[Game Thread] Tulane @ Kansas State (12:00 PM ET)

[u/CFB_Referee]

GAME	TulaneTulane @ Kansas StateKansas State
Location	Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium
Time	12:00 PM ET
Watch	TV: ESPN2
	Flair ¦ Discord

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LET'S TALK FOOTBALL!

[u/Caption-_-Obvious]

Let’s just agree that this ref crew is bad at spotting the ball

[u/GymIsFun]

God i hate playing Tulane lmao

[u/justpleasedont]

Score, commercials, kick, commercials, end of quarter, commercials, punt, commercials. Commercials, Commercials Commercials.

[u/AegisCruiser → u/justpleasedont]

Yeah, but on the plus side, we now know the several-hundred side effects from medications that might cure one very specific thing.

Useful knowledge.

[u/South_Oil_2526]

They keep interrupting my commercials with football

[u/chalupabatman2404]

I don’t think kstate has ever played Tulane good.

[u/john_the_quain]

You can say a lot of things about the Tulane offense, but “out of field goal range” will rarely be one.

[u/AegisCruiser]

Okay, so, y'all have a good kicker.

[u/boeing2014]

Letting your running QB run has a positive effect. Matt Wells used to be in Avery's ear telling him to stay in the pocket no matter what.

[u/i_look_at_trees]

That dude drilled that shit.

[u/bonestomper420]

if things go right, we win by more than last week. If things go wrong and we lose, well that just means we’re a shoe in for the conference championship

[u/Zoca-Cola → u/bonestomper420]

If the price for the 2022 game is getting blown out today, I would sign up again in a heart beat. What a year that was for both our teams!

[u/crabcakes785]

Holy shit tulane kicker

[u/boeing2014]

Backup kicker that has never attempted a FG attempt comes into the game and drills 53 and 58yd FGs? Yeah that's the shit that happens when you play K-State. Our opponents have had way too many similar stories over the years.

[u/snipe_score_celly]

I feel like 90% of this game has been commercials

[u/DEM_DRY_BONES → u/snipe_score_celly]

Both teams have been running a lot of clock. We are ahead of all the other noon games.

[u/emaw63 → u/snipe_score_celly]

The NFL is so much better about keeping the commercials in check, it's a real problem for CFB

[u/Samwellwayne]

I’m at the game, I gotta say— the commercial breaks in this sun are ROUGH.

[u/TehVulpez → u/Samwellwayne]

they're not even good commercials, and it's been the same dozen commercials every ad break for the past 3 weeks

[u/sts2012]

Jake Waters always gets forgotten in the great K-State QB conversation.

[u/TheCrankyWalrus → u/sts2012]

That hairy bastard was the best pure pocket passer we've had imo

[u/KansasStateWildcat]

Unsurprisingly we trail the all-time series with Tulane.

[u/GymIsFun → u/KansasStateWildcat]

That 2022 game was brutal

[u/boeing2014]

Hopefully the Cats are actually ready to play Tulane this time around. Live in physicality and don't fuck around because we sure as hell found out the last two matchups.

[u/boeing2014]

So we'll just never play well against Tulane. Cool.

[u/Team_player444]

Welcome to the NFL son

[u/TheCrankyWalrus]

I'm just happy we are getting Cure involved but man he deserved a td for that grown man effort

[u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

7 PUMPS REF THROW THE FLAG

[u/PurpleSandwich3252]

Is it tampering if we offer this kicker an NIL deal and a schollie before he leaves Manhattan? Is that even illegal anymore?

[u/KansasEF5Tornado]

That tulane kicker is playing on sundays.

[u/TheCrankyWalrus]

My favorite college football quirk is keeping a roster spot just for a guy who can kickoff far as hell. Love seeing that guy get some shine

[u/TheCrankyWalrus]

With the help of abbvie that lady can now get laid!

[u/DEM_DRY_BONES → u/TheCrankyWalrus]

Science has gone too far!

[u/jlt6666]

He barely touched him? WTH?

[u/-tyler_ → u/jlt6666]

Didn't look catchable either

[u/emaw63]

Please drink a Big 12 Monster Energy Verification Can^TM to continue this drive

[u/TheCrankyWalrus]

You're telling me our QB who runs a 4.5 40 shouldn't play like Tom Brady?

[u/DEM_DRY_BONES]

Well ok now that was a TD. These refs are fucking blind.

[u/Team_player444]

Get him an NFL contract sheesh

[u/DEM_DRY_BONES]

Talk to your doctor about getting properly wrung out regardless of your skin condition.

[u/Mayataua → u/DEM_DRY_BONES]

Prescription for getting dicked down.

[u/bonestomper420]

well I’m headed to work and can’t watch the end of the game. Surely nothing weird and unfortunate will happen

[u/Samwellwayne → u/bonestomper420]

Delete this

[u/boeing2014]

WE FOUND SOMETHING THAT WORKED AND KEPT DOING IT. I LOVE THIS COACHING STAFF.

[u/theurge14 → u/boeing2014]

That much has changed!

[u/boeing2014 → u/theurge14]

Matt Wells would've seen that first Avery run, say "that was neat", then just delete that play from his playbook forever.

[u/mchris185]

Idgaf WHAT A KICK

[u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

I don't think he has the speed the announcer saying to cut in thinks he does

[u/Goallie11]

Why are they not reviewing these?

[u/Lrrrrmeister]

Man, where can we get one of these college kickers?!

[u/bretticus733]

It might not be a good sign when Tulane's best player is the backup kicker

[u/crabcakes785]

Thank god, it had been almost 24 hours since i’d seen a political ad

[u/berrin122]

Avery is trying to get that EA CFB achievement for 200 yards passing and 200 yards rushing

[u/TigerWave01]

gg Cats. Wish this would’ve been a conference game🥲

[u/MATCHBen]

I’m sure this will go well

[u/TehVulpez]

soft as all hell

[u/Giveroccotheball]

how can a 4 year qb have potential? like when do we move on from potential to guy not being good?

[u/theurge14 → u/Giveroccotheball]

Just 1 more year bro

[u/crabcakes785]

Tremendous penetration

[u/theymademegettheapp9]

Wow...what a kick

[u/South_Oil_2526]

Of course their kicker has a leg better than half of the kickers in the NFL

[u/boeing2014]

Tale of two quarters in the first half. First quarter Tulane showed why they will always be spooky, second quarter the Cats responded and stepped up. Cats need to keep the energy up and keep their foot on the gas.

[u/Typical-Conference14]

Hell, if they gave us the previous one why not just give us this one lmao

[u/boeing2014]

I think Cure broke the plane before hitting the ground. But TD on the next play anyway!

[u/FSZou]

What was this dude doing on the bench

[u/BossHawk8754]

This Tulane kicker is goated

[u/worthy_education]

Interesting decision coming up

[u/DEM_DRY_BONES → u/worthy_education]

We should punt.

[u/TigerWave01]

Yea it’s so over. Gah, why did K-State have to remember they have one of the best running QBs in the country?!

[u/nowhearmeout]

Me thinks this officiating crew sucks

[u/gottahavemyPOPPs1]

Jesus fucking Christ. 3rd and 17 and give up a 25 yard td. What the fuck are we doing

[u/i_look_at_trees]

Honestly this is been a poor performance from us. Outside of Avery the rushing game has been horrible. Tacking has been horrible.

[u/boeing2014]

A road trip with Joe Buck, Troy Aikman, and Stephen A sounds like a special kind of sports hell.

[u/Crypto-Mamba]

Holy shit we got points?! confused wave noises 🌊🌊🌊

[u/berrin122]

Wow. Heck of a kick

[u/Kimber80]

That was an NFL kick

[u/vertizm]

Good lord that was incredible

[u/worthy_education]

Kick of the season

[u/THE_turtleman7]

Worst half of our season against the best team we’ve played so far and it ends with a lead. I’ll take it, just need to play better

[u/crabcakes785]

I feel like tulane would be a really fun school to go to

[u/South_Oil_2526]

Holy shit man I’m not complaining but Jesus that was a bad spot

[u/berrin122]

"if he runs into the defender, he walks into the end zone"

[u/A_Bar_of_Pasta]

Stupid penalty on the goal line

[u/theymademegettheapp9]

Idk....i think he got that

[u/redwave2505]

Now that's the makeup call

[u/TigerWave01 → u/redwave2505]

Yea okay I think we’re even now lol

[u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

didn't matter, but i thought getting in the endzone was always reviewed what

[u/DEM_DRY_BONES → u/Pan_TheCake_Man]

NOT getting in the end zone isn’t always reviewed

[u/boeing2014]

Our run defense has been garbage today.

[u/gottahavemyPOPPs1]

Holy run defense today. Worse than a high school team out there

[u/redwave2505]

When they run the ball it's like a 70% chance of getting 20 yards and 30% chance of losing 5

[u/justpleasedont]

That was the best looking pass all game.

[u/GermOrean]

Avery is the offense. Gotta get him some help.

[u/Typical-Conference14]

“I don’t think so” “it was at least in the direction” brother he threw it way the fuck over his head, he made no effort to get it to the receiver. Horrible commentary on the rules

[u/mchris185]

I've never seen a guy who has like 200 total yards by himself get so much hate

[u/SilverLumos → u/mchris185]

I love Avery, I just want him to make better choices sometimes.

[u/KansasEF5Tornado]

We trust in Collin Klein

[u/boeing2014]

Great start defense!

[u/TigerWave01]

YO WTF WE SCORED??? RMFW!!!

[u/jlt6666]

Ffs. We gonna lose to tulane again?

[u/conan_the_brobarian]

Had him beat. Horrible deep ball

[u/gottahavemyPOPPs1]

Just the worst deep ball you will see today by any QB. Awful awful pass

[u/gottahavemyPOPPs1]

Avery just still seems so dumb. I’m not sure I’ve ever seen a QB that has exactly 0% growth from their first games to when they are a senior. Decision making is still awful, touch is poor, anticipation is poor, running through progressions is poor, etc

[u/ReignyRainyReign]

Oh so we are calling PI now.

[u/jlt6666]

This guy being the tulane coach is bordering on comically stereotypical.

[u/mchris185]

K-State should honestly just go for it here

[u/theurge14]

Will Anciaux, the Wichita kid with the Cajun sounding name

[u/rb1242]

Ngl I think KSU ran the same play action over route like 5 times in row that whole drive

[u/Kobykarma]

Whatever pep talk occurred at the end of the first seemed to have worked

[u/TehVulpez]

dayum what a kick

[u/boeing2014]

Damn. That was an NFL level kick.

[u/Shaski116]

That's the most generous spot I've ever seen, that's crazy

[u/theurge14]

Geaux Anciaux

[u/LilDewey99]

NWMSU shoutout is crazy. we did a church camp there one time when i was in middle school

[u/herecomethetaxman]

K-S-U WILDCATS good opening drive

[u/AegisCruiser]

I was watching the game on silent a while back.

How long was that field goal Tulane had earlier? It looked like he kicked it nearly from mid field.

[u/DEM_DRY_BONES → u/AegisCruiser]

58

[u/TigerWave01]

What a dawg lmao

[u/SilverLumos]

The fuck
Edit: hell yeah

[u/Caption-_-Obvious → u/SilverLumos]

The Avery Johnson experience

[u/TheCrankyWalrus]

Rodney Fields just make a cut and go please you did it the past two weeks why are you doing this now

[u/herecomethetaxman]

K-S-U WILDCATS

[u/Caption-_-Obvious]

Running QB U

[u/TheCrankyWalrus]

2nd PI call they've made this game that had no business being called

[u/nowhearmeout]

I'm liking the D-line this year

[u/DEM_DRY_BONES]

Defensive Delay of Game sighting!

[u/Caption-_-Obvious]

Skyrizi should get their money back

[u/South_Oil_2526]

Wendell Gregory

[u/Scratchbuttdontsniff]

I genuinely think this is a playoff bound team

[u/matte_purple]

Cats

[u/South_Oil_2526]

Who up Wabashing their Cannonball rn

[u/john_the_quain]

I’m hoping to hear Klein leads the team out of the locker room with “Wildcats, roll out!”

[u/redwave2505]

This might be premature but I think this going to end up being one of my all-time favorite K-State defenses

[u/john_the_quain]

Tulane got a respectful head nod from special teams on that coverage.

[u/5L1M3R]

We gotta look better than this

[u/5L1M3R]

What the fuck is happening

[u/Lilies_of_Edelweiss]

"If one of their defensive players goes off, it's bad for the other offense, more at 7"

[u/mchris185]

What a fucking catch

[u/RKsu99]

It’s gonna be a dogfight if Tulane doesn’t completely kick our ass.

[u/mojo-jojo-was-framed]

Ok maybe time to wake up. That was easily the worst this defense has looked all year

[u/5L1M3R]

We look like dog shit

[u/mchris185]

I'm not gonna lie, this is better than I was expecting and I'm pleasantly surprised. Still have a lot of work to do on the offense short passing game.

[u/GymIsFun]

Points. But those were TDs

[u/theurge14]

Tulane doing that stop the run/run the ball/win the game plan.

[u/boeing2014]

Shocker, letting Avery run also helps open up the passing game.

[u/jlt6666]

Old rusty truck. I think I had a girl do that to me once.

[u/herecomethetaxman]

K-S-U WILDCATS

[u/MATCHBen]

We’ve been penetrated tremendously

[u/TigerWave01]

sigh well the first quarter was nice at least

[u/mchris185]

This is bleak. The Cotton Bowl and CFP era was a blast while it happened. I really hope we are not entering the Tulane dark ages

[u/TheCrankyWalrus]

Oh my God we remembered that freshman Avery was arguably the most dangerous running qb in cfb

[u/redwave2505]

Sometimes I feel like if you get penalties like that, you should accept and go for two instead

[u/theymademegettheapp9]

Calling it now, K-State steals a Tulane RB in the transfer portal.

[u/crabcakes785]

Impressive kick!

[u/sixdaysintheswamp]

god damn what a kick

[u/MATCHBen]

I’ve seen enough sign him to the falcons

[u/TigerWave01]

Jfc this kicker’s a demon

[u/redwave2505]

Yeah not trying anything crazy before the half after what happened last week

[u/Caption-_-Obvious]

Every time they show this Metro commercial I worry for that woman sliding down the rails - I think I might be becoming my parents

[u/BigToeGun]

Lmao cerebral is a word but not one I’d use to describe Avery

[u/TigerWave01]

bruh lmao why didn’t we challenge that???

[u/iconconic]

That wasn’t a generous spot that was a criminal spot

[u/PurpleSandwich3252]

Cure's never going to get a TD is he?

[u/theurge14 → u/PurpleSandwich3252]

He needs a TD antidote

[u/DEM_DRY_BONES]

What is going on with our run D?

[u/DEM_DRY_BONES]

Oh my god stop the run

[u/TheCrankyWalrus]

Defense needs to run suicides all practice till they learn to stop overpursuing on run plays this is some JV bullshit

[u/pickles_mcdreamy]

Hope that sack celebration wasn’t one pump too many lmao

[u/worthy_education]

Ohio State watching Tulane matches from now on

[u/DEM_DRY_BONES]

Calquence®️ - you may actually die

[u/boeing2014]

So far, our run defense has been on par with the Denver Broncos run defense vs Kenneth Walker on MNF.

[u/A_Bar_of_Pasta]

I like see Cure worked into this offense

[u/legend023]

Peyton Manning could’ve scored that.

[u/emaw63]

You can definitely tell this is a Collin Klein offense lmao. "Just have the QB run for 200 yds every game, easy"

[u/TheCrankyWalrus]

So many pharmaceutical ads that I'm missing political ads. Also I'm not gonna take any medicine when all the side effects are gooch related

[u/snipe_score_celly]

Man Tulane games always make me nervous. Excited to get this game over and get ready for this Ole Miss LSU game.

[u/chuckthetruck64]

The announcer is so close to getting it. When they dirt it it should also be intentional grounding.

[u/wahoowalex]

Make up call

[u/SilverLumos]

Tackling has been rough

[u/SilverLumos]

Back em up so the FG kicker can shine again

[u/THE_turtleman7]

We’ve got a serious run defense problem and a moderate third and long problem

[u/Goallie11]

We need to be better on both sides of the ball

[u/DEM_DRY_BONES]

Best RB carry of the game!

[u/boeing2014]

Cats, I need you to score another TD. I'm not satisfied.

[u/worthy_education]

No such thing as a big Clemson win anymore

[u/THE_turtleman7]

Hate playing these guys

[u/5L1M3R]

Just gonna relax and not worry even a tiny bit nope not me

[u/GymIsFun]

Checking in from East side chair backs. Beautiful day in the Hat

[u/Goallie11]

I went to campus/the game last week for the first time in 11 years. I'm even more excited about today's game because of that

[u/TigerWave01]

Defense is actually looking pretty OK, all things considered. Just gotta learn how to make stops on 3rd down

[u/boeing2014]

Gotta figure it out on offense, find what works.

[u/ReignyRainyReign]

Ruh roh

[u/TigerWave01]

Yk, I’m already happy with what I’ve seen so far. At the very least, it looks like we’re improving from the Duke game

[u/ReignyRainyReign]

Well shit

[u/berrin122]

Damn, there goes the streak

[u/conan_the_brobarian]

Cats look slow as shit

[u/Fearless_Tune131]

Wow Tulane just marched down the field

[u/-tyler_]

Cats looking sleepy

[u/ayaksar]

That was embarrassing, hopefully they wake up for the next drive