People forget that there are not very many “bad” teams in the nfl and the margin for error is fractional. The chiefs are prime examples of such, 2-3 isn’t great but they are 5 plays from being 5-0. I think they still have a great shot at the playoffs and division. Bills have a cake walk schedule so I don’t see them not being a 1 seed. Getting to play Miami and the jets twice really helps a team just like it did Brady for decades.
It will be a very interesting Saturday for sure. We will find out if Mizzou is for real with Bama in Columbia. We are heavy underdogs at Tech but I will say this much, we could very well be the best team Tech has faced thus far. We have to get the run game going and control the clock from the opening kick to have a chance. Techs strength is their d-line, is theirs better than Mizzou or Cincinnati? Idk yet they have only played one team with a pulse.
@rockchalkjayhawk my problem is everyone knows you can call holding on every play if you look close enough. When you have a bunch on one side, several of which looked pretty iffy and then 1 on the other team it makes a guy wonder.
@nuleafjhawk I’ve been a chiefs fan forever as well so I don’t get too worked up. We have 3 Super Bowl titles in 5 years. If the run ends, it ends. But too many retired officials have came forward saying games are rigged for the spread. If anyone was as bad at those jobs as half the officials, they’d be fired.
@nuleafjhawk they could definitely share some of the blame but special teams defense were more of an issue tonight imo I believe the offense had two penalties. Odd that the Jags were the most penalized team in the NFL today was their best performance in that department. I’ve thought pro sports were rigged for decades and nights like tonight I think prove it several phantom calls on one team and refusal to call penalties on another.
@nuleafjhawk Mahomes completed 70% of his passes. He didn’t have the penalties
Penalties were a prob but man I don’t like several of the calls on those special team holding. Defense couldn’t stop them in the second half when they needed too. Still think going 3-3 in the 6 is fine with the injuries and Rice out.
Come on @nuleafjhawk lawrence just threw A pick after a fumble inside the one he must be the worst QB in NFL. No other QB has any picks this year
@nuleafjhawk only difference between Mahomes and Lawrence this game is the chiefs drop his pick and had 3 guys get their hands on it.
This team definitely has some swagger back and I haven’t seen them having fun like this since early 2023
KU opened as an 11.5 underdog for Tech, already up to 14.5
@dylans anyone wanting to fire LL at this point is an idiot. Even if we lost last night they’d still be an idiot. I was the first to scream fire Grimes last year and still believe if we had coach Z we would’ve played for a conference championship. Zero coaches from Gill to Miles won more than 3 games in a single year. LL now has a conference road win in very season he’s coached here. The other guys from 09-20 had zero and the NCAA record for most consecutive road conference losses. I don’t always agree with LL but he’s easily a top 3 coach in Kansas football history and could be number 1 before he’s done.
@dylans I honestly like the package of having Marshall run the ball. He is a great athlete with track speed and it gets him on the field. JD with his age and injuries doesn’t seem to have the speed he once did. But that package running Marshall sets us up for a pass at some point that could catch the defense sleeping for 6. A play we may need to turn the tide late in one of these games.
@approxinfinity he likely is already in the ring of honor at this point it would just be weird without any of the before mentioned things happening
Man it’s really weird watching Duke play Cal in a ACC conference game at 1 am eastern time
@Jhawk69 His seat was never hot DKs probably cooled a bit but he better watch himself. Offensively we have played good enough to win every game, defense is 50/50
@wissox JD really played a near perfect game IMO. I think he missed on two throws. One thing I noticed and clapped over was him throwing the ball away multiple times. He didn’t dance and fumble, just lived to play another down. He had 13 turnovers in the first 6 games last season and a lot of folks including me wanted him on the pine. This season thru 6 games he has 4 which I can live with when he touches the ball every single play. There is only a few things left for him to do to cement his legacy in Lawrence. Beat KSU and win a bowl game. Hard to see him in the ring of honor without doing those things.
Grapes losing their minds on message boards and I’m enjoying reading. They want only to beat us and don’t care about any other games at this point. Want Klieman fired and Colin Klein to come in as head coach.
@stoptheflop ya Andy always had a play or two that made a person scratch their head. I honestly think their QB is average at best, JD is unbeaten and we are 2-4 if we switch them two imo.
@FarmerJayhawk I feel pretty good right now about my 7-5 prediction but can’t over look anyone including Okie Lite
A lot of these B12 games will look this way with how evenly match everyone is outside of Tech. Just like last week when it was 20-20 I told my son whomever gets a TO is gonna win this game. We got it this week and that was the difference.
@FarmerJayhawk I think we were the much better team once we settled in out scored them 27-6 in pretty much the final 3 QTRs. I also thought we had a good chance to be 5-1 at this point. But like I said earlier, I think our schedule is better than we thought it would be. I think Mizzou who will find out a lot about next week is much better than anticipated as well as UCF and Cincinnati. Every FBS team outside of WV KU has played has a fair chance at a bowl game IMO.
Well friends 4-2 start feels a lot better than 1-5. We won a 1 possession game!! That is a huge confidence boosting win IMO.
How about that whatever we said at half time to this D
Dang it huge penalty there, honestly if Bam doesn’t get kicked out last week early, we may win he changed this defense
If this team had last year’s defense we are undefeated no question in my mind.
@rockchalkjayhawk 30’isnt enough to win we have 2 loses scoring 31 plus points
Offense has to score 6 every time they touch it from here on out and we have to hope we can hold them to 3 another time or two
Still worried KSU will torch us in defense but I also think KUs schedule is much tougher than originally thought kinda like last year. Mizzou is 5-0, Fresno will likely be 5-1 after tonight and Cincinnati is 4-1.
@FarmerJayhawk KU has had that crew a few times and they are the worst in college football.
@Jhawk69 yes I don’t how ksu always, always get a call when needed to give them a chance.
KSU unfortunately looks like a different team right now and a good one
Isu woke up now 31-15 at the half but it’s clear Cincinnati is a team better than most thought. Still stinks we gave it away but they maybe this years ASU.
Cincinnati is spanking ISU 17-0 at the end of the first QTR. 
Hate to see it, I honestly was hoping he would’ve stay but man that’s tough.
Harrison has definitely been a low spot thus far but I think he’ll have it turned around. I think his mechanics are a little off. If the chiefs need a big kick for the win, I trust him.
@SlimShaddy54 was all too familiar with the Jayhawk defense Saturday
The royals end finishing the year 82-80, think they have some key pieces to build off of but man we have to find some offense outside of Bobby this offseason.
@Jhawk69 I still think if we can get thru the first 6 weeks without Rice and only having Worthy for 3 games at a 3-3 or 4-2. We will be in good shape going forward for the divisional match up.
@Jhawk69 I watched once, it was okay but prob won’t ever watch it again which is my opinion on most movies made the last 15 years
Nice to the offense explode for the first time in a few years. Having Worthy back has helped a ton and he’s starting to get rhythm with Thornton. Mahomes becomes the fastest player to pass for 250 touchdowns. Remember he’s doing this with 2 of his top WRs as guys that other NFL teams cut and said they weren’t good enough to play at this level.
I just want to be competitive and make a bowl game. As disappointing as yesterday was we still have a chance to do those things going forward. We will likely be doing it in a half empty at best new stadium because yesterday took a lot of air out of the fan base.
I agree one of the most alarming stats of the Leipold era is this 3-14 in one possession games as Kansas head coach. He currently sits at 25-30 overall. If he’s close to 50% in those games he has a winning record and we were bowling 3 straight years prob make the B12 title game.