Twitter goes hard in the paint on Kansas during SDSU game

Sep 5, 2015; Lawrence, KS, USA; An overall view of Memorial Stadium before the game between the Kansas Jayhawks and South Dakota State Jackrabbits. Mandatory Credit: John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports
Sep 5, 2015; Lawrence, KS, USA; An overall view of Memorial Stadium before the game between the Kansas Jayhawks and South Dakota State Jackrabbits. Mandatory Credit: John Rieger-USA TODAY Sports

Kansas took it on the chin from Twitter after going down big early to South Dakota State.


Poor David Beaty. The whole world knew it was a tough road for him to rebuild the Kansas Jayhawks’ program. After all, the Jayhawks have fallen to college football’s version of the Gimp under previous coaches Turner Gill and Charlie Weis. But then again, it wasn’t supposed to be this bad.

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During Saturday’s season-opener, the Jayhawks were absolutely waxed during the first half against FCS South Dakota State. At halftime Kansas was down 31-14 to the Jackrabbits.

Without even waiting for the second half of the contest, the Twitterverse bared its fangs and took a massive bite out of the Jayhawks. Here’s some of the snark culminating from the smartest people in the room.

Perhaps the shoot-first mentality of Twitter was a bit premature. Kansas scored 21 unanswered points after falling down 31-7 early.

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