Nick KrugCandidates for Game balls
• QB Todd Reesing finished his career in style, completing 37 of 55 passes for 498 yards and four touchdowns.
• WR Dezmon Briscoe had 14 catches for 242 yards and two touchdowns.
Candidates for Gassers
• LG Sal Capra was flagged for two false starts and a hold.
• Briscoe lost two fumbles.
Kevin AndersonCandidate for Game balls
• Darrell Stuckey went through one defender and around another and reached out to knock Brandon Banks, seemingly on his way to six points on an end-around, out of bounds. Stuckey also returned the opening kickoff 67 yards.
Candidates for Gassers
• Todd Reesing fumbled twice and threw a bad interception.
• Jacob Branstetter missed a pair of 30-yard field goals.
Candidates for Game balls
• Jacob Branstetter booted a 57-yard field goal.
Candidates for Gassers
• The offense.
• CB D.J. Beshears for getting flagged for two pass-interference penalties that called to mind Anthony Davis.
Candidates for Game balls
• Tim Biere, Tanner Hawkinson, Brad Thorson, Jeremiah Hatch, Sal Capra, Jeff Spikes and Toben Opurum for doing such a remarkable job of blocking that Todd Reesing, Dezmon Briscoe and Kerry Meier were able to work their magic.
Candidates for Gassers
• The students who left at the half of an eight-point game. Make it two sets of gassers.
• The defense. Make it two sets of gassers.
Candidates for Game balls
• WR Dezmon Briscoe for making eight receptions for 154 yards in his 2009 debut.
• DE Jeff Wheeler for harassing the QB in his 2009 debut.
• CB/PR Daymond Patterson played a solid game defensively and gave KU good field position all night.
Candidates for Gassers
• C Brad Thorson for errant snaps in shotgun formation after taking the place of flu-ridden Jeremiah Hatch, who had trouble snapping the ball between hurls.
• KR Briscoe for fielding a kick headed out of bounds and then stepping out of bounds.
• PR Patterson for letting a couple of punts hit the ground.
