Football Frustration

Tonight was in some ways one of the biggest games in K-State's football history.  #5 Auburn came to Manhattan to play a Thursday night game on ESPN.  K-State is ranked #20, and with the new playoff system in place this year, beating the #5 team could go a long way to moving us up the rankings.  Unfortunately, it ended up being the most frustrating K-State football game I've ever watched.  We made several uncharacteristic mistakes, such as when Jake Waters threw a perfect pass to Tyler Lockett in the end zone for what would have been a touchdown, except it bounced off his hands and into and Auburn player's hands for an interception.  Combine that with a lost fumble on a botched hand-off and three missed field goals, and it didn't look like a team I recognized.  Aside from those individual frustrating plays, the bigger frustration is that we were playing great defense, and Auburn's vaunted rushing attack could do nothing.  So despite those mistakes, we could have, and probably should have still won the game.  But in the end, Auburn won by six points.  We could have taken down a top SEC team and the #5 team in the country, but we let it slip away.  All K-State football losses irritate me and put me in somewhat of a bad mood, but this one was extra bad.  Here's a picture that probably doesn't even really show how annoyed I am at the outcome of that game.