crooner (anonymous) says...

What a sked.

And congrats to the Hawks!

August 1, 2008 at 2:20 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

jhawkdan42 (anonymous) says...

Big 12 well represented, 5 out of the top 15!

August 1, 2008 at 2:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

NEJhawk (anonymous) says...

Warning to teams playing us. If we win...you become noone.

August 1, 2008 at 2:31 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

bjdku (anonymous) says...

There is no motivation to erase the injustices of last season's ranking like clawing up this poll thru Texas, Missouri, and Oklahoma. The same motivation applies this year as it did last: go out a prove how could you are as a team!

Go 'Hawks!

August 1, 2008 at 2:32 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

jross1972 (Johann Ross) says...

Its always tougher when you have a bullseye on your back. Consider Boise State's situation. Very much resembled KU's rise out of nowhere. They came back to play a tougher schedule and didnt fare as well, even on the heels of that storied season.

What will become of KU after this year...

I dont know but if we can put two seasons together back to back then we'll have begun something that will be sustainable. Mark Mangino has made a believer out of me, though. He's the right man at the right time.

I feel like wavin the wheat!

August 1, 2008 at 2:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

chuckberry32 (anonymous) says...

OU kicks Jarboe off team

http://sports.espn.go.com/ncf/news/st...

At least this year it won't take as long to move up in the rankings if we keep winning. Being the first team to knock off an overated USF team on the road could be quite beneficial.

August 1, 2008 at 2:55 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

txrockchalk (anonymous) says...

Wow, only our fifth preseason ranking ever? Like Coach Mangino says, any program can have a bad century :o)

August 1, 2008 at 3:26 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

GoBadgers (anonymous) says...

Hmmmm...look at that. Mizzou no. 7 and Wisconsin no. 12. My two favorite teams both ranked ahead of kU.

August 1, 2008 at 3:37 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

sgtjb123 (anonymous) says...

Not for long, a**bucket!

August 1, 2008 at 4:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

lando30 (anonymous) says...

hey GoBadgers, stop wasting our space. no one cares what you have to say. go write about michigan on their website and stop being an idiot.

August 1, 2008 at 4:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

jhawkjdub (anonymous) says...

Badgers,

exactly what lando said, he stole my thunder.

August 1, 2008 at 4:18 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

rockingthechalk (anonymous) says...

GoBadgers,

Fill in as needed.

August 1, 2008 at 4:27 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

gojhawx (anonymous) says...

Badgers...we don't need no steenking badgers!

August 1, 2008 at 6 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

JBurtin (anonymous) says...

Hey guys, you had better leave him alone.

He chose a really mean animal for his handle, so I'm figuring he must be a really tough guy.

That's how this whole toughness thing works isn't it? The louder and meaner you talk, the tougher you are?

August 1, 2008 at 6:36 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

omari1911 (anonymous) says...

With regard to team rankings, I tend not to be one to give the whole logic of transitive properties too much weight, but especially out here on the West Coast, I'm getting pretty tired of people talking about how much worse KU's season would have been had they had to play Texas, OU and Texas Tech. Fact: each one of those schools lost to teams that KU beat. Maybe they should be talking about what sort of record The 'Horns, Sooners and Red Raiders would have had if they had to play those Hawks. Less than a month to go! Go Hawks!

August 1, 2008 at 7:03 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

canuckhawk (anonymous) says...

Hey guys,

Great article in NY times magazine about trolls like the kind that like to get their thrills on our message board.

check it out, you may take greater care to sniff out a troll post in the future and not give them the time of day.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/03/mag...

August 1, 2008 at 9:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

actorman (anonymous) says...

"Not for long, a**bucket!"

That's not a very nice thing to say, sgt. GoBadgers is our guest and we should treat him with respect. It's not a**bucket, it's MR. a**bucket.

"Badgers...we don't need no steenking badgers!"

I like it!

August 1, 2008 at 10:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

kansas22 (anonymous) says...

Could this be the first year in... ever that the KU football team is preseason ranked higher than the basketball team? All I know is I can't wait until August 30!

August 1, 2008 at 11:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

davidsmom (anonymous) says...

Read Steward Mandell's book, "Bowls, Polls & Tattered Souls." Pre-season polls - in fact all polls - genuinely mean absolutely nothing. The public loves and demands rankings but they don't prove anything, in reality.

August 2, 2008 at 9:35 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

LAJayhawk (anonymous) says...

In college football they matter. They are part of the calculation for the BCS standings. And that poll determines who plays for the national championship. Whether you agree with it or not, in college football, polls matter.

August 2, 2008 at 11:47 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

rolo2383 (anonymous) says...

I don't think polls matter just yet. Last year KU probably wouldn't have been favored to win the MAC or the MWC. Same with South Florida. By the end of the year we were in contention to play for a national title. But, last year was also a weird year as far as highly ranked teams getting upset so that helped us move up. This year will probably be a tougher year for teams in our position last year to move up but it's not impossible.

August 2, 2008 at 2:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )