Kansas State lost to Vanderbilt 14-7 in a tightly contested game between two defenses that showed up to play.
Jon Morse’s recap wonders out loud re: What Did We Learn? The answer seems to be that we learned our offense can be shut down by a stifling defense that takes away our run game entirely. There were flashes in the run game, of course. Jesse Ertz ran roughshod over the Commodores in the first half, and Justin Silmon? Well, he did this:
Unfortunately, this wasn’t enough. I don’t want to focus on the X’s and O’s too much, but this much is obvious.