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Kansas State Football / I’m back… anything new?
« on: April 24, 2023, 06:42:37 PM »
It’s been 3 years since I posted.  I forgot my password after changing my email address, I’m thankful the admins finally got the issue resolved.  Anything new?

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Kansas State Football / Eric Gallon knee injury
« on: October 26, 2019, 11:27:07 PM »
So I didn't see the injury, but ESPN tells me it was too graphic to replay.  Did his leg go backwards or something?

Anyway, condolences out to him, I hope it's not one of those injuries that will haunt him for the rest of his life.  Knee injuries are the worst, and I can't imagine the amount of pain he was in.

Going forward, how does this affect KSU defense?  I think our LB core is somewhat solid, but it's always nice to have depth.

Again, I wish Gallon a speedy recovery and hope he's on his feet soon.

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Kansas State Football / Someone explain to me what happened after 2003
« on: November 29, 2018, 01:19:21 PM »
What exactly happened after 2003 that caused Snyder to retire in the first place?  Like I know the team sucked with two losing records in 2004 and 2005, but how can you go from a top team like that to a loser so quickly?  Was it the same thing that happened after 2012 just a mass exodus of talent with no depth?

My questions are specifically targeted at people ITK.

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Why am I a Wildcat fan?  Other fans are so lame and small-timey.  Doggonit, they're just so kind-hearted.  You all have ruined me as a fan...

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Kansas State Football / This year isn’t so bad
« on: November 04, 2018, 07:36:54 PM »
From a poster on K-StateFans.com football forum:

This team's offense is abysmal. It relies too heavily upon Barnes, without any consistent play by the QBs or receivers. Thompson has not improved and looks to pass first. When rushed, his passes are off-the-mark. Delton handles pressure better than Thompson, but makes his own mental mistakes.

Both QB's look like first year QB's in any other system....to inconsistent to sustain drives and not making the correct decisions on the field, even when there is open space to run the ball! Likewise, Barnes misses his blocking assignments resulting in the QB being blindsided. (See Dimel below.) One explanation for this is that coaching staff spends an inordinate amount of time with the starting QB each year that when it is time for his replacement it is like starting over.

Without a consistent offense, all the pressure is on the defense, which has handled it fairly well... except in cases such as Oklahoma where it became a lost cause early in the game.

Special teams are terrible. Zuber has made at least three, if not more, mental mistakes in fielding the ball and/or returning the ball. He was probably yanked from the game due to the fumble of the punt. The kicking team is having its own problems replacing the starters from last year. Due to all of the errors, it cannot be said that the offense or special teams has improved at all during the season.

The cause: To many key players being replaced from last years team or who have left due to graduation or left early. Ertz, Pringle, Dimel, McCrane, DJamer Reed, etc., Pringle and Reed have been especially hard to replace. Along with new OC and DC it has been a work in process that has not shown any improvement. Thus, when players leave early, the investment that has been made in their development is totally lost.

Blame: One can either blame HCBS or just blame the circumstances. All good coaches have periods where the well seemingly runs dry, i.e., Gary Patterson, Gundy or any of the other Big XII coaches (with the exception of OU and Texas who have the pick of the recruits). They all have periods where they have to replace key players.

One of the causes: When HCBS started out in the Big 8, he scheduled three "cupcakes" to get us half way to a bowl. He only had to beat KU, ISU and Missouri to get to a bowl. Today, with the Big XII's tie-in to the SEC he does not have that luxury. Instead of playing three cupcakes, he is having to play more difficult teams earlier in the season, like Auburn, Vanderbilt, Mississippi State, etc., (The Stanford loss last year was also a loss that would not have occurred earlier in HCBS's tenure.) His record has suffered as a result.

Unfortunately, HCBS is not a young coach. He will retire (either this year or in the next couple of years). Who becomes his replacement is unclear. It will not be Sean Snyder. KState can either follow HCBS coaching tree or hope to hire an up and comer (with the likelihood that he will not ever be able to replace what HCBS has done). (It seems to me that those who want to replace HCBS have simply lost faith in his ability to build another good team and feel that it is time for something "new.")

If that is so, my question to those who want an immediate change is this: Do you really believe a new coach will ever be able to provide Kansas State with any greater chance to win? How long will you wait before you are demanding another coach? Right now, if HCBS is replaced, the new coaching staff will be behind everyone except KU... which will be getting a new coach at the end of this season.

From my perspective, I'm willing to ride it out another year to see if HCBS can put together a better team. Unfortunately, this years team, due to Thompson and Delton's lack of experience (see above), and Zuber's miscues, have not given KState any room for mistakes. The offense and return teams have been the weakness.

Having said all of this and with all of the miscues and inexperience, KState still had the chance to beat Texas, Baylor and TCU.

 :blah::blah:

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Kansas State Football / I want Jeff Brohm (Purdue) as our football coach
« on: October 21, 2018, 08:35:44 AM »
Guys, I watched Purdue kick the buckeyes out of Ohio State last night.  It was such a fun game to watch.  The one thing that stuck out to me was how lit up Coach Jeff Brohm was and how much energy he displayed on the sideline.  It was contagious!  The players were having fun, the coaching staff were taking risks (fake field goal attempt to save the drive, was  :love:), even the fans were rocking it out.  Then it occurred to me.  Kansas State football is just boring to watch.  Our coach shows no emotion, our players are constantly frustrated and play vanilla football and the fans are just meh and not feeling it either.  Our program needs a jolt of electricity, and the last time I felt that was with Klein behind the snap calling those crazy audibles with three seconds on the play clock and taking it in himself.  A program's energy comes from the top-down, like Moses on the mountaintop, and Snyder just needs to go.

I'm just sick and tired of having more fun watching other teams play then watch 'my' team play.

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Kansas State Football / Any live-stream links for this weekend's Vandy game?
« on: September 13, 2017, 01:14:23 PM »
What happened to that guy who used to post the VLCmedia links to the games?
Need a link for this weekend's game, if you have one that won't give my PC AIDS.

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I've been up in Michigan the last two years and it's hard to get any info on the Big12 (who?) and especially KState.  I'm now back in Kansas (feelsgoodman.jpg) and I can't keep up with the guys at the water cooler when discussing KState.  They going to be good this year?

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Kansas State Football / BigXII Dominance
« on: September 06, 2016, 10:33:12 AM »
Ok, I get that OU lost and all, but...

Currently 5 BigXII teams are ranked top 25.  I know it's early in the season and I know the BigXII will eventually cannibalize itself, but 50% of our conference is better than roughly 80% of all college Division 1 football teams.


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Kansas State Football / Free streaming of Ksu vs standfort
« on: September 01, 2016, 10:05:55 PM »
Is that guy gonna come by and post the stream link again to use in VLC player like he did last year?


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Kansas State Football / Big XII: What could have been Edition
« on: August 07, 2016, 12:55:23 PM »
The year is 1996 and the Big 8 is looking to expand.  What would you do if you could do it all again?  Would you merge with SWC, poach other schools?  Expand to 10 or go to 12 teams?


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Hear me out,

I've been reading a lot of trash talk on CSU on this site and how they're not deserving of a slot in a P5 conference.  If the rolls were reversed, would we deserve a spot in a P5 conference?   It's not like we ran the gamut for a number of years and were asked into a P5 conference (Let's not forget, we didn't even know how to spell W-I-N until Snyder came along.)  Comparatively, our schools are very similar, except we have the fortune of "sneaking" into a P5 conference unknowingly all the way back in 1913 when we joined the Missouri Valley Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MVIAA) --> Big Eight --> Big XII.  I think with the success and growth of the CSU campus and football program nowadays, I'd be proud to welcome them into the BigXII.  Hell, if the Big XII had broken up a couple of years ago, we would've been very welcome in the Mountain West.  Seriously, before TCU left that conference, the MWC was in serious talks for an automatic BCS bowl berth.

Road trips out to Colorado are always fun and I haven't been back there to watch football since CU left the conference (I'm still miffed at that).  If I can't get CU, I'll go and take their more Aggie relative, CSU, any day.

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Kansas State Football / Bring back Mean Willie
« on: April 11, 2016, 01:23:36 PM »
I found this searching around the internets... Have no idea from what generation it's from, but it needs to come back.  This Willie likes to fight, smoke, drink and screw (I imagine).  It might be perfect for the post-Snyder era once Venables and team get on board.


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Kansas State Football / Former BigXII North in shambles.
« on: November 06, 2015, 10:53:22 AM »
Mizzou: 4-5
Nebraska: 3-6
KU: 0-8
ISU: 3-5
KSU: 3-5
CU: 4-5

It breaks my heart, man.   :Crybaby:

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Kansas State Football / Kody Cook
« on: October 03, 2015, 03:20:45 PM »
WHO IS THIS MAN?! :Wha:

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Kansas State Football / Are we the new flood aggie?
« on: May 04, 2015, 08:01:25 PM »
You know, cause I was waist deep in water on campus this evening...

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Kansas State Football / Worst Announcer Ever.
« on: January 12, 2015, 09:36:22 PM »
Who the hell is this Tim Tebow fella and why does he suck at his job?

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Kansas State Football / 70% of BigXII heading to bowls - Not bad!
« on: December 09, 2014, 02:33:57 PM »
So yeah, 7/10 BigXII teams heading to bowls.  I will root for every. single. one. :Woot:

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Kansas State Football / USA Today predicts GTU vs. KSU in Russell Bowl
« on: December 03, 2014, 04:21:27 PM »
First off, the bowl sucks.  Not only that, but could you imagine how boring this game would be?  Two ball control teams, 8 drives each....  Plus side, there wouldn't be that many commercial breaks.

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Kansas State Football / Triple Option at KSU?
« on: November 29, 2014, 01:58:25 PM »
Man, I am digging the Georgia Tech vs. Georgia game.  I'd really like to see that triple-option offense here at KSU.  That would be pretty neat.

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Kansas State Football / Alternate TimeLine
« on: November 11, 2014, 09:17:08 PM »
In a world...
where the BigXII conference didn't exist.  In 2010, the Pac-10 became the Pac-16 with the addition of UT, OU, OSU, TTU, CU, and TA&M.  Kansas State, along with KU, ISU and Baylor headed off to the Mountain West Conference.  The MWC was currently receiving national attention because Utah, TCU and Boise St. were killing it in their post-season bowl games.  With the arrival of four former BigXII teams, the prestige of the conference immediately skyrocketed with the addition of power football and elite basketball programs.  MWC was able to create a conference championship game, negotiate a sweet TV deal with ESPN and received an automatic BCS bowl birth. 

The scenario is all laid out in this article I somehow scrounged up.  Found here http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865595018/Commentary-What-if-Boise-State-BYU-TCU-and-Utah-had-all-stayed-in-the-Mountain-West.html?pg=all

I really think this would've been a great setup for the Katz.  Imagine traveling to beautiful mountain states instead of Lubbock for away games.  Not only that, but the MWC is a real 5 heart type conference.  Collin Klein still would've played for KSU too, being from Colorado.  I also think that KSU would be dominating that conference year-in and year-out.

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Kansas State Football / Dat ball control!!!
« on: October 26, 2014, 02:46:35 PM »
So TOP for the UT game was nearly 40-20minutes.  That's what I'm talking about.


I get happy when I see ball control.  No homo.


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Kansas State Football / #WINNING
« on: October 18, 2014, 02:24:29 PM »

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Kansas State Football / Dat missed FG!!!!
« on: October 18, 2014, 02:15:14 PM »

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