Weber scheduled a softer non con so that his players, made fragile by two years of personnel issues, close losses and a hyper critical fan base, could build confidence and feel better about themselves. At first, all of the pundits crucified Weber for the soft schedule (trying to save his job!), but when K-State whipped West Virginia and played KU to the wire at Lawrence, they changed their tune. When they considered that the game was taken away by a missed traveling call, the pundits began proclaiming that the weaker non-con was proving to be a great move by Weber. What the pundits could not foresee is the damage created by two last second losses caused by bad officiating (KU-TECH). These were two away games that would have placed K-State in the top 20 nationwide with a battle for a conference championship. Fellow posters, these two blows, early in the conference season, harmed this team more than we will know. I'll never forget the players crouching on the floor after that technical foul at Lubbock, I'll never forget DJamer sitting on the bench with tears welling in his eyes. That look spoke a thousand words to me. "Here it goes again! We play our arsses off and come up short...this time by bad calls." Two last second calls; two one point losses on the other teams court; two lost opportunities to place K-State at the top of the conversation. At that point, I knew it was going to be a struggle to keep their heads above water. Any person, with half a brain, would've know that. Even the announcers, after the Texas Tech loss realizing K-State how now sustained two heart wrenching losses, stated: "What effect does this have on K-State going forward?"
