Weirdest thing about this season is that two teams stormed the field after beating us . Can any 5 or 6 win team in history say that?
Worst team since 2016
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I’d say the OL is having a good year. Them and TEs are the only units I trust
Oh, I agree, 9-4 seems beyond reasonable expectation. (That was my "likely continuum" portion).
It’s sad because we have one of the best O lines in years. These guys are absolutely crushing people and the run game is thriving. Unfortunately the OC keeps putting it in the air with a QB who is having a catastrophic meltdown.
I’m old enough that after what we’ve been through the past four weeks I take a step back from the ledge and remind myself that this is a game played by youngsters for the entertainment of the masses. I don’t rip on the players because I know from experience how hard they work and that they don’t intend to lose. On the other hand, coaches are evaluated by results. CMC knows what he is doing and if this ship continues to sink he needs to: evaluate staff starting with OC play selection, determine if there is any relationship between practice and training that is leading to injury (3 kickers kicking too much? Cornerbacks, LB’s, Safety’s too much in season live hitting?). Personally Mouser is too inexperienced and in over his head. Bottom line this is a coaching problem not a player problem.
My father would have said “well did you try NOT to lose??”
The one phrase I vowed never to say to my child.
You’re not wrong, but in part this is also what NIL is doing to college athletics. Some of these guys are now making more than NFL players, and we’re supposed to be willing to get behind that. It’s a difficult thing to ask an individual fan to be passionate enough to fork over substantial cash to buy good players…and then to be able to hit the brakes and say they’re just kids. I’m not saying we shouldn’t do that…but it’s not easy.
Yep, 6 of our 8 losses in 2022 were by a combined 24 points, and 4 of those were by a combined 11 points. We played ten bowl teams and an FCS team that made the playoffs. The defense was elite. If Jihrel Brock had stayed healthy that could have been one of Campbell’s best teams.
Exactly. Look, I know the defense isn’t great and has its own issues. But teams like this and CU, we should be able to just outscore and let the D pin their ears back. Our run game has been good. QB accuracy is a huge issue yet we’re still calling plays like it’s not. I know everyone likes Rocco and he’s done some good things, but right now he needs to sit. If you want to preserve his ego, just call it an injury. Let Moberly start the next few and see how he does.
maybe it spooked him by quite a bit? And he is playing a little tenative or scared at times. I would like to see him take off every now and again when the pressure is coming, make them pay like he is capable of doing. But he is not doing that. If he feels footsteps he either gets rid of it and throws an inaccurate pass into coverage or rolls to either side and again throws an innaccurate pass. So he seems scared to take off because it was a play like that where he took the hit in the Cin.game. The other thing that bothers me is sometimes Rocco does a decent job of buying himselft a little more time back there, enough time someone should be open, but either we are not getting any seperation at all or he is not seeing open guys.
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Oh my gosh, that brings back flashbacks. The number of times I said to my dad “I didn’t mean to do that” followed by his reply “well, you didn’t try not to” is too damn high.
After sleeping on it, I wonder if clearance to play after the concussion protocol does not take into account additional stress on the brain in live action. Which could account for Rocco’s obvious loss of consistent accuracy since returning. He’s not just off, he is so far off sometimes that the ball is not close to anybody and not intercepted. I think it’s time to consider a step back and further evaluation.
Regardless, he needs to be benched. Any other position if they were playing that poorly would be benched. But everyone is treating Rocco with kid gloves. Campbell praising him post game…I don’t know who he thinks he’s fooling. At this point most people aren’t buying it.
Agreed, but unless we want to be a service academy or Georgia Tech we need to have enough of a passing game to actually have an "offense." And even those teams pass a little bit.
There have been flashes of really good play from all positions (and coaching too) throughout this skid. But the bad has been more consistent.
Jesus, that's awful. It's bad enough to say that to an adult, but terrible to say to a kid.
We all need to remember that none of us are as committed to this as the coaches and players are. We might feel like we are, but we aren't. I know we all feel like we are, but we aren't spending hours all day every day for 4-5 years sweating, straining, thinking and bleeding for Cyclone football. We can move on to basketball or wrestling or whatever.
When you have a eggs and bacon for breakfast, the chicken was involved but the pig was committed. In a similar way us fans are involved with Cyclone athletics but the players and coaches are committed.
