In many ways the attitude in Mac's last year was similar to the complaints you heard from Hawkeye fans prior to this season. However it feels like, after two nice wins, that Hawkeye fans are back on board. Cyclone fans never had anything to get them back.
I'm not sure I buy that lack of depth excuse this year. Losing Tucker hurt, no doubt. But I thought the defense still played fairly well with the exception of a few big plays. The big runs had many missed tackles with linebackers taking bad angles. The big plays were largely against backups. The long pass against Cotton was not bad coverage, but was a perfectly executed play.
Didn't you guys lose a 2nd team DT right before the opening game? Losing Tucker was a huge blow. Being forced to play Trent and Leath ( just recently arrived on campus and is woefully out of gameday shape) had a hand in there poor performance in the second half. Jay Jones (another new guy) blew some coverages and was out of place quite a bit. The reason these new guys are being forced to play was due to injuries (Tucker) and due to terrible recruiting in the past. They, at this time, lack quality depth at a few positions.
They should look at somebody that had been a HC before in an extremely difficult place that did a pretty good job. Somebody like former USF HC-Jim Leavitt. He built the USF program up from nothing. He spent the decade of the 80's coaching in Iowa. He is currently in his second stop (Colorado DC) as he tries to erase the black mark on his record. He had been working for Harbaugh with the Niners. His sideline demeanor is much more animated than PR's, though. Still think he would be a good hire for the Clones. When is the last time ISU hired a head football coach that had previously been a HC? Walden?
I think a DT quit, but I think it was because he moved down the depth chart and wasn't going to see the field much. We lost the backup center the 3rd day of fall camp. We also lost Daniel Burton, who was supposed to be a big deal on the offensive line, but he should be back this week. Two other players are out for this week. We are thin on the offensive line but pretty deep most other positions. Losing Tucker was a big loss in the Iowa game, but I thought the defense held up reasonably well without him. He clearly was an animal when he is in there though.
You make an excellent point here, which probably hasn't been made often enough. Ironically, some of the posters will say I'm making excuses, but it's worth remembering that the big Iowa plays were almost all the result of really, really good execution by the Hawks. The only exception that comes to mind is King's punt return, which occurred because the coverage guys overran him, perhaps thinking he was going to fair-catch it.
Lol. You think Hubener didn't play Qb at KSU before this year???? Where and how did he accumulate college PASSING stats? Maybe you should watch college football. JFC...
Lol. You are an f'n idiot! Look up his stats. Even a dipshit like you MIGHT learn something. Holy Hell, this is funny.
Coming from the idiot that claimed he had NEVER played the qb position...
Well, he's only held in one game, UNI, and he did it then, too. So there's that.....
We can't show you anything like that in the last couple of years. Not because the stands weren't full. But we only won one home game in two years prior to this season. Go back to 2011 when we had a late season home win against a big time opponent and you see an environment that is unmatched to any. The triple overtime win against Iowa that same year was similar.
The end of his contract? Can anyone confirm that he was on the plane back from Toledo?
