Manhattan Misplay

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DROP: Rather than get this ish up in the customary Monday after the game spot, I took another day to fully try to comprehend what happened in Manhattan this Saturday. Being that the SG Crew was at the game and had a few beers before, during, and after the contest, the extra day was a welcome respite. There’s not one thing about this game that you can point to as a DROP why they lost. The team was basically crap from the top on down sans the defense for about half the game. Missed extra points, missed OL blocks, and shoddy QB play were the obvious.

DROP: Manhattan is a rather dull place. It certainly can’t match up with Austin or Boulder; it doesn’t offer world class food or nightlife (ate at an Old Chicago after the game.) The tailgating is OK; the weather is a bit breezy; and you won’t find any boutique hotels or freaky local shops (saw a couple quilt shops.) That being said, that’s all crap for us fans to deal with- the team still has to play the game on the same size field with the same ball whether it’s in the Super Bowl or a sand lot. The entire team looked pretty unemotional both pregame, during the first half (when they had the lead) and even coming in the game in the 2nd half. The celebrations were rather muted in a time when some big Brian Dawkins-type hollering could’ve made some difference.

DROP: The WRs had a below average game. It is unknown if any of them outside of Scotty McKnight can actually run a route. When your QB Tyler Hansen is doing his best Fran Tarkenton impression, not one of them did the “come back to the QB” route. That is coaching, and who is the WR coach? The head coach.

DROP: Our punt returner has a broken finger and is returning punts? Makes perfect sense, when all he needs to catch an object falling from the sky at an ever accelerating rate! And the K-State punter was practically seeding the clouds with his punt heights.

DROP: Remember in “Friday” when Craig (Ice Cube) got fired on his day off and everyone kept asking him “Now, how do you get fired on your day off?” That ran through my head when the offense got a delay of game penalty on the first play after halftime.

DROP: And just to muddy the waters a bit more, why not throw in the benched QB into the game late? Let him throw two INTs as Tyler Hansen sits on the bench stewing, and then announce after the game that Cody would be the “two minute” QB. How is that letting Hansen grow as a QB? Doesn’t he need to be in those situations? Never in my three decades as a football fan have I seen a designated “two minute” QB; but leave it to Coach Hawk and his band of geniuses to find a way to work that into the football lexicon.