That's the point when I realized the game was over. The playcalling couldn't have been more passive, and at the very moment we had seized the initiative.
We've reached the McCarney point
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That's the point when I realized the game was over. The playcalling couldn't have been more passive, and at the very moment we had seized the initiative.
Not being an apologist for CPR, and I'm sure you know, but the schedule was much easier back in those days.
You are soooo right my friend, when the stands are empty the football coach gets Fired.
Props to the fans today. That looked like a pretty decent crowd for a 2-5 team. Alas, just another loss at home.
I know college athletes retweet a lot of stuff and it's often meaningless, but this tweet frustrated me for some reason. Some guy tweeted at Wimberly and said our whole team laid down aside from Wimberly, and Wimberly retweeted it. Probably meaningless but as a teammate I would be ******.
https://twitter.com/a_dotwhite/status/528598877419868160
https://twitter.com/a_dotwhite/status/528598877419868160
No argument. Pretty sure if McCarney were coaching now the seasons would resemble 1995-1999, 2003, and 2006 as opposed to 2000-2002, 2004, and 2005.
Disagree. CPR is fine for this season, but if ISU does not get a bowl game next year, with the players that are returning, CPR will probably be done. JP can sell the new stadium and returning starters this off season, but next year there is nothing left to sell unless ISU reaches post season.
And it becomes even clearer with the paper thin depth and JUCO recruiting trying to right the ship. It's looking like MAC 2.0 increasingly over time.
back to back 2,000 yard rushing seasons from TD ring a bell?
after that 5 straight years with a 1,000 yd rusher
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I won't jump off the Rhoads bus until after Year 7, with the idea that "maybe it simply takes that long at Iowa State" for an unproven head coaching choice. I want to see what happens when there's a decent amount of talent and experience on both offense and defense, with an O-coordinator who seems like a smart hire — if it's not at least a 7-win season, then it's over.
Rhoads fumbled big-time with the 2012 season. A season following the biggest upset in program history; stellar defense with 2 NFL linebackers, solid special teams, two QBs that weren't fantastic, but each with proven capability of winning games for different reasons, only one game (at Texas) that became too far out of reach to have a chance to win – and ISU finished 6-7.
The CPR era started on a high note and has been going downhill ever since. What do you expect to happen in year 7? We win 4 games? I feel sorry for the kids.
I would like to see a statistic on how many Power 5 head coaches have lost to an FCS team two years in a row. I would think CPR is the only on in that category.
