As Sean and I were driving up we got a text message from my Father-in-law who had extra tickets for us so we met up with them again. I have sat in my actual season ticket seat a total of one time thus far this season....which is fine. We actually walked up to a scalper who was about to rip off some old lady and gave her our tickets.....much to the scalper's dismay.
We took control of the game early and didn't let off the pedal until the 4th quarter when we had pulled all of our starters.
Of course we have to point out that Kansas is really bad. But we're so inconsistent that there is no telling what we're going to get each week.
Ryan Swope had a huge game with 9 receptions for 137 yards and two TDs.....including a highlight reel catch where he got HAMMERED while airborn and he landed and just kept trucking.
Cyrus Gray has cemented his place as my favorite Aggie tailback. I love this kid. He tacked on 94 yards on 10 carries including 3 TDs.....all in the first half. He came out for the second half in street clothes after we saw the trainer rubbing his left shoulder under his pads just before the intermission. The internet rumors started hot and heavy....he broke his clavical, he separated his shoulder, he strained his shoulder....no one knows. I do know that he looked fine during the second half - he wasn't in a sling or had his arm restricted at all.
The thing that fueled the rumors was that Coach Sherman burned true freshman Will Randolph's redshirt in the 4th quarter of our 11th game. I don't know any more than anyone else but I'd be SHOCKED if Cyrus didn't play on Thursday night.
Cyrus has now hit the 1,000 yard mark for the second consecutive season (only the third Aggie RB to do so). He is closing in on top 5 finishes in a good number of Aggie career rushing slots in the record books.....and he's done most of this splitting time with C-Mike.
On the defensive side of the ball the two guys who I think have really stepped up their game over the last 2-3 weeks are LBers Damontre Moore and Jonathan Stewart - vast improvement of late. Moore had two sacks and two forced fumbles. True freshman, Brandon Alexander, also saw the most snaps he has seen all season - by a lot - and led the team in tackles with 10.
A couple other things worth noting are....
- Dustin Harris was a monster at PR taking one to the house and picking up big yards on another
- On a third and ten, Trent Hunter BLEW UP the Jayhawk's QB on a late blitz right up the middle forcing a fumble. It was nasty.
- Jeff Fuller did not start....for the first time in his career....and he wasn't hurt
- This win gave us the magic 6 needed to be bowl eligible....we'll probably end up in one of either the Holiday Bowl (12/28 v. Pac-12 in San Diego), Texas Bowl (12/31 v. Big 10 at Reliant), or the New Era Pinstripe Bowl (12/30 v. Big East in Yankee Stadium). I'm hoping for the Texas Bowl so I can go.
We've got a short week ahead with the biggest Lone Star Showdown ever ahead of us on Thursday night. Never has there been a game that I want to win as badly as I want to win this one. Up until about 5 months ago tech was the one team that I loathed more than any other but after all the SEC stuff that went down texas has become enemy #1.
Each school is trying to pin the breakup of the rivalry on each other in a PR battle but I think we came out ahead in that one. A few weeks back Bill Byrne made a statement that we wanted to continue to play the horns in all sports but texas replied back, "Sorry, our non-conference schedule was full for the foreseeable future." Then last week they announced a new game with UCLA in 2014 at Jerry's World. Liars.
All I can say is...BEAT THE HELL OUTTA t.u.!
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