Open Game Thread: K-State vs. UCLA
by TB on Sep 4, 2010 8:00 AM CDT
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PrintUCLA Bruins at Kansas St. Wildcats, Sep 4, 2010 2:30 PM CDT
Who: K-State vs. UCLA
When: September 4, 2010 | 2:30 p.m. (CDT)
Where: Manhattan, Kan | Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000)
Media: ABC | 1350 KMAN
With today being the grand opening of college football, rather than just Thursday night's appetizers, the game thread goes up early for all-day commenting. Check out BracketCat's "Kicking the Tires" post yesterday for the complete slate of Big 12 games today.
Go Cats!
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I'll be watching the game with a Mizzou alum.
The Unholy Alliance is getting an early start.
Are you also watching your buddy's game?
If so, I bet’s he getting pissed. His team looks like crap so far.
by BracketCat on Sep 4, 2010 12:55 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't know if he is.
But I am, and I hope Mizzou looks this lost when we play them.
by AMS on Sep 4, 2010 1:05 PM CDT up reply actions
This is why I think the north will
Come down to our game with Nebraska.
Every year Mizzu is supposed to be good and every year they aren’t. I may change my tune in five hours, but if we can shoot all our weapons in the same direction more than eight wins is possible.
by BlackCats on Sep 4, 2010 1:09 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I love my nephew and all
But did he have to turn 1 today? I’m blowing this joint at game time.
by BlackCats on Sep 4, 2010 10:56 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Alright! Let's do thia!
DEE-STROY!!!
by checklight on Sep 4, 2010 1:51 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
sweet, sweet, purple rainbow
All the way, across the sky…
by checklight on Sep 4, 2010 2:50 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Here! and watching
by on a PC without a working \/ key (that is two slashes, not the letter)…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
It just breaks my heart
to see them flashing UCLA’s starting offense and seeing “Overland Park, Kan.”
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
Hmmmmmmmmmmm...
3-and-out on what I \/iew as should ha\/e been 3 completions :-/
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
That's how you stop Thomas ...
Put 12 defenders in the box! Brilliant!
or call yourself a timeout
before punching it in with Coffman >.<
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I don't understand the timeout call.
Frankly, I think we could gain 5 yards a carry just running it up the gut all day on their line.
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
I ga\/e up years ago
trying to grasp Snyder’s method for timeouts
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
oh well, at least worked out.
This time.
by checklight on Sep 4, 2010 2:54 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I don't know about that call.
That just kills DT’s yards-per-carry average. ;)
Wheeew!
Alright we got the first TD of the season under the belt …
But next time we get 1st and goal could we have the whole process go just a little smoother?
So.... we at least ha\/e our kickoff
guy…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Kevin Prince
Looks like Coffman of last year
The Defense
is gonna have to improve a lot…the offense looks like it could be great!
The D could be solid this year too though. Kinda hard to tell right now.
by Andrew Stillie on Sep 4, 2010 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions
3v1 Smackdown
I like this defense. Or maybe I like this UCLA offense?
by 2.1 seconds left on Sep 4, 2010 3:01 PM CDT reply actions
I think its more of the UCLA offense sucking but I hope Im wrong!
by Andrew Stillie on Sep 4, 2010 3:01 PM CDT up reply actions
at this point i am ok with
being results oriented for our D – no points and 1st down allowed on 2 possessions…
but UCLA has dropped a couple and had some terrible throws on open WR’s… …
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Yeah.
I’m actually concerned about a couple of things I’ve seen. Mostly, on that 2nd-and-11, when you’ve got the QB in your hands from the blind side, you gotta do something with him. But Prince was able to complete the pass, and it was just our good fortune that it was still a 2-yard loss.
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
Hmm
When was the last time we were negative on turnover ratio? :x
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
Brandon Harold!
Welcome back!! We missed you!
How long until you think we see
Thompson on punt returns as well as KO returns??
I get the Hartman for his hands/experience thing… but soon, right?
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Just bought a grape Gatorade at the stadium...
I’m literally drinking the purple Kool-Aid.
by checklight on Sep 4, 2010 3:10 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
I'm jealous of your location...
Yell loud! :-)
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I'm sure I'll ne\/er grasp
how Snyder \/alues/de-\/alues TO’s… :-/
!!
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Kinda wishing Banks was still around, although to be honest, I’m still wishing Bishop was around.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Coffman is looking pretty solid so far!
by Andrew Stillie on Sep 4, 2010 3:14 PM CDT up reply actions
So far Tramaine (sp?) Thompson
looks e\/ery bit capable of replacing Banks, to my eye.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Or Jonathan Beasley
Or Ell Roberson (shenanigans not withstanding)
by AMS on Sep 4, 2010 3:17 PM CDT up reply actions
Never forget Ell's Shenanigans
Selfish, stupid immaturity led to three quarters of playing with his head up his ass against Ohio State and such a disappointing end to what should have been a truly great season. And I’ll never forget him throwing a pick against Okie State in an earlier loss that season and being caught on camera pouting too hard to try to make the tackle.
Bishop’s fumble against A & M will hurt until sweet death relieves me of the memory. But Michael never failed for lack of effort or devotion to the cause. In his worst game as a starter, he got yanked for Beasley after an egregious interception thrown into a defensive lineman’s hands. But anyone else recall how Michael stuck with the play and made a stunning one-on-one tackle at the goal line? Saved the game.
My blogs: pakagankarachi.livejournal.com (dormant)
burmahunkalove.livejournal.com (occasional signs of life)
by MrHappyMushroom on Sep 5, 2010 3:02 AM CDT up reply actions
No arguments here.
Roberson’s stupid decision deservedly is the first thing I think about when discussing him.
But other than that horrible last week as a Wildcat, he was electrifying. The second thing I always remember about him is how he got in the Nebraska players’ faces during the coin flip in Lincoln. Again, it was immature, and it would have made him look REALLY bad if we lost that game, but instead we were accused of running up the score.
I admittedly don’t fully appreciate how great Bishop was. I was a high school freshman and still getting into football during that ‘98 season. I was crushed by the A&M loss, but I didn’t know enough to pay attention to how special Bishop was.
What I was really getting at was the fact that our quarterbacking yesterday was, optimistically speaking, mediocre at best. Coffman reportedly puked about 10 times during the game, so here’s hoping it was a stomach bug, and he’ll be much better when he’s healthy.
by AMS on Sep 5, 2010 9:25 AM CDT up reply actions
Im hoping
Chris Harper and Broderick Smith get more involved in the game. Probably not until the second half though. Gotta get all of the butterflies outta Coffman.
If that happens
… he had room on that sack to elude – or at least ATTEMPT to elude.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
what's this cool new thing we are un\/eiling here?
QB pressure and actual co\/erage down the field so far??
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Sweeney
looks great!! I guess all of the rumors outta camp were right!
by Andrew Stillie on Sep 4, 2010 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions
Bad decision by Thompson
You’re already inside the 10 and running backward, you may as well let it go and hope for a touchback.
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
Yeah I agree.. I think he just wanted to make a play
by Andrew Stillie on Sep 4, 2010 3:26 PM CDT up reply actions
So……..ummmm……..that went well.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Wow.....
Things changed quickly is 15 seconds
I don't like that pistol offense at all.
Had a bad feeling there was going to be time where the entire D was going to get fooled.
All
we have to do is hold onto the damn ball. 1st game jitters are killing us
What was that thing?
QB + FB \/s 1 defender and we lost yards…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Gotta get Norm Chow out of
this groo\/e he’s found
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Can we please
Get a touchdown now! Enough of the too conservative game calling.
Totally. Time to open it up.
I know Snyder is all about keeping our offense hidden but we aren’t playing southwest AA state. Let’s go!
by Clubbzilla on Sep 4, 2010 3:45 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Not a
well-thrown ball there.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Where is
Harper? I havent seen him at all in this game.
I did not know that Dr. King gave his last campus speach at Ahearn. That’s cool! Things they don’t tell you during freshman orientation.
Unless they did and I forgot.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
i acquired that tri\/ia tidbit
while an undergraduate, but it might just be something you learn as you go along.
:-)
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Now THAT's a QB sack.
I like.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
There's Thompson
on the punt returning… I like his return style a lot – field ball and GET upfield!
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
So far I would say that Coffman is impro\/ed
but still making similar mistakes – holding the ball too long… missing recei\/ers (but by non-TO margins so far).
If this is all Coffman has, I hope Klein is at least this good and comes around should Carson not impro\/e on what i saw this 1st half.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Garett
showing all the things we want out of a DB – especially if he is \/ertically challenged…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Need Coffmann to be decisi\/e on other plays
as he is with that desperation hurl…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Ok for a first game of the season opening half
right now we are beating ourselves. While we don’t look anywhere near crisp and clean, the fumble on our own 10 is the only reason we are behind. Not impressed with Coffman at all. His first attempts were nothing over 10 yards and he totally missed what was a wide open receiver when all he needed to do was put it in bounds. What’s the over under on one of our backups completing this game at QB?
Coffman being Coffman
I just don’t think this team can be great behind this guy…
by williewildcrack on Sep 4, 2010 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
All Coffman had to do
Was not lose us the game. Well he is trying his best to make sure we do. Put Lamur in and let him run the option with Thomas and Wilson back there with him. Throw in Harper and Thompson in the slot.
Alright... second half!
Let’s see a dose of DT and some big holes opened up by the uglies. Make it so all Coffman needs to do is hand off and throw quick passes. Oh and no more freakin fumbles!
Dear iPad data plan
You suck. I’m trying to follow a game here.
As bad as we are trying to beat ourselves we’re down 3. Let’s see some Snyder half time adjustments and air it out with the wildcat. I all you ever do in the wildcat is have Thomas run he may as well take a knee.
Go cats!
by BlackCats on Sep 4, 2010 4:30 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
wha wha whaaaa?!
>5 yd pass attempt AND completion!
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Now THAT'S
how you run the option! Attaboy!
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Powell reminds me a lot
of Sproles… at least on that run… spry, decepti\/ely quick, and a nose for the goal line…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Though I'll admit
it is certainly too soon to draw any solid or real accurate comparison on those two…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
If the comparison ends up being valid, Powell will be a helluva good back.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Is this his last year? of does he have another one left?
by Andrew Stillie on Sep 4, 2010 4:37 PM CDT up reply actions
I think he’s a Sr.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Consulting RB position pre\/iew...
.. … … …
Says he is one year and done… a senior.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
That was a full yard short
Terrible spot and quick snap killed the 3 and out…
Now on our heels again!
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Did I mention that Rick Neuheisel is a complete jackbag?
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Always has been
Gotta stop that 4th down ’Cats!!
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
That 4th down play
should have been run on 3rd down instead of a horizontal option.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
I’m feeling a blocked kick here.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
The Lou Groza award winner
would require a bad snap, I think for that.
:-(
Next time I’ll ha\/e to break out the ‘nanananananana…. nananananana’ and try to jinx it.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Sufficient...
but aided by another UCLA dropped pass… …
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
A lot of those dropped passes have been caused by good contact though
by Andrew Stillie on Sep 4, 2010 4:50 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow
Did you hear that Oregon Score…62-0 over New Mexico. WITH FIVE LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF
Probably failed on the 2 pt conversion on that last touchdown.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Or took a knee
with no kick or 2-pt attempt? :-P
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
D-Train is a great asset in the option
as the fake to our MAIN main (only?) weapon is really effecti\/e e\/en from a QB of Coffman’s ‘abilites’…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
So far each Powell touch
has reminded of Sproles-esque (in a smaller magnitude i suppose).
DT – get well NOW!
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Damn!
We have a good one two rushing combo
#1 PAC# team
>>>>>> bottom of the pile WAC…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
CANNOT take that sack
Coffman! throw it away!!! is that so hard to do/realize? Oh oh oh… >.<
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Come on
CC you cant sit back there for a minute.
Basically any time Coffman is forced to make a real decision we lose yards. Great.
by Clubbzilla on Sep 4, 2010 4:58 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
*real pass-related
decision…
So far he has been doing good with the option reads. *knocks on wood… se\/eral times *
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Way too indecisive. He needs some confidence someone should give him some prozac
by Andrew Stillie on Sep 4, 2010 4:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Or some Clemens-sized
PEDs.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Anybody got a spare _large_ D-line
to loan out to our Defense this year??
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
they’ll be better when they go up against all of the smaller spread offenses
by Andrew Stillie on Sep 4, 2010 5:04 PM CDT up reply actions
So are ALL gameday OTs this quiet, or just the home ones?
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
A lot of times the home-game threads
are a bit sparse…
Home openers \/s FBS/BCS teams especially I imagine…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I tried to pop in a few times
But I couldn’t get jack for signal today in the stadium. Stupid Verizon.
*holding up four fingers *
Cheers the ‘Cats’ half-time adjustments!
15:00 more minutes of grinding…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Watch for a fake here
… :-/
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
The position primer
and comments I’\/e seen around → Lamur is still a bit raw and inconsistent… talented howe\/er.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Blocked in the back
into the return man – not the right call. The opposite of the right call.
That’s is not cool…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Lousy kick catch interference call there. Was CLEARLY a block in the back.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
That ball is out...
I think it was out.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Do what we can here in our li\/ing rooms
Now to chew some clock…
THat’s what i want here.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I'm ok with Klein's
play so far… no mis-cues and that sack was not the QB’s fault.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Yeah, but watching his body language
on the option scares the living piss out of me. It’s like deer, meet headlights.
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
Agree on that...
but we can’t know for sure either that Lamur would out-perform that… i hope he can though.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Oh, FFS
It hurts when you see it coming and the guys in the purple shirts don’t.
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
+1
for our bird’s-eye-\/iew…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I know, but
they also left five guys out on the left side to block. Telegraphed.
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
If
they score a TD we cant win with Klien in at QB
Come on
CC lead us down for the game winning TD!
I remember how nice it is/was
ha\/ing a Lou Groza le\/el K…
Automatica was a true adantage.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
hope that right leg
is just a bruise type issue…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Why
do they run so much better with CC in?
I am still noticing
him limping just a bit between plays…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Oh yeah I like me some
Powell change-up running! Gotta stay in bounds here though if not in the end zone.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I'm loving what I saw from Powell this game
Terrific performance from the back up.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - Gen. George S. Patton
Hooooboy
They can cheat all they want, but even when DT goes out here come Sproles..’er….Powell.
by BlackCats on Sep 4, 2010 5:36 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Coffman’s game management skills are completely absent.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Delay of games are ALWAYS on the QB.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Agreed...
but ’twas the Wildcat ;-)
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I'm going with raw...
he has been trying to stay in-bounds…. and I’m sure that TO was Snyder’s doing there.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
3rd down now or only 2nd?
on the resume of play…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Uh bwha wha ... eh what?
My heart stopped then it worked out…
:-P
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I see Snyder
still has that play clock time out calling/wasting bugaboo – old dog same trick…. :-|
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
“Is Bill Snyder gonna have to choke a bitch?”
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
by UMDBHIK on Sep 4, 2010 5:43 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Not anymore...
and as I ha\/e in the past, I’ll pacify my time-out timing hate with the fact we normally come out with good plays after them.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Whoa now...
nothing is decided yet, fellas! Our D has to pro\/e effecti\/e in one more facet of the game… two-minute drill.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
+1 unfortunately
especially with that kickoff return
They will score a TD
Just un-jinxed my jinx hopefully : )
That Josh Smith
will ha\/e some special teams TD’s before UCLA’s season ends… that’s for sure.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I can't figure out why they didn't use him more.
He has to be their fastest player. I always respected him when he was at Colorado.
Pitiful...
2 plays. \/ery sorry D there…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I had flashbacks to the ISU game last year.
That isn’t a good thing.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - Gen. George S. Patton
... ... ...
thump thump… thump thump
There we go, heart beating again.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I blame Ron Prince for that abhorrent defense just now.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
That fumble on our own 11 yd line
1st half is really hurting now…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Oh I was pissed
Coffman didn’t lose the game but he tried!
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - Gen. George S. Patton
Too much time on the clock!!!!
Come on boys!!!!!
by BlackCats on Sep 4, 2010 5:50 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
This is when
I want to see DT go two hands on the ball and abandon all “mo\/es” that are not straight up the field.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Did they just use
the “H” word with DT for this year??? :-o
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
They sure did!
And really why not. It is supposed to go to the best player, not the best player on a BCS Bowl team.
by BlackCats on Sep 4, 2010 6:00 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
*Homeristic optimism warning*
Who says we can’t make a BCS bowl by winning the Big 12? :-D
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I'll double down on the warning
But I will say it again. We will fall once, UT, and NU are toss ups but a 3 loss season is ok with me. Should do wonders for DT and the H word.
by BlackCats on Sep 4, 2010 6:25 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
In all reality
I’m still sitting squarely in the end-the-year-playing-bonus-football circle… howe\/er with some Coffman improing (which at this point does seem far fetched) or Klein progress and Off health, I like our chances of getting to the .500 hill and o\/er.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
They sure did!
And really why not. It is supposed to go to the best player, not the best player on a BCS Bowl team.
by BlackCats on Sep 4, 2010 6:20 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
DISCLAIMER: Understatement of the Day
Daniel Thomas is good at running with footballs.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
E\/en against
grown men with great athletic ability.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
K.........S.........U.........
WILDCATS!
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
Braden Wilson is good
and going to be great.
My prediction – copying/echoing many many others before me…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Maybe the D
can hold a 9 point lead for :52.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
DT TD!!!!!!!!
Quick prayer for Smith…..
Woooohooooo pat!
Stroke….unblocking…..
For the love of Christ. Get a stop!!!
by BlackCats on Sep 4, 2010 5:57 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
So...
I ha\/e a question…
Why not hae the QB take the snap with his knee already down on those end of game’rs??
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Great Game!
Great Win! Great talk! Im out guys! Take care and say a prayer for Douglas and Smith!
Ditto, ditto, ditto..
And ha\/e done, will do.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Douglas looked like a knee injury
But as I predicted two weeks ago, Hanson will take over that position at least until Aufner comes back. He just needs reps over there and he’ll be fine.
I think Brodrick just had cramps, same as Carson.
It kind of looked like Carson needed to go #2....
The shot of him leaving the field looks like he was trying to keep the prairie dog in the hole…
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Hilarious and gross
Good work.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - Gen. George S. Patton
And BOOM
I lo\/e seeing ANY SEC team get beat, let alone a “top” SEC team losing to Jackson\/ille State!! :-D
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Not pretty, but damned if the KSU running game won't be a juggernaut this year
Sure, that won’t work by itself against NU or UT, but it WILL work against UCF, KU, CU and that is what we need.
Coffman isn’t a D1A QB, but he didn’t lose the game, as much as he tried. Klein needs reps (here’s hoping he can play the whole second half next week). But wow DT, Wilson and the interior line. They stood up and made UCLA their bitch. Hell yes boys. Foketi did okay too I think. Coffman held onto the damned ball too long. We’re really hurting at RT ): And I hope Smith will be good by UCF.
What a fun game.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - Gen. George S. Patton
You attended, I presume...
how was the atmosphere? usual per KSU home game \/s top competition?
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Pretty good atmosphere, but I was in the student section so yeah thats per usual.
The user formerly known as EMAWrising
On the third year he rose again.
No, I wasn't at the game
For better and worse, my fiancee’s birthday is September 6th, so I think I will miss most all season openers for the rest of time ): I love her though! And, because she’s great, she asked me a couple of months ago if I wanted to go to the UCLA game or to her family. I knew what the right answer was but darned if I didn’t want to be at the game yesterday.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - Gen. George S. Patton
Just came in here to congratulate you guys on the win
But I must ask, why is everything in bold?
Making you feel old since 9/26/09
Just noticed that...
it wasn’t until just real recent.
How odd.
Not supposed to be like that though
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
And thanks for the congrats...
it won’t be e\/eryday your D has to face a Daniel Thomas-led running game… Neuheisel will win some games this year.
And make sure to take down USC a peg or two this year!
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I love DT even more....
…with that Mr.-T style buzz-hawk.
It took me a while to catch on…
MR T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice job carrying the thread boys.
I, like most of the main contributors, were at the game. Not every every game will be like this.
Great win. I was impressed at the UCLA fans in attendance. Wish them the best the rest of the way.
EMAW.
My Thoughts
Mind you because of a television debacle b/c of living in Wisconsin, I missed the first quarter. But here are my thoughts on the game.
1. the running game was awesome, both DT and Powell ran the ball effectively.
2. Wilson is just as advertised.
3. Glad to see the option, and the option run pretty well.
4. Defense was about what was to be expected, however, a bruising run offense might be a little difficult to handle for the defense.
5. Coffman needs to be more decisive. The thing I liked about Klein was that he was decisive. He pulled down the ball and ran instead of taking the sack. Although that is the only real thing we learned about him compared to Coffman. Coffman also needs to try to push the ball down field from time to time just to make sure the safetys can’t play up.
And be decisive.
6. Ayers is a beast. I’d love for him to be on my nfl team next year.
This just in ...
KU is down, 6-3, to North Dakota State at the start of the fourth quarter.
I saw that, very intresting...
Apparently the builder of men has to build up his men better…
The user formerly known as EMAWrising
On the third year he rose again.
And KU just went 3-and-out for the second time of the quarter.
by AMS on Sep 4, 2010 8:31 PM CDT up reply actions
It's too early to say that.
But they aren’t playing like a Big XII team.
by AMS on Sep 4, 2010 8:35 PM CDT up reply actions
And just like that
Roughing the kicker, personal foul. KU has the ball in NDSU territory.
by AMS on Sep 4, 2010 8:36 PM CDT up reply actions
yeah this gamecast thing is getting annoying? What radio station would it be on?
The user formerly known as EMAWrising
On the third year he rose again.
wow NDSU is keeping them going...
The user formerly known as EMAWrising
On the third year he rose again.
Flashbacks to Ron Prince's first game...
24-23 win o\/er Ill St if i recall correctly… on a failed Redbird 2-pt con\/ersion at the end.
Not the man Gill will want to imitate, if our experience taught us anything it’s not to emulate Prince.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
It might be worse than that...only a field goal so far vs NDSU?
The user formerly known as EMAWrising
On the third year he rose again.
A misssed FG
for KU late 4th Quarter… NDSU by 6-3 still!! :-o Oh my!
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Affirmed...this is definitely be a worse debut than what ron prince had.
The user formerly known as EMAWrising
On the third year he rose again.
I suffered through that ISU game on the radio
1300 miles away… I can say it was the most terrible KSU football experience for a non-con game I’\/e had – only way it can be worse? By actually losing.
We’ll see how this goes.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
And USU (Utah St) going toe to toe
with OU early 4th?? Wow, could be a rough day for the Big XII… or not. Time will tell – exciting to follow I suppose.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Yeah noticed that...
My bud(OU fan but I got him in a K-State shirt today) is freaking out..
The user formerly known as EMAWrising
On the third year he rose again.
Likely game set match
there for NDSU with KU…
KU fumble in own territory rec’d by NDSU… run out the clock/FG or TD
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
TO on downs by KU < 30 sec's remaining
That. Just. Happened.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
And KU is back to square 1...
and history is still waiting.
The user formerly known as EMAWrising
On the third year he rose again.
That might be a kind of history
that they were not looking for…
It’s some type of history at least. :-P
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
You should see the evisceration
going on over at EDSBS.
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
*points browser to
EDSBS *
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
everydayshouldbesaturday.com
Similar to BOTC for Florida (I belie\/e)
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Not really.
The guy who runs it is a UF guy, but it’s national coverage.
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
i hate to say it...
…but comparing BOTC to EDSBS is like comparing Hale Library to the Taj Mahal.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Sep 4, 2010 9:51 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Samsonite...
I was way off!
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Well, that was fugly
But I’m sure KU will be fine*.
They just need to pray more.
*And by fine, I mean 0-12.
Want to count up how many people had KU as better than KSU and harass them with me?
Or would we get bored at 20?
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - Gen. George S. Patton
The entire Rivals.com network, for starters
Bout to fire off a snide e-mail to Olin Buchanan and Tom Dienhart, as a matter of fact.
At one game
into the season?
(I have no clue who Olin or Tom are…)
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Rushing yardage comparison:
Daniel Thomas: 234
NDSU/KU combined: 169
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
Up next on Schadenfreude Theatre:
USU inside the OU 30, trailing by 7…
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
I see them on their own 20
after a touchback punt by OU…???
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
GameCast failure.
Funny thing is… you know they aren’t showing the game down here? It’s only available on PPV.
Nothing would make me giddier tonight than to have OU lose and then think of all these clowns who paid to watch the game…
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
Looks like OU picked off USU
in USU territory just now :-/
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
it's a great day to be alive, ladies and gentlemen...
Is this real life?
by checklight on Sep 4, 2010 9:45 PM CDT via mobile reply actions
Best day of my life.
I am a life long K-State fan who graduated from North Dakota State. This might be the most perfect Saturday.
It was a good day...
Congrats to NoDak on the win.
by williewildcrack on Sep 5, 2010 12:15 AM CDT up reply actions
+1 that is awesome!
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - Gen. George S. Patton
A Wildcat win, followed by a Chickenhawk loss?
What an awesome Saturday. My coworker is an NDSU alum and I told her KU was going to suck this year and that NDSU would beat them. I can gloat on my correctness now.
"Jason Heyward was a Greek philosopher reincarnated as a baseball player." - Don Sutton
How do you know anyone from NDSU?
I don’t even know someone from the state of ND!
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - Gen. George S. Patton
Yeah, we lost. But did BOTC go all bold in celebration?
Every comment I see is in bold/
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
People ask me what I do in winter when there’s no baseball...Rock Chalk Talk
I have no idea what happened with that...
…gonna have to talk to tech support.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Sep 5, 2010 9:12 AM CDT up reply actions
Looks like it happened on one of my comments
…but I didn’t put any tags at all in said comment, so… I’m baffled.
I am now channeling Will McDonald's optimism.
It was a good day for the Unholy Alliance.
My Mizzou-grad friend said he wasn’t sure whether he was happier that Mizz and K-State won in comeback fashion over quality(ish) competition, or that KU lost so apparently flatly.
I’m trying not to be so giddy about KU’s loss, precisely because I remember Prince’s debut all too well. Turner Gill was put in a really tough situation, taking over a team that lost virtually all of its offensive playmakers. He also probably felt a little bit handcuffed in his dealings with players, considering the circumstances that got his predecessor the boot.
I have no idea how the rest of the season will go for KU. I don’t imagine it will be good, and even 0-12 isn’t unimaginable. But Gill’s entire tenure won’t be that bad, or if it is, it will be very short.
I may be in the minority of k-state fans, but...
… I wasn’t that happy to see ku lose. I would much rather both Kansas schools be successful in all sports. Obviously, sentiments change when we play each other.
I didn’t always think that way… Guess living in tx for a while and defending the state of Kansas in all the realignment talk kind of changed my opinion. Plus, ksu vs. ku has always been, quite literally, a sibling rivalry for me.
by Bauer Power on Sep 5, 2010 9:48 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
I certainly do prefer
KU to win every game that doesn’t directly affect KSU in standings or status…
However, if they are going to lose to NDSU we don’t need to sugarcoat how pitiful that is and the possible outcomes from it. Losing to NDSU definitely shows they have the ability to play low enough to hit 0-12, however sound reasoning leads me to believe they’ll get some wins somewhere and Snyder forbid it be KSU later this year.
I hear ya on that “defending the state of Kansas” thing – the West Coast is no easier to convince of how great Kansas really is. Hard to believe as it may be, I still get comments about Dorothy/Toto, do we really have the same TV/internet, how boring nothing must be, etc etc even in this day of the Web and everywhere being intimately documented with Wiki, Google, and blah blah blah. Same things that lead me to root for WSU basketball and baseball and all the “State” schools (Emporia, Fort Hays, etc) and CC’s.
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
The problem with that line of thinking
is that the state only produces so many D-I players, and we have to fight KU for all of them.
The rise of KU football coincides with the fall of K-State football under Prince, and we started to see the Monty Beisels and Terence Newmans of the state start choosing the Jayhawks.
Things are swinging back our way, but we’re not there yet — mainly because MU, NU and OU still are cherry-picking the best players. A period of prolonged suckage on KU’s part would be helpful in that regard.
I’ve always held that if NU had to compete against another in-state school, college football history would be significantly different. Having a fellow in-state school in a low-population state is something of a handicap.
I decided it might be interesting to
take a jaunt this morning over to Bruin Nation’s live thread(s) from yesterday for this game and read through them.
Over 1400 comments total (excluding the large post-game thread) took over an hour. I have to admit that it makes me feel so GOOD to come back to the environment we have at BOTC after reading the BN threads. They were never behind by more than one score (2-pt conversion considered) and manyt of the comments were self-bashing, narcissistic, and simply inane in the grand scheme of college football and fandom (which I concede endows the fan to be a little biased and over-reactive).
Maybe two or three times in 1400 posts did I see anything related from them regarding the prowess of DT’s running abilities. Similarly seldom but yet more often on KSU in general, though they did give props to DT, Snyder, and the Family on a couple occasions (every fan base has their lemons and those that make the lemonade).
So all that considered, I want to personally (in so much as black and white text on a monitor can provide for) thank all the BOTC “staffers” and followers (pats self on back) for staying mostly high class and optimistic.
And best wishes to UCLA for their upcoming 11+ games this season – keep in mind BSFS is no easy place to play with a ground game like we have and hope to keep this season.
Good game ’Cats and continue to manifest the Snyder mantra – be better today than you were yesterday!
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
Okay, re-reading my post
I’d like to tone down the anti-ULCA slant/vibe in my comments…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
While I appreciate the sentiment
I certainly can remember being not-too-classy in my semi-meltdown during the Texas Tech game last season. I even got called out by another blog on it.
We’re all human. Especially when our team is losing.
60+ to next-to-nothing...
against a one-score the whole game contest? I understand your point; however, BN’s thread was a microcosm of the West Coast mentality that I “experience” every day that I get up and interact with sports here.
:-(
Also, I might add first game of the year vs middle of the year in conference games…
Not to excuse any outburst you had (I never saw it) but I would not treat them similarly knowing (limitedly) what I know…
'Fact. Bears eat beets. Bears. Beets. Battlestar Galactica.' --Jim Halpert
I posted my thoughts on the BN post-mortem page (I think that is what they called it)
I thought the guys were very gracious in the post-mortem anyway. Sure, a bit of narcissism, but what do you expect? It isn’t their fault they’ve barely heard of KSU and Snyder. I’m not trying to be a jerk. It is because of geography. Really, they reminded me of some of the BOTC bball season (I wasn’t around for football last year) complaints we had those few times the Cats did poorly. For example, the embarrassment with OSU.
I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom. - Gen. George S. Patton
Any relatively large gathering of fans...
…is going to expose a few of those issues. The guys who run Bruins Nation are top notch and have been nothing but gracious and respectful of K-State all week. There have been more than a few times where I’ve written things on here of which I am not proud and wish I could retract, but the best you can do is learn from them and try to do better next time.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
by TB on Sep 5, 2010 10:19 PM CDT up reply actions
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