Waco Whupping

since HCTG can’t exactly break his no-cursing policy.

To be honest, I think it was a pretty good comment calling out the staff.

What I HAVE suggested is that people shouldn’t ignore the basketball season that’s about to start.

I’m tired of this ridiculous notion that we can’t mention “the b-word” around here because it might crush our fragile little football team. Or even worse, the stupid fear that we’ll prove our rivals’ stereotypes about Jayhawk fans to be correct. If Misery ever made the Final Four, they would talk about it every single day for years.

Why can’t we talk about both, Rivet?

I agree with your explanation. It seemed like BU was much more athletic across the board. During pileups at the line of scrimmage, the pile always moved in BU’s favor. Also, they were hitting and wrapping our guys up quickly, and usually with one man. This was a tough loss and I think is more painful for me as a fan. I hope the team keeps their head up and keeps competing…could be a real long year.

A good QB can pick apart any team that can’t put pressure on him, even against the best D backs.

A good offense can readily pick up yards if the D line is constantly being pushed back and aside.

A good QB that is scrambling for his life all the time will have trouble completing passes against the weakest secondary.

A good running back can be stopped cold if his line can’t give him at least a little daylight.

As I recall, Gill has 6 good O line recruits coming in next year. With Thorson and Capra both graduating this year, I anticipate that we will need to see at least two of those recruits earn starting roles if KU is to make significant improvement on O Line play next year.

I do not remember hearing/reading much at all regarding D line prospects for next year. Hopefully we will be getting in some guys on the D Line who can get some penetration. If we don’t, our D backs will be needing miracles to not get burned.

I know we’ve never won at Baylor (they now have the series edge 6-4 if the factoid I read yesterday was correct), and they are much better this year than they have been in ages, but this loss, in this manner, is particularly disheartening. For now, I’m just hoping the guys can suck it up and play their hearts out the rest of the way.

At least the day won’t be a total downer if Big 8 alum OU continues to score points against former SWC team tu (currently 21-7 OU in Q2; would be doubly sweet for me since I’m also an Aggie, and what’s bad for tu is great for A&M).

After Reesing, Meier, Stuckey, et al. left there wasn’t much depth left on the roster.

Our backups last year couldn’t play with the starters, and that is what this current team is…

I just think the cupboard was bare after the first layer. HCTG really doesn’t have a lot to work with at the moment and I’m not entirely sure it’s his fault.

Gill is the second coach in a row to move him from QB to WR. I just think that they’re trying to get him on the field.

I’ve alwasys felt uncomfortable with Webb.

our recruiting class this year has, what, 6, 7 OLs in it? Help is on its way, it’s just gonna be a year or two. Just in time to get stuck playing UT & OU every year.

Mark Mangino left us with plenty of talent. Even if the recruiting services ratings are not super precise, there is plenty of talent on this team.

It’s just too young. And there is not enough of it. Also a healthy Jeff Spikes, Huldon Tharp, and Rell Lewis would have made an impact today.

A lot of what occured today is a mindset…..and that points at coaching. Even if you’re not the biggest, baddest, fastest player on the field, you can still play like one. In one of The Gridiron episode’s Coach Gill himself is seen telling the team that this game is 80 to 90 % mental. The kids simply are not getting that. And that’s coaching.

Yes, we’ve played our cards and bought our coach. There is nothing we can do about that now. Just support the kids and hope that they can turn this clusterf*ck around.

I can’t help but wonder if part of our problem is culture shock. The vast majority of these kids are used to being chewed out and (if you believe the allegations) verbally and physically abused. Now they are in a completely opposite environment.

Perhaps they don’t know how to handle it?

Perhaps I’m grasping at straws?

Perhaps I just need to go drink another beer?

unacceptable. Maybe the super duper elite kids can get out of state, but we need to get a ton more than we are getting

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Why are announcers so scared to question why Joe Paterno doesn’t wear a headset during the game? Can’t really coach w/o 1.

their coach definitely needs to go.

and the best QB in the history of the program. Definitely more.

But lets be realistic. Four of them we weren’t winning to begin with (the Big 12 south teams and Nebraska were simply better teams) we lost on the road to CU and KSU (two very close games we probably should have won) and then blew a late lead against Mizzou. We at least were in every game, just on the wrong side of the close wins (contrast to 2007 when we found ourselves on the right end of the close ones).

Never was there a 55-7 loss to one of the worst teams in the league year in and year out

we may not have the talent or experience to have a great year right now, but man we aren’t even showing up to the games on Saturday and that feels more like a problem with the staff at this point.

I keep hoping that the whole “it’s a major culture change and that takes some adjusting” argument is a good one.

Find a way to stay somewhat in the game.

well…this is wrong and right. We did lose that bad to K-State a couple times and Iowa State even early in the Mangino era, but both were considered pretty good teams at the time. Who knows? maybe Baylor is good?