no need to look any farther than that. I agree that letting ku score the late TD in the 2nd quarter was the biggest momentum changer and a HUGE difference, but the first 5 drives for both schools looked like this ....
I looked up with about 13 to play in the 2nd quarter and we had the edge in yards 148 to 38. Both teams had 5 drives and ku was getting to start their 6th.
Ksu 1st drive --- Starts at the ku 46. We complete a 13 yd pass to the ku 33, only to have it called back by a personal foul. So 1st and 25 and the drive stalls
Ksu 2nd drive --- TD
Ksu 3rd drive --- missed FG
Ksu 4th drive --- On 2nd and 10 form the Ksu 34, we got a questionable personal foul (slap to the head) and it pushed it back to 2nd and 25 instead of being a makable 3rd and 4. Drive stalled
Ksu 5th drive ---- Great starting position and we move it to the ku 41. 2nd and 10 we get a 13 yd run called back by a holding call. Back judge made the call and he was 20-25 yds off of the line of scrimmage, and announcers even said they did not think it was a hold. So instead of 1st and 10, it ends up being 2nd and 20. Drive stalls
We killed ourselves not taking advantage of those first 5 drives and the fact that ku only got 38 yds on their 5 drives and gave us great starting position. Damn freaking penalites (even if 2 of them were pretty ticky tacky). We needed points on 3 of those 5 and we only got points on 1 of those first 5 drives
