Using the "young" excuse again, huh? No matter how "young" this defense is and how "new" this offense is, there's no reason to lose by 20 to an FCS school when you're a Power 5 school! It's a simple concept to understand.
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Time to do what? Figure out that the offense CPR wants to run at ISU is terribly difficult to execute? That the issues are not isolated to players being new Mangino? Was Mangino even the OC at KU?
i have never understood the people who think CPR isa better than Mac. After the corner was turned Mac had ups and downs, but CPR has been break even in his best years, and our ***** kicked several times even in the best years.
oh my god. The defense is always young. Always. That's been the case for the last 7 years. At some point you'd think they would get a little older.
CPR isn't going anywhere, but anyone who takes a fact-based look at his tenure will realize he hasn't accomplished anything.
When do we install the location of the end zone? It sure looks like we think you get there by running towards the sideline.
We would have been alright this year had players not defected/done stupid things in the offseason.
The thought that we have to start all over again and wait for 3-5 years for the program to recover is depressing and deflating. I don't want this Coach to fail and I don't want him fired. Having said that, his win percentage is now well below our all time record in football
ISU all time win % = .456
Paul's win % = .421
The argument that "he's the only one who can do it" gets weaker with every one of these turds. More of what we saw today cannot be excused.
Ok, just stop. Im positive you are trolling now. You have used the 2 most overused excuses when it comes to Cyclone football. If 2-3 player make up the entire defense then it was a **** poor defense anyways.
Spot on! There is clearly better out there and Pollard can find someone who can do better than 0-85 against FCS schools.
Because they gave the game away, and lost by 3. We did not give the game away. Synder got that cleaned up, just like he did in 2011 after they pulled out a last minute drive to beat EKU 10-7.
You clearly don't understand football well, do you? It's hard to win with a bunch of freshman defenders, the older guys would have helped us tremendously.
So what's North Dakota State's excuse? They had to replace, what, 15 starters on offense and defense as well as almost their entire coaching staff? Why did they come into Iowa State's house, punch them in the mouth and walk out with their lunch? They had to replace a team that won three straight national championships. Based on all of the excuses people are making on this board, it should not have been even feasible for North Dakota State to make Iowa State their *****.
So we are expected to lose (not only lose, but get embarrassed) just because we have to start a bunch of freshman and sophomores?! When we are a Power. 5 school?! Come on, get a grip!
I never said that we are expected to lose, but I am saying it didn't surprise me. They played fundamentally sound football, and we are young and not fundamentally sound. We will get there, but Mangino needs time to develop players.
Fundamentally sound football by an FCS opponent shouldn't beat a Power 5 school, ever. I don't know why you keep trying to argue for reasons to excuse this loss because it's inexcusable.