GAMEDAY: Houston vs. #17 Kansas State (W 24-19)

Saturday, November 2, 2024, Time 2:30 PM CDT
(16) Kansas St. (7-1) vs Houston (3-5)

Location:
TDECU Stadium

Broadcast: Fox, KPRC, 950 AM

Announcers: TBA

Odds: Kansas St. -12.5 FanDual
O/U: 45.5

Expected Weather:
AM Thunderstorms, 83/72 degrees, 46% precipitation, 15 mph wind.

Injuries:
TBA

Last Game:
Kansas St. beat in-state rival Kansas, on a 51 yard FG with 1:42 in the 4th quarter, 29-27, on October 26, 2024.

UH beat Utah on a 43 yard FG, as time expired, 17-14, on October 26, 2024.

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Just hoping we don’t get booty stomped forty something to nothing like last year.

Dana was already under fire after Rice.

The KSU game was the last straw.

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Match up wise this will be a tough game, we’ve struggled against strong rushing teams and KSU plays good defense and runs the ball well. This will be our toughest opponent, luckily we’re at home so hopefully our crowd will give a little moment to the team.

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They crushed us like we did the Aggies today. We have a better defense now so we will see.

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We have 3 wins but in the first two we followed them up with awful games.

I was impressed we pulled out a win when things looked awful. Next improvement I want to see is consistency.

Don’t expect to beat KSU but don’t come out like we did versus Cincy or KU.

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Put it this way, we’ve won every game where Zeon plays the entire game (exception for the Rice game)

UNLV - Donovan
OU - Donovan
Cincinnati - Donovan
Iowa State - Donovan
TCU - Zeon
Kansas - Donovan
Utah - Zeon

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UNLV, Kansas, and Cincy all kicked our butts on both sides of the ball, so I’m not going to stick the blame solely on Donovan for those losses.

The result against OU was NOT going to change as a result of Zeon.

He probably wouldn’t have passed any better (24 of 28 is tough to beat), probably worse, and as bad as our O-Line was that game, I am not sure our run game would have done much more with Zeon.

QB play was simply NOT the reason for that loss.

It was our bad O-Line, which created a non-existent running game, combined with some VERY questionable play calling from the staff (a draw on your own goal line with time running out???).

Given that, I REJECT 1927’s BOGUS claim that with a different QB, we’d have beaten OU.

Highly dubious assertion in light of those FACTS.

As for ISU…Donovan did indeed start, but when Zeon was in…Zeon was 1 for 4 for only 1 yard passing, and an INT, and he averaged fewer yards per carry rushing that game than Donovan did.

I don’t see him making much of a difference in that game either.

Could some other QB have done better, as 1927 suggested on another string? Maybe.

But given that we lost by at least three TDs (a TD is worth six points, right?..we lost by 20 points), I will NOT assume that ANY QB would make up for a THREE TD difference.

Again…VERY dubious arguments by 1927.

I reject them for very good reasons, which I’ve articulated.

People simply need to allow for Fritz to have the same “freebie” sucky first season that Sampson had, given how little talent he had returning. Neither he, nor Sampson, had the roster for anything other than a sucky first season…and they both either had one, or are in the process of having one (perhaps Fritz could pull a miracle out of his pocket in these last four games…but most prognosticators probably aren’t seeing that), as is expected/permitted.

I hope I’m wrong though!

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All that said…let’s NOT get booty stomped by KSU the way that we did last year!

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Let’s hope we have a good crowd to lend support. How are ticket sales / give a ways going?

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Looks like same field design this week as was against Utah, with black lettering.

https://x.com/Joseph_Duarte/status/1850951712518922267

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If the offense can’t do anything, then of course it will impact the defense because the defense will get gassed.

We held Iowa State to 3 points in the first half, and then gave them 17 points in the 3rd and 4th quarter

The same thing can be applied with the Kansas game. Donovan was able to get a TD because a Kansas LB missed an assignment, and Mews was able to carry the ball 50 yards for a TD. Donovan wasn’t able to do anything in the 2nd half. Most of Donovan’s throws even the completions were overthrown or underthrown.

Utah was a close game, but we won. We had 2 chances in the end zone and didn’t even convert with field goals. Utah has a top 5 defense in the entire COUNTRY

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I was at the K. State game last year, it was an early kick off and coooold. Coogs played like they never got off the warm bus. This will be different, the field is black, the uniforms will be black, the stands will be black. Look out for the Coogs. I think most teams will have their blackout this weekend if they did not have it last weekend.

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KSU # 3

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While I am optimistic, optimism hasn’t been my friend this year

Our disadvantage in both trenches makes this game virtually unwinnable. I hope we can keep it close and healthy for Baylor and Arizona.

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Thats a fair take. We need our D line to stop the run and we need our olime to open holes to to keep drives alive. If our O can’tstay on the feild our D will tire out fast. Its a simple gameplan but do we have the players to get it done.

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I agree that Kansas St. should be a huge favorite, but you know what can even the odds? Turnovers. If UH’s secondary can get some picks and we can force the Kansas St. runners to put the ball on the carpet, UH has a chance. If Kansas St. plays a clean game, it will be very difficult for UH to win.

Hey UH! Surprise us. Play your best game of the season so we can overreact,

Remembering classic moments in black uniforms
https://www.instagram.com/p/DBuhjRCPP52/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

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Hey, we’re undefeated when we score at least 17 points.

The mission seems simple enough. :laughing:

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