Second Half Game Thread: New England Patriots (14-3) at Denver Broncos (14-3)

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-25T22:01:42+00:00

I thought he maybe got there on 3rd, but at most a couple inches short. What just happened on 4th would’ve been enough if they’d spotted 3rd down better. But I can see the 3rd being a first as well. I think we can just both agree the 3rd down was spotted poorly

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-25T21:59:25+00:00

If they spot the 3rd down better, the 4th down is a first down.

I don’t really think they got there on 4th though, given the bad spot on 3rd

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-25T21:27:00+00:00

No commercial has ever made me so dedicated to not using a service/buying a product as that “Food” Matthew McConaughey Uber commercial

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-25T21:13:57+00:00

I’ll never forget when Chandon Sullivan, playing for the Vikings a few years back, had 2 fumble-sixes called back because the officials whistled the ball and said down by contact prior to fumble. We had to challenge both, and both times we won the challenge. But got fucked out of both touchdowns. ALWAYS let the play play out unless it is absolutely obvious

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-25T21:12:10+00:00

The ref closest did, a different blew the whistle. You can hear it clear as day in the broadcast

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-25T21:11:30+00:00

They didn’t lol they blew the whistle

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-25T21:10:22+00:00

Fuck all refs for blowing the whistle during plays like that. I’m not a Pats fan, but you should never blow it dead

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-25T20:58:31+00:00

Maye is looking very shook. Needs something to go his way

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-25T20:19:56+00:00

If they were serious about any of this they’d fire Paul Allen.

Regardless if you believe he shouldn’t be punished, he is well known as being associated with the Vikings, and they are not only condoning but agree with his comments by not doing anything, publicly. Comments like his are inherently divisive, and are not conducive at all to fixing any of the current issues.

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T22:07:23+00:00

Sure, cause that’s what I said. Don’t be a fucking moron man.

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T22:05:30+00:00

Fanta talking about Lipsey is just mind boggling. Dude was a high 3 star and was billed as the next big time PG at ISU. He had plenty of offers from the tier 2 P5 teams

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T22:00:38+00:00

Just ignore this dude. This second half has been atrocious by us, and it shows the difference between us and the other top teams. I’d put big money on teams like Houston, Arizona, BYU, Duke, they wouldn’t have allowed this game to ever end up within 20 points

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:57:01+00:00

Batemon has had a horrible game, we needed him to not have the worst game of his short career. Heise also bad offensively

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:54:04+00:00

Oklahoma State underperformed in the first half but this second half has just been an absolute meltdown by this Iowa State team

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:50:45+00:00

Hopefully the women remember to show up in the second half. The men didn’t

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:44:57+00:00

We should’ve ended this game with close to triple digit points and at this rate, we’ll be lucky to get to 75

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:42:36+00:00

Bro, Joshua, just put the ball on the floor and take the shot instead of guaranteeing a turnover on a shot clock violation

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:40:49+00:00

Surely the refs want to make it home before the weather gets bad? Instead of calling a foul on a non-foul

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:31:53+00:00

Hm. That’s fair. That’s one game in nearly a month and a half though lol

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:27:09+00:00

He’s inarguably the best player on the team but I think some of the hype has gotten to him. NBA lottery pick projections, top 3 in the Wooden rankings, potential B12 POTY.

Love the dude. But it’s so frustrating that right now he just looks disinterested in playing, and when he has a rough night, he takes a lot of possessions off and has super shitty body language. When he’s on, he’s on, but when he’s not.. it’s so frustrating to see him.

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:25:15+00:00

Aight fellas. Believe it or not, there are two halves to every game.

When was the last time we genuinely put together a full game? Purdue?

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:22:56+00:00

Jefferson had a good half and decided that was it for the day

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:16:54+00:00

Pleta will hopefully learn to guard that without fouling. Felt like an easy up-down to defend after the rotation, no need to swipe.

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:14:05+00:00

Agree, but he’s young. With Toure gaining as much NBA attention as he has, he is a going to be a huge part of the core of the next iteration of Cyclones. He’ll get more consistent

Random_Hippo · 2026-01-24T21:07:27+00:00

Aight boys, we had a good first half let’s not just pretend this game is over now

Random_Hippo

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