Kansas vs. North Dakota State Drive Chart and Summary
by Owen on Sep 7, 2010 9:00 AM CDT
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Ready to see something ugly? Hit play and watch this. One thing I immediately noticed is that we consistently gave up field position to the Bison throughout.
From our first to third drives we gave up 8 yards of field position but we were able to overcome that and get our lone field goal of the evening.
Over the course of the next four drives following our kickoff, NDSU goes from starting the first drive on their own 30 to getting the ball on the Jayhawk 12 after the blocked punt. Barfield salvaged things with an interception but that's dramatic swing in field position due to poor special teams.
Kansas finally seems to get something together but there isn't enough time on the board after NDSU tied it up at three.
Second half same as the first. Not taking care of the football takes the Bison from a harmless three and out that starts at their own 30 to a 1st and 10 at the Jayhawk 45 due to a fumble. The game winning kick ultimately being the result.
From their DJ Beshears gives Kansas a start from the Bison 45, Pick throws an interception into a herd of four Bison players and the Jayhawks back peddle from their. Starting field position at their own 20, again the 20, the 18 and finally the 20. Plenty of room for improvement on Saturday and quite frankly the defense saved this from being far more embarrassing that it was.
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special teams
New punt formation is a joke. Nobody downfield to cover and Rojas, one of the best punters in Big 12, rushing just to get a punt off. Field position was lost in spite of the fact that for first time in a long time we are fielding punts and Patterson giving good effort.
Agreed, the offense needed all the help they could get, and the punt team only weakened our efforts in the field position battle by failing to block for Rojas, and failing to tackle the return man.
by PenguinHawk on Sep 7, 2010 10:11 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Number 33
on the left side let the rusher through untouched on the blocked punt. I could tell you who it was but I left my media guide at home. I think is name is the Jayhawk symbol. Sorta like Prince back int he day…
There is no red like Chiefs red.
Patmon is 33...
unfortunately he didn’t have the best game on special teams. Ran right past the kicker who made the tackle on the long Beshears return. Could have been a TD.
Tough game for him, but it was his 1st in college and I’m sure that’s a bit of a whirlwind.
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day-um
so many little things happened in this game that conspired against us. Is that lightning striking or will it become a reoccurring theme?
That was a rhetorical question, Rivet… : )
There is no red like Chiefs red.
FG missed. Fumble! Interception. FG missed. Fumble! Over on downs.
Yes, ugly is the right word for that.
I’ll cheer my ass off for this team even if they don’t win a single game, but is it too much to expect a minimal level of competency from the staff and players? Or at least a little bit of passion? As long as we play like we want to win against GT, and minimize the bush-league mistakes, you’d have to consider it a massive improvement.
Sick to my stomach
This loss honestly makes me sick to my stomach when I think about. I mean, there is some talent in the program. Is Gill just in waaaayyyy over his head?
I understand the feeling...
but let’s give him a week here to see what the response is. It’s a pretty small sample that we have to work with so far and I’m not ready to say he’s in over his head.
This week I’m not expecting a win vs. Georgia Tech, but I’m anxious to see if things look more buttoned up. That should be the expectation at the very least.
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next saturday
Well I wasn’t able to make the game last Saturday so I didn’t get to see it (or was lucky enough not to see it). I’ll be there this weekend though against Tech and am hoping to see at the very least a competitve response.
Yes, a small sample
I mean after all Coach Gill only had 8 months to prepare for this game. Let's cut him some slack.
build a damn football program, beat some ass, and get on tv more.
Hey...
I haven’t been easy on the guy, and you know I don’t operate under the AD’s supervison. : )
I’m just saying, it’s one game…let’s see what happens. That said, yes Saturday was pretty bad from that standpoint… : )
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from that standpoint
I agree
Glad I came, just wish I hadn't stayed so long.
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by Warden11 on Sep 7, 2010 11:01 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
My concern is this:
7 days to prepare for GT
6 days to prepare for USM
He doesn’t get more time to prepare his team. He gets less. So what happens then?
build a damn football program, beat some ass, and get on tv more.
I will attempt to protect his identity
But if you’ll search through the OGT the teaching is in there………
build a damn football program, beat some ass, and get on tv more.
It was KC!!!
KC did it!!! It wasn’t me! It was KC!!!
These posts are anonymous, right?
When is Late Night?
that's like saying
a MLB player struck out in his first AB of the season. Cut him!
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struck out against Curt Shilling with the bases loaded in his very first game.
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There is no red like Chiefs red.
hey Id love to have him as the Twins 3B
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Don't get me wrong -
I’m a Gordo fan, I just thought that it would be an apt comparison.
There is no red like Chiefs red.
quite frankly the defense saved this from being far more embarrassing that it was.
Indeed. If we were able to take care of the football and Branstetter hit that 42 yarder it very easily could have been 20-6. Outside of the short field we gave the Bison off the blocked punt, they never truly threatened the end zone.
There is no red like Chiefs red.
Should have been suspicious
at the spring game when o line could not handle our d line. Furthermore they got caught up and Johnson looked like Merriman at LB making sacks and tackles everywhere.
I was thinking about that last night as well.
We all sorta saw rumblings of a week O-line during the Spring Game, it was mostly dismissed but it did sorta stick in the craw a bit. I guess it wasn’t a fluke…
There is no red like Chiefs red.
Yes but why that bad
If coaches had entrie spring and summer to get this together they should have put a better product on the field. I understand the injuries, but these guys dont move, hit people or sustain blocks more than a millisecond.
It could be a talent issue.
Remember, our line hasn’t been all that great the past two years. It’s weaknesses were mitigated somewhat by the fact that we were playing a spread and we had Fran Tarkenton reborn as our QB. But despite Reesing’s elusiveness he still ended up getting hurt each of the past two years.
There is no red like Chiefs red.
I f the line is really this bad
then how on earth do they expect to run the ball given the backs. It would seem that Opurums style of running would be better to hide a bad line.
So all the voters who named Hawkinson to the All Big 12 team
were duped?
Even the mighty Hawkinson, mustache and all, got whooped several times Saturday night by a D2 kid.
build a damn football program, beat some ass, and get on tv more.
Yep -
Webb was sacked off of a bull rush that pushed Tanner straight back. But with Zlatnik getting blown off at guard and Thorson doing his best matador impersonation it’s not necessarily about scheme. Zlatnik I haven’t seen enough of on the field to make a determination but I’m shocked by Thorson’s play…
I must say, I’m not looking fowarwd to Aldus Smith…
There is no red like Chiefs red.
I think...
Thorson’s foot is still bothering him. He came out and they were working on it at one point.
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True deer in the headlights
This game gave new meaning to deer in the headlights. The entire team down to the coaching staff I believe thought we could just show up and win. Keep playbook non imaginative. Pick and Webb were lost in backfield trying to do something but Reesing magic not there. Oline needs total overhaul before next weekend which isnt going to happen. Should just use Biere to stay and help block,, has no hands.
but that's the thing -
Biere has good hands. The first fumble he was turning awkwardly and the ball was stripped by a defender. The second, Biere got rocked by the safety. He caught the ball turned up field and WHAM! After watching the game again, I’m not nearly as down on Biere as I was. They were his fumbles but they weren’t as the result of poor play on his part.
That said, AJ Steward is an athlete and a big big dude. I see now, why Denver’s been raving about the kid the past 2 years. Count me in on the bandwagon. I liked seeing him in there as an up back.
There is no red like Chiefs red.
I was extremely...
excited to see Steward get the amount of snaps he did. As for Biere…It was a crappy game no doubt and he can definitely do better, but I think we’ve indirectly hit on something else with him.
He was split out and sent into a route much more often on Saturday than he was ever asked to last year. The o-line struggled in a big way. Biere was pretty key to helping out in pass blocking a year ago and we missed that Saturday.
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He got rocked
by a safety giving up a whole lotta lbs. I’m sorry but a Big 12 TE should NEVER get “rocked” by a D1AAAAAA safety.
build a damn football program, beat some ass, and get on tv more.
Nah -
We’ve seen Biere bowl people over we know he can. It’s all about leverage. Biere received the ball on a curl when he turned up field he wasn’t fully planted in the ground he had no leverage. The safety timed the hit and came in high at full velocity. You try getting hit by 180 lbs of helmet and shoulder pads traveling at 18mph when you’re off balance and see what happens. It’s all physics and has little to do with Biere’s physical strength or intestinal fortitude.
There is no red like Chiefs red.
No
it has been said that Dedeaux is a better blocker than Biere. So after Biere’s early gaffes and the struggles with the OL I had expected Coach Gill to make the logical move and insert Dedeaux at TE to help the line block.
Nope.
build a damn football program, beat some ass, and get on tv more.
Biere blocked...
with the o-line all last year. There isn’t a tremendous difference between the two in terms of blocking.
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All the more reason to at least try Dedeaux and see what happens?
build a damn football program, beat some ass, and get on tv more.
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