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I don't get it. Why does Rhoads recruit bad players? When he scouts players is he purposely picking the bad ones? I don't understand how it's possible to be as ****** at football as our players our.
I don't think that anyone was expecting our O to be this lethargic. The D has kept these teams to under 30 points... that should be plenty to win against UNI and Iowa, especially considering how our O is playing.
I htink having our starting center injured in both games has really hurt our O-line. Sam and the receivers have had little opportunity to get in any semblance of rhythm.
It's year 5. It should be next man in. Why does Rhoads build no depth? Does he think his players won't get hurt?
Our recruiting isn't any worse than it as been anytime in the past 15 years. So, no, your message isnt correct. That is your perception. But your perception =\= reality.
If we have talented players we should put them into the game.
Can't blame messinghams poor play calling for all of this.
Ugly football program
Can't blame messinghams poor play calling for all of this.
Ugly football program
B got a ball throw his way, made a guy miss and took it to the house. It's not talent it's play calling...
simmer acgsclone.... We have played out of our a** with two star recruits for the last five years solely because of one man, CPR... he is slowly getting legit recruits and we will contend with a big 12 title some day if we can hold on to CPR. We r the red headed step child of the big 12 we will never have 4 and 5 star recruits lining up at our door. We gotta out coach and out play our opponents each week. We need to clean the closet out (coach mess) before we get there... It will happen gotta have patience
I don't know if I agree that pointing to one long play, where they missed a tackle means we have talented players.
Iowa is not exactly loaded with talent, although I must admit that Kirk has put a lot of players into the league.
However, when I look at their position groups versus ours, I don't see a lot of Cyclone wins.
DL: Iowa by a long shot
LB: Iowa by a long shot (last year we had a better group, but that was our best ever)
Secondary: Push, possibly advantage Iowa
Punter: ISU
Kicker: Iowa
QB: Iowa
RB's: Iowa
OL: Iowa by a long shot
TE: Push
WR: Push
Better because of talent or experience or coaching? They have an experienced D line this year (was not last year) and start three senior LBs. Their O line is always solid.
Our DBs looked bad tonight because they had to give a big cushion - no safety help because we were selling out to stop the run. Their WR are no better than ours. Cannot compare QB off this game - Sam is hurt.
Man, I really want to believe this, but facts are facts. We consistently finish in the bottom 1/4 of the conference in recruiting rankings (pretty much since they started tracking such things). It's no surprise that's where we usually end up in the standings as well.
I don't know if it's lack of talent or poor schemes/coaching, but I haven't seen so many guys look so completely lost on offense in one game in a long time. Sam throwing one direction, WR turning the other.... WR not breaking off routes on obvious blitzes...... OL not knowing who to block in space on the 4th and 4 bubble screen..... just so many examples. Like I said, players or coaches?
Bottom 1/4th? I'm pretty sure we have finished last pretty much every year under Rhoads.
We always will finish last in recruiting. That is just reality. Our only choice is to look for diamonds in the rough and coaching them up. Unless you want us to be dirty, it just isn't going to change that much.
Completely undersized on D. We have better playmakers than we have ever had but the problem is so does everyone else.