*** Official Iowa vs IOWA STATE Game(Day) Thread ***

[Gunnerclone]

We just get out coached. Every ******* time. We are never “ready” to play.

Seriously getting beat deep on the play action to the TE down the middle against Iowa should be grounds for termination.

 

[cyclonemagic]

Matt Campbell has been a great coach for ISU. But his teams struggle against Iowa. It might be smart to bring back Dan McCarney or Paul Rhoads to coach the games against Iowa.

 

[ZRF]

That first drive had me fired up, even with the blocked FG. We were moving the ball rushing inside and getting passes underneath. Suddenly we're trying to run outside all the time and dropping passes. We finally get a pick in this series, and then immediately give up a pick-6.

Outside the bad PI call, the officiating at least looks even. They've been allowing contact all game but call that one?

They missed the PI in the end zone but gifted us when Cooper got away with one. Probably a net loss in points on that but you never know.

 

[RagingCloner]

Is this winning in the margins?

 

[t-noah]

Let's do this!
Oh and
**** iowa

Cheers!

 

[Cloned4Life]

Starting freshman at qb, rb, and te. What were you expecting?

Lol, is that a serious question? I expect to not get our asses kicked by iowa in the 1st half. I expect my team to show up mentally ready to play. I expect my team to not give up huge offensive plays to an awful offense.

You know who (correctly) treats this game as a Super Bowl? The opponent does. And they are barely breaking a sweat beating down little brother.

 

[ClonesTwenty1]

Is this winning in the margins?

This is making us become better men and fathers. Trust the process

 

[Jayshellberg]

At least Iowa gets the ball to start the second half. So far, our offense has given up seven, and earned three, for a net of minus four.

 

[enisthemenace]

If we fired Campbell and made John Heacock the head coach, we would somehow get better.

I mean. I hate to say it, but we are a bunch of pussies (I don’t care if this makes X or whatever). It’s not like we are the smaller team. Just *****.

 

[atlantacyclone]

I don’t think that throwing downfield is much of an option for us at this point… so all of that talk doesn’t seem so fair.

 

[cycfan1]

Play slow and scared to avoid the big mistake, and it happens anyway.

Open up the damn book.

 

[cyclonez7]

Nothing gets the fans pumped more than the Barbie song when losing at halftime

 

[CycloneBamaFan]

Maybe instead of playing vanilla in the 2nd half against UNI, the Cyclones should have practiced how to play offense and throwing the ball and catching it. How many years has Campbell been here so far and this is how the Offense looks? I am not impressed. I hope for major changes and a better effort in the 2nd half.

 

[xboxfever]

Dan Mccarney use to win these games with almost no defense. How is Campbell not able to do it, with one of the best defense in the history of ISU.

The offense is the most basic, obvious what’s coming offense in football history. They run one run play and the route tree is either out routes of 4-6 yards or crossing routes of 3-7 yards. Don’t even get me started on the useless motion. The tight ends always go in motion, and wherever they go, the offense goes that direction. I said this last season and is still true this season, if I were a defensive coordinator for an opposing team, I would take the ISU week for a vacation. This offense is the easiest offense to go up against.

 

[besserheimerphat]

If u run the read option, the quarterback has to run it sometimes or it’s just a delayed handoff

It's not a read option, it's an outside zone. But Iowa's entire defense just flows laterally and creases never open. We need a more North/South running game.

 

[ClonerJams]

My first half thoughts

 

[ZRF]

What I would give to get the chance to punch Emmanual Acho in the face. JFC if he isn't one of the most annoying football talking heads out there.

 

[madguy30]

How are we “fine”? We are doing everything possible to throw this game away. There has been zero spark thus far.

Lots of season left for a young team is why.

 

[ZuriCyclone]

We should start a NIL fund just for getting good OL.

 

[ExCyment]

Becht has been okay. Missed on an easy throw and threw a pick 6 on a play that has no business even being in our ******* playbook. Play calling has been. Mostly terrible..

Every lateral play we've ran had been blown up. When our routes are working upfield (slants in particular) we've had more success.

Yet many coaches on here are calling us to run outside. I would like Becht to hold on to a few of those outside zones.