And we are much worse than last year
The magic is gone
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No but the fans will start losing interest and stop showing up.
Kentucky lost at home to Evansville, Duke lost at home to Stephen F Austin
This year
Those places have historic venues, hall of fame coaches and 5 star players.
That is not to defend Prohm's coaching tonight, but teams do get beat at home.
Huh what? I dont expect the crowd to will a team to win because we suck. I simply expect to win
Oddly it feels like it's flipped in football.
I feel like ISU can play most teams in Jack Trice and at least have a chance.
Did Duke and Kentucky lose 4 conference home games last year too?
Scott Drew actually runs plays and makes in-game adjustments. You’d think after 5 years he’d improve. Ask Iowa fans who have been hoping for Fran to improve in the 10+ years he’s been there how much he’s improved.
Have Duke and Kentucky been beat badly at home several times a season?
They aren’t going to lose 5+ times at home.
The part about Orr.
It's been a thing after him. Crowds even back in the Floyd, Larry and Morgan years were great.
This. It feels like a lot of his game plans rely on out talenting other teams. That works at Murray State when you have 1 NBA against a bunch of players who aren't even good enough to go to Europe. In the Big 12, well, doesn't work so much
He had plenty of talent last year. Shayock, THT, Wigginton, and Haliburton are all NBA or borderline NBA level talent. Better than the majority of other Big 12 teams
I'd like to think Prohm is intelligent enough to figure it out, but maybe not. I want a coach that puts people in the right positions to succeed. Prohm does not do that. He runs an offense for 4 guards when he has 2 posts out there. I understand egos are insane at this level, but if you want to be successful you have to learn to change. Ed Orgeron is a prime example of that.
Too many me players on that team last year.
Agreed with your Ed Orgeron point. I think Iowa State is his Ole Miss.
Seems to me that a trend for games the last 4 seasons---when things are good, they're very good, but if it's not going well, it just gets worse as the game goes on with a couple of exceptions.
The crowd was awesome tonight when we actually made plays on defense and scored. When you are down 15+ for 30 minutes of the game it’s hard to get off of your ass.
Let's not be dumb here. We had 3 guys end up in the NBA from last years team and one more who could have been there if he wanted to. We still lost to TCU at home anyways.
Remember the Fred teams that defended the home court without Kentucky or Duke rosters? You don't need to be them to win at home. 5 home loses to P5 teams in the last 1.25 seasons is bad. Stop making excuses for failure