Biggest Letdown in Cyclone History?

[Beyerball]

Year 5 of cmc we should not be at a point where losing a couple players torally derails your offense..outside QB.

We looked vastly slower than UL defense and our WR and TE got punked

 

[knowlesjam]

Been watching the clones 1981...this one is just another in a long list...not even top 10.

 

[Beyerball]

Btw.. where was Jirhel Brock?

 

[cyclonepower]

No I think after the season we will just chalk this up to being a bad team

 

[atlantacyclone]

It was a big one .... but not the biggest. After the first half they looked okay... lucky but okay. The second half was a complete disaster. Our receivers either can’t catch, are missed by the QB or can’t get open. Other than the one long pass and the last drive where they were mentally beat down I would say that the D played a good game.... clearly good enough to beat a Sunbelt team. The O is a mess.

 

[SCarolinaCy]

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Not even close. We've been terrible the first game of the year since I can remember. Ultimately, the way the game went I don't see much that can't be fixed. So I'm not ready to throw the season away yet. There's been plenty of openers that I left feeling like it's going to be a long year.

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[cdfree]

Campbell hasn’t been able to address the two biggest issues with Iowa State football... bad line play (on both sides) and poor tackling. It’s really that simple. The recruiting for offensive and defensive lineman has not improved and the development hasn’t either.

The line play is understandable. The DL has come a long way but the position is every team's 2nd priority after QB on the recruiting trail, it seems. The special teams problems are inexcusable though. Any **** team can (and often does) have good special teams. It's not brain surgery.

 

[atlantacyclone]

In short: yes: if you were born three years ago!

 

[ISUKyro]

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[madguy30]

Defense is fine but offensively there is a huge talent gap now...very very slow and not uniquely skilled on offense anymore

They were OK but still gave up big plays and that last drive was rinse and repeat from last season. Maybe even worse with being pushed around.

 

[SCarolinaCy]

ISU is ALWAYS on the wrong end of the headlines.

Louisiana, which picked up its first win over a Power 5 opponent since it beat Kansas State 17-15 back on Sept. 12, 2009. This was also its first win over a ranked opponent since it beat Texas A&M in 1996. Louisiana had never beat a ranked opponent on the road.

 

[MartyFine]

Best quarterback in school history, best coach in school history, “talented” o-line, “best team in school history” proceeds to lay an absolute egg. I should have seen it coming

The O line is terrible. We thought it was bad after UNI last year, but it wasn’t that bad. This O line is one of the worst I’ve ever seen

 

[SCarolinaCy]

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[Swanson10]

The O line is terrible. We thought it was bad after UNI last year, but it wasn’t that bad. This O line is one of the worst I’ve ever seen

You mean the position group that has a former average college player in the MAC and grad assistant promoted to P5 position coach running the room?

 

[brianhos]

I’ll admit I’m definitely a lot younger than most on the board, but this is really the first time in my life I thought Cyclone football might be poised to actually make some noise and compete for a Big 12 title

The problem is, you bought into the hype, never buy into it. ISU is ISU, and they will always be.

 

[AlaCyclone]

Just off the top of my head:
MBB vs. H*mpton
MBB vs. UAB
FB vs. Oklahoma 2002
FB vs. Mizzou 2005
FB vs. Mizzou 2004

I saw ISU lose to UNI not once, but twice - both by double digits in the early 90s. Today stunk, but LA is good, and ISU is good too. Sometimes, the other team is just better and wins.

 

[RonBurgundy]

That second half definitely ranks up there as a huge letdown and disappointment. I thought we were fortunate to have a lead, and we started with the ball. God awful half of football.

 

[Billups06]

It was a big one .... but not the biggest. After the first half they looked okay... lucky but okay. The second half was a complete disaster. Our receivers either can’t catch, are missed by the QB or can’t get open. Other than the one long pass and the last drive where they were mentally beat down I would say that the D played a good game.... clearly good enough to beat a Sunbelt team. The O is a mess.

Not quite understanding our route concepts/route trees. Easy throws seem to be very few and far between. Each completion seems to be a monumental struggle (save for how we utilized Milton a few times early today). Never appeared to be in a good rhythm.

Purdy does miss open receivers as he tends to stare down one WR/TE on pass plays, but there’s got to be a way to give Purdy some easy completions. Unsure why we went away from those short, quick, simple throws that had relative success in the first half.

 

[IceCyIce]

Who is in charge of special teams? Nobody?

 

[madguy30]

Not quite understanding our route concepts/route trees. Easy throws seem to be very few and far between. Each completion seems to be a monumental struggle (save for how we utilized Milton a few times early today). Never appeared to be in a good rhythm.

Purdy does miss open receivers as he tends to stare down one WR/TE on pass plays, but there’s got to be a way to give Purdy some easy completions. Unsure why we went away from those short, quick, simple throws that had relative success in the first half.

That's been a staple offensively with this staff. If something's working and going well, they go away from it when it's needed. There seems to be some ability to get down field after the catch from the receivers...that should be utilized.

Funny thing today was on short/inches situations they actually did what I've been waiting for in just getting up there, running it and taking care of the situation.