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2018 team would have back doored into the conference championship. This team has lead the conference, or had a share of the lead for a chunk of the season. 2018 hoped for a chance, 2020 expects to be there. The mindset is different, the expectations are different. There isn't a player on this team that knows ISU as the "loveable loser" or spoiler that we as fans are used to. This team only knows us as one of the best in the big 12, and expects to take their place at the top of the mountain. Culture has changed within the program, now time to change it for the rest.

Also I won't be drunkenly riding a lime scooter 10 miles to watch the game at the ISU game watch in Tempe because I don't have LHN. Spoiler Alert:. They don't go that far, but it was fun none the less.
 
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Ya know, being in this spot this late in the season is rare for ISU. And when we are in this spot, we always choke. BUT... Matt Campbell has put an end to A LOT of the negative trends that we are so used to. For all you doubters out there, really think about that for a minute. You know what I'm talking about. Going back several decades, we probably have more negative trends than any other P5 team in the country. Maybe more than any FBS team in the country. But over the last 4 or 5 years, we have slowly seen these trends go away. And because of that, the mindset of this ISU team is completely different that any other era of Iowa State football. These kids have confidence like I have never seen from an ISU team. It's f*****g great! Anyways.....

Texas is probably the scariest team for ISU to go up against because we just don't match up with them all that well. Their QB is great and can make big plays through the air and on the ground. We typically don't do too well against running QBs. Ehlinger has the best o-line in the conference in front of him and they have a bunch of weapons. Their three running backs only have 53, 52 and 51 carries on the year (that is 156 combined... 24 carries less than Breece), and they are coming off of two weeks without a game so they are gonna be fresh and ready to go. Heacock is gonna have to be at the top of his game on Friday, otherwise this could get ugly.

The Longhorns defense is really good against the run but not great against the pass. Manning will have to call a perfect game and Purdy needs to execute and take care of the ball, especially if we can't get Breece going. Our o-line will be overmatched big time. This has to be a mistake free game.

My prediction is that we are down 24-14 at the half and make some adjustments in the locker room, come out and the offense dominates the 2nd half. The defense feeds off of that and we pull off a 35-34 thriller. Mike Rose seals the deal with an INT with 18 seconds left right around midfield. Purdy throw for 328 and 4 TDs and Breece struggles a bit but comes on late, going for 127 and a TD on 25 carries.
 
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Ya know, being in this spot this late in the season is rare for ISU. And when we are in this spot, we always choke. BUT... Matt Campbell has put an end to A LOT of the negative trends that we are so used to. For all you doubters out there, really think about that for a minute. You know what I'm talking about. Going back several decades, we probably have more negative trends than any other P5 team in the country. Maybe more than any FBS team in the country. But over the last 4 or 5 years, we have slowly seen these trends go away. And because of that, the mindset of this ISU team is completely different that any other era of Iowa State football. These kids have confidence like I have never seen from an ISU team. It's f*****g great! Anyways.....

Texas is probably the scariest team for ISU to go up against because we just don't match up with them all that well. Their QB is great and can make big plays through the air and on the ground. We typically don't do too well against running QBs. Ehlinger has the best o-line in the conference in front of him and they have a bunch of weapons. Their three running backs only have 53, 52 and 51 carries on the year (that is 156 combined... 24 carries less than Breece), and they are coming off of two weeks without a game so they are gonna be fresh and ready to go. Heacock is gonna have to be at the top of his game on Friday, otherwise this could get ugly.

The Longhorns defense is really good against the run but not great against the pass. Manning will have to call a perfect game and Purdy needs to execute and take care of the ball, especially if we can't get Breece going. Our o-line will be overmatched big time. This has to be a mistake free game.

My prediction is that we are down 24-14 at the half and make some adjustments in the locker room, come out and the offense dominates the 2nd half. The defense feeds off of that and we pull off a 35-34 thriller. Mike Rose seals the deal with an INT with 18 seconds left right around midfield. Purdy throw for 328 and 4 TDs and Breece struggles a bit but comes on late, going for 127 and a TD on 25 carries.

I don't think our O-line will be over matched big time. We might have the best O-line in the conference.
 
Because this is a different year.

Purdy isn’t a freshman. Rose isn’t a freshman. Kolar isn’t a freshman. Breece isn’t sitting out the first half. Plus Breece is better than Monty. The only position group not better than 2018 is probably receivers. Secondary may be a push, though they’ve improved lately.
 
Championship game on the line and we lose 24-10 and it wasn't even that close. Someone help put the nightmare of that to bed and tell us why this year will be different. Are we getting our hopes too high or are we conducting a train headed straight for Bevo sleeping on the tracks?

Well the main thing is that its 2020 and not 2018.
 
We are a better team this year than 2018, in that game we did not have Montgomery until the start of the 2nd half, having been kicked out of the preceding game. Hall is a better back, we lack the WR's of that team, but the TE's are much improved.

Plus, UT is not nearly as good as team, that 2018 team had 2 very good WR's, this team is missing that. Their D line that year were all upper classman, this team is not nearly as strong on the D line.
 
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Because without some assistance from our good friends at that Big 12 Officiating Office, Texas EASILY could have two more losses and not even consider this game a big one for them.
 
Championship game on the line and we lose 24-10 and it wasn't even that close. Someone help put the nightmare of that to bed and tell us why this year will be different. Are we getting our hopes too high or are we conducting a train headed straight for Bevo sleeping on the tracks?

This is what happens to Bevos on the track when the Cyclone Express (Hall) comes on through...

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This is what happens to Bevos on the track when the Cyclone Express (Hall) comes on through...

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That Texas Defense doesn’t even know.....
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Championship game on the line and we lose 24-10 and it wasn't even that close. Someone help put the nightmare of that to bed and tell us why this year will be different. Are we getting our hopes too high or are we conducting a train headed straight for Bevo sleeping on the tracks?


This team is built different! We're better than Texas this year. I think we get the job done. The only thing that scares me is Ehlinger's ability to run the football. Let's take it to them and get down to Arlington!
 
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Championship game on the line and we lose 24-10 and it wasn't even that close. Someone help put the nightmare of that to bed and tell us why this year will be different. Are we getting our hopes too high or are we conducting a train headed straight for Bevo sleeping on the tracks?


Clone Dude did you hack Mtowns account? And your damn right we are headed down the tracks the cow catcher on the engine will push Bevo right out of the way and lead us to the B12 regular season championship.
 

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