OSU 48, KU 14: Thoughts and observations
by Brandon Chatmon
bchatmon@opubco.com
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–Winning 10 games is a big step forward for Mike Gundy’s program. We entered this season wondering if Gundy had built a team or built a program. That question has been answered: He’s built a very good program. And it’s on the rise.
– The Cowboys win didn’t start out impressive but it ended up impressive. The defense shut down Kansas for the majority of the game, the offense almost recorded 600 yards and special teams scored a touchdown. That’s a balanced team win.
–The defense got off to a horrible start. But as bad as they were in the first 20 minutes, that’s how good they were in the final 40 minutes. KU had six drives of 10 yards or less? That’s amazing.
–It’s weird because it didn’t seem like a great day for the offense. Then you look up and they’ve got 597 total yards and 36 first downs. We’re already taking them for granted.
–I wrote a blog about Brandon Weeden not getting the attention he should be for his accomplishments earlier this week and it really hit me today. I’m not even giving him credit for his most important accomplishment: 10-1. He’s a winner. And that’s reason No. 1, 2, 3 and 4 why he deserves to be on award lists.
–It’s incredible how consistent Justin Blackmon is. I keep saying it and I will keep saying it because I’ve never seen a RECEIVER put up the same numbers week after week. Impressive.
–I’ve always wondered what would happen if Blackmon got nicked up at all. Now we know, he gets up, gets re-taped then puts up his usual numbers.
–The main reason for OSU’s slow start on defense was the inability to get off the field on third down. The Jayhawks were 4 of 5 on third down in the first quarter as they scored 14 points and gained 149 yards.
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