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2019 Adversity Tracker
« on: September 15, 2019, 02:02:21 PM »
First adversity overcome!

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September 15, 2019
By Corbin McGuire

STARKVILLE, Miss. – K-State faced roughly no adversity in its first two wins this season. The Wildcats knew that would end in Week 3, but they were prepared to bounce back from it in a 31-24 win at No. 23 Mississippi State on Saturday in Davis Wade Stadium.
 
The Wildcats (3-0) scored 14 unanswered points in the fourth quarter, after MSU put up 17 straight, to clinch the program's first road win against a Power Five opponent since topping Miami 28-24 in 2011. It also marked the program's first ever road win over an opponent in the SEC at the time the game was played.

"It was a great day. I knew we would have adversity and I knew our guys wouldn't panic and we'd have resolve, and that's kind of what happened," K-State head coach Chris Klieman said. "It was a really good football team that we played. It was punch, counter-punch."
 
K-State's Malik Knowles delivered a momentum-changing blow early in the fourth quarter of a game played in 100-degree humid temperatures. The freshman receiver tied the game at 24 with a 100-yard kickoff return. It ended a long dry spell from K-State, which included only two true offensive series and 15 total yards in the third quarter.
 
"It was a big play when we needed it," Klieman said. "It was a great job by the guys up front and getting the wall set. I was happy Malik could make it the whole way because I know he was cramping up as well today."
 
After the special teams score, the Wildcat defense forced two consecutive three-and-outs to give them five such stops for the game. K-State quarterback Skylar Thompson followed the second fourth quarter stop with a six-play, 53-yard scoring drive to take the lead. He ended it with a 15-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Dalton Gruntley with 5:37 to play.
 
"We knew we were going to battle adversity, but I feel like we handled it well as a whole, as a team, as coaches," running back James Gilbert, with a team-high 59 rushing yards on 17 attempts, said. "Nobody pointed a finger. We just stepped up to the challenge and made the plays we needed to (in order) to win the game."
 
K-State turned MSU over on downs on the ensuing drive. On fourth-and-16, AJ Parker and Elijah Sullivan capped the stop by hitting a diving MSU quarterback Garrett Schrader propelling him into a helicopter spin that forced him to fall a yard shy of the first down marker.
 
"This was going to be a four-quarter slugfest. That's what we told our guys," Klieman said. "Now, how much resolve do you have in the fourth quarter? How much do you believe in yourself? How much can you raise your level of play in the fourth quarter? I thought we had some really good stops on defense."
 
K-State overcame a trio of lost fumbles with the strong fourth quarter, two on muffed punt returns and another on a Parker interception return. MSU turned those Wildcat turnovers into 17 points between the second and third quarters.
 
"That's football. Those things happen," Klieman said. "It's just how you respond to those things and I thought our defense did a great job."
 
The Wildcats also turned the Bulldogs over three times, turning two of them into a combined 10 points.
 
Senior safety Denzel Goolsby, who led the team with 11 tackles, snagged an interception that bounced off the hands of a Mississippi State receiver in the first quarter. It led to a 35-yard field goal from Blake Lynch.
 
About three minutes before halftime, freshman linebacker Daniel Green scooped up a fumble to set up a 30-yard scoring drive. MSU answered, however, with a 31-second touchdown drive, finished by a 35-yard touchdown pass to take momentum into the half.
 
"Today was the ultimate test to see where our football team was. We knew we were going to battle adversity, but I feel like we handled it well," Gilbert said, as K-State will have a bye week before opening up Big 12 play at Oklahoma State on September 28. "I feel like going into the bye week everybody can get their bodies back (fresh) and we can start conference play and keep it rolling."


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Re: 2019 Adversity Tracker
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2019, 02:25:14 PM »
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September 15, 2019
By Corbin McGuire

STARKVILLE, Miss. –
 
After the special teams score, the Wildcat defense forced two consecutive three-and-outs to give them five such stops for the game. K-State quarterback Skylar Thompson followed the second fourth quarter stop with a six-play, 53-yard scoring drive to take the lead. He ended it with a 15-yard touchdown pass to senior receiver Dalton Gruntley with 5:37 to play.

 

 

Who the F is Dalton Gruntley?

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Re: 2019 Adversity Tracker
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2019, 02:33:17 PM »
Who the F is Dalton Gruntley?

Must be some guy with a name that gE automatically mods to a renocat name.

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Re: 2019 Adversity Tracker
« Reply #3 on: September 15, 2019, 03:49:51 PM »
Gruntley. Since his brother played b-ball
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« Reply #4 on: September 15, 2019, 07:42:21 PM »
Lol, I didn’t even look and assumed there actually was a guy named gruntley and made that joke.

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« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2019, 02:27:45 PM »
Damn the schedule makers

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« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2019, 02:41:18 PM »
yes were really feeling the rhythm

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« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2019, 02:48:31 PM »
Tough to break the rhythm of being crappy

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« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2019, 02:55:58 PM »
we played really good until our first bye, then lost our rhythm and played like crap, then maybe after this bye our rhythm turns back into playing awesome until our next bye before the bowl game  :excited:

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« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2019, 03:13:08 PM »
I guess it's possible for the team to get used to the rhythm of the other team rhythmically kicking our asses up into our throats then stepping on our throat/ass all day

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« Reply #11 on: October 16, 2019, 01:03:02 AM »
Two byes in four weeks is horseshit, too bad it's either his or the mustang's fault though. The second bye was created when they assed out of the Thursday night game with TCU.

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« Reply #12 on: October 16, 2019, 01:26:32 AM »
Two byes in four weeks is horseshit, too bad it's either his or the mustang's fault though. The second bye was created when they assed out of the Thursday night game with TCU.

ya wtf, thu games are great
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« Reply #13 on: September 21, 2022, 10:57:25 AM »
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Responding to Adversity

September 21, 2022
By D. Scott Fritchen

Kansas State saw the seemingly unthinkable turn to fruition in a 17-10 home loss to Tulane. The Wildcats have turned the page and head coach Chris Klieman says “it’s not panic time.”

When K-State, 2-1, opens the Big 12 Conference season at No. 6 Oklahoma, 3-0, in Saturday’s 7 p.m. kickoff on FOX, Klieman will look for improvement from his team across the board.

“We’re only three games into it, but we know it’s a time for us to improve in all areas, so I’m excited to see how the guys respond to adversity,” Klieman said in his weekly news conference. “We talked about the adversity we’re facing, and we’ve faced it before. These guys need to attack it. We have the right leadership and right guys in the locker room to get it done. We just have to get better and continue to improve.”

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« Reply #14 on: September 21, 2022, 11:38:38 AM »
I think the coaching staff created their own adversity this season by gun-shying Martinez. If they can get him to let her rip (and fight for extra yards on runs) we’ll be fine. Gonna go out on a limb and predict a really good season for Tulane too.
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« Reply #15 on: September 21, 2022, 12:21:15 PM »
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Responding to Adversity

September 21, 2022
By D. Scott Fritchen

Kansas State saw the seemingly unthinkable turn to fruition in a 17-10 home loss to Tulane. The Wildcats have turned the page and head coach Chris Klieman says “it’s not panic time.”

When K-State, 2-1, opens the Big 12 Conference season at No. 6 Oklahoma, 3-0, in Saturday’s 7 p.m. kickoff on FOX, Klieman will look for improvement from his team across the board.

“We’re only three games into it, but we know it’s a time for us to improve in all areas, so I’m excited to see how the guys respond to adversity,” Klieman said in his weekly news conference. “We talked about the adversity we’re facing, and we’ve faced it before. These guys need to attack it. We have the right leadership and right guys in the locker room to get it done. We just have to get better and continue to improve.”

Setting up blaming the players for not overcoming adversity when we get walked