Gameday Thread, Home Stretch Edition: TCU vs Iowa State

[Mean Purple]

Agree that they play with fire, but you have to admit he goes brain-dead on third and long...and has done it all year. It's so easy for the other team to run 10 yards stop routes and pick up a first down, that he's a bit of his own worst enemy on getting gased at the drives drag on unnecessarily.

oh, I agree with you on that for sure. The schemes on both sides of the ball are predictable.

the yardage, TOP, etc we had coming out of the third quarter is indicative of a win, yet this staff seems to find ways to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory.

 

[Wexahu]

I gave myself a 36-hour hiatus from here because I knew what I would see, lol. My worthless thoughts....

- No excuses. Bad performance, and that was not a good ISU team. The nonstop 2:30-3:00 commercial breaks make for a painful game experience unless there are lots of exciting plays in the limited amount of time a game is actually going on, which there obviously was not.
- The offensive line play, especially in the first half, was just awful.
- Hoover seems to have regressed. Would not be opposed to putting a QB in there that can run a bit and start mixing things up with the running game. It takes 20 yards of open space for Hoover to decide to run. Can any of our other QBs pass at all?
- Need to see some fight in these next few games. They are all winnable. Go win a couple.
- If the head coach isn't let go, other changes need to be made barring a major turnaround. Start with the O-line coach.
- I still think this team is pretty devoid of talent. That's on Dykes too I suppose (and our lack of willing pay-for-play participants) but I don't see much there.
- Been reading some "this conference isn't any better than the old MWC" type stuff. GMAFB. That's all. If that's your opinion, you're an idiot. Every program in this league is better than at least four programs in that 9-team league. It's really not even close.
- The biggest thing going against us right now IMO is a lack of excitement. We've pretty much gotten to as far as we're going to go (no matter who the coach is), and I think most people know that. That's what sucks, relative to say a Tech or SMU. The NCG was a major gut punch, but it is what it is. We'd have been better off in the old system where we didn't have to actually play Georgia after beating Michigan.
- Go Frogs. Saturday sucked but I will still enjoy the wins when they come.

 

[BrewingFrog]

Agree that they play with fire, but you have to admit he goes brain-dead on third and long...and has done it all year. It's so easy for the other team to run 10 yards stop routes and pick up a first down, that he's a bit of his own worst enemy on getting gased at the drives drag on unnecessarily.

Third and long is terrible, and a molar-grinding ordeal. While I like Avalos and believe the team is doing their best for him, his strategy on 3rd down is terrible. Why he cannot see this is mystifying.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

Third and long is terrible, and a molar-grinding ordeal. While I like Avalos and believe the team is doing their best for him, his strategy on 3rd down is terrible. Why he cannot see this is mystifying.

Overall, the defense looked good on Saturday. Coming into the game, they had been strong on third down, ranking in the top ~30 nationally, but on Saturday their third-down defense wasn’t as sharp. Outside of two big plays, that was my only real complaint about the unit. The secondary responded well after getting beat last week, turning in a solid performance. ISU completed only nine passes.

 

[Mean Purple]

the dykes dweebs are peeking their heads out today.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

the dykes dweebs are peeking their heads out today.

Look, I like you, I don't know why you have to be hostile...

 

[Mean Purple]

Look, I like you, I don't know why you have to be hostile...

lmao

 

[SW toad]

Look, I like you, I don't know why you have to be hostile...

NOW NOW you 2. Ameliorate!!! Both of you are big valuable contributors. There are many times on this board where people take stuff too literally. In this instance, this is not one of them. Not you guys, but there are many here who just need to step back and breathe a couple deep breaths b4 they post including me.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

NOW NOW you 2. Ameliorate!!! Both of you are big valuable contributors. There are many times on this board where people take stuff too literally. In this instance, this is not one of them. Not you guys, but there are many here who just need to step back and breathe a couple deep breaths b4 they post including me.

Hey, I enjoy the banter. I like when people make claims and I try to point out that what they see is not always what is happening. But we are all human, we are all TCU fans. We can be kids sometimes, but that only lasts on gameday, maybe the day after. After that, we should be adults...

 

[LisaLT]

How does Hoover command $2.4 million in NIL money? Is that the going rate because that seems like a WHOLE lot for what we are getting. Just wondering. Are we spending the money in the places we should be and not heavy on one guy? I guess not.

 

[Mean Purple]

NOW NOW you 2. Ameliorate!!! Both of you are big valuable contributors. There are many times on this board where people take stuff too literally. In this instance, this is not one of them. Not you guys, but there are many here who just need to step back and breathe a couple deep breaths b4 they post including me.

Nicy Putt, Nancy

 

[SW toad]

Nicy Putt, Nancy

As my former neighbor said who some lunatics painted his house ALL black, Putts get really difficult once they start handing out the money.

 

[Mean Purple]

As my former neighbor said who some lunatics painted his house ALL black, Putts get really difficult once they start handing out the money.

Me to a friend at a club tourney: How did it look.
Friend: Like a thimble.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

How does Hoover command $2.4 million in NIL money? Is that the going rate because that seems like a WHOLE lot for what we are getting. Just wondering. Are we spending the money in the places we should be and not heavy on one guy? I guess not.

The market will adjust as more information becomes available. Right now, $2.4 million feels like a lot, especially when your program has multiple needs and other programs are competing for the same resources. Eventually, there’s going to be a Moneyball effect in all of this. Maybe quarterbacks will continue to command millions on a regular basis, but there will be statistical inefficiencies to exploit.

For example, in the NFL, running backs aren’t highly paid, outside of a few, they’re considered interchangeable. Yet in fantasy football, their value is often higher because of how point utilization works. I think NIL economics will eventually follow a similar pattern.

 

[Froggy Style]

The market will adjust as more information becomes available. Right now, $2.4 million feels like a lot, especially when your program has multiple needs and other programs are competing for the same resources. Eventually, there’s going to be a Moneyball effect in all of this. Maybe quarterbacks will continue to command millions on a regular basis, but there will be statistical inefficiencies to exploit.

For example, in the NFL, running backs aren’t highly paid, outside of a few, they’re considered interchangeable. Yet in fantasy football, their value is often higher because of how point utilization works. I think NIL economics will eventually follow a similar pattern.

You like to say a lot of words while saying nothing of importance. Go work on your model. This team still sucks and you and Wexahu spent weeks telling everyone we weren't seeing what we were seeing.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

You like to say a lot of words while saying nothing of importance. Go work on your model. This team still sucks and you and Wexahu spent weeks telling everyone we weren't seeing what we were seeing.

Eat a bag of dicks.

 

[Wexahu]

You like to say a lot of words while saying nothing of importance. Go work on your model. This team still sucks and you and Wexahu spent weeks telling everyone we weren't seeing what we were seeing.

I never said we had a good team. I’ve said we weren’t really that good multiple times. You have a reading comprehension problem.

What I have had a problem with are those that pretend we were really good before SD got here, We were below .500 in the Big 12 in the SIX years prior to his arrival. You’d think by reading here we had been playing in the CCG and contending for NY6 bowls on a regular basis before SD got here and ruined everything.

 

[An-Cap Frog]

I never said we had a good team. I’ve said we weren’t really that good multiple times. You have a reading comprehension problem.

What I have had a problem with are those that pretend we were really good before SD got here, We were below .500 in the Big 12 in the SIX years prior to his arrival. You’d think by reading here we had been playing in the CCG and contending for NY6 bowls on a regular basis before SD got here and ruined everything.

Actual footage of Froggy Style...

 

[Mean Purple]

The market will adjust as more information becomes available. Right now, $2.4 million feels like a lot, especially when your program has multiple needs and other programs are competing for the same resources. Eventually, there’s going to be a Moneyball effect in all of this. Maybe quarterbacks will continue to command millions on a regular basis, but there will be statistical inefficiencies to exploit.

For example, in the NFL, running backs aren’t highly paid, outside of a few, they’re considered interchangeable. Yet in fantasy football, their value is often higher because of how point utilization works. I think NIL economics will eventually follow a similar pattern.

Dang forgot to ask.
Did you see the private equity idea the big 10 is kicking around?

 

[An-Cap Frog]

Dang forgot to ask.
Did you see the private equity idea the big 10 is kicking around?

I heard that they actually sold 100% of Purdue...


(It's a joke)