Kansas States' Remarkable Turnaround: Stellar 42-20 Victory Recap

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00:00But let's go back to Saturday.

00:04I thought that the Cats needed it badly because I thought the game in Provo was terrible.

00:12In a matter of minutes, it went from good to terrible, just like this game.

00:17In a matter of minutes, it changed dramatically.

00:20One minute you guys are winning the game, it was like 6-3, and the next minute I'm watching

00:24a 99-yard crazy touchdown run on a punt, where the guy literally ran sideline to sideline

00:34and backwards.

00:35At one time, he ran backwards like 30 yards, and then he went forward 99 yards.

00:41I never see anything like it, and you were calling that play, and then from that point,

00:46they were dead.

00:47I mean, they got smoked in Provo.

00:49To see them react, because I was on them big time this week, I'm like, they're going to

00:54turn it around from that bad game in Provo.

00:57As sure as I'm sitting here, I'd hate to be playing them on Saturday in Manhattan, Kansas,

01:02and they came out and did exactly that.

01:04I thought Avery Johnson was great.

01:06Probably the best he's played in a very young career.

01:09He's a true sophomore, terrific talent, four-star guy, big-time runner, but also people are

01:14starting to figure out he can dart it around a little bit, too.

01:17He played his best overall game, I don't think there's any doubt, and I know the coaches

01:21were thrilled with the way the team responded and practiced during the week and took it

01:26to the game field on Saturday.

01:28It may sound like coach speak, but it's the truth.

01:30They ran for 300 yards in the game.

01:33They did a good job of shutting Ollie Gordon down after that first quarter.

01:37Nobody going into Saturday thought this was going to be a 42-20 game, but it certainly

01:42ended up being that way.

01:43K-State's playing a lot of guys.

01:44They've got a lot of good young players, but a terrific bounce-back win, 100% true.

01:50I mean, honestly, what was he?

01:52Threw for almost 260, three tutties, he ran for 60 yards, two tutties, and I threw a pick.

02:00That was the only flaw of the game.

02:02What did you think when you were calling the game and how he was mixing it up?

02:06Well, they had that really from the get-go.

02:10It's interesting to tell you this, because they really use a lot of 12 personnel, which

02:15means two tight ends, sometimes even more than that.

02:18Their lead tight end has been banged up and not near 100%.

02:23Their number two tight end was unavailable and will be probably for another couple of

02:27weeks or so.

02:28At least that's what we think.

02:29So what's the answer?

02:30Well, you either have to go a little bit deeper, and they did get a touchdown catch from that

02:34third guy, Will Ancio, but they spread the ball out and just said, okay, Avery, let's

02:39go.

02:40And so they were throwing it all around the yard from the get-go.

02:42It really opened up the run game, because as I said, they ran all over the place.

02:46They had 300 rushing yards against Oklahoma State.

02:49So overall, just a very, very fine bounce-back game, and I like this team.

02:54I like the league, but we've got a long, long, long way to go, Scott.

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