Offensive Line

[Clones2023]

I’m 6’4” 200lb. “Coach, put me in. I’ve had enough beers to weigh 240”

 

[ISUTex]

Anyone who believes this, I encourage to find a different hobby. It’s clueless and loser mentality.

I can enjoy ISU football and not expect greatness. Don't tell me what to do.

 

[Pizzapitter]

It’s so obvious the running game has been bailed out by absolutely elite running backs (Breece and Montgomery). The OL has a long way to go.

Honestly Rocco has been excellent in the pocket for most of the year and has bailed them out of sacks the whole season. Can’t imagine how much a QB like Kempt would have struggled this year.

Probably been posted. RB set an all time clone passing record. 446 yards. Something like 20 yard average per pass.
Can't blame him, and yeah, running around like a chicken with its head cut off

 

[IowaCityCyclone]

Anyone who believes this, I encourage to find a different hobby. It’s clueless Campbell can recruit better than other previous ISU coach, but the reality is we can't develope players to be good enough to compe

te with good mac teams or g5 teams.

Anyone who believes this, I encourage to find a different hobby. It’s clueless and loser mentality.

Look, we regularly get beaten by good mac teams and g5 teams. Your high on either crack or cyclone kool-aid if you think our ceiling is much higher than that. Fiesta bowl was a fluke; be honest with yourself.
We're now 5 and 18 in bowl wins. We're not currently nor ever will be world beaters. We can't buy or attract high end talent, especially the last couple years.
We do okay (still far worse than iowa or KSU) at player development but we're still a long way off. Not calling for firing campbell, but set your bar at a reasonable (e.g. low) level. Anything above 6-6 is a great year by ISU standards. Keep some perspective.

 

[Pope]

Warning:
Next person who expresses optimism in next year's offensive line is gonna get punched in the mouth.

 

[BCClone]

Look, we get beaten by good mac teams and g5 teams. Your high on either crack or cyclone kool-aid if you think our ceiling is much higher than that. Fiesta bowl was a fluke; be honest with yourself.
We're now 6 and 12 in bowl wins. We're not currently nor ever will be world beaters. We can't buy or attract high end talent, especially the last couple years.
We do okay (still far worse than iowa or KSU) at player development but we're still a long way off. Not calling for firing campbell, but set your bar at a reasonable (e.g. low) level. Anything above 6-6 is a great year by ISU standards. Keep some perspective.

Why did you change my posts a couple times?

 

[madguy30]

Pad levels are too high for run blocking, especially for 6 6 tall lineman. We use our hands generally well which is good for pass blocking but not the best for run blocking.

When we had more success during the year, we were pulling blockers but I didn’t see much of that today. When they are sending a lot of players, it is difficult to pull as much with a back like Sama. Sama is not a runner who typically just finds a quick hole and explodes into it (Kstate he did and that is what we need him to do).

Those are just a couple basic things. We need to synch our backs and line better.

Blocking and tackling too high are imo common themes.

 

[chadly82]

Warning:
Next person who expresses optimism in next year's offensive line is gonna get punched in the mouth.

Can we use sarcasm with optimism? I’m just trying to determine how many people need punched in the mouth after 8 years of this garbage

 

[IowaCityCyclone]

Why did you change my posts a couple times?

Didn't mean to; apologies if I did. Alcohol involved.

 

[Jeremy]

Warning:
Next person who expresses optimism in next year's offensive line is gonna get punched in the mouth.

To be fair, when the bar is so low it’s laying on the ground, it’s hard not to imagine it being better.

 

[madguy30]

Warning:
Next person who expresses optimism in next year's offensive line is gonna get punched in the mouth.

I do think there was some progress with Clanton this year for finding strengths.

Today didn't reflect that obviously.

 

[TheCaptain]

They need to get meaner. More violent.

 

[Tpups21]

I've seen enough of Bonifas.

 

[CYEATHAWK]

They need to get meaner. More violent.

After today I was thinking is there such a thing as being violently slow?

 

[Jeremy]

After today I was thinking is there such a thing as violently slow?

The Mighty Sloths. Could always work as a band name if it doesn’t work out.

 

[cymac2408]

I’m 6’4” 200lb. “Coach, put me in. I’ve had enough beers to weigh 240”

With all that beer it will also make you think you’re meaner than you are. I like it, you’re in.

 

[CYEATHAWK]

The Mighty Sloths. Could always work as a band name if it doesn’t work out.

Rocco and the Mighty Sloths with special guest Matt and the Margins.

 

[Cyclonepride]

They made a ton of progress by the end of the regular season, but they clearly regressed with the time off between games. Clanton will get us there, and there are some good options coming up the pipeline too.

 

[ClonesFTW]

I didn’t believe the off season OL hype this year and I won’t believe it next year.

 

[WhoISthis]

I've seen enough of Bonifas.

Wait until you see the guy he beat out