FINAL: Kansas escapes, 35-33

It would have to be a first.

October 4, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

FINAL: Kansas escapes, 35-33

Another big play for ISU. If this were a video game the MO meter would be completely on ISU's side.

October 4, 2008 at 12:28 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

FINAL: Kansas escapes, 35-33

Agreed on the defense. Still a little too much cushion on the corners. BIg 3rd down.

October 4, 2008 at 12:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

FINAL: Kansas escapes, 35-33

WORD KU. Way too much respect. If we are going to get scored on, make em' earn it by going downfield.

COME ON OFFENSE, WE NEED SOMETHING!!

October 4, 2008 at 12:21 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

FINAL: Kansas escapes, 35-33

jwliddell-you better get ahold of Mark then because he owes you a lot of back child support. The best vantage point shows Crawford going down backward and it appeared there was no way he had the ball.

October 4, 2008 at 12:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

FINAL: Kansas escapes, 35-33

Man, are we even awake yet? Has anyone ever seen a WR so open on a pass from the 9 YARD LINE??!! WTF?? Get up on their receivers!!! Jeez, you would have thought we lost all our LBs last year.

What's with this Kickoff team as well?! We run right up the middle and hope we get as much as possible.

The Offense needs to look to pass DOWN THE FIELD. ENOUGH OF THESE BUBBLE WR AND RB SCREENS!!!

October 4, 2008 at 12:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Sellout blowout

While I understand everyone's concern and fears, be patient with a young team. This bye week is a much needed chance to work on fundamentals and get the young guys in a more positive frame of mind. Someone earlier asked where are we going to get 4 more wins. I think ISU, CU and KSU will be wins. My biggest fear is the road game in Ames. It could be seen as this year's version of KSU. If KU limits the mistakes, I think they beat ISU. It would take a breakdown in the special teams or a turnover frenzy by the offense for ISU to beat us. Colorado did not impress me vs WVU. I think WVU handed them the ball game and CU was able to take advantage of poor clock management by WVU. I think that is a win. KSU will NOT come here and get a win, forget about that. So then you need a win vs. 1 of the following, Nebraska, MU, Texas, TTech or Oklahoma. I say the best bet is Nebraska. I know we haven't won their in 50 years or whatever, but that team is not that good and has issues on the offensive side of the ball. We might be able to go up their and get a win in a shoot out. I must say I'm a little disappointed thus far, but I think and trust that Mangino will right the ship and get these guys to go at least 8-4 and put up a fight against whomever they lose to.

September 21, 2008 at 9:34 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Transfer enjoying opportunity with KU

You want to know what i find interesting? Every year Wisconsin is in the top 5, and every year they choke and don't even win their conference, let alone win a national championship. THAT'S WHAT I FIND INTERESTING....

September 17, 2008 at 1:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Receivers peeved Mangino

Rock Chalk NYC- The Bulls came out in the 2nd half and decided to punch us in the mouth defensively and it seemed to me we did not make many adjustments offensively. The main thing they did was start challenging our WR man to man and using bump coverage at the line. This caused Reesing to hold on to the ball about 1/2 sec longer, which ultimately led to Selvie and the other DL of the Bulls at least getting hits in on Reesing. To me, it would have been a good time to run some delays, or shuffle passes in order to take advantage of their aggressiveness. Instead, I think we ran 6 straight passing plays and were 3 and out two time in a row to start the 2nd half. That got the MO' rolling for the Bulls and they flew with it in the 3rd quarter. I put some of the blame for this loss on our O coordinator. just didn't seem like we didn't counter their changes in the 3rd quarter.

I am not one to argue with coach, but talking about the WR blocking is sort of like avoidment the elephant in the room. The big issue is this O line. They are just not creating holes in the interior or sealing off blocks to get guys to the outside. Someone else said this earlier, but if you are a WR, right now you aren't expecting guys to get to the 2nd level on run plays. Thus, you don't think your block is going to matter much. You can't tell me the WR wouldn't block a little better if they felt that their RB was going to run up their backside. To borrow a line from this year's presidential race, you can put lipstick on a pig, but it's still a pig. The O line has to get better if we want to be successful. You can darn well expect our BIG XII brethren to use USF's defensive game plan as a model in their preparations for our Hawks.

September 15, 2008 at 12:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bonani's last-second field goal gives USF a 37-34 victory

Yep, the Fightin' Manginos can only learn from this one. Some of the posters here sound like spoiled fans who think it's the end of the world when we lose. This is about as good as a loss can get. We were pounding USF in the 1st half. Got punched in the mouth in the 3rd quarter and then rallied and almost got the win in the 4th. Would have been real nice to convert one of those 2 red zone FG's into a TD. That's the ball game right there.

September 12, 2008 at 11:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )