Yikes.

My one word reaction after watching K-State get hammered by Louisville Wednesday night.  The Cardinals racked up nearly 600 yards of total offense against the Wildcats' defense.  600 yards.  Yikes.

Louisville freshman Victor Anderson ran for 176 yards and scored three times.  On two of his scoring runs the Wildcats missed a total of five tackles.  Yikes.

Louisville's Hunter Cantwell threw for 274 yards and two touchdowns against K-State's defense that was supposed to be improved compared to the past two years.  Oh, I almost forgot to mention Cantwell's two touchdown passes.  Yikes.

The Wildcats -- who once had a feared running game --- mustered only 41 yards of rushing on 12 carries.  Yikes.

There was one bright spot for the Cats: The play of quarterback Josh Freeman.  Freeman completed 22 of 42 for 313 yards.  Freeman did have two interceptions but even Superman makes mistakes under pressure.

OK.  I know it's just one game, but the Wildcats were brutally exposed in Louisville and the Cardinals showed the that the Wildcats have plenty to work on if they plan to win more than five games this season.

Tackling, fumbles, defensive pressure on the quarterback...and then there's the running game.  I supposed it's not time to panic but it might be close.  There's only so much Freeman can do and it showed last night.  Several times Freeman tried to thread the needle with passes he probably should not have thrown.  That, of course, led to his first two interceptions of the year.  No one else seemed to be ready to step up and make the big play.

Deon Murphy tried to pump life back into the team with his 86 yard punt return in the third quarter that gave the Cats a quick score, but Louisville answered a few plays later.  Later in the third, Murphy was apparently looking to the end zone again and muffed the punt catch and had to scramble to fall on the ball before it became Louisville property.

Bottom line, it's early.  Maybe too early to tell just how good these Wildcats are.  The potential is there to be very good.  Eight or nine...maybe even ten wins.  However, if the team that played last night plays the rest of the season, we might only see one or two more wins the rest of the season.

Those K-State fans (yes, me included) who were talking about KU's offensive running game problems and pointing fingers need to realize there are more fingers pointing back at us.  Apparently we didn't realize the walls around the Vanier Football Complex in Manhattan were made of glass .  What's the old saying....those who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones?

Yikes.