TRANSCRIPT: Matt Campbell post-game press conference (Colorado)
Iowa State head coach Matt Campbell discussed a variety of topics during a segment with Cyclone Radio Network sideline reporter Ryan Harklau following a 24-17 road loss to the Colorado Buffaloes which marked consecutive losses for his team. Here’s everything the leader of the Cyclones‘ program shared during his time.
On how the team started Saturday’s game:
“I thought there was great focus and I thought our kids came out and I thought we played really great in the early parts.
“But this execution piece continues to kill us. And offensively, you just can’t keep shooting yourself in the foot. And we don’t have injuries on that side of the ball. We need those guys to be able to step up and execute and we didn’t do that.
“I thought defensively we really held in there. I thought we played great football early on I thought we punted the football from a special team standpoint with how we where we were, man, I thought we really executed. It’s special teams.
“I think we failed to kind of gain on some of the momentum we had, man, there were just some critical moments in all three phases that we just have to be better.”
On changes made defensively between the Cincinnati and Colorado games:
“I thought we were a little more aggressive in terms of pressuring and I thought we did some better things in terms of just switching it up.
“I thought we were more multiple early and that’s credit to coach [Jon] Heacock. I thought they did a great job. I thought some of those guys played great. I think Kooper Ebel looks like was just in here. I thought he was absolutely incredible today. I think he’s had a great year for us.
“I thought some guys stood up and made some really great plays on that side of the ball, which is exciting.”
On the offensive line play versus Colorado:
“Yeah, I thought they were really good. For the most part, obviously, you hated that you got stopped on the fourth and one. You hated that you got stopped down in the goal line. But I think for the most part that group was really good. But I thought Abu was exceptional. He stepped up and you can tell as that guy continues to carry the football he just gains more and more confidence and he’s went to work. He’s worked at his process and continues to grow and I still think there’s great growth ahead of them He’s got great talent. We’re going to need them to be great down the stretch here.”
On what needs to be fixed during the bye week to turn things around:
“Well, I think the key is we got to grow and we got to fix the issues. The reality of it is if it was just a one game one off, that’s one thing but the reality of it is really since the second half of Arizona, we’ve kind of been muddling in this lack of consistency and we gotta get it fixed.
“And we’re not a good enough football team to play, without that detail and that’s coaching. And we’re going to have to be great coaches here and great fixers during the bey week.”
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