honestly, the only thing that really pissed me off last night was how the ULM players and even the coaches reacted when they would get a touchdown. i know that the students taunt the players and say obscene things, but thats what students everywhere do. you should learn to ignore it and just play the game. but when we were winning 7-0 and they tied it, one of the assistant coaches ran to the student fans and put his finger infront of his mouth telling us to be quiet. it was probably one of the most imature things i've ever seen. another thing that was wrong with that team was that when they would score the players would wave the wheat and another coach came up to us and raised his arms up telling us to make noise. if i was the head coach i would fire both those coaches and kick those players ass next practice.

Not that the hype is over and we've seen that football is the same at KU, when does basketball season start?

Thank you "swjhawk"! Please dont speak again. I heard your beloved lady J's made it to the field of 64 last year, but Im a little more interested in our football team beating Mizzou and K-State this fall.
I think maybe the WNBA has its season during the summer months if thats what floats your boat.

I guess even mighty Florida State had a scare from a much 'lesser' opponent. I wouldn't write off KU's football team just yet, because Mangino's shown that he can help lead the team back from adversity [last year's early losses]...and in this case they still got the win. As a fan, I'll support the team even if they were 0-2. A good team / coaching staff will use this to help a young team focus on the task at hand...and that task never extends beyond the next game! Rock Chalk!

I think you're overreacting just a WEE bit, amy. Was it childish and stupid that the players and coaches acted that way? Sure. Should they be fired and/or kicked out of practice over it. Uh, ... no.

I think it's SLIGHTLY more important how they play and coach than how they interact with the other team's fans. And I would imagine most head coaches would agree with me.

Agreed actorman.

If anyone needs to grow up it's amyleigh.

Amy I don't know how many football games you've seen at different college stadiums, but "students everywhere" do not say obscene things to opponents. Go to the Big House in Ann Arbor and see how respectful the students are, especially when their kicking the snot out of lesser opponents.

ULM players and staff certainly were into the game. It was a big one for them. Let's not forget we're a BCS conference team. Every game is a big one for our opponents.

I wouldn't over-react too much to the team's performance either. As Kemp said in this article, KU didnt know much about the offense that ULM was going to run. I think that their quarterback put in a heck of a performance against two of our starting defensive backs and two of our second stringers.

Before the season started I was a bit afraid of this kind of situation. A young, talented defense usually will have the pattern of playing 9 plays really well, but screwing up on the tenth play. Our defense played well most of the night but an occassional blown coverage will allow a good quarterback to make a big play.

I must admit that our pass rush doesn't look as stingy as it did last year. Having extremely talented backups on the defensive line allowed us to play the backups just as much as the starters last year. That many fresh bodies on the field made us hard to stop in the fourth quarter. Hopefully some of our depth will be able to step it up on the defensive line and bring a bit more pressure in the rest of the season.

Next week we'll get to see more of the real KU defense. The return of Aqib Talib to the backfield gives us a true shutdown corner. Playing Raymond Brown at corner means that you can't get away with playing man to man very often. He's not a bad player, but he's not a natural for the position. With him out there, we're having to play more soft zones that a good quarterback can find holes in. With Talib back, we can afford to play those man to man sets and free up more personell for blitzing.

As for the offense, they aren't perfect, but should come along steadily. Our first week we were able to put in a bunch of points on plays that you just aren't going to get every game. With a punt runback for touchdown, an 88 yard kickoff return, and a 59 yard run to pad the stats you are probabaly going to build quite a lead. This week we had to earn our points for real. Meier is a talented guy and I'm impressed that he's able to keep a cool head under pressure. That being said we all have to remember that despite the fact that he has won the offseason popularity contest, he is still a freshman and will still have to go through a learning curve. I guess we'll all just have to hope that all our young players travel along the learning curve fast enough to win in the big twleve.

swjhawk could not have said it better myself - can we move onto what matters - basketball.

Amy you must have been sitting close to where I was for the game- my season tickets are 6 rows up from the 45 on the opponents sideline- and I saw exactly what you saw. We took it easy on those guys as far as heckling goes, usually I'm alot more vocal. Those coaches were jerks back to the fans, but they made up for it by going for conversions to lose the game. A reason I believe those coaches may have been fired up was me telling them- "We care as much about your state as President Bush does."

Saturday was a good argument for a Bill Snyder type schedule. If they had played a better opponent the weaknesses that ULM exposed likely would have resulted in a loss. I think Mangino will right the ship just like he did last year.

These basketball chumps are obviously KSuck/Missery plants. We know the deal. HIT THE ROAD!

As for the team, relax. It's too early to tell what we will see later, whether good or bad. We haven't even unwrapped a lot of stuff we did last year on defense yet (blitz packages of various stripe).

We probably will struggle against the pass all year. We just have to get better there and more consistent on offense. We may have to outscore some people this year.