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Three Positives/Three Negatives: TCU

Three Positives:
1. Will Howard was nails in his first action back on the field for the Wildcats. He looked like a totally different dude than the one that played the last two seasons. Late in the game trying to make a play he did throw an interception, but I am not going to fault him for that.

2. The Wildcats handle adversity early well and I still believe they can stay alive in the Big 12 race, but will need to get healthy in a hurry. If that happens, enough happened tonight for me to believe that they are one of the three best teams in the Big 12. Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, K-State, Kansas and Texas are all teams in the top half that have dealt with injuries this season.

3. Players other than Adrian Martinez and Deuce Vaughn made plays on offense in the first half. DJ Giddens had early action and was able to use it to his advantage, Phillip Brooks had a big fourth down catch and Kade Warner had a sweet touchdown grab. The Wildcats need to use that confidence and carry it over for the remainder of the season.

Three Negatives:
1. The injury bug struck the Wildcats in a big way. Adrian Martinez, Deuce Vaughn, Ben Sinnott, Will Howard, Felix Anudike-Uzomah, Daniel Green, and Julius Brents all missed time with injuries in the game versus the Frogs. In the case of Martinez, he never came back after the first drive and has a lingering knee issue from the Iowa State game. Howard came back, but it was too late.

2. Chris Tennant missed two kicks on the evening and neither of them had much of a chance. The K-State kicking game is back in the mix. Instead of 38-34 with 4:00 minutes left, it was 38-28. The Wildcats are sure to be in close games moving forward and will need to be able to steal three points from time to time.

3. The defense wasn't able to stop the big play from TCU, but I won't be too harsh on them because they were down a bunch of dudes and the deck gets stacked against you when the offense is silent in the second half. Another dynamic offense is the challenge next weekend with Oklahoma State in town, a chance for redemption.

OT: Official 2022 NFL Draft Thread

The kc predraft/free agency thread has served its time.

Starting times, I believe ...

Thursday - 7:00
Friday - 6:00
Saturday - 11:00

Do the Chiefs trade a first and third to jump up into the lower 20's?
Would mind 2 or 3 spots and a fourth, but hate to give up a third.
Wouldnt even mind falling back 6 - 8 spots and picking up a late third or early fourth.

Top 5 most impactful wins since Snyder era

From an impact to program standpoint, would like to get yours. Because personally I believe TCU Saturday could really elevate us and is the most important game maybe in the Klieman era yet beside beating OU In 2019. This game takes us from a 8-4 to 7-5 program to possibly a 9-3 to 10-2 program. Success will breed more success. Recruiting and perception.

looking back here are mine historically:

1 NU 1998 - got over NU hump and in national title convo taking a major step forward for program
2 1993 beating OU / tying CU in 1993 back to back. Major step forward for Snyder getting over the hump to being a real player
3 1997 over Syracuse in Fiesta. Getting a alliance/BCS bowl win
4 2003 Big 12 champ game
5 2019 OU win. Bc of how critical it was to have success again post Snyder. Transcended Klieman in year 1. Was a major exhale for program that was waiting in wings seeing if Klieman can compete or not

Football Recruiting 2024 North Dakota target Riley Sunram


Talked with Alec recently and touched on watching Chris Klieman's NDSU teams growing up, also mentioned Andrew Leingang.

OT: footage from KC fire truck accident that killed three released

TL;DR: A KCFD fire truck killed three people by driving recklessly which video released this week confirms.

Let me preface this with the fact that I’m really pissed about how this has been handled. It looks like the city is trying to delay/cover it up so people forget that this ever happened.

For those out of the loop back in December a KCFD fire truck hit an SUV at the intersection of Broadway and Westport road which led to the deaths of three people, the occupants of the SUV and a pedestrian. The fire truck hit the SUV going so fast that it pushed the SUV up broadway, through a couple of parked cars, and up on the sidewalk where the pedestrian was hit before both the fire truck and SUV went through the front of The Riot Room and caused the building to collapse. The fire truck was told to return to the fire house somewhere around 30 seconds before the accident occurred.

When I read articles about the crash I guessed that based on the language the Fire Chief and the city representative were using and the severity of the crash that it was definitely the fire truck’s fault. I figured the driver of the fire truck was driving way too fast and blew through a red light because how else could the truck be moving fast enough to push an SUV that far up the road and through a building? Also if it was the SUV driver’s fault they would have said so in the press conference. Instead they talked about how important it is to look for emergency lights. Well, the footage that was released earlier this week pretty much confirms what I suspected happened. You can see the footage here. It pauses just before impact so you won’t have to see anyone die. But I think people need to see this.

The “investigation” took months before it was turned over to the DA’s office back in March/April. The DA’s office is apparently still investigating on whether or not to bring charges. I understand that these things take time, but that video IMO is clear as day and utterly damning. Funnily enough, the same chapter of the IAFF that represent the station involved in the accident also represents the Jackson County Prosecutor’s office.

Three people are dead. It’s now been over seven months for an investigation to take place and nothing has happened. This may not be the place for it, @Derek Young, so feel free to move it to the WF. I just want people to stay aware of what happened and to not let this get swept under the rug which is what I suspect the city is trying to do.
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