The game I watched this weekend
was West Virginia vs. K-State, because I wanted to see how WVU would do after a
loss. I also wanted to see the matchup
between the two quarterbacks for each team.
This game was not close and it did not live up to the hype.
In
the first half, WVU won the coin toss and deferred it to the second half. They did this because of the way the defense
played last week; they needed to make a statement. On KSU’s first offensive drive of the game,
the defense for WVU did not look good early on the defensive stand, but they
held KSU to a field goal. This was a
statement WVU had to make because they had to show they were ready to
play. On the first offensive drive of
the game for WVU, they looked like they would be going at a fast pace and would
not be stopped, but on this drive they had to punt it away. This was a reoccurring theme in the first
half and the one good thing for WVU is wide-receiver, Tavon Austin, returned a
kickoff for a touchdown to make it 24-7 KSU.
This was the spark WVU needed, but KSU was still dominating the
game. At the end of the first half the
score was 31-7 KSU.
At
the start of the second half, WVU was on offense first and in their first play
on this drive the quarterback, Geno Smith, for WVU threw his first interception
of the season. The defense could not stop
KSU on the short field and after the touchdown for KSU the score was 38-7
KSU. This is when the game just kept
getting worse for WVU because they could not stop KSU. WVU did get one more touchdown in this game,
but the final score was 55-14 KSU.
This
game was never close and WVU’s defense has to learn how to get their opponents
off the field. They need to have players
step up and show that they are not going to give up. In their last four games, Big 12 teams have
just been scoring at will on WVU. The
other thing WVU needs to do is not to be yelling on the sidelines and give
their team mates encouragement. Here is
a link for highlights of this game to see the outcome for yourself. http://www.big12sports.com/mediaPortal/player.dbml?db_oem_id=10410&id=1072750&catid=34621
I think that all of KSU's hard work is paying off. They are a deadly team and have proved that to many different teams. I know there was so much hype about Geno Smith and how great he would do, and the KSU defense obviously shut him down. Now KSU is number 2 and has a shot at the BCS bowl. Good job!
ReplyDeleteYeah, but the pressure mounts as you get higher in the rankings and i think the pressure will get to them soon.
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