Why/how has the national media missed the mark so badly on the Arch development track? As illustrated in just that one snippet, the Manning’s have repeatedly had the same message that you all have communicated to us.
Ketch's 10 Thoughts From The Weekend (Ewers to run it back in 2024?)
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I'm trying to keep everything in perspective...
If we made a line chart for both sides of the ball from year 1 to now, the line would show steady improvement overall, year after year. Our record each year also backs that improvement up. 5-7, 8-5, and then 10 or more wins this year.
Year 1 we lost a bunch of games we should not have, year 2 we won some of those games we lost in year 1, and then this year we are barely winning all but one of those game we lost the first 2 years.
That's just where we are in the program.
We do have some puzzling issues as a team though... We are a pretty veteran team, so it's hard to imagine that a younger team next year will Improve in some of the areas that veteran team should have been able to fix.
When it's all said and done, it's now week 11. We are who we are, its not going to change.
There's a reason after BYU I sent in a superchat saying that I thought all of the rest of our games would be late fourth quarter game. No one agreed with me on that.
Get ready, ISU will be a late fourth quarter game and then so will Tech. I actually think we drop one of the next two, we can't keep getting lucky in these 50/50 games forever.
Jay Lee
If we made a line chart for both sides of the ball from year 1 to now, the line would show steady improvement overall, year after year. Our record each year also backs that improvement up. 5-7, 8-5, and then 10 or more wins this year.
Year 1 we lost a bunch of games we should not have, year 2 we won some of those games we lost in year 1, and then this year we are barely winning all but one of those game we lost the first 2 years.
That's just where we are in the program.
We do have some puzzling issues as a team though... We are a pretty veteran team, so it's hard to imagine that a younger team next year will Improve in some of the areas that veteran team should have been able to fix.
When it's all said and done, it's now week 11. We are who we are, its not going to change.
There's a reason after BYU I sent in a superchat saying that I thought all of the rest of our games would be late fourth quarter game. No one agreed with me on that.
Get ready, ISU will be a late fourth quarter game and then so will Tech. I actually think we drop one of the next two, we can't keep getting lucky in these 50/50 games forever.
Jay Lee
Kansas missed a huge opportunity. If they beat Tech the would probably be sitting at number 12 in the country. That lost knocked them out of the top 25. The Big XII sucks. Should have Texas #7, Kansas #12, Oklahoma State #13, Oklahoma #14 KSU #23
Who’s he run with? If you’re looking for a change of pace/different set of eyes from a trainer I’ve got a name I can pass along. Trains in RR
Aren't you the sharpster. I went to grad school at The U, so Bratton's example came quickly to mind. I'm sure there are more if we researched it a bit.
Yes, but it still came down to putting one team over the other and it was ignored.
Returning from ACL injury 35 years ago isn’t really remotely the same as today. That was the point.
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Saying the quiet thing out loud. One of those feels MUCH closer to dominance on the field than the other.
Yes, years of dominance is the best thing--I'll take this all day, every day.
It was more about you can be a first round draft choice today and have no future the next day. That travels 35 years.
Sanders coming back would be another huge boost for Texas next year.
True, but you never know when the switch might flip for a talented QB. I am pretty sure nobody saw 2008 Colt coming based on what we saw in 06/07.
Ewers is going to have to convince NFL teams that he is durable enough to handle the pro game. He needs an injury-free season as well as showing progress if he wants to be one of the top QBs taken after next year.
Colt was real dang good in ‘06. And only relative to ‘06 was ‘07 disappointing
Yeah, I’m not buying it yet. Since his junior year in HS he and his entourage have been solely focused on getting to the NFL as quickly as possible.
He was good, but he took a significant jump in year 3 as a starter. Not trying to be argumentative as much as I am hopeful Quinn can take another step if he comes back. I think his ceiling is much higher than Ehlinger's.
I wonder the same thing. We always think "the people in his camp believe..." Who is that exactly? Who is consulting these guys? They can't have agents yet can they? Or did NIL change all that? Or is "his camp" just his parents, his HS coach and a weird uncle?
2013, Night game in Ames. We need a 75 yard drive in the final 3 minutes and Jonathan Gray is called down instead of fumbling at the 1 yard line on a VERY controversial call. We escape 31-30.
2015, Night game in Ames on Halloween. Didn't cross the 50 yard line until the last possession of the game.
2017, Night game in Ames. Needed 2 UNS calls to score our only 2 TDs and win 17-7.
2019, Afternoon game in late November in Ames. We got Breece Hall'd.
2021, Night game in Ames. Purdy>Card, Breece>Bijan, Their Xavier>Our Xavier. Honestly, their whole offense was better than ours.
Playing these guys in Ames at night sucks.
