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October 31, 2009
1. Maxwell Onyegbule: Scored his second defensive touchdown of the year and harassed the quarterbacks all day.
2. Jake Laptad: Started at defensive tackle and got good penetration, especially in the first half. Forced a fumble and had two tackles for losses.
3. Arist Wright: Had a tackle for a loss, two pass breakups and a fumble recovery (which he then fumbled).
4. Dezmon Briscoe: Had his fifth 100-yard receiving game in seven games.
5. Justin Thornton: Returned to the starting lineup and played very well, leading team with seven tackles and added two pass breakups.
6. Huldon Tharp: Biggest of his six tackles came on third down at the goal line.
7. Darrell Stuckey: Blitzed for a 13-yard sack and generally did a solid job in coverage.
8. Bradley McDougald: Became first Jayhawk since Aqib Talib in 2007 to have both a reception and interception in the same game.
9. Jake Sharp: Rushed for 50 yards and had 15 receiving yards.
10. Jeff Wheeler: Forced the fumble that led to Onyegbule’s touchdown.
The Keegan Ratings: Season Standings
1. Todd Reesing (43 points)
T2. Toben Opurum (41 points)
T2. Dezmon Briscoe (41 points)
4. Darrell Stuckey (38 points)
5. Kerry Meier (37 points)
6. Maxwell Onyegbule (35 points)
7. Jake Laptad (22 points)
8. Daymond Patterson (19 points)
9. Jake Sharp (17 points)
T10. Chris Harris (15 points)
T10. Jacob Branstetter (15 points)
T12. Drew Dudley (12 points)
T12. Justin Thornton (12 points)
T14. Bradley McDougald (11 points)
T14. Huldon Tharp (11 points)
16. Arist Wright (9 points)
T17. Jeremiah Hatch (8 points)
T17. Jeff Wheeler (8 points)
T19. Ryan Murphy (7 points)
T19. Justin Springer (7 points)
T19. Alonso Rojas (7 points)
22. Tanner Hawkinson (6 points)
23. Jeff Spikes (5 points)
24. Tim Biere (4 points)
T25. Brad Thorson (3 points)
T25. Kale Pick (3 points)
T25. Sal Capra (3 points)
28. Lubbock Smith (1 point)
Comments
HawkfromHays (anonymous) says...
History awaits...the same history we've become accustomed to in every year except 2007: missed opportunities and disappointments. If all we did was take care of business in games we should win we would be an easy 8-4 every year and threatening to win the division. The evidence:
2003:
at Colo. 50-47 loss in OT
2004:
-at Northwestern 20-17 loss (missed FG at end of regulation when we clearly would have had the momentum going into OT)
-Tex Tech 31-30 (up 30-5 late in 2nd quarter - this one hurt)
-at Nebraska 14-8 (a game we dominated in terms of possession and field position)
-at ISU 13-7 (they scored on a long fumble return)
-Colorado 30-21 (jumped out 14-0 early then went to sleep)
-and of course, Texas 27-23 (the infamous Charles Gordon phantom offensive pass interference, however Vince Young converted an impossible 4th and 19 on a scramble - can't blame Mangino for this one though)
2005:
-at K-State (great D, no O, and inserted Barmann into the game at critical point only to commit a turnover)
2006:
-at Toledo 37-31 2OT (ugh, another road loss to an awful team, jumped out 14-0 early then defense fell asleep, could have won on a field goal in 1st OT but fumbled)
-at Nebraska 39-32 OT (gave huge TD pass to Frantz Hardy to send it to OT)
-Texas A&M 21-18 (dominated the entire game but play-calling went conservative when we jumped out 18-7)
-OSU 42-32 (led 17-0 in first half then couldn't manage to find Adarius Bowman even though he lit us for 308 yards)
-at Baylor 36-35 (truly a miraculous giveaway, up 19 in 4th quarter)
2008:
-S. Florida 37-34 (Todd rallies us back from 14 down only to throw a pick when driving for a game-winning FG)
-at Neb. 45-35 (defense shredded by Helu Jr., win would have given us the North)
2009:
-at Colorado (arguably the worst on the list, terrible Buffs team led by a lame-duck coach on the way out, two horrible turnovers that essentially gave CU 14 points)
-at TT 42-21 (great drive late in 3rd to go up 21-14, defense played outstanding, total offensive collapse in 4th quarter led by Todd Reesing and Kerry Meier, ordinary play-calling didn't help, once again we outdo ourselves in generosity in someone else's house by giving away 4 turnovers inside our own redzone)
All of these games should have been Jayhawk wins, if they would have been, this is what our teams would have looked like (in regular season):
2003: 7-5
2004: 8-3
2005: 7-4
2006: 11-1, or at least 10-2
2008: 8-4
2009: 7-1
Without even beating OU or Texas, all we need to do is take care of the games we should win, and finish games we play well in and we easily slide into the '3rd best' slot in the Big 12.
November 1, 2009 at 12:54 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )
lance1jhawk (anonymous) says...
Great analysis HawkfromHays. I'll meet ya at Gella's and buy you a cold one, because your dead on.
November 2, 2009 at 7:52 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )