Hey guys anyone wanna try - - have a little fun competition just for smiles?

Might be kind of fun for the year. - - Guessing Home attendance for the game - & then predict your score - -Anybody - -be interesting to see how it turns out - -come on - -follow me - -I'll go 1st.

Indiana St - -vs KU - - -Attendance : - -41,500 - - -Score: - - KU - 34 - - Indiana St - 23 -- ok now Ready? - - -and go - -come on have some fun. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

I'm guessing around 30,000. Holiday weekend and possible weather will keep some away.

Idk what the attendance will be.

But I do think we'll see a big win. 48-14. Something along those lines.

I could see attendance going either way. Close to full with everyone stoked about the new team and new coach, or what Farmer said. If I were a betting man, which I'm not, I would say the score will be in the ball park of 44-28. 3 rushing TDs, 1 pass, and 1 special teams (only because @jayballer73 says we have a returner that runs a 4.2 40). And the remainder will be field goals.

FarmerJayhawk said:

I'm guessing around 30,000. Holiday weekend and possible weather will keep some away.

And your Score prediction my friend?

rockchalkwyo said:

I could see attendance going either way. Close to full with everyone stoked about the new team and new coach, or what Farmer said. If I were a betting man, which I'm not, I would say the score will be in the ball park of 44-28. 3 rushing TDs, 1 pass, and 1 special teams (only because @jayballer73 says we have a returner that runs a 4.2 40). And the remainder will be field goals.

can't wait to see what he can do

jayballer73 said:

FarmerJayhawk said:

I'm guessing around 30,000. Holiday weekend and possible weather will keep some away.

And your Score prediction my friend?

Ah! The most important part. 31-17 good guys. It'll be a struggle to score at times without Pooka or a settled QB situation. Guessing it's not super comfortable at half but we pull away late.

I’ll go with 32,000 people and KU 27-20

KU 35 ISU 21
36,000
I'm optimistic!

It will be interesting for sure, ISU offense looks like they could pound the ground game with a veteran offensive line and us having very little experience up front defensively. But the same could be said on the flip side. The weather looks to be pretty nice from what I've seen, partly cloudy, 78 and rain showers but not til late afternoon. I like the attendance around 35,000. I dont look for a ton of points with both teams puting emphasis on the run game. Kansas 27 ISU 17. I think KU adds a late touchdown in a tight game to seal the deal.

This might be one to bet the under. I'm seeing the total points on some sites in the low 50s. I'm gonna say 27-20, KU.
Baby steps.

KU 38 ISU 17.

Anyone wanna give me a login to fox sports go. I had fox sports midwest 2 days ago, apparently sling is in a dispute with them so now I can't watch...

Looks like maybe I can start a free trial with YouTube and watch it, frustrating, I literally had the channel 2 days ago. Only issue I've had with sling.

Attendance was 32,611 score was 24 to 17. Basically a draw between me and @Woodrow.

If you come to a game, try to get your tickets in advance. The ticket windows were horribly slow. Many people were still waiting to get tickets at kickoff. I was about 30 people back when I got in line. I waited at least 45 minutes. It was ridiculous.

@kjayhawks I picked the ISU score on the button. I figured we would be more dynamic on offense.

@KUSTEVE We should have for sure. ESPN in their recap pissed me off, they claim ISU was the better team for most of the day. Even tho we were up 16-3 to start the 4th quarter and trailed all of 2 minutes. We were literally 3 plays from it being a 31-10 game. Meanwhile they didnt give WV or Iowa State shit for struggling worse than us.

kjayhawks said:

@KUSTEVE We should have for sure. ESPN in their recap pissed me off, they claim ISU was the better team for most of the day. Even tho we were up 16-3 to start the 4th quarter and trailed all of 2 minutes. We were literally 3 plays from it being a 31-10 game. Meanwhile they didnt give WV or Iowa State shit for struggling worse than us.

It's ESPN lol. - -we feel ya buddy - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@stoptheflop - you have to understand, the football people aren't used to selling a lot of tickets.....

@nuleafjhawk hard to believe otherwise lol. I actually was surprised the announced attendance wasnt higher, it looked fuller than it has in years. I guessed 35k but after seeing on tv, I figured it was closer to 40k people.

Week 2 predictions: I like 35,000 fans, a few more than this past week without a holiday and with Pooka back. I like Kansas in a 31-13 victory. I think the offense will look better and more in rhythm with Pooka. I think the play calls were pretty vanilla last week and will be this week because our coach knows better than showing a ton to BC. I hope we are able to cut down on the turnovers.

kjayhawks said:

Week 2 predictions: I like 35,000 fans, a few more than this past week without a holiday and with Pooka back. I like Kansas in a 31-13 victory. I think the offense will look better and more in rhythm with Pooka. I think the play calls were pretty vanilla last week and will be this week because our knows better than showing a ton to BC. I hope we are able to cut down on the turnovers.

gonna say right about 37,500 - -for this weekend - - and 34-17 - -Pooka gonna go over 100

kjayhawks said:

Week 2 predictions: I like 35,000 fans, a few more than this past week without a holiday and with Pooka back. I like Kansas in a 31-13 victory. I think the offense will look better and more in rhythm with Pooka. I think the play calls were pretty vanilla last week and will be this week because our knows better than showing a ton to BC. I hope we are able to cut down on the turnovers.

We’re on the same page. I’ve got 28-14. I do think Carter will play better.

A fun bonus over/under is how many times will Texas Tech throw the ball this week? They threw it 55 times last week!! I'll put the number at 45, I'm picking under.

kjayhawks said:

A fun bonus over/under is how many times will Texas Tech throw the ball this week? They threw it 55 times last week!! I'll put the number at 45, I'm picking under.

I'll say 50/under

Week 3 prediction, minus the attendance. Boston College is a solid team that will run the ball regularly regardless if there is 8 or 9 guys in the box. They average right about 250 rush yards per game. To have any shot of keeping this from getting ugly we have to force them into pass situations. Defensively they are inexperienced and have given up a lot of yards so far. I'm looking for some improvement on offense friday. I'd like to see one unit on the line, I have noticed we have kept Hakeem and Malik Clark on the field at all times while switching the others. We have 2 game films to dissect whom should be out there. I'd like to see some RPO action, something that was talked about all offseason and hasnt been used once. The offensive mind of Miles, Beaty and Gill run, run, pass doesn't work. It looks like we have about 8 plays at this point and everyone can stop them with relative ease at this level. Miles was known for his terrible offense in Baton Rouge, hopefully we can fire Koenning soon and get someone with a brain. Hire a coordinator and let him run something decent. I was going to predict at 66-6 loss, but after researching BC a little more and seeing how both teams love to run the ball. I'm going with BC 41 to 9. I look for the rest of this season to mirror Beaty's 15 campaign, look for a running clock in the second half a couple of times before its said and done.

@jayballer73 they threw exactly 45 times lol.

kjayhawks said:

@jayballer73 they threw exactly 45 times lol.

hard for me to get excited - -last week just really bummed me bad - so inept. - no QB - -wonder how far Locklin is away were he could be put under Center - -the only true dual threat we have I think. - - I'll say 53-10

@jayballer73 idk how anyone could he excited about this program or even this staff with how badly they were out coached last week. At this point its evident that the QB battle wasnt remotely close or Macvitte probably plays in the second half last week. It's funny a high school assistant that I've known for years, that coaches a local team that I think has lost 2 games in the last 2 years ask me if I thought Miles has lost his mind or something. I flat out told I wouldn't rule it out at this point. He said if I've called a game like that offensively I'd be done and sadly I agree. Sad that HS coaches are laughing about how stupid this staff is.

As head coach at Alabama, Nick Saban went 2-6 in the SEC his first season. Even great coaches struggle without adequate personnel.

Without a good QB, KU's playbook is severely limited. Miles and Koenning have never been guys who run a flashy offense so not having a QB who can complete a pass more than 5 yards down field is crippling the offense more than the OLine's struggles which to me are more because of Stanley being a bad decision maker on the field.

Les Miles won 10+ games 7 times in the SEC West and only had 1 losing SEC season in that time running the basic offense he's trying to put in place at KU. The man knows how to win football games and build programs. Les Miles laid the foundation for Mike Gundy at OSU.

KU currently does not have the roster personnel to run Miles offense the way he wants it run. David Beaty recruited for a spread offense and that's not what Miles and Koenning run.

It's going to take time to get those players in place and developed. It's not an overnight process and the 2020 recruiting class shows Miles wants to build it through the HS ranks which will slow down the process because those linemen need time to physically develop.

As far as Miles and his clock management, I said the day he was hired that anyone who watched Miles at LSU already knows that's never been a strength of his and never will be. It's frustrating, but anyone surprised by it clearly didn't know much about Miles beyond his record at LSU and what his strengths and weaknesses as a coach are. And yes, KU will lose some of the recruits currently committed because KU can't sign 26 players in December. The players who have committed to KU aren't surprised by KU dropping a game like CCU because they aren't stupid. They know KU has been a dumpster fire the last decade and yet they still chose to commit to Miles and attempt to rebuild KU.

Les Miles will make KU a better football program by the time he leaves here. It won't be an overnight process because it takes time to change offensive philosophies and bring in the correct personnel.

If anyone wants to accuse me of being biased about Miles and Koenning, damn right I am. Born in Louisiana and LSU was the first school I cheered for and one of the 3 schools I considered attending along with KU and Oklahoma. KU is the only football program I've seen play in person more than LSU and there is nothing in football like a Saturday night in Death Valley. As far as Les Koenning goes, his dad was my HS football coach and his son was HS teammate while Les Jr. was an assistant at A&M at the time.

Les Miles is the man for the job, just need to be patient and allow him to build the program because unlike basketball, it takes more than one recruiting class to revitalize a program.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I don't necessarily disagree but still no excuses to lose last week and I dont think Miles can win here. We've heard it too many times here, actions speak louder than words. I was expecting improvement in some way, I think we have regressed. We have simply not improved in any aspect of the game since his hire.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Koenning has very very unimpressive resume, I hope he gets canned every day. Cool that you have a connection to him, just wish he was a better coach.

Texas Hawk 10 said:

As head coach at Alabama, Nick Saban went 2-6 in the SEC his first season. Even great coaches struggle without adequate personnel.

Without a good QB, KU's playbook is severely limited. Miles and Koenning have never been guys who run a flashy offense so not having a QB who can complete a pass more than 5 yards down field is crippling the offense more than the OLine's struggles which to me are more because of Stanley being a bad decision maker on the field.

Les Miles won 10+ games 7 times in the SEC West and only had 1 losing SEC season in that time running the basic offense he's trying to put in place at KU. The man knows how to win football games and build programs. Les Miles laid the foundation for Mike Gundy at OSU.

KU currently does not have the roster personnel to run Miles offense the way he wants it run. David Beaty recruited for a spread offense and that's not what Miles and Koenning run.

It's going to take time to get those players in place and developed. It's not an overnight process and the 2020 recruiting class shows Miles wants to build it through the HS ranks which will slow down the process because those linemen need time to physically develop.

As far as Miles and his clock management, I said the day he was hired that anyone who watched Miles at LSU already knows that's never been a strength of his and never will be. It's frustrating, but anyone surprised by it clearly didn't know much about Miles beyond his record at LSU and what his strengths and weaknesses as a coach are. And yes, KU will lose some of the recruits currently committed because KU can't sign 26 players in December. The players who have committed to KU aren't surprised by KU dropping a game like CCU because they aren't stupid. They know KU has been a dumpster fire the last decade and yet they still chose to commit to Miles and attempt to rebuild KU.

Les Miles will make KU a better football program by the time he leaves here. It won't be an overnight process because it takes time to change offensive philosophies and bring in the correct personnel.

If anyone wants to accuse me of being biased about Miles and Koenning, damn right I am. Born in Louisiana and LSU was the first school I cheered for and one of the 3 schools I considered attending along with KU and Oklahoma. KU is the only football program I've seen play in person more than LSU and there is nothing in football like a Saturday night in Death Valley. As far as Les Koenning goes, his dad was my HS football coach and his son was HS teammate while Les Jr. was an assistant at A&M at the time.

Les Miles is the man for the job, just need to be patient and allow him to build the program because unlike basketball, it takes more than one recruiting class to revitalize a program.

that's great to hear - -and I get it 1000000000000000000000% -that is going to take time to get Coach's players - - can see he has the staff to get this turned around and believe it or not I know without your wisdom telling me it's going to take time or telling anyone else that it's going to take time

I have said repeatedly as for myself if you have followed what I said and that was we have NO QB - -having Said that I don't feel I'm stupid as you so put it - - and YES they should NEVER lose to a team like CC - - a program that has only been in it's existence for 16 yrs - -just pathetic play calling - -so who ever had their hand in that needs to wake the hell up Period and realize you can't be making some of these calls with the personel you've got - -Again - - NO QB.

I fully believe in Miles - -YES he will get this turned around - -and I'm not a guy that wants to run him out like others do already - -that sure the hell is not the answer - -we can't keep changing Coach's every time someone gets a burr up their ass - you have got to get some kin of Continuity - -you'll never have that with the past approach that this program has taken - Again why would ANY recruit want to come play for this train wreck and not knowing from one day to the next who the hell the Coach was going to be.

Another thing is if we don't get better play out of our defensive line then it's going to be another very long year - - teams will run at will against these guys if we can't stuff the run and quit giving up 4-5 per carry - -ya it's gonna take time but we sure the hell can't keep having performances like we did against CC

If we ever want to get better players to commit here then they want to see progress - -which in turn brings more fans in the seats - -which in turn brings a more exciting environment - -CC WAS NOT progress

@jayballer73 That is my problem friend, I did a little searching tonight to just to compare some numbers after Les Miles said our offensive line has played dominant football (obviously on of the most idiotic statements I’ve ever heard) and they just need to get settled in. I’ve come up with a simple question why hasn’t Klieman needed time for his players to settle in? KSU line returns 3 starters just like our but ours has much better size. I think it’s a fair argument that KU has not only as much talent as KSU but maybe even more, the best coach in there school history beat the worst coach (for now, bet Miles surpasses him) in our school history by 4 points last year. The last 10 years according to rivals is an even 5 to 5 in recruiting ranking, with the last 4 being an even 2 to 2. KU has more 4 guys on this team than KSU currently does. So Klieman can improve his team in the offseason and get his players ready to go but Miles can’t? I’d bet heavily on KSU winning 7 games this year minimum. A lot of people had both KU and KSU finishing 8th to 10th in this conference. They got the same 2 and 3 star guys we got, I believe they have a single 4 while we have 4. The simple answer is KSU and Klieman are IMPROVING their players, while are simply not doing the same. If the revolving door at coaching is really killing KU, why is it not KSU, they need an FCS team to miss a FG as time expired last season while our opponent hit it and won in OT. KSU wasnt good last year, hell they needed 2 bogus holding calls and Bender dropping the ball to beat us at home. Klieman is obviously the far superior coach at this point and Miles sucks.

@kjayhawks I think we get your point.

kjayhawks said:

@jayballer73 That is my problem friend, I did a little searching tonight to just to compare some numbers after Les Miles said our offensive line has played dominant football (obviously on of the most idiotic statements I’ve ever heard) and they just need to get settled in. I’ve come up with a simple question why hasn’t Klieman needed time for his players to settle in? KSU line returns 3 starters just like our but ours has much better size. I think it’s a fair argument that KU has not only as much talent as KSU but maybe even more, the best coach in there school history beat the worst coach (for now, bet Miles surpasses him) in our school history by 4 points last year. The last 10 years according to rivals is an even 5 to 5 in recruiting ranking, with the last 4 being an even 2 to 2. KU has more 4 guys on this team than KSU currently does. So Klieman can improve his team in the offseason and get his players ready to go but Miles can’t? I’d bet heavily on KSU winning 7 games this year minimum. A lot of people had both KU and KSU finishing 8th to 10th in this conference. They got the same 2 and 3 star guys we got, I believe they have a single 4 while we have 4. The simple answer is KSU and Klieman are IMPROVING their players, while are simply not doing the same. If the revolving door at coaching is really killing KU, why is it not KSU, they need an FCS team to miss a FG as time expired last season while our opponent hit it and won in OT. KSU wasnt good last year, hell they needed 2 bogus holding calls and Bender dropping the ball to beat us at home. Klieman is obviously the far superior coach at this point and Miles sucks.

lmao - - -to say Miles Sucks is just a litttttttttttttttle bit of a stretch - Coach Miles far from sucks - -but hey it's Friday you have your opinion that's awesome - everyone is entitled to theirs - I sure the hell after 2 games am not going to say Coach Sucks - -but I guess you could always go tell him he sucks at Coaching see what him and the staff have to say about it - - Good Luck. - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

It is Friday the 13th and a full moon. Maybe, just maybe we will only lose by 20!!

@kjayhawks We're going to lose the 1st quarter by more than 20.....

COME ON OCTOBER 24!!!

@kjayhawks I. AM. STUNNED.
Hey, when a full moon is out, it can even turn Carter Stanley into a decent QB. (For a half anyway.)

Fingers crossed.

nuleafjhawk said:

@kjayhawks We're going to lose the 1st quarter by more than 20.....

COME ON OCTOBER 24!!!

UMMM - -guess not lol

nwhawkfan said:

@kjayhawks I. AM. STUNNED.
Hey, when a full moon is out, it can even turn Carter Stanley into a decent QB. (For a half anyway.)

Fingers crossed.

long way to go but for sure- - Carter has turned around after his 1st possession and had a good half for sure

Are we not terrible at football anymore? The offense looks great tonight.

Lol just.... lol!

This is madness.

BILM

I am so confused. I feel like my whole life has been a lie.

RAZ-ZLE DAZ-ZLE!

Come over to espn+

Sounds like a cliche, I know, but...

CONFIDENCE IS CONTAGIOUS

@Crimsonorblue22 Watching the game on First Row Sports.

Once you get past the pop-up ads, it's not too bad. Cheaper than ESPN+ anyway.

It's not on espn+ I have acc network on cox. It says it's on, but wouldn't play. I'm lucky I have it. Never watched that before

Who are these guys and how did they lose last week?

Time for a nice, long, clock-devouring drive...

Hehe I was confident that this would be a game. As per usual with my jayhawks, the more I bash them, the better they play. Just finish men and I'll be $200 dollars richer!!!

Great play calling by BC. You ALWAYS go for 4th & 8 from your own 6 yard line.....hehe

BC coach about to be fired or?

And in the words of the immortal Dandy Don Meredith:

"TURN OUT THE LAAGHTS, THE PARTY'S O-VUR"

And how about that Defense! Pitched a second-half shut out!

So proud of our guys.

Well the spread was correct, they just got the teams wrong.

Guys this was a huge upset BC was favored 21 when I bet Wednesday, think it got down to 19 but still winning by 24 I'm not sure I thought on our best day we could do that. I'd rate this right up with Texas as one of the biggest in a very long time. Good job all around, notice they run RPO and stuck with the same o line most the game. My inside sources said Miles was very vanilla the first 2 weeks and hadn't shown much. Maybe a bit 2 vanilla. Idc about the rest of the season, just beat KSU.

KirkIsMyHinrich said:

Are we not terrible at football anymore? The offense looks great tonight.

7 straight scoring possessions - - TD - -TD - -TD - - TD - - FG - - FG -- - TD ,

Makes me or gives me hope for next week. - -BC has been to bowls 5 of the last 6 years - a top running back - - to beat them like we did at their place - - makes a statement

HELL YES

And as luck would have it, I'm flying back to KC next week. Can't make the WVU game due to family stuff, but at least I

...oops. At least I can spend a day on campus next week and bask in the winning feeling for awhile.

So you think the WVU coach gets a bonus for beating KU, or is there a penalty clause for losing?

@kjayhawks you cancelled the program, remember?

@nwhawkfan no one in Lawrence knows there was a game tonight

@DanR I didn't either! I was just talking with someone atoday about college FB games being unusual on Fridays, and didn't know ours was tonight. 😖

@DanR their loss! Did you get to see it?

Did u know there was a harvest moon tonight? Typo said harvest monk🤣

Herbert was outstanding! The postgame is on espn+

Man this thread was a fun read beginning to end. ROCK CHALK JAYHAWK

@Crimsonorblue22 As you know, I live in Lawrence. I read the Larryville paper (Journal World) every day and I had NO clue the game was tonight (rather than tomorrow night) until about 6:00, when I happened to have the radio on in the car for about 5 seconds. OK, that's probably my fault...

But, it wasn't broadcast on our local cable, and I couldn't get "Watch ESPN" to stream the game through our cable provider, so I went to a bar and watched the 2nd and 3rd quarters. They were obviously showing some sort of rogue stream (windows task bar was at the bottom of the picture.) Probably a minute lag, but no one cared. Lots of enthusiastic football fans, and it was fun. Thanks, "Set 'em up Jacks" on old K10 east Lawrence.

I'm still ticked off that I couldn't just watch this AWAY game on local TV though. There would be a riot outside the AD's house in Lawrence if they pulled this crap with BB.

Anyway... Rock chalk. Guys played great tonight!

I have eaten there before. Pay for stinking espn+ and we can’t get away games. Wonder if we’ll get the Texas game or if it will be on LHN ?

@Crimsonorblue22 I still might lol. Miles to go still.

KU did not control the broadcast rights to the game last night. The broadcast rights belong to the conference of the home team. That's why the game was on the ACC Network.

As for the game itself. Last night was a glimpse of the future of Kansas football. That was by far the best game Carter Stanley has played wearing a KU uniform. He mostly made the right decisions, he mostly made good throws. That was the difference between last week and last night.

The OLine wasn't the issue last week. Carter Stanley was the issue. When a QB is a non threat like last week, defenses will stack the box. CCU played 9 in the box most of the game because Stanley didn't give them a reason to respect the passing game.

BC took that same approach to start the game last night. They focused on stopping the run last night and Carter Stanley made them pay after the first couple of possessions. Once Stanley started completing some passes, that's when the running game opened up and Pooka and Herbert took over.

The defense has been solid all year so far. The biggest difference is they aren't creating turnovers like last year.

KU probably doesn't play that well every week, but it was great to see a glimpse of the future under Miles. Also, Andrew Parchment might be the best receiver in the B12 this year.

@Texas-Hawk-10 Thanks, THawk. I always appreciate your insights. I'm still at a loss to explain the CC loss. But, at least our coaches and players didn't dwell on the loss and found a way to be successful. Texas Tech at Arizona will be interesting today.

So, here is Tom Keegan's preview of last night's game (now a columnist for the Boston Herald), followed by his game story. Interesting that he doesn't reference his earlier take.

https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/09/13/the-curse-of-the-mangino-travels-to-boston-college/ ↗

https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/09/14/kansas-backs-expose-boston-colleges-lack-of-speed-in-major-upset/ ↗

So glad Keegan doesn't write for the LJW any more. I met him a handful of times and he always came across as an elitist a-hole. Still trying to claim KU screwed up by firing Mangino. Mangino lost the respect of most of the locker room and was going to have a mass exodus of players after the 2009 season had he stayed. What also gets ignored about that investigation is that the Arist Wright issue that triggered the investigation wasn't a one time deal. It was the culmination of years of Mangino not respecting his players, KU staff and faculty, along with others in positions of authority. Mangino brought everything that happened to him on himself because he didn't have the ability to show respect to other people. He was a guy who lacked self control and needed anger management, but never admitted he had those issues while at KU.

He also never bothered to develop or recruit a successor to Reesing so KU was going to awful in 2010 regardless of who was coaching them then.

@mayjay thx! I really don't miss him.

@Crimsonorblue22 Does anyone?

Well I'll be honest, I miss the fat man. I have two buddies that played on that last team of his. They have told me plenty about Mangino and most of it was good. They pretty much said the defense was lazy and goofing off at practice daily. They didnt like being yelled at or held accountable for the actions. They also said alot about some of the behind scenes crap sweet Lou pulled. I'm not sure firing him was the worst decision but the hiring of Turner Gill and his massive contract is one of most laughable things in KU athletics history. It's also a tell-tale of sweet Lou knowing he was going down and a final FU on the way out. Keegan was always hit or miss, he couldnt decide who's side he was on most of the time.

I was talking Keegan.

@Crimsonorblue22 I dont think I'll miss him. Like I said hit or miss m, he never really had any great pieces IMO.

Ok heads up - -prediction time. - - Score / Attendance . - - I'm thinking temp wise suppose to be pretty nice - like 81 I heard - -I think we could hit 40-45 thousand - -hopefully anyways, - 7 I know it was ONE game but I'm going to go out and say KU - 27 - -WV 21 - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@jayballer73 I would like for the BC announcers to pick this one.

40,000 in the crowd. 31-27 WVU. I think we regress to the mean (i.e. not as bad as CC, not as good as BC) and don't have the horses to keep up for 4 quarters. Of course I thought we'd house CC and get run at BC so ¯_(ツ)_/¯

MAN , just watched Episode 17 of Plus - - Jumpin - - Gee - -Hossie - - Toads - - EVEN I want to play for Coach Miles - -you can just see the Connection he has with those kids - gets you jacked. - -OH ya, thinking I'm gonna enjoy me some Coach Miles for 5 yrs or so - -hopefuly by then when I think he hangs it up we will be on solid ground and have this turned around. -- ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

jayballer73 said:

MAN , just watched Episode 17 of Plus - - Jumpin - - Gee - -Hossie - - Toads - - EVEN I want to play for Coach Miles - -you can just see the Connection he has with those kids - gets you jacked. - -OH ya, thinking I'm gonna enjoy me some Coach Miles for 5 yrs or so - -hopefuly by then when I think he hangs it up we will be on solid ground and have this turned around. -- ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

You can just tell things are different now. The record may not show it at the end of the year, but we’ll see it’s an entirely different team and culture.

FarmerJayhawk said:

jayballer73 said:

MAN , just watched Episode 17 of Plus - - Jumpin - - Gee - -Hossie - - Toads - - EVEN I want to play for Coach Miles - -you can just see the Connection he has with those kids - gets you jacked. - -OH ya, thinking I'm gonna enjoy me some Coach Miles for 5 yrs or so - -hopefuly by then when I think he hangs it up we will be on solid ground and have this turned around. -- ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

You can just tell things are different now. The record may not show it at the end of the year, but we’ll see it’s an entirely different team and culture.

You get a chance - -you ought to go to out last 2021 commits twitter has a really awesome video clip of the players and think game day - - talking about change at the end - -something like that and how things are changing. - - Love at the End of one of his episodes - -Coach Miles says - you smell that? - - -that's the smell of victory, - -love his pre game talk with the players -- love how he talks with Carter afterwards - - Awsome

This "Miles to Go" show - am i going to miss it completely because i don't have espn+ ?

nuleafjhawk said:

This "Miles to Go" show - am i going to miss it completely because i don't have espn+ ?

probably

@nuleafjhawk are you going to get it at some pt?

nuleafjhawk said:

This "Miles to Go" show - am i going to miss it completely because i don't have espn+ ?

If you get it for basketball season the series will be available on demand.

@Crimsonorblue22 I guess i should. What is it - $5 per month or something?

@nuleafjhawk yes, and they are all on there. You can also get Hawk talk and pre and post game shows, fb and bb.

It will be interesting match up for sure. Which team shows up on either side? Both teams struggled mightily with near loses vs FCS clubs in week one, both had bad losses in week two followed up by big wins vs ACC opponents. I like out chances if we can win the turnover battle. I think the game comes down to that, we must hold on to the football and hopefully catch some INTs this week. I'll go 36,000 on attendance, we have been close but not over the 35k. This weekend it's a afternoon game and cooler temps. Kansas 34 WV 27.

@Crimsonorblue22 Do you have to have a cable TV provider? I ditched Cox a couple of months ago (Hallelujah!!) and am with Youtube.tv - anyway, i'll check it out.

@nuleafjhawk nope. It’s a stand alone product.

@dylans Sweet - thank you very much.

When was the last time we had a coach with a winning record three games into the season?

bskeet said:

When was the last time we had a coach with a winning record three games into the season?

UMMMMM

@bskeet last season we were 2-1 at this point. Now 3-1, that would be the best start since the beginning of the end 5-0 in 2009.

I was less than 200 off on attendance, small victories. My score was pretty close and as I said the turnovers were the difference...

We hit the road again tomorrow for the early game on FS1 vs TCU. For some odd reason outside of the 2017 21 yards of offense and a running clock embarrassment. We have played TCU close since they joined this league. I look for tomorrow to be the same way. I think we have a chance if Stanley can limit his turnovers and the defense, which hasnt had a take away since week 1 can create some of their own. I think the spread is 16.5, I like that bet. But will be picking TCU 35 Kansas 24. Being a road game I wont put attendance for it. I feel like we are competing better but must find away to win some of these close games. I feel like KU football has a terrible record in games decided by one score or less pretty much every year outside of 2007 and 08.

kjayhawks said:

We hit the road again tomorrow for the early game on FS1 vs TCU. For some odd reason outside of the 2017 21 yards of offense and a running clock embarrassment. We have played TCU close since they joined this league. I look for tomorrow to be the same way. I think we have a chance of Stanley can limit his turnovers and the defense, which hasnt had a take away since week 1 can create some if their own. I think the spread is 16.5, I like that bet. But will be picking TCU 35 Kansas 24. Being a road game I wont put attendance for it. I feel like we are competing better but must find away to win some of these close games. I feel like KU football has a terrible record in games decided by one score or less pretty much every year outside of 2007 and 08.

Ha, that's pretty good on your score cause before I seen it I was thinking 31-21 TCU - -hope I'm wrong. - -Would really love to see our tandem backs jus bust out have huge games - -think we got a shot - -that's why we play the game right? - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

Ugh. I hate when reality makes my optimism taste like a bitter pill. After 20 minutes, I'm hoping we can hold them to 35 in the half. We'll be lucky to score 21 in the game. At this point, looks like it could be a 70 point loss.

Last year's team was much more competitive than this team. Our offensive line just can't match up with other lines. It's going to be a long, sad season from here on.

I heard tt qb is out. Any possibility there?

How bad must our offense be: SMU scored 41 points on TCU last week. We're struggling just to get back to the line of scrimmage. The fact that this game was decided in the first quarter really hurts.

Well no surprise here BUT Herbert officially gone per Les Miles Lest stating that that Herbert will no longer be around football activities -- wishing him well - - NOTHING to see here - - good bye buddy. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@jayballer73 Are you really that nice of a guy? I don't understand why you would wish him well. He's going to hurt our team - I mean, I hope nothing bad happens to him, but I hope he goes somewhere else and flops. Big Belly Flops.

@jayballer73 why did he leave the team? Do we know?

@approxinfinity likely just because the new rule allows it and KU is still bad. I’m curious if Houston’s QB will be the next transfer Heisman hopeful at Oklahoma.

nuleafjhawk said:

@jayballer73 Are you really that nice of a guy? I don't understand why you would wish him well. He's going to hurt our team - I mean, I hope nothing bad happens to him, but I hope he goes somewhere else and flops. Big Belly Flops.

ahh no reason to hate the guy just because he is leaving - -we gonna go from like to hate just like that? - -people have a right to change their minds ya know? - -he is doing what he feels is in his best interest. - trying to enhance his chances playing at a better program. - - - you ever hear the phrase - -don't hate the player - - hate the game.

I know you hope nothing bad happens - but it's kid of like you working in the field - and going from one job - to another - - better pay - - better benefits - -can't blame the guy for doing what he thinks is possibly a better career move down the road right? - - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

approxinfinity said:

@jayballer73 why did he leave the team? Do we know?

Nothing that I know of, other then just plain and simple possibly thinking playing at a better school for his final year might enhance his chances more of getting a chance at the NFL - - I dunno , I mean he was getting plenty of snaps here - -don't know what it could be. - -Not anything we can do about it but move on.

Not sure but now sounding possibly like Dom Williams MAY be leaving too - -they was asking Les about him also - -and he said he didn't want to get into it but expected Dom back at practice- -said he didn't want really to discuss things - -hell I dunno what's going on. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

@jayballer73 Your points are good. But it IS a little different than working a regular job and going somewhere else. The difference? - nobody cares about you and I working our jobs at the office, or the garbage truck or whatever it is that we do. Nobody.

But everybody cares about the stars of their favorite sports teams. I know you're a Packers fan. If Aaron Rodgers says tomorrow - "You know what? Screw Green Bay. It's too cold here. I'm moving to Miami. Big bucks, beautiful babes, warm weather - suck it Green Bay".

In most Packers fans minds he goes from being the "Savior" to the worlds biggest A-hole. It's just part of sports and the way fans perceive the stars. In my opinion.

dylans said:

@approxinfinity likely just because the new rule allows it and KU is still bad. I’m curious if Houston’s QB will be the next transfer Heisman hopeful at Oklahoma.

D'Eriq King is nowhere near the QB that Mayfield, Murray, or Hurts are. He's a solid QB that can help a mid level P5 program, but he's not an elite prospect.

@Texas-Hawk-10 lets see if he wants to come to Lawrence lol

@kjayhawks Had Les Miles recruited King to LSU, I wouldn't have ruled out that possibility of KU being a potential destination, but LSU didn't recruit King out of HS, so it would be very surprising if he considered KU now.

Based on his recruiting profile and current situations of those schools/coaches that recruited him out of high school, I would bet on King ending up at either TCU or Michigan State.

well this ought to be ugly but I'll give my score anyways - -I think we are looking anywhere probably somewhere like 56-10 or 63-10 - attendance will be ugly maybe somewhere in the neighborhood of 25,000 sorry to say. - - ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY

It’ll be a good game to try a new qb. Well they all kinda were

I predict Pooka gets going and we stay in the game for about 8 minutes lol. Oklahoma 63 Kansas 24. Late Night has brought more folks to town but I think after last weeks set back the best we could hope for 26,500 folks in the stands.

56 -3 halftime score. After that, it's does OU want to be decent, or do they pull a Gary Patterson and go for 100?

2,500 in the stands in 2nd half.

nuleafjhawk said:

56 -3 halftime score. After that, it's does OU want to be decent, or do they pull a Gary Patterson and go for 100?

2,500 in the stands in 2nd half.

And 2000 of them will be OU fans and then the KU Band

They delayed the kick off by a half hour.

over estimated size of crowd - - I was guessing around 25,000 - -this rain and from what I saw looks more like more around 12,000 and probably 5,000 sooners

@jayballer73 I'd say close to 20k, good stop by the defense.

Wow!🏈

Hell of a 99 yard drive. Trying not to get too excited, but we look pretty good!

What a throw by Stanley there. Pooka finally broke a good run too.

Nice drive. They've already exceeded my expectations. Just keep the mistakes to a minimum, and we can hang with them.

Just play hard and see what happens.

It's a shame it appears Stanley is playing well against OU because even with Stanley playing his A game, KU still isn't likely to win this game.

Les's daughter is named "Smacker"? Volleyball nickname or her actual name?

Much better first quarter than last week.

@DanR nickname

@Texas-Hawk-10 very true, his game wins against Coastal and WV.

Stanley hasn't fumbled yet, so that's another bright spot.

Sosinski let me down, man.

How do you drop that !?

Huge huge drop, could the play breaks it open.

I'd have gone for the end zone instead of that pass to the tight end. Maybe that was the plan and it was covered.

That's why Lee isn't a wide receiver

Then we drop a cake walk pick 6, wow

no whistle. that's a bs call

Lee is possibly going to be ejected for that one.

Argh.

Sucks

Lee is lucky he didn't get called for targeting on that hit.

@Texas-Hawk-10 True, but that hit was not out of bounds.

@Texas-Hawk-10 that was a weak call, he was in bounds and it wasnt to the head or neck. That's a good hit if OU does. It sure hell was not a late hit outta bounds.

@Texas-Hawk-10 original live angle showed he turned his shoulders, but it was close

Smacker use to make that noise when she wanted her bottle so they called her that. Smacking her lips.😳

I never argued the late hit out of bounds was the right call, just that Lee was lucky he didn't get called for targeting because he lowered his head to make that hit.

Probably had something to do with the fact that the runner was the QB

@Texas-Hawk-10 lee does that a lot

@Texas-Hawk-10 I agree.

If that was our QB and someone did that, we'd probably want some protection too.

I don't fault Lee though. It was a football play.

@bskeet which is BS, if you run your QB it's a risk that he gets smoked. Period. Not that it matters but the refs wont let us hang in this. OU is the conferences only hope to make the playoffs.

He wasn’t sliding

@kjayhawks Yep, that might also play into the call...

More flags on KU SMH

way too many penalties

@Crimsonorblue22 He does and he's been called multiple times throughout his career for targeting. The bigger issue though that habit is going to result in him not getting up after one of those hits.

Unleash Pooka a little more. He loves playing against the Sooners

Refs.

Welp, I may be back later. I have to go meet my mother for lunch. (Figured the game would be a blowout by this point when we made plans.)

that was interference. the talking heads are wrong.

Can't catch the ball if someone is holding your arm down. Like I said the refs wont let us stay in it. They've made it plenty obvious at this point.

Our defense is playing well.

So much for the razzle-dazzle !

Third and 50 wow

Obvious missed clip and hold on the OU kick return. Just keep playing boys we know you're against 14 today.

play calling on Kansas's part is getting a little to predictable.

We miss so many lil things that hurt us. A catch on 4th down, lee a pic should've been 6, a really bad sideline call that killed us, then a stupid face mask, that gave them a Td w/secs left.🤬

@Crimsonorblue22 it should be 14 all with a fairly officiated game.

Pooka - -16 carries for 105 yards - minus 7 for 98 net -having a solid game

Crimsonorblue22 said:

We miss so many lil things that hurt us. A catch on 4th down, lee a pic should've been 6, a really bad sideline call that killed us, then a stupid face mask, that gave them a Td w/secs left.🤬

our Dam DB'S can't catch the ball -- happened before at least in one other game right? - - like 3 chances then too - -mercy they need some pass catching drills

this opening possession by OU to open the 2nd half will go a longs ways in determining if this stays some what competitive OR - - TURNS INTO A ROUT

If Stanley is our best bet, its time to throw in the towel on this season.

I knew I shouldn't have gotten my hopes up at 7-0

@Crimsonorblue22 all that did was tick OU off

I need to go do something fun like mow the yard or clean out the septic tank. Watching Stanley enables me to physically feel my blood pressure rise.

Why haven't we got another QB in SMH. Never seen a guy as erratic as Stanley long, then short and then makes the complete wrong read. Better find a Qb for next season or we are toast again. Crazy how FCS teams have 3 QBs better than our 5, two of which are 5th seniors.

@kjayhawks That is THE most frustrating part of this season for me. WHY WHY WHY won't Miles put someone else in? ANYBODY else. Stanley is TERRIBLE.

Carter is the 🐐 against bad defenses

He needs the reps?

@FarmerJayhawk at this point it's just to pad his stats and make it justifiable. Dude had 98 yards passing at the start of the 4th quarter and finished with 230. @Crimsonorblue22 I believe this is his 15th start and 6th in a row. He doesnt need reps, he needs better decision making. Not mentioning hes a 5th senior. Our 5th year senior that's been starting all year needs more reps lmao!!

Big 12 is and odd this season so far. Looks the conference may beat the heck outta each other. I didnt expect ISU to spank TCU or TT to hand OSU with relative ease.

@kjayhawks same thing happens in basketball, IMO

Announced attendance was 34,402. Score was 45-20. I think we made some gains today. Back to back games without turnovers and the defense finally got there own. Wish Lee wouldve got that easy pick 6. Nice to see Pooka look like a good player again.

Nice to see KSU lose 2 in a row, that outta shut up the big 12 title flap I've been hearing. Like I said about Kilenman,he's not used to playing good team after good team. Half the NDSU schedule was a cake walk.

@kjayhawks ksu fans are somehow shocked lol