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RB Brooks comes to The Booth with 1,037 rushing yds on 193 carries. Big numbers, but mainly because TT second rusher has only 32 carries. Devon Neal has almost 60 fewer carries than Brooks, with Neal carrying 136 times for 828 yds and Hammerin' Hishaw carrying 89 times for 517 yds. KU offense out rushes TT 1,783 to 1,554 and both have nearly identical passing yds, 2,100. I really hope KU gets the ground game going this morning, then sprinkles in some long passes to our WRs, who are just tearing it up with great, NFL-like catches.

I really love our backs Devin & Daniel, yet lets make sure not to under estimate or under value Brooks , yes he has rushed for over a thousand yards , , on like 60 some more attempts, however mainly because they have had to rely on him more for the work load because for the majority of the Season their top two QB'S have been out. This will be only the 2nd game for their back up QB Morton since his return.

Make no mistake Brooks is a very legit back,,, very strong and has top notch break away speed. Hard to bring down/tackle. He has a 5.4 per attempt rush average and most his run at his best are between the tackles right up the middle. - Brooks is the type of player that has given KU defense trouble, our Defense has got to wrap up, make stops.

I wouldn't trade our backs for anybody. Love Devin and HiShaw and even McDuffie. Gonna be a hard game, if Defense can get some stops, the crowd is loud, make this an unfriendly enviroment - I think w pull this out , but don't let that 4-5 record of Tech fool ya, if people think this will be easy, it will jump up and bite us right square in the ass. - - KU 35 -Texasa Tech 31

Patrick Mahomes' presence at the game today probably won't be noticed by the players. It's more of a media thing where Mahomes will be shown repeatedly during the game.

Good grief what a bad start.

can't waste any more possessions

That was to dam easy

Not a good start

that procedure call against us changed things for sure

should've cut that back

holes are off tackle not in the middle or outside

What’s the point punting if it goes 25 yards. This one looks like it’s gonna ugly quick for the home team

this could get ugly real quick. - Brooks will eat us up if this Defense doesn't adjust quick. - Then when we load to stop the run Morton gonna pick you part

a quick short pass to get Bean out of his head might help. seems like he's waiting too long and not good throwing on the run. Video not showing the coverage though so hard to tell what's going on

pretty sure they can get a yard

I don't know why Tech is bothering to throw it

May gosh they run it and get 5-8

Well better get some offense going here

4 , 7 , 5, 6, 4, 5, 11, 4 , 5, 7, 5 , 4 - -Thats Brooks just like candy

What, 14 plays on that drive from mid field? D is making them work for it at least, but O has to give them some time to rest or this is going to get really ugly fast.

Hell we are almost through the 1st quarter and have 7 yards of offense

@jayballer67 looks like Beaty vs TCU so far on offense

head shot

Now what?

@stoptheflop said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

Now what?

time to do some yard work

@DanR said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

head shot

That's not the issue. Bean's knee is the issue. That looked like it could have torn some stuff in his knee the way he fell.

@Texas-Hawk-10 head show was on Neal the previous play head to head

jogged off. Whew. Go Ballard!

see this is what sucks with Daniels. Bean goes doown, - -were screwed. - -Not fault of Ballard just hasn't taken any snaps - -- not good

That should’ve been a flag, you can’t lead with the helmet.

Thank heavens!

thanks for throwing it, Tech.!

Tech is stupid for throwing it, but have to use this Mo at our own 1

Why did they call Bean on 4th down?

Man time to change up, run Hishaw a couple of times or get them both in the backfield at the same time. - -Would love Jason to run - but no can't take a chance get him hurt

How 'bout use our TE's?

we have nearly the entire list of offensive plays yet to try

I like the call of going deep....

there were two other worse plays than that would have been closer to targeting

They are dropping like fly's right now.

Tech sure seems to be intentionally head tackling

Ya that should’ve been a targeting

Ben looking decent, big thing is Defense is getting rest

I liked that run by Ballard. LOL

We have something in Ballard.

Good instincts!

Well give the lil guy some credit

@jayballer67 said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

Well give the lil guy some credit

He's 6-2 supposedly

The Man The Myth The Legend

@kjayhawks said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

Ben looking decent, big thing is Defense is getting rest

Exactly

@DanR said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

@jayballer67 said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

Well give the lil guy some credit

He's 6-2 supposedly

oh , ok - -man doesn't look like it

It’s cause he thicc

Ok KU's second string QB gets knocked out of the game while running the ball. Now our whatever string QB Ballard is running the ball. How many QBs do we have that can actually move this offense?

Ballard looks about 5-10. I'll believe the 220 lbs. He's a fire hydrant proportion

@stoptheflop wildcat every play if Ballard goes down

Wish we ran stuff under center.

Don't like the play call there.

hated both of those last two plays

Darn it that could be the game right there

who in the hell is missing there blocks? -that right there is a back breaker

Ugh! That first down play w/a guy I haven't heard of??

every time we meet a really good back we can't make that stop

Main thing is to hold them here and get out of the half

Or a pic

yeah, keep throwing it, Tech

We have had more players getting hurt this 1st half crazy

Tech play a little dirty, IMO

Boy our Season is really in the balance now with both Daniels & Bean out

Air it out a couple times!

Well that wasn’t good but we are still in it. Probably should’ve just took the 3

So what's exactly wrong with Easters ? - - He must be really bad , if he still doesn't get a chance ,

@jayballer67 he’s got the “sucks at football” injury

@FarmerJayhawk said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

@jayballer67 he’s got the “sucks at football” injury

Why is he even on the roster if he is that bad- -Dam , what did they see in him , to offer him a scholi what a waste

It's crazt through this nightmare - -Tech only has out gained us in offense by 15 yards. - Brooks already over 100 yards rushing, I think they have out rushed 144 yards to 82 but we have more through the air 35-50 -but they own the real big one 10-0

Well this is a rough half of football. Defense stiffened enough thankfully to keep us in it during the 2nd quarter, but Tech seems a little dirty. The reviewed play didn't hit the helmet of our guy but he did lead that way. The play the TE got hurt was excessive. Is he back does anyone know? Wow, what seemed like a almost guaranteed victory is now gonna be a struggle.

Ballard, bless his heart, is not a good thrower of the football, but I also think we can drive down the field like we did on the long drive.

When we got a 3rd string QB and we're down 10 late in the half a FG would have been nice there. Not the best call in my book.

refs missed a hold there in the backfield

I saw the hold the announcer noticed. grrr

@jayballer67 holdover from the previous admin and is basically a coach

Hanni was saying on the Radio Bean didn't come back out for the start of the half

Ballard just learned a lesson

Ugh

We need a turnover, anyone got one?

All in all, the defense has held up pretty well since the first drive

Can the play by play guy quit yelling? I’m working on a cold and it’s not helping my head

Well, I guess we know Daniels isn't available today in the event of an emergency. I can hear the sirens 300 miles away from The Booth.

@FarmerJayhawk said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

All in all, the defense has held up pretty well since the first drive

hat's what I was thinking. made some adjustments maybe at half too, made stops - -we just don't have any offense without our QB'S

Damn!!

That’s game

Defense doing all the can but this is a losing battle

@FarmerJayhawk No it's not. You have a headache remember? You're not thinking straight!

I can't believe they haven't called one hold on TTech this entire game.

you couldn't ask Ballard for a better throw to Caasey, he just got it taken right out of his hands

Defense stands up again considering field position

What's happened to Devin ? -it's been only Hishaw last couple times out.

@wissox they did one but yes they are getting away with a lot imo. Hasn’t made a difference in the score tho.

We have to get some points if we can go get 7 they will feel some pressure. That 2 downs from one and losing yards was killer for us thus far.

If we have a trick play or something now is the time.

Have to stay aggressive here

Could've called OPI on Scott on that one.

@Texas-Hawk-10 yeah the drop was a little cosmic justice

Why all the new guys?

Well we may not score today

@kjayhawks said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

Well we may not score today

No doubt we won't

Crazy with the events that have transpired, if you said they had 13 points going into the 4th I’d say we are up by a few touchdowns.

or next week either if Bean isn't back. I think Fairchild is out - -Bean is out - -it's either Grimm or Skinner is out , think we had a lineman hurt- -not a good day.

Just our luck, last season Daniels goes down w go on a 5 game losing streak, this year really good season and now Bean goes down

@jayballer67 Grimm, Skinner, and Fairchild are all back and playing

Life!

We got a chance now!

There you go!!

Let’s go fellas!!!

Keep the A team out there

Now lesson learned from last week. When ISU scored to make it a game we hit them with a huge 80 yard TD pass on the very next play. Be careful Jayhawks. Play your game, we got the wind, their O hasn't exactly gashed us today.

@FarmerJayhawk said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

@jayballer67 Grimm, Skinner, and Fairchild are all back and playing

ok whew missed them , thats good

Nows time for your turnover @wissox :)

We have real life. - -Defense bettr 2nd half and Devin goes from the outhouse for missing on sack to the Penthouse on that run, - -we got SOME HOPE

@FarmerJayhawk Indeed, is your headache better now?

@wissox much much better now!

Put Trevor Wilson in

OK 9:30 second drive for the winning TD

GREAT DEFENSE, THEY FIRED UP. - -NOW LET'S SEE IF WE CAN PULL A RABBIT OUT OF THE HAT. - JUST CAN'T TAKE BIG SACKS - WE GOT OUR CHANCE

Come on line!

Dang guys catch the ball.

Why him?

Getting smarter!

No scott

If he leads us to a stirring comeback victory do we have a QB controversy? :)

bALLARD SHOWING SOME mOXY

Bean back out in street clothes heavy limp but no braces they said

OL starting to really push them around

Ballard got some wheels

Wish we'd kicked the FG earlier in the game.

Two plays right into the middle.....

The calls!😡

Dam , Dam

Lol totally missed personal foul

I wish this announcer would shut up, I'd be happier not knowing that.

So we got the dumbest refs?

WELL - -NOW we gotta bow our necks

hopefully Tech is stupid enough to throw it

Biggest 3rd down of the season!

Dammit Cobe

Hahahahahaaha

Bad penalty by Bryant there.

good grief what ever Cobee

Why do something that dumb? BTW looked like a false start on that play too at the bottom of the screen.

So did Cobees penalty save a TD?

Defense from 1st to 2nd half night and day

@wissox he had good position, and he's fast enough to keep up, so I'd say it was just stupid

just need a stop here

YES

Huge play by Kenny. that guy wasn't even the man he was covering and went over and made the hit

I’m feeling a shot play on first

😱

Holy!

really put us in a bind

Ahhh

So is Jalon done playing for KU?

Can't spell Ballard without Ball, amirite?

So officials can just rule it 1st down and then just as we snap say we're going to review? That's bogus.

@dylans said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

So is Jalon done playing for KU?

Haven't heard the exact extent of the injury

They owe us

4th and 1 inch, so let's get in the shotgun position, guys, to pick up five yards

@wissox that was a quick play call too. Dang

Knee wasn't down

Good, our incomplete 1st down pass is negated!!

Cool

Thank you

Free time out

Rolling now

Skinner all day him or Arnold or fairchild

@Crimsonorblue22 said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

Skinner all day him or Arnold or fairchild

No truer truth has ever been written

Skinner it is

I don't want to leave this up to our kickers.

get a TD please. I can't deal with a kick

Same

PI

Yeah!

crowd saw it. Thanks camera man for nothing

😍😎

Oh if we got a TD - - -

I DO NOT WANT OVERTIME

Sweet move tech. lol

Dam I thought that was 3rd down lol

Thanks Tech!

Well OT

Dumb!

short side again. no room

Just like end of Arkansas game Lance tries something tricky at the end and it fails.

Three possible outcomes. One is a loss. OT isn’t terrible.

Defense is playing well. Offense is turning up late. OT is in our favor.

we got to stiffen up 0;26 seconds - -OT is a lot better then where we were

Ballard proves there's some life after Bean

Play calling in red zone is a joke, 3 times inside the 5 with 6 points.

Pic!

Time for a pick 6

I'm fine with playing for OT at this point.

Pat is out of eligibility announcers.

I'm really hoping for OT now.

Not good they getting in range

LL should have run that last play. Incompletion is keeping Tech in it. Same mistake Andy made last game on 3rd and 1.

Tech is also kicking into the wind.

ball game

Damn

Geez

Pass interference on offense

We're KU football we've seen this before.

Dam

Geeze. Hope we don’t get big brothered by KSU again. Would be a disappointing end to a nice season.

The problem was going to the 3 man rush and letting him just sit back there and find open guys. Have to put pressure on the QB....

Whelp. Let another one get away.

I don't think OT was going to go well anyway, the way we were playing offense inside the 20.

4 times inside the TTU 10 yard line and come away with 6 points....

@DanR said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

Whelp. Let another one get away.

I don't think OT was going to go well anyway, the way we were playing offense inside the 20.

Before that last drive, Tech hadn't done shit on offense the second half.

Coach Ks play calling was ungodly bad in the red zone. Some of that is situational with a 3rd string QB but has been bad all year.

I feel pretty good about Ballard. Tough kid.

We got bent over by the zebras too. Just an embarrassment for the league

I’m definitely worried about getting destroyed next week now.

Giving up points at the end of an unproductive first half was my biggest takeaway. Tough circumstances forces a 3rd stringer to come in who engineers a really nice drive and we just got to put points on the board.

Bean gets hurt, comes back in and they call the play for him again. Dumb! Then we play all these guys that don't play and they can't catch balls right in their hands! Not happy.

I don't like prevent defense when a FG ties games. A prevent is meant to stop touchdowns, not keep teams out of FG range.

Did Daniels look uninterested to you? Not sure.

@kjayhawks if Bean is healthy we’ll be able to score on them. Defense really showed out today as well. But it is their entire season on the line

@FarmerJayhawk without Bean or Daniels Id predict 45-10 state

Idk much about football admittedly. But the offensive play calling in the red zone looked lackluster at best

@kjayhawks our defense is much better than that. If it’s Ballard I’d say closer to 27-20

@FarmerJayhawk I just want to beat them and win a bowl game at this point.

Can't really bash Ballard. - He did what he could after being thrown in the fire, freshman walk on that interception not his fault. just the offense over all w had three drives over 70 yards in the 2nd half and only came up with 6 points. - - -not scoring in the red zone killer, No would it been different for us if Jason was in the ? - -Probably, would of scored at least on 1 of those three drives , but the kid tried - -defense played big 2nd half -I agree I fricken hate going into any kind of prevent defense. -why the hell don't you just continue to play your regular defense instead of this crap ? -- your just snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory.

Crap. Uneducated watcher here…was TT any good?

@rockchalkjayhawk they aren’t bowl eligible even after beating us so no

@rockchalkjayhawk they’ve gotten a lot better lately as they’ve gotten healthy.

Such a weird feeling giving away games we would’ve been happy to be in over the last decade. Good to be 7-3 and making back to back bowls for only the second time ever. But man we completely crapped ourselves today and in Stillwater.

Coach said Beans injury was head.

Twitter or X rather is imploding asking if Beaty was on the sidelines. Sadly it looked it today

If it was Beaty we would’ve lost by 40. Team would’ve just quit after Bean went down

@FarmerJayhawk very true just a stupid way to lose a game. Hopefully the staff completely revamps the red zone offense and doesn’t run a prevent defense when the team needs just a FG. Several folks on ESPN called out the staff for such.

@kjayhawks yeah it definitely wasn’t their best day

OSU is getting hammered by UCF, weird season in this conference

@FarmerJayhawk said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

@kjayhawks our defense is much better than that. If it’s Ballard I’d say closer to 27-20

If KSU comes out like they did against Baylor, then it could get ugly.

@Texas-Hawk-10 said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

@FarmerJayhawk said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

@kjayhawks our defense is much better than that. If it’s Ballard I’d say closer to 27-20

If KSU comes out like they did against Baylor, then it could get ugly.

It’s crazy how far Baylor has fallen since they won the league. Like they’re horrific

@Texas-Hawk-10 @FarmerJayhawk Baylor hasn’t been good but yes I don’t get good vibes for us watching this game. We will know in a week either way.

@FarmerJayhawk them and tcu

Frustrated. So many injuries, dating back to TCU in 2021. KU can’t catch a break. Few teams have adequate QB depth, although KU’s 3rd string looked decent. 😢

Meanwhile KSU plays with a rabbits foot up its ass. They have or will play backup QBs in almost every conference game. The starters played for noted powerhouses Houston and Baylor

I really give a lot of credit to Lance for what he's done here. He's made us have hope for KU football again.

But his penchant for trick plays is usually cool when it's in the flow of a game, but twice now I think it has cost us by not giving us the best chance to win. I guess you can't say we would have scored on the 3rd down that led to the tying FG but lining a freshman QB out at WR and running a wildcat on the weak side of the field was really not my idea of a great chance.

Many remember the end of the Arkansas game when he took the ball out of Daniels hands and we failed. Lance needs to finish these games strongly and he does a lot obviously but I don't like these calls.

This loss is even bigger now with OSU getting absolutely demolished in Orlando today.

Also hate that Missouri is wrecking Tennessee today as well.

@Texas-Hawk-10 osu is shocking me, no home cooking though!

@wissox we will always want more as fans, right or wrong. I just hate running 2 gadget plays in the red zone with a 3rd string QB. Just like bringing a cold Bean in to attempt a pass when JD was on fire in the bowl game. Sometimes the smartest coaches over think the simple plays. It just isn’t logical or intelligent anyway you slice it. I think we needed to run a bit more on that last series once we got inside the 30. Still glad he’s our coach and very happy with the progress he’s made. I personally think the speed option worked great today the few times we ran it. It’s the same thinking as their RB getting over 20 carries in the first half. We couldn’t stop it at that point so why stop?

@kjayhawks I agree entirely. I’m not sure why but most coaches have abandoned lining up in the I and just ramming it in on short yardage. Don’t get cute, it’s a simple game.

@FarmerJayhawk yes the chiefs struggle in short yardage for the same reason. Line up in the shotgun and hand it off 5 yards deep. Get under center, try the tush push or use a lead blocking full back. We know what we are doing isn’t working. “Doing the same thing repeatedly while expecting a different result, is insanity” -Albert Einstein

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@Texas-Hawk-10 said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

This loss is even bigger now with OSU getting absolutely demolished in Orlando today.

Also hate that Missouri is wrecking Tennessee today as well.

Crappy football day.

I'll go back to telling everyone that all my KU attire is for basketball.

KU went from 3rd place to 8th place in the B12 standings today.

Why in the hell was the OC calling QB keeper plays when Bean's backup is a Fr walk-on? KC learned its lesson when Mahomes got hurt on a QB sneak against Denver. Sure, the QB Bean keeper plays were working but the cost was way too high. Cole Ballard did his best, but our offense needed a game tested QB.

@stoptheflop said in TexTech Offense Numbers:

Why in the hell was the OC calling QB keeper plays when Bean's backup is a Fr walk-on? KC learned its lesson when Mahomes got hurt on a QB sneak against Denver. Sure, the QB Bean keeper plays were working but the cost was way too high. Cole Ballard did his best, but our offense needed a game tested QB.

Cole Ballard wasn't why KU lost yesterday. We had 3 redzone trips and only scored 6 points because we don't run anything under center in short yardage situations. Our DC for whatever reason decided to play prevent defense when Tech only needed FG to win and has a kicker with a huge leg.

Was Ballard great yesterday? No, but he made some plays and moved the offense when Bean couldn't do it even before his injury. The loss yesterday was on the coaches making questionable play calls in key situations.

@Texas-Hawk-10 this is definitely the worst loss in coach LLs career here. We flat out got out coached but it was going to happen at some point. The best learn in victory and defeat. Ballard was salty when you consider he had 3 dropped passes and his INT was in his receivers hands first. Bean seems be on an every other week schedule. One week he is the best back up QB in the nation and could start at a lot of schools. The next week he’s making the wrong read and throwing into double/triple coverage.

Coach said in this post game it was a head injury with Jason .That to me sounds like possible concussion but could very easily be wrong. -- Coach also said Jason was feeling better later also , so with that can't see it being a concussion. If it is I'm sure he would have to clear protocol - -not sure how long that takes if it is.

We could've used that penalty on the kick when they jumped on and over us! Grim reaper and Fairchild were hit in the head too. Guess it wasn't obvious enough. Bean is so long, pretty easy target up the gut. Didn't he sit out a play after being roughed up and they fed him up the gut again? I know it's not flag, but he's not built like a RB. I'm having a hard time losing this game!

@Crimsonorblue22 the officiating was terrible no question. I think the announcers picked about 6 penalties they missed on TT and 2 on us. We still should’ve won

I need a snickers!

The next game will be much less stressful. Not a nail biter at all. :(

@nuleafjhawk yeah because we're gonna blow them out

@FarmerJayhawk Yeah. That's what I meant. :face_with_rolling_eyes: