K-State Slate: 10.31.11
by TB on Oct 31, 2011 7:11 AM CDT
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I'm running behind, so Postgame Reaction won't be appearing today.
K-State Football
K-State's undefeated season came to a screeching halt in a 58-17 loss to Oklahoma on Saturday.
Bill Snyder admitted after the game that K-State failed to prepare properly for the Sooners. I think one coordinator in particular could be to blame.
The Wildcats need to focus on bouncing back from this loss, but with a trip to Stillwater to play No. 3 Oklahoma State looming, that's a tall task. Interesting to note that K-State fell from No. 29 to No. 60 in total defense because of the OU game.
Snyder summed it up best: "We were bad." Also, can we stop giving Frank Alexander the benefit of the doubt by saying he inadvertently stepped on Collin Klein's chest? The guy has a years-old meme at Rock M Nation devoted to his thuggish play.
K-State Volleyball
K-State lost a road match to Baylor in five sets, very nearly pulling off a comeback victory after falling behind 0-2.
Conference Realignment
The Big 12 Conference announced that West Virginia will join the conference effective July 1, 2012. The release states that the Big 12 will comprise 10 schools next year...not including Missouri.
Better get acquainted with the SB Nation blog for our newest conference brethren, The Smoking Musket.
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Has Martin's staff managed to snag anyone for 2012 for us to be excited about?
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
Not that I've seen.
But I heard one of our problems right now is scholarships, as in, we don’t have many. I’d have to look at a roster, but we’re young. The other thing that’s out there is if you’re coming to KState, you better produce and quickly or you’ll be transferring. So when a kid looks at KSU and they aren’t a five star one and done they take that into consideration. And Frankly, if they are a one and done they would much rather go somewhere they can get their balls suckeled than go somewhere they’re going to have to work their ass off. It’s not like we have a rep of making any one position infinitely better. So it’s not like the best bigs or points or shooters are climbing over each other to be here.
God that sounded depressing. All that to say, when we do get a kid we know that he’s willing to put the time in to be a better player, and person. I’m ok with that. As long as we keep putting up respectable seasons.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
Yeah, i think we only have 1 scholly to give.
We are after…
Robert Upshaw Would definitely be happy with him. Cauley beat him head to head this year per Bossi, fwiw.
Demetrius Henry Pretty decent offer list.
Laimonas Chatkevicius Call him Moose because it’s easier. He is ours if we want him according to the last GPC update. He may reclassify to 2013 as well.
by WillieWannabe on Oct 31, 2011 10:13 AM CDT up reply actions
I wonder how the defensive stats look if you throw out EKU and the other KSU from the start of the season?
Wait, I can do that myself -
Against teams with a pulse (using the term loosely because I’m still including KU) –
KSU is allowing 454 ypg (337 ypg passing), and 31.5 ppg. Dear Lord. It’s not fair to compare those stats to everyone else, because everyone has played awful teams. But damned that is some miserable defense.
#fireChrisCosh and Burns (Hartman still can’t tackle!)
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
Cosh has proven
to still be inept. I’m going to be sick if we perform this way again in Stilly. I know these are good passing teams, but those numbers are sick when you consider having a pretty good D line and a good linebacker unit.
Bitchslapping Texas since 1997
Cosh has always been questionable in my book - I know some people gave him a pass pening more talent
but you don’t need talent to have proper fundementals, and we do not. Are we better? Sure, we are faster so we can make more plays, but fundementally we are only slightly better than last year. We’ll see where the year ends up, but I was very sad that Cosh had a job this year.
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by mac attack ict on Oct 31, 2011 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions
And the yahoo team report (autopsy is another way to put it after the game) -
http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/news?slug=teamreports-2011-ncaaf-kkb
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
Actually thought that was a pretty good article
It didn’t have all the smarmy “the wildcats were exposed” bs. More like, hey they’re a good team that had an off day against a great team that played to their ability for only the second time this season.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
Absolutely
I always like the yahoo team reports for that very reason. They’re well written and not obsequious or condescending.
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
This is definitely the best breakdown of that game I've seen
Very balanced and even-keeled. Wish more journalism could be like that.
Would you like some Freys with that?
by ChrisP Wildcat on Oct 31, 2011 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions
Post game reaction in 8 words
They came.
They ran or passed.
They scored.
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
BOTC - Read the Adventures of the BigXII if you doubt our serious attitude towards sports.
by Anon_the_younger on Oct 31, 2011 8:51 AM CDT reply actions
The Smoking Musket ...
SBNation fansite or locals-only dive in deep Morgantown?
by Itchy n Scratchy on Oct 31, 2011 9:03 AM CDT reply actions
But maybe he forgot CK was down there, TB!!!'
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
concussion on the tackle?
The time for calm and rational discourse is past, now is the time for senseless bickering -Anonymous the Younger
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by Anon_the_younger on Oct 31, 2011 9:11 AM CDT up reply actions
The actual rules on Klein being dragged down out of bounds:
Rule FR 118:
"h. No opponent shall tackle or block the ball carrier when he is clearly out
of bounds or throw him to the ground after the ball becomes dead.
j. No player shall run into or throw himself against an opponent obviously
out of the play either before or after the ball is dead (A.R. 9-1-2-XVI)."
http://www.ncaapublications.com/productdownloads/FR09.pdf at page 116 of this above pdf file.
Now, I contend the hit on Klein should have been flagged because the OU player clearly jumped on Klein’s back when Klein was a full yard outside the boundary. The rules are written with the idea that these are elite athletes with the responsibility to control their bodies not to make hits when a player is "clearly out of bounds" or "against an opponent clearly out of the play." This concept of being clearly out of the play is included in several other rules. The key to my thinking is that the OU player must control his body when he is getting near a sideline not to "tackle" when the player is out of bounds. That too is part of the rules and the OU player violated it. The rule says nothing about it being ok if incidental contact is initiated while the ball carrier is in bounds. That OU player could have pulled off his hit. Momentum had nothing to do with it, unless the guy is a klutz, which he clearly is not.
oh hail the Purple and White
Late hit is a chincy call to begin with.
I don’t mind refs be slow to call it. K-State needs to play better, not hope for penalties.
And I think point of the late hit was that they called it initially
and if they knew the rule above they wouldn’t have changed it. It was just the last straw for a poorly officiated game.
Bitchslapping Texas since 1997
Bull.
Late hits aren’t “chincy” calls at all. They’re calls meant to protect players, and at least two (as well as a couple of debatable ones) were blatantly ignored in the OU game.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
I suppose I need to define this more.
Not all late hit calls are chincy. Obviously if a d-tackle clocks a QB 3 seconds after he throws the ball he needs to be called for a penalty.
One thing I can tell you having played defense, sometimes at the linebacker position, in high school. Is that when you are going in to tackle someone who is running along the sideline you don’t know whether he is going to step out of bounds, lower his head and charge forward, or try to cut back around you. So as a defender you have to come at him as hard as you can to prevent him from gaining any more yards. If he steps out of bounds a half second before contact you simply don’t have the time to stop yourself.
The play where Colin got push out of bounds is a good example. Yes he was a yard out of bounds, but it only took half a second for him to cross that distance.
I’m no OU fanboy, (I’m on bringonthecats after all) this is just how I’ve always felt about late hit calls at the side line unless you are talking about a 2-3 second late hit.
When you jump on a dude's back a full yard out of bounds, though,
calling a late hit wouldn’t be chintzy at all.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
That tackle should have been flagged
and the Cats should have played a better game. Those are not mutually exclusive points. Call the penalties correctly – they protect players.
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by mac attack ict on Oct 31, 2011 4:04 PM CDT up reply actions
2-3 seconds is an eternity in football
A fast player can run 10 to fifteen yards in three seconds. A slow one eight yards. The guy had the angle to come off the hit, and you are expected, when nearing the sideline, to control your body so as not to “tackle” when the player is clearly out of bounds. The words of the rule are clear. The intent of the rule is clear. Control your body when nearing the sideline.
The refs allowed Sooner to play hyper aggresive defense. It got in Sooner’s head and ours. Again, I’m just pissed that our team didn’t settle it on the field. There are LEGAL ways to do that. Our coaches didn’t put our players in a position to do so. It is on the coaches. They have to protect their players, And Snyder didn’t.
oh hail the Purple and White
KSU was going to get killed no matter what ...
Once it was decided by the coaches to go with the “Let Jones have all day to throw” strategy.
But these penalties (especially the step on Klein) have to be called to keep pieces of shit like Alexander in line.
And not calling those penalties on multiple occasions is a great way to get a team-on-team riot going. Sooner or later, the players usually start taking matters into their own hands. Jones is lucky he didn’t get blindsided for payback.
by Itchy n Scratchy on Oct 31, 2011 11:05 AM CDT up reply actions
This is what I didn't understand - giving Jones time is was going to get you killed on that day as he was throwing well.
The obvious adjustment is to blitz the living heck out of him and knock him around a bit…in one on one coverage he could get some big plays on you before you have the desired effect (make him choke like in past games), but better than letting him bake brownies for his O line in the backfield. Horrible game plan, horrible adjustments, and horrible job by the defensive coordinator. Cosh must be fired, but he won’t be…mark my words, we are going to have to suffer this travesty for far too long (heck, we already have).
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by mac attack ict on Oct 31, 2011 4:08 PM CDT up reply actions
Well stated, unforfunately the big 12 doesn't ever care about being right when Kstate is on the losing end
Bitchslapping Texas since 1997
Yes the first tackle out of bounds was a personal foul.
The second one was not. The foot in the chest was also a personal foul. By not calling that foul that helped to seal the momentum firmly against the Cats.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
A very nice article (that I can't find a link for!) about the best coach the Cats have, that I know nothing about
Rovelto has Unparalleled Passion for Teaching
Oct. 31, 2011
By Mark Jansen
Kansas State has perhaps never had a better collection of head coaches on staff as it does now.
While the majority of those are known nationwide, there’s only one – Cliff Rovelto – who turns heads in stadiums all over the world.
“When he walks into an Olympic stadium, he is well known by coaches across the world,” said K-State assistant coach Steve Fritz, who placed fourth in the decathlon in the 1996 Olympic Games when he was coached by Rovelto. “He’s recognized as one of the best.”
That was demonstrated again last week when the Wildcat track and field coach of 20 years served as head coach of the United States Pan American team that competed in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Rovelto, who coached the team to six medals, called it “…a tremendous honor. I don’t want to minimize what I do here, but this is representing the United States. It’s about your country, so it was a tremendous honor.”
While better known in Europe than at the Manhattan Town Center mall, Rovelto laughs as he says, “That’s OK because I never go to the mall.”
Turning serious he added, “I don’t do this to be recognized. Coaches who put on an `I coached that kid’ show make me sick to my stomach. I’m a teacher at heart. What I do is all about the kid and not about me. When it comes to a competition, I should be almost invisible.”
Rovelto has coached 11 Olympians from four different countries, 15 World Championship athletes, seven NCAA title winners, and has been a part of seven USA coaching staffs at international competitions.
While having attended every Olympic Games since 1996, Rovelto calls the Games “just another track meet” where the important thing is the process to get to that level rather than the meet itself.
He adds, “My job is getting a kid to realize his potential. If that’s the Olympics, that’s my goal; if that’s to be eighth-place in the Big 12 meet, that’s my goal.”
That’s his mission statement for current Wildcats, K-State graduates, international athletes and post-graduates from other universities.
Of K-State graduates, Rovelto says, “A lot of programs kick kids out the door, but we feel they are a part of our commitment if they want to continue their career.”
With foreign athletes, he adds that football and basketball players want to reach the NFL and NBA, and, "My sport is no different. If they want to reach the Olympics, I’m here to help them.
“If Lithuania would ask me to be their Olympic coach, I would hesitate to do that. But if individuals want my help, why not jump at that opportunity?” asked Rovelto. “My commitment is to the individual, and not the country.”
Last week at the Pan Am Games, current Wildcat Jeffrey Julmis ran 13th in the hurdles for Haiti while former Wildcats, Beverly Ramos was 12th in the 1500 representing Puerto Rico and Korene Hinds ran for Jamaica, but did not finish the steeplechase.
Due to working with athletes of all ages within the K-State program and from the outside, Rovelto works Bill Snyder-type hours. Twelve-hour days are the norm, plus when he returns home he studies his trade until the wee hours of the morning.
“That’s every night, including Saturdays and Sundays,” said Rovelto. “A lot of people say I don’t have a life, but they don’t have what I have, which is a passion for what I do. You don’t put a price tag on that.”
But the 56-year-old Rovelto admits that he’s probably not that much of a husband to his wife, Karol, who serves as the administrative assistant for the K-State track program.
To that, Karol says, “Track is always going to come first no matter what time of the year and no matter where we are. Someone, somewhere always needs a workout done. If I didn’t work for him I would never see him.”
Twelve years younger than her husband of nine years, it was coach Rovelto who tutored Karol to a personal record of 6-5 ½ in the high jump in 2000 when she was on the United States Olympic team at the age of 33.
Rovelto once carried a 2-handicap in golf, but says he hasn’t smacked a Titleist “for three years,” and hasn’t gone to a movie “… I can’t remember the last time.”
He says he’d much rather watch a college basketball game than a track meet, but says, “If I’m sitting at a basketball game, then I’m not calling a recruit, or I’m not doing a workout for a kid, and I feel guilty.”
To Rovelto, 2011 NCAA champions like K-State high jumper Erik Kynard and multi-eventer Ryann Krais “… deserve everything I have to get to that level. If I’m not working those hours to get them to that level, then I’m cheating them.”
Rovelto came from a military background that had him attending schools at Ft. Riley, Junction City, Wamego and Leavenworth in a five-year period between 8th and 12th grade. He played some football and basketball, but never competed in track, other than a little cross country running.
He planned to attend the University of Kansas and enter Law School, but instead became a Jayhawk and started hanging around legendary coach Bob Timmons’ track team.
At that time, the 1978 Kansas graduate says, “I knew absolutely nothing about track. Nothing … but all the events intrigued me.”
Rovelto’s first teaching job was at McLouth High School where he taught government and history, but his passion was in track and field.
“It was a two-year period that I totally engrossed myself into learning the sport. I went to every clinic I could find and spent every dime on books and tapes,” says Rovelto, who estimates that he has up to 15,000 books and tapes on track.
Today, Rovelto is recognized as the most premier multi-event and high jump coach in the United States, but he says if there is one event he enjoys most to coach “… it would be the 400-, 800-type kid. That’s a special animal. They have to love to work and have to work hard with a lot of heart.”
He adds, “The thing I admire about track athletes is you can’t hide. In a team sport you can hide for a short time but if you do that in track, if you’re even at 95 percent, you’re going to get embarrassed.”
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
HA! Take that GTcat!
Rovelto’s first teaching job was at McLouth High School where he taught government and history, but his passion was in track and field.
More things have come out of McLouth than Jeff Schwinn and the Powerdog!
I am totally counting this as “coming out of McLouth” despite the fact that he wasn’t actually from there, he just taught there.
Would you like some Freys with that?
by ChrisP Wildcat on Oct 31, 2011 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions
Hahaha...ok
but for the record I actually did think the Powerdog was pretty cool.
They also offer cheaper gas prices than Tongie usually when we travel to the in-laws from our stomping grounds
"Nor yet in Dell?"
I did some lurking around Smoking Musket, and I found one sentiment that surprised me a little.
A lot of WV fans seem to consider the Big 12 bush league when it comes to basketball. Not just not as good as the Big East, but league full of pretenders who wish they could shine the BE shoes.
Favorite Quote:
“I just wonder did we hose ourselves in basketball. Yes Big E lost 3 quality basketball teams. However it is still a strong league. No doubt in my mind WVU would dominate the Big 12 in basketball. "
Boy is that guy going to be disappointed.
They're definitely in for a surprise.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
Glad to see a KU fan here
I wonder if Huggy will be surprised by his 9-9 record his first season. I know his fans will be!
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
Huggy didn't do too bad in the Big XII his first year...
They will be fine in Big XII competition, but the will certainly not dominate…
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by mac attack ict on Oct 31, 2011 4:13 PM CDT up reply actions
Well, most of them don't have indoor pluming let alone TV's
So there is going to be a learning curve. After a season listening to the talking box they’ll get the picture daguerreotype.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
Come for our weak basketball...
/muhahaha
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
I've kept my mouth shut (for the most part) on the NO CALLS
But I’ll say this. The scoreboard would indicate that it wouldn’t have made a difference and I’ll buy that. I do believe however when those calls are made, they CAN be momentum changers. So really it’s a toss up. Should they have been called? Probably, if for no other reason than officials USUALLY give the benefit of the doubt to the QBs, justifiably, to protect them.
And there in-lies the biggest problem. I was upset during the game that they weren’t called. I was, and even more so now, infuriated that one of our linemen didn’t knock the fuck out of the perpetrators. That to me spoke volumes. Fuck bitching about the referees, the line needs to be called out. Young or not, you don’t let the other team treat your QB that way. I will gladly take a 15 yard penalty if the linemen at least shows some passion.
Unless they have lost faith in Klien and they want him to get hurt (which I started to wonder about, including the receivers). That’s a whole different problem.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
If they've "lost faith" in Klein,
then f—- ’em, I say. That kid has been nothing but a warrior this season.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
Yeah, considering how much fight Klein has displayed this season
It is hard for me to think they have lost faith in him. People don’t just abandon their leaders on a whim like that. Maybe if this was after a 4-game skid with questionable play from Klein, I could maybe see that, but not at this point time.
So yeah, they needed to stick up for their QB, that is their job, after all. If they really have lost faith in Klein and are willing to let him get beat on like that then they are horrible teammates.
Would you like some Freys with that?
by ChrisP Wildcat on Oct 31, 2011 12:40 PM CDT up reply actions
I 100% agree
But what I saw from the line, and how the receivers went from stomping and bitching when a pass wasn’t perfect to just flat out running lazy routes? They either gave up on the game or Klien or both. The blow out doesn’t worry me as much as the attitude I saw displayed.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
I don't think the players have given up on Klein
I think the frustration was with the coaching staff. These kids know that the OU game is not the same as the Kent State game. I have never seen us come out so flat after a half. I think the players are tired of using three time outs because Snyder can’t get the “perfect” play to Klein; then, Klein, when it is 3rd and 3 from the 8 yard line, can’t get a play from the bench and ends up calling the stupid pass to Harper because he wasn’t under center where he should have been. That mess was on Snyder, for not getting his "perfect’ play called.
I think the kids went into half and said “Coach, they are playing dirty.” We know what Snyder said to that. I saw what I saw, and I know who I’m pissed at for the lack of physical play and sustained effort on Saturday.
See my post below on the cover 2 zone.
oh hail the Purple and White
Combinaiton of both,
But why fight when your coaches don’t MAKE AN ADJUSTMENT…if your getting slapped around go down throwing the kitchen sink at ’em…we probably blitzed 2 times the entire 3rd quarter. What a load of crap.
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by mac attack ict on Oct 31, 2011 4:15 PM CDT up reply actions
linemen let OU treat Klein like their bitch
That was what I was most upset at as well. If a defender gets up and stands on top of your QB’s chest, at least 1 lineman needs to get back there full speed and put a hit on him. It was 4th down anyway, so it’s not like the penalty would have mattered much. When i saw that, it was pretty evident they weren’t even trying to win anymore, they just wanted to end the game as quickly as possible.
So, how did that cover 2 zone work out for us?
I know that a cardinal principle of defensive strategy is to not give up the deep play. Bend don’t break. Yada, yada, yada. Some shocking statistics:
OU scored its last of eight TDs at the 11:03 mark of the 4th quarter. I’m leaving out the possession resulting in a FG after Hulbert’s fumble at :18 of the 2nd qtr, the one first half punt, and the two interceptions, and the OU drive after L. Jones was benched.
On OU’s eight scoring TD drives, the longest time-of-possession (TOP) was 2:48 (nine plays). Five drives were under 1:30 in TOP. Four drives were four plays or less. The average number of plays on all eight drives was 5.25.
A bend-don’t-break game plan which allowed for these results is baffling beyond belief. Why we didn’t bring the safeties up, do more press and man coverage, and send blitzes from the edges, and every other imaginable angle, is baffling. So we get torched a few times? It is not like we didn’t get torched playing what we did. We never got in Landry’s face, and we all know that is the only way to get him out of his rhythm.
If we play the same defense against Cowboy, they score 65. Cowboy has a better running game than Sooner.
oh hail the Purple and White
The whole bend don't break statement
Always sounds like accepting mediocrity.
I understand sometimes when under-talented, there’s no way around it. I just wish it wasn’t said publically. I think it admits “hey we’re really the best at doing something mediocre”.
I always like to say, setting myself up for failure is fine as long as I’m shooting for the stars. Because, well the failure winds up being pretty damn good. After having no goals my Fr. year in college, I mastered the straight B report card and mustered only a 3.0 all year. Deciding to change that as a sophomore, I said to myself, “why put limitations on myself? I’ll shoot for a 4.0” Well I didn’t get a 4.0, but I did get my best (at the time) GPA for a year which was roughly around a 3.6. I found, I usually didn’t reach my goals, but the higher I set them, the higher success I would achieve.
So why would you in anyway shape or form as a coach set your goal to give up the majority of plays, but just not when you’re inside the 20 with your back against the wall?
"Nor yet in Dell?"
I rewatched the first half
Whenever we brought any type of pressure or blitz, Landry was way less accurate with his throws. Same thing happened to RG3 in the Baylor game. Are RG3 and Landry capable of making some throws under pressure? Yes. But are they also more likely to make a mistake or two, or at least force some incompletions? HELL YES! We can’t blitz every down like OU does, but that second half I didn’t see one attempt at trying to get into the backfield. The incompetency of the coaching staff to realize this and continue to do nothing about it is what completely baffles me. The evidence was there after the TT game against OU, and we still didn’t capitalize on a glaring weakness.
YES
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by mac attack ict on Oct 31, 2011 4:16 PM CDT up reply actions
I'll agree that...
…when we got pressure on Jones, he invariably made a poor throw. But I charted our blitz plays, and the results were mixed. And trust me, if we blitz against Weeden and don’t get there, he will burn us.
We'll carry the banner high!
Bring On The Cats
Out of curiosity,
how many “blitz” were there? And how do we define a “blitz?” Anytime more than the four down lineman rush the QB?
Are we going to get a recap on this point? Hope so.
oh hail the Purple and White
I would've liked to have seen at least a few disguised zero blitzes.
Man up on the splits and flankers, and bring everyone else. Could it have been burnt? Sure, but there was at least the CHANCE that we get there and hit him hard or force him into a terrible throw that gets picked.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
Dropping from 29th to 60th in Total Defense
Isn’t all that bad. My expectations for Snyder to hold Cosh to was to improve the defense from 100 and whatever to what I thought best case scenario of 51-60s, so I’m certain OSU will put him out of that range and back into “fireable” range in my eyes. I had been weary of the smoke and mirrors that kept winning us games as it relates to defensive performance, and there appears to be a chance we finish the year outside of that top half of total defense.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
Just popped up on the front page of "The Smoking Musket".
WV has filed a suit against the Big East seeking relief from the 27 month notification rule.
Much more info located here: http://brett-mcmurphy.blogs.cbssports.com/mcc/blogs/entry/29532522/33054284
If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
Barking Carnival is already trolling the KSU vs UT game in a few weeks!
http://barkingcarnival.fantake.com/2011/10/31/texas-kansas-state-post-mortem-offense/comment-page-1
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
I'm going to continue to petition
A Q&A between mods from this site and either TCUs or WVUs or both, until I get it!
Because I’m a spoiled brat.
No but I think it would be cool, get some feedback from the other sites without all of us having to become members.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
From Double T Nation: Rumors of Leach to Tulane
Which would be a relief. Greatest fear is Leach to KU.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
KU couldn't handle a coach that was mean to players like Mangino,
you think they could handle a pirate in charge?
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by Anon_the_younger on Nov 1, 2011 7:47 AM CDT up reply actions
I've always thought of that
And they dropped Leavitt’s name yesterday I think on BTL, b/c of him being on that first staff along with Sheahon Zenger. Please Jim, no.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
I would much rather see Leavitt there than Leach.
Leach’s system is just brutal to game plan against. And he doesn’t need 4- and 5-stars to run it, which makes it even scarier at KU, where every once in awhile, he could possibly land one of those type of players and be REALLY unstoppable.
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come." *Victor Hugo*
Yes. That is my nightmare.
We would start losing to ku again almost immediately. And for as long as Leach was there.
by Itchy n Scratchy on Nov 1, 2011 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions
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