K-State sucks. I told you guys they were going to lose.

I said it before but I'll go ahead and repeat. Those scores were idiotic. How can you predict a team to have a fantastic record of 10-2 yet predict them to lost by 83 and 63 points. That makes no sense whatsoever.

Heh. You're funny. Seriously, I think you now see that KU is not just a paper tiger this year. Plus, the days of KSU domination over KU are long gone (thank God).

That game at Arrowhead's looking better and better.

(Although, I was under the impression I wouldn't have to worry about KU this year.)
:mad:

KU's O and D lines were much better than I thought they would be. They did a good job and I'm sure probably 70% of them are straight.

Honestly, I wasn't sure about the Hawks this year. I wanted to believe that they were a good team. But all everyone wanted to talk about was the schedule. I know this is only one conference game, but I sure feel a whole lot more confident in the team this year. We finally have a decent QB. That is huge. We could have beaten KSU in Manhattan a couple years ago if the QB position had any kind of talent that year at that point in the season.

coming from a KU fan, that's unbelievably reeruned.

Wow, I will go on ahead and eat my crow for the KSU statement.

I clearly didn't expect that to happen yesterday.

I thought Lzen was very kind with his assessment of the KSU campus. He didn't even mention the smell.

You are officially KU's bitch. Three losses in basketball last year and now this. This would be a good time for you to shut the fuck up.

:) Thank God that damn streak is over. You are gonna have to find a new schtick, Saul.

How about "win something".

ROFL ROFL ROFL ROFL

Baby steps, Saul. But how about this? KU has "won" the governor's cup 3 out of the last 4 years. ;)

You should go to a Penn State game sometime. We tailgated adjacent to a pig farm and a short football toss from some grain silos.

WOW! That is great.... ROFL............

When was the last time KSU beat KU in basketball or football? KU has won the last two in football and at least the last three in basketball. Yet Saul's lips are still flapping.

Maybe that was a little harsh. I'll just say that I went to the South Florida at KU game last year. That game was a sellout (or pretty darn close) and I didn't have a problem parking. We parked in a parking garage. And no, it didn't even cost me. KSU charged me $10 to park on the freakin' farm. C'mon, KState. Your football program has had enough years of success. Now do something about the horrible parking problem.

Could it be that now that Snyder is gone they realize they won't need much parking?

Heh heh. That smell doesn't really bother me. Yeah, I grew up a city boy. But I do have relatives living in rural areas. Hey, we need the farming and agricultural people just as much as anything else. I was just disgusted with the parking arrangement. On top of all that, there was a side gate on this pasture that led right to the highway. They wouldn't even open the damn gate to let us out. Instead we had to wait in the line that went around a barn through the pasture gates, etc. It was beyond ridiculous.

When is the last time KU beat Texas in back to back years in football?

Maybe now you will re-think being a bandwagon KU fan. Basketball isn't the only sport they play. ;)





:D :p

That would be much more impressive if you hadn't lost to KU the next week in both years. :D

I don't think we've ever played them in consecutive years, dipshit.

:shake:

Next time you go to a KSU game, park near the student union (Anderson and Denison) and there is a free shuttle that will take you to the Jardine complex, which is only a few minute walk to the stadium. Probably a shorter walk to the stadium than it is the parking around the stadium. The shuttle starts running 2 hours before the game and starts going back in 3rd quarter.

There is also a shuttle that runs from multiple places from Aggieville, which does the same thing.

people pay to park in yards ay KU. How is that somehow more classy than using empty fields. Why would it be smart to pave 2 huge fields for use 6 to 8 times a year. The cost of construction, maintenance, and environmental effect aren't worth it. For ****'s sake, I parked in a grass lot at Arrowhead today. Are the Chiefs inbred farmers too? Get some new schtick, you aren't much better than Saul.

oh, and if you didn't park in a paved stadium lot, KSu didn't charge you anything. You either made a contribution to the VetMed scholarship fund, or the Agronomy department's fund.

KU 41-3.

Every week KU continues to prove you doubters wrong.

It is a blood bath. KU has even exceeded my expectations. The Nebraska game almost looks like a gimme now.

Nothing like a 48 point victory going into the Colorado game. Kansas hands Baylor their worst loss since 2005.

Since 2005? You mean they have recently allowed points like that? Geez, that tells you a lot about how bad they are. Oh well, I feel good about this KU team. That Baylor team came back from a 17 points deficit and beat KU last year. Wasn't gonna happen this time. KU defense and QB are much, much better this year.

I won't write off Nebraska just. I mean, they are Nebraska after all. However, if they keep playing like they have been this year, KU will crush them.

The real meat of the schedule comes up now...gold leaf or a gold medal??

Okay, KU won big today, but to me, they didn't really look that great on offense. They benefitted from a terrible Baylor team's turnovers.

I dunno. I was at the game, and I just felt like they should have won by more, even though it was a total blowout. Reesing made some very poor decisions and throws and our kick returner is going to get himself killed if he doesn't start fair catching some balls.

Granted, I didn't see the game.

But damn, you scored 58.

It's funny how quickly expectations change.

Well, I'm glad they won, of course. But Reesing was overthrowing and underthrowing receivers all over the place. Some of our receivers still have stone hands. It's the little things like that that a GOOD defense and good team will punish you for. Reesing was 14/31 for 186 yards. Not exactly ground-breaking. Our rush game was on-point, though. So, when I say offense, I really mean the pass offense and Reesing.

The defense played lights-out, though. Absolutely no complaints there.

up next time to go out of state for the first time

Any news on Dexton Fields? I don't think I saw him come back into the game after he took that big hit.

Reesing was not the problem, the WR's dropped at least 8 balls he threw that were money.

Yeah, the receivers have dropped a lot of passes this year. Reesing wasn't as bad as his stats say. But he did struggle early on. He did overthrow/underthrow a few throughout the day, though. I think the wet ball hurt him early in the game.

as long as the d stays tough we will be just fine with our offense not hitting on all cylinders. See KState

As good as the D has been, I really think that the Offense is really the catalyst. The play calling is imaginative and aggressive. More importantly, they understand their players strengths and run plays that play to those strengths.
Special teams, especially the punting and coverage units scare me still.

It's sad when Kerry Meier is your best punter.

I think Mangino was trying to light a fire under Tucker's ass. He came back out after halftime and was booming some pretty decet ones in warmups. He got to punt once (or was it more?) in the 2nd half and it was a great punt that pinned Baylor deep. Hopefully, this message was sent and Tucker gets his head out of his ass. He really is a decent punter. He has just struggled at times this year for whatever reason.

I hope next weeks game vs CU is televised.

Snapshot is pretty picture
 

http://blogs.cjonline.com/index.php?entry=5095
Sunday, October 14, 2007

Author
Kurt Caywood
LAWRENCE — It was a five-and-a-half-hour day of football, but everything we needed to know about Kansas, we learned in 16 minutes.

Baylor was subjected to the full course Saturday at soggy Memorial Stadium and sloshed away with a 58-10 loss for its trouble.
But we need only an excerpt — that chunk of time from the play that put the Jayhawks ahead by one touchdown to the play that put them ahead by three — to observe the width, breadth and even the soft spots of the undefeated Big 12 North leaders.

• It started when Marcus Herford ran back a kickoff 88 yards for a score, a 10-3 lead and more glossy stats sure to boost what already was the nation's eighth-best kick-return unit.

• After a 30-minute lightning delay, KU forced a Baylor punt, had return man Anthony Webb run around underneath it, not move to catch it and watch the Bears down it at the 10-yard line.

• Then, after going three and out themselves, the Jayhawks put not punter Kyle Tucker but backup quarterback/wide receiver Kerry Meier in the end zone and had him kick — 15 yards off the side of his foot.

• But it didn't matter, because Justin Thornton picked off BU quarterback Blake Syzmanski at the goal line and returned it to the 19.

• And then the Jayhawks went 81 yards in nine plays, six of them Jake Sharp runs that accounted for 42 yards and the last a touchdown pass from an inventive Todd Reesing to a leaping Dezmon Briscoe in the back of the end zone.

• Baylor took the kickoff and gained a first down, but it came up one yard short of a second. Twice. Once on third down, once on fourth.

• Then it was time to play field position — with KU sending Meier out to line up at quarterback to quick-kick on fourth down — and score in four plays two possessions later.

There it is. With a shutter speed of sixteen minutes, we have a snapshot of KU football, 2007.

We see a multi-faceted running game. We see a playmaker at quarterback and receivers who make him look good when he isn't his best. We see one of the best defenses in the country and a kickoff return team that just keeps giving.

We see innovative play-calling that could give Kansas an edge, but also problems that could give them fits, when the opponents get better and the circumstances more adverse.

The punt thing isn't debilitating, but it's a deficit. The Jayhawks need to find someone steady enough to make good decisions and show good hands on returns. They also need to use their real punter, not their backup QB, to kick out of their own end zone.

"The unit is really good," KU coach Mark Mangino said. "It's the act of punting the football (that's the problem). Kyle is a veteran player. In baseball they call it a slump. We need him to snap out of it."

What we — you and I — need is to realize how hard we're looking to find something wrong with these Jayhawks. Think of all the seasons when they scratched and clawed, usually unsuccessfully, to get six wins and qualify for the postseason. This season they did it less than two weeks into October, and they barely noticed.

Tiny warts and all, this team definitely is different.

"When we won six last year, they told us we were bowl-eligible," Mangino said. "You know where we spent the holidays? At home. That's just propaganda. The kids don't care. They've set their sights so much higher."

Kurt Caywood can be reached at (785) 295-1288 or kurt.caywood@cjonline.com.

I told you so. Even if we lose 2 of the next 5 we still go 9-3. Iowa State is a gimme.. I think Nebraska pretty much is as well.

KU moves to 7-0, as I said all along into the big showdown next week.

Never doubt the great BWILLIE

Damn, Bwillie. That prediction looked crazy when you made it. But now it looks very possible. Very probable, actually. I still say that your Texas A&M and Nebraska scores were dumb. Mark Mangino has 2 Big 12 road wins this year. How about that? Amazing what the coach can do when he has a good QB behind center.

BWillie continues to get smarter.

I'm both flabbergasted and flustrated.

I heard he was a self smarter.

I too thought this prediction was nuts before the season but it's looking pretty realistic. Rock Chalk :KU:!

Mangino has taken a few years to build a good team. You have to cut him some slack because Terry Allen had the program in the toilet. It seems that every season Mangino's teams have had either a good offense or a good defense. Never has he had both. This year, he has a team that has both a good offense and a good defense. Basically, this year's team is MM's most complete team.

Hell, if Reesing keeps making big plays when it counts like he did today, they just might run the table.

I can't wait to dominate Kansas.

I was pretty much trying to make a point, that the rest of the schedule was by far easier than those two games. I was incorrect in regards to that. Everybody thought Nebraska and Texas A&M were on the up and up, but it looks like Missouri and KU might be better than both of them, especially Nebraska.

I just now noticed that you predicted a 63-0 loss to Nebraska. I don't think Nebraska's defense could shut out a little league team.

KU opponents combined record: 20-33

FYP

Really? Did Missouri give you a football scholarship?

No but my friend's dad gave us a great TV for our living room and I used it to watch a KU team that looked quite average...average at best on this Saturday.

KU has been hearing that all season. KU is still undefeated.

Of course they have. Because it is pathetic. This is the first time the team played outside of the state of Kansas. ROFL

You know, if KU beats MU this year, it will be all that much better because of whiney little MUrons like you. Some of your fans have class and have given KU credit where credit is due. But your comments are ignorant.

How is that? You thought they looked great today? I mean they won the game but wow.

You can have any opinion you like. But the polls (AP, Coaches, BCS) all say KU is a good team. Last I checked, KU was ranked higher than MU in the BCS. 4321

If you are happy with squeaking a win against CU then thats great. If you think a game like that propels this team to the status its rankings show then great.

It will be that more hilarious when you guys get beat against good teams.

You gotta take small steps when you're a program trying to accomplish new goals. KU has not beaten CU in Boulder since 1995. CU also beat OU in Boulder this year. It may not have been pretty, but a W is a W. I thought the defense looked pretty darn good until that last drive for a TD by CU. Reesing looked cool under pressure. The offensive playcalling in the first half was not great, but the coaches made some good halftime adjustments. I am very proud of my team. They played well in a tough environment and won.

All I'm hearing from you is "Waaaaaaaaaaaa, we are having a great season but it sucks because we have to share some of the glory with Kansas".

KU has not just been winning against bad teams. They have been whooping the crap out of those teams. That is what good teams do. BTW, the last I checked, KSU is a top 25 team. And KU went into their house and beat them.

Yeah, Colorado is so bad that they beat the what will be #3 team in the country. Yeah, they are really shitty huh? Admit, KU has a formidable team this year. One that will give MU a great game at Arrowhead. Why don't you just embrace what will be a great boarder war? It is good for both schools.

Really. What the Hell is this anyway? Does this make you feel superior? Is this some kind of overcompensation for a small pecker or something? :shake:

You're being a drama queen.

All I am saying is I don't think the MU\KU game will be close. And I lookk forward to it.

Drama queen. Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. I think that you are in for a big surprise if you think MU will have a cakewalk against KU. I can't wait.

Me either... I'll gladly buy you a beer to help drown your sorrows. :)

For the 2 games that KU has played an opponent with a pulse (KSU and CU);

KU has scored 30 and 19 points, respectively.

Mizzou's lowest point total this season is 31 (in a road game against OU).

From a neutral standpoint, having watched both teams play a few games, my guess is that Kansas will win. They're a very, very good team, and I think the kind of ball they play is a bad matchup for Missouri. Either way, it should be a great game.

I disagree.

I'll leave it at that.

Nah, let's hear your logic. I'm not exaclty nostradamus...

I just think Mizzou has more proven players, and better overall talent.

Coffman and Rucker are both NFL quality TE's.

Chase Daniel's been through many more battles than Reesing has. They're both good.. but Chase gets the edge in my mind.

Maclin's just Maclin... I'm not sure how you stop that guy.

Add in this suddenly good Mizzou D (Holding Texas Tech to 10?!?), and the emergence of these young tailbacks...

No disrespect to our friends to the west... but I think it adds up to a win.

On top of that.. Mizzou's been where KU's at... and failed.

I just think our guys will want it more.

It's our ****in' time!

KU beat CU
CU beat OU
OU beat Mizzou.

KU>>Mizzou.

:)

How many points did you guys allow that game?