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1. I don’t understand J.W. Walsh, he defies my ability to process and comprehend the game of football or the quarterback position. He always seems like he’s a pick six from transferring to Lamar and yet he goes out today and posts the 7th best passing day in OSU history1.
There’s still not a quarterback controversy 2 but he played an awfully good game today against a great Iowa State defense.
2. The uniforms were awful. I know everybody thinks it’s cool that we do the all orange thing or whatever but I’m not even sure the color of the helmets matched the color of the jerseys and pants and the logo was the size of an acorn.
The orange looks a lot sharper when it’s only on one piece or even accenting everything like in Tuscon.
3. I tweeted it like 10 times but I think we’ve found Quinn Sharp’s kryptonite: field goals against Iowa State. He’s one for his last four against them.
4. Props to Monken for going with and staying with the pass. Iowa State was all in against the run and Monken put his trust in Walsh on the line in the 2nd/3rd quarters. Only Weeden, Robinson, Lunt, and Pogi have ever thrown more passes in a game than Walsh did today (47).
5. Charlie Moore set the white guy receiving yards in a single game record3 today with 129. Previous high was Cooper’s 128 against Iowa State last year. This seems important for some reason.
6. Why does Wes Lunt even dress out? Is he the backup? 3rd string? What are we doing with him right now. It seems like he’s either going to play or not play and if he’s able to play but the coaches are just choosing to go with Walsh then why don’t we just redshirt him?
7. Sometimes I feel like Walsh’s passes are like bouquet tosses at weddings.
8. Has anyone ever regressed more from one season to the next than Justin Gilbert? Dana is watching tape of him late at night in his hotel room housing Red Bulls, smiling, laughing, drawing up plays.
9. How many weeks in a row is Jeremy Smith only going to play one play?
10. Really good win for OSU today. Chris Williams mentioned in our preview that Iowa State hasn’t given up over 30 points in regulation in 12 games and OSU really could have had 40+ today. Plus today is a turning point of sorts, now you can use the TCU game as a springboard back into the upper portion of the conference as you head into that KSU-WVU-Tech-OU stretch.
Much more to come throughout the weekend.
Didn’t Lunt throw it 59 times against Arizona?
He did, I screwed that up, fixed now.
I couldn’t agree more about the uniforms. I’m all about Orange Power, but Full Pumpkin looks silly (ugly).
The helmets looked like straight up Pee Wee football. Do it right or don’t do it at all. I hope they either tweak the orange lids or keep them on the shelf.
11. How many times can two announcers blatantly get names wrong? Good lord they were terrible! Blake Jackson was called Blake Webb through 3 quarters. And it wasn’t that they just got names mixed up – They were referring to Jackson as a true freshman.
12. Not a fan of the all orange. It looked like I was watching Clemson. I was excited to hear about the new helmet until I saw that it WASN’T the one in the photo that circulated last year. Still, I give them props for variety.
I was saying the exact same things during the game. I was so close to just muting the tv and turning on the radio. I don’t understand how an announcer could be so far off. Absolutely ridiculous!
I think I heard Joseph Randolph once.
I noticed that too. I believe sideline reporter referred to Joseph Randl-oph three or four times prior to kickoff too. But it happens every time Corso talks about us when he leaves off the “State”. It’s crazy how much I see this every time OK State is covered.
I liked the helmets, just not the all-orange look.
The helmets not matching to color or the jersey has bothered me for years. The white helmets are a different white than the jerseys, just like the orange was.
Are we going to start winning Kansas State style (with an OSU twist)?
The helmets looked like they were made by Fisher Price. Amateur.
Oregon: “Really? Ya’ll think those are tight? hahahaha.”
If Lunt can still redshirt, why bother bringing him back when we are probably going 7-5 or 6-6. Our team is falling apart with injuries.
Why the negativity after a big win? And no props for the defensive effort, holding ISU to a field goal after the opening drive? Today’s defensiveeffort is what I was expecting from the D all year
Wasn’t trying to come off negative. The d played great today. I just won’t be sold on them, until we limit more of a passing team (WVU BU TTU etc). I hope they win every game, just trying to be a realist.
I’m not sure which defense really showed up. We didn’t really show up until the 2nd quarter. So, I’m not sure if it’s the result of Iowa St. starting a QB with a 48% completion rate coming into the game and our D just got momentum…or if they actually have learned how to cover on third downs.
I think next week will reveal the Gundy-Monken plan for Lunt as well as the season; if we’re giving KSU a run for the money and Lunt could be the difference (KSU may be vulnerable to the deep ball), we’ll see him in the game. If KSU is handing us our heads, then I would bet the coaches throw in the hat on the season and move for a medical redshirt on Lunt. Two or more conference losses are not going to win the B12. Sorry about being a pessimist, but I think the coaches are hedging their bets…..don’t forget, we’ve lost a couple of Lunt’s weapons (key receivers)…
I mean, really, who would have “thunk it” that KSU would hang 55 on WVU?
Orange Lids: Like the attempt. Hopefully it will be like last year’s grey lids and we’ll see significant improvement in 2013.
Random: Is the spirit-rider above wearing a GoPro on his hat? Someone find that video! And where do I get the “Cowboy hat mount?”