I know there are enough of us to participate in this thread, even when our seasons inevitably go to shit.
KSU vs Western Illinois today, tip-off at 3:00 pm.
One thing I noticed near the end of the game on Friday night - we had 5 true freshman on the court, and still played sound basketball. None of them were scrub walk-ons either. While I don't think we will make a serious run at anything this year, the foundation is being laid for a solid program in the future. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Lzen:
There was one play (in OT?) after a timeout. It was where Nowell was talking to the sideline and then suddenly it was an alley-oop. I said to the wife, that looked like a play designed to get the defense off guard. And it worked brilliantly.
Yeah, we (my parents and I) thought the same thing. Tang said after the game it wasn’t the case, he and Nowell were trying to call two different things and Nowell caught Johnson out of the corner of his eye and, those two having that Mahomes to Kelce off script chemistry (keeping with my argument), just fucking quick shoved the pass. An extremely quick glance that direction by Nowell before the pass is the only thing that keeps it from being a true no look pass but, he didn’t miss that no looker by more than a hair.
Anyway, regardless if the back and forth was designed or not, it had the same effect, and Nowell and Johnson cashed in on it with an exclamatory alley-oop for a reverse dunk. I was hard. I still am. [Reply]
Originally Posted by Raiderhater:
Yeah, we (my parents and I) thought the same thing. Tang said after the game it wasn’t the case, he and Nowell were trying to call two different things and Nowell caught Johnson out of the corner of his eye and, those two having that Mahomes to Kelce off script chemistry (keeping with my argument), just ****ing quick shoved the pass. An extremely quick glance that direction by Nowell before the pass is the only thing that keeps it from being a true no look pass but, he didn’t miss that no looker by more than a hair.
Anyway, regardless if the back and forth was designed or not, it had the same effect, and Nowell and Johnson cashed in on it with an exclamatory alley-oop for a reverse dunk. I was hard. I still am.
It was clearly NOT designed. If/when your guy is sleeping, cut. Nowell is good/aware enough to get him the ball. My son's AAU team kills people similarly and it's never a planned thing.
Also, congrats to K-State fans! Been so fun to watch this team! [Reply]
Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish:
Not you, dude. But you know the type.
LOL I know you're not talking about the Jayhawk fan in the thread. :-)
I actually don't know the type. Almost all the KSU grads/fans I'm around are pretty reasonable. At least around me. Somehow my wife seems to know a mountain of KSU asshats and they're all from South of Manhattan. I know they're out here though, I've just successfully insulated myself from them. I am unsuccessful at eliminating all douches, but I'm lucky on the KSU douche front. [Reply]
Everyone's talking about that crazy back-door alley-oop K-State ran in overtime last night to beat Michigan State — was it spontaneous or was it scripted?
Here's my breakdown on why I think this is a Jerome Tang special and why the play worked against Michigan State's defense 🔊 pic.twitter.com/bhx8zg6bBO
Originally Posted by Buehler445:
LOL I know you're not talking about the Jayhawk fan in the thread. :-)
I actually don't know the type. Almost all the KSU grads/fans I'm around are pretty reasonable. At least around me. Somehow my wife seems to know a mountain of KSU asshats and they're all from South of Manhattan. I know they're out here though, I've just successfully insulated myself from them. I am unsuccessful at eliminating all douches, but I'm lucky on the KSU douche front.
I grew up in rural, south central Kansas. Usually these particular gentlemen use “Rock Chalk Gayhawk” as a standard greeting to KU fans.
Coincidentally, I find it much easier to be happy for KSU fans now that I’m out of the area. [Reply]
Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish:
Found this breakdown very interesting.
I've seen that discussion quite a bit since the game. But I have to be honest, I believe them when they all say it was unscripted. Watching almost every single K-State game this season, that's just how Nowell is. I've said it before, he straight up has unreal Mahomes-like vision of the court. He sees passing lanes that most points guards are incapable of. And he halfway no-looks a lot of his passes in that regard.
Regardless, that was one of the most impressive K-State plays I've seen in a long time. :-)
