When I started typing that the auto fill finished it for me. I'd typed the same headline I was thinking of using for today last basketball season, so I added the word football so no one was confused about what sport I was talking about!

Speaking of confused, I'm still confused about what to feel about this football team. As an alum I should care about every sport from hoops on down to cattle judging. (Oh congrats KState for your championship in that premiere sport.) But they've given me really only one team to cheer for since I first free soloed Mt. Oread in 1985. Basketball.

Football has been with two exceptions been the very ugly stepchild of one of the kings of the sports teams in our hoops team. So Lance wanted to make sure people wouldn't call him Sir Lance Lose Alot and won some games. Got us excited. And in the truest of fashions for our grid program turned the potentially most exciting season in the schools history into a huge bunch of weekly what ifs.
- What if grimes calls more run plays instead of inaccurate Daniels throwing? Same game what if UI hadn't been permitted to fumble the ball into the end zone and recover it there on a punt and have it ruled a touchback instead of a safety?
- What if 6 KU defenders just fall on an UNLV fumble instead of just falling on it?
- What if we don't blow a 11 point lead in last 3 minutes against WVU?
- What if we beat Az State? I forget what we did wrong to lose that one, but it certainly must have been something!
- What if we don't combine some shoddy defense and referees also make some shoddy calls against TCU?

Wow, that's a lot of what ifs! We're undefeated if all of those go our way? Been part of my confusion. I still think this is a talented team. I think we can win tonight on the talent part, but afraid I'm going to add to the what if list instead and lose like last year to them when someone missed a clearcut pick 6 that my 10 year old self could have caught and ran back for a game sealing play.

If a bowl game bid is on the line I think tonight is must win because Lindenwood is not the right classification team to count wins against. I might be wrong. If we can count it then slightly less importance tonight but have to win out the rest of the way.

Glad I can see it on my new youtubetv subscription. I might need to utilize the nifty 2-4 games at once feature they have and watch the UW game against St. Pen too, and then add the world series to it. In a perfect world one game would be at 11, the next at 2:30 and the WS at 7 and I could spend all day ignoring the yard work and the clogged drain and stupid lesson plans for next week.

RCJHKU!!

@wissox --
think it could get ugly. One I think Giddens run all over us, between him and Edwards and then little Johnson for laughs and giggles. --I think they put the clamps on Devin, their run defense is pretty stout. That's a bad combination, could be wrong, been wrong plenty of times before - - -fingers crossed. If we could slow their run I think I would take our chances against Johnson having to throw more, thing is chances are he will Nickel and dime us to death - -methodically down the field and score.

Looking more like one of those like 48-- -30 type of games, - -giving up yet another muffed punt from us- - dropping a clear pick 6- -that's the way it's gone the past couple of years- - -If we hold onto that easy pick six- - -BALLGAME, IF JB Brown and & Whithers have solid game Maybe, Maybe make it a ball game.

K /State podcast said they think it will be whoever can control line of scrimmage both offense & defense and they said they thought K/State would do that -plus bing at Piggyville that doesn't help

@wissox you get one game against FCS that count toward your 6. Now if you schedule 2 you have to win 7 games KSU did this in Snyders first year back. I’m pretty much in agreement with you. This team has a lot of talent, several guys will play on Sunday. We need to get to 2-0 on the new season.

@kjayhawks Thanks. So not a must win, although it basically is anyways.

Kind of new to youtubetv. Does anyone know how to use multiview? Trying to put our game and UW on it and it won't let me.

OH no, is Neal hurt?

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Yes! What a run by Morrison!!

Oh snap. Dont stop …. Believin!!

That was some power running

As good of a start as you could ask for besides Neal getting nicked up. Hopefully he is able to return what a way to step up by Morrison who is a solid back just has two great ones ahead of him.

Avery Johnsons hair is too luxurious to be Pert Plus, thats like Pert Plus 2 in 1.

We have to force them to pass the football

Gotta get Neal going.

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Gotta get Neal going.

There we go, with the facemask add on

Holy drops that was bad.

Huge drop

If we lose that drop will play a big factor, huge moment there we missed.

Skinner got to make that catch

@AsadZ yes as a senior in a rivalry game

Really nice job through 1. Keep it up hawks. And get Q some stick em

Huge 3rd and long to start the 2nd quarter

My god give up a 3rd and 10’ on the ground

The guy spun around wtf can he do???

Really dumb to commit a foul right there.

Wow didn't see that reverse coming.

@wissox he definitely didn’t lead with the crown they hit face masks

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Skinner got to make that catch

I was waving the wheat. Assumed he caught it and then let go just a little early to celebrate!

I’m already lamenting Q’s drop

@FarmerJayhawk I did too, would’ve had that place silenced

Wheeler just doesn’t have the speed in coverage

Zero pass rush. Thats going to be a problem

This is where we throw a pick and fall apart usually

I’m so frustrated with this gave this game away last season and seem to be doing same again

Jesus Christ

Holy shit thats about the worst special teams play i have ever seen if it gets reversed.

Let it stand it’s fine

I never do!

If you have to look for 10 minutes that’s not reversible. Put a time limit

Why did he try to catch it? No harm if he lets it go, right?

@wissox yep total brain fart

Just…. Wow, guy.

Got some fixin to do.

Well it was close for a QTR and. Half

Nope,
No fixin.

That’s game boys

We make the wildest mistakes in this game every year. It’s incredible

@FarmerJayhawk wild. Thats a kind word.

Why is 29 back on the field?

@kjayhawks damage done, right?

We are making mistakes this season that well coached just don’t make. I like LL but dam

@wissox on my YouTube TV, as soon as I sign on I have 3 choices - "Library", "Home", or "Live".

If I go to Home it lists the games below and some will show multiview. Click on that and you should be good to go.

It's 8:07. Time for the ass whoopin to commence

All because a senior can’t catch a wide open touchdown and a return man doesn’t know where the hell he is on the field. Middle school level football IQ by the Jayhawks. I’m okay with just cancel the program and pushing in the new stadium. Build a student union or something and join the Big East.

Some things don’t change

Big brother vs younger brother

Self destruction

@AsadZ the problem is we don’t even sweep them in basketball anymore

We’ve moved the ball well. Not out of it by any means

Freeman just homered, 4-1 Dodgers. Here, we need to get a drive rolling and keep this from getting away from us.

Nice Jalon

Wow, thought that was going to be a throw out of bounds.

@kjayhawks lol

Huge

Well how about that

@kjayhawks said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

All because a senior can’t catch a wide open touchdown and a return man doesn’t know where the hell he is on the field. Middle school level football IQ by the Jayhawks. I’m okay with just cancel the program and pushing in the new stadium. Build a student union or something and join the Big East.

There's my what ifs from my original post. Those are all plays in a close one that are difference makers. But this one obviously is not over yet.

staying in it. Let's go!

This is good JD

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@Crimsonorblue22 said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

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PHOF!!!!

Jalon. So back.

I’m hoping my negative effect works, it used to greatly. We got lucky

On a realistic note here, if we can’t get a stop, we are in trouble with them getting the ball after half.

We're the best 2-5 team in the country!

Bla bla bla bla

@wissox without a doubt

We need a turnover in the worst way

Was that a catch?

@FarmerJayhawk said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

We need a turnover in the worst way

Seems like it could be worse. With a whole half ahead and all.

I wonder if Jaybate is watching

Hey hey!

Hey!

Hurt his nose

10 HAS BBQ grill marks on his bicep. Nice.

Nice ball

@wissox said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

I wonder if Jaybate is watching

Smoking a Cuban, drinking some single malt scotch, watching the history channel 40 part series on the civil war, probably.

nice spot

Why can't we have nice things?

Trevor tackled in end zone

tackled the receiver

Of course they pushed Wilson down in the end zone.

It’s actually shocking at this point we are still in this game with the mental errors

Huh didn’t know tackling a receiver in the end zone was legal

Lance ok?

mental errors by the refs

Laughing at the no call 🐦 View Tweet?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ

@DanR if they were they only ones we’d be up 21-7 right now

We should be up by about 14. I like our chances in the second half

We got an F ref and a L ref. Where are A and I?

Actually a smart play by that receiver. Maybe we return it if it's intercepted.

Oh so NOW they call PI

Wowzer. All that and we’re balls deep in this one. Buckle in my dudes

@FarmerJayhawk and me

@Crimsonorblue22 ahhh of course! How could I forget 😅

This team is just hysterical this year lol. Look like the better team but we can’t stop doing the dumbest possible shit.

Tighten up a bit and we should win this damn thing.

We suck like a big ol Electrolux vacuum

@Kcmatt7 yep they just seem lost at so many simple concepts that an upperclassman dominated team shouldn’t. We made them sweat for a half, that’s only about 3 of 16 game win streak they are currently on.

This streak has GOT to end soon. It’s so embarrassing

Glad we've stopped treating JD like a fragile flower. Let the man run.

How can we have to burn a TO there? Ref wouldn't let us snap because KS kid is running onto the field.

@wissox new rule

@wissox if the offense subs the defense has to get a chance to do the same so they go super slow

@wissox we subbed so they had to be given the opportunity. And there’s no rule against taking your sweet sweet time in doing so

I see, I'm not too smart on all these rules

pretty sure it's only supposed to be 3 seconds though to sub

can't believe that play worked LOL

They blitzing like crazy, set up a RB screen

DEV

Ball is Neal’s hands is always good

Crimson you still with us? Need that wheat!!

Real deal Devin Neal breaks Td record, 🌾🌾🌾🌾💙❤️🏈🫶🏆 he is now Big deal!

Beautiful!

not that big a deal on the kick, but good grief

Special teams the difference right now

That’s 11 points left on the board

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That’s 11 points left on the board

confidence building stat

@FarmerJayhawk Dropped pass, missed PAT adds up to 8. Where's the other? Did we miss a FG?

Can we just get a shout out for the best state flower in the USA? Sunflowers, baby. Pure joy. Big fat flat happy little faces follow the sun all day. Love those things.

@wissox safety

Gift!

LFG

Our run defense is phenomenal

@Crimsonorblue22 That's 2 points taken off their score. I get what you're saying.

Finally a good mo play

Looked like KSU had it oh well

Nice! Needed to flip the possessions

Dotson hurt though, huh?

Hey hey!

Hey!

afraid to blitz now, KSU?

Need a first down.

There goes Grimes abandoning the run again.

Why Jeff why? Id go for it

Don’t like that punt call

fucking punt. whatever

A net punt of 26 yards smh both the players and staff can’t make the simplest of plays and decisions

hope we get the ball back before giving up a huge play because that was stupid

Breaking news. Ohtani hurt his hand somehow.

Stop!

@wissox was it a fingernail? brings down the toughest MLB player

Let’s not abandoned the run

Disastrous decisions avoided on the last possession. RUN THE BALL

Grimm reaper!

Meanwhile on the field during that Mic crap. LOL

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@DanR Stealing 2nd and somehow hurt his hand. Trainer helped him off the field.

LETS GO

How about that great ESPN coverage. They're showing some KSTate bullcrap and the long pass play happens on a 3rd of the screen.

Great decision making, JD

That fumble recovery a few minutes ago was huge. Didn't result in us scoring but prevented them in a sure scoring position.

15:36 to go. We can do this

Buckle down and force there young QB for mistake

@FarmerJayhawk Just forget about the previous games this season and close it out!

Dotson still out?

What the heck is Cobee doing? Looks like we need another score

Just gotta work the clock so we have the ball last. Their D isn't great. ours has a big hole on the left side.

@wissox sliding into second base.

@Crimsonorblue22 he’s back

@FarmerJayhawk good and thx, the way he was holding his elbow, didn't look good.

Man I hope we don’t get our hearts ripped out in the 4th for the 6th time season and back to back years vs KSU. Buckle down fellas

@nuleafjhawk Yes, jammed his hand/wrist into the ground it looks like.

Another 3rd and long…

LOL Grimm would've had that

PHEW

Wow, still leading. Hope Grimes keeps calling the plays that got us this lead. No time to go super conservative.

That’s okay, let’s use some clock and go get some points

@DanR and Arnold and maybe Trevor!

@wissox I hope he can afford medical attention...

Let's go score

Take what the give no turnovers here fellas

you know dang it-- good stop, and yet for the third straight year our special teams killing us. -- - guy s catching kick off and going out of bunds at the one-- - a wide open dropped TD pass and so on a missed extra point - -but playing a hell of a game

@Crimsonorblue22 hit him in the hands. We're spoiled by our guys. Even when I watch NFL games I'm shocked at drops

@jayballer67 we both dropped TDs but they still got 3. If he makes that catch we are in great shape

Neal knows the deal

Why rush for 4 on first down, then throw?

I wish JD would just run when he has that much time with no one open

get a stop burn some time even if they score we have our shot

Yanks load em up losing by 2 in the top of the 9th with 1 out. Drama!

Let go offense

10:28 TD drive time

Let’s run with both JD and Neal here take the air out of the ball

I'd be happy with a quick score

Beggars can’t be choosers 😂

clearly strategy is to kill clock OK

Dodgers win

run? No, let's throw! Working though LOL,

ugly hit on JD

@wissox That doesn't upset me much

Grimm was open

@nuleafjhawk Me neither. That hold upsets me.

Weak ass hold

I mean I feel like Brown just got penalized for absolutely manhandling his guy?

Garbage call and now we are deer in headlights

I think JD got his brain jammed on that run

We likely are gonna need to score again here

After review, that holding call was absolute garbage. Let's go D.

And there we go, doing things to beat ourselves. - - holding call, short punt man

@jayballer67 Hey we've been watching the KU game. How'd the Yanks do?

@jayballer67 did you see the holding call?

@wissox said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

@jayballer67 Hey we've been watching the KU game. How'd the Yanks do?

Don't know think they lost , been watching KU

@kjayhawks Yes. After KSU burns 6:58 and score a TD, we will need to score. But we won't. For the 16th year in a row

Need a TO

@DanR said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

@jayballer67 did you see the holding call?

total BS

KSU playing for a field goal I guess

Let's go D!

LFG

Hold em here!!!!

Wowwwwwww

D DOING IT COME ON

Our CBs coming up big

Let’s go no penalties guys

We need a couple of first downs

Shocked they went for that? Feels a little desperate

Can't go too conservative here.

Should've caught it, wildcant

Run the option to the long side of the field

tack on some points or flip the field.

Dang it we are giving it away

Fumble

Unbelievable.

lol has a team ever sucked worse inside of the last two minutes of a game?

Jesus could we just give every damn game

He's been erratic since he took the big hit.

D, this is on you guys

Thank goodness. I thought we might actually not fucc up and blow it at the end of a game. Glad we kept the streak alive

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I have a sense of foreboding.

They gonna run it out and kick the game winner here

@approxinfinity PHOF!!

Ok defense, asking for one more big stop

Winners win. Losers lose. Simple as that.

We just keep finding ways to lose to these piss ants

@nuleafjhawk They haven't won yet!

@wissox I have a pretty good idea that they will

@kjayhawks said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

They gonna run it out and kick the game winner here

I do love the idea of the game coming down to the leg of a college kicker.

We just need to not over pursue here and make it a long kick

That's a clock stoppage.

Review that crap

Oooo that’s close

What a hit!

Marvin Grant would fit so well in a Spags defense lol.

We got a chance - - 1:42 sec and two time outs

Got some time for some magic.

Plenty of time. I wish Tabor Allen wasn’t total dog water

Well I hate to say I told you so, hard to be mad at a d lineman for not catching a pick

Longest field goal of his stupid lame ass dickbreath life. Against us.

Let's go, JD. Time to shine. Get in range. Not really too happy with you at this point, tbh.

One guy catches a kickoff and steps out at the 1. One play later 2 points. How much are we behind by?

RUN A SCREEN.

JD is concussed. get him out

Why didn’t he just get the first there? He had it

Ref looked like he was doing some geriatric dance move there.

I swear our WR have made some incredible catches this year. Probably the highlight.

Throw. The. Ball.

fumbled too. Sorry JD. I've given up on you man

ANOTHER YEAR = - - F - - -

This should be JDs last game as a starter. Move on. Let’s see what we have in Ballard

I'm pretty sure Trump is a K-State fan.

You have to put that one in the air, another game we blew smh. At some point is it time to move on from JD. He has been a huge piece in 3 losses this season with his costly turnovers

Yeah man that was disgusting. I was expecting to get blown out so this felt even worse. How on earth do you not throw that ball

Well we had some hopes at least. We had no answer for that defensive intensity in the last drive. KState fans, happy for your win against a 2-5 team. Basketball is a sport too and we own this state in that sport more than you do in football because we have banners and trophies.

@rcjhdraft He was too busy watching the piss run down his leg

@nuleafjhawk said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

@rcjhdraft He was too busy watching the piss run down his leg

Average Kansas FB 4q moment unfortunately

Close. Covered the spread at least. Enjoy knowing all the KSU fans that bet on the game lost.

A doinked XP and 29 stepping out of bounds. Man.

Is JD coming back next season ? It maybe for the best if not. I thought the defense really played well for having a short field repeatedly. We got out coached in several key points of the game. We once again couldn’t make simple plays that D1 football players should make routinely like extra points, catching passes and fielding kick offs. It’s ground hog day with these idiots every week.

I’ve missed a lot of our games this year but does JD6 know what a hot route is or how to identify a blitz?

Every single time ksu blitzed that final drive he had zero answer for it

Leipold and his staff looks to be clowned without the true brains up in Pennsylvania now….

Rock chalk!

@kjayhawks TBD. I hope so. The last couple games he’s shown a lot of good things. Q catches one perfect ball and we’re having a different chat

@FarmerJayhawk he has been better for sure but turnovers in key moments have been his niche this season. The pass before half was likely PI but wasn’t a smart read to being with, then back to back fumbles to end drives.

We get spanked by 20 Friday night in a game that never felt close and choke away a win against silo tech for the second straight year. It’s been pretty tough to be a jayhawk these last few years. I’m sorry but no way we make a FF in basketball.

Seems absurd that 6-7 guys rushing the passer wouldn’t leave a few chances for numerous over the middle passes. But no one ran crossing routes, despite having 2 timeouts and over a minute left. I am now in the fire the OC camp.

@mayjay right, this is the third time this season JD didn’t throw to at least give his guys a chance and fumbled it. I would’ve ran a jail break screen once or twice there middle of the field was wide open.

Weirdest stat I’ve ever seen KU 2-6 with a +46 in the points column.

@rcjhdraft - Screw ups at the end of the game are habitual this year. At least KSU didn’t score before the half. Another loss.

Hi, Hollywood? It's the Kansas Jayhawks here. Yes, i know, we seem to call week after week. Our coaches and staff have run out of dramatic ways to lose games. You know, since we do it every week now. We have to keep the fans on the edges of their seats. Do you have anybody available who can write up a good implosion, tearjerker ending for our fans? Oh, good. Thx. Just make sure the script arrives with about 3-4 minutes to go in the 4th quarter tonight. Oh, and say hi to Breaking Bad's Aaron Paul for us. Our fans are getting almost as good at crying on cue this season. Cheers.

This loss will hurt for a while, wanted to beat KCU so baddd and came so close.

@AsadZ it will be five years before we have the chance again or longer.

@FarmerJayhawk said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

A doinked XP and 29 stepping out of bounds. Man.

Bad teams make losing plays. It makes it so much harder to watch. A bad team that is competitive is so much more heartbreaking to watch than a bad team that’s awful.

@FarmerJayhawk said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

@kjayhawks TBD. I hope so. The last couple games he’s shown a lot of good things. Q catches one perfect ball and we’re having a different chat

This is a conundrum. I think it’s hard to bring him back after this season because it feels like it’s time to turn the page.

Talent-wise I get the argument for keeping him. But I genuinely wonder if a year from now he’s the best QB on the roster.

Devil you know vs the devil you don’t…

Anyone else just want to throw up this morning

@kjayhawks said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

Anyone else just want to throw up this morning

I can’t even be upset anymore with this team because it’s gone from disappointing to literally laughable. Raiders-esk

@Kcmatt7 ya I just need to waive the white flag I guess like @nuleafjhawk did

I can easily imagine what the feeling would be like if we had dug deep and won them all.

That would have been the furthest thought from mind 4 years ago.

@kjayhawks I have loved KU for so long....my house looks like a Jayhawk shrine. But I've reached that level of disappointment. Sorry to be a Debbie downer, everyone. But I don't think it's unrealistic.

Boy, it’s both easy and tough to be down on JD after this game.

He really seemed like he was on his passing and running game. He made some excellent passes — and some really accurate deep passes. That deep ball that was dropped was spot on! I was happy to see he and the receivers seemed to be connecting consistently, finally.

But then that other stuff happened. We had all those good thoughts and feelings like we were gonna win, and then either a pick or a fumble. The pick was irritating, but the fumble was infuriating. Why????

I don’t know how you fix that. Decision making? If you can’t make the right decision after all these years in the program, then it’s likely not gonna change.

The even worse part was that I was just waiting for all this to happen. Give us hope, and KU football fans can’t help but wait for the comically bad to happen. That sucks. Don’t we deserve better?

Just like last year, JD tries to make a hero-play. Then it was an injury trying to get an unnecessary extra yard, this time tries to vault a defender while holding the ball out in one hand, resulting in a fumble. Does he understand that at the end of the gamevyou HAVE to protect the ball?

@rockchalkjayhawk maybe it's the price we pay for being so good at basketball for so long. Maybe the day KU opened someone said "you can be good at football or basketball. Pick one" obviously we chose basketball.

Even with the mistakes Daniels made last night. He didn't step out at the 1 or miss a PAT. That's 3 points right there. That's the most frustrating thing this year. This team isn't bad, it's been a couple of plays here and there that have resulted in 5 of the 6 losses.

This team is so close and to see so many here quitting on this team is disappointing.

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@FarmerJayhawk said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

@kjayhawks TBD. I hope so. The last couple games he’s shown a lot of good things. Q catches one perfect ball and we’re having a different chat

This is a conundrum. I think it’s hard to bring him back after this season because it feels like it’s time to turn the page.

Talent-wise I get the argument for keeping him. But I genuinely wonder if a year from now he’s the best QB on the roster.

Devil you know vs the devil you don’t…

Yeah I guess it depends how much faith you have in Zeke. Love Ballard but he’s a break glass kind of guy. And do we want to fish in the portal? Maybe… if a new OC wants to bring in his guy then you definitely consider it. I think JD and Lubick would be a great combo but idk if that’s found to happen.

@Texas-Hawk-10 See, you and I are looking at the exact same things and seeing them completely differently.

I'd be much more tolerant if we were getting beat by 30 every game. I'd think we don't have the athletes or coaches (that one is still under consideration). Or if we had major injuries. But we're loaded with talent. We have absolutely gift wrapped every loss for the opponents. Making bonehead plays.we run when we should pass. We pass when we should run.
I've never seen what looks like a good team come up with so many stupid ways to lose.

@nuleafjhawk said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

@Texas-Hawk-10 See, you and I are looking at the exact same things and seeing them completely differently.

I'd be much more tolerant if we were getting beat by 30 every game. I'd think we don't have the athletes or coaches (that one is still under consideration). Or if we had major injuries. But we're loaded with talent. We have absolutely gift wrapped every loss for the opponents. Making bonehead plays.we run when we should pass. We pass when we should run.
I've never seen what looks like a good team come up with so many stupid ways to lose.

Why the hell would you rather see KU get beat by 30 weekly instead of being competitive? We went through that for a decade. I don't ever deal with that again. That's what led to so much apathy wothin the program that KU couldn't raise the funds needed to renovate the stadium 15 years ago when they forst began trying to modernize Memorial Stadium. Where KU is at now means KU is very close to building something consistent and isn't something worth bailing on now. This is the time to keep building the program and depth and keep raising funds.

Yeah when I was a student at KU from 10-16 things were… bleak. Some games had tens of students there. I think by the end of one big blowout against Baylor it was literally just my friend group and the band on the east side. Probably why I’m so quick to give grace to this group, from almost day 1 things seemed different, culminating in that win in Austin. We’ve come from looking like Hays against KSU to being the better team two years in a row. Nobody asks if I’m wearing KU football gear ironically anymore.

@Texas-Hawk-10 whatever you think

I mean I agree with @Texas-Hawk-10 . I havent been excited about KU football for a decade. I have watched all their games this year. Getting ass kicked is unwatchable.

@Texas-Hawk-10 There's the "What if's" I mentioned at the beginning of the game thread. This one fit the pattern of the season. Another game and 3 very real what ifs. Another one on a holding penalty that felt like a big momentum switch. The safety was the biggest. Led to the deficit being as big as 9 several times instead of 7. Huge difference. We get the ball at the 25 after their first TD and who knows. Instead of KState marches down and suddenly 16 points in about 4 minutes of clock time. It's not as glaring when it happens in the middle of the game, but other than that ridiculous 4 minutes we outscore them 27-13.

@nuleafjhawk said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

@Texas-Hawk-10 whatever you think

Sorry I don't think losing a bunch of close games makes this team worse than the Weis/Beaty teams that couldn't even beat shitty FCS teams most seasons and was lucky to lose by less than 40 against B12 teams.

But of course, there are many bandwagon football fans here that didn't suffer through those years because they didn't want to watch those years and don't know just how bad it was because all they looked at was a box score.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I'm not one of the bandwagon fans. I've been watching for 60+ years. I've seen some good teams and a LOT of really bad ones.

If you like watching them lose close games and that makes them more palatable to you - great. I don't. The continual close game blunders make them look laughable to me. If you tell me honestly that you thought we were going to win Saturday, I'd be surprised. I said I'd rather get blown out because there's not much emotional "trauma"

@Texas-Hawk-10 i’m curious how many people actually watched all of the Gill / Weiss / Miles / Beatty games? What kind of masochist does it take :grinning_face:

@approxinfinity sigh. Guilty.

@nuleafjhawk said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

@Texas-Hawk-10 I'm not one of the bandwagon fans. I've been watching for 60+ years. I've seen some good teams and a LOT of really bad ones.

If you like watching them lose close games and that makes them more palatable to you - great. I don't. The continual close game blunders make them look laughable to me. If you tell me honestly that you thought we were going to win Saturday, I'd be surprised. I said I'd rather get blown out because there's not much emotional "trauma"

"Last night was the game that firmly cemented our place in history as one of the worst college football teams of all time."

Your exact words about last night. If you think a 2 point loss is what cements this KU team as one of the all time worst teams, then genuinely question how much you paid attention during the Weis/Beaty years because this team isn't even bottom a bottom 5 KU team of the past decade, let alone and all time bad team, maybe all time disappointing, but nowhere near all time bad.

@approxinfinity said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

@Texas-Hawk-10 i’m curious how many people actually watched all of the Gill / Weiss / Miles / Beatty games? What kind of masochist does it take :grinning_face:

Multiple trips to Austin and Waco with a trip to Fort Worth thrown in. Since I graduated in 2010, I've been to 3 games in Austin (unfortunately neither of KU's wins), 4 times to Waco (going to all the Magnolia stuff was how I bribed an ex to go multiple times), I was at the Rice game in 2012 I believe whenever KU came down here amd the UH game a couple of years ago when we weren't expecting much yet in Leipold's second season. There was also a TCU games in Fort Worth a few years back. I've seen the football team almost as many times as I've seen the basketball team in person post graduation.

I think there is a lot to take in with this team and why they keep losing. It’s not one group every week, although I think it’s more on the offense at this point. I think the coaching deserves most of the blame. I think the defense has played well enough to win all but the TCU and WVU games. Sadly if JD had played this whole season the way he has for much of the last two games. I think we only have 2 losses right now.

Breaking down what led to our demise last night. First off the Skinner drop is a 100% on the player. I had such high hopes for Skinner this season. As a former walk-on I thought a solid senior campaign with his size and speed he would get some NFL looks. Sadly he has regressed with fumbles and drops.

Secondly the safety, that is a 100% on the staff IMO, if this guy doesn’t know wtf he is doing or where is at on kickoffs in week 9 (bye week) he Shouldn’t on the f**king field period. Our special teams have been absolute shit for over a decade and I’m tired of costing us. We would’ve won 2 more games last season without blunders.

Third situational awareness and play calling. This is another one on the staff mostly IMO. I think Grimes has been better the last 3 weeks at adding some movement pre snap and overall but his play calling at the end of half’s is nothing short of ludicrous most of the time. The first time we got the ball Devin runs for 4 yards on the opening play then we try to pass twice with under 10 minutes….. idiotic. Next series we burn a timeout to stop the clock because we substituted late and defense by rule has to be given time to do the same… once again idiotic. Then JD dives 5 yards short of the line to gain instead of just going down to set up a 3rd and 5. Thats on JD but still stupid. If you run the ball and punt it we likely win the game here with how the defense was playing.

I really don’t have a ton of issue with how the defense played last night. Gave up a few more chunk plays than I’d hope but they did solid for a short field on several occasions.

The issue I have is we may never be in this position again in football. We have 3 or 4 guys that could get their names called on draft day and a handful of others that likely get camp invites. There is just too much talent on this team for us to win 3 games. Someone has to be fired at years end. My vote continues to be Jeff Grimes. As stated above an average offensive output the first 5 weeks and we are bowling right now. Who the f**k runs a flea flicker with an RB averaging over five yards a carry with a lead in the 4th smh

@approxinfinity Those games were on TV? Why?

@FarmerJayhawk ditto, I'm a KU fan.

I've taken some well deserved flack over my "I'd rather be blown out than lose by giving games away due to ineptness" attitude. Well deserved because my opinion is not nearly as valuable as others.

Part of it is extreme frustration with this team. Not one of our losses can be attributed to the opponents. Every single one of them was dumbass blunders on our part. Either with stupid plays (Ie; catch the kicked ball on the one yard line and step out of bounds. Miss an extra point. Miss a field goal) - typical plays in every one of our losses this year. Then we have coaching blunders. Pass when we should run and vice versa. Atrocious play calling.

I am not ok with close losses. We are not "competitive", we are floundering. We're going in reverse.

Lance's record so far:

2021 - 2-10 (first year - to be expected)

2022 - 6-7 (Hey! We're making progress)

2023 - 9-4 (Holy Smoke - we're a pretty good team!)

2024 - 2-6 (So far. We have an outside chance of one more W against Baylor. So we wind up 3-9 (or 2-10) with basically the same team that got us 9 wins last year.

Yes, I'm sour on this team.

Sounds like entitled KU basketball fans ragging on KU football for lack of continuous excellence imo tbh. Maybe we should all put our lowly true crimson and blue football glasses on and appreciate how special winning seasons are in both sports.

I know this , I for ONE am sure no quote Bandwagon fan. As a matter of fact I've tried to curb back, I probably over react to games. -I let my love, my dedication even though i've never taken any class at KU not smart enough & couldn't afford to --doesn't mean I'm not one of the most loyal.- -I let my passion for this School my temper get me in trouble sometimes in the past, even still some.

Some clown make some idiot remark about Ku foot ball or some of past KU Basketball teams failures gets my blood boiling , I let my passion for the School get the best of me. If people wanna challenge me about being a bandwagon fan which none here have, so let's be clear on that but just saying overall I challenge them come to my house - -check out my man cave with all my Ku things I having on the walls or on cabinets. A KU Bandwagon fan too also would not have a KU tatoo of our mascot on his arm - those just don't vanish during bad .years . If I'm out and see another wearing KU gear I always make a habit to talk about our team and we will discuss the team and Players

I can remember as a kid when I couldn't wait until when the Street & Smith Basketball mag would come out so I could look and see if KU was everlisted in the hunt for a Top player-- I remember going through Ted's lean years where you could pick your seat almost where ever you wanted because attendance was not good I remember going to the Big Eight Holiday tourney in the old Municipal Auditorium meeting Aubrey Nash , The Kivisto Brothers , Bob & Tommy - -Rick Suttle- - -Danny Knight- - -Kelly Knight - - -- meeting Dave Robisch Ron Franz - Ronnie Kellog -- -Calvin ( Pony Thompson )-- -those were the days

@approxinfinity said in Beat Silo Tech! Lets save this football season!:

Sounds like entitled KU basketball fans ragging on KU football for lack of continuous excellence imo tbh. Maybe we should all put our lowly true crimson and blue football glasses on and appreciate how special winning seasons are in both sports.

Decades of apathy is hard to overcome.