All Iowa Football Team---Post Bowl Edition
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I heard he had a crucial drop on ISU's last drive that would have extended the drive and basically ended the game. Is that not true?
Butler certainly has to be more consistent. He's a fantastic athlete and I am glad ISU will have him back next year, but he needs to avoid drops.
A quick google search revealed this written by Woody:
"On second and eight, Iowa State quarterback Kyle Kempt delivered a slightly contested but catchable pass to Hakeem Butler on an out route. It hits Butler in the hands, then it hits the ground. If Butler catches the ball, it’s a Kansas State timeout, followed by a running play that either fails and forces the Wildcats to use their final timeout or succeeds and wins the game."
I would love to have him too. A lot of great WRs have had trouble with drops. It seems that Butler's drops have come during crucial times in games. I think it probably cost you guys two games this year. The Iowa game in OT where if he catches that I think it is 1st and goal from the one or two and then the KSU game.
Have no idea. Just heard a lot of my ISU fans complaining about Butler's drop that would have pretty much nullified any bad calls by the officials.
Well, you take the good with the bad with a guy like Butler. He made some huge plays this year also that ISU may not have won those games had he not.
He's a hard worker, so I'm sure he will improve his hands.
It's weird how both he and AL could make some tough catches but would drop the really easy ones.
The far-bigger travesty in the KSU game was not Butler's drop, but our total lack of clutch defense. I was glad to see we learned from that experience come Bowl game time -- instead of sitting back waiting for Ferguson to pick us apart, with a depleted defense, we sent pressure on the final drives. I think something like 7 of Ferguson's last 8 passes were incomplete, most of which involved him running out of the pocket to dodge pressure.
It looked to me like they both suffered from the same problem -- if the ball looked easy, they turned their heads to run before they caught it. When it was a more difficult ball, they kept their focus on the catch first. It was quite frustrating at times. YAC are great, but they still gotta catch the damn thing first.
I agree with this. I didn't catch the KSU game, but did see Memphis' last ditch drive and was impressed by the pressure they were getting. Won them the game imo.
It did and that's a horrible comparison because we still needed to pick up a first down even if he caught it
Exposed?? Ignorant statement- 8th rated best rookie season in NFL. You’re slipping, Mikey
It was the exact same formula UCF followed when they played Memphis in the conference championship -- they sent pressure during OT and discovered that Ferguson struggled to throw under pressure/their WR's didn't get enough time to open up.
I agree with him that the catch would have helped and if they picked up the third down the following play they win. If Lazard's PI flag isn't picked up the following play we win too. It was a bad drop but a second down drop short of the sticks is not something that cost us the game but you already knew that
You’re not very smart. He dropped at least 3 rounds in the draft you moron. That’s a lot of money
I’ll have to see what this guy did to damage you, it’s obviously pretty deep.