Peggy PositivesCoach Snyder vs. Cancer as many know LHCBS is a longtime opponent of cancer and shows his disdain each spring by wearing his Nike Cortez with his navy blue blazer and charcoal slacks. Well done coach.
BSFS Expansion looks delicious as I approached the stadium, I heard the distinctive ring of a strong construction worker hitting cold steel with a sledgehammer. As the thick sonic reverberations bounced off of the UC I smiled knowing that construction was on time and not behind schedule.
F14 are some of the most dedicated EMAW around Did you know that Abe lives in Jokelahoma? I mean Jesus Chirst. He came to the Spring Game! And periodically comes back to Aggieville Aggieville I'll be out in...Take a good hard look at yourselves Kansas State alumnae. You better do some crunches and hit the road.
Gronk what an edition. All of them.
http://deadspin.com/rob-gronkowski-drinking-bud-light-platinum-483812826It's Miller Time Harper will not be replaced or replicated, however Miller Time now must emerge as a legit 3rd option to TLBL and TT's 1-2 punch. So far, so good. The problem for Torrell has never been his size, but today he showed he is capable of running a great deep route when called upon (although when he is not the primary his routes looked sloppy) and can catch the money ball. This is a huge development and good for him.
TT and TLBL So happy that they are back.
Rose to the occasion a Sproles-esque reversal of field for 9 yards capped a really strong afternoon for flowerpowercat. I hope Hubes gets spelled a little more than last year as Rose looks like a real weapon to both advance the ball in chunks and to retain possession
Sams looked solid You could nitpick the performance (he looked like he still struggled throwing the deep ball and had help with play calling to limit his reads/receivers to key on) but he had better zip on his throws, got the ball out of his hands, clearly brings a true dual threat and appeared the more confident and decisive of the two QBs. The read option pass to Miller Time was the highlight of the day.
Andre McDonald re-appeared after a long hibernation although he played in 9 games, he did not make a catch last. The Senior made a couple nice grabs and absolutely trucked a DB in a decidedly un-Tannehill-like sideline showdown.
I saw a very pregnant woman enthusiastically supporting her favorite player who turned out to be JuCo transfer Fullback Adam Weber of Colby, KS. She had lifted her shirt over her sizable baby bump and painted "34" in purple and white paint on her exposed skin. 34 Belly. What a mad genius! It was a riddle of visual football art! She was simultaneously achieving layers of powerful statements both subtle and apparent a real masterwork achievement and elevation of the genre of signage at sporting events:
statement 1: I am pregnant
statement 2: I support purple 34
statement 3: 34 belly is a play that should be run for purple 34
possible statement 4: purple 34 is the father of this child
Nancy NegativesOur secondary looks particularly bad they repeatedly broke down for big plays- falling down, not knowing where their leverage should be, biting on play action, not playing an underthrown ball (resulting in a PI which was actually the third best possibility on that throw to TT) it was an underwhelming performance to say the least. Obviously the depth is not there, but we can at least hope that Ty Zimmerman and Evans? Burns? can marshall together some better play against our actual competition.
our receivers struggled to get open at times the secondary, despite its potential for big errors, did a lot of the little stuff right underneath Particularly with Waters, they held the receivers in check for close to 10 seconds before Waters would leave the pocket and scurry off for some yards. They bumped the crossing patterns they knew where the release points were in their coverage and they made some nice aggressive plays on the ball and man. Did not see a lot of missed tackles for Spring.
Front 7 is going to get unfairly trashed HFBIQKSUC know that Spring is for offense and defense is for Dr. P's so I will not dwell on the obvious lack of production, it is to be expected. How to the ever, there were two concerns that were concerning to this humble observer
1. We gave the QBs tons of time and even when there was no rush, could not contain them.
2. We have a tendency to over pursue
Second things first- the over pursuit coupled with our secondary's breakdown potential has me even more concerned that we are ripe for a couple beatdowns (think OU-UT or KSU-WVU) this year. That will hurt my feelings and make our record feel even worse. It was like last night when I was playing beer pong and it was 1 cup vs. 1 cup and the oppos sank their shot, then the second guy (just for fun) nails his in the same cup just as the consequences of the first shot was being fully absorbed by my miller lite soaked synapses. Point being? Quick strike Bob Stoops in BSFS will be double painful (if they figure out a QB).
First things second- We did not have any "coverage sacks" these are good to get when your coverage is prone to break down. It is like help for the homeless, or bailing your redneck cousin out of juvee or adopting a pet.... it is good for the soul and it shows compassion for the greater good. Our front 7 have combined Gordon Gecko's confidence with no Glengarry leads. These are best described as problems.
Things that happen in June (2 happy 2 happy-sad) happy: KK birthday happy: sonofKK birthday happy-sad: John Hubert is back from injury (but it is still sad because he was injured), happy-sad: FattyFest June 15th, We remember Shwan "Fatty fat fat" Alkhatib at Auntie Mae's. He's one of the greats. If you are in Kansas, or a surrounding state, get here.
