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Open Game Thread: K-State vs. Oklahoma



Who: K-State vs. Oklahoma
When: October 25, 2008 | 11:30 a.m.
Where: Manhattan, Kan. | Bill Snyder Family Stadium (50,000)
Media: K-State Sports Streaming Audio, 1350 KMAN | FSN

For the first time in three weeks, I will not be in attendance. As such, I will be here at home, with my laptop up and the game on the tube, and hoping y'all will join me.

Go Cats!

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You know what's amazing?

Watching the lead-in to College GameDay and taking note of the number of featured teams that suck now.

I was thinking the exact same thing when watching it.
Good luck today

Just hope we make it competitive. Maybe the troops will rally around Prince after yesterday.

What happened yesterday?

Prince’s father passed.

Ron Prince’s father died. He’s going to coach today, apparently his dad had been sick for quite a while, so it wasn’t altogether unexpected. Panjandrum linked a news story about it in a FanShot just below this open thread.

I Overlooked That!

I really hate to hear that. That is tragic.

Anybody going to be around here for the game?

I’m watching the game solo today – roommates outta town.

I'll be here throughout the game

I’m guessing Panjandrum will be in attendance today. Not sure about EMAW.

Hell, let’s just use this as a roll call for who’s going to be around today. And no, I won’t be surprised if there are only about three responses to this message.

Well it is a home game.

But I’ll be sitting in front of the 52 with my laptop in my lap.

Is it just me...

…or is GameDay completely ignoring the Big 12 today? I head a little bit about OSU/Texas and a brief mention of TTU/KU, but that’s been it.

I avoid gameday.

Really it’s a health issue. My doctor said the risk of me getting a brain aneurysm increases while listening to Lee Corso.

PRESENT

Sorry I’’m late to the party….the flu has pretty much set in completely, so this should be interesting. I’m home alone (wife’s in Iowa) with the dog, some nyquil, and a bottle of Crown….

I think we all know...

…which of those is most important. Hope that whisky is soothing.

I'm going to go with Knob
My comfort will be...

…Shiner Bock, unless things get really bad.

So, TB

have you become one of the transplants that think Shiner Bock is the king of beers? I have an old roommate that now lives in Ft. Worth, and he thinks Shiner is the ultimate beer. Don’t get me wrong, it’s good, I just find it funny that if you’re in TX, you almost feel obligated to drink it. Kind of like Boulevard in KC…

Shiner's a good beer

But I haven’t really known many people to say it’s the king of beers. I’ll choose it over any bud, coors, or miller product. I may even drink it at the bars on occasion.

I like all Shiner beers...

…and actually think their Bohemian Black Lager the best. But no, Boulevard is still at the top of my beer list.

blvd.

is a great beer, but it’s not even in my top 5

Snob
don't hate

because i have a fine taste and an extensive palette of experience. it wouldn’t hurt to branch out a little.

You apparently didn't notice...

…the lineup of beers ringing the cabinets in my kitchen.

I wasn't impressed.

Those were the token beers. Besides, anyone who has a roommate who collects heineken caps looses all credibility.

We collect...

…all our caps, but we keep the Heineken caps separate.

my point exactly….

Blvd is definitely at top of my list

But I do like Shiner (especially the Blonde).

I cut my lip...

…on a poorly opened bottle of Shiner Blonde one time, so I took that as a sign.

And the person who opened that bottle…yep, it was me.

Maybe it's because I'm a Texan transplanted in the Midwest

But give me Shiner over Boulevard all seven days of the week. Bock and Blonde are liquid gold.

Memorial stadium????
Why is the guy on fsn yelling?
I'm watching...

…TTU/KU right now. No clue.

looks like a shootout

it’s going to be an 80 point day in lawrence

I think I picked Tech

for that game, but seriously re-thinking my decision.

tech's the smart

and only pick. i should have put money on the game i’m so confident

Anyone know what the over/under was on TTU/KU?
god those are ugly red uni's
and espn should be ashamed of themselves.

that stadium in lawrence should not be shown in HD

They're throwback unis...

from when they won their first meaningful bowl game…

DROP HIM DROP HIM DROP HIM
I was thinking the same thing

though, that’s not as hokey as when he jumps off the top of an RV to do the open….get a new gimmick dude.

you know he doesn't take his wallet

when he crowd surfs. idiot..

What's great...

Is last year’s KSU/Mizzou game, where the KSU fans dumped him over the back of the couch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C-Bhboi8MZw

Sweet

I always enjoy watching the KSU student section. I was in Manhattan for the KSU/Baylor game last year and I came away very impressed with the students.

Hopefully Freeman and Co. can keep ’em in the game today.

You probably

won’t be very impressed today. The crowds have been very off this year.

Yep, student section isn't full...

just sad.

God, I love HD
freeman

looks a lot skinnier in HD

Flipping between the KU/TTU and OU/KSU games...

The “Rip his f*cking head off” at Kansas has only gotten louder since the “university” tried to stop it

We don't have one senior starting on offense

next year….next year…

and only

Campbell on D

Who told Freeman he was Robert Griffin?
RUN THE BALL

for christ’s sake

THAT'S why you run the ball.

A play action fake is useless if the other team knows you don’t run it.

It just illustrates...

…how little of an offensive game plan we have. Yes, let’s run play-action, without having tried an actual running play to set it up.

Another useless play-action
They should change 'Beamer Ball'

to K-State ball

Auston English...

… still haunts my dreams.

uggg

out comes the whiskey

that didn't take long...
Well at least we can say

that Freeman’s only thrown one true interception all season….

If they don't run the ball

on the first play of this drive i’m going to loose it.

it’s going to be a long day..

What the fuck?!

Will someone tell our OC that play-action doesn’t work if you don’t try to run the freaking ball!

On another note...

…no defense in Lawrence, today, I see.

and then there was A FIRE FIGHT!
Please note...

…we took only about 1:00 of game clock off on that drive. Way to protect that defense.

that's what's been killing us all season

especially last week against CU. you’re not going to win any games when you hold the ball 8 minutes in the second half.

At least we had good coverage on the punt!
Man i hate live TV

can’t fast forward through the commercials

Wow

Baylor just broke a long run for TD to tie up the game.

Listening to Dave Lapham is painful
RPT, can you explain...

…why Mizzou wasted good advertising dollars showing a commercial during a K-State/Oklahoma game?

fsn southwest

showed one during the pregame

I just wondered the exact same thing

Either that or FSN screwed up and played the wrong commercial.

I’m not a big fan of that commercial, although it’s an excuse to laugh at the fact that the dean of the School of Journalism is Dean Dean Mills.

I almost...

…transferred to Mizzou’s j-school. I would have enjoyed having a Dean named Dean.

then there's dean law at k-state in the capd

it just sounds intimidating, although the man is not.

Well, moral victory there

We at least forced OU into third and long.

gee

another missed tackle…on third down none-the-less

there we go

damn murphy isn’t that fast, jordy would have had it……

good pick up of the blitz

just a bad throw

Thank you, Deon

When he gets a hole and is running downhill, he’s one of the best in the nation. If only he could have finished it.

Really?

So KSU decides to establish the running game by having Freeman run a QB draw off a jet sweep?

I sometimes think...

…our offensive plays are being called by somebody sitting at home playing PS3.

You say as they run the WR pass

PS3, indeed.

as retarded as that sounds

yup, sounds about right

Yay!

The halfback pass!

even our running game is passing...
There's a little bold and daring

Not as pretty as Jordy throwing it, but I’ll take it.

Is that...

…indisputable video evidence?

he's in
LOL!

At the guy dressed as Dorothy with the purple wig!

although we scored

it only took 1.28 off the clock

How did we not recover that?

Damn!!!

Our offense and special teams

are going to have to step up…

i like that "fake trip"

never sen that one before. not a bad concept, but if you teach the regular sp. teams player to do that it would be more effective. how did they not see that coming with two kickers on the field at the same time.

Yeah, I liked the idea...

just bad execution. It looked like our flyers on that side of the field got a bad jump.

By the way

This just in: Robert Hot Tub Griffin is extremely talented.

47 yards down the sideline for a TD. 14-7, Baylor.

He is the truth

Nebraska better get ready.

tech up 28-14

there’s going to be a lot of points put up today in the big 12

Isn't it a penalty

if you move more than 2 steps after calling for a fair catch?

OU is moving the ball at will

are we ever going to stop them?

Well, OU is only on pace

to score 56 by halftime.

what's the over/under on how many more TD's

OU’s going to get this quarter? I’m guessing one and i’m going with the over….

what's the record for total points in a quarter?
I'm looking that up
Attaboy Banks!

If you keep it below his helmet, he can catch it. Man he’s fast.

That was pretty awesome
boy's got speed

mad speed

That kid had some wheels!
He is amazing

5’7", 142 lbs.

Unfortunately...

…it sets up OU to score again before the quarter ends.

Wow

That drop was huge.

Nice hit Carney!

Whoo, we forced a punt!

need a stop

AND GOT ONE!!! HOLY SHIT!!! WE STOPPED THEM ONCE!!!

Bradford

can just put it wherever he wants it….

Dold

has some nice hands out of the backfield.

Freeman really is...

…a man mountain.

That's why he doesn't get sacked

HOLY SHIT. you sir are a man-beast.

From Panjandrum, via text message...

“Random thought…Banks will be awesome in the CFL with the wide field and open spaces.”

First Quarter Report

No team has had the ball for more than 5 plays in any of their 6 touchdown drives…

Haha

Awesome

Again, from Panjandrum, via text message...

…“Optimism in stands high. Fans now jovial. TD here keeps fans in the stands. Boomer sooner is played after every fucking down. I hate it.”

Why the hell do we allow

OU’s band to come? I can understand other bands, but that one has to be an exception….

Holy crap

MASTRUD!!!

good lord

where was this last weekend against CU?

I've got to ask...

That’s cool about Freeman breaking the record and all, but is anyone at KSU really going to put him in the company of Roberson and Bishop?

Bishop? No

Roberson? Probably. The only difference is that with Roberson, our teams were much more dominant (having Sproles didn’t hurt). Unfortunately for Josh, he’s the byproduct of a rebuilding system, so he may only have a 1 bowl game loss to show for his years here.

yes and no

he’s the best statistical qb k-state has ever seen, and he’s won some big games. but he hasn’t led the team to a good season yet

Good question

It’s so hard to compare different eras. Certainly those two QBs led us to more wins and more overall success, which probably shows the overall talent deficiency we’re facing right now. We will certainly consider Freeman one of the best players ever to wear purple, but you can’t compare him to those guys who had so much team success.

Welcome back to the game, KSU
We'll take it...

…I’m still not sure I’m not just hungover, though. What has happened to this group?

Panjandrum, again via text message...

“Fans happy. Like a Greatful Dead concert after everyone is good and high.”

he is in manhattan right?

sounds a lot like lawrence…..

He didn't say they were high

Just that everyone is very happy, like they were high.

Tell him

 to keep it up. It sounds like it is getting pretty loud there when our D is on the field.

Why do I get the feeling...

…that all these running plays are setting us up for play-action?

ou maybe just try to calm the game down

keep our offense off the field….

Nice stop!

That’s huge.

In other news...

…Baylor leads Nebraska, 14-10, in Lincoln, with about 5 minutes left in the first half.

only 24 points?

lame

Ahahaha...

I just saw the purple wig Dorothy guy. That’s hilarious.

That guy dressed as Dorothy...

…really is a classic. Nice catch there, EMAW.

I'm just glad it wasn't the Nyquil/Whiskey mixture

that made me see the Dorothy.

Logan Dold

There’s nothing flashy about this guy, but I really like the kid. He runs smart and grinds out every inch he can get.

Wow

Great catch Ernie.

Josh Freeman's arm:

LOL

Awesome. +1 for RPT.

NICE CATCH, ERNIE!

Rubber duckies for everyone!

YES!

although that’s a definite no call.

Tie Game!!!
wow

now i wish i traveled three weeks in a row to be in manhattan

We are picking up their blitzes

pretty nicely…

Freeman is picking up

his slack for his sub-par performances so far in the big 12 games

He's getting pretty good protection...

…and he’s making nice throws.

I'm not sure...

…that shouldn’t have been pass interference. Maybe they were both leaning on each other.

And then we fall down in coverage

Dammit

With all this talk about our offense

our D has been pretty solid afer the first four tds.

and as i’m typing there’s a big play by ou…

Wow, I thought that was a TD

Hope we’re not just delaying the inevitable.

murray = athlete

murray = moreno

another dropped pass!
THey are stealing a page from our playbook
dammit, couldn't take advantage
Bradford has some big brass balls

Nice completion on 4th.

Stoops realizes you don’t bring a knife to a gun fight.

where the hell

was that pass thrown?

Oh, Ernie

Catch first, run second.

dammit pierce

you’re a wildcat, not a sooner

Damn

I thought he was down…doesn’t look like it.

It's close

But I think it was coming out.

nah, that's a fumble

“as i was speaking, i was getting a page”

classic

That was great
man we need to force a turnover here

that’s been a huge problem for us lately

Another drop!
another drop!
And then a conversion

Dammit

and then a touchdown...

and that’s were juco’s can’t complete with the size of oklahoma

Goddammit

Well, back to the defense we’ve been seeing.

At least they shanked the PAT
Haha

I never tire of seeing kicks bonk off the upright.

Yay, Sproles highlights

I love that guy.

“Wade, in the water. Wildcats gonna trouble, the water!”

it's only fitting that

they show 2003 after they showed 2000 early on

Umm, I think that should have been pass interference

But as always, I could be wrong. It certainly would have been PI last week in Boulder.

way to make it up pierce

he’s going to need a catcher’s mit for that fastball

Terrible decision making by Freeman there

Gotta think there’s someone over there.

shit

read that a little too well, he must be on steriods…….test them all

DAMMIT!!!

They read that screen like a damn magazine article (I don’t think Sooners read books).

Come on Now!

They read books. Especially ones with pictures.

That was awesome CCM

+1

everybody likes those

it doesn’t matter what school you went to, everybody loves pictures!

"you can tripod yourself"

f’ing awesome. this game is giving us some great quotes

Those friggin ponies are so gay!
???

I missed it.

OU Mascots, Boomer and Sooner
Oh, I see

I didn’t realize they went to away games.

49-14 in lawrence

game’s getting out of hand

yikes

that game may end up worse than our score against tech

dammit

we need some bigger receivers. gotta commend freeman to be able to throw accurate passes to little men

I don't understand...

…why Freeman’s just looking downfield. Why are we not trying to run the ball, or complete some short passes.

FUCK WHAT ARE YOU DOING

we’re giving up again at the half again! why run the ball now?

Well, we didn't really give up...

…but that wasn’t so good.

when you run the clock out after a failed run

that usually means you’re giving up. i was surprised they threw the ball downfield after that

12 td's in the first half so far

and we only have four of them

I may need to go get some whisky

I’m not sure I can drink beer fast enough to numb myself from this.

FWIW

The most points scored in a game by an opponent at BSFS is 75….by Oklahoma back in the 70’s. That record may fall today.

only if we can continue to put up points

otherwise the dogs will be called up, at the start of the 3rd quarter of course

jesus

we just tied the most points in a WHOLE game this season in the big 12 in the FIRST FRIGGIN’ HALF

I knew...

…Freeman’s casual approach to tucking the ball would bite us at some point. I hope Stoops takes a knee here…but I don’t expect it.

looks like they want to score 62

in the first half…

this is truely become

a PS3 game

Has Panjandrum hurled himself off the upper deck yet?
His latest text message

“Fuck my life.”

i'm lucky

my condo’s on the 2nd floor, only minimal injuries

what is with the turnovers?

just dreadful

kneel it asshole

call off the dogs. no need for this after the penalty

It's our job to stop them

Stoops will give no quarter.

It was still the first half

Anything is free game in the first half. If you can score 100 take it. You won’t see that in the 2nd half.

i don't know

i have mixed feelings about that, now if that was second string out there (way too early for that though) i wouldn’t have a problem with that

it took tech

3 quarters to hang 56 points, lame

I believe Freeman will throw for 500 today

already over 300, but he might tack on a few more turnovers though….

The only problem with that...

…is that if we keep throwing, we lengthen the game, possibly turn the ball over, and (if we score a few TDs) put the pressure on Stoops to keep tacking on scores. Oklahoma could well score 80 today, if they feel like they need to.

Halftime stats

Freeman: 17/27, 326 yards, 3 TDs, 2 INTs
Bradford: 12/23, 223 yards, 3 TD, 0 INT

Total Yards
K-State: 369
OU: 400

On a happier note...

…congrats, folks, this is the longest open thread in BOTC history.

if the cat's and the sooners

can score 83 points in a half, it’s only fitting that we set a botc record for comments in the first half…..

Congrats!

Now, if you really want to set a record just have your team drop a clunker in the Fiesta Bow once or twice. You’ll have all kinds of comments then.

Question for you ccm

Were there any fans that wanted Stoops fired after either of those games?

Gawd, if there were...

…I’d have taken him back in Manhattan in an instant.

They just showed...

…KU fans sleeping on the bleachers in Lawrence. We’re gonna get our asses kicked (we already are) but that made my day.

This is a class, from Panjandrum via text message...

“Please inform posters that they can purchase the history of ksu basketball dvd on nov. 18. Looks good. God damn Kernkraft tecno song is on. This day can’t get worse. Or can it?”

alright, nice 3 and out to start
mountain man

delivers again

That was a dangerous pass

but, at least we got the conversion.

Six and a half minutes and no one has scored yet in the second half.

I’m Bored!

That's why you don't

kick field goals when you’re down 4 scores…damn

Talk about bringing brass knuckles to a gun fight
What do you expect to gain from a field goal

when you’re down 27 points in the second half?

To Only Be Down By 24 Points?
Just chip away at it
Holy Hell!

Logan Dold just ran straight forward for nine yards. Wow. That was awesome.

Nice run Logan!

Just as Knox was saying he lost his wallet when he crowd surfed before the game.

he does that
He works for FSN

Not like there’s anything in it.

This game...

…needs to hurry the fuck up. I want to watch OSU/UT.

i need to go to work

how much does that suck?

Now really...

…did they just say that OU is worrying about their focus and putting us away in the second half. Really?

All I have to say is...

get it right, Tim. It was 64-0.

Just kidding.

3rd and 33

you had better hold them here

A score on this drive

will at least prove to me our guys haven’t given up. I wouldn’t be surprised if we hung around and made it a two score game.

Banks just got drilled

I’ve been worrying about that all year. Popped right up though.

Is Dold hurt?

Why is Bell suddenly our running back?

I have to say this...

…Freeman really is showing what he’s capable of today.

Nice catch by Banks, too. That kid is good.

What a run

the dude is nails, you can’t argue with that…

WHAT THE FUCK!!

why hell don’t you follow the center on those 2 FUCKING PLAYS

Exactly.

You have the man-mountain and you line up in shotgun twice in a row…did Prince not learn from Mizzou’s mistakes?

i'm just baffled by this

it doesn’t make any sense why you line up in the shotgun. just awful. someone should get fired for that.

Panjandrum, via text message

Shotgun? Two straight plays? Retarded.

A block would be nice
OU seems to know...

…how to let us get really close but not make the block.

why are we starting to establish the run now?

we need points, not clock management

We're trying...

…to prevent a blowout.

fuck it

i’m showering and going to work. this blows. i’m out

Don't blame you...
Alright, if anyone's left...

…I’m switching over to the OSU/UT game. Have a great day.

Yep....think I'll do the same.

Take it easy man.

Those fuckers did it again

RB Murray’s 167 yards, 4 TDs help Sooners pound Jayhawks

Well at least it numbs the pain a little…

and they finally corrected it

but that was the original title. idiots.

Epilogue: For those that are curious...

1) I’m still alive

2) This game was depressing overall

3) I had nachos, and that was probably the bright spot of my day

Now that I'm home from the game...

The highlight was the on-side kick…it was hilarious seeing the kicker fall flat on his face.

The weather was nice too.

Conspiracy theory: The Big 12 refs are trying to get more than one Big 12 team into the BCS bowl games.

The OU band wasn’t nearly as annoying as the last two times I’ve seen them.

I'm home

Well, the band annoyed me, but probably not as much as their mullet-horse mascot. I guess I have to forgive them though. The mullet is the official haircut of the state of Oklahoma. Also, I just have to say Boomer and Sooner don’t rhyme. Silly Okies.

I was actually kind of proud despite the ass-kicking. It was the first time all season where I didn’t see the team giving up. For a moment, the fans were actually loud. I closed my eyes and tried to pretend we were back in the good old days… but that was short lived.

I never blamed the fans for leaving early at the TTU game. The people on the call-in show were all upset about it that week. Why should anyone have to stay when the team left at half-time? This time, they fought until the very end. That’s the difference. If they can play like that next week in Lawrence, we might finally get the trophy back where it belongs.

After hearing part of the broadcast of OU v. Tech

I have renewed loathing of Boomer Sooner.

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