Open Game Thread :: Game #2 :: #13 Kansas 2-0 (0-0) @ #19 South Florida 2-0 (0-0)
by rockchalk on Sep 12, 2008 7:00 PM CDT
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Kansas Jayhawks at South Florida Bulls, Sep 12, 2008 7:00 PM CDT
Here it is.
The first vindication opportunity of the year. Sure, the first two wins were nice-and-well, but they mean little in the eyes of the nation. No, everyone was waiting for this game to say "I told you so" about the Jayhawks; planning on using this without-a-doubt beatdown that the Jayhawks would take at the hands of the Bulls as proof that last season was a fraud. Or a one-year fluke. Or simply a whole bundle of luck wrapped up and gifted to the Jayhawks.
In any case, most expect us to be much worse this year. Sure, a decent percentage are picking us to win, a majority even. But that has more to do with the people's lack of respect for the Big East (deserved or undeserved), and despite South Florida being their best team, most likely, they don't seem all that appealing.
In all honesty, the two teams seem to be awfully similar. Two former Stoops-assistants who both effectively built programs starting around 2002 (Leavitt physically started the program himself from scratch and, while being their Coach since 1997, didn't reach 1-A status until around 2002), who are considered some of the better coaches in the country. Both teams are coming off a miracle season of sorts last season, although South Florida's ended after 7 games, right about when Kansas' was getting started. Both teams are led by two make-things-happen QBs who always seem to find a way to get things done, and who rarely make mistakes. They are both kind of spunky, kind of against-the-grain and both were overlooked coming out of HS. Both have some running back issues, with the position being unknown at both schools. Both teams have fairly veteran offensive lines (3 senior starters for us versus 4 senior starters for them), and both have a deep receiving core, although theirs is not quite as deep. Both teams have crazy-strong LB units, although ours is, again, quite a bit stronger. Both have some damn good safeties, but our corners our better. Of course, their D-Line is considerably better, particuarly All-American George Selvie, who has a decent shot at being a Top 10 pick in the NFL Draft next April.
All of these similarities in the teams has created an interesting matchup. There is immense pressure on South Florida to win to save face for the Big East and to take the next step of being a potential BCS contender (save auto-bid which, honestly, should be revoked). But then there is the pressure on Kansas to validate last season's miraculous run, finally having received a chance to prove how 'legit' they are as a football team.
Questions and similaritise abound about the two teams, but one thing is clearly answerable. This game is huge for both programs (and conferences, in a way) and should be a lot of fun to watch.
That being said, I expect George Selvie to get a half-a-dozen QB hurries but not pick up a sack, with Todd Reesing getting the ball away just in time every time. I expect Reesing to relatively pick apart the USF defense, but I also expect Angus Quigley and the running game to struggle yet again, although it will be better than it has been the prior two weeks. On the other side of the ball, I expect our D-Line to get occasional pressure, just enough to force Grothe out of the pocket more than desired for the Bulls. I expect our LBs to play a fantastic game, making up for the handful of mistakes that Isiah Barfield figures to make, with him making his first ever start and all (unless it is Phillip Strozier, of course, which is a substantial possibility. Should have covered that much more in-depth this year)
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So, yea, that went really well.
Not.
I sincerely apologize for everything getting out so late.
In any case, here is the OT, where I will be all night long.
To be honest, I haven’t been worried about Kansas football since January 3rd. For realz. Even this week, analyzing this matchup, even though I fully know how good of a football team USF is, I never got nervous until the moment ESPN started their gametime coverage right at 8 PM EST sharp.
So, right now, I’m all of a sudden freaked out.
Good Start
Held them to a crappy punt! Woot!
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Sep 12, 2008 7:11 PM CDT reply actions
Wow, I'm a little behind.
Just saw the Wilson run-and-catch.
Damn.
That was some terrible tackling, sure, but that was still a really good job by Wilson to break the tackle and run the rest of the way.
And to think, most consider him to be our FIFTH best WR.
Wow.
Great Start
We’ve clearly seized the momentum at the outset. KEEP IT GOING!!
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Sep 12, 2008 7:33 PM CDT reply actions
watching
this on channelsurfing.net -- need to switch to HD in a bit….
so far it looks good for KU
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facemask
on that sack.
did he really get it, or not?
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Hell No!
He grabbed him by the back of the neck. A terrible call
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Sep 12, 2008 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Bad Drop
Could be a momentum swinger. You’re better than that, Daylight!
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Sep 12, 2008 7:48 PM CDT reply actions
USF Fan here, invading
Honestly, if USF keeps playing the way they’ve been playing, you guys deserve to win. Other than George Selvie, the defense is horrible. One would think that when one player is occupying 2 or 3 guys on the line, SOMEONE else would be able to put a little pressure on the QB.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
fan = alum
SBN needs a USF blog, but I can understand why there isn’t one…yet
Vogt early, Vogt often.
start
start one, man!
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by Jon Johnston on Sep 12, 2008 7:55 PM CDT up reply actions
BTW
I feel almost like before we actually had televised games. Back in the day, I always had to go to the opposing team’s local bar to catch our games, when we were playing the big boys. Usually they just took pity on me.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
wtf
I HATE calls like that roughing call. Do we play football anymore or not?
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Good to have you, Brickhaus.
Thanks for coming by, I really appreciate it.
I am still nervous, and it still should be a close game.
Kansas has looked better thus far, but the teams are close enough for USF to come back shortly, IMO.
ugly
pass on third down.
nearly picked off….
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Kansas has looked a LOT better
Other than one or two plays.
Why couldn’t have Mama Gramatica have pumped out more babies? This kicker blows. Straight ahead, and still hooked it.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
OK, completely live now.
Herford probably should have let that one go. It looked like it was going out of bounds.
nice
run on first down. i missed most of the first quarter.
KU been running well?
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This is the Crawford we all expected...
Maybe it just takes the bright lights of national TV to come out for him to perform.
That was a really nice run, though.
oeeeeee
that pump fake sucked ’em up.
nice job by Reesing. 56 yards!
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that was an absolutely awesome play.
Wow.
Tremendous play design, awesome timing in the play, tremendous execution.
Wow.
Awesome, awesome stuff, right there.
But then, we kind of ruin some of that good will with that TO.
On another note, could Wilson be having any better of a game so far? Geez.
do you guys
think they’ll have a “Chris Wells” tab on the running ticker by tomorrow like they did for Brett Favre news this year?
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arrrrrrrrghhhhh
that was an easy TD
one of them ran the wrong route.
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ha ha
I always like when sasquatch gets them back.
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Where's Our Roughing the Passer?
Grothe doesn’t even get knocked over: 15 yards.
Reesing hit not once but twice while laying on the ground: nothing.
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Sep 12, 2008 8:08 PM CDT reply actions
what's
disturbing is that these are Big 12 refs, eh?
i don’t think either should have been called.
“protect the quarterback” – why, because he’s a pansy?
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by Jon Johnston on Sep 12, 2008 8:09 PM CDT up reply actions
Seriously.
Selvie dived STRAIGHT at him awhile after he got hit; about the same amount of time that elapsed when Grothe got the RTP call.
The second one wasn’t as bad, as he was merely trying to avoid a Kansas O-Linemen, but it was certainly debatable.
played
that screen perfectly.
was that a middle screen and he didn’t throw to the right guy, or the guy didn’t come across the middle enough?
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i usually
go back and look at them again, but i’m tired…. and lazy.
hell, come to think of it, kind of whiney too.
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by Jon Johnston on Sep 12, 2008 8:12 PM CDT up reply actions
Yea, that is how I get behind.
I love looking at plays over-and-over again. For example, I watched that play twice.
From the looks of it, I think that it was a dual-option between a middle screen and the WR screen. The middle screen was covered, so he went to option #2.
Awesome defensive series.
Awesome, awesome, awesome.
OK, let’s drive down and score a TD and then go into half semi-comfortable.
what's
the temperature in this game?
I assume it’s humid down there.
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Kerry Meier?
How many years of eligibility does that guy get? Hasn’t he been around eight years already?
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He is only a junior, too.
A RS Junior, sure, but still only a junior.
YOU GET TO SEE HIM NEXT YEAR TOO BABY!
there's
that damned kerry meier again!
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I just wanted to announce:
Kerry Meier catches everything.
Like, seriously, everything. Were the ball to be on fire, he would still catch it.
he does
that bastard. I thought he was gone.
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by Jon Johnston on Sep 12, 2008 8:15 PM CDT up reply actions
You guys look awesome...
You think USF will start covering anybody????
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No
good lord, they just ran the same play twice and the slow guy scored.
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by Jon Johnston on Sep 12, 2008 8:16 PM CDT up reply actions
Hopefully CU can complete the trifecta of knocking off the three Big East teams
USF, Rutgers and West Va…Big East looks horrible right now!!!!!!!!!
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Rutgers
looked like crap last night.
I thought NC would be improved, but holy cow. it’s like Rutgers hasn’t shown up yet.
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by Jon Johnston on Sep 12, 2008 8:21 PM CDT up reply actions
The entire Big East sucks.
Save USF and West Virginia.
Everyone else, though, honest-to-God, is terrible. For the most part, at least.
Wow.
That is the first time I’ve seen us run the spread-option, and we just ran it two consecutive times, both times Reesing keeping it.
We can do just about anything we want to, it seems.
My only question: where has Angus Quigley been? He has only appeared in that one snap as a FB, where he was merely used as a decoy.
Grothe doesn't look good at all
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Now he scores a touchdown
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how
the hell did that just happen?
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I jinxed KU
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you're
not supposed to do that until Big 12 play.
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by Jon Johnston on Sep 12, 2008 8:23 PM CDT up reply actions
i
was just about to say, that KU looks great, but they’re not killing the Bulls on the scoreboard.
and there they go.
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Yea, that is what worries me.
We are thoroughly outplaying them, more than 10 points worth, and should have a bigger lead. And with how good USF is, you have to figure that they will play really awesome for a stretch at some point, and we can’t afford to allow them to stay too close to pass us up when they get hot.
That was a really, really long sentence, a run-on to be sure, but I’m over it. I’m typing while watching football.
its okay
happens to all of us.
we should invent a shorthand.
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by Jon Johnston on Sep 12, 2008 8:25 PM CDT up reply actions
That was an absolutely terrible defensive drive, on the other hand.
Terrible terrible terrible terrible terrible.
As long as we can go down the field and score a TD before half, though, I’ll still be happy.
You could see Aqib Talib on that play.
White shirt, low-riding jean shorts.
Getting all pumped.
I absolutely love Aqib Talib. Awesome that he is coming out to not only watch the game, but stand RIGHT NEXT to all of the coaches on players, not just over there alone simply “watching” the game. He is experiencing it.
Boom, baby.
Why didn't we call a TO earlier?
That made little sense…
Oh well, at least we got one off now.
And, just for the record, I would rather go all-out in blocking schemes for Daylight to break out as opposed to going for the block.
Good Half
Can’t ask for much more than that. Grothe squirted through for one, but the passing game is money. Just need to unleash Quigley, and contain Grothe.
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Sep 12, 2008 8:34 PM CDT reply actions
If I needed to summarize the first half and discuss what we need to do in the second, that would be the summary.
Right there.
Awesome job.
Agree completely.
Overall, good first half.
Just like Coach Mangino says, we NEED to start getting to the QB with a 4-man rush. Eventually, it is going to bite us in the ass, and it is already kind of starting to bite us this game.
Plus, we need to do a lot better than we did on that last defensive drive.
But still, our offense played fantastic for much of the first half, and hopefully we can drive down the field on the opening drive and score a TD and start to put the game away.
However, if we don’t score a TD to open up the 2nd half and USF gets the ball back and scores, we are in HUGE trouble, as they will have ALL of the momentum. All of it.
4 Man Rush
It seems like the biggest problem with the D line getting pressure is that we aren’t getting any push from the interior. Really need to collapse that pocket in Grothe’s face to force him into some mistakes.
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Sep 12, 2008 8:52 PM CDT reply actions
Exactly.
We REALLY need some legitimate 3-down DEs who can also provide a really awesome pass rush. I’m looking at you, wishingly, Jake Laptad, Onegbule, D.J. Marshall and Duane Zlatnik.
Of course, with Kevin Young and Tyrone Sellers in this upcoming recruiting class, they could fill it as well.
Nice break...good field position
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Seven here would be huge
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i missed
the start of the second half, what happened?
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kick out of bounds
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Terrible first drive.
That was a really good job by Selvie to force us throw the ball away.
Crap, they’ve adjusted big time. Now we have to make some adjustments of our own, or we are going to be in trouble.
Wouldn't worry too much
USF offense doesnt look like world beaters
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wow
that guy was wide open and USF’s Grothe missed him badly.
that could have been six.
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Defense
We’re missing way too many tackles. LETS GO!
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Sep 12, 2008 9:01 PM CDT reply actions
Big play
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Huge play right there by Stuckey.
Stuckey is having an awesome year thus far.
That is a 50/50 call on PI, could have easily gone either way IMO.
OK, so we are up by only 7.
We need a score here BADLY.
well
you have to answer.
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by Jon Johnston on Sep 12, 2008 9:06 PM CDT up reply actions
one score
game again.
USF needed that. certainly stepped it up a lot to start the second half.
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OK, then.
We both look like completely different teams this second half. And that CERTAINLY isn’t a good thing.
Ugh ugh ugh ugh ugh.
We need a defensive stop, now. I want the lead from start-to-finish.
thank god
he stepped out.
otherwise boom! it’s tied !
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Terrible coverage.
All of a sudden, we are playing like crap.
Maybe I’m being too harsh, but oh well.
We need to improve big time if we want to win games like this, on the road.
Specifically
First down defense seems to be pretty good. Second down is ok, but third down D is TERRIBLE
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Sep 12, 2008 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions
two
mistakes on this drive costing USF TD’s.
he has to catch that ball, but you wonder if there will be a challenge here.
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i'm not sure
on that catch, even if they challenge.
slow motion it looks good, but normally you have to possess the ball longer than that. that’s a sure TD in the NFL, but college….. maybe not.
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well
there it is.
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by Jon Johnston on Sep 12, 2008 9:25 PM CDT up reply actions
That's a TD.
Crap.
We have gotten plenty of breaks so far tonight already, we could get another one right here. (And that isn’t to say they have gotten some breaks too, just that we have gotten more IMO).
We really, really need to score now, we can’t afford to give the ball back yet again.
defensive back
cut him off the route.
that’s a penalty.
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Plus, he reached out his hand and grabbed him.
If he just ran in front of him, it is debatable IMO.
But as soon as he reaches out and grabs him, it is an automatic call.
good grief
that’s a drive killer.
let’s see if KU overcomes.
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terrible
like they didn’t see that one coming 15 miles away.
lucky it didn’t cost KU six.
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KU
is discombobulated.
DE beats the DT, the crowd stopped this drive, that guy made a great play.
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Yikes.
Wow, this game has gone downhill quickly.
Selvie is just absolutely incredible. Oh. My. God.
He is just frickin’ incredible.
Wow.
We are going to lose this football game.
We don’t even belong on the same field here in the second half.
Damn.
This is embarrassing…
momentum
can swing quickly.
and KU can score quickly. they just need to pick up a first down.
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by Jon Johnston on Sep 12, 2008 9:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Wow.
What a way to try and gain back momentum.
Get a penalty, then get sacked, then throw a screen on 2nd-and-20 for negative yardage.
Suck.
Defense
Last year’s defense was known for:
A. Creating Turnovers
B. Not getting penalties
We aren’t doing either tonight. Sheeeeeeeeeeeeeeit.
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Sep 12, 2008 9:46 PM CDT reply actions
crushing
man, KU is just coming apart.
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offensive line
is just getting killed.
they have to pick up a first down.
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Perspective:
We can’t possibly play that absolutely terrible on both sides of the ball.
And there are still more than 13 minutes left in this quarter, and we are only down 2 scores.
The problem is that they have scored 31 consecutive points, and that we have yet to get a first down in the second half.
Until now.
Maybe that is all we need.
Now, we at least have a first down in the frickin second half.
Oh, and they have scored a TD every single drive in the second half.
and
there’s Kerry friggin’ Meier.
where the hell has he been? keep him in the game.
ooked like the DE got held, but no call.
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Another Kerry Meier first down.
Dear God, please, we need a TD right here.
We score right here, the momentum will substantially subside.
And ANOTHER Kerry Meier catch.
and again
Selvie coming out, maybe KU will score.
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look
at how much different the offensive line blocking is without Selvie in the game.
the guy is a one-man wrecking crew.
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Coming into the game, I was thinking about how frickin' tough he would be.
But he is on a whole nother level.
He could play again Sunday for any NFL team and see some PT. Ridiculous.
Football is about momentum SO much of the time...
If we can just score right here, we regain a lot of that.
Gotta love Reesing's occasional
Flutie impersonations. Tremendous, tremendous play.
More stuff like that and we still stand a chance.
KU
is doing a much better job fighting back now.
sense of urgency. nice job on offense so ar.
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Kerry Meier
drops a ball?
No way! that’s bullshit.
he stepped, that’s complete. if they’re going to give them that TD, that’s a catch.
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Wow, we BADLY needed that catch.
Yea, that was a catch, though.
So, good, hopefully they overturn and we have 3rd-and-1.
one thing
about refs. Pac -10 refs call games for their conferences at home.
Big 12 refs call games against their conference just to prove they’re not partial.
see?
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Kansas
has gotten more than their fair share of non-calls tonight.
That was a bad call though. Should have been a catch.
Vogt early, Vogt often.
I would agree.
It has been an equally bad officiated game.
Both sides have gotten some favorable calls, but I don’t think there is a clear advantage or anything.
The officiating, while being pretty brutal, hasn’t decided a winner or a loser so far…
And JUST! LIKE! THAT!
We are back in this mother-freaking game.
New ballgame, folks.
YES YES YES YES YES YES YES
you guys
seen that QB at baylor? Another good Big 12 QB in the making.
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Yea, Robert Griffin (the third, I believe)
looks like a real stud.
Honestly, the Big 12 could be better than the SEC in another two years or so. Right now, we are clearly #2 in the pecking order of conferences, but comfortably behind the SEC.
But if Baylor and Iowa State and K-State come back from the dead, we are majorly back in business.
great defense
by KU.
damn near got the ball. momentum shift?
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great
field position.
whooeeee!
this game will come down to the better conditioned team.
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USF might want to cover that guy.
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I have a whole new appreciation for Reesing
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Selvie
is so blood quick off the ball.
he’s going to get worn out, though.
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WOW
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what a play
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Kerry MEIER!
the guy is just … man, he does catch everything.
what a bastard. i hope his eligibility expires before he coms to lincoln
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great
bloody call!
Bulls are getting winded.
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Great play call
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ARE YOU SERIOUS!!?!?!!??
What a mother-freaking comeback.
My favorite part is that half of the posters over on the Gridiron board were commenting about how they couldn’t wait for basketball season to come.
Fair-weather fans frickin’ piss me off.
A game of momentum
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Oh, and thanks to you as well for stopping by.
I’ll try and go to other Big 12 blogs to support them.
It really adds a lot to have a conversation during games.
So, thanks.
If we find some way to come back and win this freakin' game...
I will watch this game, the two Final Four games and the Orange Bowl on a continuous loop for the rest of my life. Honest.
And life will be great.
What is KU going to do about the rushing attack?
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Man I love college football
This has been just a great game so far bith teams look out of it and they battle back
KU
needs to get a turnover. This game is about due.
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Seriously.
This game is absolutely freakin’ incredible, and all without a single turnover.
You know what. This might be the most violent and frequent momentum changes I’ve ever seen in a game without any turnovers.
Bad play by Grothe there big play for Kansas with the loss of down
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loss of
timeout along with that loss of down, isn’t it?
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BIG PLAY!
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They are going for it on 4th.
Makes sense.
Too close to punt, too far away for a FG.
If we can stop them here, we are in AWESOME position.
Play of the game, easy, right here…..
Punting????
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this is a surprise. kick it in the endzone now idiots
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Alright Reesing...dominate
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My heart is beating so freaking hard right now.
Can barely breathe.
My head hurts like shit from yelling so much.
I am a mess.
Great punt by the USF punter, making Leavitt look a lot smarter. Still, with freakin’ Todd Reesing at QB, we have a pretty good shot.
Considering what he has done so far this 4th quarter, I say give him a shot to go down and score.
play for OT?
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Wow, Spielman with the praise.
Saying that “not a single QB in college football is better than REesing”.
Don't really know.
Transfer freshman from Air Force.
Just his second game.
Never kicked a FG longer than 33 yards, orsomething like that.
you know
that USF isn’t going to give up a deep ball.
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catch the ball
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where
the hell is Kerry Meier, dammit!
get KM in there. win the game. you fat bastard (there had to be one fat comment, didn’t there?)
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Nice
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great
cal on that third down play.
great. great vision on that run to run inside the block
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Holy mother of God.
Angus Quigley is a beast.
Why isn’t he our RB throughout the entire game, again?
Speaking of, we have used RBs interestingly so far this game.
Sharp was the exclusive back early, Crawford was the main back in the 2nd and 3rd quarters and now Quigley is the RB in the 4th.
Leavitt
is yelling “run out of bounds, run out of bounds”.
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Not a gimme field goal...what are they doing
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They did the same thing last week, simply accepting a 42-yarder in the SAME EXACT situation with a chance to win the game.
Alvarado missed, which led to him being benched.
45 yarder and they are satisified with it????
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This guy is a freshman 50 - 50 at best
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Ice'em
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the worst case
for USF is OT. Not a bad gamble.
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Barely...ice in the veins
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holy shit.
that thing. bend it like beckham.
no friggin’ way it looked like that’d make it.
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the reason
is that’s a great gamble for Leavitt.
He now has a freshman kicker who’s won a game. Big confidence boost. worse thing that happened, you go OT and get another chance.
great gamble, paid off well.
big win for USF, great game.
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Fcukin' wind.
Shit.
Still, a much better loss now that we came back to lose on a last-second FG. Sure, it is more heart-breaking this way, but I’ll take heart-breaking over downright miserable.
honestly, both teams completely deserved to win this game.
And, besides our O-Line, which was terrorized by Selvie (which may or may not be indicative of future games, as USF’s D-Line is absolutely insanely good), nothing else really changed. Sure, we lost a game to USF. Shit.
But I still am completely confident we are going to win our next three games, I think we still have a shot against Moo and OU (although small ones) and I still bet we beat at least one of Tech and Texas. Now, to get to our 9-3 mark, I bet we win both.
We are still winning 9 games.
Wow
Didn’t expect the mistake to come from Reesing. Bad mistakes all over tonight, that’s the story. That and the third quarter.
When another vilely scrawny field is silly, some arena toward an instinct can be profound to a sincere jail.
Can't be mad at the guy.
Without him, we lose by 21, easy.
Still an awesome game, awesome performance.
Life sucks right now, sure, but oh well.
Wow.
I know
I’m not mad at him, I love him, but just the one mistake, wow, didn’t expect it from him.
Oh well. Now we know what we have and don’t have, and we don’t have a running game at all.
When another vilely scrawny field is silly, some arena toward an instinct can be profound to a sincere jail.
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