‘We repped that play about 80,000 times’
This quote feels like a big difference between our D and other programs. We go for the big play (esp secondary) but don't make the basic, mundane plays well.
K-State didn’t do anything fancy on the defensive stop. It simply repeated what defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman had previously instructed in practice against that formation.
“That’s part of what Coach Klanderman says, doing the doing routine plays at a high level,” Ilalio said. “I feel like that was just a routine play at a critical moment. I was able to deliver. So it was really nice.”
This quote feels like a big difference between our D and other programs. We go for the big play (esp secondary) but don't make the basic, mundane plays well.
K-State didn’t do anything fancy on the defensive stop. It simply repeated what defensive coordinator Joe Klanderman had previously instructed in practice against that formation.
“That’s part of what Coach Klanderman says, doing the doing routine plays at a high level,” Ilalio said. “I feel like that was just a routine play at a critical moment. I was able to deliver. So it was really nice.”