NORTHTEXAS -- Pregame

I'll admit it. This is a tough one to get up for.

It's the Mean Green Fighting Texas Eagles everyone.  

Yes, the North Texas Mean Green are just 30 miles from here.  Yes, ... on any given Saturday (see Sacramento State, Louisiana Monroe, ... even Rice, although not much of an upset over kansas) anything can happen.

And, yes, they ARE rated #7 in the state of Texas.  At least according to Rant Sports ...  rated just under #6 Texas State.

But, the fact is, we should be seeing a lot of Daniel Sams and Sam Johnson in this one if we play this game the way we should.  It's unfortunate we won't have had a little stiffer test heading into Oklahoma, who will have had two weeks to prepare for KSU to coming to town.

If you're really into stats, you can see the statistical comparison between both the Mean Green and Kansas State.  I was actually shocked to see our rushing attack at #6 in the country right now. Impressive indeed.  Klein is also checking in with a #12 rated passing efficiency and we are #8 in scoring offense at 51.8.  Punt returns is #3 and Turnover Margin #8 (+2).

The last time KSU was in town vs North Texas (2010) we traveled out to Denton to see the last game of the Wildcat season and watched Carson Coffman barely eek out a win in the last game at Fouts Field.  It was game to forget.  Daniel Thomas rushed for 269 yards that day.  Lance Dunbar, 270 (That was the leftover defense Snyder inherited from Prince.)

In their season opener, North Texas didn't fair particularly well against LSU.  You can see the ESPN highlights here and what you'll see is LSU rolling up 29 first downs to NTX's 6, and over 500 yards of total offense (316 rushing).  Klein and company should have a field day on the ground and I'm betting Snyder adds just enough wrinkles to keep Stoops busy for the next week without giving too much away.  I've even willing to bet he puts a lot of stuff out there he has NO intention running against the Sooners.  The more he can put on film, the more the Sooners will be left guessing.

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North Texas LB Zach Orr:

 "(Klein) throws like a quarterback, runs like a tailback and around the goal line, he turns into a fullback." #optimusklein 

Roll out, Wildcats.

Also, if you google purple optimus prime, you can actually find one online:

This is not really Optimus Prime but 99.9% of you won't know the difference.
Or even care there IS a difference.
(It's Nemesis Prime, thank you very much.)

And yes, this music is a little too dramatic and not fast paced enough (nor is it set to the Transformers Movie OR Cartoon theme), but I didn't think this Optimus Klein highlight package was too bad:

Also, I'd be remiss if I didn't post the Mask's latest on this upcoming game: 

Finally, take a listen to this radio talk show host of out of Miami after their defeat to the Cats. Talk about someone who has completely lost it. See, this is what happens when a "storied program" gets beat by Kansas State: complete meltdown.