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Iowa State Game Review

I haven't been able to watch the game online or on DVD yet, so most of my insight into the game is from looking at the stats and the play-by-play. Bullets, bullets, everyone loves bullets:

  • We have gone from giving up 6 sacks against Kansas State to one sack in each of the last two games. Ideally, you don't want to give up any sacks, but this constitutes an improvement for our offensive line. Before these last two games, we had given up 16 sacks, or 2.67 sacks per game. Our OL is basically shaving off two lost players per game; that is improvement.
  • The defense held the leading rusher in the Big 12 (Alexander Robinson) to 76 yards on 20 carries. Good job, defense.
  • After struggling to force interceptions in our first six games, the secondary now has 4 interceptions in our last two games. Another sign of improvement for our team.

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  • Jeff Fuller's put on a nice show in his first game back at home since his return from injury. He scored our second TD of the first quarter, and had 5 receptions for 67 yards on the day.
  • The addition of Fuller to our receiving corps makes everyone better. As a defense, who do you double, Uzoma Nwachukwu or Jeff Fuller? Pick your poison.
  • Second straight game we go with a starting OL of LT Michael Shumard, LG Patrick Lewis, C Kevin Matthews, RG Evan Eike and RT Lee Grimes. Second straight game we rush for over 250 yards. Coincidence? I think not. Moving Grimes to the left side and starting Eike on the right seems to have really solidified the middle of our line.
  • We are currently in the top 5 in the nation in total offense, and we're two-thirds of the way through the regular season. I don't remember the last time we had an offense that was ranked so highly nationally this late in the year.
  • The 10 points Iowa State scored is the fewest points we've given up in Big 12 play since playing Baylor in 2007.
  • We have gone over 200 yards rushing in five of our eight games so far this season.
  • We have also exceeded 500 yards of total offense in five of eight games this season.
  • Iowa State is 4th in the Big 12 in scoring defense, giving up 23 points per game, so it isn't like we were playing little sisters of the poor on Saturday.
  • If we keep up our current production on offense we will set a new record for offensive production for Aggie football. The current record is held by the 1990 team, at 471.1 yards per game.

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Maybe we can finish out the season 4-0?

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