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I really hope he can play. Honestly if we do lose I want it to be with our best players on the field. That way it's because Texas was just better or we made too mistakes whatever. If he can't play and we lose a close fight, the whole off season is just going to be a "what if?" situation. Injuries happen, and like someone said before, I still think we are more than capable of winning without him. However, LB is such a huge piece of a defense and he's the best of the ones we have by a margin. We just saw what K State looked like losing two starting linebackers.
 
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It's closer to the 2019 game. This is a whole different squad than the Davidless squad that last went to Austin. Must be same folks that feared KSU.

UT was missing their top receiver in the 2019 game, as well as a few other starters...

this year, it’s us that’s injured, and UT will be full strength.
 
And what happens under Campbell’s ISU has exactly zero to do with what happened under previous ISU coaches.
And what’s happened under Campbell in November in the past seems to be something the staff is learning to correct.

The reality is in history ISU always “choked” in big spots because we’ve been historically horrible in football. We’ve had so few big moments that every time it doesn’t go well it is magnified.
One of the cool things on the postgame interviews was when Sean Foster said the OL were having so much fun, they were ready to keep playing two or three more quarters.

He said it’s the first time since he’s been there, he’s seen guys having fun playing football in November.

That says a lot about the changes in this program.
 
The preview for Friday’s game came on the ESPN broadcast of Monday Night Football. We got called Iowa.
Those f*cking morons. At this point, it’s not surprising anymore. Just makes me want to bitchslap somebody.
 
If Rose indeed doesn’t play it’s a horrible horrible blow. He’s a Top 10 LB in the country right now.

His speed to cover in space let alone he’s the QB of this defense we cannot just “next man in”. I like Horne a lot as a youngster but he ain’t M Rose.
 

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