how deep is the ISU defense? I mean they've only played TTU and TCU and were racked with yards. I wonder if their inability to close out points would be a factor. If ISU gets worn down, how many players deep can they go? I would suspect that KSU has a better ability to close out points than TTU who is about to swap QBs or TCU who had their QB drop into rehab.
Part of the reason in giving up so many yards is due to time of possession. If you look at both the TT and TCU games they both had the ball almost 10 minutes more than ISU. ISU was able to get some quick scores against TCU because of turnovers but the offense does go through times when they have trouble moving the ball. It is pretty hard to discuss the differences between games since Jantz started one and Barnett started the other. Last year the offense was able to move the ball a little more effectively with Barnett or at least not go 3 and out most of the time.
Our line is pretty deep. There might not be any big stars on the line other than McDonough but quite a bit are rotated in and have played. Knott and Klein never come out of the game but they are pretty solid players. Miller is a promising LB for the future. There isn't that much rotation for DBs as there is some drop off. Keep in mind that in the last 2 games that the defense has been on the field for 35 minutes.