Good news: Neers loss in Lubbock gets KU a shot to claw toward Ring 14 !
Bad news: Neers will be fit to be tied.
Inference: On THE CANAL, even the breaks can be lethal.
Success, as they say, can be catastrophic.
It may be too soon for the metaphor of The Battle of the Tenaru River for this season, but the WVU loss means WVU will be sent in to win at any cost by Huggins, same as Self sent KU to hold Henderson at all costs today. Huggs cannot allow his Neers to go 0-2 including a loss at home to KU.
This means KU cannot hope to catch WVU over confident.
KU also cannot go into Morgantown rested.
Finally, KU cannot sneak up on the Neers, as a washed up ex-13-time champion.
KU is a bonfide contender, if KU can steal a win in Morgantown. KU is real trouble if it loses.
This is going to be a flipping bloodbath!
Absolutely no prisoners taken.
Two in.
One out.
Whoever wins here has a HUGE edge down the back 9.
Both can avenge their other losses.
Both can clip Beard and the Raiders later.
But not this one.
Not this time.
A loss here is a loss on the sand bar of the Tenaru River, as much as the Monongahela.
This is the deepest part of the jungle and the hardest place to lose in. There is no safe retreat path.
Losing here can turn into massacre.
Self’s Team shouldn’t have to play a game like this this soon, but losing one early at home early, and WVU jumping off quick, made it almost unavoidable.
Neither should Huggins’ Team. It all looked so easy before the loss in Lubbock. But now going 0-2 right now could fling it into a four way dog fight it could easily lose in Lawrence later.
Is there a sand bar in the Monongahela in Morgantown.
If so, keep your distance.
It’s going to get intense.
