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Title: North Tejas 1989
Post by: RightMeow on May 01, 2012, 09:23:19 PM
The glory days.  We need an old school wildcat logo emoticon.  TIA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZVj5Rubah0&feature=related
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: DQ12 on May 01, 2012, 09:26:21 PM
I wouldn't say those were the "glory days"
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: That_Guy on May 01, 2012, 09:54:02 PM
I loved the old Logo. You could really tell what it was.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: RightMeow on May 01, 2012, 09:58:08 PM
I wouldn't say those were the "glory days"

Sarcasmuch? Still waiting on old school wild wildcat emoticon.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on May 01, 2012, 10:15:55 PM
So elite.

Mitch, I'm sorry for every mean thing I've ever said about you.

The stadium looked so horrible then. How did the program ever keep from becoming extinct?
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: star seed 7 on May 01, 2012, 10:16:13 PM
how many 2012 jayhawks would make the 2 deep on the 1989 wildcat team?
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Testy Westy on May 01, 2012, 11:51:17 PM
look at all those 80s people  :love:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: SdK on May 01, 2012, 11:53:38 PM
Sunny Ray!!!!!
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 02, 2012, 12:33:32 AM
man oh man...

hypercolor, steve miller, elijah alexander, current kats coach michael smith, super young stan weber and the old bell all in one six minute video. color yourself lucky kstate fans of today who just got to see this.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: cas4ksu on May 02, 2012, 04:34:08 AM
#58 for UNT was rough ridin' dominating our left tackle.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Sandstone Outcropping on May 02, 2012, 08:08:59 AM
how many 2012 jayhawks would make the 2 deep on the 1989 wildcat team?

 :thumbs:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: sonofdaxjones on May 02, 2012, 08:18:16 AM
My anecdotal story of the day, for that day is:

I actually went to the ku game that day with a buddy, afterwards we were at a party where some guys had the K-State game dialed up on the radio.   When K-State scored the game winning TD, a bunch of ku guys at the party were really pi$$ed. 

That's my:  Cool Story Bro

Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Emo EMAW on May 02, 2012, 08:22:58 AM
My anecdotal story of the day, for that day is:

I actually went to the ku game that day with a buddy, afterwards we were at a party where some guys had the K-State game dialed up on the radio.   When K-State scored the game winning TD, a bunch of ku guys at the party were really pi$$ed. 

That's my:  Cool Story Bro

Partying with the sun up!  :horrorsurprise:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Saulbadguy on May 02, 2012, 08:23:18 AM
:eaglescream:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Saulbadguy on May 02, 2012, 08:27:09 AM
Attendance is pretty good, considering we've not won in 31 games. Looks pretty similar to a KU game the last couple seasons.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: TheHamburglar on May 02, 2012, 08:27:38 AM
#58 for UNT was rough ridin' dominating our left tackle.

Yeah, and our RB kept staying in to protect Straw's right side as #58 was blowing by our LT every play.   :facepalm: that Straw didn't grab the RB and put him on his left to protect himself. 
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: yoga-like_abana on May 02, 2012, 08:48:23 AM
jesus I think I couldve played on that team
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: SkinnyBenny on May 02, 2012, 10:00:57 AM
The thing that is unfortunately missing from this video is what came right before it: NTSU (as they were known then, I believe) threw for a totally improbably long bomb touchdown with like a minute and a half left, then celebrated in the end zone with the most tentative, pathetic dogpile I think I've ever seen.
 :thumbs:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: mizzouksu on May 02, 2012, 10:19:51 AM
I almost got killed by that goal post.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: kst8cat on May 02, 2012, 10:24:48 AM
Attendance is pretty good, considering we've not won in 31 games. Looks pretty similar to a KU game the last couple seasons.

Attendance was boosted by the fact it was Band Day, and there were a lot of high school bands there to perform on the field for the half-time show....including me.  I was a freshman in high school and our band went up there on that fateful day which was the first KSU football game I had ever been to.  I remember our bus was parked in the east parking lot which was nothing but gravel and dirt at that time.  And after the game as we were in the bus ready to leave, that big hoard of students carrying the piece of the goalpost you see at the 5:30 mark came running by our bus whooping and hollering.  Good times.   :cheers:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Fedor on May 02, 2012, 10:30:54 AM
Attendance is pretty good, considering we've not won in 31 games. Looks pretty similar to a KU game the last couple seasons.

Attendance was boosted by the fact it was Band Day, and there were a lot of high school bands there to perform on the field for the half-time show....including me.  I was a freshman in high school and our band went up there on that fateful day which was the first KSU football game I had ever been to.  I remember our bus was parked in the east parking lot which was nothing but gravel and dirt at that time.  And after the game as we were in the bus ready to leave, that big hoard of students carrying the piece of the goalpost you see at the 5:30 mark came running by our bus whooping and hollering.  Good times.   :cheers:
Is that the moment you became EMAW for ever and ever amen?
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: TheHamburglar on May 02, 2012, 10:32:27 AM
Attendance is pretty good, considering we've not won in 31 games. Looks pretty similar to a KU game the last couple seasons.

Attendance was boosted by the fact it was Band Day, and there were a lot of high school bands there to perform on the field for the half-time show....including me.  I was a freshman in high school and our band went up there on that fateful day which was the first KSU football game I had ever been to.  I remember our bus was parked in the east parking lot which was nothing but gravel and dirt at that time.  And after the game as we were in the bus ready to leave, that big hoard of students carrying the piece of the goalpost you see at the 5:30 mark came running by our bus whooping and hollering.  Good times.   :cheers:

Attendence from home games that year:

Northern Iowa: 28,275
Northern Illinois: 20,256
NTSU: 26,564
Mizzou: 28,492
Kansas: 35,652
Colorado: 20,117

Additional fun fact: home attendence for the '88 ISU game: 10,850.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: _33 on May 02, 2012, 10:45:59 AM
Our QB looked ridiculous dropping back. Why did he back pedal like that?
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: SkinnyBenny on May 02, 2012, 10:52:07 AM
Our QB looked ridiculous dropping back. Why did he back pedal like that?


Old KSU Kat games all have weird-ass drop-backs that make me LOLWTF.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Ghost of Stan Parrish on May 02, 2012, 11:20:35 AM
I almost got killed by that goal post.

I'm part of the crowd carrying the north goalpost down the field.   :comeatme:  #obz
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: mizzouksu on May 02, 2012, 11:36:27 AM
At some point I was climbing a fence (at least this is how I remember it) and we were trying to get the goal post over it. It was very iffy. I think it was this game. I lived down the street at the time, and I would just walk in during the second half without a ticket if it looked like we had a chance to win. We usually got absolutely killed back in the day (as you know).
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 02, 2012, 11:39:21 AM
At some point I was climbing a fence (at least this is how I remember it) and we were trying to get the goal post over it. It was very iffy. I think it was this game. I lived down the street at the time, and I would just walk in during the second half without a ticket if it looked like we had a chance to win. We usually got absolutely killed back in the day (as you know).

it was policy back then that anybody who wanted to could get in free at halftime and usually much, much sooner if you just asked politely.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: OK_Cat on May 02, 2012, 11:41:24 AM
I almost got killed by that goal post.

I'm part of the crowd carrying the north goalpost down the field.   :comeatme:  #obz

cool story, gramps.

Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: sonofdaxjones on May 02, 2012, 11:50:38 AM
Our QB looked ridiculous dropping back. Why did he back pedal like that?

Because Snyder's offense back then was way more pass oriented and Carl Straw couldn't out run a aloth,  they wanted him to see the whole field,  and see the rush better so he could get rid of the football.

Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Cire on May 02, 2012, 12:08:14 PM
Wow, we should do a throw back uni day.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: DQ12 on May 02, 2012, 12:22:51 PM
Our QB looked ridiculous dropping back. Why did he back pedal like that?


Old KSU Kat games all have weird-ass drop-backs that make me LOLWTF.
CCQ would've been a monster in that era of weird dropbacks.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: jmlynch1 on May 02, 2012, 02:23:00 PM
I was 2, I was probably at my house napping.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Shacks on May 02, 2012, 02:24:54 PM
That's how you celebrate a win, Coach Weis
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Unruly on May 02, 2012, 02:26:38 PM
That's how you celebrate a win, Coach Weis

 :thumbs: :lol:


Let's have beems relay the message.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: kso_FAN on May 02, 2012, 02:31:15 PM
CCQ would've been a monster in that era of weird dropbacks.

As it was, he ended his SR season with one of the best passer ratings in K-State history.  :gocho:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr. Feelgood on May 02, 2012, 02:32:14 PM
16 yr old me got to  :cheers:  with my dad and his bro's after that game.  There was also some Taco Hut enjoyed postgame.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: DQ12 on May 02, 2012, 02:55:34 PM
CCQ would've been a monster in that era of weird dropbacks.

As it was, he ended his SR season with one of the best passer ratings in K-State history.  :gocho:
Right, I'm just saying that I to picture CCQ with that style of backpeddle, pumping the ball like a rabid pendulum across his chest.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Cire on May 02, 2012, 04:57:12 PM
CCQ would've been a monster in that era of weird dropbacks.

As it was, he ended his SR season with one of the best passer ratings in K-State history.  :gocho:

BUT HE FUMBLED AGAINST MISSOURI!
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: michigancat on May 02, 2012, 06:43:23 PM
man oh man...

hypercolor, steve miller, elijah alexander, current kats coach michael smith, super young stan weber and the old bell all in one six minute video. color yourself lucky kstate fans of today who just got to see this.

this guy was a rough ridin' hero:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oZVj5Rubah0#t=238s

also I will be checking the left side of the midwest section of my paper on saturdays quite a bit this year. :driving:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: TheHamburglar on May 02, 2012, 06:56:29 PM
Wow, we should do a throw back uni day.

 :lol: How did I miss this earlier?
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: star seed 7 on May 02, 2012, 07:28:49 PM
At some point I was climbing a fence (at least this is how I remember it) and we were trying to get the goal post over it. It was very iffy. I think it was this game. I lived down the street at the time, and I would just walk in during the second half without a ticket if it looked like we had a chance to win. We usually got absolutely killed back in the day (as you know).

it was policy back then that anybody who wanted to could get in free at halftime and usually much, much sooner if you just asked politely.

7-10 yr old me lived in jardine while my dad was in school.  half-time policy was da best. 

i also used to sneak onto the practice fields on my walk to marlatt ele school, there was a hole in the fence.   :peek:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: 'taterblast on May 02, 2012, 08:23:41 PM
man, stan bot really has been through it all.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: WillieWatanabe on May 03, 2012, 06:24:08 AM
Wow, we should do a throw back uni day.

 :lol: How did I miss this earlier?

i must admit i totally missed this.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Trim on May 03, 2012, 06:56:39 AM
Why wasn't a FG contemplated?
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 03, 2012, 07:07:22 AM
Why wasn't a FG contemplated?

it was before overtime was invented and kstate hadn't won a game in like thirty games. no way were they going to take a tie.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Trim on May 03, 2012, 07:12:53 AM
Why wasn't a FG contemplated?

it was before overtime was invented and kstate hadn't won a game in like thirty games. no way were they going to take a tie.

I get that, but thought it was weird that not even Mitch had a "Cats need a FG to tie and a TD to win" at any point.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: sonofdaxjones on May 03, 2012, 07:49:12 AM
I believe our FG kickers absolutely blew back then.   They had a hard time making extra points.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 03, 2012, 07:53:52 AM
guys-

we hadn't won a game in like thirty games. there was a tie in there though. it was a thirty game non winning streak. we could've had the best field goal kicker in the history of the world and there would've been a 0% chance that we would've kicked a field goal. 0%. it wasn't even an option. they needed to win a game. a tie would've been just as bad as a loss.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: sonofdaxjones on May 03, 2012, 07:57:56 AM
guys-

we hadn't won a game in like thirty games. there was a tie in there though. it was a thirty game non winning streak. we could've had the best field goal kicker in the history of the world and there would've been a 0% chance that we would've kicked a field goal. 0%. it wasn't even an option. they needed to win a game. a tie would've been just as bad as a loss.

I was just giving another reason of the 15 bajjilliongazzillion why they didn't try a FG.

Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: WillieWatanabe on May 03, 2012, 08:01:37 AM
I'm pretty sure there was a stiff breeze that day. Probably was a factor, iyam.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Fedor on May 03, 2012, 08:44:28 AM
guys-

we hadn't won a game in like thirty games. there was a tie in there though. it was a thirty game non winning streak. we could've had the best field goal kicker in the history of the world and there would've been a 0% chance that we would've kicked a field goal. 0%. it wasn't even an option. they needed to win a game. a tie would've been just as bad as a loss.

I was just giving another reason of the 15 bajjilliongazzillion why they didn't try a FG.

Was the kicker Tate "Wide" Wright?  If so the nickname would also be a clue why there was no kick.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 03, 2012, 09:26:41 AM
guys-

we hadn't won a game in like thirty games. there was a tie in there though. it was a thirty game non winning streak. we could've had the best field goal kicker in the history of the world and there would've been a 0% chance that we would've kicked a field goal. 0%. it wasn't even an option. they needed to win a game. a tie would've been just as bad as a loss.

I was just giving another reason of the 15 bajjilliongazzillion why they didn't try a FG.

Was the kicker Tate "Wide" Wright?  If so the nickname would also be a clue why there was no kick.

it's like i'm posting to a wall, but instead of just standing there saying nothing, the wall keeps posting back in really stupid ways. the kicker didn't matter you guys. a tie was just as bad as a loss.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Trim on May 03, 2012, 09:37:14 AM
I know why they were tunnel-visioned on a touchdown once they got it into the red zone.  It seems weird that getting into FG range to tie the game wasn't mentioned when they were back around their own 10 with a little over a minute left.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: sonofdaxjones on May 03, 2012, 09:44:05 AM
guys-

we hadn't won a game in like thirty games. there was a tie in there though. it was a thirty game non winning streak. we could've had the best field goal kicker in the history of the world and there would've been a 0% chance that we would've kicked a field goal. 0%. it wasn't even an option. they needed to win a game. a tie would've been just as bad as a loss.

I was just giving another reason of the 15 bajjilliongazzillion why they didn't try a FG.

Was the kicker Tate "Wide" Wright?  If so the nickname would also be a clue why there was no kick.

it's like i'm posting to a wall, but instead of just standing there saying nothing, the wall keeps posting back in really stupid ways. the kicker didn't matter you guys. a tie was just as bad as a loss.

I was just giving another reason of the 15 bajjilliongazzillion why they didn't try a FG.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 03, 2012, 09:51:05 AM
I know why they were tunnel-visioned on a touchdown once they got it into the red zone.  It seems weird that getting into FG range to tie the game wasn't mentioned when they were back around their own 10 with a little over a minute left.

because a field goal would have resulted in a tie and a tie would've been just as bad as a loss. i'll stop though, because there are only three options for how this conversation went/is going...

1) i have not explained this well
2) you guys are messing with me
3) you guys are complete idiots

Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: wabash909 on May 03, 2012, 09:51:15 AM
man, stan bot really has been through it all.

He really has. 
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: SkinnyBenny on May 03, 2012, 09:52:37 AM
WGAF about field goals or whatever.  What we should be focusing on instead is how downtrodden the DB is right after Hernandez caught that touchdown and jumped up and down right in the dude's face. That guy has his head down and is just so bummed. The very personification of the word "hang-dog." I almost feel bad for him.

goEMAW should find out his name and mail him a sympathy card or something. We could all sign it and junk.

Fun fact: goEMAW user SchemeDoctor has a dog named Frank Hernandez Dog in honor of this drive.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Cire on May 03, 2012, 09:57:07 AM
What about the fact that our jersey's look the exact same as they did in 1989.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 03, 2012, 09:57:45 AM
guys-

we hadn't won a game in like thirty games. there was a tie in there though. it was a thirty game non winning streak. we could've had the best field goal kicker in the history of the world and there would've been a 0% chance that we would've kicked a field goal. 0%. it wasn't even an option. they needed to win a game. a tie would've been just as bad as a loss.

I was just giving another reason of the 15 bajjilliongazzillion why they didn't try a FG.

Was the kicker Tate "Wide" Wright?  If so the nickname would also be a clue why there was no kick.

it's like i'm posting to a wall, but instead of just standing there saying nothing, the wall keeps posting back in really stupid ways. the kicker didn't matter you guys. a tie was just as bad as a loss.

I was just giving another reason of the 15 bajjilliongazzillion why they didn't try a FG.


and i appreciate that, except for the absolute fact that how good or how bad the kicker was at the time was an absolute complete non factor in deciding whether or not to go for it.

like, if we could use a robot computer to make a cyborg kicker that made one hundred percent of every field goal he kicked from absolutely any distance on the football field and then used the same robot computer to build a time maching and put the cyborg in the time machine and sent him back to 1989 with instuctions to go kick for the kansas state football team and snyder saw this cyborg kick eight thousand field goals in a row without missing and there were national news stories on him and the whole world knew about him then guess what? kstate does not even think about kicking a field goal in that situation and nobody in the entire stadium thinks about kicking a field goal in that situation.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: ChiComCat on May 03, 2012, 10:00:11 AM
guys-

we hadn't won a game in like thirty games. there was a tie in there though. it was a thirty game non winning streak. we could've had the best field goal kicker in the history of the world and there would've been a 0% chance that we would've kicked a field goal. 0%. it wasn't even an option. they needed to win a game. a tie would've been just as bad as a loss.

I was just giving another reason of the 15 bajjilliongazzillion why they didn't try a FG.

Was the kicker Tate "Wide" Wright?  If so the nickname would also be a clue why there was no kick.

it's like i'm posting to a wall, but instead of just standing there saying nothing, the wall keeps posting back in really stupid ways. the kicker didn't matter you guys. a tie was just as bad as a loss.

I was just giving another reason of the 15 bajjilliongazzillion why they didn't try a FG.


and i appreciate that, except for the absolute fact that how good or how bad the kicker was at the time was an absolute complete non factor in deciding whether or not to go for it.

like, if we could use a robot computer to make a cyborg kicker that made one hundred percent of every field goal he kicked from absolutely any distance on the football field and then used the same robot computer to build a time maching and put the cyborg in the time machine and sent him back to 1989 with instuctions to go kick for the kansas state football team and snyder saw this cyborg kick eight thousand field goals in a row without missing and there were national news stories on him and the whole world knew about him then guess what? kstate does not even think about kicking a field goal in that situation and nobody in the entire stadium thinks about kicking a field goal in that situation.


Your point doesn't make any sense.  We wouldn't have lost every game for like 30 years if we had this kicker and his 8 thousand field goals
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Trim on May 03, 2012, 10:00:50 AM
I know why they were tunnel-visioned on a touchdown once they got it into the red zone.  It seems weird that getting into FG range to tie the game wasn't mentioned when they were back around their own 10 with a little over a minute left.

because a field goal would have resulted in a tie and a tie would've been just as bad as a loss. i'll stop though, because there are only three options for how this conversation went/is going...

1) i have not explained this well
2) you guys are messing with me
3) you guys are complete idiots


No, you've explained it fine from the perspective of a long-suffering MHK Cat fan.  I'm saying it's weird from the perspective of somebody who didn't suffer through 30 straight non-wins to not hear in a 17-14 game with a minute left that the Cats can get to or are in FG range, even if that's immediately followed by Mitch screaming that they don't want a tie, they want the win, baby.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Cire on May 03, 2012, 10:04:48 AM
I think it's weird too.  I also think it's weird that LHC Bill Snyder ate a timeout at the end of a game like that.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: WillieWatanabe on May 03, 2012, 10:06:24 AM
or maybe the kicker wasn't feeling well and lacking confidence. Snyder is very good at reading players, imo.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: yoga-like_abana on May 03, 2012, 10:09:06 AM
snyders was bold and daring before bold and daring was cool
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Fedor on May 03, 2012, 10:26:13 AM
I know why they were tunnel-visioned on a touchdown once they got it into the red zone.  It seems weird that getting into FG range to tie the game wasn't mentioned when they were back around their own 10 with a little over a minute left.

because a field goal would have resulted in a tie and a tie would've been just as bad as a loss. i'll stop though, because there are only three options for how this conversation went/is going...

1) i have not explained this well
2) you guys are messing with me
3) you guys are complete idiots
4) the most attractive and best smelling poster of all time wanted everyone to let everyone know that we had a kicker with a demeaning and funny nickname.
It is like two walls are posting to each other and the first wall is so self centered and narcissistic that he can't understand that another wall may have motivations that have nothing to do with what the first wall has posted. 
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Emo EMAW on May 03, 2012, 12:28:12 PM
guys-

we hadn't won a game in like thirty games. there was a tie in there though. it was a thirty game non winning streak. we could've had the best field goal kicker in the history of the world and there would've been a 0% chance that we would've kicked a field goal. 0%. it wasn't even an option. they needed to win a game. a tie would've been just as bad as a loss.

I was just giving another reason of the 15 bajjilliongazzillion why they didn't try a FG.

Was the kicker Tate "Wide" Wright?  If so the nickname would also be a clue why there was no kick.

it's like i'm posting to a wall, but instead of just standing there saying nothing, the wall keeps posting back in really stupid ways. the kicker didn't matter you guys. a tie was just as bad as a loss.

I was just giving another reason of the 15 bajjilliongazzillion why they didn't try a FG.


and i appreciate that, except for the absolute fact that how good or how bad the kicker was at the time was an absolute complete non factor in deciding whether or not to go for it.

like, if we could use a robot computer to make a cyborg kicker that made one hundred percent of every field goal he kicked from absolutely any distance on the football field and then used the same robot computer to build a time maching and put the cyborg in the time machine and sent him back to 1989 with instuctions to go kick for the kansas state football team and snyder saw this cyborg kick eight thousand field goals in a row without missing and there were national news stories on him and the whole world knew about him then guess what? kstate does not even think about kicking a field goal in that situation and nobody in the entire stadium thinks about kicking a field goal in that situation.


Your point doesn't make any sense.  We wouldn't have lost every game for like 30 years if we had this kicker and his 8 thousand field goals

Ya we would just kick from our own 20 after a touchback every time.  A lot of teams wouldn't be able to produce more than 3 points per possession.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Fldermaus on May 03, 2012, 12:49:21 PM
#58 for UNT was rough ridin' dominating our left tackle.

Scary thought -- there were a couple of guys sitting on the bench who were not good enough to win the starting LT spot.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: kso_FAN on May 03, 2012, 12:52:56 PM
and i appreciate that, except for the absolute fact that how good or how bad the kicker was at the time was an absolute complete non factor in deciding whether or not to go for it.

like, if we could use a robot computer to make a cyborg kicker that made one hundred percent of every field goal he kicked from absolutely any distance on the football field and then used the same robot computer to build a time maching and put the cyborg in the time machine and sent him back to 1989 with instuctions to go kick for the kansas state football team and snyder saw this cyborg kick eight thousand field goals in a row without missing and there were national news stories on him and the whole world knew about him then guess what? kstate does not even think about kicking a field goal in that situation and nobody in the entire stadium thinks about kicking a field goal in that situation.

Good points. We had to win that game. In 1989 vs N. Texas when you haven't won in a long time, you go for the win.

But Snyder changed within a few years based on a different situation. In 1993 against Colorado he went for the tie.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 03, 2012, 01:03:37 PM
and i appreciate that, except for the absolute fact that how good or how bad the kicker was at the time was an absolute complete non factor in deciding whether or not to go for it.

like, if we could use a robot computer to make a cyborg kicker that made one hundred percent of every field goal he kicked from absolutely any distance on the football field and then used the same robot computer to build a time maching and put the cyborg in the time machine and sent him back to 1989 with instuctions to go kick for the kansas state football team and snyder saw this cyborg kick eight thousand field goals in a row without missing and there were national news stories on him and the whole world knew about him then guess what? kstate does not even think about kicking a field goal in that situation and nobody in the entire stadium thinks about kicking a field goal in that situation.

Good points. We had to win that game. In 1989 vs N. Texas when you haven't won in a long time, you go for the win.

But Snyder changed within a few years based on a different situation. In 1993 against Colorado he went for the tie.


yeah. i thought about that colorado game too. i was so mad at the time but kind of understood. tying colorado was an accomplishment. that one handed lockett catch.  :love:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: kso_FAN on May 03, 2012, 01:09:49 PM
yeah. i thought about that colorado game too. i was so mad at the time but kind of understood. tying colorado was an accomplishment. that one handed lockett catch.  :love:

Yes, it was the oddest mixture of disappointment and happiness that I have ever had after a K-State game.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: pissclams on May 03, 2012, 01:24:53 PM
yeah. i thought about that colorado game too. i was so mad at the time but kind of understood. tying colorado was an accomplishment. that one handed lockett catch.  :love:

Yes, it was the oddest mixture of disappointment and happiness that I have ever had after a K-State game.

hmm, was that the same game? 
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 03, 2012, 01:35:19 PM
yeah. i thought about that colorado game too. i was so mad at the time but kind of understood. tying colorado was an accomplishment. that one handed lockett catch.  :love:

Yes, it was the oddest mixture of disappointment and happiness that I have ever had after a K-State game.

hmm, was that the same game?

yeah.

http://www.bing.com/search?q=one+handed+kevin+lockett+catch&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=one+handed+kevin+lockett+catch&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: kso_FAN on May 03, 2012, 01:46:44 PM
hmm, was that the same game?

yeah.

I was watching from the endzone. I thought there was no way the ball would be caught when May threw it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Khatkawwlw
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: WonderMeal on May 03, 2012, 01:59:35 PM
 :sdeek:  :sdeek:  :sdeek:  :sdeek:  :sdeek:  :sdeek:  :sdeek:

Turner Gill was a closet :ksu:  :emawkid:  :lynchmob: all the way back in 1989!

http://www.fanbase.com/North-Texas-Mean-Green-Football-1989/roster

Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Ira Hayes on May 03, 2012, 02:16:35 PM
The attendance was good because the athletic department made a strategic decision to encourage underage drinking.  It worked.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Ira Hayes on May 03, 2012, 02:23:08 PM
And also, those guys in green shirts running around with balls are all recruits.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 03, 2012, 02:28:05 PM
And also, those guys in green shirts running around with balls are all recruits.

lol. not true.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dugout DickStone on May 03, 2012, 02:52:11 PM
And also, those guys in green shirts running around with balls are all recruits.

lol. not true.

They are friends
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Ira Hayes on May 03, 2012, 02:53:56 PM
And also, those guys in green shirts running around with balls are all recruits.

lol. not true.

townie recruits and donors' kids.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on May 03, 2012, 02:59:00 PM
And also, those guys in green shirts running around with balls are all recruits.

lol. not true.

townie recruits and donors' kids.

they were all just mhs townie highschool football players. obviously some were recruited and some were donors kids. most weren't. i'm good friends with one who was neither, but whose job was to microwave fballs on cold days and then send them on the field when it was sean snyders turn to punt.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: POWL on May 03, 2012, 03:01:56 PM
Chad Faulkner ringing the bell.......that dude was in my fraternity.........he was alright, i guess  :dunno:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Ira Hayes on May 03, 2012, 03:08:14 PM
Chad Faulkner ringing the bell.......that dude was in my fraternity.........he was alright, i guess  :dunno:

Thought it was very fitting that the bell broke.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: SkinnyBenny on May 03, 2012, 04:07:54 PM
:sdeek:  :sdeek:  :sdeek:  :sdeek:  :sdeek:  :sdeek:  :sdeek:

Turner Gill was a closet :ksu:  :emawkid:  :lynchmob: all the way back in 1989!

http://www.fanbase.com/North-Texas-Mean-Green-Football-1989/roster


Sleuth-y second post!

 :eek: :eek: :thumbs: :katpakhead:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: SleepFighter on May 03, 2012, 04:35:07 PM
That game was the most angry I ever got at SleepMom in my whole life.  When NTSU scored their late TD to take the lead SleepMom let out with a huge gale of nervous laughter.  15yo me did not understand/approve of her coping mechanism and was pissed

Carl Straw and Frank Hernandez probably prevented me from running away from home that night.

Thanks fellas!
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Emo EMAW on May 03, 2012, 04:52:40 PM
That game was the most angry I ever got at SleepMom in my whole life.  When NTSU scored their late TD to take the lead SleepMom let out with a huge gale of nervous laughter.  15yo me did not understand/approve of her coping mechanism and was pissed

Carl Straw and Frank Hernandez probably prevented me from running away from home that night.

Thanks fellas!

I really love these stories of young EMAWs.  Love them I tell you.  One of the many reasons I read goEMAW.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: pissclams on May 03, 2012, 06:56:43 PM
yeah. i thought about that colorado game too. i was so mad at the time but kind of understood. tying colorado was an accomplishment. that one handed lockett catch.  :love:

Yes, it was the oddest mixture of disappointment and happiness that I have ever had after a K-State game.

hmm, was that the same game?

yeah.

http://www.bing.com/search?q=one+handed+kevin+lockett+catch&qs=n&form=QBRE&pq=one+handed+kevin+lockett+catch&sc=0-0&sp=-1&sk=

i remember the catch, was there.  (icat). 
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: RightMeow on May 07, 2012, 02:38:42 PM
Would be nice if someone could put together a film solely about the 89 wild wildcats and do a "where are they now" type of deal, kind of like the end of Friday Night Lights or something.
Like show Hernandez catching the ball for the winning score, then show him pushing papers at a used car dealership and get a few quotes from him, etc.   I neeeed to know what Straw is doing with himself now. Like really really need to know. TIA.
 :emawkid:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Katpappy on May 07, 2012, 02:46:38 PM
Would be nice if someone could put together a film solely about the 89 wild wildcats and do a "where are they now" type of deal, kind of like the end of Friday Night Lights or something.
Like show Hernandez catching the ball for the winning score, then show him pushing papers at a used car dealership and get a few quotes from him, etc.   I neeeed to know what Straw is doing with himself now. Like really really need to know. TIA.
 :emawkid:
GOOGLE... we don't need your books, newspapers, land lines or TV's; we got the internets.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: SkinnyBenny on May 07, 2012, 05:28:54 PM
Frank Hernandez:
http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hernandez_frank00.html
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Katpappy on May 07, 2012, 10:04:49 PM
Frank Hernandez:
http://www.uhcougars.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hernandez_frank00.html
Find that little nugget using google?  :fatty:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: SkinnyBenny on May 07, 2012, 10:27:01 PM
 :D
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: RightMeow on May 08, 2012, 09:40:20 AM
Need documentary style video with at least 5 players from this team.  TIA.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Barry McCockner on May 08, 2012, 08:44:45 PM
I almost got killed by that goal post.

Was on the crossbar as it came down...sorry if I landed on you.
Title: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on September 11, 2012, 11:58:47 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZVj5Rubah0

I'm really happy we broke our losing streak against these dorks (North Texas). However, _FAN please break down Straws 5 step drop for me. It looks so awkward.
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on September 12, 2012, 12:05:55 AM
Also, 17-14 we were down. Fourth and 4? No kicking a FG? Am I showing my age? Was there no overtime back then? I see the highlight real over and over at the stadium as the start of Bill's greatness, but I guess I don't know why we didn't kick a FG, unless we were so sick of losing and didn't want to go to OT.
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: p1k3 on September 12, 2012, 12:06:46 AM
Never seen this. We've come a long way.

And lol the Wabash being played as the students are hustling off the goal posts.
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: Stevesie60 on September 12, 2012, 12:07:22 AM
The part I chuckled at the most is how 84 just stands at the end of the o-line with his hands on his hips and gassed. He could not look less ready to make an athletic play.
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: p1k3 on September 12, 2012, 12:07:58 AM
Pretty sure there was no OT back then Fanning.
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: Stevesie60 on September 12, 2012, 12:08:40 AM
Also, 17-14 we were down. Fourth and 4? No kicking a FG? Am I showing my age? Was there no overtime back then? I see the highlight real over and over at the stadium as the start of Bill's greatness, but I guess I don't know why we didn't kick a FG, unless we were so sick of losing and didn't want to go to OT.

Yeah, I believe daris is the one who explained. After losing that many games in a row, you don't go for the tie (there was no OT).
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: Tobias on September 12, 2012, 12:09:20 AM
Also, 17-14 we were down. Fourth and 4? No kicking a FG? Am I showing my age? Was there no overtime back then? I see the highlight real over and over at the stadium as the start of Bill's greatness, but I guess I don't know why we didn't kick a FG, unless we were so sick of losing and didn't want to go to OT.

i was six at the time and had never even heard of kansas, but i'd imagine you answered your own question
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on September 12, 2012, 12:09:34 AM
Yep, and apparently Smith was our only player back then. I wonder what the recruiting fruit was for him. "Listen dude, you could go to Oklahoma, but we'll give you the ball on every down."- Snyder
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: joda on September 12, 2012, 12:11:00 AM
Don't know what's worse from that. QB looking like he's going to fall over when he drops back to pass, the LT looking like he couldn't block my grandma, the fact that we still won, or that we're still wearing almost identical uniforms 23 years later.
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: Tobias on September 12, 2012, 12:11:23 AM
definitely enjoyed this footage, btw :thumbs:
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: joda on September 12, 2012, 12:14:21 AM
Yep, and apparently Smith was our only player back then. I wonder what the recruiting fruit was for him. "Listen dude, you could go to Oklahoma, but we'll give you the ball on every down."- Snyder

maybe he promised him a coaching gig for the rest of his life
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on September 12, 2012, 12:18:48 AM
Yep, and apparently Smith was our only player back then. I wonder what the recruiting fruit was for him. "Listen dude, you could go to Oklahoma, but we'll give you the ball on every down."- Snyder

maybe he promised him a coaching gig for the rest of his life
:thumbs:
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on September 12, 2012, 12:25:19 AM
OMG, look at Willie during this video. He's just hanging in the "student section". No need to leave that area back in those times. I'm sure he was PAK'ing.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Tobias on September 12, 2012, 12:39:52 AM
great modding.  i know i've been mentally checked out for about six months or so, but have no recollection of this :sdeek:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on September 12, 2012, 12:49:19 AM
great modding.  i know i've been mentally checked out for about six months or so, but have no recollection of this :sdeek:
Yep. My bad.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: 420seriouscat69 on September 12, 2012, 12:58:28 AM
Could we afford for goalposts being torn down back then?
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: WildcatPower on September 12, 2012, 01:12:13 AM
#88 Smith was just amazing on that drive, catching every damn thing thrown at his way....
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: purplehaze on September 12, 2012, 01:21:43 AM
The glory days.  We need an old school wildcat logo emoticon.  TIA.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZVj5Rubah0&feature=related

Would you storm the field if we beat texas to win the Big 12? If we beat texas to go undefeated?
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: WildcatPower on September 12, 2012, 01:24:57 AM
Could we afford for goalposts being torn down back then?

Probably not, but after finally winning a game after 30 tries, I think the athletic department was like "eff it, more debt! A win effing feels good!"
Title: Re: Where Snyder Ball Started
Post by: ednksu on September 12, 2012, 01:25:10 AM
The part I chuckled at the most is how 84 just stands at the end of the o-line with his hands on his hips and gassed. He could not look less ready to make an athletic play.
you mean the TE doing the same thing Snyder has them do now?  Beginnings of eliteness.
Title: North Tejas 1989
Post by: felix rex on September 12, 2012, 02:10:53 AM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZVj5Rubah0

I'm really happy we broke our losing streak against these dorks (North Texas). However, _FAN please break down Straws 5 step drop for me. It looks so awkward.

That is so surreal to watch.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Kat Kid on September 12, 2012, 06:10:29 AM
Elders gather round,
tell your stories of battles
past. share your glory
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Saulbadguy on September 12, 2012, 06:32:01 AM
Elders gather round,
tell your stories of battles
past. share your glory

I specifically want to hear about us losing to Austin Peay.

Dax?
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: kso_FAN on September 12, 2012, 07:40:49 AM
In 1989 if a Kansas Highway patrol officer stopped you on the interstate instead of a citation you received 2 tickets to a K-State football game.

If you got stopped a 2nd time you were forced to go to a game.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on September 12, 2012, 08:00:00 AM
In 1989 if a Kansas Highway patrol officer stopped you on the interstate instead of a citation you received 2 tickets to a K-State football game.

If you got stopped a 2nd time you were forced to go to a game.

-a kids parents were getting a divorce, so the judge asked him ...
-do you want to live with your mom?
-no. she beats me.
-do you want to live with your dad?
-no. he beats me too.
-well then, who do you want to live with?
-i want to live with k-state. they don't beat anybody.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Pete on September 12, 2012, 08:10:29 AM
Q:  Do you know what smells like dog crap?

A: Two things:  KSU football before LHC Bill Snyder, and dog crap.


get it?
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: MadCat on September 12, 2012, 08:24:19 AM
Q:  Do you know what smells like dog crap?

A: Two things:  KSU football before LHC Bill Snyder, and dog crap.


get it?

Indeed, I do.  :cheers:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: slobber on September 12, 2012, 08:32:04 AM
I wasn't at the game. I listened on the radio. I was going crazy when we won. My dad was listening in the tractor out in the field next to the house. He came home right after the 'cats won. He got out and immediately started doing the "WHAT IT IS! WHAT IT IS!"

Dobber gets a tear in his eye to this day every time I see the video of the game or think about that day...my dad died a couple of months later.  :cry:
Title: North Tejas 1989
Post by: felix rex on September 12, 2012, 08:36:35 AM
Interstate 70
K-State 0
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Stevesie60 on September 12, 2012, 08:58:43 AM
Back in that day, you couldn't leave your K-State football tickets in the dashboard of your car, or else you'd come back and there'd be 2 more there.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Acceleration Man on September 12, 2012, 09:16:11 AM
I love at 4:08 how Mitch almost passes out in agonizing relief as he shouts "They win a ballgame!".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=oZVj5Rubah0#t=248s

Amazing stuff, really.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on September 12, 2012, 09:19:35 AM
little daris was at that game and down on the field after it. but then again i am a great ksu cat fan, so where else would i have been?
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Mike Ahearn on September 12, 2012, 09:21:58 AM
I specifically want to hear about us losing to Austin Peay.

I was there.  It was a night game.  At the conclusion of the game, the Austin Peay players danced at midfield.  If my memory serves, a purple rectangle embedded with white interlocking "K S U" letters was painted on midfield.  After the game, Willie Nelson performed a Farm Aid concert in the rain from a makeshift stage erected at the north endzone.   Miserable game and evening.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Cartierfor3 on September 12, 2012, 09:31:43 AM
I wasn't at the game. I listened on the radio. I was going crazy when we won. My dad was listening in the tractor out in the field next to the house. He came home right after the 'cats won. He got out and immediately started doing the "WHAT IT IS! WHAT IT IS!"

Dobber gets a tear in his eye to this day every time I see the video of the game or think about that day...my dad died a couple of months later.  :cry:

Your Dad sounds like he was amazingly EMAW. 
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: SdK on September 12, 2012, 02:59:16 PM
Big 8 guys' shorts  :fatty:
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: slobber on September 12, 2012, 03:02:18 PM
I wasn't at the game. I listened on the radio. I was going crazy when we won. My dad was listening in the tractor out in the field next to the house. He came home right after the 'cats won. He got out and immediately started doing the "WHAT IT IS! WHAT IT IS!"

Dobber gets a tear in his eye to this day every time I see the video of the game or think about that day...my dad died a couple of months later.  :cry:

Your Dad sounds like he was amazingly EMAW.
oh yeah! A great man and a great emaw!
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: Institutional Control on September 12, 2012, 03:16:33 PM
little daris was at that game and down on the field after it. but then again i am a great ksu cat fan, so where else would i have been?

I'm pretty sure I was in the stands trying to peg the UNT coach in the head with vodka spiked oranges.
Title: Re: North Tejas 1989
Post by: ben ji on September 13, 2012, 07:46:31 PM
Our team was absolutely terrible. Their DE was just destroying out LT that entire drive...Every....Single....Play

And Straw's drop  :lol: :bang: :lol: