Big 12 Cob Of The Weak - Rout 66, Iowa State PAT's and Dan Hawkins Continues As Conference Idiot

by Jon Johnston on Oct 13, 2009 4:36 PM CDT in Cobby - Humor

It's that time of the week again! Time to vote for your candidate for the worst performance in the Big 12 last week.

There are times at which it's hard to come up with nominations... like the non-conference season when everyone plays a blind high school team on the same weekend. Now that we're in Big 12 conference play, there's no need to fear the lack of nominations!

I especially can't wait for next week! Will the mighty Sooners or Longhorns be amongst the candidates? After all that hype, you know something stupid is going to happen!

Corn Blight:

I really really really don't want to do this. I don't, but I don't feel like I have a choice because Dan Hawkins continues to be such an idiot that he cannot be ignored.

Not only does Dan Hawkins burn Tyler Hansen's redshirt mid-way for the second year in a row, but he throws Hansen into a game where the Buffs are behind to the second-ranked team in the nation. In the fourth quarter. Apparently so that Colorado will only lose ten games this season instead of 11.

Sad thing is, it's so bad in Colorado that this news has excited the Buff fan base.

My fear is that Colorado is going to dominate the Big 12 COTW every week for the rest of the season. Should we give them a break from nominations at some point, or does that ruin the reason for having an award in the first place?

JLew:

My cob of the week goes to the K-State defensive effort against Texas Tech, hereby called Rout 66. The loss left TB at Bring on the Cats with nothing to point to positively and the KSU college paper, The Collegian, to wonder if Snyder should have stayed retired, rather than tarnish his legacy.

Snyder commented that he'd never seen anything like it, and it was the third worst loss for a Snyder-coached team. One telling stat, considering the changes in defense as the Red Raiders' margin became more pronounced, kicker Donnie Carona tied for Tech's team lead in tackles with five, playing merely on the kickoff team. Hold on wait, I think Tech just scored again....

Husker Mike:

I'm thinking Iowa State's special teams. Missing three straight extra points cost you two games this season; the Clones could actually be leading the North. Maybe special teams coaching comes in year two of a new coaching staff?

Poll

Your vote for the Big 12 Cob of the Week?

Dan Hawkins quarterback quandary of his own making.

95 votes

Kansas State's defense for being historically bad. Is that possible?

46 votes

Iowa State's inability to make PAT's.

35 votes

176 votes | Poll has closed

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Special teams in Ames...

Have bitten them for years. As I recall, the ‘Clones could have won the North two years in a row, if it weren’t for missed field goals in overtime in the last game of the year. I think the first year, they would have tied Colorado (but hold the tiebreaker), the next year they could have won it outright.

Both years, it went to Colorado. C’mon Ames, get it through the uprights!

by Wolvie on Oct 13, 2009 6:22 PM CDT reply actions

man how do you even decide which one

You have cu which is clearly on the way down as a program. Ksu which maybe on the way down because I don’t think Snyder has it anymore. At the least Rhodes is working to make it better.
Saying all that, how do you keep nominating Cu? Its like keep giving Puljos baseball player of the week. After awhile it just becomes redundant.

by huskermic on Oct 13, 2009 6:41 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

man how do you even decide which one

by huskermic on Oct 13, 2009 6:43 PM CDT via mobile reply actions

Yeah, sadly I'm starting to think that

Colorado should maybe just get a pass on the remainder of the Cobs this year.
Like FARK has got a special designation for Florida, ‘cause of all the inane nonsense that comes out of Florida on a wacky news basis, maybe Colorado should just get some kind of ’09 season designation that reflects the sad state of their program while exempting them from further consideration. It’s startin’ to bum me out, man…and I’m no fan of the Buffs.
Also, I don’t think for a minute that they aren’t saving their best game for us after Turkey day…that’s who they are…that’s what they do.

by Nebrascal on Oct 13, 2009 9:28 PM CDT reply actions

The thing is...

…Dan Hawkins might continue to come up with new amazing ways to create absolutely suckage. I mean, in 2007, Husker fans thought it couldn’t get worse than giving up 38 points in the first half… then Cosgrove gave up 49 to Kansas. We can’t possibly ignore them this week. Eventually, we’ll have to give them a pass, but as long as they continue to increase their suckage, they’re going to be cobbed.

by Husker Mike on Oct 13, 2009 9:33 PM CDT reply actions

agreed

and to be honest, I find it pretty sad.

We need someone in the Big 12 to be good, and I think they need us to be good. Maybe I’ll expound on this more in an article…..

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by Jon Johnston on Oct 13, 2009 9:40 PM CDT up reply actions

maybe the cobb should be renamed

Since cu sucks let’s just call it the buffalo chip award. That way we don’t have to nominate them and still award them for suckage.
Also just posted my thoughts about this subject in fanposts….

by huskermic on Oct 13, 2009 10:06 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions