Fall Camp Thread
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A few items:
All newcomers are on campus. McCaskill was the last one, because he only graduated last week.
Jalon will start, but Bean has really improved. I’ve heard he’s actually outplayed Jalon the first few days.
There won’t be that many position battles thankfully. Tight End, LB, and Corner are the ones I’m watching. There’s a ton of talent in the TE and LB rooms, it’s about finding the right dude for what they do. If I had to guess, Noa wins the TE1 gig, and the starting LBs will be Young, McCaskill, and Rich Miller. I’m nervous about corner. There’s a lot of bodies, just need a few to be consistent. If we see a lot of safeties (Dye, Paul, McGary) move to corner that’s not ideal.
Others with some competition are DT and SDE. Hopefully someone displaces Malcolm Lee.
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@FarmerJayhawk One thing is , were gaining depth. - -Bodies, but not just any body for a body - -we are starting to get athletic bodies. guys that can compete. Coach really went heavy on defense this year through portal and such - -
I didn’t realize that our Ol did as well as it did last year, read something about we actually gave up the least sacks in the Big 12 last year. - I think if our D-Line improves , if we can get more pressure from our edge we gonna be fine. - -We have added a lot in our line bakers/ safety spot, like how this is starting to shape up.
Think Coach knows what he wants and how he is going about it - -building that foundation a brick at a time --I Really like this Coach, this Coach knows what it’s going to take to get this program turned around and he is following his plan and I think it will work
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My hope and expectation for this year is to see a major improvement on defense and steady ball control with the offense. Like Jayballer says, it sure appears that Coach L has greatly improved our depth, especially on defense. KU should have more talent amongst the defensive starters and much better backups. On offense, run the ball over and over with the numerous quality running backs we have and the offensive line with more experience and better backups. My expectations are higher, like every year; but, I really feel better about the future of the program under Coach L than I did with Coaches Miles and Beaty. RC
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@stoptheflop I’m excited! I hope to go to a few if it’s not 100 degrees.
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Please everyone close to Lawrence, come to this game: KU v. Tennessee Tech Friday, Sept. 2 at 7 pm. Tennessee Tech, formerly University of Dixie is located in Cookeville TN, which is halfway between Nashville and Knoxville. With an enrollment of less than 10,000, Tenn Tech is in the Ohio Valley Conference. The Golden Eagles offense really struggled last year against the likes of Furman, E. Illinois and UT Martin. They lost to Tenn last year 56-0. I worry this won’t be enough of a test for our defense to get them ready to travel to W. Virg. on Sept. 10, but this game will allow Coach Leipold to insert a lot of players and get everyone some playing time. Great game time for the students, but I don’t like the late start. At least it will help with the temperature. I hope to see many of you at the game to show our support for our rebuilding program and Leipold’s coaching staff that has worked its tail off. RC
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Besides Tenn Tech, Duke and Texas Tech, what other teams do you think KU has a chance to beat this year? W Virginia on week 2? TCU? Every year, the reports from fall camp get me excited for an improved team. This year is the same, but multiplied by 10. KU has an experienced Oline, experience and talent at QB and RB and our defense looks to be much improved-at least with the starters. Tenn Tech should just be a warm up, so W Virg. will be the game to judge how much improved KU football will be this year.
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@stoptheflop WVU, TCU, TTU and ISU could all be B12 wins imo.
I like where we are on Offense. I think we will run the hell out of the ball this year and try to control the clock. If the Defense can get stops, there will be a few games where the stars align and we get the W.
3+ wins this year and this squad lets people know they really are on the rise. VERY excited for this season.
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@Kcmatt7 said in Fall Camp Thread:
@stoptheflop WVU, TCU, TTU and ISU could all be B12 wins imo.
I like where we are on Offense. I think we will run the hell out of the ball this year and try to control the clock. If the Defense can get stops, there will be a few games where the stars align and we get the W.
3+ wins this year and this squad lets people know they really are on the rise. VERY excited for this season.
you and me both buddy. Excited for the start, now it could go South in a hurry - - doubt it , not this year I see us being competitive. Coach L really I think improved his defense with all the Portals & Depth - -We know or pretty much know Jalon is our starting QB & talk rumor hasa it Jason has looked really good. - -Sounds like we got a pretty decent QB in the mix for the next couple of years sayig Vasko has looked good and turned heads FINALLY got something to look forward to hopefully. Fans have got to get out and support
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I will say that even if things don’t go great this year and we somehow still only get 2 wins, I won’t be discouraged. We all need to remind each other that this is still a really young team. Plenty of eligibility left for us to develop players. Just have to stick with the plan. No shortcuts.
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@Kcmatt7 said in Fall Camp Thread:
I will say that even if things don’t go great this year and we somehow still only get 2 wins, I won’t be discouraged. We all need to remind each other that this is still a really young team. Plenty of eligibility left for us to develop players. Just have to stick with the plan. No shortcuts.
No more Coaching changes - - we have the Coach
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3 wins should be the expectation. Anything more than that is gravy for me. Caveat being the losses are mostly competitive and not 49-10 drubbings every week.
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@FarmerJayhawk said in Fall Camp Thread:
3 wins should be the expectation. Anything more than that is gravy for me. Caveat being the losses are mostly competitive and not 49-10 drubbings every week.
I think it can even turn into a late “paper” drubbing as long as they are in the game through 3 quarters.
No games over by halftime should be the goal.
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@Kcmatt7 said in Fall Camp Thread:
@FarmerJayhawk said in Fall Camp Thread:
3 wins should be the expectation. Anything more than that is gravy for me. Caveat being the losses are mostly competitive and not 49-10 drubbings every week.
I think it can even turn into a late “paper” drubbing as long as they are in the game through 3 quarters.
No games over by halftime should be the goal.
I’ll get behind that. I think Baylor and OSU will be that kind of arse kicking just because we’re still down in experience and depth. We don’t have second string OL or DB really.
