Iowa State vs TEXAS (10-15-22) – Pre-Game

Godz40acres

Godz40acres

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Game time = 11 A.M. / TV = ABC

The Cyclones began the 2022 season winning their first three contests facing Southeast Missouri State, Iowa, and Ohio. Losses came in the following three games by a total of 11 points: 31-24 (bailor), 14-11 (Kansas), 10-9 (Kansas State).

A Texas Longhorns football team has not played against Iowa State since 2018, choosing instead to send out squads of Monty Python Twits. However, Head Coach Steve Sarkisian has stated that his team will field the field next Saturday. Hopes are high as the Horns are coming off an epic beat-down, a blowout blast, a massive mauling of the Land Thieves north of the border.

GO HORNS!!

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Somehow, Campbell has gone from near the top of the list for good programs searching for a new coach, to deep down in the also-rans.

They’re having trouble putting points on the board. Their defense still looks ok, but nothing special.
 
Dekker is no Purdy, but he can dink and dunk like Harris and Smith. It will still be a challenge for our defense, especially since Texas isn't likely to lite up the scoreboard.
 
I thought defense looked good. If Bijan can have a good enough game to hold their attention we should be able to hold the Lb’s long enough with a good fake to hit the quick slant or wheel route. That’s the key to our offense for this game imo. Hopefully our D brings their intensity for 4 qtrs.
 
The biggest difference from last year to me (apart from QB play) is that we appear to have an o-line that can stand up against a good three-man rush. Last year ISU basically controlled the line with three guys, so they could sit back in seven and eight man coverages and shut everything down in the passing lanes.

My biggest concern is that we still aren't showing consistent push in the run game. It's getting better, but as bad as OU was last week and as early as they seemed to quit on defense, I don't know how much was us and how much was them. I suspect we'll find out Saturday.

My second is that the defense still seems susceptible up the middle. Again... OU did absolutely nothing to test us. They ran straight up the gut early until we realized we didn't have to worry about the pass.

I feel much better this week about this matchup than I did a couple weeks ago, but it's sad to say that I need to see us handle Iowa State before I'll be fully bought in that we're turning the corner. (Wow, did I just type that?)
 
Someone is putting heavy $$$ across the counter...Texas is now -16 (-16.5 in a few places) AND the O/U has dropped under 50. I just don't see this as a 33-17 game...I just don't.
 
Godz40acres said:
A Texas Longhorns football team has not played against Iowa State since 2018, choosing instead to send out squads of Monty Python Twits.
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Yes.

ISU is still going to send out a good defense against us. Campbell is no idiot. He has the ability to still make us look like twits... much like Tech did in the 2nd half of the game a few weeks ago. I still think we win, but we've got to stop killing ourselves against the Clones.
 
Strengths will collide when No. 22 Texas, fresh off a record-setting offensive performance, hosts defensive-minded Iowa State on Saturday afternoon in a Big 12 Conference dustup in Austin, Texas.

Iowa State has had recent success against the Longhorns, winning the past three games in the series, including a victory in 2020 when the teams last played in Austin.

The Longhorns racked up 585 yards of total offense despite pulling their starters atter the third quarter. They also amassed 36 first downs, the most in a single game in the Texas-Oklahoma matchup and the most ever at a game held inside Cotton Bowl Stadium.

Texas’ win was not only about offense, as the Longhorns allowed only 195 yards and just 39 passing yards, the fewest they’ve surrendered in a game since 2014. Texas has now run off back-to-back routs after losing in overtime to Texas Tech on Sept. 24 in its Big 12 opener. The Longhorns’ two losses were by a combined four points.

The Cyclones began the season 3-0 but have dropped three straight Big 12 games to begin league play for the first time since coach Matt Campbell’s initial year on the job, 2016.

“I don’t feel like we are totally off kilter, it is just our inconsistencies,” Campbell said. “We have to be right on right now to be consistent, and we are not. … You still see some ‘A’ players making ‘A’ plays, but we are not as consistent as we need to be to win football games right now.”

The Cyclones ended up with just 276 yards of total offense but stayed in contention thanks to a stifling defense that limited Kansas State’s powerful attack to only 131 yards rushing, less than half of its season average entering the game.

Iowa State ranks eighth in the nation in scoring defense, surrendering 13.7 points per game over its first six contests. The Cyclones are 11th in total defense, allowing 277.5 yards per contest.

[More at Sportsnaut]
 
The College Football Power Index (FPI) is siding heavily with the home team as Texas has the outsized 88.9 percent chance to defeat Iowa State on Saturday.

That leaves the Cyclones a narrow 11.1 percent shot to upset the Longhorns in what would be their first Big 12 victory this season.

The oddsmakers agree, naming Texas the 14.5 point favorites, according to the lines at Caesars Sportsbook, which set the over/under mark at 49.5 points for the matchup.

Texas has maintained a high position on the index's 131 college football rankings, sitting at No. 4 nationally this week after the big win over OU.

That generous ranking owes to how well the FPI estimates the Longhorns would perform against an average team on a neutral field, projecting they would win by 21.7 points going forward.

The computer projects Texas will win 9.3 games on the season and has the 55.7 percent chance to win the Big 12, the current favorite in the conference.

[More at YardBarker]
 
I was on the "SARK IS THE ONE" bandwagon from his first presser. And all through last year. I don't think He or any of us knew how pervasive and insidious the cancer was.
It was not until this year that he even hinted it.
Have no predictions on our final record
But I do know Texas has the coach we need. May we deserve him.

Thanks Godz for the presser
 
Texas is getting the most out of few
remaining '18 and '19 signees

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The list below highlights Sark’s stellar roster management and also his staff’s ability to develop. Just as it’s supposed to be, each of these players are playing the best football of their career as seniors.

2018
LB DeMarvion Overshown: Second on the team in tackles (44, 4 tfl, 1.5 sacks), first on the team in drawing erroneous flags that removed big plays. Still not the most natural at “linebacking things” but he is improved on the basics. He’s great in space and a good leader.

DB Anthony Cook: He has been incredibly consistent, a great leader, and a sound tackler. Along with Jerrin Thompson, he has turned a severe program weakness into a strength.

DT Keondre Coburn: “Snacks” has been feasting up front and not just as a run stopper. Getting in better shape has added quickness and helped his ability to get in the back field. Play-strength might even be improved.

CB D’Shawn Jamison: Jamison has always had electric athleticism and playmaking ability. The question has always been, can he do the little things that yield consistency? That answer this season has been YES.

Texas Midseason Defensive Grades (PFF):
Jamison: #1 CB in B12
Thompson: #1 S in B12
Overshown: #3 LB in B12
Coburn & Murphy: #6, #7 interior defenders in all of Power 5​

DL Moro Ojomo: Ojomo was pretty good last year and suffered some guilt by association with the overall defense, but he has improved this season. He’s great with his hands and using his body mechanics to defeat defenders.

OT Christian Jones: Jones always possessed the raw tools, and has been a solid run blocker in his career, but this season he’s put it all together and is on pace to earn All-Conference and a nice draft grade.

2019
WR Jordan Whittington: J-Whit leads the team in receptions but he’s so much more than that. His physical, selfless play is on par with Roschon Johnson’s. He’s also pretty clutch and has played an integral role in Sark’s early play calling scripts. When not making big catches over the middle and down the sideline, he’s beating up would-be tacklers.

LB David Gbenda: After the staff added Diamonte Tucker-Dorsey in the offseason Gbenda is having a quiet year but I believe he has good football ahead of him as the roster thins this offseason. Certainly the staff is developing the position as evidenced by Overshown and Jaylan Ford.

RB Roschon Johnson: He’s the leader of the team with a play-style similar to Whittington’s. They do the little things and they do the big things and they do them with their hair on fire.

DT T’Vondre Sweat: A problem with interior linemen is they don’t always get the credit they deserve. Many of their great plays are obscured by mass humanity and don’t even show up in the boxscore. That’s been Sweat this year and you can bet NFL scouts will notice.

The proof is in the pudding, this staff can develop, even players who were further along and seemingly have less ’new tricks’ to learn. There are no finished products in this program. Sark also understands roster management because the upperclassmen at Texas are all contributing if not outright balling.

[More at IT]
 
Bo Davis had a lot to do with the change of culture we are seeing with this team. Sark worked on a major culture change in the program all summer. We got rid of the Woke warts on the team that Herman and others allowed to infect our program. Good riddance to all of them and there were many. We have a ways to go before we become a really good team but I believe we are moving in the right direction. I think the response we have seen so far after the tech loss is a really good sign.
 
mmsnake said:
Bo Davis had a lot to do with the change of culture we are seeing with this team. Sark worked on a major culture change in the program all summer. We got rid of the Woke warts on the team that Herman and others allowed to infect our program. Good riddance to all of them and there were many. We have a ways to go before we become a really good team but I believe we are moving in the right direction. I think the response we have seen so far after the tech loss is a really good sign.
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There are some who don't want to admit that was the biggest issue plaguing Sark and the program in his first season. Huge turnaround so far purging that element the hell off the 40 Acres.
 
My hope is that the defense worked every day on stopping the pass to the big slow tight ends that always seem to roam freely in our defensive backfield. Also, I ponder how a landlocked state school over a thousand miles from any ocean came up with “Cyclones” as their team name.
 
IvanDiabloHorn said:
My hope is that the defense worked every day on stopping the pass to the big slow tight ends that always seem to roam freely in our defensive backfield. Also, I ponder how a landlocked state school over a thousand miles from any ocean came up with “Cyclones” as their team name.
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Well, tornadoes are also known as cyclones, and Ioweee is prone to them.
 
I'm glad we have Ewers back against this defense. We'll need everything crackalacking with RBs, WRs (fewer drops), and J'T.
 
Giovanni Jones said:
This mascot logo has always kind of puzzled me ... a little red bird stirring up a tornadic storm, I guess
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Iowa State University Mascot 2022 Update - Mascot Passion

"Iowa State University mascot for the sports teams is CY, the Cardinal. Although, the University’s moniker has long been cyclone but it was difficult to depict cyclone in costume. The cardinal was chosen from the cardinal and gold of the official school colors. The cardinal-like bird was introduced at the 1954 homecoming pep rally. CY is on duty more than 200 days out of the year most trying for a single individual. Each spring, the campus will announce tryouts for the upcoming CY. A spirit squad team with other students serves as panel of judges to select the most animated candidates to serve as the mascot squad for next year."
 
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