and just like that...

...the football season is over. Quick; way too quick. And yet another year without a bowl game. At least there was some excitement in the 2009 season.

Beating aTm, CU, KU and ISU for a 4-4 record in the conference isn't all that bad. Of course, just a simple win at Lousiana or UCLA would have put the Cats in a bowl. I remember watching that Louisiana loss and thinking it was going to KILL the chances of the bowl trip. How right I was. DAMNIT!

A special thanks to Grant Gregory for taking over the QB spot -- a Carson Coffman-lead team would not have beaten KU or CU. So enjoy the pine next year as well Carson, it's going to be either Lamur, Harper or (please please please) Cam Newton behind center in 2010.

Husker Game

Well, the MU game sucked arse. Oh well. My first wrong prediction for the season. Here's to hoping the NU prediction is wrong as well. Going to DVR the game and watch late Sat night -- have company holiday party at 7pm. So maybe (fingers crossed) it'll be another aTm game where didn't watch.

KSU hasn't won in Lincoln since the 2003 game (great game to be at). I think the 2009 Cat team will shit themselves up there and lose a big one. Bo Pelini (ass hat) will hold nothing back and run the score up.

KSU: 13
NU: 48

MU

Gary Pinkel has never beaten a Coach Snyder KSU team. And it ain't gonna happen on Saturday.

MU is REELING after losing to Baylor (yes, that Baylor who has won THREE Big XII road games EVER). K-State is cruising along doing what needs to be done to win a game (win the turnover battle, be solid on special teams, defense plays sound).

This WILL be a tough game though b/c the Tigers are good at defending the run. I don't see a aTm game again (or heck, a 1999 MU vs KSU game).

Grant Gregory needs to get the ball downfield to Banks and Brown (and these guys need to CATCH THE CATCHABLE BALLS) to get the safeties of MU to play back a bit.

MU: 24
KSU: 30

KU (this game is HUGE)

Man, if there ever was a game the Cats NEED to win, it has to be this one. Three years of POUNDINGS to the Jayhawks is enough. Time to beat KU like the DOD days.

KU has lost three games in a row coming into this one (@ CU, OU, @ TT) and their offense has been all over the place. Their defense is decent and it's been the turnovers by the offense that has put the defense in bad situations.

K-State got off to a horrific start against OU, then played pretty damn salty in the 2nd and 3rd quarters.

If K-State can establish Daniel Thomas in the first quarter, look out. Even in the "Wildcat" with the threat for him to throw, he is D A N G E R O U S.

KU: 21
KSU: 31

OU (so easy to predict)

A Bob Stoops coached OU team NEVER (ok, not never -- TCU and Oklahoma State) gets beat in Norman.

Even with the Cats doing some decent things to win games (not turning the ball over is a big one, as well as takeaways), there is no way the K-State offense does too much against the OU defense. OU's D-Line is pretty damn good, even though they only rotate 5 players. The D-Line is going to be in the K-State backfield all day.

I'm hoping Coach Snyder has some left over "magic" from the 2003 game.

Not bloody likely.

KSU: 10
OU: 45

CU

Man, this game is HUGE. A win gets the Cats to 3-1 in the conference (something that hasn't been done since the 2000 season) PLUS puts them in the "driver's seat" for a Big XII North Championship! Yeah, I said it.

Win this one and momentum can carry the Cats a long ways. Even with a sure "L" against the Sooners next week, K-State would still be in good shape. But back to the Buffaloes...

CU is HORRIBLE on the road. Just HORRIBLE. Dan Hawkins has won TWO Big XII road games since his start in Boulder. I'm not discounting their win against Kansas last week, but that game WAS in Boulder PLUS KU was doing their typical comeback and just couldn't finish.

Tyler Hansen is their new QB and will face a tough environment inside BSFS. The Cats seemed to gain some confidence with their PASTING of the Aggies last week. Even though K-State isn't THAT good, if they can run the ball effectively on CU, they win this game.

KSU: 28
CU: 24

aTm - Bet Nobody Saw That One Coming

Wow. Just wow.

Texas A&M

Well, the Cats are FINALLY getting back to play in Bill Snyder Family Stadium. I think this will help out quite a bit, but will it be enough to beat the Aggies?

Quick story: I have a ton of stuff to do Saturday, so I won't be going to Manhattan. The game is on Fox College Sports - it's an extra $5 a month to get this channel on (suck ass) Time Warner Cable. So do I get the game and watch it @ home...

SUPERSTITION SAYS: I will NOT get the game on TV. I think if I DID get it the game and watch it, the Cats would lose. Since I'm not going to watch it, the Cats will win.

KSU 31
aTm 28

Grant Gregory will solidify his position as the starting QB for the rest of 2009. The defense will get torched, but make a big play at the end to get the Cats the "W".

Texas Tech Game (Gonna Be U G L Y)

This is probably the easiest game to predict so far this season. There is NO WAY K-State wins this game. With no defensive pressure up front in sight, Texas Tech is going to be scoring (pretty much) at will.

Kansas State: 14
Texas Tech: 48

ISU (in Arrowhead)

Let's start by stating this fact. In 1993 when I was a single man, I went to Ames to see K-State play ISU (bad game, another story, another time... streaker game). Anyway, me and two buddies went out on the town the Friday b4 the game. We saw exacly ZERO attractive girls. That's Ames, I guess.

Now to the game...

Flip a coin on this one. Seriously. It's the two crappiest teams in the Big XII playing each other. Whomever doesn't turn the ball over and has a defensive TD or special teams TD will win. With that...

KSU 21
ISU 17

And Josh Cherry misses 3 field goals in this contest. Daniel Thomas continues his 100+ yard a game streak with 155 yards.

Tenn Tech

Yeah, yeah, yeah... it was Tennessee Tech, but damn it's good to get a DOD Non-Con victory once again.

Now, it's on to conference play against ISU @ Arrowhead on Saturday. This is a MUST WIN for... well, nothing really.

K-State still needs 5 more wins to get to a bowl game in 2009.

Possibilities of KSU win:

ISU = 75%
Texas Tech = 5%
Texas A&M = 85%
Colorado = 75%
Oklahoma = .0001%
KU = 5%
MU = 30%
Nebraska = 20%

That's 3 more wins for K-State in 2009.

UCLA

No flarping way K-State pulls a "W" in this game. If they do, I vow to wear a K-State shirt for 30 days straight (different one each day).

Prediction:
KSU 7
UCLA 24

QB play for K-State continues to be a JOKE. Daniel Thomas gets 54 yards, then gets injured.

Louisiana Game

I actually had a moment today that I thought K-State had a chance.

Nah.

KSU 17
Louisiana 31

UMASS (Post Game)

Well, I almost got the score right, Coffman WAS unimpressive and Thomas ran for a little over 100 yards (WAY off with Banks and his special team blunder that gave UMASS great field position).

This season should be nicknamed "Baby Steps".

At least the stadium was filled.

UMASS (Game #1)

This game could be a bit uglier than most K-State fans want to see. As a 1st game of the year with a new system and a "decent" opponent... this adds up to:

K-State 28
UMASS 17

Brandon Banks gets a special teams TD. Carson Coffman is unimpressive. Daniel Thomas runs for 95 yards.