I'm not old; just been young a lot longer than you.
Kansas State Victory - Game Thoughts
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Thanks. He was in one of my Spring Quarter classes which he always started but didn't finish because he would drop it when Spring Practice would start. The players only needed to keep their grade point up to stay eligible; progression requirements were not set-up yet.
Overall, felt great to go on the road and never really feel worried (a first play TD certainly helped).
Seems Kolar is "back" and his ability to pluck the ball out of the air and be in the right spot was super helpful.
I don't have the stats up so I may be wrong, but seemed we played a relatively clean game in terms of penalties (false starts, etc).
Seems Kolar is "back" and his ability to pluck the ball out of the air and be in the right spot was super helpful.
I don't have the stats up so I may be wrong, but seemed we played a relatively clean game in terms of penalties (false starts, etc).
Was watching the first quarter again. Right after Mevis' first field goal I noticed that Campbell was talking to the umpire. Rus was just called for a false start which made 4th and 1 into 4th and 6 prompting Campbell to pull the offense and send out the FG unit. I replayed the false start play again and you can see the guy directly across from Rus bark out which should be flagged as simulating a snap count. That is why Rus flinched. It should have been a 5 yard penalty for simulating a snap count which would have kept the drive going. Of course the know-it-all color guy goes on a diatribe about how ISU should scrap all of the pre-snap motion because of it.
That is a penalty which doesn't get called nearly as often as the defense knowingly commits it. Having the umpire back by the referee rather than behind the linebackers probably makes it more difficult to catch as well since they are a lot farther away from the infraction.
That is a penalty which doesn't get called nearly as often as the defense knowingly commits it. Having the umpire back by the referee rather than behind the linebackers probably makes it more difficult to catch as well since they are a lot farther away from the infraction.
I'll wait? More than that he didn't punt in the KSU game?
Yeah sure, but can he play linebacker?
I love that!
Experience is often under-rated!
I mean I will readily admit that I am on the downhill side of life but I wasn't going to ISU games in 1962. I never made Clyde Williams field (except as a rec area while at ISU).I love that!
and I thought that saying was clever too . . . .
Absolutely. AND, btw that KSU on sides kick was the best design and execution I have ever seen.
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Not mentioned here is the INT that was missed late in the EZ. On the next play they make 6. Your D works all nite and then miss a layup that would have put the game away.
Agree that ST need more priority than is being given. I disagree with your saying the above. The moment you " go to grab the ball", KSU is going to smack you and the ball is going to squirt loose. It is not like you have a free grab. It is was a great kick and a dicey situation.
Like I said, our lineman are extremely poor at finding and reacting to the ball. It's not even like they try to shed the blockers and can't, they don't even react when the RB runs right by them. It's basically up to our linebackers to fill the gaps and make every tackle. If and when they don't it turns into a problem.
Finding the football is run defense 101.
Jimmy Fallon says this Buffalo Bills player is ‘Most Likely to Emerge from a Corn Field Holding a Machete’
"The Tonight Show" host shared fake superlatives for the team, including Josh Allen.
WRT best ISU linebacker ever, Klein has already been crowned most likely to emerge from a cornfield holding a machete
Our defensive system is based on gap assignments, so the DL in fact are not told to go find the ball, but rather to take up space, same with the LBs. The safeties are responsible for going to find the ball, hence the term "spill & kill" which has been used to describe our D
A lot to dissect here. I really dig the stone in their stadium. Also, the facial hair on that security guy…….
Im pretty sure it's been reported that ST was worked on heavily during the bye week. At this point the punting is what it is. I'm sure if there was a better option the staff would go with it. Mevis has been a great upgrade in kickoffs and FGs. Hopefully we can get a better punter in this off-season.
This play has been copied a ton since the Dallas/Atlanta game last year.
Requires a receiving team that is content with watching a spinning ball travel ten yards before touching it.
I understand their primary function and mentioned so in my post. With that said they need to display awareness of where the football is and react appropriately. There are several teams (college and pros) that run some sort of a gap system but I've never seen one where the lineman appear incapable of disrupting a play in their vicinity.
Yeah, I think we've seen enough to know that he has the better leg. Just needs to concentrate on hang time over distance.
