Up 28-10 with 6 minutes left in the third, the clock stopped moving, or so it seemed. Every ISU fan at, listening or watching the game was waiting to see how this specific version of the same tourtuous movie called "Cyclone Second Half Collapses" would play out.
Just this year we witnessed disaster at Toledo, slow measured failure at Lincoln and Columbia, an exertion of better talent in a loss to OU. Yet the Cyclones managed to find a way to win by not giving everything they had gained back.
KSU's fourth quarter resulted in 28 plays and 154 yards, but they ended with a missed FG, a failed fourth and goal, an INT, and the end of the game. Painful as hell to watch from the Cyclone standpoint, but the scoreboard is what matters: exactly 0 points scored in crunch time. Victory.
That game will sell season tickets for '08. A solid game on both sides of the ball against a team that should end up bowling. Everyone can agree that progress is being made, that growth is happening before our eyes.
If the staff can replace the departing with better talent and increased depth, days like this will be more common.
Peterclone
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