IF YOU’RE WONDERING WHY THIS POST LOOKS THE WAY IT DOES, YOU CAN BLAME 1) BEER, 2) THE KANSAS STATE DEFENSE, AND 3) THIS TWEET:
BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS ME AS A “MAN OF HIS WORD (WHEN IT’S CONVENIENT),” I PRESENT TO YOU THE MORNING AFTER ALL-CAPS RECAP.
WHILE WE MUST ALL-CAP THE RECAP, WE DON’T HAVE TO RECAP THE ENTIRE GAME – ESPECIALLY THE GRISLY PARTS, LIKE THE OPENING 3-AND-OUT/TIMEOUT/BLOCKED PUNT THAT HAD ME DRINKING MY SECOND BEER BEFORE NOON. WE NEED’NT RECALL THE SHORT KICKS, AND BLAKE’S STUBBORN QUEST TO MAKE SURPRISE ONSIDE KICKS A THING. LET’S JUST FORGET THE DROPPED PASSES AND THE RED ZONE IMPLOSIONS.
THE DAY WAS PERFECT.
NOT JUST PERFECT FOR THE RED WOLVES. PERFECT FOR THE CAJUNS, TOO, WHO DELIVERED A TOP 25 VICTORY OVER IOWA STATE. PERFECT FOR THE CHANTICLEERS, WHO DOMINATED KANSAS AGAIN. PERFECT FOR APPALACHIAN STATE AND GEORGIA SOUTHERN, WHO SNAGGED WINS DESPITE THE BEST EFFORTS OF CHARLOTTE AND CAMPBELL (THE FCS TEAM, NO THE DELICIOUS SOUP).
EVEN IN LOSSES (THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN WINS), SOUTH BAMA AND TEXAS STATE WERE AT LEAST ENTERTAINING ON THE NATIONAL STAGE. ONLY ULM FAILED TO LIVE UP TO THE BARGAIN, ENDURING ARMY AND ITS COVID-ADAPTED OFFENSE OF DESPAIR.
IT WAS A GRAND WEEKEND FOR THE SUN BELT, AND A GLORIOUS ONE FOR ARKANSAS STATE, WHO NOTCHED ITS FIRST PRIVILEGED FIVE VICTORY SINCE UPENDING TEXAS A&M IN 2008. JAY ADAMS, EMERGED AS A LEGIT STAR WIDE RECEIVER, ANGRILY GRABBING THREE TD PASSES, INCLUDING THE GAME WINNER.
EVEN WITH KEY STARTERS AND CONTRIBUTORS OUT, THE DEFENSE KEPT THE WILDCATS IN CHECK, DESPITE THE HORRENDOUS FIELD POSITION DELIVERED VIA TURNOVERS AND QUESTIONABLE PLAYS.
HELL, EVEN THE QUESTIONABLE PLAYS WORKED OUT. BLAKE ANDERSON TREATED THE FOX AUDIENCE WITH NOT ONE, NOT TWO, BUT TWO-AND-A-HALF JAW-DROPPING FEATS OF GRIDIRON MAGIC (THE FAKE PUNT, WHILE TECHNICALLY SUCCESSFUL, YIELDED A FIRST DOWN ON A PASS INTERFERENCE CALL). TRICK PLAY UNIVERSITY IS BACK, BABY.
ENJOY THIS MOMENT, MY HAIRY FRIENDS. WHO KNOWS HOW LONG POWER FIVE BLUE BLOODS WILL PUT UP WITH THIS EGREGIOUS NON-KNOWING OF OUR ROLES?
Howl Raiser 