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@Crimsonorblue22 we will be a top 20 team come Tuesday. Swept KSU volleyball so they will stay in the top 20 and Basketball is obviously number 1 for now.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
@KirkIsMyHinrich do we move up?
I don’t know this is kind of new to me. I… I think we do.
But really it will probably depend on what some teams ahead of us do. If USC loses to Washington tonight for example.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
@KirkIsMyHinrich do we move up?
We likely jump Notre Dame since they’ve already lost. If USC loses, we’ll jump them. We should also be cheering for Colorado and Arizona to win tonight as well and KU could potentially jump up several spots.
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How does Alex Grinch still have a job
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@FarmerJayhawk said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
How does Alex Grinch still have a job
He’s stealing money at this point
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We should jump OU IMO, same record and we beat them recently. I personally think the B12 doesn’t have a top 10 team, Maybe a healthy Texas. We actually need help getting to Arlington at this point, even winning out we need losses for Texas and OSU.
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@kjayhawks I can see isu beating Texas with Murphy as qb, don’t they play them?
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Just had to strap it up. Hardly anyone was giving us a chance to win. I actually thought we had a decent chance -BUT I also thought we would be able to run the ball.- -Jason Bean needs a little love, nothing fancy , spectular, just solid tonight
Have a chance for a really good Season. I think 9 wins is for sure withing our reach.- - K/State is going to be hard , but Texas Tech & Cincinnati very otainable.
I know also that we better batten down the forth and do whatever w need to do to hang onto our Coach - -and this staff-- they gonna be coming trying to take Coach. Whatever it takes
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Side note it was nice to have a game in November in Ames that wasn’t in frigid temperatures with a wind.
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How about Jason Bean? This guy has almost made us forget about Jalon Daniels. He keeps doing things like beating OU for the first time since Clinton (Bill, not Hillary), beating ISU for the first time since Bush. Although the announcers couldn’t stop talking about the freshman QB for the Tornados Jason was making clutch play after clutch play. The touch on some of those throws, while not surprising, was sublime. He was robbed out of another TD pass by a non PI call which Grimm would have strolled into the end zone with ease had he not been held.
While I complained about the refs they did say the dude stepped out of bounds after the long kick return even though none of us saw it. After that long return our D held, forced a punt. Big time D. When momentum was on ISU’s and ESPNs side and they were driving to a TD to make it a 3 point game, the D stiffened and forced a FG. Huge play, giving us some breathing room that even if we couldn’t run down the clock they’d only be competing for a tying TD instead of either a go ahead TD or tying FG.
Yeah, ISU played like a bunch of losers who realized the only way to beat us was to try to hurt us.
#LanceCOY
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@kjayhawks said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
We should jump OU IMO, same record and we beat them recently. I personally think the B12 doesn’t have a top 10 team, Maybe a healthy Texas. We actually need help getting to Arlington at this point, even winning out we need losses for Texas and OSU.
KU needs two losses from each which is unlikely because each has the tiebreaker over KU.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
Jared Casey got up on that catch! I’m watching post game! Only throw and catch to a tight end
I’m going to fondly remember Big Play Jared Casey as one of my favorite Jayhawks. That first down catch sealed the win. Awkward pass from Bean, but Big Play Casey hauled it in. Now KU gets TT Red Raiders at home next Saturday. I’m fine with Jason Bean and I no longer pay any attention to speculation about Jalen’s back injury. This is Bean’s team and Bean’s season.
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@wissox said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
When momentum was on ISU’s and ESPNs side and they were driving to a TD to make it a 3 point game, the D stiffened and forced a FG.
RGIII was terrible, but I didn’t find him biased.
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@dylans he had a pretty sweet hat though
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I love RG3
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Ranked 17th!
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@Crimsonorblue22 I don’t want this to sound like a slam, but if our qb would quit overthrowing wide open receivers we’d be a lot higher than that.
Not a slam. Just truth.
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I do always wonder why there isn’t more transparent accountability for refs. They were TERRIBLE last night. The ISU return did not look like he stepped out, I remember three pretty blatant PI on third down that didn’t get called, the grim one being the most egregious. And how long did they review that “fumble” that they had to overturn into what was CLEARLY an incomplete pass? Low hit on beans knee, questionable roughing the passer calls on both sides, just a big ole stinker from the officials that game.
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@nuleafjhawk said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
@Crimsonorblue22 I don’t want this to sound like a slam, but if our qb would quit overthrowing wide open receivers we’d be a lot higher than that.
Not a slam. Just truth.
We’d also have at least one more win if he didn’t have a habit of throwing into double or triple coverage consistently as well.
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@nuleafjhawk that’s what is so frustrating about Jason. He led the B12 in QBR this week and was just fantastic outside of 2 throws. Against Texas he had the worse QBR of any power 5 starter this season and OSU wasn’t a lot better. Just have to hope he has found his stride and will get a us some more wins. We are still very lucky to have him on our roster.
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@kjayhawks That’s one way to get to average. One extreme after the other.
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For me, I’m just going to enjoy and accept Jason Bean for all his faults and successes. KU is 7-2, ranked 19 and two of the next three games are against easier opponents. If anyone would have predicted in August 2022 that KU would have been this successful, I would have laughed and called them crazy. I’m really glad Jason suck around this year. He gives us our best chance to win every remaining game.
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@stoptheflop 19 in AP
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I think that was Bean’s best game yet. His short passes were accurate. His touch passes were accurate. He’s always accurate with the long passes.
He managed the game consistently. Really could not ask for a much better performance.
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I think we have to give @Kcmatt7 some credit for a pretty good preseason prediction… flipped the Okie teams, but otherwise spot on.
https://kubuckets.com/topic/12987/2023-season-predictions
Hope he’s dead wrong about KSU and we win out.
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I’ ll ask this- -was anyone else sweating little gold nuggets when Jason went down and look like he was hurt/leg injury ? - -I’m not to proud to admit I thought - - -DAM WE ARE DONE. - - ANYONE ELSE ?
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I think KU can make the CCG if they win out, Oklahoma wins out, and Texas drops a game at Iowa St.
That would put Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma in a 7-2 triangle. It would then come down to record against best common opponent, which is likely going to be Iowa St, who Kansas and Oklahoma beat and Texas lost to. Then Kansas has the head-to-head against Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma by the way has home games vs West Virginia and TCU and a road game at BYU, so they have a decent shot at winning out.
I doubt Iowa St can beat Texas, but with the game in Ames and if Ewers isn’t playing, they have a shot.
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@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
I think KU can make the CFP if they win out, Oklahoma wins out, and Texas drops a game at Iowa St.
That would put Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma in a 7-2 triangle. It would then come down to record against best common opponent, which is likely going to be Iowa St, who Kansas and Oklahoma beat and Texas lost to. Then Kansas has the head-to-head against Oklahoma.
That would be awesome if that happened BUT I don’t see much of a way Teas losing to Iowa St. – Defensively Iowa St might give them some trouble BUT offensively I don’t see any way Iowa State is going to be able to outscore Texas and or handle Texas D-Line. - -Iowa State had trouble running against us - - -they not running on Texas which makes them very one dimensional and that will put Rocco Beck left running for his life. - -I just can’t see anyway. Actually I’d be surprised if Texas didn’t win that game by 3 scores
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CCG I mean, not CFP lol
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@jayballer67 said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
I think KU can make the CFP if they win out, Oklahoma wins out, and Texas drops a game at Iowa St.
That would put Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma in a 7-2 triangle. It would then come down to record against best common opponent, which is likely going to be Iowa St, who Kansas and Oklahoma beat and Texas lost to. Then Kansas has the head-to-head against Oklahoma.
That would be awesome if that happened BUT I don’t see much of a way Teas losing to Iowa St. – Defensively Iowa St might give them some trouble BUT offensively I don’t see any way Iowa State is going to be able to outscore Texas and or handle Texas D-Line. - -Iowa State had trouble running against us - - -they not running on Texas which makes them very one dimensional and that will put Rocco Beck left running for his life. - -I just can’t see anyway. Actually I’d be surprised if Texas didn’t win that game by 3 scores
Same… But that’s at least a scenario that Kansas can get in with Texas only losing one time. If Ewers isn’t playing Texas might have trouble scoring on Iowa St, who does have a good defense.
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@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
@jayballer67 said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
@KirkIsMyHinrich said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
I think KU can make the CFP if they win out, Oklahoma wins out, and Texas drops a game at Iowa St.
That would put Kansas, Texas, and Oklahoma in a 7-2 triangle. It would then come down to record against best common opponent, which is likely going to be Iowa St, who Kansas and Oklahoma beat and Texas lost to. Then Kansas has the head-to-head against Oklahoma.
That would be awesome if that happened BUT I don’t see much of a way Teas losing to Iowa St. – Defensively Iowa St might give them some trouble BUT offensively I don’t see any way Iowa State is going to be able to outscore Texas and or handle Texas D-Line. - -Iowa State had trouble running against us - - -they not running on Texas which makes them very one dimensional and that will put Rocco Beck left running for his life. - -I just can’t see anyway. Actually I’d be surprised if Texas didn’t win that game by 3 scores
Same… But that’s at least a scenario that Kansas can get in with Texas only losing one time. If Ewers isn’t playing Texas might have trouble scoring on Iowa St, who does have a good defense.
ya, never say neve I reckon, I mean that’s why w play the games right ?
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I would have to look at this more, but it also might be possible for Kansas to make the CCG if Kansas wins out, Oklahoma wins out, and then Texas loses to any opponent. That would again create a 3-way circle of suck between Kansas, Oklahoma, and Texas. If Texas drops a game to TCU or Texas Tech (again unlikely) then it would come down to win percentage against the best common opponent, in which case everyone would have beaten Iowa St. Then it would come down to win percentage against all common conference opponents, which I think would only be BYU and Iowa St who we all will have beaten in that scenario… So then it would come down to combined winning percentage of all conference opponents in conference games. Right now Kansas’ B12 opponent record is 28-26, Texas’ B12 opponent record is 27-27, and Oklahoma’s B12 opponent record is 27-27, and that includes records for teams we haven’t played yet.
So tldr it might be possible if we win out, Oklahoma wins out, and Texas loses any of their remaining games.
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Honestly I just want beat KSU and win a bowl game. Hopefully we win out but those 2 games are more important to me.
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@DanR At least I picked us to beat OU! But then predicted the letdown at ISU. Had us at 7-5 which now would be a disappointment.
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Well, hell after holding on by fingernails for the win at ISt, KU must find a way to get past Tex Tech. Was ISt’s rush defense that good or did our Oline just flat out fail to make the trip? Please tell me Neal and Hit-em-in-the-Mouth Hishaw will get back to world domination on Saturday. TT has the 5th best overall defense in the B12; Kansas is 9th. TT’s rush defense is 7th in the B12 at 141/gm. KU favored by 3.5 thanks to playing at home. Let’s just hope this doesn’t come down to making a FG for the win.
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@stoptheflop yeah ISU’s defense is capital G Good.
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@stoptheflop said in KU Football is Now Relevant. Take the Next Step Tonight.:
Well, hell after holding on by fingernails for the win at ISt, KU must find a way to get past Tex Tech. Was ISt’s rush defense that good or did our Oline just flat out fail to make the trip? Please tell me Neal and Hit-em-in-the-Mouth Hishaw will get back to world domination on Saturday. TT has the 5th best overall defense in the B12; Kansas is 9th. TT’s rush defense is 7th in the B12 at 141/gm. KU favored by 3.5 thanks to playing at home. Let’s just hope this doesn’t come down to making a FG for the win.
Iowa Stat defense really good. - it’s not just KU run they have shut down, they are like 2nd in the Big 12 in rushing defense. Actually their secondary was suppose to be pretty good too but Jason did pretty well against them.
Now as far as Texas Tech our D needs to stand up, get those stops, Texas Tech has potent run game, their running back /Brooks has rushed for 1,037 yards & averages 115.2 yards per game, really strong elusive back. - They got their starting QB back not to shabby Morten he has been back for a couple of games now has 978 yards for the year not extremely over accurate on completions but good enough 61.9 % and a QBR of 108.7 - -10 TD"s & 2 INT’S - - Defense has got to be ready to come to play - -not going to be easy. With us being at home & our Coah’s I’ll take our chance .
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At the very least they are going to have to show a lil more respect for our passing game! Bean and our super receivers!
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Really huge recruiting visits next week vs K/Straight. – they was ask numbers wise or talent wise & they said BOTH… – In the podcast Kirby who has followed kids said he has been doing this since like 1998 - -evaluating talent & he was saying KU fans ought to be stoked about our defensive end dual that we got coming in next year - -saying these guys are really good. - - Warner & Brinkley make quite the pair of edge rushers.
Our RB room ought to be well represented again - -Probably have Hishaw back - -not sure about Neal - -BUT Martel - - Johny Thompson - -& Stewart looks pretty dam solid - Thompson has got some moves/speed
