Miami with a personal foul on 4th and 9 off their own timeout to give SMU life
Years ago it was either
@847badgerfan or
@betarhoalphadelta who made the comment that
a sign of good coaching is that a team plays better as the season goes along. This always stuck with me as an apt "eye test" for coaching. Cristobal fails this test season after season. His teams, usually with more talent than their opponents, rack up their wins early before fading late.
To add an additional "eye test" that is likely just as consistent,
a sign of good coaching is closing out games. Just as often as Cristobal's teams fade late, his teams can't put the game away. I'll wager that teams who play poorer as the season goes along are also the teams who can't hold leads or apply the killer blow.
We got to watch both eye tests with Miami falling apart late Vs SMU.
Dismal? Have you been to Ames? This is as docile as it can get late fall in that microclimate. Ive sat through some of the worst football weather in history in that stadium
Yes. Three times. Weather-wise, Ames is a mixed bag. A gorgeous summery day when we were in the area as part of an August week in Des Moines for the Iowa State Fair. Then, two other times in years past, both in December when the state had become a continuous sheet of ice and I had to stay an extra night to let an intense blizzard pass.
Speaking of Ames and playing worse as the season moves along, Iowa State has no excuse for playing this poorly at home to an ASU team quarterbacked by a backup who isn't trusted to throw the ball more than ten yards. After starting 5-0 and working their way into the Top 15, Iowa State has completely fallen off. Down 24-19 in the 4th.
