MU @ KSU

Saturday night in the Octagon of Doom... revenge on the minds of the Cats... a top 2 finish in the Big XII... a potential #1 seed in the NCAA Tournament.

Cats win this one!

Continued great play from the guards (Pullen and Clemente) and a big game out of Curtis Kelly is abound.

MU 78
KSU 85

KSU @ TT

I believe I had read that K-State has never won down in Lubbock since the inception of the Big XII. I do remember some past games where K-State was beaten pretty badly when they thought they'd come out with a "W" (I think it was the Beasley year).

The 2009-10 Cats get that 1st win down there tonight. It'll be a close one, but I see a KSU win. I'd love to see Clemente and Pullen continue their offensive onslaught, with Curtis Kelly and Jamar Samuels adding the inside punch (with a dose of Dom Sutton's new-found outside shots).

KSU 78
TT 71

KSU @ OU

After that scare Wednesday at home against NU, I'm pretty flarping sure that Coach Frank had the Cats working their butts off yesterday and today. So with that close win on wednesday, I'm saying it's highly beneficial for the Cats come Saturday.

OU just got beat by Colorado (albeit in Boulder) and I've seen OU play this year (got pounded by OSU).

Cats win another road game...

KSU 69
OU 54

KSU @ ISU

Just like the NU game last Tuesday night... quick and easy.

K-State wins by 12.

KSU @ NU

Quick and easy.

K-State wins this one by 15.

#2 KU @ #11 KSU

Well, another Sunflower Showdown in the OCTAGON OF DOOM. Actually have a good feeling about this one (and it pains me to actually write this). While KU hasn't really played any of the upper teams in the Big XII on the road, this is a BIG test for them. The place is gonna be L O U D!

If that friggin' Sherron (nice name) Collins has a big game once again, it'll only confirm my extreme hatred for him at the levels of other KU ex-players (see Turgeon, Rex Walters).

KU: 69
KSU: 76

*BTW, College Gameday in town. Pretty farking sweet!

#1 Texas @ #9 K-State... 2nite!

Octagon of Doom will be in FULL FORCE tonight! Tough, very tough game with UT's big men. I actually have a bad feeling about this one. I say it'll be close until the end, but K-State will foul and UT will hit free throws...

#1 Texas: 83
#9 KSU: 74

K-State's big men (looking at you Curtis Kelly) needs to be HUGE (so to speak) 2 nite.

MU Game (in Columbia)

I forgot to post b4 the MU game down in Columbia on Saturday. I actually thought that Cats would win a close on, but just didn't happen. Fouls hurt the Cats in this one.
But up next is aTm on Tueasday night. K-State wins by 17.

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.