Predict ISU vs. Texas

Creek said:
Our D is dead last in the Big 12 and our Offense is number 2 in the Big 12. So there is that.
Bottom line though is that every game will be played close from TCU to Notre Dame, which says our biggest problems are mental or motivation.
I suspect it is a function of being too much of a players coach.
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Preparation, play calling, and lack of halftime adjustments might have something to do with it.
 
BornOrange0855 said:
Thanks for the clarification. It has happened before. KSU vs Oregon and the announcer said it also happened in a Texas-A&M game in or around 2003. I remember seeing it somewhere, although I remember a lot of things that may or my not ever have happened.
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What happened in that A&M game was different. From the OSU thread:

NJlonghorn said:
What Texas had against A&M in roughly ‘05 was an offensive conversion safety. A&M blocked an extra point, recovered the live ball in the field of play, carried it back into the end zone, and was tackled. One point to the Horns. That has happened three times (I think) in I-A, including once in the Fiesta Bowl recently, and many more times in other levels of college FB.

In theory, the same can happen in the other end zone. OSU gets the ball during a Horns EP (blocked kick, recovered fumble, or INT) and runs the live ball all the way back to the 5, then fumbles. Horns recover the live ball in the field of play, run backwards into the end zone, and get tackled. Or, a Horn intentionally bats the live ball out of the end zone. Either way, that’s a safety for the Cowboys. But because it happened on a conversion, they only get one point.
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This is the only way to score a single point without also scoring 6 on a TD.
 
Creek said:
Our D is dead last in the Big 12 and our Offense is number 2 in the Big 12. So there is that.
Bottom line though is that every game will be played close from TCU to Notre Dame, which says our biggest problems are mental or motivation.
I suspect it is a function of being too much of a players coach.
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Spot on w those last few two paragraphs, Creek.
 
Here is an Athlon bettering piece on the game with better analysis and relevant stats than you will find just about anywhere else. I picked Texas, but I'll add to his thoughts that the 11am start combined with the long layoff worries me the closer we get.
 
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