Campbell and where was Oliver Martin?

[DDThompson]

He was all over the place after Wisconsin last year, then took most of October off to hide under his bridge.

He was back within ten seconds of the end of the Penn State game.

Some days it just takes longer to get out of his 50-yd line home side season ticket seats.

 

[racerhawk]

I agree that Campbell is a good coach. He outcoached our staff for most of the night last night, but that isn't hard to do. As for Martin, he was out there a few times last night, but he looks to have trouble getting separation, as do most of our receivers. He has good hands, but isn't a speedster by any means. As for the receivers playing really well, well not sure because how many passing tds did we have against a team with a terrible pass defense? How much of it is the receivers not getting open, or Stanley just not seeing them? If you go to the games there are times where Stanley flat out misses guys breaking wide open. The pass to Smith Marsette on 3rd and 22 was a beauty, but he is unwilling to throw the ball like that consistently. It's almost like he said screw it, and just zipped it in there. Smith dropped a sure TD pass that should have been caught, although the pass was high and in the only spot the defender could make the play, but Brandon looked to be about 6 inches taller than their defensive backs, and was a very good high jumper, and we didn't take advantage of it the entire night. I'm not sure where our points are going to come from against better teams. We have no rushing attack again, and we will see much better defenses than what we struggled with last night.

Part of coaching is preparing your team to execute when in matters, including the smallest of details. Did he really outcoach KF?

He hasn't beaten KF, either. Is Harbaugh better than Urban?

 

[WinOneThisCentury]

They won, so OM’s absence was a very minor complaint

I think Campbell will leave too, but he’s hard to get a read on. He’s not the swaggering, big talking type, so it’s impossible to know how happy he is in Ames and how badly he wants the big job. You know he wants the SEC job, because all good coaches want the rings and the competition at the highest level.

ISU fans with “insider” knowledge claim he loves Ames and is thrilled with the modest small town life and his 2000 square foot house.

Think about what you said, "it's impossible to know how happy he is in Ames"...have you seen the Hooray for Ames video. That a video like that got made should tell you everything you need to know. Ames...LOL. I don't believe he stays. He's obviously a competitive guy...he's going to take his shot at a bigger program without the recruiting disadvantages he faces today. He's now lost 5 straight (4 belong to him) to a school that gets the best players from the State...that ain't helping to keep him. I can hear KF now, "Hey, sure, you can go to Iowa State, we will be sure to say hi after we beat you every year." Kids also hear it from the Iowa guys on Iowa's team.