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I think we’ve all backed off the “we only scored 20 against Kansas” ledge so let’s get to 10 more thoughts on the game (really in-depth stuff here)…
1. J.W. Walsh had about the most J.W. Walsh stat line I can imagine (18/29 for 255 yards, 1 TD, 1 INT, 9 carries for 49 yards and 1 TD). He was really solid in pockets (though never the actual pocket) but I never got the “OK, we got this” feeling I had with Weeden (and to an extent Lunt — though at Arizona we definitely did not have this).
I just think Walsh is what he is — a fun teammate, solid leader, and great backup on what looks to be a contender in the Big 12 for the next few years. Let’s not try to transform him into something he’s not (a starting QB on a top 15 team).
2. Did anybody else see Justin Horton and Quinn Sharp’s 17-step handshake after one of Sharp’s field goals? Maybe I was hallucinating1 but it looked pretty spectacular.
3. What do we trust less right now — a Walsh deep ball or Justin Gilbert in single coverage?
4. Gundy respects Kansas’s defense the way Lindsay Lohan respects herself.
5. Was it just me or was every Fox Sports crowd shot buried in the middle of OSU fans? You could easily see the empty seats dotting (engulfing…whatever) the rest of the stadium but it was like Fox wanted to be like “look, it’s a fun game between two teams that couldn’t beat the best 7-on-7 high school team in Texas, we’re having a blast!”
6. Serious question here: does KU play its basketball highlights or its football highlights to pump up the crowd before games?
7. “Walsh and Stewart are best friends and grew up together” is the new “McCoy and Shipley are roomates and play the guitar together.”
8. The Jayhawk logo fascinates me. First of all, what is it? Second, I’m 100% convinced Kansas uses the same design template for their football field as they do their basketball court. I mean, these are the same size, right?
9. Saturday was one of the more bizarre experiences I’ve ever had watching an OSU football game. I went from “how many records are we going to break” mode to “how many Charlie Weis whale/rain jokes can I get away with before somebody calls me out” mode to “gosh, this is the most boring non-Savannah State game I can remember since 2005″ mode to “holy balls are we going to lose to Kansas” mode over the span of four hours. It was not a particularly enjoyable experience.
10. You want to know something weird? We’re halfway through October and only Kansas State, TCU, and Oklahoma State fully control their own destiny in the Big 12 race2.
Here are my first 10 thoughts.
Point 10 is most important. Win is a win and Cowboys are still in the Big 12 race.
I think the most depressing aspect of this season is that our 3 wins consist of the following: Savannah State, ULL, and Kansas (only a 6 point victory).
I want Lunt back on the field immediately.
Maybe our problem was we had to play while wearing wet uniforms. According to the announcers, KU had dry unis to put on during the delay…we didn’t. Life is hard..chafing and all that goes with wet britches..
KSU plays WVU Saturday. I don’t think KSU will be able to keep up with WVU and they don’t have the passing game to destabilize the WVU defense. With TCU playing Tech, one of those are going to drop to 2 conference loses. Assuming no surprises (a big assumption in this conference), we should have five teams with 1 conference loss (OSU, OU, KSU, WVU, & Tech or TCU). We have yet to play any of these teams, but we have to run the board to keep that AZ loss from keeping us out of the picture…..
Is it me, or does Randle look like he is miming someone trying to pick a lock on a door that won’t open…..
On a completely different note, why the fuck is the Iowa State game at 11am? How many of these are we going to play this year?
Because teams that almost lose to Kansas don’t get prime time TV spots
Comment to go with your “controlling our own destiny” thing. Current poll up at CRFF showing 79% think, with 2 weeks left, either KState (41%) controls its own destiny, or 3 or more teams will have 2 losses (38%).
Still 79%, but now 46-33 in favor of 3 or more 2 loss teams.
I think about the only thing Gilbert could pick would be a Walsh deep ball. He could stand 25 yards off his man like usual and it would come right to him.
Ha! Well played sir!
That made me laugh out loud.
#6. KU had an amazing in game video production. The stuff they used before the team took the field and before a big 3rd down were awesome. It made us look like Savanna State. What’s new? We have had poor video production ever since we got our first screen at Lewis Field.
If KU can get you fired up with proper video production and a poor team, then what could we do with the right people in place? It is really frustrating.
Also, they seemed to tie all the their marketing to their Adidas sponsorship. Even the intro video seemed to fit along with the same theme. While I hate Adidas, it was a nice marketing campaign.
It was a horrifying experience watching that game, but guess what? In 2005 we would be feeling a shit ton different than we do now. I think it’s awesome for this program to be in a place where we FREAKING WON and we aren’t satisfied. I guarantee Gundy, Monken, Randle, Lunt, and even Walsh and Gilbert aren’t satisfied. There have been articles and discussions since Saturday about our team’s leadership, not preparing for Kansas, etc. This is Gundy’s team, and it has been since he took over being the CEO versus being the OC. Should we have blown out Kansas? Probably. Did we win regardless? You bet.
In this league, and in the NCAA right now, winning is winning is winning. ‘Quality Wins/Loses’ don’t mean as much as they are supposed to, or people think they do (especially in the human polling/computer polling/SEC dick-sucking system). We whooped the hell outta OU and still got put behind ‘Bama. Why? Because we LOST to ISU. In OT. On the road. With difficult circumstances. That’s a pretty damn high quality loss, but it didn’t matter because we didn’t WIN.
I hope we can win the Big 12 this year and as noted, we have a better shot than 7 other teams right now. We aren’t going to the Nat’l championship this year – style points sure as hell don’t matter now. Just win, baby. Just win.