ISU throttles Tx Tech

From beginning to end, ISU dominated every phase of the game in Lubbock.  The O line, even when Tuftee got hurt and his backup came in, OWNED the line of scrimmage.

My father wondered aloud if ISU is better prepared to handle D lines that are big/strong/slow vs. small/fast d lines.  I'm not sure he's wrong.  Either way, ISU won the trenches on both sides of the ball.

Sans a late sack for a loss of 8, ISU had 3 100+ yd rushers against Tx Tech.  Reviewing the statistics from the game may not look like dominance:

                                    Comp/Att                yds        Avg      TD     INT

J. Barnett	14/26	144	5.5	1	0

Until you get here:

368 yard of rushing.
                       Carries        Yards

White, James   31              141
Hollis, Duran    4                101
Barnett, Jared  19              112
Woody, Jeff     11              38
                                               ISU   TxTech

TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS 512     290
  Total offense plays                93       64

Possession Time                     40:09 20:0

Wow boys.  ISU also allowed Tx Tech NO passing touchdowns.  When you take away an offense's best weapon, you'll win that ball game.

In fact, in the 3rd Quarter, I was starting to tire of ISU having the ball and in really no danger of losing this game at all.

Barnett made good decisions, White and Hollis were quite the duo slashing the Tx Tech defense, and the ISU defense had 2 takeways (one interception was returned 73 yards to put the Cyclones near the red zone!).

It was a great game, best since at least 2002 NU game.

Bring on the J-Hawks!