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Here are the teams ISU should want to lose today...

#1 Oregon (14 1/2 pt. favorite)
#2 Georgia (14 1/2 pt. favorite)
#4 Ohio State (3 pt. favorite) - OSU up by 4 currently
#5 Miami (20 1/2 pt. favorite) - Miami up by 4 currently
#7 Tennessee (17 1/2 pt. favorite)
#10 Texas A&M (3 pt. favorite)
#11 Clemson (10 1/2 pt. favorite)
#13 Indiana (7 1/2 pt. favorite)
#17 Kansas State (13 pt. favorite)
#18 Pittsburg (7 1/2 pt. dog)
Texas Tech (13 1/2 pt. dog)
Nebraska (7 1/2 pt. favorite) - Recruiting Competitor
Iowa (3 pt. favorite) - Recruiting Competitor

If 4 of these hopeful losses occurs I will consider it a great day! Does anyone have a disagreement with this list?

Kamala is going to propose price controls as the solution to inflation. Anyone, that believes in price controls or would vote for someone that is for price controls is an absolute moron. Nixon tried that 50 years ago, and the result was supplies disappeared. No one is going to provide any product unless they can make the market rate of profit on that product. But apparently democrats are so f#cking stupid that they want to repeat this huge failure.

I don't know this rule that well but it's my understanding tech either had to call a timeout to avoid the runoff or take a 10 second run off.

And Campbell chose to not make them do that to have a chance with maybe 20 seconds left.

WTF

Tech could only run the ball at the end because of that decision by Campbell....they would have only had one timeout otherwise.

WTF

I noticed we played a lot with Sadowsky (13), Goodwin(32), and 44 playing at LB a lot? Did we lose some more linebackers?

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It's Texas Tech week, so let's get rolling with those predictions for the game against the Red Raiders.

1) Winner & margin of victory. (ex: Iowa State by six)
2) Total points scored. (ex: 52 points)
3) TIEBREAKER: How many passing yards will Iowa State finish with?

Number one will be the first determiner and then I'll take whoever gets closest to the total points. If needed, I'll go to the passing yards prediction to break a tie.

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Iowa State is currently a 14.5-point favorite and the over/under is 54.5 points.

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I have never been this excited for any ISU team and believe I’m borderline obsessed. Scoring and rebounding numbers are conference only. Sorry for the length but that's what happens when we have a bye week.

Question #1 is who will start at the 4? Otz would love to run a 3 guard lineup but that means Milan will have to play the 4. IMO that will work against some, smaller teams but not all. This team’s biggest detriment last year was defensive rebounding. We were dead last in a 14 team conference. We gave up more offensive rebounds than any other team so having Milan at the 4 for every game will exacerbate that deficiency. IMO Jefferson was the biggest get and will help the rebounding numbers drastically.

Otz answered this question in an interview when he said he may have different players start game to game. That was really the only solution but not something coaches usually do. But our coach isn’t like a lot of other coaches thank God.

Question #2 is how the new front court will compare to last year’s? Simply put I’m bullish on the new additions and added depth. Again, rebounding was a very, very big issue for us. Tre was the leading rebounder with only 5.3 per game. BRE only averaged 4.2 (less than both Lipsey and Gilbert). Jefferson averaged 6.5 reb per game over an average of 25 minutes / game for a top 25 Saint Mary’s team that prided itself on defense. Jefferson was highly sought after by Virginia in the Portal (very defensive minded team) and VA’s recruiting page went into great detail about his defense and how he would fit in. Other recruiting sites called him an “elite rebounder” and “He was created in a lab to play for Iowa State”. But not only can he rebound he is a great passer / facilitator and can take defenders off the dribble. I loved Tre’s fight and he had a great mid-range jumper, but he could not do these other things at a high level. At 6’ 9” 240 lbs. Jefferson will bring greater size and can play the 5 when needed. Tre seemed to be undersized at 6’7” much of the time.

Dishon also brings more size to the center position at 6’11” 274 lbs. and he will provide rim protection that BRE didn’t. Despite his size he is athletic and per Otz can do all the closeouts, switching, etc. expected in their defense. I loved BRE and his defense /effort but he only averaged 4.2 reb per game. Again, we need to do better at rebounding and I believe Dishon will provide that. In addition, he will be more of an offensive threat. He is a good ball handler, can use either hand at the rim and was a 70% free throw shooter. BRE seemed to miss at least 1 layup per game and shot 57% from the foul line.

We will miss Ward as an offensive lob threat and rim protector, but he only played 16 minutes per game and was always in foul trouble. Brandton Chatfield is another large, hard nosed player (6’10” 260 lbs.) that Otz compared to BRE and said the fans will love. I love that he’s a career 34.4% 3-pt shooter and if he can improve that just a little he can provide a different dimension to the post. He shot 39.3% during the 2022-2023 season so he’s capable. Much like Ward, he needs to learn how to play without fouling.

Question #3 is how do you manage the playing time for a minimum of 9 guys? I took the minutes played last year and tried to keep them the same. Below are the minutes per position with last year’s total avg minutes per game in parentheses. I don’t have last years average per position but I did include total minutes for the comparable person on last year’s team. This is obviously going to change as players develop, injuries, etc. Note that I don’t have any minutes for JT Rock but I do think he will get some, just mot many. I think Nojus will redshirt but could be wrong and although Heise will get more minutes than Pav’s 10 min / game last year I only have him at 15 which could be far lower than he gets. He’s just a baller! I’m hopeful Watson takes a big step this year – love that guy! The challenge, again, is finding the minutes for 9-10 players.

Sorry again for the length... 6 months of pent-up anticipation and excitement. Go ahead a poke holes but if you disagree with the minutes projection please tell me who’s minutes will be reduced.



Minutes breakdown by position:

Point guard

Lipsey (31.4): 20 minutes

Gilbert (31.1) 20 minutes

Off Guard

Lipsey (31.4): `10 Minutes

Gilbert (31.1): 10 minutes

Jones (26.9): 20 minutes

Off Guard

Jones (26.9): 10 minutes

Heise (Pav 10.5): 15 minutes

Moncilovich (30.2): 15 minutes

Power Forward

Moncilovich (30.2): 15 minutes

Watson (9.5): 10 minutes

Jefferson (Tre 23.4) 15 minutes

Center

Jackson (BRE 22.5): 25 minutes

Jefferson (Ward 15.9): 10 minutes

Chatfield (only 2 centers last year): 5 minutes

Are we getting any injured players back this week??

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I see brother Manske is picking up right where his older brother left off. Pretty neat to see qb 1 and 2 be brothers.

Golesh and Herman have a really bad exchange at end of game tonight.

Golesh walks by and slaps Herman's hand hard....Herman didn't like it and went after him barking at him. Golesh kept walking. Extended several yards before Herman wife pulls him away.

I don't know the back story but had Golesh done that to many men he better hope they have his physique.

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I figured this one would play out a while longer. I think the coaches felt they were in a good spot as of a month or two ago. Look for Ohio 4-star Nathan Bernhard to now be the focal point, and for Michigan’s Tommy Carr to get a more serious look. Both have ISU offers.

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Does anyone know how the big 12 is faring with viewers? Are they competitive with games being played at night majority of the time? I’ve tried googling it and gave up searching.