Jayhawk football schedule. Wissox Forecast.
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Disclaimer: I know little about these opponents! Did a little research. Still know little.
Fresno, August 23 (wow, that’s early) Early season jitters, but solid 21 point win.
Wagner Aug 29. (wow, 2 games before September). Nothing but a blowout would be panic inducing.
Missouri. Sept. 6. First real competition. Away. As much as I hate to say it, I have little confidence here.
West Virginia Sept 20. Home game. Last years meltdown avenged. 3-1
Cincy Sept 27 Home Bears of all kinds not good at football. We win. 4-1. Only 2 games to bowl eligibility.
UCF. Oct 4 Away. Athlon has them dead last in the league so I’ll give us our 5th win and a gaudy 5-1 record.
TTech. Oct 11 Away No chance. 5-2
Silo Tech Oct 25 We’ve been so close. Home field advantage never seems to make a difference against these guys and they’re highly regarded. I want to pick us, but reality hits hard once again. 5-3
OkieSt Nov. 1. Home. Should be a fairly easy one. Bowl Eligible! 6-3
Arizona. Nov 8 Away. They’ll be ranked. I think we lose. 6-4
Another 2 week layoff, the 3rd of the season.
At ISU. Nov 22. We’ve had their number. The coach everyone lists as the next great one to move on can’t beat Kansas. We’re in their head. 7-4
Utah. Nov 28 They’re supposed to be better than last years disappointing team but we want this win badly to go 6-3 in conference and play in a decent bowl game.
Another disappointing bowl-less season means Lance starts to feel the heat a little bit. The new OC was an exciting pick. Do our WR’s pick up the slack after the loss of the exciting playmakers from the past years? I think the key is there.
We are no longer to be overlooked in the league. Last season may cause some to do so but the magic of the refurbished stadium and an energized fan base leads to a nice season once again.
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I like your positivity!
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@Crimsonorblue22 Don’t get used to it! How are you feeling about the season?
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@wissox have no idea!
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@wissox hey - someone hacked your account.
KU goes 12-0 - they skip the playoffs and go straight to the Super Bowl
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@nuleafjhawk I think it was my wife. I’d never post such an optimistic outlook for KU football.
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ESPN’s FPI has KU as the 4th best team in the Big 12 and predicting an 8-4 record.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 probably not a lot of KU football fans that would be upset with that
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Lance’ll make em dance
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@nuleafjhawk said in Jayhawk football schedule. Wissox Forecast.:
@Texas-Hawk-10 probably not a lot of KU football fans that would be upset with that
I believe their FPI also has KU as the 3rd best chance to win the Big 12 likely because KU has a relatively soft conference schedule on paper. That was also true last year and we ended up with toughest conference schedule I believe.
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Returning to a bowl game is a must with how much has been invested into football
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@BShark Seems to be partially at the expense of the basketball team. Would be nice to have funds to allocate to the program I watch as opposed to football. Being great at one thing is way better than being mediocre at two.
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@dylans hoping an investment in football now is an investment in basketball later.
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@approxinfinity Maybe. I believe that is the goal. That is the model at other schools without the rich basketball history that KU has. I just hate breaking what is working in favor of doing what everyone else is doing. It would be best to hit up different donors (build your own support) for football as opposed to over taxing those that support the basketball team.
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I just want to make a bowl game and beat our rivals on the gridiron. I think a bowl game is a must with the current state of the football program and the money dumped into it. I’m excited to see our new offensive coordinators in action. Old news of course but I was not even remotely impressed with Grimes at that position. I loved coach K and how he had so much going on presnap to bait the defense. We went from that to just hike it and run the play. I screamed at my TV repeatedly at the play calling and begged them to include Neal in the passing game much of the year. The last 4 games they finally did and we went 3-1 in those contest. I’m sorry but that’s not gonna work at Kansas maybe Texas or Alabama when you have the best athletes on the field every week. I’m gonna go 7-5 this year as my official prediction. We need JD 6 from a few years ago, he showed flashes last season but wasn’t the same.
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@BShark said in Jayhawk football schedule. Wissox Forecast.:
Returning to a bowl game is a must with how much has been invested into football
Donors will have expectations this year. Fans as well with the new ticket model
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My opinion, JD6 should be sharper. I expect meltdowns to not be so horrific. I think the offense gets back its mojo.
7+ wins
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I think I agree entirely with @wissox except for Arizona. They seem to be in a bad spot. 10 wins is attainable which would put us in contention for a trip to Arlington.
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@Kcmatt7 All I keep hearing how crisp, JD-6 has looked. Really focused. I think some people are overlooking KU this Season , I hope JD and Henderson become lethal.— I’m not shy I truly believe great chance for a Nine win Season.
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@FarmerJayhawk Agree with me at your own peril!
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@Kcmatt7 said in Jayhawk football schedule. Wissox Forecast.:
My opinion, JD6 should be sharper. I expect meltdowns to not be so horrific. I think the offense gets back its mojo.
7+ wins
7-8 and I’d be pretty happy. More than that OR one of the wins is against KSU and I’m thrilled.
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Vegas odds are 6.5 wins, but it is weighted more towards 7 than 6 fwiw.
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People forget JD6 was as listed as a heisman hopeful by several media outlets just a few years ago. He seemed to be overthinking quite often last season and scared to run the ball when he had 15 yards of green right in front of him. Football is a game you can’t play scared
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@kjayhawks I don’t forget how talented he is.
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@wissox Right if you think about how great Bean was in 2023 and JD beat him out in camp. He looked better early in 2022 as well.
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JD6 is talented but injuries have ruined him. He is not the Heisman caliber QB he was for the first half of the 2022 season.
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KU football seems to have a better chance of making the playoffs than KU basketball does of making the sweet 16. What weird times.
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@Jhawk69 I think the OC was responsible for making him looking so bad last year until something switched. Maybe Lance got tired of it, not sure how that change occurred, but I’d put the breaks on he’s ruined talk.
Of course you could say Kostelny (?) was responsible for how good he looked the year before.
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@wissox The OC change was definitely a negative last year. Hope they have it right now.
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There will be two big scheme changes that are JD (and most QBs) friendly under Z/Lubick. First, attacking the middle of the field more. There was a stark contrast in Kotelnicki vs. Grimes in how they called the passing game. Also having a better receiving TE in Hanika will help. Next is the option game. JD can be lethal in the option game as we saw in 22. Lots of that was Lubick’s brainchild. Grimes barely called any (and sometimes forgot #4 existed). So those changes will be big, along with a more talented WR corps. The old trio were great, but Grimm was really the only guy that could consistently get separation. Henderson and Pickett both have burst and suddenness to win 1 on 1 and turn a slant into 6.
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@wissox I don’t think he is ruined. I think he is still a decent college QB but I don’t think we will ever see 2022 JD again.
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@FarmerJayhawk Interesting. I don’t know anything about the new receivers, but I thought that trio we had were super talented and to hear you say these guys are better is exciting.
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@wissox Grimm and Arnold were good possession/slot receivers, but neither had great high end speed. Skinner was the best home run threat, but he wasn’t a great route runner and his hands were below average.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 That all may be true but they were spectacular in a KU uniform.
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Skinner did have a heck of a grab today for the Jets so that was cool
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Hard to believe in a little more than a week this team is going to be playing and making my predictions come true.
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Nice to see KU receivers ball out tonight in the preseason. Skinner had a nice one hand TD for the jets and Grimm took back a punt for the chargers. Will miss the talented WR corps we’ve had the last few years.
