K-State Slate, 9/16/09

by TB on Sep 16, 2009 7:44 AM CDT in News

Click the jump for K-State sports news and notes.

Football

Austin Meek, Topeka Capital-Journal -- KSU notes: Thomas a star: I recommend you read this if, for no other reason, than to see Bill Snyder's comments on Kanye West. Not quite as strong as what the president apparently said, but pretty humorous for Snyder.

Kevin Haskin, TCJ -- Musings: A couple quick thoughts on K-State. His mention of Mike Leach was much more entertaining. I would call it very thinly veiled contempt.

Meek, TCJ -- Defense could reign at the Rose Bowl: Not to take anything away from this defense, but I miss the days when games were low scoring because our defense was really dominant, rather than because the other team wasn't very good on offense or had a lot of players out.

UCLA

Rick Neuheisel has suspended four players for this weekend's game. Not sure how much any of these guys play, but three of them are freshmen, so I doubt it's a huge loss. I would say that losing the senior cornerback is a big loss, but I'll have to see our quarterbacks hit open receivers consistently before I have much hope from that.

The Fourum

Link.

People may not like Beth Mendenhall, but where would we be without her? The Collegian needs her; she's our Dark Knight.

Yo! Patrick Swayze, I know you just died, and I'm going to let you finish, but MJ's death was the best this year.

I don't understand how people in Manhattan can hate KU so much.

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To the person who doesn't understand how to hate KU in the Fourum

Spend a weekend with me… I’d be happy to explain.

PROUD & PURPLE

by ksubailey on Sep 16, 2009 9:29 AM CDT reply actions

There is more love from other fans on the espn blog for us

it seems than on here. A lot are rooting for us to upset UCLA and I for one think we have a good shot. If we don’t believe in our team it makes it all the more difficult for them to believe in themselves.

Wildcat for life

by mjk7166 on Sep 16, 2009 2:51 PM CDT reply actions

I fancy myself a pragmatist...

and I’m also not a rah-rah guy. I’m a dedicated fan that loves my team, but I’m not going to call an upset simply because I’m a fan.

There is a chance KSU can beat UCLA, but the truth of the matter is that KSU can’t beat many BCS teams if they just line up and play. To beat even mediocre teams, especially on the road, KSU is going to have to play very well, and the other team is going to have to play poorly.

I’ll be rooting for us to beat UCLA, however, I certainly don’t expect it.

We do our best to realistically predict games here. I’m not going to predict a game based on what I ‘hope’ happens. Nor am I going to use this as a medium to help them believe in themselves. If they need me to give them a gold star, we’ve got bigger problems than a lack of talent and poor execution at this point.

Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy

by Panjandrum on Sep 16, 2009 4:29 PM CDT up reply actions

Hey, I think we can win this game

if the ~~real~~ spring game Coffman stands up….

Introducing the new 2008 Big 12 Football Champions: OU, UT*, TT*, and MU*!
Now Introducing the new 2009 Big 12 Baseball Tournament Champions: UT, KSU*, BU*, and MU*!

by mystman995 on Sep 16, 2009 4:40 PM CDT up reply actions

It's time to play smart, not scared.

Sorta like coaching, but with less binders.

Hail to the Purple, Hail to the White
Wildcat in spirit, Wildcat in fight
Hail Alma Mater from sea to sea
Onward forever, Hail Victory!

by MadCat on Sep 16, 2009 4:44 PM CDT up reply actions

Well, yeah, but until he actually plays one meaningful game...

with an average grade, I’m not comfortable predicting a BCS win.

It’s like what KU fans went through in 2005. They had a great defense (ours is just solid), but they didn’t have a QB that could hit the broad side of a barn. It wasn’t until late in the season when Jason Swanson finally stood up and took charge that they were able to get to squeak into a bowl game.

I remember watching Brian Luke and Adam Barrman just royally stink it up all year. It wasn’t until they finally got Jason Swanson involved midway through the year that they were actually able to consistently win some games. I mean, he was awful himself, but he was at least slightly better than the other horrible options they had.

Bring on the Cats
"Without getting into specifics, my exit involves a McFlurry machine and a video tape of risque commercials from overseas." -- Jack Donaghy

by Panjandrum on Sep 16, 2009 5:06 PM CDT up reply actions

I guess i should have put more emphasis on that "if"

Introducing the new 2008 Big 12 Football Champions: OU, UT*, TT*, and MU*!
Now Introducing the new 2009 Big 12 Baseball Tournament Champions: UT, KSU*, BU*, and MU*!

by mystman995 on Sep 16, 2009 5:39 PM CDT up reply actions

I'm pretty much with Pan on this one

So far this season, I’ve done my best to look on the bright side. I figured before the season that if everything went our way, we could go 8-4. After the UMass game, I looked at the fact that we shut it down in the second half rather than trying to keep pouring it on. While admitting after the UL game that it was time for a reassessment, I kept in mind that Carson Coffman and others should improve with time and experience. I’ll look for the positives, but right now I have to admit that this team just isn’t very good.

That said, we may well improve as the year goes along, but our competition gets a lot more difficult as the year passes. We may be playing really well by November, but that means we’ll be playing really well against KU, Missouri and Nebraska. Could we beat UCLA this weekend? Sure, it’s college football. Anything’s possible. But I try to assess K-State sports at BOTC like I would if I were going to lay money on the outcome (or at least close to that standard, because there’s always some homerism at play). If I had to lay money on K-State/UCLA right now, I’d have to take the Bruins to win. Maybe not to cover, but certainly to win. Let’s hope I’m wrong.

We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats

by TB on Sep 16, 2009 6:53 PM CDT up reply actions

Snyder and Obama

Great to see that St. Joe’s Bill Snyder, Obama, Trey Parker/Matt Stone, and the rest of the nation can all agree on our collective disdain for Kayne.

Even though the four UCLA players are all underclassmen they did contribute in the surprise win over Tennessee last weekend.

It was fun watching Olathe and K-State’s own Darren Sproles get some national attention on the opening night of Monday Night Football. With LT losing a step and already having a banged up ankle I’m expecting to hear Sproles’ name a lot this season.

by Venice Beach John on Sep 16, 2009 5:26 PM CDT reply actions

Last Road Win 2005

I was at Snyder’s last road win at Marshall in 2005. I remember Thomas Clayton, Allen Webb, Jermaine Moriera all having good games. McKinney intercepted the pass with 9 sec to go and Watts had some big hits. The game started at 10 am on a hot humid day. I thought we had a chance to be pretty good that year, with lots of playmakers.

by ohiocats84 on Sep 17, 2009 9:42 AM CDT reply actions

Kevin Haskin...

has my vote for columnist of the week thanks to his use of the word “poop.”
“Sure appealed to me more than some NFL defender strutting as if he’s trying to poop and walk at the same time. All because he made a routine tackle.”

by Catfan33 on Sep 17, 2009 10:20 AM CDT reply actions