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  Heaps is Gone
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  @Khubar_Jayhawk KU said he’s still here???
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  Cozart is the Man. I guess.
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  @JRyman the 4x mile record was broke, girls and boys!!
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  Was Anyone in Attendance at the Spring Game?
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  Apparently they all thought it was the second half and couldn’t get back in the stadium???
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  DGB charges dropped, who'da thunk it?!?!
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  @Kip_McSmithers and related story, Gary Pinkel’s bank account isn’t as full as it was on Wedensday.
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  Getting ready for spring football
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  @eastcoasthawk I’m afraid to hope!
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  Big day today
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  Semantics. How they get coached, and how we grow and improve in live play will allow true judgement. We have also tried to hyper-analyze Bill’s Self-isms and soundbites, only to realize it was deliberate “coach speak”. I only care about improving results on the gridiron. Now, in year 3 of the total rebuild, we should expect competetive, .500-ball type of results. Yes, that means flirting with or having a legit shot at a Bowl game.
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  #PlayforDre
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  What a nice and classy gesture.
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  Another win for the football team
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  And another, this time we beat the Sparty’s out for a receiver. Welcome Darius! Keep it up coaches! Rock Chalk! http://www2.kusports.com/news/2014/jan/25/wr-darious-crawley-picks-kansas-over-michigan-stat/
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  KU to play Illinois in football. What's the real motive?
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  @Jhox Wow. Are we really scheduling 10 years in advance? That is a bit surprising. I didn’t think we scheduled much more than three or four seasons out.
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  Does any one, other than individual school fans, actually watch post-season Bowls?
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  @eastcoasthawk I enjoyed watching Oklahoma take it to Alabama. Esp, Stoops’ post-game comments that the SEC has a couple good teams and the rest of the conference sucks, and the conference is overrated. He said “look at Texas A&M and Missouri. They don’t seem to be having any problems in the SEC”.
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  Have I been under a rock, or is this news?
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  @nuleafjhawk @wishawk nice work guys!
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  Heaps vs Cozart vs Millweard
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  Here’s the issue I have with Heaps and Millweard - both are guys that were not good enough to start elsewhere. That’s why they ended up at KU. If they aren’t good enough to start somewhere else, it’s probably because of some flaws somewhere, whether it be decision making, skill, accuracy, speed, leadership, whatever. Cozart should be the guy. He isn’t as accurate, but the offense seemed to function better when he was on the field. I think part of that has to do with the fact that KU’s best positional group, from a talent standpoint, is running back, and Cozart’s speed and ability to run the read option plays well with the best talent on the roster. Heaps and Millweard just can’t capitalize on that because they aren’t the same type of threat against the read option. Hopefully Weis and Reagan recognize the talent on hand and coach to that talent rather than trying to anoint a QB based on the offense they want to run, regardless of talent on hand.
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  SEC football
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  I know your posting was in jest, but it’s pretty likely that this particular Missouri team would have won this year’s Big XII, or come awfully close. They may not have beaten both Baylor and Okie State, but they would have been in that mix.
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  Hcc quarterback to ku
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  When I started reading the article about Frankie Seurer, my first thought was…didn’t we have another QB by the same name? only to find out he is Frank’s son. I am sure the younger posters don’t know much about him, but is one of a group of California players that made it to KU including the Bell brothers, Kerwin and Dino and had a fair amount of success at KU. If I remember correctly, Frank Seurer made it to the NFL and eventually ended up with Chiefs and may have started even a couple of games for them.
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  Charlie say "Jayhawk football O-tay !"
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  “Might choke Artie, but it ain’t gonna choke Stymie.” One of my favorite lines from Our Gang. As for our football team I expected 3-4 wins including one in the conference. I got what I expected. No complaints here even though I was constantly yelling at my TV most of the season. I am hopeful to see more next year.
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  Keegan piece on Weis nails it
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  There’s a problem with our WRs when their individual total of receptions for the year are less than 10 more receptions than all of our DBs. Shockingly here are the numbers! R. Coleman 8; A. Turzilli 7; J. Ford 9; J. McCay 9; T. Parmalee 9; C. Matthews 11 <— led all WR Safety Isiah Johnson had 5 interceptions… KSU WR Tyler Lockett had more than all of these guys combined!!! 71 receptions on the year… Maybe we could trade all of our WRs from this year for him?? Think the old man would go for it?
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  Searching for an Identity
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  @lighthawk. The athletic department is not hurting for money; it has the second or third largest budget in the conference, mostly thanks to Lew Perkins. The new contract with Time Warner was poorly designed, and I will guess it was pushed by the Chancellor to give more exposure to the academic portion of the university. If I understand correctly, KU does not actually get money but it gets $2 million worth of programming and in return KU gives a de-facto endorsement to Time Warner and Metro Sports while minor sports get national exposure. This contract did not have the best interest of the bulk of KU fans, or resident of the state of Kansas for that matter, but it was designed to counteract the Longhorn network, which has proven to be a big failure as well. On this issue, Zenger seems to be way out of touch with the fans, particularly those in the KC metro area; which has the largest alumni concentration.
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  KU Hires OC
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  @dylans - Steven Johnson is a linebacker for the Broncos also. Love Harris and Johnson, but I hope they lose on Sunday!!
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  Three Degrees and Short Sleeves - Tough or Stupid?
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  Canada. I’m familiar with ice and snow. I actually live in the city, but do work up on the Arctic tundra a few weeks each year. ESPN thinks I’m in Alaska, though.
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  KU Sports: Kansas snaps 27 game Big 12 loss streak! Beats WV!
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  Nice post, ralster! When the word came down that we hired Charlie, I did not get excited like my Jayhawk friends did. I was skeptical because I just thought Charlie was using KU to get somewhere else. He still may be doing that, I don’t know. But I know he has had to endure some horrible moments in Jayhawk football history and he still keeps going. From what I’ve seen, he is working hard at what it will take to bring KU football up. It’s all about taking incremental steps. Fortunately, the game of football is so vast, with large teams, plentiful offensive and defensive schemes… kicking… special teams… there are so many areas where a team can focus and find ways to improve, and Charlie keeps working on the details. I’ve watched every Jayhawk game this year except last weekend because I had to work. I DVR’d the game and my DVR went on the fritz so that is the only reason I missed the game. I’ve also gone to some home games this year, too. We’ve been a competitive team all year, just had some bad breaks and then the team would usually lose motivation towards the end of the game. Now I’m on board with Charlie. As long as he shows us he is putting out the effort, I’m in with him. We’ll never get a quick fix by changing coaches. I’m doubtful we will find someone of Charlie’s caliber to replace him. That doesn’t mean I wouldn’t support a change if it starts looking like Charlie isn’t into KU football enough. But as of now, I don’t see that. I definitely question some of his calls this year, but I always question some calls by every coach, including Bill Self! Realistically, it is going to take a while to build KU football. Rome wasn’t built in a day, and if you look at what Charlie has to face, his task might be tougher than just building a city. A big part of the picture is to land better recruits… a tough task when selling KU football, and to be honest, selling the B12.