Jon Sumrall Was Not Amused By Troy's Performance In Kansas State Loss

The defending Sun Belt champions made the trip to Manhattan, Kansas this week to face #15 Kansas State Wildcats. Coming off of a Big 12 championship themselves,

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The defending Sun Belt champions made the trip to Manhattan, Kansas this week to face #15 Kansas State Wildcats. Coming off of a Big 12 championship themselves, Kansas State was expecting a bigger challenge from Troy than what they saw against FCS Southeast Missouri last week.

They did get one, but still didn't have much of a pushback. The Wildcats beat the Troy Trojans by a score of 42-13.

The best aspect of Troy's day was the performance of Kimani Vidal, who rushed for 83 yards on 17 carries to move into fifth place all-time in Troy history. He now has 2,680 career rushing yards, just 762 yards shy of becoming Troy’s all-time leader.

Safety Dell Pettus also extended his NCAA-best starting streak to 49 consecutive games.

However, largely, their head coach was annoyed by the manner in which the Trojans saw the game escape their reach. In the second half, Troy ended just two of seven possessions in Kansas State territory.

"We were too soft at the line of scrimmage today,"said Troy's Jon Sumrall postgame. "It's kind of embarrassing We got to get that fixed."

Sumrall went on to say that he didn't view playing a defending Power Five conference champion as an excuse for his team's performance.

"I'm not pleased because we didn't play the best brand of football we can play. I really don't care about the opponent. I'm sick because we didn't play to our standard...You can't play like we played and expect to beat anybody."

The Trojans are now 3-9 all-time against ranked opponents.

Troy will look to improve their record to 2-1 when they begin Sun Belt Conference play by hosting James Madison University on September 16.