Cynicism and sarcasm normally rule the sports world these days, but once in a while, a performance flat deserves a genuine well done.
- Nice work, Kansas State.
- And that especially means Collin Klein, who played Heisman-level football in what might have been the best all-around performance of his career.
- I’ll have a story on him later, but Justin Tuggle, who switched this year from quarterback to linebacker/defensive end, was phenomenal against the Hurricanes.
- Between Tuggle and Adam Davis, K-State suddenly appears to have a pretty formidable play-making pair on the edges. Part of a defense that racked up five sacks, 10 tackles for loss and three forced fumbles against Miami, they’re fast.
- But, they’re not Daniel Sams fast. Goodness gracious.
- Aside from its first half against Missouri State, which was more about over-tinkering with its offense than anything, K-State has been extremely sharp.
- The same can’t be said for much of college football, considering four Top 25 teams, all ranked No. 18 or higher, dropped out of the AP Poll after second-week losses.
- And deserved it.
-I’m not sure Kansas Jayhawks fans deserved to watch their team self-destruct.
-Dayne Crist, um, the season started two weeks ago, man.
- The SEC season has started for the Missouri Tigers.
- Is that still considered a good thing after Georgia leaned on the Tigers until they gave way in the fourth quarter at home?
- The Tigers won’t face the Bulldogs defense every week, but it was a splash of cold water reality nobody in and around the program wanted to believe would hit them.
- They were supposed to win that game at home.
- Home field advantage means nothing at once-proud Arrowhead Stadium.
- I’ve fought that feeling for awhile, thinking some teams may still feel that mystique once or twice a season. But, it’s gone, baby, gone.
- It’s hard to say what was weaker: the defensive effort on the field or the excuses afterward that a missed Ryan Succop field goal attempt was the reason the team all but gave up in the second half against Atlanta.
- Mental toughness, my backside.
- And, maybe he’ll be the goat at some point this year, likely even, but Sunday’s loss doesn’t belong to Matt Cassel.
- Romeo Crennel, the short-handed secondary, Brian Daboll, Scott Pioli, the offensive line — take your pick. If you insist on him being on your list, Cassel belongs somewhere after all of those.
- Romeo, exactly what kind of opportunity has to present itself for Jon Baldwin to get on the field?
- He saw as much time in that football game as much as Ricky Stanzi, who was in sweatpants, or Jeremy Guthrie, who was in Chicago.
- I want to feel bad that Guthrie’s eight innings of shutout baseball never crossed my mind once on Sunday, while I barely left my couch from noon on.
- The Kansas City Royals won an extra-innings game against the White Sox, and I was 100-percent more concerned with the god-awful Philadelphia Eagles/Cleveland Browns and St. Louis Rams/Detroit Lions games.
- I blame it on the result of fantasy football and meaningless baseball.
- Or, I blame it on Ryan Succop.
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