Jon Heacock
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Oct 10, 2026
Ben BrunsGUEST
And, and I think the contrast with BYU's athleticism and capability in that aspect of the game, and some of the things we've seen Iowa State do in years past.
Ben BrunsGUEST
I mean, we mentioned the John Heacock teams being really good at this most of the time.
Ben BrunsGUEST
And, um, Iowa State's not good at it right now.
Ben BrunsGUEST
And so-
Levi StevensonHOST
People that wanna just jump in for fun.
Matthias SchwarzkopfHOST
What's John Heacock doing-
Levi StevensonHOST
He's probably not-
Matthias SchwarzkopfHOST
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Pete MundoHOST
And then, you know, with Matt Campbell, I think the takeaway is just why did people magically think that a team that went five and four in the Big 12 was gonna run over the Big 10? I, I don't know why people thought that.
Pete MundoHOST
But by the way, Matt Campbell's secret weapon was John Heacock, his defensive coordinator, who ran a very unique system that was the reason for a lot of these Iowa State wins, and it's why Matt Campbell could be very conservative in his coaching style.
Pete MundoHOST
He knew he had John Heacock, and now he doesn't, and I don't know what it means going forward.
Pete MundoHOST
I still think Matt's a great coach, but, you know, the grass is not always greener.
Pete MundoHOST
I know he wanted to try his hand in one of the, you know, power twos, air quote.
Emery SongerHOST
This has been a problem for a month now.
Ben BrunsHOST
A- and, and, you know, Emory, I, I wonder, is that a matter of at- athleticism? Is it a matter of scheme? You know, like, when you fill the alleys and you're very intentional about filling the alleys, like, there were times in John Heacock's system where we filled the alleys super, super dynamically, and we were so good at it.
Ben BrunsHOST
And the corners tackled really well.
Ben BrunsHOST
The safeties tackled really well.
Emery SongerHOST
This has been a problem for a month now.
Ben BrunsHOST
And, you know, Emery, I wonder, is that a matter of athleticism? Is it a matter of scheme? When you fill the alleys, and you're very intentional about filling the alleys, like there were times in John Heacock's system where we filled the alley super, super dynamically.
Ben BrunsHOST
And we were so good at it.
Ben BrunsHOST
And the corners tackled really well.
Mike CasazzaHOST
But, um, a lot of, like a lot of coaches, you try to stop the run and control the pass, which is what he's done.
Mike CasazzaHOST
And for years Iowa State was that, well Chris, it was a [laughs] it was a 3-2-6 that worked really well with John Heacock.
Chris AndersonHOST
Mm-hmm.
Mike CasazzaHOST
It's a, it's a four-man front right now, two, maybe three linebackers, depending on how you line up.
Skylar CallahanHOST
Iowa State, and of course, uh, we're gonna start, as always, with the West Virginia offense and the Iowa State defense.
Skylar CallahanHOST
And Jed, before I toss it over to you to, to get some stuff out here, uh, the, the bright side here, if you're looking for anything, and you don't know a whole lot about Iowa State, just know that John Heacock [laughs] is not the defensive coordinator anymore in Ames.
Skylar CallahanHOST
We, we joked about it before hopping on air, and it s- it just felt like every time you played Iowa State while Matt Campbell and John Heacock was there, you were in for an absolute dogfight.
Skylar CallahanHOST
And that might not be any different this r- this time around with Jimmy Rogers, 'cause he's a great defensive mind, and he brings over, uh, Jesse Bobbitt, who was with him at South Dakota State.
Skylar CallahanHOST
They were, uh, together at Washington State last year, where they were a top 20 defense.
Skylar CallahanHOST
It, it's more of a four down front, a 4-3 look.
Skylar CallahanHOST
But, uh, man, I, I gotta say, I ...
Skylar CallahanHOST
Somebody out there, like you were telling me before the break, has to go out and pay John Heacock some money to, to get him off the couch instead of sitting there being retired.
Jed DrenningHOST
But I also see four down, three down personnel.
Jed DrenningHOST
I think back to those John Heacock Iowa State defenses that we faced for all those years.
Jed DrenningHOST
Every time you'd line up against them, they would present with such a soft-looking box.
Jed DrenningHOST
It looked like when they had a four-man box.