15 YEARS. OH, YOU FOOTBALL HAS ONLY LOST IN THEIR CONFERENCE OPENER THREE TIMES 2012, 2020 AND NOW 2022. KANSAS STATE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THREE OF THOSE LOSSES. AND LAST NIGHT WAS THE UGLIEST OF THE THREE KANSAS STATE. THEY JUST CAME IN AND SHUT IT DOWN IN NORMAN. LAST NIGHT THE WILDCATS POPPED YOU RIGHT IN THE MOUTH FROM THE OPENING KICKOFF, SCORING 14 UNANSWERED POINTS IN THE FIRST QUARTER. THEY GOT THE BALL IN THE END ZONE ON EACH OF THEIR FIRST TWO DRIVES. THEY DROVE DOWN 75 YARDS ON THE FIRST ONE IN 80 YARDS. THE SECOND ONE. I KNOW IT’S A LONG GAME AND GIVE YOU CREDIT FOR GETTING BACK IN THE GAME. THEY COULD HAVE STILL WON THIS GAME, BUT STARTING A BIG 12 OPENER AS FLAT AS OKLAHOMA DID AGAINST A TEAM LIKE K-STATE THAT THRIVES ON BEING THE THORN IN OSU SIDE HEAD COACH BRADY, IRRITABLE, SAYS IT WAS SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE. YOU KNOW, THEY PLAYED MORE PHYSICAL THAN US, PLAYED WITH BETTER FUNDAMENTALS. THEY PLAYED WITH BETTER PRECISION AND ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL, I’VE BEEN BRAGGING ON OUR GUYS AND IN ABOUT THEIR ENGAGEMENT AND THEIR INVESTMENT. AS WELL AS THE BUY IN. AND I DIDN’T SEE ANYTHING THAT WAS DIFFERENT THIS WEEK IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM. BUT TONIGHT YOU KNOW, I SAW A FOOTBALL GAME WHERE I DON’T THINK I DON’T THINK THAT WE PLAYED LIKE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE OBVIOUSLY THESE FIRST THREE WEEKS AND IT LOOKS LIKE THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AGREES WITH VENABLES DROPPING O YOU FROM NUMBER SIX IN THE AP TOP 25 TO NU