So what's your thoughts of the Kansas St. game?

1) Louisville looks solid now that they’ve had some more time to gel. The WRs looked much better than in the Kentucky game. The O-line took control most of the time, which let your RBs absolutely terrorize the K-State D. A lot less execution errors, overall. The offensive playcalling in the 2nd and 3rd quarters were fantastic, and I don’t say that because Dr. Lou said something about it.

2) With all due respect given to the Cards in what I mentioned above, it was clear that K-State is a “Not Ready for Prime-time Player”. Not for sure if K-State matched up poorly against the Cards strengths, or if they are just awful, or just had a awful game.

Good win, guys!

first- I think the offensive and defensive lines deserve a lot of credit (more than i’ve heard so far)- especially the offensive line. To have your left side out and a banged up center (althought one of the best in the country still) and to have over 300 yards rushing and two backs get 100 yards is amazing. Also did a pretty good job of giving Cantwell time to throw. He looked relaxed and poised (not at all like the UK game) and much of the credit for that has to go to the offensive line.

Defensive line was also good. While KSU was forced to play behind much of the game and pass more, we did hold them to 30 yards(18 yards by the QB Freeman) rushing on 12 attempts. We got to the QB enough early to rattle him and never let him get completely settlled in the pocket, even if we didnt get as many sacks/hits as we maybe should have.

Second- Playcalling was very good. Agressive on both sides of the ball. Brohm also left in extra blockers to help give support to the back ups forced to start on the line. I also loved this style of offense. Pounding the ball with Bolen in the first half wore down their defensive front. Then letting Victor take over in the second and third quarters with his speed and relentless running—they had no chance.

On defense, definitly some execution problems and some dumb penalties, but you can just tell this defense is miles ahead of last years, even with perhaps less talent and definitly less experience. Gang tackling with 3 or 4 Cards near the ball, especially on running plays is encouraging. If we can eliminate the big play, this game is a huge blowout.

Other thoughts- WR looked good. Chichester shows what he can be and will only get much much better (provided he doesnt develope Urutia like symptoms) Beaumont is my new favorite player, probably because he reminds me so much of my old favorite, Harry Douglas. Not much size, but good route runnings and very good hands.

Kicking game has to improve. I’m not saying change kickers or whatever yet but it needs to improve and if it doesn’t, it might end up costing us a game in the future.

I’m going to slightly disagree with TFGMartinez. While i do agree that KSU is a “not ready for prime time player” it is still very capable of beating much better teams than UL. I think UL played a very smart game and dominated the lines. They made Freeman uncomfortable in the pocket and kept him off the field with the control of the running game.

Good win, good way to head into the opening of conference play.

Yeah, Beaumont is my new man crush. You can see just how hard he was working on every play: very Harry-like. Going over the middle. Deep fades. He had everything going. Chichester is going to be a weapon. Our new Douglas and Urrutia?

Kudos to the offensive line and downfield blocking. Banged up as they were, the guys coming in made ginormous holes that even Bolen could run through. Even our receivers were making great blocks allowing the outside runs. How many plays went for a loss or no yards? It was reminiscent of the Bush days – always running downhill.

Cantwell was throwing some laser beams out there. Solid game. He even took some good shots downfield into single coverage.He could stand to look off receivers every once in a while. I knew who he was throwing to every time, but still managed to wing the ball in there with gusto.

The secondary came up with 2 picks and a lot of tipped/swatted balls. However, there was a little “Matador Defense” on a couple plays in the middle of the field – eerily reminiscent of last year.

Anderson and Bolen were mediocre at best (sarcasm).

O Arthur, Arthur, wherefore art thou, Arthur Carmody? By my calculations, the kicking game could have had 7 more points on the board. Chris Philpott, you owe me one Qdoba taco. Time to get the first 3 games out of your head.

Bring on UCONN for the Vengeance Bowl.

I saw a little of the game at a restaurant but mostly listened to it in my car. There are a number of particulars mentioned above that were impressive, but the thing I noticed the most was the sense that the team was focused and motivated for the game. For instance, the opening offensive series for the Cards in the 3rd quarter had the confidence and precision of something from a Petrino led offense. It was boom, boom, boom, and we scored. This was solid playcalling combined with execution by the team. Also, the Cards didn’t fold after K State returned the punt for a TD; they just stayed focused and took care of business on offense. It was the first time in over a year that I was optimistic about our chances for making a bowl. The improvement in overall team attitude in one year is astonishing.

One negative was our kicking. It was just awful. That may cost us a game somewhere down the road if we don’t improve. ’Nuff said.

We beat the spread by 2 touchdowns—and it would have been 4 touchdown diff if not for a few sloppy plays.

Also what the hell are you doing critiquing our game? It’s like Tru Blue “hosting” the last on-line game. WTF !!

The big picture: The D is much better this yr, courtesy of Mr. English—my man crush—and that has given the O time to gel a bit.

We could make some noise in the very weak big east.

That is nice in a way, but only in a kinda weakass way. K -State is a top 40 team, middle of their conference probably.

So, I feel good about the progress, ands feel reall good about home-grown boys like Doug and Vic and Hunter leading the way. But the jury is still out….it’s still a game-to-game thing.

But, hey, it’s all good…

…damn nice win.

Wednesday nite, huh?… geez, I almost missed it…“Law And Order Traffic Ticket Division” was on TNT.
Heck, I can remember when 99 percent of college grid iron games were played on Saturday. And in the daytime.
And 90 percent of Pro games were played on Sunday…but that all ended, too.
(Now say it with me, in a Howard Cosell accent) :
“The Thursday nite edition of Monday nite football on A…B…C.”

Sure hope Mike and everybody is safe and dry, just like me in Upstate NY.

Glub, glub.

Go JB Holmes and Kenny Perry! I want the USA to bring it home.

Sorry, meant to stop by earlier. Y’all played a really good game and dominated us in a way the final score did not reflect. Good luck the rest of the way.

…Than a character witness for O.J. Simpson.
But we’ll all watch and see, if not Tiger Woods, perhaps Frankpos, stealing a little nip from a silver sided flask as he feels a chill around his shoulders, while walking in the hollows searching for smiled out range balls in the deep rough off the 14th fairway.

Smilin’ at ya, Frank. Just jealous is all. Wish I were with you.

Have a great weekend.
Roz

oh how the might have fallen. I think I’m having de javu except the team I see is wearing navy blue and gold and calls themselves Mountaineers. This is good for us, but not so good for the BE.

had the expectations we had last year…

lost a coach…

lost a top RB…

in the top 10…

and not as good as we hoped….

they will fall like we did… but they will get back up like we are starting too…