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

[Goothrey]

Winning the game before a bye week is so nice.

 

[t-noah]

Special teams were fantastic, as was Higgins. Rocco wasn't his best but hung in there as usual. Secondary was okay, little sloppy but it didn't matter against this team. Sanders did a good job late of making cuts and finding yards.

The defense didn't even have to play well
Their online is about as good as ours as they created little in the way of holes. We didn't get pressure but their qb was a substandard passer. Our LBs were sloppy (again) but because there weren't a lot of holes those were only 2-4 yard gains.

Point is I don't think we played that well yet trounced a team on the road. The only conclusion I have for that is they aren't very good.

JFC.

Like clockwork.

Zeewis! Z for Ztupid.

 

[t-noah]

Winning the game before a bye week is so nice.

Agree. And especially in the middle of 2 road games.

 

[isucy86]

Dude. Their QB couldn't throw, even when they had open receivers. We didn't get a lot of pressure. Really their only offensive play was the QB option read or scrambles. But once we started to spy hin a lot harder lot of those plays dried up.

The online wasn't much better than they have been. Rocco didn't play his best but he balled when he needed to (rollout throw to Higgins was one of the best offensive plays we've made all year). The LBs struggled, and we committed some penalties in the secondary. Really Higgins, who was a ******* monster, was the only thing we did exceptionally outside of special teams (which were fantastic). Yet this game wasn't even close.

Minus some massive improvement I could easily see Cinci going winless the rest of the way. They are bad. REALLY bad.

Not a perfect game by the Cyclones by any means, but we were very solid in all aspects.

My biggest complaint would be the 3 FG's. Would have been nice to get a TD on a couple of those drives. The Rocco to Brahmer route was wide open. I'm sure Brahmer would say he should have caught that AND Rocco would say he could have made a better throw. On another drive, wasn't a big fan of the 2nd down run after a short 1st down run.

Defense wasn't really stressed. But biggest weakness continues to be getting consistent QB pressure. We were much better in the 2nd half, but it would be nice to finish more of those 4 man rushes/blitzes.

 

[AllInForISU]

Special teams were fantastic, as was Higgins. Rocco wasn't his best but hung in there as usual. Secondary was okay, little sloppy but it didn't matter against this team. Sanders did a good job late of making cuts and finding yards.

The defense didn't even have to play well
Their online is about as good as ours as they created little in the way of holes. We didn't get pressure but their qb was a substandard passer. Our LBs were sloppy (again) but because there weren't a lot of holes those were only 2-4 yard gains.

Point is I don't think we played that well yet trounced a team on the road. The only conclusion I have for that is they aren't very good.

The only “good” Big 12 teams are Texas and Oklahoma. The rest are all about the same. Very balanced when compared to each other, but who knows how good they actually are.

 

[Dopey]

Haven’t heard this. I feel like we’re always so sick it causes a loss every season

It was the same reason for the La Tech loss, too. Calm down.

 

[CyDude16]

Can’t believe the players have given up on the season once again. Smh

 

[t-noah]

Man I would love nothing more than beating Texas one last time on a cold November night.

Every gameday thread form here on should have one of these!

 

[CyDude16]

It was the same reason for the La Tech loss, too. Calm down.

We played Louisiana Tech?

 

[peatyscotch]

Rocco missed a layup TD

Not a perfect game by the Cyclones by any means, but we were very solid in all aspects.

My biggest complaint would be the 3 FG's. Would have been nice to get a TD on a couple of those drives. The Rocco to Brahmer route was wide open. I'm sure Brahmer would say he should have caught that AND Rocco would say he could have made a better throw. On another drive, wasn't a big fan of the 2nd down run after a short 1st down run.

Defense wasn't really stressed. But biggest weakness continues to be getting consistent QB pressure. We were much better in the 2nd half, but it would be nice to finish more of those 4 man rushes/blitzes.

Why do we have to complain? We won by 20 points. And some others on here say it was boring. What is your expectation. One drive went over 70 yards in 2 plays. A couple of sacks. An interception. A running game that gave us more than 100 yards. Total yards well over 300. Special teams were pretty good too. Not sure what people on here expect, but given what the team showed at the start of the season, I am finding their game-to-game improvement pretty darn interesting. No, this was not the best competition, so I don't want to read too much into the W. But right now, I find this team compelling, and I have no idea where this team will end up at the end of the season, but this is clearly Campbell's kind of team. Go Clones.

 

[Cyched]

Campbell's lost the team

 

[madguy30]

The only “good” Big 12 teams are Texas and Oklahoma. The rest are all about the same. Very balanced when compared to each other, but who knows how good they actually are.

I don't care if ISU were playing West Delaware every weekend.

Complaining about winning big on the road is so weird.

 

[madguy30]

Not a perfect game by the Cyclones by any means, but we were very solid in all aspects.

My biggest complaint would be the 3 FG's. Would have been nice to get a TD on a couple of those drives. The Rocco to Brahmer route was wide open. I'm sure Brahmer would say he should have caught that AND Rocco would say he could have made a better throw. On another drive, wasn't a big fan of the 2nd down run after a short 1st down run.

Defense wasn't really stressed. But biggest weakness continues to be getting consistent QB pressure. We were much better in the 2nd half, but it would be nice to finish more of those 4 man rushes/blitzes.

There is rarely a perfect play in football and never a perfect game. I.e. someone almost always makes a mistake but it goes unnoticed.

The FGs imo were a positive. The lead was kept/extended while there's still film for coaches/players to look at and know they can get better.

 

[Cyched]

I don't care if ISU were playing West Delaware every weekend.

Complaining about winning big on the road is so weird.

A conference road game to boot.

Far from a perfect performance (we left some points on the board and could've won more comfortably) but just win.

Also pleased to see another turnover-free game.

 

[isucy86]

Why do we have to complain? We won by 20 points. And some others on here say it was boring. What is your expectation. One drive went over 70 yards in 2 plays. A couple of sacks. An interception. A running game that gave us more than 100 yards. Total yards well over 300. Special teams were pretty good too. Not sure what people on here expect, but given what the team showed at the start of the season, I am finding their game-to-game improvement pretty darn interesting. No, this was not the best competition, so I don't want to read too much into the W. But right now, I find this team compelling, and I have no idea where this team will end up at the end of the season, but this is clearly Campbell's kind of team. Go Clones.

Did you read my first sentence? As I said, our effort was "very solid".

But if ISU is going to get 7 wins, we will need to continue to get better. For me, that is finishing drives with TD's and getting more QB sacks/pressures.

 

[Tlyon]

Campbell's lost the team

The rot has set in

 

[madguy30]

Did you read my first sentence? As I said, our effort was "very solid".

But if ISU is going to get 7 wins, we will need to continue to get better. For me, that is finishing drives with TD's and getting more QB sacks/pressures.

I think ISU can play about like today and find three more wins.

The schedule is not a gauntlet.

 

[Big Daddy Kang]

Drop ceiling in a locker room?

 

[Cyched]

31-8 TCU at the half - trip to Provo looking like an opportunity as well?

 

[t-noah]

Isn't it basically added spaghetti noodles, onions and cheese on top?

@Jeremy, with the chili, of course. No?

Edit: I guess I am not sure what skyline chili is then.