most disappointing ksu season?

[greasd up deaf guy]

2001:
One of the 10 toughest schedules
Top 5 rushing offense
Top 3 total defense 
Win at USC   
Destroy ku   
Go to bowl game 


2004:
Middle of the road schedule
#25 rushing offense
#43 total defense
Destroy NU
Lose to ku, breaking the streak
Blow bowl hopes by giving up 3 TDs in the final 3:30 to ISU

Oh yeah, and 2004 was the year we had to weep as Sproles didn't get the send off he deserved.

I suppose I'm making a semantical argument here, but I'd say a season where we had the statistics you mentioned in '01 with the better talent we had than '04 I don't see how '04 is more disappointing. Beating USC wasn't the achievement it was even the next year when we beat them in Manhattan (they were that much better the next year), beating ku wasn't any achievement then, and going to a bowl isn't saying much when you get dominated by a passing game-challenged Syracuse team.
Like Rusty said, after the Marshall game in '03 and the diminishing returns we were getting on talent we recruited, fans should have seen the writing on the wall before '04. Look at all the Senior talent that left after '03: R. Washington, Roberson, Terry, Buhl, R. Jordan, Hickman, Leckey, Lilja, Shull.
Hence, in my eyes, '01 wins. Very good talent, good statistics, marginal returns in the W column. How did we lose to CU? aTm? Cuse?

[fatty fat fat]

Look at all the Senior talent that left after '03: R. Washington, Roberson, Terry, Buhl, R. Jordan, Hickman, Leckey, Lilja, Shull.

true, but it seemed like every year we'd lose a bunch, then just kick ass again.

Then..it just stopped. 

[KSU4ME]

There were good things in '01, not the least of which was hope after the season was over.  Even the pessimistic could see that we still had the nucleus of a good team to take into 2002.

After 2004 there was no hope.  You knew 2005 would suck.

[fatty fat fat]

yea, it was funny to see people writing us off before 2002. LOL.

[kst8cat]

2001:
One of the 10 toughest schedules
Top 5 rushing offense
Top 3 total defense
Win at USC
Destroy ku
Go to bowl game


2004:
Middle of the road schedule
#25 rushing offense
#43 total defense
Destroy NU
Lose to ku, breaking the streak
Blow bowl hopes by giving up 3 TDs in the final 3:30 to ISU

Oh yeah, and 2004 was the year we had to weep as Sproles didn't get the send off he deserved.

Actually, it was the fourth toughest schedule in the nation that year.  Nine out of 12 teams were bowl-bound if I remember correctly.  Yet we still got labeled as scheduling cupcakes.

http://www.nationalchamps.net/NCAA/BCS/2001_FINAL_SOS.htm

[Huskerfan]

Rusty is KSU's foremost prognosticator ex post facto.

QFT.

I was expecting about a one loss season in 01.

qft. we were still "the sh1t" during that timespan.

You were never "the sh1t," just sh1t...

[Pett]

Easy, 2004 season. After the '03 season with a BCS bowl game & winning the Big 12 CCG, we finally started getting the respect needed. We were rebuilding major with Dylan coming in at QB and the defense losing lots of starters & experience. Preseason we were ranked #13. Way to high if you ask me, but we were finally getting the repect without even playing a game. That was the year, especially how bad the Big XII north was than, to show all of the outsiders that we deserved the respect. Actually, if we would've won at CU than come home and beat ISU, we would've won the north.

And not even mentioning that half the time it looked like that 2004 team didn't even care.

[catdude33]

Rusty is KSU's foremost prognosticator ex post facto.

QFT.

I was expecting about a one loss season in 01.

qft. we were still "the sh1t" during that timespan.

You were never "the sh1t," just sh1t...

Really?  You're gonna stick with that?

[jeffy]

1998 - So close, but so far.  Maybe the only time we will ever sniff anything that close.

[KSUTOMMY]

I think that collectively from the Fiesta '04 until Snyder retired was horrible for me to watch. I knew when Beilema left, we were screwed with that worthless Bobby Elliott. To me, Snyders only glaring flaw that couldn't be overlooked was his devotion to the former players/coaches that he allowed to "hang around".

1998 big 12 ch was the blackest day I ever had in Manhattan, KS... there I was sitting there watching Lamar Chapman laying face-down on the turf, aTm nation go freaking NUTS, my phone ringing off the hook from the numerous calls that my friend from aTm was placing to my apartment and I felt like I was 5 yrs old again when my dad sat me down and explained that Santa Claus, the Easter Bunny, Heterosexual ku fans, and the Tooth Fairy didnt exist. (I already knew about the ku piece, but I acted suprised) I stepped out onto my porch for a ciggie and hear several dejected KSU fans cursing into the night - my buzz from earlier worn off, I went to bed and tried to imagine that game being a nightmare... and it was, but it has lasted almost 9 yrs. Time for some therapy.

[ksuno1stunner]

2001:
One of the 10 toughest schedules
Top 5 rushing offense
Top 3 total defense
Win at USC
Destroy ku
Go to bowl game


2004:
Middle of the road schedule
#25 rushing offense
#43 total defense
Destroy NU
Lose to ku, breaking the streak
Blow bowl hopes by giving up 3 TDs in the final 3:30 to ISU

Oh yeah, and 2004 was the year we had to weep as Sproles didn't get the send off he deserved.

We blew our bowl hopes losing on a hail mary to Colorado.  4 wins