Social media reacts to gut-wrenching Kansas football loss to Arizona State
Kansas football continues to disappoint its fans week in and week out, constantly coming up with different and new ways to lose games. Saturday's defeat to Arizona State was one of the worst yet, as the Jayhawks led until the Sun Devils scored a go-ahead touchdown with 16 seconds remaining in the contest.
Jayhawk fans are fed up with the poor defense and offensive play-calling. Lance Leipold's group has lost five in a row, and bowl eligibility is already out of the question. It's safe to say that people were not holding back their thoughts after the loss, so we compiled some of the best social media reactions on X that we found:
No one is writing Lance Leipold off. What he has done at KU has been impressive. But…
— Riley Gates (@Riley_Gates) October 6, 2024
One coach won nine games for the first time in program history and then proceeded to win 9+ in nine of the next 10 seasons.
The other coach won nine games for the first time in 15 years and… https://t.co/LaaKCz43V3
Goff reworked Leipold’s contract like 50 times in two years giving that man more money and we’re 1-5 about to have a brand new stadium next year to field a very possible worse team than this. My goodness lol.
— ChiefsJayhawksRoyals (@CJR16255) October 6, 2024
Arizona State, picked dead last in the Big 12 preseason poll, scores in the final seconds to improve to 4-1.
— Justin Williams (@Williams_Justin) October 6, 2024
A bad season gets worse for Kansas. The Jayhawks, picked fourth in that same poll, are now 1-5.pic.twitter.com/tCA8sPXSGf
I’m truly speechless about Kansas football
— Blake Cooper (@blakecooper25) October 6, 2024
1-5 SU
0-6 ATS
Have gotten out coached in every game and no one is being held accountable !
They should have to drive back Phoenix and take the money they saved from the flight to put it to the new stadium
Kansas is now 16-16 in the last 3 years under Lance Leipold. They are allowing 38 ppg in their losses. That is never going to get it done anywhere. #kansas
— Max Merriman (@MaxMerriman11) October 6, 2024
Social media reacts to Kansas football loss vs. Arizona State
Many fans believe an internal change must be made immediately. Tommy Castor wrote: "I’m a Lance Leipold fan. Have been since day one. If he doesn’t fire staff by tomorrow, then I’m out and he’s officially the problem. It could be Jeff Grimes, Brian Borland or h***, both of them for all I care. This is a complete and utter dumpster fire for Kansas."
"I genuinely cannot watch this anymore. It’s evident that we are not a well managed team. And that’s on this coaching staff. It’s even more evident that our OC can’t run down a clock when we’re airmailing the ball with 34yds left and 2 to go. Run the ball and clock down. Awful," a user said.
Unsurprisingly, K-State fans are even chiming in on the matter. "Lance Leipold is now 18-26 with one bowl win in 4.5 seasons at KU and makes 7 million per year. Make it make sense," someone wrote.
Others want the blame to be redirected from offensive coordinator Jeff Grimes to defensive coordinator Brian Borland after the defense collapsed yet again. "Kansas is sitting with the 3rd most points in conference play, and people are calling for Grimes head. Borland deserves to be on just as hot of a seat," Max Merriman said. "This defense has choked at the end of the last 10 halves of the last 5 games. Fire Borland," another person said.
Finally, a KU fan said: "The season has been over, it’s just time to lose out. Fortunately scheduled a D2 team in that first week or probably wouldn’t have won a game."
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