In my post, "ISU Football, Adagio for Strings," I said that this football team was on the brink of collapse and was turning in, that they were not playing with any pride and that they were sick of the season, and had a severe lack of heart.
I retract that, and admit that post was written during the darkest period of the season.
The Bengals played #2 Montana last Saturday. The final score ended in an ISU win, Montana 12, ISU 10. The score is meaningless, because Montana in reality did not win. They lost. They lost in a humiliating fashion. Their vaunted receivers and runningbacks were stuffed time and time again, and our defense played out of their minds. They were absolutely insane. Running on pure heart, they dug deep inside their hearts and their souls and managed to pull out the greatest victory in years. Montana, a team supposed to win by 60 points and a team some say will win the National Championship, had no answer. ISU kept coming in waves, each wave stronger than the last. Montana only got the winning field goal on sheer luck. Micheal Wright and AJ Storms got a hand on the ball but it barely squeaked inside the goal post and Montana celebrated a win they did not actually get. Normally I do not claim moral victories because 99% of the time they are bullshit. I will make an exception for this.
This is ISU football. This is how ISU football is supposed to be, with players playing on heart and grit and not taking shit from anyone. This is the ISU football team we have seen slight glimpses of all season, with the goal line stand vs Oklahoma and the powerful defensive showing against ASU until the 4th Quarter.
Let's go and beat Portland State this Saturday and finish a bad season with 2 fun weeks of football.
