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KSU searching for consistentancy
Jonathan Crowl
Issue date: 11/9/07 Section: Sports
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They beat Texas by 20 and lost to Iowa State by 11. Yes, in the same season.
Don't bother trying to figure out this Kansas State bunch. The Wildcats may be the single-most unpredictable squad in college football.
In some situations, unpredictability is a good quality. Not theirs. But unlike its opponent this weekend, KSU knows what is keeping it down.
"Consistency," said senior wide receiver Jordy Nelson. "At least offensively, we are on and off all the time. It showed against Baylor, and we were just lucky enough to continue and win the game. Iowa State took advantage of that and got the best of us."
A betting man has to fear putting money on this team. Kansas State may be the only program that can throttle a top-10 team on the road and then turn around and give it up to a team like Iowa State that was hopelessly 1-8.
KSU's record on the season is 5-4 (3-3 Big 12 Conference), but no loss has been a big one. The Wildcats gave up fourth-quarter leads to Auburn, Kansas and Oklahoma State.
Iowa State may have been the group's worst performance, ignoring the records of both teams. Their consistent inconsistency is something Nebraska has to be excited for.
"Many of our issues are ongoing," said Kansas State Coach Ron Prince. "There's a certain way that we need to play from a margin-of-error standpoint. When the game goes real well for us, it goes real well and sometimes the score is deceiving."
Josh Freeman, a former Nebraska recruit that broke his commitment in favor of Prince, is at the center of the Wildcats' offensive ineptitude. The sophomore has one of the best targets in the nation in Nelson, who is second in the nation in receptions per game (13.5) and yards per game (133.6), but the quarterback's mistakes have been costly.
Against the Cyclones, he threw two interceptions and had minus 18 yards rushing to tarnish his 347 yards passing. This, coming from perhaps the best dual-threat quarterback in his recruiting class.
Don't bother trying to figure out this Kansas State bunch. The Wildcats may be the single-most unpredictable squad in college football.
In some situations, unpredictability is a good quality. Not theirs. But unlike its opponent this weekend, KSU knows what is keeping it down.
"Consistency," said senior wide receiver Jordy Nelson. "At least offensively, we are on and off all the time. It showed against Baylor, and we were just lucky enough to continue and win the game. Iowa State took advantage of that and got the best of us."
A betting man has to fear putting money on this team. Kansas State may be the only program that can throttle a top-10 team on the road and then turn around and give it up to a team like Iowa State that was hopelessly 1-8.
KSU's record on the season is 5-4 (3-3 Big 12 Conference), but no loss has been a big one. The Wildcats gave up fourth-quarter leads to Auburn, Kansas and Oklahoma State.
Iowa State may have been the group's worst performance, ignoring the records of both teams. Their consistent inconsistency is something Nebraska has to be excited for.
"Many of our issues are ongoing," said Kansas State Coach Ron Prince. "There's a certain way that we need to play from a margin-of-error standpoint. When the game goes real well for us, it goes real well and sometimes the score is deceiving."
Josh Freeman, a former Nebraska recruit that broke his commitment in favor of Prince, is at the center of the Wildcats' offensive ineptitude. The sophomore has one of the best targets in the nation in Nelson, who is second in the nation in receptions per game (13.5) and yards per game (133.6), but the quarterback's mistakes have been costly.
Against the Cyclones, he threw two interceptions and had minus 18 yards rushing to tarnish his 347 yards passing. This, coming from perhaps the best dual-threat quarterback in his recruiting class.
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