Arizona At Kansas State

[TheCatInTheHat]

This will be our first trip to the Little Apple, as the previous seven games (5-1-1 Arizona) were all played in Tucson. The last time we played was when Tony Mason was our coach in 1978. 17th-ranked KSU took care of UT-Martin in their opener 41-6, then pulled out a tight one at Tulane Saturday 34-27. Despite our lackluster showing vs. NAU, I'd imagine we'll move up one past Kansas to 19 after they lost at Illinois. So, FoX should have a Friday the 13th game with two teams both ranked in the teens. The early line favors KSU by 6.5.

Offense:
2 QB Avery Johnson 6-2 190 SO 167.0 YPG 66% 4 TD/1INT RUSH: 38.5 YPG
31 RB DJ Giddens 6-1 210 JR 119.0 YPG 0 TD REC: 34.5 YPG 1 TD
54 OL Hadley Panzer 6-4 305 SR
69 OL Taylor Poitier 6-3 305 SR
75 OL Sam Hecht 6-4 285 JR
77 OL Carver Willis 6-5 290 SR
71 OL Easton Kilty 6-6 305 SR
86 TE Braden Loftin 6-5 240 SO 20.5 YPG 1 TD
1 WR Jayce Brown 6-0 180 SO 44.0 YPG 0 TD
10 WR Keagan Johnson 6-0 205 JR 28.5 YPG 0 TD
14 WR Tre Spivey 6-4 215 RS-FR 19.0 YPG 0 TD

Defense:
38 DE Brendan Mott 6-5 245 SR 7 T
56 DT Damian Ilalio 6-2 300 JR 5 T
47 DE Cody Stufflebean 6-4 255 SR 2 T
32 LB Desmond Purnell 6-0 235 JR 8 T
45 LB Austin Romaine 6-2 240 SO 11 T
41 LB Austin Moore 6-1 220 SR 7 T
1 CB Keenan Garber 6-0 190 SR 3 T
10 CB Jacob Parrish 5-10 200 JR 9 T
6 S Jordan Riley 6-0 200 SR 11 T
19 S VJ Payne 6-3 210 JR 11 T 1 INT
21 S Marques Sigle 6-0 195 SR 6 T

Kicking:
17 K Chris Tennant 6-5 225 SR 4-5 LONG: 48 KO: 8-15 TB
35 P Simon McClannan 5-11 190 RS-FR 39.75 YPP
1 PR Jayce Brown 6-0 180 SO 21.0 YPR
8 KR Ty Bowman 6-5 220 SR 16.0 YPR

[EastCoastCat]

I have a bad feeling about this one.

[azgreg]

Line opens at -8 for Kansas St.

[azcat49]

Time to show everyone we are for real

[Carcassdragger]

K State by 20.

[TheCatInTheHat]

I managed to find photos of four of the seven contests in our catfight series.

[azcat49]

K State by 20.

I was told this by a former player who transferred from USC, “ Arizona fans need to expect to win”.

OUR Cats by 10

[Chicat]

K State by 20.

For no reason at all I think we are going to win. Cats by 2.

[AZCatGirl]

K State by 20.

For no reason at all I think we are going to win. Cats by 2.

Agreed. I think the underdog role suits this team better.

[RichardCranium]

I think:

• Brennan was foxing last week, but KState doesn't care.
• the team was suffering from some kind of bug last week, but KState doesn't care.
• KState had just as much, if not more, trouble with Tulane than we did with NAU, and KState should care about that because we had so many left on the sidelines.
• KState's defence leaves a lot to be desired despite the preseason hype and commentators smoke and mirrors (it let in 20 first half points before growing some balls), and has likely reached its peak for the year.
• KState's offense is weak and uninspiring. In its favor, Tulane's defense was even weaker and less inspiring.
• Arizona's defence also leaves a lot to be desired so far, but is on the improve and has a higher upside.
• Brennan will pull out the stops, the bug will be gone and the whole team will be on the money, Fifita will be protected, and T-Mac will be feeling better and can spend more time on the field.
• the Wildcats will win. (Yeahbut. Which ones?)
• the winners will be singing "Bear Down Arizona".

UA by 10.

[spoiler=]"I think" is doing a hell of a lot of work here.[/spoiler]

[RichardCranium]

K State by 20.

I was told this by a former player who transferred from USC, “ Arizona fans need to expect to win”.

Cats by 10

Can't make up your mind?

[azgreg]

[azgreg]

The line is now down to -6.5 at FD and some others.

[azgreg]

[Merkin]

I wonder what helmets KState is going to wear.

[Carcassdragger]

h

Fuck that helmet is ugly. And seriously? Against another Cat team?

[Merkin]

Fuck that helmet is ugly. And seriously? Against another Cat team?

Thank you, I didn't want to be the first one to say it. Looks awful, like a 3rd grader trying to write in cursive.


EDIT: I think the unis and helmet are sharp, just not the text. Do they even teach cursive in school?

[Chicat]

I love it. To each their own.

[azgreg]

I've never been a big fan of the chrome helmets, but they look really good here.

[Fishclamps]

I love em

[wyo-cat]

I think it’s fresh.

I’m not as old and crotchety as some of y’all.

[Carcassdragger]

This will be bulletin board material for K St.

[Chicat]

How is a helmet bulletin board material?

Are they also going to take our choice of socks personally?

[azgreg]

This will be bulletin board material for K St.

No it won't.

[wyo-cat]

This will be bulletin board material for K St.

That will be a first. BDW Premium used for billboard material!!

Welcome to the big time.

[TheCatInTheHat]

Ah, what the hell. Alternates are part of the business model these days. I think they're kind of sporty.

[azcat49]

Love those helmets. If KState needs helmet motivation, then I love our chances even more

[CalStateTempe]

Personally I like them and perfect for truck stop conference , which I love as well.

[Carcassdragger]

This will be bulletin board material for K St.

That will be a first. BDW Premium used for billboard material!!

Welcome to the big time.

You got it wrong. I'm talking about our plan to change our helmet logo to Cats right before playing the Cats in their stadium.

Whatever. As long as we win.

[Chicat]

This will be bulletin board material for K St.

That will be a first. BDW Premium used for billboard material!!

Welcome to the big time.

You got it wrong. I'm talking about our plan to change our helmet logo to Cats right before playing the Cats in their stadium.

Whatever. As long as we win.

We should apologize and immediately change our team name to the Mildpussies so that they don’t thrash us severely for such an affront.

[Carcassdragger]

This will be bulletin board material for K St.

That will be a first. BDW Premium used for billboard material!!

Welcome to the big time.

You got it wrong. I'm talking about our plan to change our helmet logo to Cats right before playing the Cats in their stadium.

Whatever. As long as we win.

We should apologize and immediately change our team name to the Mildpussies so that they don’t thrash us severely for such an affront.

Well if we lose we can always blame the helmet.

[azgreg]

This will be bulletin board material for K St.

That will be a first. BDW Premium used for billboard material!!

Welcome to the big time.

You got it wrong. I'm talking about our plan to change our helmet logo to Cats right before playing the Cats in their stadium.

Whatever. As long as we win.

In today's age of multiple/alternate uniforms it means absolutely nothing.

[Chicat]

This will be bulletin board material for K St.

That will be a first. BDW Premium used for billboard material!!

Welcome to the big time.

You got it wrong. I'm talking about our plan to change our helmet logo to Cats right before playing the Cats in their stadium.

Whatever. As long as we win.

We should apologize and immediately change our team name to the Mildpussies so that they don’t thrash us severely for such an affront.

Well if we lose we can always blame the helmet.

I’m more of a Bad Fan blamer myself.

[azgreg]

[Alieberman]

I was thinking AZ by 4 before I saw those helmets.

Now I’m thinking AZ by 1

[azgreg]

[Merkin]

Bear down Arizona!



Good thing we don't share colors.

Does Kansas even have Lynx Rufus?

Apparently so.

https://www.johnson.k-state.edu/program ... obcat.html

[Merkin]

UA 31-17. Everyone's better, the gloves come off.

[cerec_cat]

Just hope the wife doesn’t make out to dinner plans

[Carcassdragger]

Just hope the wife doesn’t make out to dinner plans

Dude! My wife knows better.

[azcat49]

I would be asking my wife who she was going with and to make sure he gets the bill

[wyo-cat]

Just hope the wife doesn’t make out to dinner plans

Communication is key.

Make plans for you both to enjoy the game at home.

[TheCatInTheHat]

KSU's coach did the Tulane review/Arizona preview presser.

Mostly about them and how they need to improve, but that they've only completed their second game, so similar circumstances. A lot of their concerns are about their secondary getting burned by not having their eyes in the right place. He said in the second half at Tulane, they went with more pressure to not leave their secondary exposed for as long, and that helped them.

Their local media's reaction to Fox coming to Manhattan for the game is a reminder that it's considered a pretty big contest between Top 20 teams. As fans, it may have snuck up on us a bit. We might have a tendency to think of it as generic non-conference game number three, and maybe be a little indifferent to working up any feelings about KSU, as compared to a USC or Oregon. Certainly there's a lack of familiarity. But, they're pretty excited about showing off their school and tailgating to broadcast Fox, as opposed to ESPN2, FS1, etc. Klieman talked up their environment, and their band playing Wabash Cannonball (which I still don't understand since the train never went through Kansas, but more power to them.)

Klieman's brief comments about Arizona were that we play fast, and he's impressed with our defensive line pressure and stunts, and our experience in the back seven at linebacker and safety. Considering our O-line issues with pass blocking, I'd sure expect them to come at Noah pretty hard until we can prove we can block long enough to beat it.

https://www.kstatesports.com/news/2024/ ... conference

[Merkin]

If she insists on going out, insist on a sports restaurant like BWW.

My wife enjoys the games too as she is a Tucson native, so never an issue for us.

[cerec_cat]

Unfortunately she could care less about football (UTEP graduate). I am a rabid fan who lives in New Mexico where most people don’t know anything about college football. She always gets pissed at me this time of year.

[cerec_cat]

What the hell regrading eligibility issue??

[wyo-cat]

What the hell regrading eligibility issue??

Jacory Croskey Merritt

[cerec_cat]

This should have been hammered out by now

[TheCatInTheHat]

Per Spears in the Star, his status is still "questionable." Apparently, the issue was raised by Arizona's compliance department. With the COVID situation and redshirting, most players of his class year are out of eligibility, but there are some exceptions, as Spears mentioned Miami TE Cam McCormick and Utah QB Cameron Rising for examples. Unknown if there needed to be some NCAA approval that wasn't dealt with, which would be a bad reflection on the cognizant paper-pushers. If so, with the NCAA's normal turtle-like pace and default to "no", this could drag out indefinitely. I hope not, both for him and for the team; he's a fine back.

[UAEebs86]

And if he is determined to be ineligible, does that mean the New Mexico game will be forfeited?