Not totally upset

How many games this year have the cyclones scored 28 points?
Not very many.

Do we have the personnel to beat a team like Missouri, my opinion is no. So coming within 7 pts often throughout the game shows the coaches won't let our players quit. They had a good game plan and executed it.

Alexander Robbinson ran like the devil was chasing him. I think he runs quick, faster than our other backs. He had 150 yrds on the ground

Brett Meyer continues to stink up the backfield with a fumble in the endzone that Mizzou recovered along with -27 rushing yards on the day. Thats right, negative rushing yards. 26 of those 27 yards came on sacks, 3 of em.

Next week we come home to play a Kansas State team, who just beat Baylor 51-13. I think the Clones matchup better against 5-3 KSU, but remember these guys beat Texas.

The coaches corner

Gene Chizik proved he can coach. Saturday was my proof. The cyclones came out on the field, outgunned, out staffed, out recruited, out boostered, and certainly under manned. They played their hearts out. The team as a whole left EVERYTHING on the field.

Was ISU in position several times to snatch an upset? Sure. Did we 'squander' those opportunities? Only those so called fans that believe ISU has the same talent as Oklahoma would answer yes. There's no reason for this game to be have been as close as it was.

My answer? The coaches put the right boys in the right spots to maximize mismatches. Time after time, the coaches had the Cyclones ready to win that game.

A game like this goes a long way to help in recruiting and to help the fan base believe.

For those that didn't see the game, the only things I can say we didn't do well:

• Running between the tackles. This is half personnel, as our O line certainly isn't going to blow OU off the line of scrimmage. And we have some problems with whomever will be carrying the ball. Scales doesn't have the breakaway speed, or leg power to drive a pile. I don't get it.
• Bret Meyer will not throw the ball to Todd Blythe. End of Story.
• Special teams still needs help. Todd Blythe cannot be the one returning punts. Recruit someone very fast and teach them to catch a ball

The following is excerpted from www.cyclones.com where you can find the stats from the game. "Iowa State held fourth-ranked Oklahoma to a season-low 17 points but was unable to take advantage of several red-zone opportunities, going just 1-for-4 inside the 20, on its way to a 17-7 loss in front of 49,511 fans on Homecoming at Iowa State University."

Disaster in Ames

A football team cannot give up more than 500 yards of offense.

Period.

That means you couldn't stop their second stringers.

Recruiting is what has killed ISU in the past, and we cannot continue to kid ourselves we're getting the same caliber players as other teams. We're trying to play division 1 football with players that wouldn't start on our Big XII peer university teams. That's really, really, hard to do.

2 interceptions, nicely done Bret Meyer.

Next week is homecoming against an Oklahoma team that beat UT 28-21.

Then we go to Missouri, who's looking to make a statement, come back to play Kansas State who beat Texas, Colorado who beat Oklahoma, then end at currently 6-0 Kansas.

GRRRRREAT

All Quiet on the MidWestern Front

After almost no explanations, and even less informtion about our beloved Cyclones, they play host to Texas in Ames this weekend.

ISU has been pummeled as of late, getting out played and dare I say out coached. I understand running the ball against Tx Tech, trying to keep their high powered offense off the field and chewing clock, but don't do it for an entire quarter. You can't come back from 28-0, we just don't have the weapons.

Texas will be without 3 of their starters, star WR Limas Sweed is out with wrist surgery and a couple of defensive starters. Hope, springs eternal.

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