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#13 Utah at Kansas 11-28-25 · Utah Football Gameday Archive

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Speaker 1: Utah fans, Good morning, Happy Black Friday, and welcome to Lawrence,
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Kansas at Booth Memorial Stadium for the final regular season
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game of twenty to twenty five. It's the uts and
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the Kansas Jayhawks, and we're so glad to be with
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you here from America's heartland on an overcast, chilly, late
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November Friday for Utah football and Scott. Everything still in
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play today for the University of Utah as they take
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on the Kansas Jayhawks. They could still be in the
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Big Twelve Championship Game, they could still be the College
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Football Playoff, and they could still get a ten game season,
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a win season this year. But it's all predicated on
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winning the football game here today.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and so much about football is about finishing. You
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finish a drive, you finish a game, you finish the season.
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And you know, this football team's really bounced back from
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the last couple of years. You want to kind of
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go into this offseason on a high note, on a
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positive note, build on what's happened this year. We don't
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know what's you know, the end result, but we do
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know it's going to be good. You know, if Utah
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doesn't go to the playoffs and go to the conference
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championship game. They're still going to end up in a
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really good bowl game, and it's been a very successful
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turnaround year for this team. But I love that, you know,
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it's competitive and we're still fighting and there's still a
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lot on the line here for this game, and it's
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just fun to get out here and watch these watch
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these guys play.
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Speaker 1: Kansas won the coin toss. They've elected to take the football,
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so we'll see Jalen Daniels early. That's okay. Utah probably
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would have deferred and gone on defense, so it worked
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out okay for the utes down to the sideline. Third
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member of our broadcast team wearing his red amongst the
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sea of blue here in Lawrence today. That's Stevenson Sylvester slide.
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What do you got for us?
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Speaker 3: It's a great environment, a very nice stadium, and the
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team wearing all.
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Speaker 2: White, a lot of focus, a lot of energy.
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Speaker 3: In the locker room, the word that was reverberated to
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the players was attack, attack, attack, attack, and focusing energy
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and that's exactly what the used to plan on doing
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today and it starts on defense.
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Speaker 1: Defense last week was an issue against Kansas State as
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they gave up four hundred and seven twenty two yards rushing.
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This Kansas team maybe not quite as dynamic in the
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rush game, but they've got a quarterback.
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Speaker 4: Who can run it, two good running backs.
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Speaker 1: We'll see if Kansas tries to take a page out
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of what Kansas State did one week ago. Emmanuel Henderson
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will be back to receive it. He's a dynamic receiver
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and kick returner. In fact, he's taken one back ninety
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four yards for a touchdown this year. He's a former
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Alabama five star running back who's now been converted to
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a wide receiver here at Kansas k You and they're
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all black with a jayhawk on the side of their helmet.
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Utah and they're all white with the crimson and interlocking
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you on their helmet. Dylan Curtis has a teed up
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and his own thirty five yard line. We've got a
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unique view. We're broadcasting for the corner of the stadium
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in the end zone, so we've got a unique view
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with this one here today, and we're so glad we
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get to bring it to you wherever you might be
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listening in today, around the state of Utah or around
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the country today. Welcome into black Friday football. A high
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end over in kick that's returnable. Henderson will take it.
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At the four yard line, he crosses the fifteen, he's
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got the twenty still on his feet, and he'll be
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wrapped up and driven down and about the twenty one
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yard line, and that's where Kansas will be in first
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and ten as they bring out the dynamic Jalen Daniels
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at quarterback. Two four twenty three hundred and forty four yards,
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twenty one touchdowns, completing about.
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Speaker 4: Sixty four percent of his passes on the year.
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Speaker 2: Scott, Yeah, he's a definite talent. You know, they got
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a lot of talent on this team. You got to
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respect it. I'm glad to see the defense out there
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first because it's really the answer we want to see
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if they fixed the problems from last week.
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Speaker 4: Two backs to the backfield.
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Speaker 1: One's a tight end that's broad and growing, Daniel Highshaw
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the tail back. They bring another tight end in motion
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out of the shotgun. They're gonna hand that ball to
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high Shan first down and he's got rushing yards out
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across the twenty five to about the twenty six yard line.
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That's a gain of five. They're trying to do exactly
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what Kansas State did a week and go Cash Dylan
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made the tackle.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, just a little counterplay here, But Utah holds its
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own much better than last week. You could see these
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linebackers more were active playing downhills. Good sign.
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Speaker 1: Second down in five for the Jayhawks and their own
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twenty six yard line opening driving to be a pistol
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formation on second down. Three receivers split wide to the
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left hand side. They bring a tight ended motion to
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the left hand side high Shaw remains in his tailback
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tight end across the formation. Back again they handed off. Nope,
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it's going to be a play action pass. Nothing there
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for Daniels and he just simply throws it into the
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Utah bench and complete. That was well read on the outside.
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Joon olea AA put pressure on the quarterback. Third down
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in five coming up.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, a little run pass option there, and the DBS
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just had these Kansas wide receivers plastered and they did
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a nice job of just containing Jalen. There was nowhere
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for him to run. He just had to throw the
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ball away.
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Speaker 1: Keep an eye on Henderson, he's the slot receiver. He's
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really good. Cam Pickett not bad as well. They'll cluster
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four wide receivers on the left hand side. Now they
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motion them all out again, bring Highshaw into the backfield.
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Third down in five for the Jayhawks from their own
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twenty six yard line. Opening driving the ball game, Daniels
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to pass over the middle. It's caught and held on
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to by Henderson the defensive back. Smith note got his
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hand on it, but he couldn't knock it away. It
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was Cam Pickett who made the catch.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's just a lucky throw there because Smith is
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in the lane of the route. He ran the route
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better than the wide receiver.
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Speaker 1: Now it goes to the thirty four yard line pistol
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formation again, they're gonna check with the sideline. Now change
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the play move formation around two receivers, now three on
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the left hand side. High Shaw remains at the ball
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game next to Jalen Daniels. Utah going to rush four here.
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Daniel's gonna keep it himself up the field thirty five
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forty in the open field forty five point fifty and
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he slides down into Utah actually to mark him down
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at the Kansas forty nine yard line. After a game
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of fifteen yards. Nobody accounted for the quarterback on the plane.
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He picks up fifteen clock running two minutes gone by.
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Here the first quarter, opening drive of the ball game.
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Cam picket in the ball game, they're gonna throw the
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screen two picket out of the back. He's got the
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Utah forty thirty five down to the twenty five yard
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line for a game of twenty six yards. Second catch
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all the drive for picket, benny forsty meut of bounds.
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Utah looked lost on that place.
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Speaker 2: Got yeah, someone didn't cover well, they didn't cover the
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back out of the backfield. That's that very popular play
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by the Kansas City Chiefs. And he just slipped out
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of there unnoticed it.
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Speaker 4: High shawl the tailback.
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Speaker 1: Two receivers left, two receivers right from the Utah twenty
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six yard line. Daniels checks with the sideline. We're gonna
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see this a lot today. Kind of drives me nuts,
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but they gonna call that play from the field. They
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get it in and it's first down and ten Daniels
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throws that screen again into the flat and up ended
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immediately they had picket, didn't picket was knocked down quickly.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that was that was Cody Barton there and just
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read the play and actually Jonah Hall, sorry, and that's
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what you gotta do. Know, it's smiss notte sorry. You
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got to stop that play before it starts. And it
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was somebody in white. I'll eventually get to the right guy.
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They'll look you know the numbers.
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Speaker 1: It would have been really funny if it was Cody
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Barton because he's in Tennessee right now.
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Speaker 2: Hope, I didn't say Cody bar We did say Cody
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bart Yeah, he ran all the way from Tennessee to
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make that play.
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Speaker 1: That's gonna be a no gain on the play. It's
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gonna be second down in ten It's a play action
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pass again, Daniels being chased throwing toward the end zone
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and that the bounds it goes. They were there in
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his face. Logan Fano was there, as was Lander bart
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And it's gonna be third down and nine now for Kansas.
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Speaker 2: Yea interesting. Kansas has decided to throw the ball more
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than anything. I mean, this is kind of their their
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thing and they haven't really bought into Hey, let's really
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attack Utah running the football.
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Speaker 1: Daniels three out of five for thirty four yards. It's
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third down and nine right now for the Utah twenty
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five yard line. They'll split two receivers left and two
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receivers right. They keep them back in the backfield. That's
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Daniel Hishaw. Now they bring a man in motion, Utah
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shifting around. Daniels is gonna pass. He throws and it's.
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Speaker 2: Enters accept it.
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Speaker 1: Utah's got it.
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Speaker 4: That's miss Snowton and.
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Speaker 1: The turf Monster gets Snowdon at the Utah thirty five
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yard line. He ran the route better than the wide
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receiver and Utah forces and interception, the fifth on the
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year for Jalen Daniels and a big opening drive stopped
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by the Utah defense.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and we're not gonna uh, He's not gonna let
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that happen twice. I mean the first time they threw
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it right at him and he missed it. This time
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he didn't. You gotta pick He's kind of feel like
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he's doing hurdles because you got to pick his feet up.
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Speaker 1: Utah football. When we get back a good defensive stop.
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Eleven twenty to play here in the first half in Lawrence, Kansas,
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zero zero our score and this is Utah football. From
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read by Smith Snowdon on the in cutting Grad broke
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on it before the receiver came up with the interception,
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his second this year, and Utah's got it first intended
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first look at Devin damp here in the Utah offense
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here eleven twenty to play first quarter in Lawrence, Kansas
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Wayshan Parker will be the tailback on first and ten.
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Devin has been terrific this year, as has his backup
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Burn Ficklin. And it's got to think we're gonna see
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both of them here today.
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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I'm probably a whole lot more, but you know,
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it was fascinating. Kansas decided to stick with what they do,
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which I think played into the strength of how Utah's
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defense is. We'll see if this offense will stick to
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what it does, and that's run the football straight at you.
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Speaker 1: Now, they're gonna flex Devin out on first down and
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they gonna have way Sean Parker as you're wildcat back
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and he's gonna carry it. He's got the open field
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fifty forty five, forty thirty five and down at the
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thirty one of Kansas and opening run of way Sean
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Parker all the way down to the Kansas thirty one
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yard line. That's a gain of thirty four yards in
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a first down.
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Speaker 2: Well, they are who he thought they were, and that's
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about as straightforward as you can get. Take the ball
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at the running back position, runoff tackled.
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Speaker 1: Way Shawn Parker. Closing in on a thousand yard season
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with a big day to day, he might get it.
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Second down, carry way Shaan Parker to the outside thirty
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twenty five twenty and out of bounds of the Kansas seventeen.
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That's fourteen more yards for Wayshawn Parker. He's got forty
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eight yards on two carries to be in the ballgame
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late than the linebacker forced him at a bounds.
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Speaker 2: And he has so much confidence in that offensive line.
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He's very patient and then he's explosive once he sees
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the whole two.
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Speaker 1: Receivers split wide to the right hand side, Devin and
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the shotgun Parker behind him. Speed option to the outside.
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Parker's got it again. Fifteen Parker to the ten and dad, Oh,
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he takes a late hit at the nine yard line
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after picking up eight yards. So they're gonna say, pick
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up of about seven yards to about the nine yard line.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, so much you know of that, Like before contact,
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both of all three of those plays. I mean, he's
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four or five yards down the field before anyone's even
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making that initial contact with.
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Speaker 1: Sean Parker's got all fifty six yards got.
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Speaker 2: And hadn't been that touched either.
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Speaker 1: No, he has not Second down in three at the
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Kansas nine yard line. Good start. He's the Wildcat back again.
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Wayshan Parker, Devin dam Pierce split out. Why Wayshan's gonna
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keep it again. This time he's gonna be stacked up.
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He's gonna lose. They'll give him back to the line
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of scrimmage. It'll be third down in three coming up.
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Kansas said enough of this. Tommy Dunn says, you're not
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gonna do this to me. Third down coming up.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I just didn't get that backside blocked by the center.
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Had they got that, there would have been a nice
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hole there. There was really more there than what that
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looked like someone just missed their assignment.
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Speaker 1: So two receivers split to the near side. Here they're
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big pass catchers for the U Way Sean Parker the tailback.
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Now they motioned everybody out. Devin stands by himself. Second
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third down in three for the Kansas time. Snap over
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the head of damp Pierre and he's just gonna fall
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on it all the way back in the seventeen yard line.
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Did he take his eye off it or was it
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just a bad snap?
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Speaker 2: I don't think he was ready for the snap because
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the motion would just started and he's sending the guy
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in motion in a ball. I mean, he doesn't even
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I don't know if he clapped his hands or not,
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but he wasn't ready for this.
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Speaker 4: Now it's gonna be a field goal here.
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Speaker 1: After moving down the field fifty six yards in three plays,
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it goes sideways on Utah. Dylan Curtis is gonna come
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out and attempt a thirty four yard field goal pretty
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much straight down the middle of the field. Good snab,
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good hold. The kick is up and through, and Utah
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leads at three to nothing with eight thirty nine to play.
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Here the first quarter, there were so much more meat
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on the bone, but they'll take the three points right
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there to cap the scoring drive for the University of
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and more. Go utes. Scoring drive six plays, forty nine yards,
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two forty one off the game clock and the hut
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scrab the early lead here on Black Friday and Lawrence
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three nothing. This is Utah football from ESPN seven hundred
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and the Youth Sports Radio Network. Well, I don't know
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they are a sub above. What happened on that snap, Scott, Well.
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Speaker 2: It looked like Devin may have clapped his hands or something,
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because he was sometimes you fake clap it, you know,
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to just kind of set the defense. And then he's
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he looked over to send his wide receiver in motion
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and the ball got snap, so someone hurt something, but
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it was just it's unfortunate because that was just such
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a great drive. Curious to see what they had dialed
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up there on that third down, and they probably would
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have gone for it on fourth, you know, had they had.
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They only got aw doesn't like the kick field goals,
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but they do get three out of it.
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Speaker 1: They lead to three to nothing here with eight thirty
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nine to play here in the first half. If you're
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Utah Campus Store. Dylan Curtis has a tea up kicking
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south to north here at boot Memorial Stadium from his
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own thirty five once he can get a touchback. This
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time he does, Anderson lets it drift over his head
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out to the back of the end zone and Kansas
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will start first and ten at their own twenty five
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yard line. They came out throwing the football. Jalen Daniels
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threw it six times on their opening drive. They only
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ran it officially twice. See if they stick with that
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theory this time around.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I just really like the aggressiveness of Utahs defense.
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It's secondary really confident in covering the wide receivers, but
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they're they're playing downhill up front and reading their keys
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quite well.
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Speaker 1: First and ten Kansas in their own twenty five yard line.
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The tail back in the ball game is going to
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be Marshall to back up quarterback.
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Speaker 4: They took Daniels out.
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Speaker 1: Marshall picks up thirteen yards on the carry all the
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way out to the thirty eight yard line. They'll use
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him occasionally, but he's not much of a passer. He's
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strictly a running but freshman right there picked up thirteen
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yards in the first down.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's that power play coach Winningham talked about.
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But it's extra power because you have the quarterback run
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hard to stop.
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Speaker 1: Lashawn Williams in the game for the first time at
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tail back, Jalen Daniels back in again. They put a
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tight end in motion, Dalen's going to keep it out
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on the right hand side. Jalen Daniels tripped up and
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taken down by John hu Hall behind the line of scrimmage.
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Speaker 4: And that's going to be a loss. Well right at
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the line of scrimmage.
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Speaker 1: Well, that's a kind of behind it, but that's going
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to be a loss of Maybia yard.
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Speaker 2: That's a great play by John ou Hall there, just
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just kind of getting rid of the blocks. That was
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such a big problem last week, getting off of blocks
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and then making a big play in the open field.
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You know, we have seen a lot of misses on
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those plays this year.
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Speaker 1: Clock running at seven forty two to play here in
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the first quarter, three to nothing, Utah. Williams stays in
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the ball game at tailback, joined to the backfield by
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high Shaw. Two backs to the backfield, Daniels changing the play.
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Three receivers in the pattern this time for the Jayhawks.
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Five down linemen for Utah at the line of scrim
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it's to laid hand off.
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Speaker 4: That's gonna be Williams.
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Speaker 1: Picking his way off that right side and picking up
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about five yards out to about the forty one yard
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line wide receiver doing a little blocking. Levi Wentz into
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the sideline with Scooby Davis. It's gonna bring up third
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down at about six yards to go here for Kansas.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, nice play by tail Johnson there to turn that
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play back inside and then to make the tackle. You know,
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it's been been kind of a bugaboo. But everyone is
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really coming up to the line of scrimmage a lot
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better than they were last week.
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Speaker 1: Jayhawks won out of two on third down so far.
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Here this afternoon, Daniel stays in the ball game. He's
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got high Shaw with him in the backfield. He's gonna
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hand it to high Shaw on third down. High Shaw's
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got the second level and he's got a first down. Huh.
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He needed six. He picked up eight to the forty
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nine yard line. Cash Dylan made the tackle. You may
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have spoken too soon, Scott.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yep. Guys just not quite getting off just a
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little a little less aggressive there. But you know, Kansas
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is saying, hey, we threw the ball coming out. Now
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we're gonna run it. And they seem to be having
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some success running the football here.
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Speaker 1: Jayhawks first and tenant their own forty nine yard line.
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They got to the Utah side of midfield on the
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first drive before throwing the interception. Williams the tailback wide
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receiver in motion. Hand off to Williams. He's got running room,
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big gap down to the forty one yard line. That's
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gonna be a gain of about nine yards. Do they
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give him the first down up it's gonna be second
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down in the yard. He was right at the mark
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or Jackson Benny made the tackle for Utah. But big
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hole run through again that time for Lashawn Williams to
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transfer from Iowa.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, and you just got to commit to your guy
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and the defensive line just went for the fake. Should
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have tackled the back of the backfield.
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Speaker 1: Williams stays in pistol formation. Second down in one tight
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end in motion for Jalen Daniels. Daniels turns and gives
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it to Williams. He's got running room thirty five and
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down to the Utah twenty eight yard line. Goodness gracious,
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what has happened to the Utah rush defense?
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Speaker 2: Well again, it's those old habits are coming back. They
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slant to the left and no one's in that back gap.
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You got three guys, You've got Lander, Jonah and uh
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Tail all in the same gap and then there's no one.
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No one turning the play back to the inside. They
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all over pursue it, just bouncing it outside. No one's there.
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Speaker 1: Marshall, the quarterback of the ball game, here, he's got
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Henderson to the backfield at a tight end on first
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and ten, hand off Henderson the wide receiver, bouncing to
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the outside, still bouncing to the outside, spinning out of
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a tackle and picking up Boyle boy another nine yards
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lander Barton made the tackle. He's very close to first
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down yardage. Again, it's gonna be a gain of nine
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and a half second down of the yard here for Kansas.
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He just waited and waited and waited and kept bouncing
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it outside.
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Speaker 2: And it's a tough play because they run counter the
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opposite way. Everyone's reading the offensive line. Then they just
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slip a little reverse behind it.
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Speaker 1: Daniel, it's the quarterback high Shaw, the tailback second and
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a yard high Shaw with it straight ahead. He just
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bullies his way down for seven more yards to the
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thirteen yard line. Jonah lea amid the tackle. They are
19:12
right now, just running right at Utah.
19:14
Speaker 2: Yeah. I don't know that they've attempted to pass right here,
19:16
and why would you? Yeah, I mean, it's it's very
19:20
similar to what we saw. The Kansas is running so
19:23
fast the chains can't even keep up with them.
19:25
Speaker 1: They're going with tempo and it's paying off first and ten.
19:28
Now at the Utah thirteen yard line, Utah three nothing clock,
19:33
running three point fifty to play here in the first quarter.
19:36
Daniels to Williams, pushing the pile straight ahead, picks up
19:41
about three to the ten yard line. Gaggle of uch
19:44
right there to make the tackle in the middle. It'll
19:46
be second down at about seven.
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Speaker 2: You know, you asked the question in the pregame, you know,
19:52
do you think the defense will be better? And it
19:54
looks better and I mean it's better right there. But
19:57
again this well.
19:58
Speaker 1: Just because they haven't given up an yard touchdright.
20:01
Speaker 2: But it's well, that's the part that's not better is
20:04
there's still that offensive defensive line is not getting that
20:07
initial surge off the ball. It's like they're just catching people.
20:11
Speaker 1: High Shaw the tailback, Daniels the quarterback. Two tights and
20:15
two wides for the Jayhawks. On second and seven from
20:18
the Utah ten yard line, Daniels toss sweep right side
20:21
high Shaw taken down behind the line of scrimmage. That
20:25
was Logan Fano who got him in an excellent pursuit
20:28
up the line.
20:29
Speaker 4: He'll lose a yard back to the eleven. Third down
20:32
coming up, and.
20:33
Speaker 2: A lot of plays like this. Utah has done a
20:35
pretty good job against It's it's really that stuff kind
20:38
of that's been straight ahead, but just a great great
20:40
effort there by Logan, Fano.
20:43
Speaker 1: And Mark came all the way back in the fourteen
20:45
yard line. Third down and eleven coming up here for
20:48
Kansas High Shaw at tailback, three receivers left, one receiver
20:54
right here for Jalen Daniels apporating out of the shotgun
20:57
from the Utah fourteen Daniels backpen surveys throws to the outside, caught, touchdown.
21:03
Speaker 4: No and complete. He did not hold on.
21:06
Speaker 1: Oh, Kubecca, the wide receiver had it and couldn't hold
21:10
it and it goes incomplete. That'll bring the field goal
21:13
team out. That was a perfectly executed play. Tao Johnson
21:17
either got a piece of it or got into the
21:19
line of sight that time.
21:21
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think to break that ball up.
21:23
Speaker 2: I think he got a little bit of it and
21:24
it was a corner blitz and so the safety's got
21:26
to come over and cover that guy. And you know,
21:29
tale was just a little bit late, a little bit earlier.
21:32
It might have been a pick six.
21:33
Speaker 1: Marjon on to attempt the field goal. He's been good
21:36
this year for Kansas. This will be about a thirty
21:38
one yard field goal right inside the right hash.
21:41
Speaker 4: Kick is up and good, but.
21:43
Speaker 1: Whistles fly first, and let's see what the call is.
21:47
I think it's going to be procedure on Kansas.
21:50
Speaker 5: Fall start offense to the seventy seven five yard pelty remains.
21:56
Speaker 1: Fourth down there and Rique Cruz, the right tackle gets
21:59
called for perceed there, so a thirty one becomes a
22:01
thirty six. That's our referee, Mike McCabe. You'll hear his voice,
22:05
hopefully not too much today.
22:06
Speaker 2: And Marshall has been pretty pretty consistent this year too.
22:10
Sometimes it might throw you off though, to get a penalty.
22:12
Speaker 1: He played his first college ball at East Carolina, then
22:15
South Alabama. He's a lou Rosa semi finalist, lou the
22:18
toe Groza. This one's now a thirty seven yard field
22:22
goal back at the twenty twenty seven yard line. Good snap,
22:29
good hold, The kick is up and the kick is good.
22:32
No good, mister it wide right, So Marjohn hid it
22:36
from thirty one, missed it from thirty seven, and the
22:39
Utah defense comes up with a stop and they'll get
22:42
the ball back for the offense. With two sixteen to
22:44
play here in the first quarter, it's Utah three in
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23:11
our former linebacker slide. Do you have an answer is
23:14
to why Utah is struggling right now against the runk?
23:18
Speaker 2: The answer has gotta play better, as simple as that.
23:20
Speaker 3: We're still having some fitting issues here with the secondary
23:24
and in the linebacker unit right there coming up box.
23:28
They are better than last week, so we can say
23:30
that's improved, but still not good enough. Still not Utah
23:33
football just yet. And but two great stops down here
23:37
in the red zone for this Utah defense and making them.
23:40
Speaker 2: Rekick and missing that field goal. Now this offense got
23:42
some punts and in end zone.
23:43
Speaker 1: Now we'll see if they can do it this time.
23:45
Now they leaded three nothing, two to sixteen to play
23:47
here in the first quarter, and Utah's got it first
23:50
to ten at their own twenty yard line. A rare
23:53
miss for the kicker, Laith Marjhon, only his third of
23:56
the year, keeps the Jayhawks off the scoreboard, keeps Utah
24:00
in front. Right now, Devon damp Pierre, Larry Simmons, and
24:06
was Sean Parker in the backfield. Now they move everybody around,
24:10
and look who it is, our friend, Bird Fickland. Now
24:12
at a quarterback. Fickland moves a man in motion, keeps it
24:16
himself out off that right side. Bird makes try one
24:19
man miss, but can't make the other man miss, and
24:22
he picks up maybe a yard of the twenty one
24:23
yard line. Lyrik Rawls. The free safety made the tackler.
24:28
Speaker 2: Yeah, it looks like it should have gone for more
24:29
than it did there, but the safety's not blocked and
24:32
he got up in the line and made a tackle.
24:35
Speaker 1: So Bird out. Devon back ating quarterback along with way
24:38
Shan Parker wide receiver in motion, thrown to the outside,
24:43
batted down and nearly intercepted. Oh my goodness, that could
24:47
have been trouble right there. Leroy Harris got his big
24:50
hand up and knocked that pass down third down and
24:53
nine coming up.
24:55
Speaker 2: Yeah, and really he could have thrown it anywhere in
24:57
the world, but right there because he was engaged with
24:59
the offensive line. Mean, you only get one hand up,
25:02
and he got it up just perfectly.
25:04
Speaker 1: Utah, oh for one on third down, third down and nine.
25:07
Here they empty the backfield and Devin by himself is
25:11
gonna keep it himself. He's gonna bounce it inside outside,
25:14
back up the field and pick up about four to
25:16
the twenty five and that's it. It's an interesting call
25:19
on third down at nine. Never really had a chance.
25:22
U punt team's gonna come out here for Utah. Well,
25:24
it's tough it out.
25:25
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's tough too because they kept two linebackers in there,
25:28
so they have enough defenders. And when you empty the
25:31
backfield and they do that, you really should throw it
25:34
because they're the guy short on the pass. You know,
25:36
last week, you remember the quarterback from Kansas State, They
25:40
you know, they run quarterback draw, but we took a
25:43
defender out.
25:44
Speaker 1: Tate Naggi back to receive this kick from Ryan Phillips.
25:49
Tate Naggio's father is the offensive coordinator for the Kansas
25:52
City Chiefs. High Kick Naggi's gonna fair catch it at
25:56
his own twenty eight yard line, and that's where Jalen
25:58
Daniels and the Jayhawks will take over for a third
26:01
time today with a minute to play here in the
26:03
first quarter. Three nothing, Utah. That was a disappointing drive
26:06
by the use.
26:07
Speaker 2: Yeah, it really was. And you know, especially after that
26:09
first drive, there's just so much going on. I don't
26:12
want to say they got a little cute there, but
26:13
you know.
26:14
Speaker 4: They got a little cute.
26:15
Speaker 2: They got a little cute. And again, I just wouldn't
26:18
go away from running the ball. And I know you're
26:20
trying to mix it up and balance it and all
26:22
this stuff, but why why not do what works?
26:27
Speaker 1: So Marshall's in a quarterback, He's got the tailback high
26:32
Shaw next to him. Three tight ends moved to the
26:34
right hand side.
26:35
Speaker 4: Now for the.
26:36
Speaker 1: Jayhawks, Hi Shaw moves out. Marshall by himself is gonna
26:39
keep it himself out off that right side. Marshall tried
26:42
to get to the edge. It does lea there and
26:44
that's gonna be out of bounds at about the thirty
26:45
five yard line. No flags. Wow, there was a hole
26:47
but no flag, and he picks up seven yards.
26:50
Speaker 2: Yeah, they were very generous right there. I mean they just.
26:55
Speaker 1: Huh, I'm gonna give him eight yards on that.
26:58
Speaker 2: Almost feel like when he's in they're gonna run the football.
27:00
I wonder if they're trying to protect Jalen from that
27:04
and keep him healthy.
27:07
Speaker 1: Or maybe he's a freshman just trying to get him
27:08
a few reps here late the year.
27:10
Speaker 2: That's a thing.
27:12
Speaker 1: Daniel's back in second down in two high Shaw's his
27:15
tailback from their own thirty five yard line. Move it
27:18
up front for Utah to laid hand off. High Shaw's
27:21
got it. He's got first down yardage out to about
27:23
the thirty eights and that's going to take us to
27:26
the end of the first quarter here in Lawrence. A
27:28
quick first quarter, a first quarter that began very well
27:32
for Utah stalled on a fumble. They got a field goal.
27:36
Since then, it hasn't been much end of the first
27:39
quarter here in Lawrence, Kansas. On the final day of
27:42
the regular season for Utah football, it's Utah three and
27:45
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Tell you what. Kansas doesn't have anything to show on
28:22
the scoreboard. But they have not had trouble moving the football.
28:24
Speaker 2: Have they No, They've pretty much had their will here,
28:28
especially when they started running the ball again kind of
28:32
straight ahead that the issues that showed up last week,
28:35
and it looked like you Thah was kind of tightening
28:38
up just a little bit there before the quarter ended.
28:41
So we'll see if they can continue with that and
28:44
stop the drive.
28:44
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29:01
meeting between these two sides since all the way back
29:03
in nineteen ninety six. Kyle was just an assistant coach
29:07
on that staff Rod McBride back then. Utah beat Kansas
29:11
in ninety three, that beat him again in ninety six.
29:14
Jayhawk's looking to exact a little measure of revenge here,
29:16
but more importantly for them, they're trying to get to
29:19
a bowl game. Utah's trying to get to ten wins
29:21
and keeping the conversation for the good postseason Scott.
29:24
Speaker 2: Yeah, and it's all about kind of answering back after
29:27
last week too for this defense, and a lot of
29:30
really good stuff happened and has happened this year, and
29:33
you just want to end it on a good note.
29:37
Speaker 1: Jayhawks slipped the field. They've got it first and ten
29:39
at their own thirty eight yard line. They're moving south
29:43
to north here, we're at the north end of the
29:45
stadium kind of in the corner.
29:48
Speaker 2: It's a unique angle here.
29:49
Speaker 1: It just takes a little getting used to, but it
29:51
gives you a little different perspective on things. One perspective
29:55
that hasn't changed though, is Utah struggled to stop the run.
29:57
Kansas had ninety three yards rus in that first quarter,
30:01
a little better than Kansas State a week ago, but
30:03
still not the number you want to have. Just explosive exactly.
30:10
Daniels the tailback, I'm sorry, the quarterback high Shaw, the
30:12
tailback pistol formation on first and ten, bring a receiver
30:16
in motion. They handed the high Shaw. Now the flea
30:18
flicker down the field. They've got a man wide open,
30:21
and it seemed complete and a flag flies gonna be
30:25
past interference on Tao Johnson. Tato's big problem there was
30:29
he never looked for the football. He had used that
30:32
speed to catch up, but he made a little bit
30:35
of contact with Kanty and put quite.
30:37
Speaker 5: A hit around defense number five fifteen yard county automatic
30:42
first self.
30:44
Speaker 4: Yeah, and there's a well designed call.
30:45
Speaker 1: He overshot him with the pass, but well he Candy
30:49
could not have been more wide open on that plan.
30:51
Speaker 2: Yeah, Daniels got out about as quick as he could there,
30:53
and Tayo was pretty decent in the covers. A great
30:56
recovery on his part right there. That's tough, you know that,
31:00
But when you're a team like Kansas, it's one of
31:02
those Hey, what do you have to lose kind of
31:04
things and we'll just throw it all at you.
31:07
Speaker 1: Fifteen yard penalty, moves into the canaday to the Utah
31:10
forty seven yard line. First and ten seven seconds gone
31:13
by here the second quarter. Daniels the quarterback, keeps it
31:17
and picks up two yards to the forty five yard line.
31:20
Speaker 4: Daniels the whole period a little longer.
31:22
Speaker 1: Than Devin damp Pier is. Both those guys very slippery runners.
31:26
Speaker 2: Yeah, and Daniel's really good at the run. But that
31:28
does a great job by the defense to everyone just
31:31
did their job and was played aggressive and it's amazing
31:33
how it works out. Daniels hasn't been really much of
31:36
a threat so far in the game, running.
31:38
Speaker 1: Though A million the wide receiver in high Shaw the tailback.
31:43
Second down and eight at the Utah forty five for
31:45
Jalen Daniels, Utah ready for the run. Now, Daniel's going
31:49
to keep it to the outside. He's going to be
31:52
out at the first down marker to think, oh they
31:55
rolled three flags. Oh, I don't know about that. I
31:59
thought he was still the field to play with that flag.
32:01
When that hit was made, well, Cash Dylan was the
32:05
man that ran him out of bounds right there. Let's
32:07
take a look at this, and he is now he's
32:10
out of bounds. Yeah, he was a step onto the white.
32:13
Speaker 2: And Cash kind of has to play it more aggressive
32:15
because the pitchman fell down and if he aggressively goes
32:19
after the quarterback and he you know, he never would
32:21
have been in that situation right there, and it was
32:22
just close enough for the officials to call personel.
32:26
Speaker 5: Foul late hit number twenty three of the defense fifteen
32:30
yard penalty automatic first sound.
32:32
Speaker 1: It's not twenty three of his ninety three Jackson Benny
32:35
was not. The offending party was Cash Dylan. But that's
32:38
another three fifteen yards you've just given Kansas. You've given
32:41
him thirty yards in penalties. And now the Jayhawks on
32:44
the edge of the red zone of the Utah twenty
32:46
two yard line.
32:47
Speaker 2: Yeah, those are tough places because it happened like right
32:49
at the out of bounds line and everyone's going fast
32:52
right there. It's hard to just pull up and stop,
32:55
especially when your coach has been screaming at you all
32:57
week to play aggressive.
32:59
Speaker 1: They bring a time end in motion, they hand the
33:01
ball to the tail back. He's got running room inside
33:03
the twenty to the fifteen and now down to the
33:06
fourteen yard line goes Daniel Highshaw. That's a gain of eight.
33:10
That should have been a gain of about three.
33:11
Speaker 2: Should have been a game of about nothing. They they
33:15
had him in the backfield right there and just didn't
33:18
just didn't make the play.
33:21
Speaker 1: That's now one hundred and eleven rushing yards here are
33:23
the first half for Kansas. They got it second to
33:26
two at the Utah fourteen yard line.
33:27
Speaker 2: Yeah, those Trey Reynolds that just came in the ballgame
33:30
and he had a chance to make it play there
33:32
at the line of scrimmage and just missed.
33:34
Speaker 1: Lashawn Williams in and tail back on second down and two.
33:37
Jalen Daniels has three receivers on the left hand side
33:40
of his formation. Now he moves two tight ends to
33:42
the right hand side. Utah shifting personnel around up front.
33:45
They bring a receiver in motion. They hand that ball
33:48
to Williams. He buries his head, gets to the ten
33:51
and then dives forward to the eight yard line. That's
33:54
a six yard gain in first down and goal down
33:57
for Kansas.
33:58
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean Utah has like nine guys. If there's
34:01
no safety back at all. They're all at the minus
34:03
scrimmage there. I mean, they're trying to stop him here
34:06
and just don't make the plays.
34:08
Speaker 1: It's just been something that's hurt them the last week
34:11
or so. One hundred and seventeen yards rushing now First
34:14
and Gold Jayhawks at the Utah eight. Daniels your tailbag
34:18
or your quarterback, high Shaw your tailback. They just handed
34:22
to him straight ahead and he's gonna be wrapped up
34:25
and taken down. Jackson Benny got him at the line
34:27
of scrimmage. They give him a one yard gain to
34:30
the seven. It'll be second down in goal and you get.
34:33
Speaker 2: To a point when you get down here. You can't
34:35
go backwards if you're a safety, so you might as
34:37
well get up there at the line of scrimmage. It
34:39
almost helps these guys to be just a little bit
34:41
more aggressive. Nice play though by Jackson there.
34:45
Speaker 1: Daniels in quarterback. High Shaw remains in two tights and
34:50
two wides here for the Jayhawks at the Utah seven
34:53
yard live trying to take the lead here early in
34:56
the second quarter, Daniels to high Shaw end zone, barely
35:02
touched off that right side Daniel Hishaw into the end
35:05
zone is fifth touched out of the year, and Kansas
35:09
leaves here with twelve o three to play in the
35:11
first half.
35:11
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't understand this. I mean, there's no one
35:13
on the backside. There's no one there to even make
35:16
the plays, almost by a lineman. They were just beat there.
35:21
I don't know. I don't understand the defensive strategy right.
35:25
Speaker 1: There, twelve o three to play, I mean, minus the
35:31
huge chunk plays. This is a carbon copy of what
35:34
we saw a week ago against Kansas State. The Utah
35:38
Rush defense is absolutely dissipated. Here's the kick up and
35:41
the kick is good, and it's seven to three Kansas
35:45
with twelve o three to play here the first half. Now,
35:49
can we see if the offense can answer?
35:51
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first half here in Lawrence seventh three Jayhawks down to
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the sidelines, we go. Kgarf sideline update, Sly, we don't
36:26
see the big chunk plays we saw last week against
36:29
Kansas State, but the Jayhawks are having success on the
36:32
ground same way the Wildcats did.
36:33
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's just as demoralizing, right, you know, you get
36:36
the quick hit eighty yard run or do you get
36:39
the long drive of just straight running and no throwing
36:43
plays on that Just the flee flicker pass interception of
36:46
Taylor Johnson just turns around. It's an interception to or
36:48
a non call right there. But the defense at the defense,
36:52
you want to do opposite of what the offense wants
36:54
you to do. On that touchdown. The offense wants you
36:57
to get running. If you're gonna keep running with them,
36:59
you're doing exactly.
37:00
Speaker 2: I think what they want to do. Again, these of
37:01
their technical things that are going wrong on this defense.
37:05
It's got to stop somewhere.
37:07
Speaker 4: So I thank you and sideline up. They brought to
37:09
you by Ken Garf.
37:10
Speaker 1: We hear you. Kansas has to teet up in their
37:12
own thirty five Daniel bray back deep to receive this
37:15
kick from Kansas. See we get a return here, end
37:19
over end toward the corner flag and into the end zone.
37:22
Well placed first intended to twenty five is where Devon
37:26
damp Here in the offense it's got It feels like
37:27
another one of those weeks where you're gonna have to
37:30
score with the offense. You're not gonna be able to
37:32
have many empty drives.
37:33
Speaker 2: Yeah, so you gotta be really really efficient in how
37:35
you're calling place, how you're running offensively. There's's got to
37:39
be a sense of urgency that, hey, we just got
37:41
to score every time.
37:43
Speaker 1: Burd Vicklin split wide to the left hand side way
37:45
Sean Parker in the right slot, Devon damp Here brings
37:49
him in motion right now. Now they're going to throw
37:50
the ball to the outside dall and Bentley's got it.
37:52
He turns upfield and is knocked down at about the
37:55
thirty yard line after a gain of fives As good
37:58
as a run right there, run with five yards on
38:01
first down.
38:02
Speaker 2: Yeah, got it to him just a little behind him.
38:03
He gets it too him in rhythm, and he'll probably
38:05
get up around the corner for even a bigger game.
38:07
Speaker 1: Fickland Splitt wide to the right hand side, this time
38:10
Parker in the backfield, this time four man down front.
38:12
They handed the way Sean Wayshan tried to get to
38:14
the edge, cuts it back and he's upended and about
38:17
the thirty three almost thirty three, thirty four yard like
38:19
he hit hard on that pick up about four yards.
38:23
Third down and one coming up here for Utah.
38:24
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think he's a little surprised. I thought he
38:26
was gonna have a little bit more room out there
38:28
on that edge there, just barely got tripped up.
38:31
Speaker 1: Safety came flying up and just tripped him up. Third
38:34
down and one. Utah's zero for two on third down.
38:37
They gotta get a first down here. You can't afford
38:40
to put your defense back out there. So soon Parker
38:43
wide to the left, two tight ends on the left
38:45
hand side, Devin in the shotgun. Wayshan comes in motion.
38:49
Devin keeps it himself. He's got the thirty five and
38:51
thirty six. He looked like he was gonna get a
38:54
whole lot more on that play, and that whole shut
38:56
down quickly for the first down. Linebacker Tray lath Than
38:59
having a really i start to this game today for Kansas.
39:01
Speaker 2: Yeah, and this is where you take a shot, you
39:03
know here with that either run pass over the middle
39:07
of the field or post over the top of the
39:09
safeties because they're really getting up in there.
39:11
Speaker 1: In run Phill Dallan Bentley comes in motion first down
39:15
play action for Devon down the field. He goes out
39:17
there and caught Creed Wittemore's got it and he's out
39:20
to about the forty five yard line. I scrabbed by Whittemore,
39:25
who's really come on? As I laid Devin Die the
39:27
safety made the tackle. We're gonna give him nine yards
39:30
on that play out to about the forty four yard line.
39:33
Second down at one coming up, playbooks wide open before
39:36
a year on second down at one.
39:37
Speaker 2: Yeah, good play on that last one. They're a good
39:39
catch by Winnemore.
39:41
Speaker 1: But yeah, run the ball here we go they do
39:44
way Sean Parker trying to get to the edge.
39:46
Speaker 4: He just needed to cut it up inside. He got
39:48
drump for a two yard loss.
39:50
Speaker 2: Yeah.
39:50
Speaker 1: See, Deroy Harris made the tackle. He didn't see that
39:52
very well at all.
39:53
Speaker 2: Did he? No? I didn't. And you gotta again understand
39:56
the situation, you know, get that first down first you
39:58
don't want to have to be under so much pressure
40:01
to get it here on third down.
40:02
Speaker 1: Well, now it's third down in three instead of first
40:04
down or even second down and third down in short
40:07
quick tempo. Here for Utah Devin and the gun. Now
40:10
he's gonna change the play as emotions wayshot all the
40:13
way out to the right hand side, empty backfield. Here
40:16
play clock in ten for Dan Pierre. Devon's gonna keep
40:19
it himself. Now, will pop pass over the middle, wide
40:22
open Buchannon.
40:23
Speaker 4: There he goes, They're not gonna get him.
40:26
Speaker 1: It's a touchdown j j Bcannon fifty eight yards and
40:32
a Utah touchdown.
40:34
Speaker 2: Great call there by Jason Beck saw the safety's getting
40:37
really nose, you could see because they were all making
40:38
the plays at the line of scrimmage. I mean, this
40:41
is an awesome play. Nothing better than to have a
40:43
guy wide open and go untouched to go score a touchdown.
40:46
Very nice.
40:47
Speaker 1: Oh, they faked the run off that right side, that
40:49
right side counterplay they liked so much Scott and JJ
40:53
was all by himself.
40:54
Speaker 2: And I think this is the evolution of this offense.
40:57
You know, where they they've got confidence in they've been
41:00
able to add that to the offense. Wich just makes
41:02
it so potent.
41:05
Speaker 1: Fifty eight yard touchdown pass, Pat up, Pat.
41:08
Speaker 4: Good by Dylan Curtis.
41:11
Speaker 1: And with nine twenty four to play here the first half,
41:14
Utah after a fifty eight yard touchdown pass goes six
41:17
play seventy five yards in two thirty nine and they
41:20
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of Utah football. Scott with you roather the ball as
41:52
well as Utah does, and Utah runs it very well.
41:55
Second best rushing team in all of college football. That
41:58
play they ran right there. That it's gonna work multiple
42:00
times a game.
42:01
Speaker 2: Absolutely and what's nice about is talk about it earlier,
42:05
do what you do best, and then change when they
42:08
take it away from you. And so you start to
42:09
see those safeties make some tackles on Wayshan and and
42:14
so now they're out of position. And it was just
42:16
a great call. It's a call that actually you don't
42:18
take the ball out of your quarterback's hands where he
42:21
can throw it like he did, but he also can
42:23
run it if the run is there. And it's just
42:25
very well designed, perfectly executed, and it's devastating for a defense.
42:29
I mean that that demoralized that defense, wasn't it, because like,
42:32
what do we do now? You know we can't stop you.
42:35
It's just very painful for those defenses to have to
42:38
deal with that.
42:39
Speaker 1: Well, now we have to find out if Utah's got
42:40
an answer for the Kansas run game. Right now, Dylan
42:43
Curtis will take it north to south. Here from his
42:46
own thirty five. Emanuel Henderson be a very dangerous return
42:50
man for Kansas. He gan his career at Alabama. He
42:54
was a running back.
42:55
Speaker 4: So fortunately there was a guy named Ashton Gibbs.
42:58
Speaker 1: Who was there at the time. They get on the field.
43:00
With that guy there He's now playing for Scott's beloved
43:03
Detroit Lions, so he transferred here.
43:05
Speaker 4: He's been a terrific wide receiver.
43:07
Speaker 1: Playing his final game today on Senior Day, Kansas honoring
43:10
thirty three seniors here today. Here's Cartness's kick gets high,
43:13
it's end over end, and it's returnable, and he'll take
43:16
it from the four Henderson up the field, Henderson through
43:20
a hole and out to about the thirty yard line.
43:22
He goes twenty six yard return for Henderson and that's
43:27
where Kansas will begin first in ten nine to nineteen
43:30
to play here before halftime.
43:33
Speaker 2: Well, you know, penalties gave a lot of that drive
43:35
to Kansas's. See if this defense can shore this up
43:39
and get off the field.
43:41
Speaker 1: They've been effective running the football, that's for sure. Jalen
43:45
Daniel's only three out of seven for thirty four yards
43:47
throwing it right now, two receivers now three receivers on
43:52
the left hand side, Marshall and Williams the tailbacks, and
43:57
Williams breaks out of one and two and all the
44:00
way out to the forty he goes for almost a
44:02
ten yard game. They had him three times, Scott couldn't
44:06
wrap him up. Yeah, and it's it's it's about effort,
44:09
you know where you got to just keep driving. Three
44:13
took four guys to bring you down, and you just
44:16
got to keep moving your legs and being a good
44:18
position to make attack. Marshall's not technically the number two quarterback,
44:22
but he has been here today. Cole Ballard actually the
44:24
number two quarterback for Kansas. More of a pocket guy.
44:28
Daniels back in on second and short, He's gonna hand
44:32
it to the tailbackers through the.
44:34
Speaker 4: Right side and out for a seven yard game.
44:37
Speaker 1: Tilman made the tackle that might have saved a touchdown
44:40
as Williams broke to the outside. First down, Kansas had
44:43
their own forty five yard line. Yeah, this is really
44:48
scott hard to wash right now. It just it looks
44:52
so foreign for Utah football fans to see a defense
44:56
that is having trouble against the run. That's always been
44:59
what they've stopped best, and it.
45:00
Speaker 2: Always starts with the stout up front line, and you
45:03
just don't see that right now.
45:04
Speaker 1: First and ten, throw a little pop pass into the
45:08
flat to Picket and he's swarmed under immediately by Nate.
45:12
Speaker 2: They get.
45:14
Speaker 1: Tao Johnson and Jackson Benny and again you kind of
45:20
wonder why Kansas would do this, but glad they did. Now,
45:24
thank you very much, and glad they did. Now you
45:27
got him behind the sticks, you really got to. You
45:28
gotta loss of three yards down back to the forty
45:32
two second down in thirteen. Daniels quarterback with an empty backfield.
45:38
Let's see if he brings somebody back in. Now he does,
45:40
brings a wide receiver in motion, Trio receivers on the
45:45
left hand side. Now a man comes in motion. That's
45:47
Henderson Daniels. Look at the pass setting up the screen
45:51
to the inside.
45:51
Speaker 2: It's caught.
45:52
Speaker 1: Not much running room. In fact, the great tackle of
45:55
the open field once again, Jackson Benny did it on
45:58
Cam Pickett. They're gonna lose two more yards all the
46:01
way back near the forty yard Line'll bring up third
46:04
down in fifteen.
46:04
Speaker 2: Yeah, trying to fake the screen here and then just
46:07
slip slip a guy up underneath there and Utah just
46:10
read it.
46:10
Speaker 4: Extremely that's a play.
46:12
Speaker 1: It's so hard Scot because there's so much traffic going
46:14
back across the field there. Yeah, so third down in fifteen.
46:18
Now for Kansas, they're two out of four on third down,
46:20
but they've not faced a third down of this length
46:23
quite yet, high Shaw the tailback right now, they'll snap
46:26
it back Jalen Daniels gives it the high Shaan. He
46:29
picks up five yards some of the yard age lost
46:31
back near the forty five yard line. That'll bring up
46:33
fourth down at about ten. Well bit too far on
46:37
their side of the field to go for it, and
46:39
so the punter is gonna come out here for Kansas.
46:41
Speaker 4: That's Finn Lapping, And.
46:43
Speaker 2: I think the crowd's booming here. It's like, what do
46:45
you have to lose? You know, why are you just
46:47
basically conceding and punting the ball here? You know, so
46:51
you need to watch for fake because you know that's
46:54
a possibility here, But why do that, you know, just
46:57
just trying to get a first down.
46:59
Speaker 1: Car Volumes stands at his own I'm just gonna back
47:01
up to about the ten yard line. Kansas spreads the field,
47:04
Finn Lapping the Aufsee will punt it away here and
47:07
angle it toward the sideline end over end, and Mana
47:10
takes it with a fair catch at the ten yard line.
47:13
Six minutes to play here, the first half in Utah
47:15
will have a ninety yard field in front of them
47:19
here from their own ten yard line, up ten to
47:21
seven with a time out on the field, I think
47:25
and ty, yeah, well we'll have a time out on
47:27
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Ten to seven Utah, six minutes to play. First half.
47:51
We'll head down the slime moment tearly Utah's got in
47:53
first and ten had their own ten yard line. Devin
47:57
Dan Pierre three or four seventy two yards that last
47:59
time down fifty eight to jj Bugantan Wyshan Parker six
48:03
carries fifty eight yards. Wayshawn in the ball game right
48:06
now along with Dallan Bentley in the backfield. They handed
48:09
to way Sean Parker. He's got running room fifteen on
48:12
his feet and down to about the eighteen yard line.
48:15
That's a game of eight. On first down, Devin Die
48:18
with an awkward tackle and now we've got an injured
48:20
player down on the field for the Kansas Jayhawks. Like
48:24
number was it twenty four? Is that who? It was?
48:29
Twenty four? Damian Jones the safety. They're going to tend
48:33
to him. Slide. Let's go back down to you on
48:35
the Kinggarf sideline update. What was better about that last
48:38
defensive stand by Utah?
48:39
Speaker 3: As Scott said, it was a great effort by the
48:42
defense there, and of course a great play calling by
48:45
the Kansas offense is not going to run downhill. But
48:48
at the end of the day, I think the defense
48:50
stepped up and just made those plays. Jackson Vinnie was
48:53
exceptional on that drive. I think he had three or
48:55
four tackles on that drive alone, making open field tackles
48:59
right there behind the sticks, you know, and when you
49:02
have drives, you have drive killers, right And I think
49:05
on that first RPO they did, they lost two yards,
49:08
and then the second down they tried to make up
49:10
for it, and next you know, it was third down.
49:12
So it was a great job by the defense at
49:14
making those plays and making them punk.
49:16
Speaker 4: So I thanks Silight update brought to you by Ken Garf.
49:19
Speaker 1: We hear you. It'll be second down at two for Utah.
49:21
I keep giving the ball to way Sean Parker. He's
49:23
got seven carries for sixty six yards right now.
49:27
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was big boy football. In last play, Utah
49:29
had basically a six offensive lineman and two tight ends
49:33
one wide receiver. They just said we're gonna run it Downhill.
49:36
Speaker 1: Simmons, right, you can and left, second down and two
49:39
Parker stage of the ball game. In the shotgun, Dalla
49:42
Detley comes in motion, hand off way Sean Parker and
49:45
he's dope, it's gonna be Devin Dan Pierre who keeps
49:48
it himself and he's ushered out of bounds. He was
49:50
being shoved out of bounds by his face mass by
49:52
ben Gani Kamara. And there's a flag of the play
49:56
on that far sideline.
49:59
Speaker 2: I don't know if it was someone lined up in
50:01
the neutral zone.
50:01
Speaker 1: Or I think it's an illegal formation by Utah. But
50:05
we'll see or shift formation on the utes see if
50:09
they decided to take the penalty. The play was a
50:10
loss of about two yards back to the sixteen. Either way,
50:16
whether he kept that ball or handed it off, Kansas
50:19
was ready for the running play.
50:20
Speaker 2: There they're talking to the Kansas coach and was like
50:23
what do you want to do?
50:24
Speaker 4: Take him back or you give him a down if
50:26
you send them back.
50:27
Speaker 1: Five. You lost two on the carry, so I'd make
50:29
it third down and four said you could make it
50:33
second down, and I guess seven. I suppose we'll see
50:36
what he decides to do in.
50:37
Speaker 5: Leal formation offense. Five fairs in the backfield, five yard
50:43
penalty replaced second down.
50:45
Speaker 4: Interesting decision by Lancelote.
50:47
Speaker 2: Maybe he just couldn't make a decision. Se you all choose,
50:50
I don't know, just pick one.
50:52
Speaker 1: So instead of third down and four, it's second down
50:55
and seven, Dan, you'll brave the tail back of the
50:57
ball game, this time for Utah way Seawn Parker also
51:00
in the ball game right now, you can't miss way
51:02
Sean once again sporting those pink cleats. Bray splits out
51:06
wide to the right hand side, stacked up with JJ Buchannon,
51:10
Dam Pierre the quarterback Larry Simmons by himself on the
51:13
left hand side. Bray comes in motion. They throw the
51:16
ball over the middle and now it's knocked down at
51:18
the line of scrimmage. And again knock down at the
51:20
line of scrimmage by Leroy Harris.
51:23
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm fortunate too right there, because they had had
51:28
the tight end white open there. He threw pretty quick too, man,
51:30
it should have I like the decision right here at
51:33
tight end boat.
51:33
Speaker 1: Just I think Kansas being well coached. Devin, we know,
51:36
smaller quarterback. Get your hands up on that smaller and.
51:39
Speaker 2: It's hard to throw out of a canyon when you're
51:41
a little dude back there.
51:43
Speaker 1: You take two out of four on third down. It's
51:45
third down and six and a half, almost seven. Devin
51:48
drops the pass. He's got a good pocket looking down
51:51
the field, firing down the field, caught Larry Simmons.
51:54
Speaker 2: Is he in? He is.
51:56
Speaker 1: Simmons with the toad tap on the sideline in front
51:59
of the Kansas bench at the Jayhawk thirty four yard line.
52:02
It's a catch.
52:03
Speaker 2: You don't see well. I guess they're kind of complaining.
52:06
Speaker 1: They're gonna get to the line of scrimmage quickly here
52:08
and snap the football and lands Lipole takes the time out.
52:13
Speaker 5: They're really on the field of the completed catching down.
52:15
Speaker 2: The previous play is under review. It's a tough one.
52:19
Speaker 1: The referees were right on it. They said his toes
52:22
were in. We'll take a look at the replay.
52:23
Speaker 2: Here.
52:23
Speaker 1: It's gonna be reviewed either way. Let's check out the toes.
52:27
Speaker 2: I don't think so. Maybe if he has it right there,
52:32
but it doesn't look like he has it.
52:34
Speaker 1: Ah, hard to say. They called it a catch, so
52:37
they're gonna have to see pretty indisputable data to rule
52:41
against the catch. See the one angle we have, it's
52:44
just so far out.
52:46
Speaker 2: That doesn't help.
52:48
Speaker 1: But the ruling was a catch on the field, So
52:50
they're gonna have to find something that overturns this. Mike
52:54
McCabe under the hood right now downstairs, our first half
52:57
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53:04
Speaker 2: Sorry, that looked right there. So right there, looks like
53:09
he has the ball, and it looks like he's in bound.
53:15
Speaker 1: I think so too.
53:16
Speaker 4: But man, so when you played that would have been
53:21
a catch.
53:23
Speaker 2: Well they don't. They didn't review a lot of plays.
53:25
Speaker 1: Well, no, they didn't have the ability to and they
53:28
couldn't focus it down to the mill of fract to
53:31
do it.
53:33
Speaker 2: That's a tough it's regardless, it's a heck of a catch.
53:36
Speaker 1: The fact that the two officials both had an eye
53:38
on it. Both said catch.
53:40
Speaker 2: See there's oh boy, it's just so hard hard to
53:44
tell to.
53:44
Speaker 1: Be a big play though. If they get it, that
53:45
will keep the drive alive instead of pluning it back
53:48
to Kansas with iboh six to play. Here in the
53:50
first half, Larry Simmons is so good tapping those toes
53:56
and keeping those feet in well, and.
53:58
Speaker 2: He catches the football. I mean, that's the thing about him.
54:00
Speaker 1: You know the pass.
54:01
Speaker 2: Don't see a lot of drops.
54:02
Speaker 1: The pass was high.
54:04
Speaker 4: That made it a little bit more difficult, But you're right,
54:06
he's got great hands.
54:09
Speaker 2: He did about all he could possibly do in that
54:12
situation to make it a catch.
54:17
Speaker 1: We shall see five o six to play. They continue
54:21
to review this thing.
54:22
Speaker 2: I think they're having a hard time.
54:24
Speaker 1: Well, that's what I mean. See right there, and I'm
54:26
telling you they're having a hard time Scott because they
54:29
called it a catch. If they call that incomplete, I
54:32
think it's a little bit easier to just say incomplete pass.
54:35
Speaker 2: You can almost see like with it looks like he's
54:39
gonna I don't know.
54:40
Speaker 1: I think they're keeping it a catch.
54:42
Speaker 2: They are after review.
54:43
Speaker 5: They're only on the field of a completed catching down
54:46
is upheld force down Utah.
54:49
Speaker 2: These officials use a little dramatic pause there, They just
54:52
they wait. The oscar goes to.
54:58
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's the new term monology. Now it's now called
55:01
up hell. They don't confirm, and they uphold it the
55:05
versus an Utah their own thirty four yard line. The
55:08
drive stays alive. As we come up on five minutes
55:10
to play, Bray comes in motion, Devin in the backfield.
55:13
Speaker 4: It's gonna hand it to Daniel Bray.
55:14
Speaker 1: Daniel into the inside and picks up nice yardage, picks
55:18
up about four almost five yards out there the thirty
55:21
eight yard line. Tray lath and the linebacker made the tackle.
55:24
Speaker 2: Well, he wondered where Daniel Bray was, and there he was.
55:26
The thing I like about Bray is he's not afraid
55:29
to run inside the tackles. He's not a real big guy,
55:31
but man, he runs tough. Same thing with Thickly.
55:34
Speaker 1: Well, I'm glad they're giving him to him inside because
55:36
every time he runs wide they seem to be ready
55:38
for it. Now, Parker's your tail back. Four receivers. Bray
55:42
in motion again. Devon's going to keep it himself straight ahead,
55:45
first down yardage, out beyond the forty five yard line,
55:49
and that's going to be moving the chains again. Good
55:51
decision on that play by Devin and Utah keeps it
55:54
going with four fifteen to play the clock running here
55:56
in the first half.
55:57
Speaker 2: Yeah, kayleb blame. He's running downfield trying to find some
56:00
of the block. There's nobody there. If you just turn
56:02
back to that safety, Oh my goodness, that would have
56:04
been a huge play.
56:05
Speaker 1: Two tights, two wides in the ball game right now
56:07
for Utah. Devin's gonna pass on first down, fires to
56:10
the outside, good catch by Bentley, turns it up field,
56:13
makes a man miss into Kansas territory, and somersaults down
56:16
to the KU forty four yard line.
56:18
Speaker 2: Wowdallan's showing some shaken bank right there. That was nice.
56:23
Speaker 1: Picks up thirteen more yards another first down for Utah's
56:26
They go with a little tempo here. They don't have
56:28
to go with tempo. Move it up front. They gotta
56:31
get Utah's offensive line for moving just a little bit early.
56:34
I think they got Mokafisi a right guard.
56:36
Speaker 5: Fall star offense number fifty two five yard penalty remains
56:41
first south.
56:42
Speaker 1: Michael was just about a half step ahead of the
56:44
staff of the guy next to him who was stamping
56:46
the ball.
56:47
Speaker 2: You can't always argue when guys get off just a
56:49
little bit earlier. It's I just I'd rather have him
56:52
be excited to go play football then to sit back there.
56:55
Speaker 1: First and fifteen They back it up to the Kansas
57:00
forty nine yard line. Parker stays at the ball game.
57:04
Now they motioned him out of the backfield. Devin, looking
57:06
to throw, throws to the outside, complete there and up
57:09
the sideline goes JJ Buchanner.
57:11
Speaker 4: Is that Dallon Bentley, that's Dallan No JJ again?
57:13
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's tight ends where they sure look good and
57:15
they catch the ball very nicely down here and just
57:18
nice little hole right there. Great effort just to get
57:22
up the field.
57:22
Speaker 1: Seven yard games, second down and eight yards to go
57:25
here for Utah. Devin throws again into the outside. This
57:30
one's caught by Daniel Bray, and Daniel Bray goes inside
57:33
the forty They push him down. Is the ball out?
57:37
Speaker 2: They blown the whistle.
57:38
Speaker 4: They blew the whistle.
57:39
Speaker 1: He's down, Daniel Bray and about the thirty seven yard line.
57:45
That's gonna be right near first down yardage maybe about
57:48
a yard shy only on.
57:50
Speaker 5: The field is forward frogress.
57:51
Speaker 1: Turned out, you can't review forward progress, by the way,
57:54
once that whistle blows the forward progress comes in, it's
57:57
not reviewable.
57:58
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's already blowing the whistle.
58:01
Speaker 1: Third down at about a yard and a half here
58:03
for you, which is a little surprising, by the way,
58:05
because they kind of hold off on those whistles a
58:08
lot this year. Here we go, big third down here
58:11
for the UCH three out of five on third down,
58:14
Devin and way shown in the backfield here for Utah.
58:18
Two men in motion.
58:19
Speaker 4: That's going to be a flag and a fumble and
58:20
all kinds of things going.
58:21
Speaker 2: You cannot have.
58:22
Speaker 1: This is not Canadian football.
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Speaker 2: That looked like the Keystone Cops three stooges. The that
58:31
was crazy.
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Speaker 1: Here we go, here's the call to legal motion.
58:34
Speaker 5: There they're gonna shift offense. Five yard penalty.
58:42
Speaker 1: Not it was it all those things. It was a
58:44
fumble too, all right.
58:47
Speaker 2: There have been a couple of those by damn pire today.
58:49
I don't know if I.
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Speaker 4: Think we're in four down territory here soon.
58:53
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, I think we're, you know, if they can't
58:56
get it here, but they pick up a chunk. I
58:57
think you're gonna see Kyle go forward on fourth.
58:59
Speaker 2: Down, and you're seeing Kansas kind of out of that
59:03
too deep look into safety. And so that's why I
59:06
think you've seen a little bit more of the throwing
59:08
game here.
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Speaker 4: Third down and eight at the forty two of Kansas.
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Speaker 2: Wonder if they're saying, hey, do you want this penalty
59:25
or do you not?
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Speaker 1: Or I thought they blew it dead?
59:30
Speaker 2: Yeah, isn't it mandatory?
59:32
Speaker 1: Or keep refuse not on an illegal shift that usually
59:36
comes after, but I swore I heard whistles blowing it.
59:41
We'll see they're talking with Lance Leipold right now, here's
59:44
Mike McCabe, a referee.
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Speaker 5: Guys in Kansas. A chug except the penalty, we'll replay.
59:49
Speaker 1: Third out, Okay, third down at eight coming up. They're
59:52
down at seven and a half, almost yards to go
59:54
to twenty three before halftime.
59:58
Speaker 2: Coach, it's had some tough decisions to make.
1:00:01
Speaker 1: Larry Simmons and JJ Buchanan left, Dallan Bentley right way,
1:00:07
Sean Parker in the backfield with Devin damp Pierre Devon's
1:00:10
going to change the play. Now, see if they take
1:00:13
it down to the two minute time out or they
1:00:15
snap it. Tried to get Kansas to jump off side.
1:00:18
You're just gonna let it go to the two minute
1:00:20
time out, and that's where we're at. Smart play now,
1:00:23
see if you get those five yards back, they don't two.
1:00:26
Speaker 5: Minutes time out.
1:00:28
Speaker 2: Almost got them, got them to flinch a little bit.
1:00:31
You know that drawn folks off sides is an art.
1:00:34
How good were you at I's good at it?
1:00:36
Speaker 1: Okay, yeah, if you get Marina was really well.
1:00:40
Speaker 2: They clap. I don't know how you hard count clapping.
1:00:43
Speaker 1: Take a time out. We'll come back with the final
1:00:45
two minutes of the first half of Utah in front
1:00:47
ten to seven and facing at third and eight at
1:00:49
the Kansas forty two. This is Utah football for the
1:00:51
Big Old Tires broadcast booth actually at ESPN seven hundred
1:00:56
back a Memorial Stadium here at Lawrence, Kansas. Minutes to
1:01:00
play before halftime, Utah holding a ten to seven lead
1:01:03
over Kansas, facing a third down at eight mcku forty
1:01:06
two yard line. I said before the breaks got I
1:01:09
think it's four down territory for Utah as long as
1:01:11
they don't lose yardage on this play, would you run
1:01:13
it twice.
1:01:15
Speaker 2: I would, but when I'm running it, I haven't seen
1:01:19
a lot of was Shan lately, and I'd like to
1:01:23
see him involved here. Of course, don't ever take the
1:01:26
ball out of damp Pierre's hands on the third down.
1:01:29
Speaker 1: But Wyshan's in the ballgame, Devin, damp Pierre, Dallan Bentley
1:01:33
as well, create Willemore and jjm Uchannon. Third down at eight,
1:01:39
Utah three for five on third down, KU forty two
1:01:42
yard lines where they will operate. Not a big crowd
1:01:46
here today with a loud crowd. Boy, that's scoreboard loud.
1:01:50
Have fifty six speakers in that thing, and you can
1:01:52
hear every single one of them. There we go, damp
1:01:55
Pier in the gun, Wasyshan next to him. Third down
1:01:58
at eight. Now they motioned Sean out, Devin looking firing
1:02:03
over the middle, caught Dallan Bentley's got it inside the
1:02:06
thirty five and down to the thirty three yard line.
1:02:09
He took a big old pop. That ball was delivered
1:02:12
on time and on the moundy.
1:02:14
Speaker 2: Interesting at third downs, Utah is going to a lot
1:02:16
of throws here and having some pretty good successes.
1:02:19
Speaker 1: Well the tight ends always open.
1:02:21
Speaker 2: Yeah, Well and down. There's a good positioning his body
1:02:24
right there.
1:02:26
Speaker 1: Nine yards they needed eight. That's his third catch today
1:02:28
for Bentley, empty backfield on first and ten ninety nine
1:02:32
seconds to play. Here in the first half, Parker comes
1:02:34
in motion, Devin play action pass. He's got a man
1:02:37
wide open down the field in the end zone incomplete.
1:02:41
Speaker 2: Where was the flag?
1:02:43
Speaker 4: How was that not pass interference?
1:02:46
Speaker 1: Oh? My goodness, he had Dallan Bentley running down the scene. Frankly,
1:02:50
he threw it late.
1:02:54
Speaker 2: It was too late, not enough gas on it.
1:02:56
Speaker 1: How's that not pass interference?
1:02:58
Speaker 2: I guess he turned around. I don't know, but he
1:03:00
still ran into I get it, But I'm trying to say,
1:03:04
why would they not do that?
1:03:05
Speaker 6: Day?
1:03:06
Speaker 1: Down at ten at the Kansas thirty three minute twenty
1:03:09
nine to play, Parker in the backfield with wait with
1:03:12
Devin Dan Pierre Whittemore comes in motion. Utah is gonna
1:03:15
throw again, looking firing to the outside, caught there by
1:03:18
Whittemore and he picks up maybe three or four yards.
1:03:22
Block will continue to run here to be third down
1:03:25
for Utah. Sayim Gibbs, the outside cornerback made the tackle
1:03:29
for Kansas, and Devin.
1:03:30
Speaker 2: Had guys wide open in the middle of the field
1:03:32
right here. I mean to throw it to four. You know,
1:03:36
Winnimore is probably the last guy you should throw it too.
1:03:39
I don't think he saw it, just didn't feel it.
1:03:40
Speaker 1: Yeah, four and six on third down, his third down
1:03:43
and six. Here Parker stays in maybe four down territory again.
1:03:47
Now they motioned way Shan out. Devin backpedals to pass,
1:03:50
looking firing to the outside way behind way Sean Parker.
1:03:54
He never gave him a chance. It was way outside.
1:03:59
Speaker 4: They're gonna keep the off on the field here on
1:04:01
fourth down in six.
1:04:02
Speaker 2: I don't understand why you're not running the football. I
1:04:05
mean they've been throwing the heck out of it here
1:04:08
all day long.
1:04:10
Speaker 1: They had fifty six yards on the first drive. They
1:04:13
have twenty since then. Way Shawn's not your best wide receiver.
1:04:16
If you're going to be through, I mean, you should
1:04:18
have another guy.
1:04:19
Speaker 2: I mean understand the concept. They're trying to run.
1:04:21
Speaker 1: Their fourth down in six damp here in the gun
1:04:25
and now a time out taken by Kansas.
1:04:29
Speaker 5: First charge timeout Kansas.
1:04:32
Speaker 2: I think Kansas is trying to call time out to
1:04:34
preserve some time in case they get the ball back.
1:04:36
Speaker 1: Here fifty seconds to play. I just the play calls
1:04:42
have been a little surprising.
1:04:44
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, I mean he had the guy open.
1:04:45
He just threw it late and had a couple of guys.
1:04:48
The guys are open throwing the ball. But you know,
1:04:51
you've had so much success running it. I just I'm
1:04:53
not sure, especially in that third third down. You know,
1:04:56
you run it and maybe you don't get all the artists,
1:04:58
but maybe you get a fourth and instead of five,
1:05:00
your fourth and one, or who knows, maybe you.
1:05:03
Speaker 1: Converted what it's fourth down and six right now, four
1:05:06
first fourth down for either team today at the Kansas
1:05:11
twenty nine yard line. This is certainly within Dylan Curtis's range.
1:05:15
He's got one of the bigger legs you'll find a
1:05:17
college football. But Kyle Whittingham says, nope, We're going for
1:05:21
three receivers to the left hand side, one to the
1:05:23
right hand side. Way Sean Parker in the backfield, damp
1:05:29
here in the gun, back pedals, play action, scrambling out
1:05:33
to the left, throwing down the field incomplete, no flag,
1:05:37
Kansas will get it back. He was trying to get
1:05:40
it to Dall at Bentley. There was there was contact
1:05:43
out there again, but back to back plays to Bentley,
1:05:46
no flag, and I'm not sure I like that call.
1:05:51
Speaker 2: And you know, Devin, I think should have challenged it
1:05:56
a little bit more and forced the defense. Maybe someone
1:05:59
else comes open, and just you're just so quick to
1:06:02
throw the ball there, and no one was really in
1:06:04
a great position to make a play on it. You know,
1:06:06
fifty to fifty balls.
1:06:08
Speaker 1: You got to give him, you know, some time there
1:06:10
and forty five seconds to play first to ten Kansas
1:06:13
from their own twenty nine. They've got two timeouts remaining.
1:06:16
Jalen Daniels by himself in the shotgun. He claps his hands,
1:06:21
takes the snap, back pedals to pass lots of time
1:06:24
down the field as a man. Oh he missed him,
1:06:27
Oh he missed him. He had Henderson up to the
1:06:30
near sideline with a couple of steps on Davis and Johnson,
1:06:34
but he missed him incomplete. That'll be second down, yeah, And.
1:06:37
Speaker 2: You know there's just a little bit back behind him
1:06:40
right there, and.
1:06:41
Speaker 1: He leads him into the field. He's that's touchdown. Henderson
1:06:46
is a burner. Came into the ballgame with six hundred
1:06:50
and fifty three yards receiving no catches yet today for him.
1:06:54
Here's a second down pass again Daniels, He's gonna be
1:06:57
chased to the outside, Logan Fano.
1:06:59
Speaker 4: Coming after it, and he just throws it away.
1:07:01
Speaker 1: I'll bring up third down and ten thirty two seconds remaining,
1:07:05
as Fano nearly got him.
1:07:07
Speaker 4: Jalen Daniels will take some sacks now, yes.
1:07:10
Speaker 2: He will, He really will. And you know he doesn't
1:07:14
have a whole lot of time. They are really nice
1:07:15
pass rush that just really forced him into no play.
1:07:18
And Utah still has all three of its timeouts. I mean,
1:07:21
there's still some time left here. Then get Kansas off
1:07:24
the field.
1:07:25
Speaker 1: Gotta get him off on third down here, Jayhawks are
1:07:27
two out of five on third down. They split three
1:07:29
receivers to the right, one to the left hand side.
1:07:31
Empty backfield here for Jalen Daniels, keep an eye on
1:07:34
the quarterback keeper. Now they bring it back into the backfield,
1:07:38
he'll backpedal to pass. Lots of time for Daniels. Firing
1:07:41
to the outside, overshoots his man nearly intercepted by Tao Johnson.
1:07:45
He was the closest man in the vicinity and completes
1:07:48
twenty seven seconds remain Utah's got two three time outs remaining,
1:07:53
and they're gonna get the ball back here. A good
1:07:55
return here by Mona Carvoluo and Utah might be in
1:07:58
field goal range pretty quickly.
1:08:00
Speaker 2: And you might want to consider trying to block right here,
1:08:04
you know, put some heat on the punter only from
1:08:06
the standpoint of forcing him to punt.
1:08:08
Speaker 1: It away quickly.
1:08:10
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then you might get a good return.
1:08:12
Speaker 1: Finn lap of the punter and ass stands at his
1:08:14
own fifteen. Utah shifting around up front, there's going to
1:08:17
be a movement. Who's this on? I think it's going
1:08:23
to be on Kansas.
1:08:24
Speaker 2: Unless Utah simulated Aunt. They were moving around a lot.
1:08:30
Speaker 1: Yeah, they were big huddle back at about the Kansas
1:08:33
eighteen yard line. These officials gathering to discuss. And here's
1:08:36
Mike McCabe. He's like, what do you got play a
1:08:42
game defense?
1:08:45
Speaker 5: Five yard penalty remains fourth down.
1:08:48
Speaker 4: It's fourth down and five.
1:08:49
Speaker 1: Now, I'd be surprised if Kansas thought they'd shot their
1:08:52
offense back out there. They won't. Don't punt again. But
1:08:57
I guess you're just not allowed to do anything up front,
1:08:59
moving around, shifting a round. They should be able to
1:09:01
shift like that. So they'll punt from their own thirty
1:09:05
four lapping, will stand at his own twenty while the
1:09:08
car Voluo at his own twenty five lapping, averaging about
1:09:12
forty five yards of kick Rugby style kick end over end.
1:09:20
Carvolo is gonna fare catch it and his own twenty
1:09:23
one yard line, and you tah with twenty seconds and
1:09:27
three timeouts, I guess I'll have a chance. I wouldn't
1:09:31
say if.
1:09:31
Speaker 2: They could get to the Kansas.
1:09:34
Speaker 1: Forty five maybe forty three. They give Dylan Curtis a
1:09:39
crack in a long field goal.
1:09:41
Speaker 2: They don't have a play in their playbook where they
1:09:43
just slipped that tight end. They just let everyone go
1:09:46
deep and deep and he gets down there about fifteen
1:09:49
to eighteen yards and they throw it on the side
1:09:51
of the good They're.
1:09:52
Speaker 1: Gonna run this football. Nakari Rodgers is in the ballgame here. Nope,
1:09:55
they're gonna pass Devin Dan Pierre. He's gonna keep it
1:09:57
himself straight ahead Devin to the twenty three yard line.
1:10:02
They have three timeouts. Wow, they're just gonna let it
1:10:06
go to halftime right now. He'll be content with the
1:10:08
ten to seven lead going to.
1:10:09
Speaker 2: The locker room.
1:10:10
Speaker 1: Okay, we're gonna get the football to begin the second half,
1:10:12
but quite the offensive fireworks we saw last week at
1:10:17
Rice Ecles Stadium in the first half at the end
1:10:21
of thirty minutes of football. Here it's ju Jahn ten
1:10:25
in Kansas seven. We'll hear from Kyle Whittingham coming up
1:10:28
here momentarily the official here, Sly is gonna grab him.
1:10:35
This always kills me TV. He doesn't have a camera
1:10:37
on him, but they get to talk to him walking
1:10:39
up the sideline. Wow, all season hopf Sly gonna get
1:10:45
him here momentarily and then we'll hear what Kyle has
1:10:48
to say. Defense got a little bit better as a
1:10:51
half with a lot of slide go ahead.
1:10:53
Speaker 6: Oh the offense only ten points in the first half.
1:10:56
What did you see from Yeah, well, offense, we were
1:10:59
shooting ourselves. Now we're you know, miss miss snapping the ball.
1:11:05
He's not all off defense. Run defense is still too soft. Yeah,
1:11:11
second quarter they seem to buckle down a little bit.
1:11:13
What else they need to do in the second half?
1:11:15
Little bit, Well, I'll be nice to get another takeaway
1:11:17
and uh me even more stown against the run.
1:11:20
Speaker 1: Thanks coach, side coach, Thank you that sideline update brought
1:11:23
to you by Ken Garth.
1:11:24
Speaker 2: We hear you.
1:11:25
Speaker 1: Halftime here in Lawrence ten to seven. Utah back with
1:11:28
the America First Credit Union halftime Show. Next, it's U
1:11:31
Dah Football from ESPN seven hundred and the Ute Sports
1:11:35
Radio Network. Jujah will get the ball to begin things
1:11:37
here in the second half, and we'll see if they
1:11:39
do what they did last week. Scott. They came out
1:11:41
of the locker room last week, march right down the field,
1:11:44
stuck it right at Kansas State. A big statement out
1:11:47
of the locker room here could go a long way,
1:11:48
don't you think.
1:11:49
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's it's huge here, and you know, so much
1:11:51
of it is kind of this first drift, first play,
1:11:54
getting ahead of the sticks, but also being aware of
1:11:57
possible on site here. You know, you just you never know. Kansas,
1:12:00
I think has nothing to lose and just you just
1:12:03
gotta make sure you secure the ball first here in
1:12:06
this drive.
1:12:07
Speaker 1: I know they're technically playing for a ball game, but
1:12:09
I know exactly what you're saying. It's you just let
1:12:11
it hang out here.
1:12:12
Speaker 2: Yeah, totally.
1:12:14
Speaker 1: They've got to keyed up at their own thirty five.
1:12:15
They gotta kick it from north to south here at
1:12:18
Memorial Stadium, Dan, you'll brain back deep to receive this
1:12:22
kick if it is indeed returnable. Thirty minutes down and
1:12:25
thirty minutes to go on this Friday morning, and Lawrence Kansas,
1:12:29
that ball's gonna go out of bounds and Utah's gonna
1:12:34
catch or break. It went on just the left side
1:12:36
of the pylon. It was nearly well placed, but it
1:12:39
was stick.
1:12:40
Speaker 5: Out of the mountains kicking team.
1:12:42
Speaker 1: If that would have been a punt. They don't use
1:12:44
this term anymore in football, the coffin corner. They used
1:12:47
to see punters kick it in the coffin corner all
1:12:49
the time. That was a coffin corner kickoff. Unfortunately, when
1:12:53
you kick it off, you gotta keep it in bound.
1:12:54
Utah's gotta get it at their own forty yard line.
1:12:56
Speaker 2: Yeah, you wonder with the moisture and coldness, if the
1:12:59
ball isn't slip here.
1:13:04
Speaker 1: Now, I'm gonna at the thirty five yard line. In
1:13:06
the NFL, that's at the forty empty backfield on first
1:13:08
and ten, They're gonna hand it the devon damn pier
1:13:11
who's gonna run straight ahead and get a yard. That's it.
1:13:15
Not much there tackle by Tommy Dunne, the defensive tackle,
1:13:18
and I'm.
1:13:19
Speaker 2: Sure Kansas said, look, they're going to try to come
1:13:21
out here in the second half and run the FIO.
1:13:22
It almost felt like he should have given the ball
1:13:24
to Washan to Wasshan right there. And sometimes you wonder
1:13:27
if it's in a read or just a call.
1:13:29
Speaker 1: Play second down to nine Wayshan motions out, motions back
1:13:33
in again. Play action pass for Devon throwing in the flat,
1:13:36
caught by Dalla Bentley. He picks up a little bit
1:13:38
of yardage out beyond the forty to about the forty
1:13:41
one yard line. Though, look at the market right there
1:13:42
at the forty yard line. Third down and five coming up, Well,
1:13:45
so much for then come out of the locker room.
1:13:47
Well it's the football thing.
1:13:48
Speaker 2: Yeah. Again, It's still felt like Patty handed the ball
1:13:52
off to Wasyshon there. He might have got a big play.
1:13:56
Speaker 1: Third down in five Utah four of seven in the
1:13:58
first half. On third down, Park stands in the backfield
1:14:01
with Devon Dan Pierre. Devon's gonna pass over the middle.
1:14:04
Speaker 4: It's caught.
1:14:05
Speaker 1: That's gonna be first down yard. He used to Creed
1:14:07
Winnemore out near midfield. Goes Creed just shy of it.
1:14:10
They'll mark him down at about the forty six yard line.
1:14:13
That's gonna be good for a first down.
1:14:14
Speaker 2: This is a nice catch by Creed. I mean he's
1:14:16
right in front of Devon there and does a great
1:14:19
job north and south, having an awareness to get that
1:14:21
first down.
1:14:22
Speaker 1: First down Wildcat quarterback this time with Lander Barton in
1:14:26
the backfield, I'm gonna fall give that ballaway Sean Parker.
1:14:30
Guess what, he's on his feet to the outside. He
1:14:32
goes up the sideline forty and steps out of bounds
1:14:34
at the Kansas thirty eighth. That might have been a
1:14:36
late hit by the way tackling out of bounds. That's
1:14:39
gonna be a gain of fourteen making fifteen yards Kamara
1:14:42
Tackley maut of bounds. Another good run for Wayshan.
1:14:45
Speaker 2: Yeah, great read, he's so good at that patience and
1:14:47
then Booming just explodes through that hole.
1:14:50
Speaker 4: Those pink shoes make him look fast too.
1:14:52
Speaker 1: Fifteen yards from Parker to the Kansas forty yard line.
1:14:56
Devon's gonna keep it on the outside himself and all
1:14:59
gets stuck.
1:15:00
Speaker 4: Tried to fake a.
1:15:01
Speaker 1: Pass to the outside and they just drilled it. After
1:15:05
a gain of about nothing, got back to the line
1:15:09
of scrimmage. Devin Dye made the tackle second down to ten.
1:15:12
Speaker 2: Yeah, he thought that guy was gonna go with the
1:15:14
fake there and he just didn't and probably should have
1:15:16
thrown the ball.
1:15:17
Speaker 1: Lander Barton lined up as a tight end in the
1:15:21
left slot, empty backfield, this time five pass catchers.
1:15:25
Speaker 2: In the pattern.
1:15:26
Speaker 1: Second down in ten, Devin Damp here to throw Lander.
1:15:28
Barton's got it inside the thirty five to about the
1:15:31
thirty four yard line, goes Barton. That's gonna be a
1:15:34
gain of four yards maybe five. Third down coming up,
1:15:38
third down and six coming up.
1:15:39
Speaker 2: Impressive catcher, you know, I mean, Lander hasn't been involved
1:15:42
in things for a long time. Maybe going the opposite direction.
1:15:45
Just get up the field, get as much as you can.
1:15:47
Dancing and moving doesn't get you anywhere.
1:15:50
Speaker 1: Five and a half is what we'll say. From the Kansas.
1:15:53
Thirty three and a half. Damp Pierre and Parker and
1:15:55
the gun Kansas with four down linemen. Whittemore comes in motion,
1:16:00
Devin looking to throw, Still looking to throw, looking down
1:16:03
the field, overshoots Dallin Bentley, who was open. Oh goodness,
1:16:09
Fourth down and five coming up. They're gonna keep the
1:16:11
offense out there. They will not bring the kicker on
1:16:14
despite the fact that Dylan Curtis has a big lead leg.
1:16:17
They're gonna keep that offense out there.
1:16:19
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is a play where those guys just plastered
1:16:22
their route and then they just adjusted and he just
1:16:25
couldn't quite put it on him.
1:16:28
Speaker 1: Utah zero for one on fourth down today, they fased
1:16:31
out fourth down at about five and a half. They
1:16:34
must get to the Kansas twenty eight yard line, damp
1:16:38
Pierre in the backfield. Nacari Rodgers with him within a
1:16:42
more in motion four man rush thrown to the outside
1:16:45
in complete. A terrible pass got tipped. It may have
1:16:49
been tipped in the line of scrimmage. He was trying
1:16:51
to get into Winnemore and it wasn't gonna get first
1:16:55
down yardage. It was gonna be short even if he
1:16:57
caught it.
1:16:57
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's kind of I don't know. They just run
1:17:00
so much of that into the boundary right now. He
1:17:01
would have maybe got the first time, but he just
1:17:04
just got tipped there and.
1:17:06
Speaker 1: Time out on the field. Twelve oh nine to play
1:17:09
in the third Kansas trails Utah ten seven and This
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1:17:22
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1:17:46
Utah does not convert on fourth. That gives it back
1:17:49
to Kansas. Good starting field position for the Jayhawks, and
1:17:52
they're on thirty three here, twelve oh nine to play
1:17:56
in the third quarter. Ten to seven. Been quarterback Marshall
1:18:01
of the ballgame here for Kansas. Isaiah Marshall out of Southfield, Michigan.
1:18:07
Speaker 2: You know where that is, got I know right where
1:18:09
it is. Southfield Freeway takes you to Southfield.
1:18:14
Speaker 4: He's a running quarterback. He's in the ball game right now.
1:18:17
Speaker 1: They've played him quite a bit today, he's their version
1:18:20
of bird Ficklin. I think I haven't seen him throw
1:18:23
it yet. He's going to keep it himself off that
1:18:25
right side is Marshall, and he's going to be wrapped
1:18:27
up and taken down by Trey Reynolds after a gain
1:18:30
of maybe a yard to about the thirty five yard line.
1:18:33
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's been a play that's kind of got
1:18:35
him started, you know, in that running game. And when
1:18:38
they kind of get ahead of the sticks on first down,
1:18:40
they've they've done better. But when they've not, Utah has
1:18:43
been able to get off the field.
1:18:44
Speaker 1: Second and eight at the thirty five Here for Kansas,
1:18:48
Jalen Daniels shakes back and Daniel high Shaw his tailback
1:18:52
two tights and two wives from the thirty five yard line.
1:18:57
High Shaw comes to the left of Daniels and Daniels
1:19:01
will hand off the high Shaw, who cuts back with
1:19:03
running room into the secondary very close to first down yardage.
1:19:07
Holtzklaw made the tackle. He'll be about a yard shy.
1:19:11
Third down and one coming up.
1:19:13
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that zone read right there. Stretch play and
1:19:16
then they cut to the backside. That's the play. Utah
1:19:19
just consistently is not defended.
1:19:22
Speaker 4: Well Hi Shaw on the afternoon.
1:19:25
Speaker 1: Now forty seven yards rushing third down and one here
1:19:28
for the Jayhawks. Two out of six on third down.
1:19:31
I'd be very surprised if they put this ball in
1:19:34
the air. Williams the tailback tight end in motion third
1:19:38
down and one hand off Williams. He's got first down
1:19:41
yardage to the forty five yard line. Moved the chains
1:19:44
and keep the Kansas drive alive. Holtzklaw made the tackle
1:19:47
clock running ten to forty to play here the third
1:19:50
ten to seven Utah.
1:19:53
Speaker 2: Yeah, really important for Utah to kind of get off
1:19:55
the field right here. You know, you can get to
1:19:57
moralizing when you just kind of have him run the
1:20:01
ball down your throat, which it looks like this is
1:20:03
the this is what Kan's gonna do here in this
1:20:05
first drive.
1:20:06
Speaker 1: Yeah, they're running the football something we thought Utah would
1:20:08
do on their drive. First down in ten high Shaw
1:20:11
the tailback pistol formation. Now three receivers on the left side,
1:20:15
move one in motion back to the left again, play
1:20:18
action past Daniels looking down the Field's got a man
1:20:21
out there. It's caught at the Utah twenty. Emmanuel Henderson
1:20:26
number one and Daniel Henderson. Henderson beats Scooby Davis and
1:20:33
it's first in ten Kansas at the Utah twenty one.
1:20:36
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just a zero coverage and he just does
1:20:39
little Siamon go there wide open. It's just one of
1:20:42
those things. I say it so often. If a dB
1:20:45
does not get his hands on a guy, it's just
1:20:46
so hard to defend him, especially a guy that's really
1:20:49
talented and good.
1:20:51
Speaker 1: First down in ten Kansas at the Utah twenty one.
1:20:55
Daniels keeps it right side. Daniels fifteen, Daniels ten, Daniels five, Burston, Gold, Kansas.
1:21:03
Logan Fano made the touchdown save, big tackle.
1:21:07
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is a thing where they've been so heavy
1:21:10
giving it to that running back and then all of
1:21:12
a sudden they just handed the quarterback. He's got a
1:21:14
lead blocker in front of him, nobody's there.
1:21:18
Speaker 1: Sixteen yards to the Utah six, first and goal here
1:21:21
for the Jayhawks nine oh nine to play on the
1:21:24
third trying to take the lead back here in Lawrence
1:21:26
pistol formation, Daniels with Williams behind him, hand off. Williams
1:21:34
picks his way right side and won't get there. Tossed
1:21:39
out of bounds by Logan Fano after a one yard
1:21:42
game to the five.
1:21:44
Speaker 2: Yeah, good job here. Just keep stringing out the play,
1:21:46
you know, don't let them get get going downhill and
1:21:50
do a really nice job here. Just string it out,
1:21:52
string it out, and then get open field tackle with.
1:21:56
Speaker 1: Shawn Williams, a transfer from the University of Iowa. Second
1:22:01
down and goal with the Utah five. Marshall at high
1:22:05
shaw in the ballgame. Now, keep an eye on the
1:22:08
quarterback keeper Marshall will keep it straight ahead. Marshall pushing
1:22:12
his way toward the end zone.
1:22:14
Speaker 4: Touchdown.
1:22:14
Speaker 1: Wow, you knew he was gonna run it. Edie did
1:22:19
just that. Kansas leads thirteen to ten with eight twenty
1:22:23
one to play.
1:22:23
Speaker 2: Here the third, Yeah, that's crazy. Here, he's just power
1:22:27
right there and just doesn't get touched and gets pushed
1:22:30
into the end zone. Again. Those defensive linemen, they just
1:22:34
got to be strong right there, and they just they
1:22:36
just really were pushed off the line of scrimmage.
1:22:39
Speaker 1: It'd been anything but the last couple of weeks. I
1:22:42
can't recall the last time we called a leaky Vamahi
1:22:45
or Dallas Bakalahi's name up front.
1:22:48
Speaker 2: Yeah, they're just really getting double team right off the
1:22:50
ball right there.
1:22:52
Speaker 1: Marshall's five yard touchdown run puts Kansas in front with
1:22:55
eight twenty one to play. Here in the third quarter,
1:23:00
Utah looks not just out.
1:23:02
Speaker 5: Early on the field as they touched down the previous
1:23:04
play as.
1:23:05
Speaker 2: Our replay review.
1:23:06
Speaker 4: Okay, see pretty obvious he was in.
1:23:09
Speaker 1: Take a look at the replay ourselves right here or
1:23:12
at the opposite end of the stadium.
1:23:15
Speaker 2: Maybe they might be on like maybe the half yard maybe.
1:23:18
Speaker 1: The half yard line. He may have gone down before
1:23:21
that ball crossed the goal line. We were literally one
1:23:24
hundred and ten yards away from where it was, so
1:23:27
we were trusting the officials on the field from our angle.
1:23:30
Mike McCabe goes under the hood to take a look
1:23:32
at it.
1:23:33
Speaker 2: Well, these officials got to run a long way to
1:23:35
check this out and way down the field here.
1:23:39
Speaker 1: So I will go down to you for just a
1:23:40
minute again, the big play down the field to Henderson.
1:23:44
But when Kansas runs that ball and runs pretty much
1:23:46
straight ahead, they've had good success.
1:23:49
Speaker 3: Unfortunately they have, and it's kind of been to the
1:23:52
otle break. They get a couple stops and then they
1:23:55
just let another one just go. I can't say exactly
1:23:58
what the issue is. I wouldn't know, but yeah, these
1:24:02
guys got to step up. They're just doing basic double
1:24:04
double doubling down on the one and three technique and
1:24:07
just moving guys kind of rugby style and then just
1:24:10
making it happen.
1:24:11
Speaker 2: Picking up five six yards. That is a leaky, leaky defense.
1:24:14
Speaker 3: And that means guys got to get off their one
1:24:16
on one blocks on the outside or he's second and
1:24:19
third level guy's.
1:24:19
Speaker 2: Got to come up and make a play. Yeah, you
1:24:21
get double team. Someone else got to come and those
1:24:23
linebackers need to be there. But yeah, it's like, I.
1:24:26
Speaker 1: Think he's down in about the half yard line, so
1:24:28
this touchdown is likely to come off the board.
1:24:30
Speaker 4: It may be postponing the inevitable right here.
1:24:33
Speaker 1: The way, Utah has tried to stop the run today
1:24:36
Kansas with one hundred and seventy six yards rushing. Here's
1:24:38
Mike McKay after.
1:24:39
Speaker 5: Review the runner was short of the goal line.
1:24:42
Speaker 2: It'll be third out. Well, you never know, you know,
1:24:47
you get a plugged up in there, stop him, try
1:24:50
to get a get a turnover here. You always have
1:24:55
to just keep fighting regardless of what's going on.
1:24:58
Speaker 1: Daniels comes back out, Marshall, It'll be high shot tailback,
1:25:01
third down and goal from about the half yard line.
1:25:04
Now for the Jayhawks and twenty one to play. Ten
1:25:08
to seven Now, Utah, A.
1:25:10
Speaker 2: Lot of the runs have been to the Utah right
1:25:12
side of the defensive side of the ball.
1:25:15
Speaker 1: They break the huddle, they line up in a pistol.
1:25:18
Everybody on the right side move a tight end. Now
1:25:22
to the left side. Daniels calls his own number. Does
1:25:25
he get there?
1:25:27
Speaker 2: I don't know.
1:25:28
Speaker 1: He does, touchdown near side official, Well, they let that
1:25:33
play go. Ye, there's no quick whistle on that one.
1:25:36
Jalen Daniels with the rushing touchdown his fourth this year.
1:25:40
As I said, postponing the inevitable.
1:25:43
Speaker 2: Yeah, he was definitely over, but not by much, barely
1:25:48
made it.
1:25:50
Speaker 1: Daniels is six to thirteen for sixty five yards passing,
1:25:54
but he's got six carries forty yards and to go
1:25:56
ahead touchdown and Kansas now in front third team ten
1:26:00
Pah pending here.
1:26:02
Speaker 2: Well, he was a big part of that drive with
1:26:03
the big run, the big throw, and you know that's
1:26:06
that's a guy that you just you can't you can't
1:26:08
give up those big plays like that. They just it's
1:26:12
so hard to stop people when that happens.
1:26:15
Speaker 4: Pat coming up by mar John.
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the kick is good. Fourteen ten Kansas in the eight
1:26:35
fifteen to play, Utah's offense is gonna have to do
1:26:38
what he couldn't do in the last drive. Get something going.
1:26:40
We'll take a time out. Be back to Lawrence, Kansas next.
1:26:43
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Sylvester and Arer crew here in Lawrence, Kansas. Today, Jayhawk's
1:27:03
fourteen Utah ten and with the exceptions gout of a
1:27:07
couple of drives today, Utah's just kind of looked a
1:27:10
little both these teams in some ways, but Utah, specially
1:27:13
with everything to play for here today is just looked
1:27:15
a little flat.
1:27:16
Speaker 2: Yeah, flat, sluggish, just not quite off. You know, there's
1:27:21
two or three four things you could do offensively, and
1:27:24
throwing the ball is probably the fourth best thing you do.
1:27:27
It's like, why don't you do all this? You know more?
1:27:31
Daniel bray morean Way, shan More, Burden Ficklin, Yes, where's
1:27:35
burd Ficklin?
1:27:36
Speaker 1: And the guy had six touches last week, had three
1:27:40
touchdowns a week before that, he ran for one hundred
1:27:43
and sixty yards. Kansas has a teet up in their
1:27:52
own thirty five. They'll kick north to south. Daniel bray
1:27:55
awaits the kickoff, a little hesitation on that kick off,
1:28:00
and Utah's gonna take it at about the thirty and
1:28:02
then move it up the field all the way out
1:28:05
to about the thirty two thirty thirty six, thirty seven
1:28:07
yard line. Nate Johnson caught that.
1:28:10
Speaker 2: Wow.
1:28:10
Speaker 1: I'll tell you what, I don't mind Nate catching that ball.
1:28:13
He's gonna make plays when he does.
1:28:15
Speaker 2: Yeah, sometimes you catch it that quick, you pop through
1:28:18
that initial line.
1:28:19
Speaker 1: There's nobody there good starting field position here. Tou's got
1:28:22
thirty seven yard life. You gotta do something with this
1:28:24
field position, don't you.
1:28:25
Speaker 2: No question, about it, man, that was a gift you got.
1:28:27
You gotta turn in this uth. It looks like birds
1:28:29
in the game.
1:28:30
Speaker 1: Now, Bird Fickland Wayshan Parker first and ten from the
1:28:36
Utah thirty seven. Fickland's gonna keep it himself. Bird on
1:28:40
his feet out toward the forty and forty one yard line.
1:28:44
Kansas took the football away. The Jayhawks have the football.
1:28:49
They ripped it out of the hands of Bird Fickland
1:28:51
and they've taken it away. Kay U's got it at
1:28:55
the Utah forty three.
1:28:58
Speaker 2: Oh goodness.
1:29:00
Speaker 5: Really the funneling recovery by the defense.
1:29:03
Speaker 2: Yeah, first down Kansas.
1:29:05
Speaker 1: They just ripped it out of his arms in that pile.
1:29:08
Speaker 2: It was weird how it happened because it looked like
1:29:11
he was down, but the ball, I don't know when
1:29:13
it got out there.
1:29:15
Speaker 1: Just forward progress was maybe stop, but that defender just
1:29:19
came in. He just get right out of Bird's arms. Wow,
1:29:22
and now you're gonna have to ask your defense to
1:29:24
come up with a turnover. Here fourteen to ten, Kansas
1:29:27
first intended the Utah forty three yard line. Quick change
1:29:31
here Lashawn Williams, the tailback Jaylen Daniels in the shotgun
1:29:36
really on the field.
1:29:37
Speaker 5: That they fumbled over recovery by the defense.
1:29:39
Speaker 1: The previous play is on.
1:29:41
Speaker 2: The replay review.
1:29:42
Speaker 1: Well, what can they be replaying other than if the
1:29:45
play was stopped. He wasn't on the ground and he
1:29:48
was standing up. It's when he was falling back. I
1:29:52
don't you know, I don't know what they can They're
1:29:54
they're gonna give Kansas to ball here. I just I
1:29:56
can't imagine any scenario here based on the replays we've
1:29:59
scene where it all gives the football back. I just
1:30:04
he was standing up, moving forward.
1:30:09
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just it's so late, so he's falling down.
1:30:14
He still has the ball, falling down, falling down.
1:30:19
Speaker 1: They come in and out take it right there?
1:30:24
Speaker 2: Yeah, down r You've got it right. There's when he
1:30:27
has it.
1:30:28
Speaker 4: I mean the only way you can do that is
1:30:30
if you stop forward progress.
1:30:32
Speaker 2: Right.
1:30:33
Speaker 1: But that's not all these Look at these all these
1:30:35
staffers on the Kansas side yelling at the referees.
1:30:39
Speaker 4: I don't know what good that's gonna do.
1:30:41
Speaker 2: Well, all the conversations coming from a replay booth, they're
1:30:43
just they're just kind of listening. There, can't hear it anyway.
1:30:46
Speaker 5: After review the ruing on the field of fumble and
1:30:48
recovery by the defense is upheld first down Kansas.
1:30:54
Speaker 2: The only thing that does just gives the Utah defense
1:30:56
a little bit more time to rest. Uh. It's a
1:31:00
tough play there because it's just got a whole lot.
1:31:04
It's hard. I mean, he's got ten million bodies around
1:31:06
him there.
1:31:07
Speaker 1: And I don't know if he maybe eased up a
1:31:10
little bit, because if you're in that pile, you're waiting
1:31:12
for that whistle to blow. But it's a fumble, There's
1:31:15
no doubt about it. No whistle was blown, and Kansas
1:31:18
has it at the Utah forty three yard line. Utah
1:31:25
defense forced a turnover on the opening drive.
1:31:27
Speaker 4: Can they do it again?
1:31:28
Speaker 1: Right here? Daniels got a backpedal. Now he's going to
1:31:32
keep it himself and he's going to pick up we'll
1:31:35
call it about three yards to the forty yard line.
1:31:37
Cash dillan in on the tackle for Utah.
1:31:39
Speaker 2: Yeah, starting to see a little bit more of Jaylen
1:31:42
Daniels involved running and throwing. That's that quarterback draw we
1:31:46
saw last week. With no one in the backfield, you
1:31:49
just you have not enough guys to tackle and Williams
1:31:52
stays in a tailback. Second down and seven from the
1:31:54
Utah forty yard line for Daniels. Now he checks with
1:31:58
the sideline and what do we have a little bit
1:32:00
of motion on that far side. There were three receivers
1:32:02
on that far side for Campas.
1:32:05
Speaker 5: Start offense number seven, five yard penalty remains first down.
1:32:10
Speaker 1: Cam Pickett, the wide receiver, moved just a little bit
1:32:13
in second el. I think he wasn't sure if he
1:32:16
was checking with the sideline or not.
1:32:17
Speaker 2: There are things that drive me crazy, and then there
1:32:20
are things that just want you want to just rip
1:32:22
your hair out. That's a rip your hair out kind
1:32:24
of thing right there. There's never a excuse for that ever.
1:32:28
Like you're looking at the ball, not any sound, not anything.
1:32:31
The ball moves, you move.
1:32:37
Speaker 1: Second down and thirteen hand off, Williams through a hole,
1:32:43
picks up some yardage. He'll be gang tackled. He'll get
1:32:47
back to about the forty yard line. He'll pick up
1:32:48
about three maybe four yards. Third down and long coming
1:32:51
up here. Logan Fano led the charge for Utah and
1:32:55
third down and long for Kansas.
1:32:58
Speaker 2: Gave him a blood wow. Just strip the ball out
1:33:03
there when you get him held up like that they
1:33:06
just do not want to blow that whistle.
1:33:07
Speaker 1: Third down and seven, clock running six fifty to play
1:33:10
here in the third fourteen to ten Jayhawks. They're four
1:33:14
out of eight. On third down, Daniels operates out of
1:33:17
the shotgun now motions his tail back out. Daniel's throwing
1:33:20
to the outside behind his receiver incomplete. His receiver was
1:33:24
on an in cutting rap Rice and Canty, and he
1:33:27
threw it behind him. They're gonna keep the offense out.
1:33:30
They are, Wow, this is a gutsy call here by landslidehole.
1:33:33
He's got the lead. It's fourth and seven. Maybe you
1:33:36
try to draw him off side. It's a long way
1:33:39
to go for a first.
1:33:39
Speaker 2: Down possibly right here. You just gotta you gotta watch
1:33:43
the ball if you're everybody.
1:33:46
Speaker 1: Daniels in an empty backfield, three receivers right to the
1:33:49
left hand side. Fourth down and seven at the Utah forty.
1:33:54
Daniel's backpedals to pass. Utah looking surveying, he throws down
1:33:58
the field.
1:33:58
Speaker 2: Broke it up.
1:34:00
Speaker 4: I want a diving play.
1:34:03
Speaker 1: That was Blake Cotton who came up with it. Blake
1:34:06
Cotton knocked it away on a terrific defensive play, and
1:34:10
Utah will get it back in great starting field position.
1:34:13
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's just an all time effort there by Blake.
1:34:16
Speaker 1: If he doesn't come up with it, that's an in
1:34:18
cutting route for a first down and maybe a touchdown instead.
1:34:22
It's Utah football time out on the field, six point
1:34:26
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1:34:27
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1:34:50
good stop for their defense and they'll get it back
1:34:52
in their own forty yard line. I hate to sound
1:34:54
like a broken record here, Scott, but you got to
1:34:56
get something going offensively right now. You've got two hundred
1:34:59
and forty f more total yards, which is good, but
1:35:01
you've only got ten points to show for it, and
1:35:03
you're trailing here on the road on a big weekend
1:35:07
for football, with.
1:35:07
Speaker 4: A lot of eyeballs on you.
1:35:09
Speaker 2: Again, you know, the guy the most consistent performer on
1:35:13
this offense has been Wayshaun Parker hadn't really been involved
1:35:16
as much. I just really think you got to get
1:35:19
him going here somehow, someway.
1:35:21
Speaker 1: Every time he touches the ball, something could happen. He's
1:35:23
averaging ten yards of carry today, yet he carries for
1:35:26
eighty one yards. I'm not a math major, but I
1:35:32
think that's a pretty good average.
1:35:34
Speaker 2: No, it's a great average. And again, he's that spark plug,
1:35:37
you know, he's that leadership, He's that guy. He wants
1:35:40
to be the one that you know that be the
1:35:45
key on offense.
1:35:46
Speaker 1: Nate Johnson the motion man in the ball game. Here
1:35:48
for Utah, they give the ball an eight out on
1:35:49
the left side, Nate Johnson up the field. He's got
1:35:52
the fifty, he's got the Kansas forty five and forced
1:35:54
out of bounds right there after a fifteen yard run
1:35:59
and that will keep the running.
1:36:00
Speaker 4: But the first down for Utah. Good use of Nate Johnson.
1:36:03
Speaker 2: Yeah, and that's that edge. You know, we is kind
1:36:06
of the first time they've really got to But that's
1:36:08
the growth of Nate Johnson. He wouldn't have made that
1:36:10
move before he got just a straight line.
1:36:12
Speaker 1: It Wasayshawn Parker next to Devin dam Pier. Now he
1:36:16
motions out of the backfield, Devin looking to throw in
1:36:20
cut route. Good catch and then dropped Larry Simmons. That
1:36:24
ball was down and away from him. If he put
1:36:27
it on him, that would have been a gain of
1:36:29
about two or three. Instead, it seem complete. Dj Graham
1:36:31
had the coverage on the outside and the dB was.
1:36:36
Speaker 2: Really all over that route right there. It's like just
1:36:38
go slant and go, like just telling you those plays
1:36:41
are so big and they just don't do that.
1:36:44
Speaker 1: Second down and ten clock stops, six oh four to play.
1:36:47
Nate Johnson the motion man again, Wyshawn Parker, the tailback,
1:36:50
threw a holy goes belt it at the forty two
1:36:53
yard line after a gain of three. Goodness, gracious Lyrate
1:36:59
Rolls made a huge tackle.
1:37:02
Speaker 4: Third down and long coming up here.
1:37:05
Speaker 2: Yeah way, Shaun was so patient there and then just
1:37:07
as he'd gotten through the hole, here comes the safety.
1:37:09
You didn't even see him.
1:37:10
Speaker 1: Oh got him.
1:37:11
Speaker 2: Good. That was a good, good hit right there.
1:37:13
Speaker 1: Third down and almost eight yards to go here for
1:37:16
Utah from the Kansas forty three. Damn p here and
1:37:21
now we've got movements. Then create Whittemore may have flinched.
1:37:26
It could have been Caleb low move. Somebody here on
1:37:29
the left side of the offensive line moved for Utah.
1:37:34
Now they're going to have a discussion about it.
1:37:37
Speaker 5: Yeah, false art offense sixty eight five yard penalty.
1:37:49
Speaker 1: Wow. You usually don't get a false start on the
1:37:51
man that knows the snap count.
1:37:54
Speaker 2: Oh, there was there was no movement there. There was
1:37:58
no movement.
1:38:00
Speaker 4: Okay, didn't thirteen at the Kansas forty eight.
1:38:07
Speaker 1: Jayhawks showing pressure Here they come damp here, taking a
1:38:10
shot down the field up.
1:38:12
Speaker 2: And got J. J.
1:38:14
Speaker 1: Bucannon with a huge catch. Now they're saying out of bounds.
1:38:18
Speaker 2: I think his back hit first.
1:38:20
Speaker 1: Oh, he came down with a beautiful catch, But they're
1:38:24
gonna say he was out of bounds. Take a look
1:38:27
at the replay and see if that's the case.
1:38:30
Speaker 2: I don't know.
1:38:31
Speaker 1: It's close for the punk team coming out here for Utah. Wow, unbelievable.
1:38:39
You get fifteen yards on your first play and then
1:38:43
you can't get anything after that. Ryan Phillipson Tate Naggi
1:38:49
back at his own eight yard line.
1:38:51
Speaker 2: They gonna look at this.
1:38:51
Speaker 1: I think they have got.
1:38:54
Speaker 2: The figures playing.
1:38:57
Speaker 1: Foot down.
1:38:59
Speaker 2: See what we got here? Come on, put down and.
1:39:04
Speaker 1: Let's look under the hood he's brought to you.
1:39:07
Speaker 2: His arm come down? Well, show the play. Geez, we're
1:39:13
not we're not getting many reviews this year. Today, we've
1:39:16
had a lot of I think they're getting trying to
1:39:19
get all the airtime they possibly can.
1:39:20
Speaker 1: I think that's a catch. I think his toe is
1:39:22
down when he grabs it. But does his arm also
1:39:25
hit in bounds?
1:39:27
Speaker 2: We don't know.
1:39:28
Speaker 4: They won't there right there to catch. Yeah, but it
1:39:33
looks like his part of the.
1:39:34
Speaker 1: Control of it.
1:39:37
Speaker 2: But does his body come down? See now right here,
1:39:41
looks like his elbow. You know what?
1:39:43
Speaker 1: This reminds me of Remember the catch Dalton Kind made
1:39:46
on the sideline against USC that they ruled not a
1:39:50
catch initially, Very much like that ball JJ Buchanan showing
1:39:55
his athleticism.
1:39:56
Speaker 4: I think that's a catch. I think his elbow came
1:39:58
down and bounced.
1:40:00
Speaker 1: I think that's gonna be a first down for Utah
1:40:02
if the Kansas twenty one to twenty two yard line.
1:40:04
Speaker 2: So in the NFL, is your foot and your elbow?
1:40:07
Does that count as too? Two? Body? Parts down.
1:40:09
Speaker 4: If only John Badden were alive to tell us this.
1:40:12
Speaker 2: Is like head's, shoulders, knees and toes that that's hard
1:40:15
to say. If that was it's a heck of a catch.
1:40:17
If it even isn't a catch, I mean, that's wow.
1:40:21
Speaker 1: I think it's a catch. Yeah, they're still under the
1:40:24
hood taking a look at this thing. But I think
1:40:26
he had to catch initially with the ball and the toe,
1:40:29
and then I think his elbow hits in bounds.
1:40:32
Speaker 2: It so hard to see that official was like right there.
1:40:36
You know, these officials have had some some challenging, challenging
1:40:42
calls right here, elbow is Oh what is it? Kids?
1:40:51
What is the kids?
1:40:52
Speaker 1: What are you saying it? Scott?
1:40:53
Speaker 4: Catch or no catch?
1:40:55
Speaker 1: I'm always wrong. Well, I think it's a catch. But
1:40:57
I think it's a catch too. But the long they
1:41:00
look at this makes me think maybe it's not a catch.
1:41:02
See that looks like a catch up up on the
1:41:04
screen right there. I think toe and elbow we're both
1:41:08
in when he had control of the football. Yep, I
1:41:14
think it's gonna be a catch. I think they're not
1:41:16
moving the ball back this official coming back here.
1:41:22
Speaker 2: I think the fans know it too after review, they're
1:41:25
really on the field.
1:41:27
Speaker 5: When a complete pass.
1:41:28
Speaker 2: Is upheld, they're done. Let be fourth down?
1:41:31
Speaker 1: What frox It'll be fourth down?
1:41:40
Speaker 2: His elbow. He must have been in the air when
1:41:43
when he finally caught it, his toe wasn't down.
1:41:45
Speaker 1: Got to learn to drag that toe. Easy for you
1:41:49
to say in your life, could you have made that catch.
1:41:53
Speaker 2: Back when I was, you know, young and athletic.
1:41:57
Speaker 1: Here's the punt team out for Utah five fifteen to
1:42:00
play in the third. Ryan Phillips out on fourth and
1:42:03
twelve kicks it toward the sideline here and out of bounds.
1:42:09
It goes somewhere inside the fifteen I'm gonna say ten
1:42:13
maybe eleven yard line, and it will be the ten
1:42:16
yard line. Good eye, Scott mitchell yhip ninety yard field
1:42:19
coming up here for Jalen Daniels and the Kansas Jayhawks.
1:42:26
Thirty three yard punt or actually thirty eight yard punt
1:42:30
and no return, ninety yard field. Five aweight to play
1:42:35
in the third. It's been a long third quarter. We
1:42:37
had a very fast first quarter. This third quarter has
1:42:41
been forever.
1:42:42
Speaker 2: Yeah, and a lot of reviews. But you know, Devin
1:42:49
hadn't been super shark throwing it.
1:42:50
Speaker 1: He No, he has not tight ended motion hand off
1:42:53
Daniel Hishaw picking his way through a hole when he
1:42:56
picks up about three almost four yards out near the
1:42:59
fourteen yard line. Second down, coming up almost six yards
1:43:02
to go. As we dip under five to play here
1:43:05
in the third quarter.
1:43:07
Speaker 2: Yeah, really look for Jayalen Daniels probably can keep this
1:43:10
or have some kind of run with him.
1:43:12
Speaker 1: Right here, Daniels has rushed forty three yards and thrown
1:43:16
for only sixty five tight end lined up as almost
1:43:23
an h back full back, wide receiver comes in motion,
1:43:26
hand off again to high Shaw, and he's wrapped up
1:43:28
by Jackson Benny around the legs and taking down at
1:43:31
about the fifteen yard line. Third down in five coming up.
1:43:37
Speaker 2: Again. Usually quarterbacks will be heavily involved in third downs,
1:43:42
whether the coach gives them a lot of you know, options,
1:43:47
whether they roll them out, they run pass high percentage
1:43:52
throws with lots lots of options.
1:43:53
Speaker 1: In him third down in five, Jayhawks four out of
1:43:56
nine on third down. Daniels the quarterback, tailback Highshaw next
1:44:00
it wide receiver in motion is wents Daniel's backpedals to
1:44:06
pass a four man rush for Utah lots of time
1:44:09
throwing to the Outside's got a man wide open, caught
1:44:13
out of the Kansas forty yard line, a gain of
1:44:16
twenty five and a first down to O'maniel Henderson.
1:44:18
Speaker 4: Smith's note just lost him.
1:44:20
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that Utah went to a two deep
1:44:22
zone here and the guy shot up the sideline and
1:44:26
Smith Smith's that slot defender. Usually if that guy goes sideways,
1:44:31
you've got to be aware of him. Someone should have
1:44:34
been there, and it shouldn't have been Smith Soden.
1:44:35
Speaker 1: That's letting them out of jail, and now they've got
1:44:38
new life of their own forty yard line leading fourteen ten,
1:44:41
three twenty five of the clock, running to play here
1:44:43
the third quarter.
1:44:45
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was this.
1:44:47
Speaker 1: First down handoff straight ahead high Shaw and he's stacked
1:44:52
up with the line of scrimmage going nowhere. Well he
1:44:55
shoot toss fixed that just a little bit. But Jaylen
1:44:57
Daniels now with ninety yards passing Logan Fino led the
1:45:00
way with the tackles that time, second down to ten
1:45:03
coming up as we come up on three minutes to
1:45:05
play here in the third.
1:45:06
Speaker 2: You know, so often Utah plays man coverage and they
1:45:10
don't play zone as much Scooby Davis kind of jumps
1:45:14
that en route and he should have stayed outside.
1:45:17
Speaker 1: Pickett Henderson to the left, high Shaw in the backfield,
1:45:21
quick snap Daniels to throw, throwing over the middle.
1:45:24
Speaker 2: Caught.
1:45:25
Speaker 1: That's Wentz fifty forty five forty in out of bounds
1:45:28
at the Utah thirty seven. Steva Wentz first time we
1:45:32
called his name today, and that's a big play in
1:45:34
a first down for the Jayhawks.
1:45:35
Speaker 2: Again, Utah in his own zone coverage and not really
1:45:39
filling things right there. Don't know how that wasn't a
1:45:42
holding call on Kansas right there.
1:45:45
Speaker 1: I haven't seen many holes called today. A lot of
1:45:47
procedure penalties, not many holes. Daniel shifts back into the
1:45:52
pistol with high Shaw behind him first and ten from
1:45:54
the Utah thirty eight. Now they check with the sideline
1:45:59
pointing something out. With the Utah defense changing the play
1:46:02
and now backing up into the shotgun again. Daniels takes
1:46:05
the snap, hands to high Shaw straight ahead, run to
1:46:09
about the thirty five for a gain of three. Jonah
1:46:12
leah Aa made the tackle for Utah.
1:46:14
Speaker 2: Yeah, this is that play. It's just a zone, a
1:46:17
stretch zone with a cutback option, and that cutback was
1:46:21
actually handled very well with the defense right there. And
1:46:24
that's that defensive tackle that got there.
1:46:28
Speaker 1: A minute forty five to play. Utah not playing with
1:46:30
any sense of urgency here in the second half, trailing
1:46:33
fourteen to ten, second down and seven for the Jayhawks,
1:46:36
empty backfield for Jalen Daniels, this is almost certainly a
1:46:40
quarterback keeper.
1:46:41
Speaker 2: Now.
1:46:41
Speaker 1: He brings the wide receiver Canty into the backfield, motions
1:46:45
won across the formation and hands to him straight up
1:46:48
the field. That's gonna be Lashawn Williams who picks up
1:46:53
Williams four yards. It'll be third down in short coming up.
1:46:57
Speaker 2: Yeah, Ken set really run wide a lot with these
1:47:00
fly sweeps, and every day Miss Utah has been pretty
1:47:03
good at covering runs and passes in their life.
1:47:07
Speaker 1: Jackson Benny made another great tackle third down and two
1:47:13
Jayhawks are five out of ten as we dip under
1:47:15
a minute to play here in the third quarter, they're
1:47:19
at the Utah thirty yard line, pistol formation again, Williams
1:47:25
behind Daniels.
1:47:28
Speaker 4: They turning a gift to Williams.
1:47:30
Speaker 1: He's got first down yardage inside the twenty five to
1:47:34
the twenty four. That's a pickup of seven yards. The
1:47:38
running game returns for Kansas. I got two hundred three
1:47:43
yards rushing.
1:47:44
Speaker 2: I mean they have basically three tight ends in the
1:47:47
game right there, and they just run to those big
1:47:50
boys get a first down.
1:47:55
Speaker 1: Play clock and game clock are in sync here Utah,
1:47:58
or they should say Kansas will have to happen one
1:48:00
more time here in the third quarter. I think or not,
1:48:08
they're not going to and we're gonna head to the
1:48:10
fourth quarter here at Memorial Stadium. It's Kansas fourteen, Utah
1:48:15
ten back with the final fifteen minutes next in the
1:48:18
third quarter, it's Utah Football from ESPN seven hundred and
1:48:23
the Youth Sports Radio Network. We head to the fourth
1:48:25
quarter here in Lawrence on the final regular season game
1:48:29
day for Utah football this year, and the Uths find
1:48:32
themselves down fourteen to ten and in danger of going
1:48:35
down by a bigger number. Here is Kansas has it
1:48:38
first to ten at the Utah twenty four yard line.
1:48:41
Yard he jump d brought to you by C. R. England, Utah.
1:48:43
It's got two hundred and sixty two yards. Kansas has
1:48:46
three fifteen. Not a good look right now, Scott, and
1:48:52
it just you and I were talking about this at
1:48:54
the break, just kind of a real lethargy about this
1:48:57
team right now, no real sense of urgence. Had no
1:49:01
rhythm on.
1:49:02
Speaker 2: Either side of the ball either, No, and it really
1:49:04
it takes a focus. You know, it's an early week,
1:49:07
you have a you know, kind of a holiday and
1:49:10
all those things, and although that doesn't mean a whole lot,
1:49:12
so you just have to find a way to kind
1:49:14
of get yourself jazzed up and juiced up and come on,
1:49:17
let's go, let's go. It's almost one of those situations
1:49:19
where you go a little bit tempo, a little hurry up,
1:49:21
just you know, let's pick up and pick up the
1:49:23
pace here. One of the things Utah hasn't done a
1:49:26
lone up today is really blitzed a lot. You know,
1:49:29
they haven't seen a lot of those blitzes, and you know,
1:49:32
and they're run blitzes too, where you're really trying to
1:49:36
stop that early because you got first down here, so
1:49:39
so important to really hold Kansas to a field goal
1:49:43
right no.
1:49:43
Speaker 1: Offensive side of the football way, Sean Parker, He's got
1:49:47
nine carries for eighty four yards. He had three of
1:49:49
those nine on the first cat, first three plays of
1:49:52
the game. Since then, he's only touched it six times.
1:49:54
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was really quite surprised that the Utah didn't
1:49:58
do more of that coming out in the first the
1:50:00
second half. There, he's that sparkbug. I'm telling you, he's
1:50:03
that charge, he's that leader, he's that guy. He wants
1:50:06
the ball in this situation. He wants to take this
1:50:08
team on his back. I say, put putting the team
1:50:11
on his back. Let him go.
1:50:13
Speaker 4: It's up to the defense right now.
1:50:14
Speaker 1: Though Kansas first and ten at the Utah's twenty four
1:50:17
yard line, fifteen minutes of football remains here in the
1:50:21
regular season, what can Utah do with it? High Shaw's
1:50:24
your tailback, Jalen Daniels your quarterback. Two tight ends, two
1:50:28
wide receivers here for the Kansas Jayhawks on first down
1:50:31
in ten tight ended motion from left to right across
1:50:35
the formation, the handoff is to high Shaw into the
1:50:37
open field, goes high Shaw on his feet, goes high
1:50:40
Shaw fifteen down to the ten yard line, a fourteen
1:50:44
yard gain with tacklers hanging all over him, and it's
1:50:49
first down in duel Kansas.
1:50:51
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not sure I can even explain that. I mean,
1:50:53
the whole Utah defense is right here, just grabbing guys
1:50:56
out of position. It's like they what to say. I mean,
1:51:00
there's seven or any guys that had opportunities to stop
1:51:03
him and stop him in the right spot, and no
1:51:05
one made a play.
1:51:07
Speaker 1: First and goal for the Jayhawks at the ten yard
1:51:10
line in the red zone today, they're two out of four.
1:51:14
Hand off again, it's high Shaw again and this time
1:51:18
stacked up behind the line of scrimmage. Cash Dylan got
1:51:21
him and that'll drop him for a loss of about
1:51:24
a yard maybe two, back near the twelve yard line.
1:51:27
Speaker 4: Second down in gold coming up.
1:51:28
Speaker 2: The same play. You know why that didn't have this
1:51:31
result on the first one, I don't know, but good
1:51:33
job by cash Well.
1:51:35
Speaker 1: With a little bit of tempo, here are the Jayhawks.
1:51:37
Now they'll check with the sideline. High Shaw stays in
1:51:39
the ballgame. They got a flex out there, tight ends
1:51:42
two of those, and two wide receivers spread the field
1:51:45
just a bit here. On second down and goal from
1:51:47
the Utah twelve, Daniels is going to pass, now, keep
1:51:49
it himself. It's gonna try to bounce to the outside,
1:51:52
gonna try and throw it does to the end zone.
1:51:54
It's intercepted by Jackson Benny.
1:51:56
Speaker 2: What a play.
1:51:57
Speaker 1: What a terrible decision by Jay Daniels and Utah comes
1:52:02
up with a huge turnover. What a play, What a decision.
1:52:06
We've been a Utah player down on the field right
1:52:08
now too well.
1:52:10
Speaker 5: I think Jackson pill was an interception for a touchback
1:52:13
first down Utah.
1:52:15
Speaker 1: Jackson Benny with his fourth interception of the season on
1:52:18
just a horrific decision by U Kansas quarterback Jalen Daniel.
1:52:22
Speaker 2: I think he was kind of trying to throw it away.
1:52:24
I don't know what he was trying to do in
1:52:26
that situation, but Jackson Benny's looking around like, is this
1:52:29
for real? Does this count? I mean, that's probably the
1:52:31
easiest interception I'll ever get my entire life. Oh my goodness,
1:52:35
that is a huge gift.
1:52:36
Speaker 1: They're tending to a Utah defender on the field. We're
1:52:39
gonna take a time out. We'll come back and give
1:52:41
you an update on that. It'll be Utah football when
1:52:43
we return fourteen to ten. Jayhawks thirteen thirty nine to
1:52:47
play here in Lawrence and at Utah football from ESPN
1:52:50
seven hundred to Youth Sports Radio Network. It was Levanni
1:52:53
de Moody who was down for Utah. He's been helped
1:52:56
to the Red Medical ten Utah helped with the second
1:52:59
interception to the day by Jalen Daniels. Slide. Was he
1:53:02
just trying to throw that ball away? He was?
1:53:05
Speaker 3: He was getting pressure. There was multiple Utah defenders pressuring
1:53:08
him right there. There was zero receivers here in the
1:53:11
back corner.
1:53:12
Speaker 2: Of the end zone. But Jackson Binnie even so when
1:53:15
he caught it, I'm right here in the zone. When
1:53:17
he caught it, he had a surprise look on his face,
1:53:19
like is this for real? It was just like practice.
1:53:22
But again, horrible decision by Jalen Daniels.
1:53:25
Speaker 3: But you see what happens when you gave that pressure
1:53:28
and a negative play, right, we stopped the momentum of
1:53:31
the offense. They start doing things that they're not as
1:53:34
not going for them. And so it was a great
1:53:36
play by Utah.
1:53:37
Speaker 2: Deevin. They getting off the field.
1:53:38
Speaker 1: Thank goodness for it. Let's be thankful for that on
1:53:41
the day after Thanksgiving. First to ten Utah.
1:53:43
Speaker 4: Let's see if they'll give the ball away.
1:53:44
Speaker 1: Sean Parker on this drive nine carries eighty four yards
1:53:48
so far today they do Nope, it's a play action
1:53:51
pass again.
1:53:52
Speaker 4: Devin's gonna look to throw the ball down the field,
1:53:54
pumping down the field, kind of man open.
1:53:55
Speaker 1: That's gonna be pass interference.
1:53:58
Speaker 3: It is.
1:53:59
Speaker 1: The referee could not get the flag out of his pocket,
1:54:01
but it finally comes. They were trying to get it
1:54:04
to JJ Buchan and he got tackled to the ground
1:54:06
by Devin Die and Utah is gonna get fifteen out
1:54:09
of this one?
1:54:10
Speaker 2: Yeah, so hard? You know you have the play action there.
1:54:12
He had a guy wide open it running across the
1:54:14
field in the middle of the field, and guess.
1:54:17
Speaker 5: Defense them were eleven fifteen yard penalty automatic for self.
1:54:22
Speaker 2: I mean, really, it's a gift by Kansas. They had
1:54:24
it covered and when Buchanan wheeled up the field, he
1:54:28
might have caught it. If he hadn't been held, it
1:54:30
would have been an all time catch though.
1:54:32
Speaker 1: To the thirty five and goes, let's see, it's gonna
1:54:34
be a wildcat this time for way Sean Parker emotions.
1:54:37
Devin damp here out and back in again, and Devon's
1:54:41
gonna throw a pop pass down the field.
1:54:43
Speaker 4: He had a man O Bennon overshot him.
1:54:46
Speaker 1: He had Larry Simmons by himself at the forty five
1:54:50
and threw it over his head on a fake play
1:54:52
that brought him around the end. Oh goodness, Larry Simmons
1:54:56
would have been running to Tapigas still and he caught
1:54:59
that one.
1:55:00
Speaker 2: That's a lot of moving parts on that play, and
1:55:02
you got to have everything perfect. Devin just kind of
1:55:04
got stuck up in the line of scrimmage there.
1:55:06
Speaker 1: Second down, they tried to use the quarterback as a
1:55:09
decoy and then used him as a weapon hand off
1:55:12
Wayshan Parker threw a hole. He goes and up ended
1:55:14
at the forty yard line after it gave him about
1:55:17
five yards way. Shawn Parker tackled by Alient Rawls third
1:55:21
down in five coming.
1:55:22
Speaker 2: Up and Wasyshon's just like, hey, you know, I'm getting
1:55:26
tired of just getting up ended here by you safeties.
1:55:29
Speaker 1: Eighty nine yards down from Parker. Third down in five,
1:55:32
Utah five out of ten on third down must reach
1:55:38
their own forty five. It gets somewhat loud here in Lawrence, Kansas,
1:55:44
very little pressure into the flat. It goes to Parker
1:55:47
up the field, running room fifty forty five forty thirty
1:55:51
five thirty and belt it out of bounds at the
1:55:53
Kansas twenty six yard line. Was Shan Parker forced out
1:55:58
by Syeed Gibbs. But that's finally a big pass play
1:56:02
Utah needed, and that was all way Sean Parker.
1:56:04
Speaker 2: It makes first guy miss and then he's really running
1:56:07
up the field so strongly and he's just got that power.
1:56:11
Speaker 1: Play action pass again. Going to the end zone again.
1:56:14
Up caught touchdown. Larry Simmons beat his man to the
1:56:20
pylon or are they gonna say he's out of bounds?
1:56:24
Did he a step out of bounds? Or is it
1:56:26
a touchdown? Utah celebrating like it's a touchdown? What do
1:56:31
we have?
1:56:33
Speaker 2: They still haven't given a signal.
1:56:35
Speaker 1: Okay, it is a touchdown for Larry Simmons, all right,
1:56:41
twenty six yards.
1:56:42
Speaker 2: Wow, that was a great That was a great throw
1:56:45
Devin's It's so interesting that Utah is throwing the ball
1:56:48
like this. I just don't really understand it.
1:56:50
Speaker 1: But man, we'll take it on that play. Goodness gracious,
1:56:52
But the way they huddled at the pylon was very strange.
1:56:56
Larry Simmons with a touchdown he had won last week
1:56:58
against Kansas State. Back to back weeks for Larry and
1:57:02
that's now five touchdown catches on the season for the
1:57:04
Southern mist Transfer.
1:57:05
Speaker 2: Well, that's a guy who just you know, just catches
1:57:09
the ball. I mean, and you'd love to throw to
1:57:11
a guy just it doesn't matter where it is, how
1:57:12
it is, when it is, he's going to make a
1:57:15
big play for you.
1:57:15
Speaker 1: PEPSI touchdown pat by Dylan Curtis. Up and good and
1:57:19
with twelve twenty six to play the ball game, Utah's
1:57:22
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good call this weekend against the Bruins. We hope to
1:57:47
have a good final twelve twenty six Here in Lawrence, Utah, seventeen,
1:57:51
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way Scott Mitchell used to do all those years ago,
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The way I used to you on this campus thirty
1:58:12
four years ago, the way Utah is doing at least
1:58:15
right now. On that last drive, twenty eight yard touchdown,
1:58:18
Larry Simmons for plays eighty yards, all of it pretty
1:58:22
much through the air.
1:58:23
Speaker 2: Yeah, what I mean, just an absolute gift from heaven,
1:58:26
a major turnaround in momentum.
1:58:28
Speaker 1: Here.
1:58:28
Speaker 2: Let's see if this defense can keep it up. You know,
1:58:31
it's kind of a cold day, and they had a
1:58:32
lot of guys with their shirts off earlier. Now there's
1:58:35
only one guy over there now who's he's the sole survivor.
1:58:40
Speaker 1: He's gonna put it on here soon enough. Taate Naggie Backe,
1:58:44
he received this kick. Naggie the punt returner for this team.
1:58:49
Talented young freshman. His father is the offensive coordinator for
1:58:53
the Kansas City Gas.
1:58:54
Speaker 2: What'd you say? He's gotta have good skills at Scott. Yeah,
1:58:57
if you're a coach's son like you don't ever mess up.
1:59:00
You know you're dependable.
1:59:02
Speaker 1: Philip Curtis has a teet up kicking north to south
1:59:05
here and kicks it toward the corner. Dylan Daggy picks
1:59:09
it up at the eight. That's gonna be a fake reverse.
1:59:12
Naggy up the field and dropped it about the twenty
1:59:15
four yard line. If you let that go out of bounds,
1:59:18
that would have been at about the thirty five.
1:59:19
Speaker 2: Yeah, just don't know how that thing's gonna end. You know.
1:59:22
You see some guys the ball gets over close and
1:59:24
they'll jump out of bounds and then jump on the
1:59:26
ball inbounds and that's an actual out of bounds play.
1:59:29
You see that from time to time. What's Kansas gonna do?
1:59:35
Because first down, if they don't do well on first down,
1:59:38
it really throws them off.
1:59:39
Speaker 1: First intended they're own twenty four yard line, trailing seventeen fourteen,
1:59:43
A lot of time to play though twelve nineteen Here
1:59:45
in the fourth corner, first down, handoff into the open
1:59:50
field and first down yardage for Daniel high show he
1:59:54
picked up twelve yards.
1:59:56
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's that's that's too easy of a play right there.
2:00:01
And I was I didn't like that one.
2:00:03
Speaker 1: Yeah, not on first down, you don't like that one. No.
2:00:06
Kansas now with two hundred and twenty eight yards rushing,
2:00:11
not quite the four seventy two that Kansas State had
2:00:13
last week, but still too many pistol formation. They moved
2:00:17
two tight ends to the left hand side. On first
2:00:19
down and ten from thirty seven, Daniels again to high
2:00:24
show trying to get the edge that he does. He's
2:00:26
got the forty belt it out of bounds at about
2:00:28
the forty three John new Hall Lander Barton knocked him out,
2:00:32
but not before he gained six more yards.
2:00:34
Speaker 2: Yeah, just outleveraged the front there of that lander. He's
2:00:38
got to turn that ball back to the inside. Looks
2:00:41
like he's just not quite.
2:00:43
Speaker 1: There the side. The side working now against this Utah defense.
2:00:47
Two hundred and thirty five yards rushing. Now for the Jayhawks.
2:00:51
Second down in six, Williams now the tailback end the pistol.
2:00:55
They move a big old tight end over to the
2:00:57
right hand side. Let's see if they run it that way.
2:01:00
Hand off Williams. He cuts back to the left, huge hole,
2:01:03
running room forty hesitation and then forced down a bound
2:01:07
to the Utah twenty five into the kicker stand he goes,
2:01:11
they'll give him the twenty four yard line. Just an
2:01:15
absolute horror show against the run here today, it's gonna
2:01:20
be a gain of thirty two yards.
2:01:23
Speaker 2: Somebody jumped out of the gap and I don't know
2:01:26
if they had a game on or not, but someone
2:01:28
who should have been in that spot there.
2:01:31
Speaker 1: Kansas just making it look easy the way Kansas State
2:01:34
did a week ago two sixty eight on the ground. Now,
2:01:37
Utah looking very un Utah like against the run the
2:01:41
last two weeks. Here's a motion man across the formation.
2:01:43
They're just going to hand it to the tailback again,
2:01:45
this time into the hole. Takes up about three now
2:01:48
I do about the nineteen yard line, maybe four yards.
2:01:52
Jonah Lea Eya made the tackle for Utah four yard
2:01:55
gain second down in six.
2:01:57
Speaker 2: And Jonah was the guy who jumped out of the
2:01:58
gap and it looked like he had a game on
2:02:01
in the last play. But it's a nice job here
2:02:03
stout at the line of scrimmage.
2:02:05
Speaker 1: Minimal game into the red zone they go for the
2:02:07
sixth time today, Kansas two out of five in the
2:02:10
red zone. Daniel Higshaw back of the ball game pistol
2:02:13
formation strength on the right hand side with three wide receivers.
2:02:17
Now a tight end comes in motion. Hand off high
2:02:22
Shaw into the hole, into the open field ten and
2:02:25
down at the five. Jackson Bennie made yet another tackle
2:02:29
for Utah. First and goal for the Jayhawks. They are
2:02:33
carving up this Utah defense on the day after Thanksgiving.
2:02:38
Speaker 2: Yeah, just mistackle right there. Should have had him in
2:02:42
the in the hole. I mean, the guys are up
2:02:44
at the line of scrimmage. Now you're there. Stop.
2:02:48
Speaker 1: How can you be one of the top rushing defenses
2:02:50
in the country and the conference for most of the
2:02:52
season and just fall apart in the last two games.
2:02:55
Speaker 4: Hand off high Shaw into the hole.
2:02:57
Speaker 1: He goes and swallowed up a meat lead by the
2:03:00
Utah defense after a gain of two to the five
2:03:03
yard line.
2:03:03
Speaker 2: Seeing that play right there is what it used to
2:03:06
look like all the time. And it's one of the
2:03:10
very few times that Utah is just super stout. Those
2:03:13
linebackers are flying playing downhill. Everyone's in their gap. The
2:03:16
ball goes.
2:03:17
Speaker 1: Nowhere, second down and goal with the five Kansas trailing
2:03:20
seventeen to fourteen to Utah, under nine minutes to play
2:03:24
at the clock running here at Lawrence, Utah trying to
2:03:28
keep its Big twelve title game hopes alive, trying to
2:03:31
keep college playoff discussion alive. Daniels from the five yard line,
2:03:36
hand off again, high Shaw again, swallowed up the five
2:03:40
again by elite Gibamahi this time.
2:03:43
Speaker 4: And third down in gold coming up.
2:03:46
Speaker 2: Yeah, and see, once you get in this area, there's,
2:03:48
like I said, there's nowhere to go. So these guys
2:03:50
are just being so much more aggressive at the line.
2:03:54
Watch Jaydon Daniels on the edge, some kind of option.
2:03:58
Speaker 1: Run pass option getting him to the outside. Last time
2:04:01
he was down here, he threw an interception to Jackson Benning.
2:04:05
See if maybe he'll do that again.
2:04:07
Speaker 2: Remembers down in goal, quick shot on him, quick fade.
2:04:10
Speaker 1: Williams, the tailback motion man picket, Utah showing pressure here
2:04:16
they come on Daniels intercepted. There they go up the
2:04:19
sideline thirty forty fifty forty thirty Scooby Davis.
2:04:27
Speaker 4: Into the open field, head into the end zone.
2:04:30
Speaker 2: It's a house call. It's a pick six.
2:04:33
Speaker 4: It's a Utah touchdown.
2:04:36
Speaker 2: Yeah. This is a great play because they've r in
2:04:37
the It was gonna be a little sprint out play.
2:04:40
Pick play to the guy in the flat, Scooby. He says,
2:04:43
I'm just sitting right out here because so often, and
2:04:46
he chased it earlier in the game, he chased a
2:04:47
slant right and he didn't there. He just sat out
2:04:49
in the Flatte says, and he just read the play
2:04:52
beautifully right spot. Great football IQ right there, and great
2:04:56
effort to score. That is a big deal right there.
2:04:59
Speaker 1: Scooby. Davis had a pick six against Baylor, has a
2:05:03
pick six today of ninety seven yards and the Utes
2:05:07
are about to go up ten with seven fifty two
2:05:10
to play.
2:05:11
Speaker 4: Snap kick good.
2:05:16
Speaker 1: That's a Pepsi touchdown for Utah and another defensive touchdown
2:05:20
this year, Utah's third pick six of the year. Benny
2:05:24
and Davis twice, and now Utah leads at twenty four
2:05:28
to fourteen with seven fifty two to play.
2:05:31
Speaker 4: We've got a time out on the field.
2:05:32
Speaker 1: We'll come back with Scott's thoughts and slies thoughts here
2:05:35
in Lawrence. This is Utah football from ESPN seven hundred
2:05:39
and the Youth Sports Radio Network. Scooby Davis is second
2:05:44
pick six of the season, a Pepsi touchdown and a
2:05:48
stratus HR turnover by Utah third interception today by Jalen Daniels.
2:05:52
I think Scott Mitchell said at best, there's some bad
2:05:55
juju in that end zone for Kansas today. That's the
2:05:57
second interception down there, Sli, You're down their field side
2:06:00
had happened right in front of you. What did you see.
2:06:05
Speaker 3: I'm just as surprised as you, guys, man, But I'll
2:06:08
take it any day, anytime Utah can come up with it.
2:06:11
And that's been the story of the day, whether there's
2:06:13
been a three a hour or a turnover. The Utah
2:06:16
defense getting it done in the red zone, letting them
2:06:18
drive all the way downfield. I've been telling guys on
2:06:20
the sideline that was our game plan. But getting it
2:06:23
done in the red zone where it counts right, stopping
2:06:26
team so they don't put points on the board.
2:06:28
Speaker 2: Good job in this Utah defense.
2:06:29
Speaker 1: Jalen Daniels doesn't have a touchdown pass today. He's got
2:06:32
three interceptions to Utah defense, three turnovers. And that was
2:06:37
as big as one biggest, as big as force turnover
2:06:40
and play as Utah's defense needed this year because the
2:06:43
offense has been pretty staged. It here in the second half, man,
2:06:46
it was a huge play and it's just so smart.
2:06:49
Dylan Curtis is gonna kick this one off. Tate Naggy
2:06:51
is gonna return it. Boy, no depth on Dylan's kicks today.
2:06:54
That one's from the six yard line. Naggy up the field,
2:06:56
not going anywhere. He reaches the sixteen yard line. That's
2:07:00
about it. They'll give him the seventeen maybe eighteen, but
2:07:03
man oh man, good coverage by the Utah special team.
2:07:07
Speaker 5: They go block in the back. We turn team number
2:07:09
forty one, ten yard penalty, first down Kansas.
2:07:13
Speaker 1: Yeah, that was sold to injury. Fourth penalty of the
2:07:16
day on the Jayhawks. They get that one, ezra of
2:07:18
it all.
2:07:18
Speaker 2: Well, it's right in front of the official too. Half
2:07:21
the distance to the kind of first out, kind of
2:07:23
an obvious play right there. But that touchdown. They had
2:07:26
run that same play earlier in the drive and it's
2:07:29
wide open. That's why you just don't predetermine things in
2:07:32
your head as a quarterback. You got to read it
2:07:33
out and a quarterback didn't read it well. And thank
2:07:36
you Utah.
2:07:37
Speaker 1: Half the distance of the Gold places this one inside
2:07:40
the ten yard line. They're going to place this one
2:07:42
that about the nine. We're so first and ten and
2:07:46
about the seven yard line. We're at a weird angle
2:07:49
calling this, so it's hard to see, but it is
2:07:53
at the seven yard line. Jalen Daniels with a ninety
2:07:56
three yard field in front of him, he'll hand it
2:07:57
off on first down. The tailback's got it moved forward.
2:08:00
That's Daniel high Shaw picks up two maybe three yards
2:08:04
out near the eleven yard line.
2:08:06
Speaker 4: Lander Barton made the tackle for Utah.
2:08:09
Speaker 2: You know your Scooby Davis and they're like, all right,
2:08:11
you just made a nice play. Now get back on
2:08:13
the field. You know that's a good and the bad
2:08:16
you know about it is this Utah offense hasn't been
2:08:18
on the field very much, but the defense has made
2:08:22
some big plays.
2:08:24
Speaker 1: Especially big plays when Jayden Daniels has to throw the football.
2:08:27
Second down and seven for Daniels, you'll hand the high
2:08:30
Shaw again. High Show cuts back against the grain, gets
2:08:33
stacked up by Jackson, Benny Lander, Bartes and Trey Reynolds.
2:08:37
He's very close to first down yarders. They're gonna give
2:08:39
it to it. He needed seven. They gave him eight
2:08:42
yards under seven to play Utah by ten, twenty four
2:08:45
to fourteen.
2:08:46
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just kind of the same thing. They're just
2:08:49
giving up too much, and guys aren't getting off blocks.
2:08:52
They're just kind of catching. They gotta they gotta play
2:08:55
downhill more than they are right now.
2:08:57
Speaker 1: William's the tailback now from the eighteen yard line. Kansas
2:09:01
is not showing much urgency right now. Down ten, play
2:09:04
action pass for Daniel scans the field, throws in the flat.
2:09:07
That's Williams threw his hands. It goes he wasn't going
2:09:10
to go very far anyway. Smith's note and tackledhim behind
2:09:12
the line of scrimmage. Is actually better for Kansas that
2:09:15
ball winning complete second down coming up.
2:09:17
Speaker 2: See, and that's where Jalen gets in trouble. It's like
2:09:20
that first read isn't open. He doesn't know what to do,
2:09:22
and then he panics, and then he just makes ill
2:09:25
advised throws.
2:09:27
Speaker 1: Second down in ten, six thirty four to play in
2:09:29
the ball game, Kansas from their own eighteen twenty four
2:09:33
to fourteen Utah, william stays in a tailback. I can't
2:09:38
imagine they're going to run the ball much more here,
2:09:40
but maybe they will. We'll see. They do give it
2:09:44
to Williams on that right side, crashing down and picking
2:09:47
up maybe a yard of the nineteen elite GiB Mahi
2:09:49
made the tackle. I mean the few Kansas fans that
2:09:52
have stuck around here are not happy with the play
2:09:54
calling right now.
2:09:55
Speaker 2: Well, I mean, how can you boo him because they've
2:09:57
been running the ball extremely effective.
2:09:59
Speaker 4: The one hundred ninety seven yards rushing.
2:10:02
Speaker 1: The bottom is they're down ten and the clock running.
2:10:05
Here's a third down Daniels scanning the field, throwing in
2:10:07
the flat. He's got a complete to picket and he's
2:10:10
knocked out of bounds. A little bit shy of first
2:10:12
down yardage.
2:10:14
Speaker 2: Yeah, they didn't sub and Utah did, and they kind
2:10:15
of caught him off guard. They were quite ready for
2:10:17
the ball.
2:10:18
Speaker 1: Kind of caught me off guard too.
2:10:19
Speaker 2: I think it's going to be a penalty. I think
2:10:22
they had too many guys on the field.
2:10:24
Speaker 1: Here's a referee.
2:10:27
Speaker 2: He look on substitution defense.
2:10:29
Speaker 5: Twelve players on the field, five yard penalty replay third.
2:10:33
Speaker 1: Down, so the third down and nine will become third
2:10:37
down and four. Here it's four down territory either way
2:10:40
for Kansas, six h six to play third down and four.
2:10:45
Jayhawks today six out of twelve on third down in
2:10:49
four Daniel's back pedals, surveys throws taking a shot down
2:10:56
the field, caught forty thirty out of bounds at the
2:11:00
Utah twenty. Henderson again, Emmanuel Henderson, what a shot, What
2:11:08
a pass? Lake Cotton's coverage was not bad. The pass
2:11:11
and the route were just simply better. And the Jayhawks
2:11:15
are set up just outside the Utah twenty. That's a
2:11:17
pass and depletion of fifty four yards.
2:11:20
Speaker 2: That's hard when you don't see it very often.
2:11:22
Speaker 1: First down pass here Daniels scanning the field, throwing ducked away.
2:11:26
Nicely done. They were trying to get that to Cam Pickett.
2:11:30
Who was that in there that knocked that ball away?
2:11:33
I think it was it was Hols called the defensive
2:11:35
end drop to the coverage.
2:11:36
Speaker 2: Yeah, and again it's you know, once you get past
2:11:40
that first read man, it gets so hard, but you
2:11:43
can't came up with those big plays like that that no,
2:11:46
they gave up.
2:11:47
Speaker 4: Kansas is right back in this thing now.
2:11:48
Speaker 1: They've got all three timeouts and five forty three of
2:11:52
game time down, just ten four man down front here
2:11:55
for Utah and second and ten another play action. They're
2:11:57
taking a shot to the end zone. Again, it's up
2:12:00
it's incomplete and no flag. Jam pickets smith Snowden were
2:12:04
hand fighting up that far sideline. They kept the yellow
2:12:07
hanks in their pocket. Third down coming up, Yeah, and there.
2:12:11
Speaker 2: The officials are fairly good on this stuff, you know,
2:12:14
as far as what they what they call, and they
2:12:17
don't call as far you know, with play or with
2:12:20
pass interference. They let guys play a little bit.
2:12:23
Speaker 1: You tall, let them out of jail. Last time on
2:12:25
third down, here's Daniels again, blitz coming. They pick it up.
2:12:28
Speaker 4: He throws toward the end zone, caught.
2:12:29
Speaker 1: Touchdown late, cure of the tight end all by himself,
2:12:35
and the goal line back pedaled in and just like that,
2:12:39
the Jayhawks said, we're not going quietly. It's a four
2:12:42
point game of the Pat coming up.
2:12:46
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was just too hard. The play got in late.
2:12:49
Guys weren't quite sure of what they were doing. They
2:12:51
just got lost in space. The tight end just slipping
2:12:54
behind those linebackers. And that was a good throw.
2:12:57
Speaker 1: Well, after looking horrific on the last drive throwing it,
2:13:01
Jim Daniels took him right down the field that time.
2:13:03
Speaker 4: Here's the Pat to make it a three point game.
2:13:08
Speaker 1: Kick is up? Ain't good? It's not over yet, folks.
2:13:12
By point thirty two to play Utah twenty four Kansas
2:13:17
twenty one. So now Utah's offense is going to have
2:13:22
to do something here, Scott, to eat up a little
2:13:25
bit of time and not give that ball right back
2:13:27
to Kansas again.
2:13:28
Speaker 2: Well, you need to go down the field and score.
2:13:30
And you know, you just got to get really physical
2:13:33
upfront and got this great offensive line, got these great
2:13:37
running backs, and you just really need to find away
2:13:41
because the last couple of drives have been throwing the football.
2:13:45
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2:13:55
Speaker 1: It's a cold day here in Lawrence, Kansas. Overcast guys,
2:13:59
thirty five degrees. Final game of the regular season, Utah
2:14:03
trying to get to ten wins and at least keep
2:14:06
themselves in discussion for some postseason, meaningful postseason late Cure
2:14:12
had the touchdown. Daniel Bray's back team to receive this
2:14:15
kick for Utah. Marsh On.
2:14:20
Speaker 2: The kicker.
2:14:24
Speaker 1: Puts his right foot into it, end over end, returnable
2:14:28
if he wants to, and Daniel's gonna bring it out.
2:14:30
He's got the five to the ten. Daniel Bray cut
2:14:33
down at the fifteen. Did his dego down at the fifteen?
2:14:37
Maybe that's where they're gonna market in The Utah player
2:14:41
down at the fifteen yard line as well. That's Bryce Duke,
2:14:46
the backup running back and special teams player. Daniel might
2:14:50
have been better served to just take the d and
2:14:52
keep it in the end zone. Dam Pierce split to
2:14:55
the left way. Sean Parker, wildcat tail back, flags line
2:15:00
motion on Utah.
2:15:09
Speaker 5: Paul start offense for the seventy three payard penalty.
2:15:15
Speaker 2: My name's first down to know.
2:15:16
Speaker 1: A TOGII, the left guard in his final regular season game,
2:15:20
gets called for the penalty.
2:15:21
Speaker 2: Well it's hard, you know. You got a little bit
2:15:23
of noise and wayshine. He's not typically used to handling
2:15:27
the snap in those loud crowd noise asuationsive line in
2:15:31
college football.
2:15:32
Speaker 1: Just line up and run some power here, hand off,
2:15:36
Daniel Brad Nope, Devon's gonna keep it. He's got a
2:15:39
blocker in front, twenty twenty five and down he goes
2:15:42
to about the twenty seven yard line.
2:15:44
Speaker 4: That's gonna be good for a first down.
2:15:46
Speaker 1: On a game that time of seventeen yards, he might
2:15:49
have gone for more if you wanted to.
2:15:51
Speaker 2: Yeah, it didn't seem like Devon was really running that
2:15:54
hard in that situation, went all good enough to get
2:15:59
the first down. Bird fit.
2:16:00
Speaker 1: It's probably up the sideline for a touchdown on that play, right, Yeah,
2:16:03
I would think so under five to play the clock running,
2:16:06
that's a big first down for Utah to pick up. Here.
2:16:08
They mark it down at the twenty six yard line.
2:16:11
They'll take their time in the huddle, breakdown huddle with
2:16:14
ten seconds on the play clock. Way, Sean Parker, your wildcat,
2:16:18
Devin dam Pierre lined up and now he comes in motion. Way,
2:16:22
Shan's gonna keep but he's threw a whole thirty and
2:16:24
down to about the thirty one yard line, goes Parker
2:16:27
for a gain of six.
2:16:28
Speaker 4: He's now got ninety five yards on the afternoon.
2:16:31
Speaker 2: Yeah, I see that play right there is just the
2:16:33
one that's kind of that bread and butter, just everything
2:16:36
just right straight ahead. It's the quickest hitting you have.
2:16:39
Those linemen do such a nice job of blocking creating
2:16:42
that crease even if that safety's there.
2:16:45
Speaker 1: Second down in four for Utah clock running with four
2:16:48
point fifteen to play, a couple of more first downs
2:16:51
would be huge here for Utah. They might be able
2:16:53
to salt it a way. Devin by himself in the shotgun.
2:16:58
Let's see if he brings Parker back in the back field,
2:17:00
he'll bring him in motion instead. Devon's gonna keep it himself,
2:17:04
bouncing to the outside. He's got a little running room.
2:17:06
Thirty five and down. He's gonna be shy of the
2:17:09
first down. He went down too soon, didn't he.
2:17:11
Speaker 2: Now he's fine, he's okay. He got just enough right,
2:17:14
And that's what you want to do. You're in your
2:17:15
four minute offense. You don't ever want to go out
2:17:17
of bounds. Clock steeps keeps running up until the two
2:17:20
minutes here.
2:17:21
Speaker 1: Now he needed four, he got five.
2:17:22
Speaker 2: So that's first down, and that play was supposed to
2:17:25
go to the left side, and Devon was just savvy
2:17:27
enough to just feel the defense and find find a
2:17:30
crease there and stamp hearing.
2:17:32
Speaker 1: Now with thirty six yards rushing today, another first down,
2:17:36
you talk and eat a couple of more minutes of
2:17:37
play clocked up now three twenty three, three twenty two,
2:17:42
three twenty one first and ten Parker again as the wildcat.
2:17:46
He fumbles the football and now he scoops it back
2:17:49
up and was Sean, we'll pick up about three yards
2:17:52
to the thirty nine yard line. Goodness, gracious, is never
2:17:56
a dull moment, Never a dull moment. As we come up,
2:18:00
want three minutes to play and the clock continues to run.
2:18:03
Kan is gonna have to start thinking about taking time
2:18:05
out here soon?
2:18:06
Speaker 2: Yeah, and was Shan, you know, normally he's pretty patient
2:18:10
on those runs, and he hed he you know, I
2:18:13
think he just got a little nervous. Figured things were
2:18:16
all thrown off because if he was patient, he would
2:18:18
have got a much bigger run out of that.
2:18:19
Speaker 4: Second down and eight.
2:18:20
Speaker 1: Devon back at quarterback, Wayshan next to him, Dallan Bentley
2:18:24
comes in motion. Now JJ Buchanan in motion. Devon's gonna
2:18:28
keep it himself. Devin cuts it back to the inside
2:18:30
very close to first down yard. He's they'll give it
2:18:32
to him.
2:18:33
Speaker 2: That's huge.
2:18:34
Speaker 1: He needed eighty picked up nine. That's another Utah first down.
2:18:37
They're just they're just doing exactly what we thought they
2:18:39
would do early in the game, and that's line up
2:18:42
and just run some power football. Devin Dan Pierre picks
2:18:45
up the first down. We've got an injured Jayhawk, it's
2:18:48
linebacker ben Gotti Kamara, and.
2:18:50
Speaker 2: You wonder if they'll give him the timeout or or
2:18:54
because he gets up he's he's fine, or because they
2:18:58
you want to call that time out, the two.
2:19:01
Speaker 5: Minutes stars time out Kansas.
2:19:05
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think that's the right call right there.
2:19:06
Speaker 1: Well after the first down you use that time out,
2:19:09
You've still got the two minute time out as well
2:19:11
if you're Kansas. But you can't give up six and
2:19:13
seven and eight yards a chunk like Utah is getting
2:19:16
right now.
2:19:16
Speaker 2: Yeah, and if you let it run down, but you
2:19:18
know then then you've lost a whole thirty seconds in
2:19:21
the game. You don't want to have that happen. I
2:19:25
like that play. They just ran out and seen that
2:19:26
a lot block operator.
2:19:28
Speaker 5: Pleas start the game block to two minutes in thirty
2:19:30
three seconds, they.
2:19:32
Speaker 2: Had four seconds start the game plan. But what you
2:19:35
have is you've got Wai Shan as a lead blocker
2:19:37
and a tight end and kind of student body left.
2:19:39
And that was just that's the answer to those safeties
2:19:43
when they come down, because now you have the blocker
2:19:45
to block the safeties. And I wouldn't be surprised. You
2:19:49
see that play two or three more times here in
2:19:52
this drive.
2:19:54
Speaker 1: Two thirty three to play U tap twenty four Kansas
2:19:57
twenty one. Much like last this week a game a
2:20:00
little bit closer than we thought it was gonna be.
2:20:02
But Utah still in front. They can get another first down.
2:20:06
They'll be in great shape here at their own forty
2:20:10
seven yard line. Devin Dan Pierre in the shotgun way,
2:20:13
Sean Parker next to him. I gotta run Devon again.
2:20:16
Devon's gonna keep his feet, move forward, bounce to the
2:20:19
outside and pick up three to about the fifty yard enough. Wow,
2:20:24
that was wild. There's a second time.
2:20:26
Speaker 2: I was taken by Kansas, Kansas.
2:20:30
Speaker 1: It looks like he was gonna get dropped, and then
2:20:32
he picks up some yard that he thought he was
2:20:33
going to break into the open and nothing that happened.
2:20:36
He picked up three though.
2:20:38
Speaker 2: Yeah, And he's just really uncanny at making people miss,
2:20:41
and when he's super healthy, it's just almost impossible.
2:20:44
Speaker 1: And got another Jayhawk down here, Scott Alex Bray. No relation,
2:20:48
I don't think to Daniel Daniel, they are not relations.
2:20:54
Speaker 2: I wonder if these are because they got they got
2:20:57
to take their They have to honor the time out, right, yes,
2:21:01
so because they can't, you know, because you know, if
2:21:03
you get an injury time out, it's almost like they
2:21:07
could fake injuries just to preserve the clock, and coaches
2:21:11
would figure that out and do that. But he is
2:21:16
walking off the field. That's a good thing.
2:21:19
Speaker 1: Kansas has one time out plus the two minute timeout remaining.
2:21:22
Utah second down and seven ish and right about midfield.
2:21:30
Speaker 2: Well, Utah needs to go down the field and win
2:21:32
this football game. Offensively. Defense is a little maligned right now,
2:21:36
and you just you don't want to put it in
2:21:38
their hands right now.
2:21:40
Speaker 1: Way, Shawn Parker twelve carries ninety five yards. I wouldn't
2:21:45
hate seeing away Shawan Parker carry right about here.
2:21:48
Speaker 6: Now.
2:21:49
Speaker 2: I'll tell you what they aren't really respecting. That's Daniel
2:21:53
Burray on that suite.
2:21:54
Speaker 1: They empty the backfield, Devin by himself. He spreads the
2:21:59
field now, brings Parker in motion. Devon's gonna keep it.
2:22:02
Devon's gonna get his way forward and pick up call
2:22:06
it about two yards to the forty eight yard line
2:22:09
and Kansas uses Kansas we'll have third down and roughly
2:22:17
five coming up here.
2:22:18
Speaker 4: For Utah with two twenty one to play.
2:22:22
Speaker 2: Yeah, the you know, the get this first down and
2:22:24
you pretty much.
2:22:25
Speaker 1: Well you've won the game.
2:22:26
Speaker 2: Very much fun name Yeah, certainly been a really rough
2:22:34
day here for this offense. Just not quite in sync
2:22:37
and doing a nice job here though in this four
2:22:40
minute offense to really bleed out a lot of a
2:22:42
lot of time from where they started on the fifteen
2:22:44
you know, to get out to the plus territory right
2:22:48
now is pretty good.
2:22:49
Speaker 1: Kansas has through four hundred and eighty six total yards, Utah.
2:22:53
Speaker 4: Has three hundred and sixty nine.
2:22:57
Speaker 2: Yeah, so much where Utah is really good on third down,
2:23:00
they just haven't been really good.
2:23:03
Speaker 1: Six of eleven for Utah on third down, Kansas eight
2:23:06
to fourteen on third down. So third down and five,
2:23:11
they've got to get to the Kansas forty five yard
2:23:16
line forty.
2:23:17
Speaker 2: Four yard line to slip that tight end up the
2:23:21
middle of the field right here in this situation.
2:23:24
Speaker 1: Like they did before, Parker split wide to the left,
2:23:29
two tights and two wides for Utah. Parker comes in motion, Devin,
2:23:33
We're gonna try and throw it. He's got a man
2:23:35
open down the field. That's Larry Simmons caught ten five
2:23:39
touchdown and that.
2:23:41
Speaker 4: Is the ballgame.
2:23:45
Speaker 2: For me.
2:23:46
Speaker 1: Eight yards damp Pier to Simmons his second touchdown today.
2:23:53
Speaker 2: That's a gutsy call right there and the right call.
2:23:56
You know that that. I love the call. They were
2:24:00
so set up for this and wide open right there.
2:24:02
Devin gets it out quick enough and perfectly. Yeah. And
2:24:06
Larry Simmons, man, he's he's a guy that would be
2:24:09
on my team. I throw the ball to him.
2:24:11
Speaker 1: I'll tell Larry Simmons here's the good news if you're
2:24:13
a Utah fan. He's only a junior. Oh wow, he's
2:24:16
only a junior. Three catches, ninety seven yards and two
2:24:20
touchdowns today for Larry Simmons, including that dagger PEPSI touchdown
2:24:24
right there, Pat up and good. Thirty one twenty one
2:24:29
Utah two fourteen to play, and it looks like Scott
2:24:33
as the fans head to the exits here at Memorial Stadium,
2:24:36
Utah is going to escape Lawrence, Kansas with its tenth
2:24:40
win of the season.
2:24:41
Speaker 2: Yeah. So keep everything in front of you right now.
2:24:44
If you're the defense, you can't let him score quick
2:24:47
because you know if they score quick and kicking on
2:24:49
side that that's still a chance. I mean it's it's
2:24:51
highly unlikely, but still a chance. Oh boy, they just
2:24:54
bit on that run so big time. I mean, Larry
2:24:58
should have run Morts up the field. You know, It's like,
2:25:01
I love it. I love that call. Perfect. That's the
2:25:04
way to end the game.
2:25:05
Speaker 1: Devin dam Pier fifteen to twenty five, two hundred and
2:25:08
fifty three yards, three touchdowns, marsh Wayshawn Parker, I should
2:25:13
say twelve carries ninety five yards and Larry Simmons three
2:25:16
catches ninety seven and two touchdowns.
2:25:19
Speaker 2: Yeah, and just to you know, it was it was
2:25:24
just it's just one of those days where sluggish. It's
2:25:26
a short week. It's tough, tough thing. You know, they're
2:25:29
and just to find enough, whether you know offense or defensive.
2:25:34
You know, it just speaks a lot to this team,
2:25:36
just fighting through a lot of stuff.
2:25:39
Speaker 1: Kick off by Dylan Curtis and Tate n Aggie's not
2:25:44
going to bring this one out. It'll be a touchback
2:25:46
and Kansas will begin first and ten at their own
2:25:49
twenty five yard line. I don't think traffic's going to
2:25:51
be an issue here today. There weren't a lot of
2:25:54
people here to begin with, and those that have been
2:25:56
here have steadily made their way to the exit after
2:25:59
that last touchdo by Utah.
2:26:01
Speaker 2: You know, sometimes when your program's kind of at a
2:26:04
certain place, you just you just find ways to win
2:26:07
games like this, and sometimes when your program isn't at
2:26:11
this place, you find ways to lose it.
2:26:15
Speaker 1: Daniels out of the shotgun, will pass on first down
2:26:18
plenty of time, scrambling to his right, looking down the
2:26:21
field and skips it to his wide receiver incomplete. That'll
2:26:25
bring up second down, trying to get it to Bruden
2:26:28
growing back up tight end.
2:26:30
Speaker 2: It's kind of weird. It's like, I'm not really sure
2:26:32
who he was trying to trying to throw a deep
2:26:34
over route to a tight end and Utah just had
2:26:37
it smelled out nicely. Put everyone to one side, and
2:26:40
just try to leak that guy back to the weak side.
2:26:42
Speaker 4: Two seven to play.
2:26:43
Speaker 1: Now second down in ten Kansas from their own twenty
2:26:47
five trailing by ten. Daniels, with the back of the backfield,
2:26:50
back pedals to pass Utah rushing three over the middle
2:26:53
of he goes try to squeeze that into a tight end.
2:26:56
Good coverage by Lander, Barton and John wu Hall again,
2:26:59
trying to get it to grow. One and third down
2:27:01
coming up.
2:27:02
Speaker 2: Yeah, they might get another.
2:27:03
Speaker 1: You know.
2:27:03
Speaker 2: One of the things Jalen does is he really stares
2:27:06
the guy down, you know. I mean he looked at
2:27:08
that guy all afternoon.
2:27:10
Speaker 1: Two two to play one more play before the two
2:27:12
minute time out here in Lawrence. Three receivers move out
2:27:19
to the right hand side, Two receivers to the left
2:27:22
hand side. Daniels will be by himself, and Utah is
2:27:25
gonna rush four at least for now. We'll see if
2:27:28
they drop anybody into coverage. No before man rush on
2:27:31
Daniels firing over the middle, it's in and out of
2:27:34
the hands of Emmanuel Henderson incomplete. That'll bring up fourth
2:27:38
down and take us to the two minute time out
2:27:40
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2:27:44
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Speaker 1: I should have had my old man bring the polar
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2:28:37
minute fifty eight to play at their own twenty five
2:28:39
yard line.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it's just you know, right right here, just keep
2:28:43
everything in front of you know, Jalen Daniels has sure
2:28:46
been a gift for Utah today. And you know it's
2:28:51
there's just certain quarterbacks that they're really comfortable if that
2:28:54
first read is open, and if it's not, they just
2:28:57
have a hard time just you know, what do I
2:28:59
do now? Almost they almost get in panic mode, and
2:29:01
that's where the big plays have happened.
2:29:04
Speaker 1: For here we go fourth down and ten Jayhawks so
2:29:08
for one on fourth down today they spread the field
2:29:11
with five wide receivers, Jalen Daniels to pass Utah looping
2:29:16
a rusher. Daniel's trying to.
2:29:17
Speaker 2: Escape, but he's going to be sacked.
2:29:20
Speaker 1: Logan Fano got him back at the fifteen yard line
2:29:24
and the Utah defense on back to back drives John
2:29:27
o'hall there as well comes up with a big play
2:29:30
and Utah will have the ball back with a minute
2:29:33
fifty two to play. Do you go for style points?
2:29:36
Speaker 2: Well, that's what was going through my mind here because
2:29:38
apparently image, style points something seems to matter to this
2:29:43
selection committee.
2:29:44
Speaker 1: And Miami played a bad team with a losing record
2:29:47
last week and put on some points late and they
2:29:50
moved ahead of Utah. I don't think Kyle winning him
2:29:53
to do that. In fact, he's going victory formation right here.
2:29:57
Speaker 2: It's been a weird enough game today, you don't something
2:30:01
crazy happening.
2:30:02
Speaker 1: Devin takes a knee, he'll have to take two more
2:30:04
and then we'll be out of here with our tenth
2:30:06
win of the season. Postgame coming up from down below.
2:30:10
I love that hat. Okay, we'll have plenty from just
2:30:15
outside the locker room. Apparently here at Memorial Stadium in Lawrence,
2:30:20
Devn dam pier lining the boys up create win a
2:30:23
more of the safety back deep in case something unforeseen happens.
2:30:28
Play clock at fifteen. They'll take it all the way down.
2:30:31
They actually don't have to. They can snap it here
2:30:33
and then they're gonna have to snap it two more
2:30:35
times either way. The Karry Rodgers standing next to Devon
2:30:41
dan Peer, a couple of former New Mexico Lobos. That's
2:30:45
the second snap. Utah will wait about twenty more seconds
2:30:48
and then snap it one more time.
2:30:50
Speaker 2: You know this, This now gets us into a really
2:30:53
interesting part of the season. You know what's gonna ultimately happen.
2:30:57
Is it a bowl game? Is that the conference champions?
2:30:59
The college football player? You know who knows? At this
2:31:00
point that'll clarify itself. But now you get the early signing,
2:31:05
you get a discussion about you know your players, and
2:31:09
now it's like who's going to be here next year
2:31:11
and where are you going to be weak and where
2:31:13
do you have to go and what's your strategy?
2:31:15
Speaker 1: And one more knee here for Utah.
2:31:17
Speaker 2: Here we go.
2:31:18
Speaker 4: Devin dan Pierre takes it and that will do it.
2:31:21
Speaker 1: On the final day of the regular season, the University
2:31:24
of Utah goes on the road and beats the Kansas
2:31:27
Jayhawks by a final score of thirty one to twenty one,
2:31:32
and they improved to ten and two on the season
2:31:35
and seven and two in Big Twelve play and at
2:31:38
least as of now, Scott Mitchell, everything is still available
2:31:41
for Utah Big Twelve and College Football playoff.
2:31:45
Speaker 2: Yeah, as Sluggage, just this game was and you know,
2:31:47
it's a little challenging and travel, short week and all
2:31:50
that stuff. You know, you still beat up, you're not
2:31:52
quite one hundred percent, but it's you know, it's they
2:31:56
did it and they found a way to win the game.
2:31:58
So it's really good.
2:31:59
Speaker 1: That's all the matters in the end is the win.
2:32:01
And it's a great day to be a ute here
2:32:03
in Lawrence, Kansas. Our final score Utah thirty one in
2:32:08
Kansas twenty one.