Okay, so this is hardly tomorrow since the #4 game on my countdown. I wish I had a real excuse for not getting this posted sooner, but the truth is, I'm just slacking. The #3 game on my countdown of Top 10 victories in my K-State watching life is the 2003 domination of the Nebraska Cornhuskers at Memorial Stadium in Lincoln. Cornhusker fans were so high on their team that they didn't think K-State would ever win in Lincoln again. The Wildcats got the job done and did it in convincing fassion. K-State had won four straight games after losing three in a row earlier in the season, but they hadn't played an opponent like the Huskers. The hardest game in the span was their home contest against Colorado. Going into the game their were a lot of subjects being talked about, but the main one was people comparing the two QB's from each team, Ell Roberson for K-State and Jammal Lord for Nebraska. This prompted Roberson to say: "I don't see no similarities between me and that guy. He's a crazy cat. I don't want to be compared to him in no way, form or fashion." Things got heated at the coin toss as Roberson was jawing from the begininng and came out a little too hyped up, as he struggled in the first half, and the game was knotted at 7 going into the halftime break. Everybody knows my feelings on the 7 for Nebraska. It never should have counted. In a picture in the Omaha World Herlad, you can clearly see that Jammal Lord has the ball in hand while his knee is on the ground and he was still credited with a touchdown pass. K-State's touchdown was on a hard fought run by Darren Sproles from 22 yards out.
The flood gates opened for K-State in the second half. Roberson scored on an 11-yard TD run in the 3rd, and Joe Rheem made a field goal to give K-State a 17-7 lead. The fourth quarter proved to be the big one for KSU. They outscored the Huskers 21-2 in the final stanza as Roberson found James Terry for two long TD passes, and Ayo Saba capped things off with a 6-yard TD run.
Roberson finished the game 15-28 passing with 2 TD's and 313 yards. He also ran the ball 22 times for 90 yards and a TD. James Terry had a great game receiving with his two touchdowns, with 175 yards on just 6 catches. Darren Sproles led KSU on the ground with 140 yards on 25 carries.
As far as the Lord-Roberson comparison leading up to the game. This was just another game to prove that there was no comparison. Lord was held to just 98 yards passing and completed just 8 of his 26 pass attempts and got picked off twice as well. He did have a decent ground game with 88 yards on 21 carries, but it was far from enough. Roberson's thought's after the game: “It was personal for me, seeing as we beat them last year and said 
we couldn't do it again. I just wanted to prove today, that with the guys behind me that we could.” Oh they could. Final Score: 38-9.
we couldn't do it again. I just wanted to prove today, that with the guys behind me that we could.” Oh they could. Final Score: 38-9.
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