. Far from it.
Coffee maker broke. I can’t count how many saw significant action this year. Eskildsen, Green, Brown, Townsend, Sowell, Overby…and they really, really like the trio of true freshmen.
And Rocco’s health issues most certainly haven’t helped.
If the #1 receiver on one unit is light years better than the #1 on another unit, theres a good chance it’s a better WR unit. I don’t think it matters much if the #4-6 guys are better because they don’t really matter, especially on a team that doesn’t run much 3, let alone 4 WR sets.
I hope you’re right, but I don’t see this years group being as good as past units under Campbell, other than year 1 (Lazards jr year).
Which years units do you think at his year’s units are better than?
This triggered my Deckers over Purdy his senior year PTSD…
The one major thing I recall about the 4-8 season in 2022: ISU's defense finished the season leading Big 12 defensive stats in all four team categories. Do I remember correctly?
What a weird season, if I recall correctly. Deckers isn't a Cyclone I remember fondly.
Yes ISU was the top defense in scoring, and both passing and rushing yardage. Not bad for a DC that some of our fans want to see retire.
