Kansas vs. Southern Miss. Drive Chart

by Owen on Sep 19, 2010 1:07 PM CDT in Kansas Jayhawk Football 2010

Not too bad at first. On offense the first three drives showed that Kansas could move the ball with multiple first downs, but just not enough consistency to go the distance. The scary thing of course being that the defense allowed several long drives that occurred in 10 yard increments. Fortunately Larry Fedora got cute and gave us one back in the form of an easy pick by Strozier.

The blocked punt was a killer, put the team behind the eight ball when it appeared things were settling in. If the Jayhawk defense had been able to get a stop after that punt a 14-3 halftime deficit is very manageable, especially when you consider how this team came out at the start of the 2nd half. 2 three and outs by the defense and 7 points by the offense. Who knows what might have happened without that extra cushion.

If's, and, buts, coulda, shoulda, woulda's. Plenty of em this year with Kansas. Started in the summer with Jamal Greene and Vernon Brooks, then Spikes, Tharp, Hatch and now a team depleted at some key areas just has to keep fighting

The question I have now is if Kansas gets a win against NMSU they sit 2-2. How many of you expected 2-2 headed into this non-conference slate? And is the W-L record even the issue or is it, as I would suspect, how the W's and L's have come to pass.

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Definitely how the wins and losses of happened.

I look at how we played against NDSU and Southern Miss, and I don’t see how we’ll be able to compete with anyone in the Big XII. And then I look at the GT game, and think that we can compete with anyone in the country.

by ISellDrugs on Sep 19, 2010 3:05 PM CDT reply actions

I think

2 and 2 was what most thought but the way the team arrived at that record is difficult to grasp. I was thinking 0 wins after the first game, maybe a bowl game after the second. Now I am back to having no idea, but still have hope that we can become more consistent and win a few more games.

by jb4 on Sep 19, 2010 5:00 PM CDT reply actions

2-2 is where I expected the team to be, but I thought that would leave a 4-4 conference record (and a bowl game) possible. I’m not at all confident about that now. I underestimated the effects of this team’s youth. We have a freshman quarterback and youth at nearly every position, so road wins may be almost impossible to come by. I can see us pulling off a couple of mild upsets, but right now I think winning in Waco would be unlikely. The short version is: yes, the record is what I expected, but the team is not.

by PenguinHawk on Sep 19, 2010 6:49 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

i thought 2-2 as well

but not this way…i think we are on a low-end of 3 wins (NMSU and CU) and a high-end of 8…ISU and Baylor are winnable games, and I think we have a chance at home against KSU, TAM, OSU…no way we beat Nebraska or Mizzou.

the schedule is favorable for us, and if we can just hold serve for the most part at home, we could get to a bowl.

BOOM YOSTED!

by Home Run Tony Cogan on Sep 19, 2010 9:52 PM CDT reply actions

No Chance against the tiggers who barely escaped San Diego State

There is always a chance, and especially against the allegedly dominant FB school – mizzoo.

by dagger108 on Sep 19, 2010 11:50 PM CDT up reply actions

they have a good team

and SDSU is supposedly no slouch…part of that is based on our complete allergy to the spread offense.

sure, there’s a chance, but not a very good one, i’d put it at 25%, especially if we’re just playing out the string (likely) and they need the game to win the North (not likely).

BOOM YOSTED!

by Home Run Tony Cogan on Sep 20, 2010 3:13 AM CDT up reply actions

I expected the struglgle in this first road game,

tho I also had hoped that they would have found a way for more breaks to go/taken their way. Mostly disappointed in some of the coaching, like early timeouts that don’t leave you with the opportunity to challenge rulings on the field, or basic D because the players didn’t reeive a playcall in time. That being said, it seems that the coaching staff is still learning the new guys as much as the new guys are to play together at the D1 level.

Still lots to be happy with, tho definitely not the end results. Mostly tho, hoping that Hatch and Thorsen can get back to something closer to full strength in the next 2 weeks.

by dagger108 on Sep 19, 2010 11:58 PM CDT reply actions

by the way

i’ve come around a little bit on the new Big xii schedule…a complete round robin, while basically guaranteeing us two losses every year, also gives us a chance to play baylor every year, gets rid of nebraska, and allows us to play other teams that, while good, aren’t world-beaters (OSU, TTU, TAM) and that we’ve had success against in the past.

basically, our blueprint every year is going to have to be:

schedule three non-con cupcakes,
beat ISU or KSU at home,
beat Baylor,
win one or two against OSU/TTU/TAM,
beat Mizzou some years

6-6 or 7-5 most years, with maybe a down year of 5-7 and the occasional 9-3 year wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world in this new college landscape IMO.

BOOM YOSTED!

by Home Run Tony Cogan on Sep 20, 2010 3:20 AM CDT reply actions