Mangino wins games, not friends

I have never been a Mangino fan, so do not lump me in there with the fair weather crowd. They shouldn't have to resort to "poking" to question this guys track record. This guy is a domestic train wreck, and has been, if it takes the most disappointing season in KU history to get him gone, so be it.

His "record of wins" in the Big 12 is horrific. His overall record is puffed up by our creampuff nonconference record.

He has 23 wins eight seasons in the Big 12. Seven of those wins came in one season. This "winner" has never beaten Oklahoma, Texas, or Texas Tech. Not once, not ever.

We have one win against Oklahoma State, we have two wins against Nebraska, and three of our four wins against Kansas State came with Ron Prince at the helm. Ron Freegan Prince.

He has feasted on scrubs. His creampuff schedule and his eleven wins against Baylor, Colorado, and Iowa State (six of his 23 total wins) have propped up his win percentage. How has Keegan not digested this? Or is it because they are buffet buddies? Did I throw enough food references in this paragraph? Feast, creampuff, digested, buffet, I R A WRITER!

I don't want to hear how he "wins." In 2007 we played one tough opponent all season, Mizzou at Arrowhead. We lost, but because Lew Perkins can sell ice to eskimos, we got into the Orange Bowl, and got our win. One year measures your entire career? Who really thinks this guy has performed well enough to be the 15th highest paid college coach in the United States? Seriously?

November 18, 2009 at 1:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Julian Wright back in the dog house?

Well, a couple things to add here.

He lost his starting job to Peja Stojakovic, not like he lost it to a brand new scrub that just broke into the NBA. And other than his points being almost 10 a game, Peja has not been much of an upgrade. And he is costing them over 13 million a season, as opposed to JuJu's modest 2 million.

Peja is also averaging more minutes than the starter at 25.8, so who really is the "starter" here? The JuJu experiment was nothing more than to see if they could and should try to dump Peja's huge salary for the free agency lottery coming up.

I don't think its JuJu completely, it think it is also the team he is on. They had one miracle season, and have backslid ever since. They did not look right last year, they don't look right this year.

November 11, 2009 at 1:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU ’09 like ’07? Hardly

I think this is my last football post for this season, so here goes:

Seriously, I thought John Cornish's senior season was the most disappointing season I had sat through, blowing wins at Toledo and at Nebraska because we turned the ball over 150 times... What a great player he was, but the team just found ways to lose.

That team was the disappointment champs. Until this season, that is. We started 5-0, had wins over what is actually a solid Duke team when usually our pre-conference is a joke. I honestly thought we had something going on. And then homecoming hit, and it took a miracle to beat what turned out to be a decent Iowa State team. We have not won since and are currently in jeopardy of being a 5-0 team that cannot get the sixth win to become bowl eligible. Are you serious?

And even if they get that sixth win, by some miracle, we are still fourth at best in the Big 12 North. The only joy is that Missouri (should we beat them) MIGHT finish lower than us. It is sad, and a bit shameful, to find joy in the sufferings of others, but here we are.

And if you told me three months ago the reason for our crying would be that our offense is giving the ball up over and over again, I would have said you were on bad drugs. Seriously, we somehow have mastered the art of the bad turnover.

I have tickets to the Nebraska game. I am gonna go, the father-in-law is headed to town. He is a Nebraska fan, yet won't rub it in my face when/if they start drubbing my team. Which is good, because it could happen. Is it sad that I hope we win simply so K-State, our hillbilly cousins, can win the North and not Nebraska?

You all realize that Iowa State is one play (us) and two points (KSU) from being 4-2 in the Big 12? Are you serious? Say that with me, "Iowa State was almost 4-0 going into College Station two weeks ago."

I'm out, later folks.

November 9, 2009 at 12:47 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Mangino won’t take date bait

I usually try to stick up for you Tom, but yeah, this article is kinda worthless. I cannot decide what you are trying to say. Sorry man, just not a good story.

October 28, 2009 at 7:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

How Keegan voted

This post is kind of funny, and maybe Tom will laugh at this.

But go back, and look at all the flaming hate posts on his votes. And now that KU is firmly and undeniably not a top 25 team, there hasn't been a single post.

I mean, am I the only person that is having a chuckle about how much #@$% we give to Tom?

October 25, 2009 at 9:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU to meet Texas Tech at 2:30 on ABC

I would check the ESPN alt and ESPNU channels too. But that assumes you get them. Hope you guys see it.

Better yet, go Dodge Ball and check the Ocho, they show everything!

October 20, 2009 at 6:35 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bradford out for Saturday's game against KU

Phog that is hilarious.

October 20, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Bradford out for Saturday's game against KU

Not trying to flame you Strikes, but the Chiefs won't draft Sam Bradford, they just forked over a butt ton of money for Matt Cassel, he is Egoli's guy, and by then it will only be one season in the books. And if I were Bradford, I wouldn't want to go there. Check this out:

Bradford has barely been hit in his college career (virtually untouched all of last year) and his shoulder has exploded twice in two incomplete games this season. You put him behind the Chiefs current offensive line and the poor kid might lose a limb right on the field. The Sooners allowed 13 sacks in 2008 in 14 games, only two teams allowed fewer.

http://nittanylounge.com/statistics/2...

The Chiefs allowed 13 sacks by the end of week 4.

If Bradford has any sense at all, he stays off a football field until his shoulder is 100%, right now every NFL team is thinking the same thing I am, if he cannot take hits there, how is he going to survive with guys like Ray Lewis and Jared Allen blasting him? Is this shoulder always going to be a problem? Is he soft? Nobody says it, yet, but you can bet at the combine that is going to be priority #1.

I wish the best for the kid because he seems to be a likable guy, which means until my Chiefs have a real offensive line, I wouldn't wish QB'ing for them on my worst enemy.

October 19, 2009 at 11:44 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU rallies, but suffers first loss

KG;

Dude, Buffahoes, adding that to the permanent repertoire of names, that is classic.

And yeah, I couldn't believe they stormed the field after beating us. Seriously, we are on a nice five year run. But they have won the Big 12 conference title once, been to the title game four times. They have won a national title for gods sake. How far have they fallen?

To put that in proper light, that would be like the Duke basketball team rushing the court after "upsetting" say.... Florida State. It just felt strange, I think it gave me gas.

October 18, 2009 at 10:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Which unit deserves the most blame for KU's 34-30 loss to Colorado?

I agree with Pikes, some of the worst tackling I have seen. And honestly, I have agreed with what you said 100%, Operum 3 carries for the night?

I hate to give credit for big plays (the turnovers) to the defense when they didn't do the little things that would have negated the need for big plays in the first place. Only the first game of the season did I think our defense looked promising. Sure, turnovers can get you great field position or negate an opponents drive, but good tackling gets you three and outs and negates the necessity to gamble. I want to see better one-on-one form tackling.

We are getting killed by fast backs, and I think you mentioning our lack of speed at linebacker (and really on the line too) is contributing to that.

Actually, voting on this I feel a little guilty, because the only guys that I can sit here and say were completely awesome last night were the Meier/Briscoe "twins." Reesing had gawdy numbers, and was running for his life most of the night, but seriously, those two are playing better than any two in the nation right now.

October 18, 2009 at 4:34 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )