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MONDAY. DECEMBER 2. 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SUNFLOWER STOMPING
Junior punter Trevor Pardula prepares to kick the ball out of his own endzone during Saturday's Sunflower Showdown. Pardula was on the field more than he would have liked, because of Kansas' offensive issues. Pardula punted five times for 190 yard
FOOTBALL REWIND
Season ends on low note after offense fails to show progress against in-state rivals
CHRIS HYBL
chybl@kansan.com
OFFENSE:F
As Weis said after the game, when a team turns the ball over as many times as Kansas did on Saturday, there is almost no chance to win that game.
DEFENSE: C
It was a rough beginning to the game for the defense, but after giving up a touchdown at the start of the second quarter they held strong and allowed 10 points the rest of the way.
COACHING: C
The one touchdown that Kansas did score, came on a smart play call by the coaching staff as they ran a play-action pass to Jimmy Mundine who ended up wide open in the end zone. However, mental mistakes lost the game for the Jayhawks and that goes back to coaching.
SPECIAL TEAMS: C
Trevor Pardula handed Kansas State great field position on the first two drives of the game with bad punts, and both ended in Wildcat touchdowns. The Jayhawks did force a turnover on a kickoff which resulted in a field goal before the half.
PLAYER OF THE GAME
For as good of a talent as James Sims is, he has endured an abundant amount of pain and while Sims coughed up the ball twice, he was the only form of reliable offense when the game was in hand. He finished the day with 82 yards and leaves the program as Kansas' third all-time leading rusher with 3,592 yards.
LOOKING AHEAD
Kansas coach Charlie Weis is going to return for a third season. However, it will be the first season that Weis will be using a majority of players he recruited. He will be recruiting the next two weeks as he evaluates the team going forward and how to dislodge this program out of futility.
GOOD, BAD OR PLAIN STUPID
Down 21-10, Kansas' defense stopped a K-State drive thanks to an Isaiah Johnson interception and had a chance to make it a game. On a first-and-10 at the Kansas 28, Heaps dropped back and threaded a pass to Jimmay Mundine over the middle and Mundine bobbled the ball. A few seconds later it was in the hands of K-State's Dante Barnett.
VERDICT: PLAIN STUPID
GLASS HALF FULL
Kansas didn't get blown out and didn't suffer an embarrassing loss as it did last year. While the final score was 31-10, Kansas saw itself only down by 11 at halftime after letting K-State score three straight touchdowns. If progress is measured by not getting demolished in the Sunflower Showdown, then Kansas has shown it.
GLASS HALF EMPTY
DELAY OF GAME
Quarterback play for the future is still up in the air. Kansas' passing offense ineptitude continued on Saturday as it managed 151 passing yards. Jake Heaps was picked off three times and Montell Cozart added another one. Heaps took over for Cozart, who struggled early on as he completed three passes for just 13 yards.
Midway through the third quarter, Kansas State had a drive that started at Kansas' 47-yard line, but then three penalties occurred — one 5-yard penalty and two 15-yard penalties. Kansas State found themselves with a first down-and-42, which doesn't happen too often.
— Edited by Hannah Barling
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