Rock Chalk Podcast

Today, Andy is joined by Ryne to recap the first half of the Kansas Football season, discuss the bye week developments, and try to project what we can expect to see in the second half of the season.

Topics discussed:

-Takeaways from the first half of the season.

3rd in fumbles

-Pooka Williams and his hot start.

-Surprised that David Beaty still has his job?

-Tug of War on offense between Beaty and Doug Meacham.

-How does Jeff Long allow this move?

-Anything you are looking forward to for the rest of the year?

-Will Carter Stanley play again this year?

Follow Andy on Twitter: @mister__brain

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Today, Andy is joined by Mike to recap the West Virginia game.

Topics discussed:

-Strong turnover performance by the defense.

-How much of that was Will Grier playing poorly, and how much was the defense playing well?

-QB Carousel returns.

-Anything positive to say about the offense?

-David Beaty's postgame reaction. How much to read into it.

-Mike and Andy completely mess up the timing of the Hassan Defense "incomplete pass" that should have been a pick, courtesy of the ESPN play-by-play.

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Today, Andy is joined by Bart Keeler of The Smoking Musket to preview tomorrow's game against West Virginia.

Topics discussed:

-Perfect opponent for Homecoming?

-Who besides Will Grier will we hear a bunch about on Saturday?

-How do you attack the West Virginia defense?

-Is running inside or outside more effective?

-How might the defense potentially disrupt West Virginia’s offense?

-What would have to happen for Kansas to keep this close?

-Predictions.

-Kansas has improved.

Follow Andy on Twitter: @mister__brain

Follow Bart on Twitter: @bartimusprime19

Follow Smoking Musket on Twitter: @smokingmusket

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Today, Andy is joined by Mike to recap a surprising game against Oklahoma State.

Topics discussed:

-What surprised you more, Carter Stanley starting or the fact he played so well?

-Did the OL actually play better, or was Stanley just making them look better?

-Does Carter Stanley get the starting nod the rest of the way?

-David Beaty’s best hope to keep his job.

-Disappointed in Pooka’s performance?

-Steven Sims big game.

-Root of the defensive secondary problem.

-Lack of defensive pressure.

-Lessons learned to take into West Virginia.

-Any chance Kansas State is worse than KU?

Follow Andy on Twitter: @mister__brain

Follow Mike on Twitter: @mikevilleKS

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Today, Andy is joined by multiple guests to recap the Baylor game and preview Late Night in the Phog and the Oklahoma State game.

Topics discussed:

Baylor Recap with Mike:

Worst part of the Baylor game?

Worried we won’t see Miles Kendrick again this season?

Timeout usage

Late Night with Kyle:

2 Chainz: Good selection?

What do we expect from this scrimmage?

Lagerald Vick

Post matchups.

Quentin Grimes

Oklahoma State with Mitch:

Expectations for Oklahoma State coming into the year?

Early season Oklahoma State results.

Justice Hill vs Pooka Williams

How does the offense run?

Any concerns about turnovers?

How can Kansas compete in this game?

The OSU defensive line.

Concerns about the Kansas defense?

Prediction.

Follow Andy on Twitter: @mister_brain

Follow Mike on Twitter: @mikevilleKS

Follow Kyle on Twitter: @KyleDavis21

Follow Mitch on Twitter: @MichaelPGift and @tapedoesntliepd

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Today, Andy is joined by to recap a surprising win against Rutgers and what it means for this team. He is then joined by David Fankhouser to look ahead to the Baylor matchup

Topics discussed:

Rutgers with Grad:

-Biggest surprise from the game.

-How did this happen?

-Just how bad is Rutgers?

-Will David Beaty ever NOT have a game where he thinks about going for a 4th down, call a timeout, and then punt/kick? (h/t @TJFsports)

-Defense: Is it this good or just really lucky?

-QB play: Any improvement possible?

-Conventional wisdom says Kendrick should be the starter and the run game should replace the dink and dunk passes. But will the coaching staff follow conventional wisdom? (h/t @gimmethewooby)

-Pooka for Heisman?

-PFF Focus: Pooka, Mike Lee and Bryce Torneden on the national team.

-How many wins would it take for Beaty to get another year? (h/t @SuttonNealKU)

-Is Kansas the worst team in the Big 12 right now?

-Will Kansas break the conference road losing streak this year as well?

-Looking ahead to Baylor, how competitive do you think this game will be?

KU-Baylor with David:

-How has Matt Rhule dealt with the trying circumstances of his position?

-How big was the lost recruiting class in the wake of the scandal?

-Did the first couple of games affect expectations for this team?

-Given the performance against Duke, how worried are you about the Kansas defensive front?

-Importance/likelihood of turnovers.

-How will Baylor handle the trio of running backs for Kansas?

-Other critical matchups for this game.

-Predictions.

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Today, Andy is joined by Josh Klingler of 610 Sports and the IMG Sports Network to talk Kansas Women's Soccer, and by David Anderson of On The Banks to talk about the Kansas-Rutgers Football game this weekend.

Topics discussed:

Kansas Women's Soccer with Josh:

-How did you get involved with calling the games?

-Was this team expected to be this good?

-Katie McClure and Grace Hagan

-Sarah Peters in Goal

-Differences between the college soccer game and more familiar versions of soccer.

KU-Rutgers with David:

-What have you seen from Rutgers this year that might make you think they are trending up?

-Is Art Sitkowski expected to play?

-Evaluation the Rutgers program the last few years.

-Surprised by the betting line?

-Biggest keys to the game.

-Predictions

-Is this game going to be as painful as everyone expects?

Follow Andy on Twitter: @mister__brain

Follow Josh on Twitter: @joshklingler

Follow On The Banks on Twitter: @OTB_SBNation

Find On The Banks at www.onthebanks.com

You can visit David's personal site: www.bigdippin.com

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Today, Andy is joined by Mike Plank to talk about a once-in-a-lifetime occurence, witnessing a road win in person.

Topics Include:

-How did you celebrate?

-Biggest star from the game.

-Joe Dineen Jr on the PFF National Defense Team for Week 2.

-Any concern that Steven Sims Jr and Khalil Herbert weren't more involved?

-Evaluating the QB play.

-Pooka Williams continued availability questions

-Any changes in your expectations?

Follow Andy on Twitter: @mister__brain

Follow Mike on Twitter: @mikevilleKS

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Today, Andy is joined by Steve Fetch to talk basketball schedule, and James Jimenez of Hustle Belt to preview the Kansas-Central Michigan game.

Topics Include:

CMU preview

-What’s different about this team from last year?

-Lessons from CMU-Kentucky game.

-CMU Defensive Line play.

-Kansas Offensive line woes.

-Any other important matchups?

-Tony Poljan as a dual-threat QB.

-Predictions.

Basketball schedule

-Anything weird in the conference schedule?

-Difficult stretches?

-Surprise teams in the Big 12 this year.

-Big Monday/College Gameday appearances

Follow Andy on Twitter: @mister__brain

Follow Steve on Twitter: @moops

Folow James on Twitter: @AVKingJames and @HustleBelt

You can catch the other Hustle Belt coverage of the MAC at www.hustlebelt.com

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Today, Andy is joined by Mike to recap the season opening loss against Nicholls State.

Topics discussed:

-Any surprise from the game?

-Twitter Topic (via @loganzane512)

-Areas of improvement

-Areas of regression

-Twitter Topic (via DMeredith28): Game management

-Which Beaty game management decision was the worst?

-Twitter Q&A (via KCHoulton): Why does Beaty think KU should be the only team in the FBS to start an immobile QB? Also is it bad that said immobile QB is also inaccurate?

-Twitter Q&A (via @KCDave85): Why can’t we just #FireBeaty before the next game and use an interim?

-Twitter Topic (via @Orey222): Triple option

-Destroying the “Emmet” fan.

Follow Andy on Twitter: @mister__brain

Follow Mike on Twitter: @mikevilleKS

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