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 For one week, thanks to a big 4th quarter, Cyclone Football stopped taking on water.

This win certainly goes to the defense. 12 possessions, 8 3-and-outs, a 4-and out, and a 5-and out. 10 possessions, 33 plays, 57 net yards. That will win you a lot of games. Two scores given up on A) end-of-half prevent defense and B) end-of-half prevent defense full of second and third teamers. We can roll with that.

The hair raising part of the day was how long it took ISU to put the game away. On their first 9 possessions, ISU scored 10 points on 53 plays and 153 yards. No bueno. 

The rough-the-kicker penalty after a short ineffective drive was the turning point, to put it mildly. 38 yards on a run by Silas, two yard run, and a 24 yard TD pass to X finished a snappy drive that was surprising in efficiency. 

After another 3-and-out by the defense and another big Silas run leads to the clinching TD. Fun stuff.

The 4th quarter run game breakout was a relief to witness, and perhaps gives the fan base a tiny bit of optimism moving forward. Finding two more wins to gain bowl-eligibility is plausible but no gimme, but its a much better chair than most of us sat in last week.

This is still a relatively young offensive unit, especially with only two seniors in the two-deeps on the line. Perhaps a bit of growth happened Saturday.

Onward.