The game I watched this week was
the Kansas Jayhawks vs. the Texas Longhorns.
This was a great game to watch because KU was able to be competitive the
whole game. This was a close game even
though the records would say otherwise.
In
the first half, Texas won the coin toss and deferred it to the second
half. KU had the ball first, but did not
do much on their first drive and had to punt it away to Texas. KU’s defense then came on the field, but were
unable to stop Texas. At the 10:53 mark
of the first quarter, Texas was up 7-0.
This is when I thought Texas would start to have the momentum on their
side, but that was not the case. KU’s
defense was strong in the first half, Texas was held to one score. One could see in this game that KU had
improved in all aspects of the game which was great to see them not give
up. Later in the first half, KU’s
offense was looking great because Texas could not stop them running the ball. This helped KU score the next two touchdowns
of the game to make the score 14-7 KU, which was the score at half time. The first half stats for rushing yards were
KU 177 and Texas 75. The passing yards
were KU 21 and Texas 43. This showed KU
was ready to play for the entire game.
In
the second half, the defenses for both teams were not giving an inch until the
fourth quarter where Texas scored a touchdown to tie the game at fourteen. KU answered the drive by Texas by going down
the field and scoring a field goal to make the score 17-14 KU with 2:22 left to
play. It looked like KU’s defense were going
to be able to stop Texas to win the game, but they were worn out and Texas scored
to make the final score 21-17 Texas. The
rushing yards for the second half were KU 234 and Texas 211 and the passing
yards were KU 39 and Texas 131. The
overall total yards were KU 273 and Texas 342.
Even
though KU lost they looked great on special teams, offense and defense. The one thing KU has to work on now is
closing out games in the fourth quarter and this will happen over time, but
things are looking up for KU. Here is a
link so you can see highlights of the game. http://www.big12sports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?db_oem_id=10410&id=1076216&catid=34621
I agree about KU needing to close out. From the other Ku games I have seen, they will tend to do good from the start, and then get lazy or tired and give up the game. This game was kind of the opposite, with KU having a slow start, but they going through the game strong. KU should have been able to stop Texas, and I bet it was a huge disappointment to the team to lose that game.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but when KU's offense goes three and out to many times in a row that's when a team gets tired. This is why they are having a hard time closing out games.
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