Rapid recap: Kansas State locker room not shaken

What went wrong in Kansas State secondary

Kansas State gave up a number of explosive plays against Missouri on Saturday. Specifically, most of them came through the air. A chunk was also in the first half, but the finishing touches were placed by the Tigers towards the finish.

Some of the mistakes came from having poor eye discipline. That means that K-State was biting on play action or overreacting to some of the motions, shifts and looks that were being presented by Eli Drinkwitz and Missouri.

Kansas State struggled versus the play action, in particular.

A few of the plays also could just be attributed to miscommunication, as mentioned by head coach Chris Klieman and a few of the defensive backs on Tuesday. The Wildcats’ secondary has some new faces on it from a year ago, so miscommunication was probably bound to happen at some point this season.

Safety Kobe Savage shouldered a lot of the blame and took much of the accountability since he is the lone returning starter. He said, as the leader of the K-State secondary, it is his job to make sure everyone is in the right spots and that wasn’t always the case in Week 3.

K-State locker room in high spirits

It can be easy for a locker room to be shaken up after losing on a last second field goal. Add in losing an emotional leader on the team like Daniel Green and having other injuries lingering and it would be easy for Kansas State to be in disarray.

However, all of the players available to the media on Tuesday afternoon shared a sentiment of being even more driven and focused. They feel bad for their teammate, but they were determined to get back to work, redeem themselves and correct the mistakes that plagued them.

Savage even called it a “pissed off focus” on more than one occasion.

A look at the UCF offense

UCF has a very diverse offense. They want to establish the run game, but they give a bunch of people the football. The Knights also operate with a very fast pace. The K-state staff showed the defense a television clip so they could see a glimpse of how quick they get up to the ball.

Gadget plays and Trick plays will also be in the arsenal. The Kansas State defense will have to be on their toes.

With John Rhys Plumlee out, it will be back-up quarterback Timmy McClain starting for UCF on Saturday. McClain reminds Marques Sigle of Plumlee in their style of play. Both are capable passers who are more than capable of running and hurting you with their legs as well.

Savage mentioned that UCF, from a stylistic standpoint, is most similar to Oklahoma in the Big 12.