With our game coming up on Saturday, I did a little Q&A with CrossCyed of Clone Chronicles. Be sure and pay him a visit. You can see my answers to his questions  there, too.

After two close losses to UNLV (34-31) and Kansas (35-33), your team has been outscored 73-17 in the last two games. Do you think your team is beginning to get discouraged, and lose hope in the season?

CC: Yes and no. The downhill slide started with the Iowa loss and was followed up by two crushing defeats. With a team as young as ours, that has a tendency to effect the team, and they might be getting a bit down on themselves at this point. We have talent, but it's not clicking.

We all know about Austen Arnaud and Alex Robinson on your offense. Anyone else we need to be aware of?

CC: If you find someone on our offense that either you or I can be aware of, let me know. Right now we more or less have a bunch of jersey's running around.

That being said, true freshman Darius Darks has quickly become a favorite target for Arnaud. He has great hands (especially for a converted QB). He won't burn you, but he's already a solid possession receiver this early into his career.

Is there someone else on your defense besides Kurtis Taylor that we need to worry about?

CC: Leonard Johnson. He's another true freshman that played QB in high school. Look him up on YouTube....the guy can lay wood. He's a hard hitter that forced two fumbles against Nebraska at the cornerback position. He's the one guy on the team that I feel confident will be in the pros. Sometimes he loses his head, but he's good enough and cocky enough to make it big. He's not a ball-hawker.....yet....but for a guy playing cornerback full time for the first time, he's been a godsend.

Right now, ISU is giving up 410 yds per game of total offense. With the Aggie defense basically resembling a sieve, do you look for this game to be a track meet?

CC: Not particularly, because our offense is still quite limited. We've had an extremely hard time cashing in on great field position this year, so an offensive outburst would be a surprise to most. 

Why do y'all keep scheduling us for Homecoming? I think this is the third time in a row that I can remember us going to Ames and being your homecoming game. What's up with that?

Looking for a game we have a chance to win? I'm just hoping you guys forgot about the thrashing we gave you last time we played....