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to the hotline and welcome in. Bill Seals, publisher of

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Cycling Report On from the ON three network. He's also

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the PA announcer at Urbandale Jayhawks, the official Urban Urbandale Jayhawks.

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Speaker 1: Love this Jayhawk Nation? Bill, How you living?

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Speaker 3: I'm doing great, guys, Appreciate you having me on.

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Speaker 1: Appreciate you hopping on.

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Speaker 2: Interestingly enough byu heads into ames. Yes as an undefeated

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Yes is almost a top ten team. Yet they are

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not favored in this game two and a half point favorite.

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Vegas is not in the I guess win loss prediction game.

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Speaker 1: They're in the betting game.

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Speaker 2: What do you make of Iowa stay being favored in

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this game?

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Speaker 4: Well, I don't make much of it, to be honest.

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It's surprising to me. They must know something that I

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don't know.

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Speaker 3: You know, I I know what I've seen from this

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team the last couple of games. You know, it was

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not good.

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Speaker 4: Particularly at Cincinnati. They struggled to stop the run. That

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thing got away from them really quick. They couldn't claw

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back in and Colorado probably one of the worst efforts

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out of this team that we've seen this season. And

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and you know, a team that that was one of

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the least penalized in the Big Twelve, and I think

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in a national scene as well. And they just the

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last two weeks have just been very uncharacteristic out of

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this team. A lot of mistakes and just not winning

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in the margins, I think. And on the flip side,

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you know, you look at BYU, They're doing the little

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things right now, they're winning in the margins and Iowa

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State not doing that.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, this, uh, this game is going to be an

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interesting one. Even ESPN Analytics only given b YU a

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fifty four chance of victory. This could be another one

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score game. Iowa State has lost two concentcutive games, but

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these have been close games, have they not?

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Speaker 4: Well, the Colorado one, I would say so the Cincinnati won.

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The final margin was that Iowa State got a late

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score in that, but they were down I believe twenty

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four points at one time in that game. If my

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memory serves me, correctly. They were down big at the half. Yeah,

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I think it was thirty one to seven was the

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score at half in that game, and they had to

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claw back into that one. And I wouldn't really say

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that one was close. It might have been in the

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final margin, but it didn't feel all that close to me.

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Speaker 2: So the scoreboard tells a different story than what actually

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happened in these games. Cincinnati got to win thirty eight

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to thirty. Colorado got to win twenty four seventeen. Both

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of these games, though interestingly enough, were on the road,

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not at Trice old that Iowa State does not lose

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thrice at Jack Trice.

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Speaker 4: Your thoughts, Yeah, I believe that the figure now is

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nine out of our last ten that they wanted home,

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and they've really they've they've taken care of business at home.

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And I'm not discounting that this game was a credit

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to Iowa State fans. This game was sold out. I

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think within twenty four hours after that loss against Colorado

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that they announced this thing was a sellout. So the

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fans are far from giving up on this season with

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a couple losses, with the injuries starting to mount and

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things just not looking too good going into that bye week,

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but yeah, it's still going to be a lively atmosphere.

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Tomorrow it's homecoming. They'll induct some former athletes into the

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Hall of Fame, and yeah, it should about two thirty

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pm kickoff too. It's going to be a beautiful afternoon

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for football for sure.

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Speaker 2: Talking Iowa State psychlotes here, you're on ESPN the Fan

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with Cyclone Insider publisher Cyclone Report Bill Seals. Bill, what

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is it that Iowas State does well? What is their identity?

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What is it that they are looking to maybe improve upon?

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What are their weaknesses?

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Speaker 4: Well, I think that's kind of evolved a little bit

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as this season's gone on. I think early the identity was,

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no doubt it was Rock Obec. It was a team

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that had a couple of really great tight ends they

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leaned on pretty heavily. Going into the season. A lot

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of the talk was on Rock Obec. Now Here of late,

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run the ball a lot better than they have last season.

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It wasn't really a struggle, but I think they kind

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of found a little bit of an identity there. They

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they got believe it was one hundred and seventy seven

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yards last game out of a Boo Sama if you'll

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in Provo a couple of years ago. He's probably won

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the Cougar fans remember, and they had two hundred and

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thirty four yards on the ground in that game.

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Speaker 3: So they've been able to go to that.

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Speaker 4: I think they're going to need to go to that

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again tomorrow just to keep Dyu's offense off the field.

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They're going to need to establish that a little bit.

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to figure that might be the case when they break

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in pretty much an entirely new receiving corps of a

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Jaden Higgins Jalen Knowle, both now with the.

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Speaker 3: Houston Texans were.

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Speaker 4: Drafted by them, and a pair of two.

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Speaker 3: One thousand yard receivers gone.

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Speaker 4: So it's been a lot of you know, those guys

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just really struggled though going into the bye week, so

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there's been a lot of uncertainty kind of who's going

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to show up each week out of that group. So

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now for this cyclone team.

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Speaker 2: Running the ball effectively versus a BYU defense that's pretty

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good in the run game. Now, they did give up

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their biggest rushing total last week versus the speedy, a

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you know, outside run game of the University of Utah.

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the weaknesses right now of the Iowa State team that

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you think that BYU will try to expose that maybe

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other teams the last two weeks have been able to

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expose well.

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Speaker 4: I think the inability to stop the run consistently. They

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got it under control a little bit in the second

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half against Cincinnati, and this just the first half was horrendous.

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Colorado had a little success there. And Dominic Orange, the

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anchor in the middle of that three three five defense,

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probably not gonna play tomorrow. He's got an ankle injury.

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that's what they're going to try and do anyway, And

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and injuries, I would say that's kind of presented a

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big time weakness for this team. And it seems like

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it's all been on the defensive side of the ball too.

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I mentioned Don Orange the secondary. That group from what

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the start of this year, it's an entirely different group.

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lost a couple of safeties moved moved on, graduated, and

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then they lost their two starting quarterbacks from the start

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of this season, so they've got two entirely new ones

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there that going into this year had little to no

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experience at Iowa State. So I think there's a lot

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of weakness is on the defensive side of the ball,

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and much of that probably attributed to the injury bug.

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Speaker 2: Right now, so the injury bug here with Iowa State.

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What's the latest on the injury report? I know you

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elaborated on it a little bit here, but like, why

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is it that i Always States has so many injuries and

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who's coming back this week?

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Speaker 1: Do you think they can make an impact?

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Speaker 4: Yeah, well, they had a lot of injuries at the

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linebacker position last year. That was kind of the position

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of choice, and they went out in the off season

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and hired a new director of sports medicine, and supposedly

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he had done some great work in the off season.

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But now you know we've gotten seven games deep into

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this season. It has kind of been the same old story.

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Dom Orange is one. I just mentioned the two corners

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John tes Williams Jeremiah Cooper. Those guys both out for

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the rest of this season.

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Speaker 3: They won't be back.

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Speaker 4: A couple of guys that will be back though this week.

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a one A one B at running back right now.

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Hanson is that compliment to a boost he's had. He

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then he was out against Colorado.

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Speaker 3: He should be back.

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Speaker 4: A depth guy in the secondary. Kaijon Cummings Coleman, he

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had missed a couple.

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Speaker 3: He should be back.

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Speaker 4: So getting a little bit of that depth back in

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the secondary, but still nothing to kind of make up

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for the losses that they've had at the at the

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cornerback position.

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Speaker 1: What is the Kyle.

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Speaker 4: Conrart too, got ye get a placekicker. Kyle CONRARTI he

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is expected to be back as well. He'd been dealing

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with what I had heard was like a hip flexor

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type of injury there, and he had missed multiple games

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with that. But with the luxury have in that second

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bye week, they have gotten him back and I expect

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him to be ready to go tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: Love that breakdown. Yeah, what what's the biggest concern right now?

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Speaker 4: Uh?

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Speaker 2: It sounds like the offense has actually been pretty good

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all things considered.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, Yeah, I think it's the defensively, that's where the

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main concern right now is.

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Speaker 3: And they've been running.

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Speaker 4: This three three five scheme, had a lot of success

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with it and had the personnel to fit, but they've

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just been bit by the injury bug the last couple

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of years and they're just not able to get into

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a lot of the packages and some of the things

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that they want to do out of that. And when

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they're they're so experienced on the back end, that affects

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what they do on the front end, and they're not

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that front six. So I think defensively, run defense. That's

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the biggest concern I think if you're an Iowa State

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fan for tomorrow and them being able to stop that, uh,

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that two headed monster with with Bock, with you know,

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LJ and with with Bear running the ball, It's going

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Speaker 3: I think.

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Speaker 2: So what has the coaching staff of Iowa State and

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your insiders discussed in their preparations for BYU, Like from

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a scouting report standpoint, what have they articulated about their

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concerns heading into this game.

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Speaker 4: With against by You said, yep, yeah, I think I

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think just the mobile quarterback. It starts with that. That's

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been a thorn in Iowa State side defensively. They faced

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a lot of these guys this year, quarterbacks that could

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move the chains on on third and six, third and seven.

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really been a weapon. And I think that's something that

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probably Bachmeyer was the first guy that Campbell brought up

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in his press conference on Tuesday. So they're going to

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have to curtainil that curtail that uh, that running game

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Speaker 3: I think the upfront too.

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one that's going to be one in the trenches. So

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b YU, what what it's got offensive line wise?

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Speaker 4: Also and what those guys can kind of pave the

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way for that run game, So I think they they've

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got to got to handle that, uh. And then offensively

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for for Iowa State, b YU, what intercepted passes? I

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think six to seven games last season, the last six

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straight games, and this has been a passing game for

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Iowa State that went into the bye week, they were

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really struggling. Rocko and the and the wide receivers not

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really on the same page. And you wonder there b

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that turnover margin and and what they've been able to

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do turning teams over this season. I think that's another

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area concern. Iowa State's really going to need to to

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Speaker 2: On Saturday talking Iowa State with Iowa State Insider, hearing

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to know the faux segment and we're breaking it all

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down b YU versus Ioways stayed here on your Utah

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ESPN Radio Network Bill Seals here talking some Iowa State

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cyclone football. How do you see this game playing out?

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Give me a score prediction. What do you think happens

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Speaker 4: Well, I think this is going to be another one

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for Iowa State played in the in the twenties. I've

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actually got the Cougars winning this one by seven. That's

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why I was saying when you asked me about the

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points spread at the start of this segment, why I

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didn't I didn't see what Vegas is seeing in this one.

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Speaker 3: I think that just that Cougar.

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Speaker 4: Run game and what we've seen out of this Iowa

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State rush defense over the last few weeks is a

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big area of concern for me. And the Cougars are

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doing a great job winning, you know, turnover mart or

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the time of possession in battle. That's not always a

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telltale sign for how a game's gonna go, but I

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think it tells you a little bit about what Byu

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is going to try and do offensively, and that's you know,

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grind out those lengthy drives, keep the ball in the

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hands of Bachmeyer and and.

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Speaker 3: The run games.

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Speaker 4: So I think that's going to be the difference in

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this game, I've got at BYU twenty seven Iowa State twenty.

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Speaker 2: Well, I know Kugarnation is optimistic, but also cautiously optimistic.

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Speaker 1: Is I've mentioned it's hard to beat.

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Speaker 2: I always stayed at home and at Jack Trice, and

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currently I always states five and zero all time against

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the Cougars. So they're on five game winning streak and

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it's a natural grass field. BYU doest play on a

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natural grass field as well. But last time in twenty

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twenty three, when Ioway State came to Lavelle, they made

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by you look silly on their home field, right, And

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I do B what you. I know b Yu remembers

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that there's plenty of players on this team that would

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like nothing more than to to gain revenge at Jack Trice.

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But when was the last time that Iowa State under

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Matt Campbell lost three times in a in a row

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or lost on their home field.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's been Uh, it's been a while. They they

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did have that that one loss last season. They had

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a two game losing streak last season and one of

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those happened to come at home. And I think that's

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been the only blemish that they've had over over the

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last couple of years. So yeah, actually it was Yeah,

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Texas Tech beat them in Ames last it was November second,

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So it's been almost a year since Iowa State lost

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at home and Texas Tech won that one game by

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one point last season in Ames.

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Speaker 1: That's what I'm saying.

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Speaker 2: And I really don't think that this team's much different

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than the recent Matt Campbell teams.

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Speaker 1: They just had a few injuries, in my opinion.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, they've had a few, so yeah, and

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everything started off great, gosh, they.

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Speaker 3: This was the healthiest that they've been in a while.

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They had all their guys.

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Speaker 4: They started off the season in Ireland and looked really

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good against Kansas State. I don't even I think that game,

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it seemed like it was a lot worse than the

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more lopsided, I should say than what the final score was.

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And they just they go and they win five games

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again in a row to start a season. But now

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again the injuries are starting to mount and the defensive

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side of the ball just decimated, and you know, not

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to mention what they've dealt with in the kicking game.

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I mean, they had an offensive lineman do a kickoff

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at Colorado.

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Speaker 3: A couple of weeks ago.

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Speaker 4: That's just how decimated they are have been at the

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kicker positions. So that gives you an idea what they've

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Speaker 1: From a recruiting standpoint.

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Speaker 2: How would you evaluate the recruiting under Matt Campbell from

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a recruiting ranking standpoint? Development Like, what's the talent level

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on this roster?

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Speaker 4: Well, they the last couple, Well, this one and the

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last one have not been good. To be honest, I

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think a lot of fans have been We're hoping for

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better results coming out of that eleven win season a

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year ago. Right now, they're fifty seventh nationally in that

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twenty twenty sixth class. They've got nineteen commits, so this

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class pretty much soul.

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Speaker 3: I think the story.

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Speaker 4: Has been some of the de commitments that they've had

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and this one thing that you mentioned how the recruiting

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has been under Campbell. I think it's been identifying great

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talent early and they've locked up a lot of these guys,

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but they've had two of them that they've lost, both

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to SEC schools over the last few months that would

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have been cornerstone pieces of this class. Jet Tamala out

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of a Nebraska flip to Alabama, and then also Bryce

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and Wessell flipped to h to Missouri alignment. So otherwise

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this class probably a lot a lot of spots higher

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than fifty seventh in the last year's class.

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Speaker 3: Kind of in the same boat.

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Speaker 4: But you know, Matt Campbell will be the first to

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tell you he doesn't look at doesn't look at star rankings,

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and they he trusts his own staff to do their

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own evaluations.

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Speaker 3: They don't care about all the outside noise.

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Speaker 4: But that's kind of on a national scale, that's the

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probably the perception right now.

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Speaker 2: Do you think Matt Campbell flirts with any job opening

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seeing a little bit of these decommitments and maybe the

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the idea that that his talent level could be capped

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at Iowa State, Well.

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Speaker 4: That's that's kind of been a lot of a lot

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of folks have speculated that he's been there ten years now,

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I think probably his first six or seven years there.

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I think though for the most part it's really quieted down.

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Matt just signed another extension here in the off in

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the last offseason. He continues to take care of his

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assistant coaches. I think he's taken like a million and

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a million and a half out of his salary and

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putting into the rev Share Fund at Iowa State as well.

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So I think he's really invested in in staying at

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Iowa State and continuing to build and and you keep

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the talent around and and just keep keep rolling, so

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to speak.

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Speaker 2: Best way to support you what you do, how you

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Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a cyclone report through the Iowa State fan

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Speaker 2: You do great work. Appreciate you joining us. We'll see

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Speaker 1: Always a pleasure.

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