Cade McNamara ISU Week

time in a long time and it felt really good you talked about a few weeks ago when when you're on the sideline and you're hurt the phone gets real quiet what was the phone like after the game well I had a lot of text messages and everything which was really cool just for you know the people that um you know have you know some people I haven't heard from in a while and some people that I've been relying on a lot you know through this process and um I was just really happy to hear from those people can you talk about who some of those people are you want to shout them out or anything who you really did rely on during this time um well I know she definitely wants me to shout her I was my nana um she's the best Nana in the world I told her I'd tell her I'd say that at one point in my life but um I kind of everyone I mean really turns like my family and um even people from back home from Marino Nevada I mean I haven't been there in so long but to you know hear that you know they still support me a lot means a lot to me 40 points is good but then you look back at it going through video how much better could it have been and obviously how good can this offense still get to and almost SP in and put it for yeah I think you know we definitely left some plays out there and you know for me like I felt like I definitely you know left some plays out there in the first half but I think you know kind of like what I said after the game was you know we're not really too worried about 40 points we're just worried about you know how can we play our best every single week and you know I think you know us being in a first game situation you know with the offense obviously and everything um you know we're just looking to get better every single week K Logan had said that he felt like like this momentum from Saturday carried into your Tuesday practice today did you feel that momentum carry and I guess how do you take that into Saturday too yeah absolutely I think we got off to a really hot start today I remember last week on Tuesday was definitely our worst day we were struggling a little bit it was pretty chaotic but that's the kind of you know atmosphere that the coaches want to create on a Tuesday to make it you know as chaotic and as um stressful as possible so that when it comes game time that you know we're able to operate calmly but I definitely you know I'm glad Logan mentioned that because we felt that as an offense and I think um obviously you know we still have a lot of preparation to do but I think that just kind of goes with you know the the experience and the confidence you know after being able to execute in a game um we're just looking to do the same thing this week when you watch the the film of Saturday what what kind of stood out as you watch I think what stood out to me was you know just kind of the obvious to tail of two halves I think you know for us to um really deal with some adversity you know in the first half and for us to stick together and you know we really stayed pretty calm at halftime you know even you know we were talking to some of the defensive guys at halftime you know they're shutting the mountain um even some of th those guys were encouraging as well you know I remember me and Jay talked and mej Luke talked a little bit out halftime and you know he was just making sure that you know hey we're going to be okay and I'm like and I was like yeah man I'm we're okay but I want we got to go out there and get after this second half but um I was just you know I think overall it's just really that was just the biggest difference how important was it to get that touchdown on that first drive of that second half and and really start off strong after halftime yeah it was huge I mean usually we're used to receiving the ball you know going in uh to start the game so for us to you know get the ball going into the second half that was new for us and for us to you know be able to go down the field throw together a really good drive I really think it sparked the second half what did you learn from playing in the side hwk game last last year and through what you've heard this year what what it's like to be a part of this rivalry um I mean I just know how the more I'm you know in Iowa I just realize you know how important this game is for the state and I think you know you know they're a really good program they have a lot of good players and it's a veteran group and you know I think overall you know this is every single time these two teams meet it's going to be a battle and you know I think we're going to expect that and we're looking forward to it this week what stands out about their secondary their secondary I mean they have multiple allconference players they have I mean as I mentioned their very seasoned they run a unique defense and they have mastered that defense and I think you know for us to um you know we have to play our best in order to win you've been a part of rivalries other places where does this one kind of fit in and and being part of it the time that you have where does it fit and what do it like for you yeah I mean I love this rivalry I think you know it's a completely different feel from any other rivalry just because of you know it's like a it's like your state championship or like your high reminds me of like the team that you know we you know your high school rivalry you know and I think um it kind of brings back those feelings so I think that's really cool and um overall it's just an awesome game in terms of get implementing this scheme kind of how do things feel week kind of going in week two I'm sure you weren't pulling out all schematic stops that right away in week one um I mean kind of every week's going to be different as far as you know we're facing different defenses you know some we're going to run some stuff some weeks we're going to run different stuff other weeks you know and just based on the schematics of each play you know things might be different so I think that's really the process that we're going through right now is figuring out which you know plays what uh schemes are going to work best this week it seemed like you just you got more comfortable as the game went on was there like a play where you felt that like you feel like kind of rhym yeah absolutely I think in the first half um we went on a pretty solid drive there at the end of the second quarter and for me to I remember I completed two balls one to Luke on third down and then one to Rees over the middle um those two balls I really felt like got you know my confidence going and um those throws um really I I felt like you know you know I was like okay time to go now you know and I think you know once we were able to go from there and then you know we were able to build some momentum at the end of the half and then for obviously as a whole offense for us to you know find the end zone to start off the second half was huge for everyone