@AsadZ said in 2026-2027 NFL Season:

Cant believe Chargers are 0-2 while Raiders are 2-0

Tough break for Bears losing CW

It’s kinda a weird look now because everyone was thinking he ruptured his achilles now they are thinking he has a strained hamstring. Which hamstring injuries are never fun and nagging but dude acted like he was on a farewell tour on cart lol.

@crimsonblu22 said in 2026-2027 NFL Season:

Gotta give Kelce props! Did ya know that's Taylor's hubby?

Whhhhhaaaat? First I’ve heard of it

@Jayhawk_69 ya it’s early in the season don’t want to be playing their best this early. I just feel like the team is having fun again. Which makes it funner to watch.

The chiefs offense looks back to the way it was 2022 and prior. The problem is the defense tonight also looked like chiefs from 2018-22 which pretty much score 30 plus or lose. Nice to see Thorton actually catching the deep balls, last season he dropped most of them. Worthy continues to be a drop machine. How about Travis Kelce? Dude looks like Kelce from 5 years ago. The offense is fun to watch again and they look they are having fun again. The last two years they looked like the Ben Aflleck smoking meme lol.

You know it was much easier to be a KU football fan from 2010-2021. We knew we would likely win 1 or 2 games, 3 if the ball bounced right one game. Currently we are going to win 3-5 games, completely blow the game 3-4 times a year and I personally walk away feeling worse. Our football program is more competitive sure but we have dumped hundreds of millions into the program. Now we are not only still losing more than we are winning in football but we don’t have basketball to look forward too. It cost us everything and we gained very little.

@approxinfinity said in Jayhawks in London:

@nuleafjhawk yesterday was just a single spank.

Haha gold

@JoJoAndMe said in Jayhawks in London:

Lance is 2-8 in recent one score games. One perspective is that he has made us "competitive." Is that enough? We lost by one score to a team that has essentially the same NIL football budget. Could have won if we'd have cleaned up the mistakes. Remember . . . the stats were in our favor. Let's hope the staff can clean up the mistakes moving forward.
BTW The up and coming coach is at Tulsa -- Tre Lamb. One last thought: It's not an even playing field. Our football NIL is 11th in the 16-team Big 12.

It’s not enough to last here forever or at least I hope not

@nuleafjhawk said in Jayhawks in London:

K-State is 3-0. We're 1-2 with no hope of winning another game. It's comforting to know that some things never change.

We would be 3-0 with their cupcake schedule as well.

@Jayhawk_69 this is true and I’m personally fine if we give him next year but if we want a good hire, we would need to up our NIL budget. It appears most of that 300 million dollar donation went to the stadium and not to the players. By the time the stadium is done we will have some of the nicest facilities in the B12. Cignetti turned Indiana around instantly. If you get the right guy here, it’s doable.

@Texas-Hawk-10 I don’t think they should fire LL right now but man that was rough. It’s like we haven’t worked on 2 minute defense or offense since he came to town. The problem is most P4 coaches are packing their bags if they win 2 or 3 games in year 6. You also have to figure he made all sort of demands to stay here including the new stadium. It’s a pretty shitty look to demand stuff and then not even make a bowl for 3 straight years.

We completely gave that one away. Add to the list the last 3 years 2-8 in games decided by one score. I think any remote hope of a bowl game just disappeared. This circles back to poor coaching IMO. New faces, same result at the end of the halfs. We snatch defeat from the jaws of victory it our new motto for Kansas football. I’m literally sick to my stomach after that one.

I still think they need a WR via trade or FA, I keep hearing Tyreek is in the fold and could be ready by the end of next month. But he has had off the field issues and is coming off a major injury. I still just don’t see a whole lot of separation on routes. This group was rated 29th in the NFL last season in open rate against man coverage. It looks like much if the same to start. Maybe it changes when teams try to key on Walker idk. I just like it’s not only the weakest spot in the roster but one the of, if not the weakest in the NFL. There isn’t a DC in the NFL worrying about trying to cover these guys.

It will be interesting to see how long this goes on before some sort of regulations are put in place. I wouldn’t trust this info 100% but the athletic just released a similar list. The trouble is we know for a fact teams like Texas, Michigan and Ohio state are probably spending north of 50 million on rosters. While a team like Kansas is probably spending 10-15 million. Eventually it’s gonna take away some of the parity in the sport. Everyone but the Big 10 and Sec are gonna turn into the minor leagues in a sense. Heck one could argue they already have.

I’m honestly over the old guys in college, just give 5 years to play 4 seasons and that it’s. Don’t need 27 year olds out there playing 19 and 20 year olds.

@rockchalkjayhawk I’m actually a little worried they will get big headed after that dominant performance.

Man if the chiefs can run the ball like this and they get Mahomes and his receivers on the same page. Watch out, still super worried about the WR corps. They still can’t get any separation against a man defense. Other than that a really impressive game by the boys in red. The defense was amazing on 3rd down and creating turnovers.

Holy smokes it looks like Marshall and Mahomes maybe related but nice to see Walker running the ball effectively.

@HoraceZontal said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

Would Melvin be taking the spot of a better, younger player? I don’t think so, but educate me if I’m wrong. Apart from his skills, he very works hard and would set a great tone for all the new additions. I’d love to have him.

The problem is the younger players aren’t sticking around after year one or two. Look at Flory and his improvement from year 1 to 2. That’s the whole issue with Self struggling in this new age of college athletics. Self is at his best getting guys to buy in and develop them. Our best teams have been made up of mostly upperclassmen that were here for years. Now you work with a guy for a year or two and he gets a big bag to go elsewhere. It’s almost foolish to buy in to a guy thinking he’ll be here for 4 years anymore. Hope one or two guy will and the rest you have to recruit from the portal or as OADs.

@DCHawker said in Border War:

@Jayhawk_69 said in Border War:

That game went about as expected. The good news is our season is far from over. If Marshall can start playing like a serviceable starter I think we have a shot at a bowl game.

Was there anything in the game that has you believe that Marshall is a "serviceable" P4 starter? 13 of 30 (and one of those was a wing and a prayer). 2 INTs. 4 fumbles (only 1 TO). 20 rushes for 23 yards. Really undersized.

Some of the ineffectiveness is due to O-line woes, but definitely not all. Multiple really bad throw/decision-making. I really question whether either of our QBs is capable of winning games for us against quality competition...

I honestly am scratching my head pretty hard at this point as to how in the heck he won the job. Cole is obviously a good leader and respected by his teammates or he wouldn’t be a captain. He also played well enough to beat KSU in his only start IMO. Honestly hoping he isn’t hurt because the way this line looks, I see no chance of us making it all year without someone getting hurt at QB.

Marshall I think is a great athlete but we look like a highschool program just putting the ball in the hands of the best athlete and hoping it works out. It was the same story with Ryan Willis and Montell Cozart under Beaty. Willis was much better at decision making and throwing but Cozart was a good athlete. Obviously any comparison to the Beaty coaching isn’t going to be positive.

IMO if we aren’t going to move Marshall to RB or WR, which is likely where he would be at most P4 programs. We need to burn the play book and start running the triple option. The option came about for teams that gave up too much penetration up the middle. I’m not sure if our Guards came from Haskell but they sure hell look like it.

I’d also like to see Dylan Edwards get more touches. I agree he is small but he is very shifty and quick. He is averaging 5.9 yards per carry. Willis has not impressed me in the slightest so far between seeming to run right into the defense and have holding calls against him, mainly because his blocking form is similar to my sons 5th and 6th team. We have to find ways to get Edwards and McMillan the ball in space. I’m just not sure that’s possible with Marshall throwing it to them.

We obviously have a long journey ahead with the ASU game. But I’ve always felt like weird game circumstances favor the underdog which is obviously us. We likely won’t be favored in another game this season outside of middle Tennessee. I do think Mizzou is a much better team than ASU so all we can do is line them up and see how it goes.

@rockchalkjayhawk there fans are just arrogant, I’ve disliked them since they got gifted the championship in 2002. Still absolutely laughable call and it was made like 10 seconds after the play was over?