Joe On K-State Sports

There are a lot of adjectives to describe K-State’s 33-30 overtime loss to Texas on Saturday. Frustrating, aggravating, maddening, painful, exasperating, stressful, infuriating, questionable, debatable, exciting, thrilling, and electrifying. I’m going to go with how I felt when the game ended. Dumbstruck. Chris Klieman’s decision to go for the win in overtime on 4th down rather than kicking a chip shot field goal to tie the game and extend the game into a second overtime will go down as one…

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The date was October 22nd, 2016. Barack Obama was President of the United States. The Chicago Cubs beat the Los Angeles Dodgers in the National League Championship Series to get to their first World Series since 1945. And K-State quarterback Jesse Ertz led K-State to a 24-21 win against the Texas Longhorns in Manhattan. It was the last time K-State beat Texas in a football game. Remember when K-State students chanted “We own Texas” when playing the Longhorns? At a…

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It’s time for some love for K-State’s offensive line. K-State dominated the Houston Cougars on Saturday 41 to nothing. K-State’s defense played great shutting out the Cougars, Will Howard was spectacular, Avery Johnson threw his first touchdown pass as a Wildcat, DJ Giddens had 96 yards rushing and two touchdowns, and Treshaun Ward added 32 yards and a touchdown. But the story was the offensive line, specifically All-American guard Cooper Beebe and his block of Houson defensive back Juwon Gaston…

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The question, and somewhat of a controversy, for the past week was….who would start at quarterback for K-State against TCU? K-State head coach Chris Klieman pulled a fast one on fans by starting both quarterbacks on the first play of the game. Will Howard lined up under center and Avery Johnson lined up in the slot, went in motion and Howard handed the ball off to Johnson for a gain of a few yards. Howard continued under center for the…

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