Crimsonorblue22 said:
@Woodrow hoping he gets a lotta accolades after this season
He should get Freshmen All American, 1st team All B12, and probably Newcomer of the Year in the B12.
He could also end up being Preseason Offensive POY next year as well.
KU was competitive with Oklahoma in Norman for basically 3 quarters. No shame in that considering the current state of the program.
I don't think very many people thought KU would still be in the game most of the way through the 3rd quarter.
Murray is the best player in the game tonight and in the B12. There's a reason he was a top 10 pick in the MLB draft this year and could have been a future NFL draft pick had he chosen that route.
approxinfinity said:
If anyone wants to fumble right about now for OU, we'd take it.
KU already used that one up in the first quarter.
Pooka is going to love playing in Les Miles offense.
BShark said:
Texas Hawk 10 said:
I don't care what anyone else thinks, Beaty is leaving this program in much better shape than what he started with.
Talk to me about the scholarship situation.
This is sarcastic, don't actually do it, but you get my point. It might be marginally better.
There is some real talent on this roster assuming it can be retained. A bowl in year 3 would be a success for the next staff imo.
I know you've cited Keegan for the scholarship numbers and Keegan was off on those because he didn't have any real access to the program because of his constant over the top attacks of Beaty that went well beyond professional criticism.
The scholarship situation isn't perfect, but it's not the hole many, including you have claimed it to be.
I don't even think it'll take Miles until year 3 to get to a bowl game. Considering how close KU was to being 5-5 entering this game and with what's returning on offense next season along with the secondary returning in tact along with some good pieces on the DLine like Kamara, I could see a bowl game next season or year 2 under Miles.
That should've been a late hit penalty and a free play for KU.
Matt Leinart won't be laughing at KU at halftime this year even if OU scores again before half.
I don't care what anyone else thinks, Beaty is leaving this program in much better shape than what he started with.
I would actually like to see what Bender could've done with another offseason as the definitive #1. He's actually been pretty good since Meacham was fired and not having to look over his shoulder.
I don't even know who blew that coverage
Don't expect a KU win, but keeping it competitive was a possibility tonight because of OU looking ahead to OSU.
@BShark OU's defense has been pretty suspect all year, combined with coming out pretty flat and turning it over inside the 10.
I'll take covering the spread tonight and be happy about that.
@JayHawkFanToo His salary here will likely be in the $3-4 million per year range, possibly more. He'll make that money back in 2 seasons tops and he will be here at least that long.
Seeing those statues at the post game desk, I'd really love to see KU change their logo to a modernized version of the Warhawk logo. Logos should be mean looking and ours is anything but mean looking.
approxinfinity said:
In 2006-2007 we started the season 5-4, with baby guards. Remember we finished the season with something like 13 straight wins?
It was 2005-06 and KU flamed out in the first round of the NCAA tournament.
I know this because we had a Gameday game against Texas in Austin and Texas blew them away by 25.
Both teams have been very sloppy this half.
wissox said:
ESPN+ has worked well for me too. Just a bit upset that it used to be free and worked good enough and now it aint free no mo.
There's a ton more content on there now though so I don't mind paying for it. MLS, NHL, and MLB games I wouldn't have otherwise gotten to see I've been able to see now.
@BShark You are the most negative person here. It really does come across like you enjoy seeing KU fail more than succeed.
It was a block because his heels were on the semicircle.
KansasComet said:
@Texas-Hawk-10 Regardless, I love the effort!
Zero complaints on his effort. Much easier to slow someone down rather than speed up.
Big Dave will be a load when he starts playing at normal tempo. His adrenaline has him playing too fast right now.
There is no definition of a flagrant foul that Mitch committed.
Bullshit!
Not a foul
BShark said:
KansasComet said:
@BShark I respectfully disagree.
This team is really poor defensively. It's kind of surprising to me.
A lot of new pieces learning how to play together, not really surprising the chemistry isn't there yet. The defense will be better by the time the Nova game rolls around and they won't hang a 100 on KU.
@DanR Fully deserved it too. Bad, lazy defense.
@BShark BGL came from UNC while all the academic fraud stuff was going on. Wouldn't really blame her for having a disdain for KU athletics considering most of the fraud at UNC involved the basketball program and their coach was here before UNC.
@JayHawkFanToo Miles wouldn't be in Lawrence though if he's hired before the season is over. He would be out recruiting instead of in the office. Most players wouldn't be having much contact with Miles until spring ball anyway because of the rules.
@JayHawkFanToo The rumor is that Miles will be hired this weekend along with possibly an offensive and/or defensive coordinators so they can get started on recruiting since there's a ton of work to do on that front for the new coach to savage something from this class. The rumor is the meeting with Fisch was for a coordinator position under Miles.
None of that is confirmed, but that's the rumors going around.
Rumors of an announcement could be coming tomorrow in regards to Les Miles being the next football coach of KU.
@wissox Charlie Weis flopped hard at Notre Dame once it was mostly his recruits. Weis was also looking to use KU as a springboard and pretty much said so from day 1.
Les Miles isn't looking to move up to a bigger name program again. He's someone that can likely give KU 8-10 years because bigger programs won't be poaching him. He can be like what Frank Solich has been at Ohio. After that, Miles should have KU in a good enough place that the person after Miles can be a big name up and comer and be given a reasonable shot at instant success.
The biggest knocks on Miles is his offense which is a pro style system and his clock management which was extremely frustrating to watch over the years.
Miles does utilize a fullback and tight end which isn't something you see in the Big 12 much. He also utilized the Pistol formation a lot towards the end. His biggest struggle is going to be finding a pro style QB to run his system because his offense was it's most successful with JaMarcus Russell and Matt Flynn running the show. He's always struggled to utilize mobile QB's to their fullest so that would be a concern in the immediate.
@DoubleDD The season isn't over yet, don't expect to hear anything officially until after the Texas game.
JayHawkFanToo said:
Todd Graham, former coach at Arizona State. Beaty was one of his assistant coaches at Rice. Here is a link with more information ↗. At this time Long needs to have some options otherwise Miles has all the leverage; could be a decent option.
Todd Graham is not a decent option. Graham may have won games, but two of his head coaching jobs only lasted for a year before he bolted, including his "dream job" at Pitt. He would treat KU as a stepping stone and nothing else. KU can do better than Graham.
@BShark Doeren would be a great hire if KU could get him this time, but Zenger may have burnt that bridge beyond repair. He's done a nice rebuild at NC State.
Personally, I think I would like Doeren to be the coach after Miles. Let Miles come here for however long and build the foundation and make KU an attractive place and then bring Doeren in after Miles to continue trying to elevate the program.
McCormack is the 4th big, he's not getting big minutes on a regular basis anyway. It's not concerning at all to me because this is Self's track record with his 4th big
Miles to KU isn't going to change unless something drastic happens like Michigan firing Harbaugh and offering Miles (Neither will happen this year). Brohm to Louisville is a pretty solid bet as well.
That would leave Purdue and Maryland competing against each other which since they're both B10 programs, will probably have a lot of overlap.
I don't think this will be a very busy year for coaching changes among P5 conference programs. The only other jobs I could see opening up from a firing are North Carolina, Rutgers, and Ole Miss. Louisville is probably the only one, maybe North Carolina or Ole Miss too, that will hire an active P5 coach to fill their vacancy.
Woodrow said:
@Texas-Hawk-10 are you related to Bender? Serious question.
No, but Bender is the best QB on the roster today.
That hit Booker in the face, should've caught it.
@BShark At least a FG and probably under 3 minutes left before KSU got the ball back.
Thanks refs!
@BShark Both of those calls were total crap. Neither had arms extended and neither grabbed outside the chest area. Clark had a hand on the hip, but he didn't grab and Fontana just straight up owned his man.
BShark said:
Woodrow said:
Imploding
This isn't on the team.
What Saunders did was beyond stupid.
Call a timeout Beaty and settle them down.
That's not a hold, that's a textbook pancake block!
Bullshit
That was a bad call. That crap goes on every play. Much worse happens and doesn't get called on a regular basis.
Woodrow said:
There is no reason to snap the ball with more than 1 second left on the clock or throw it on this drive.
You don't snap it with one second left everytime because the defense will time it. Snap it at any point under 7 seconds so the defense can't time the snap.
Kerr Johnson has to make that catch though despite the bad calls of passing.