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Cliff’s Notes version: Mark Mangino press conference, 9/15/09

Here is the Cliff's Notes version of Kansas football coach Mark Mangino's comments at his press conference today. The full audio is posted here. The full video is posted here. • Players of the game, voted by the coaching staff: Offensive, Sal Capra; Defensive: Maxwell Onyegbule; ...

Numbers tell us quite a bit about Jayhawks after Week 1

Sometimes it's hard to know what to take from a blowout victory over a I-AA opponent like Northern Colorado. http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/Sep/12/fans_.jpg Is KU's offense that good or is UNC's defense that bad? How well did the Jayhawks' ...

Cliff’s Notes version: Mark Mangino press conference, 9/8/09

Here is the Cliff's Notes version of Kansas football coach Mark Mangino's comments at his short press conference today. The full audio is posted here. • Players of the game, voted by the coaching staff: Offensive, Jake Sharp; Defensive: Chris Harris; Special teams: Jacob Branstetter; ...

KU coaches made right call by keeping Briscoe at kick returner

I've heard a lot of concern lately about the KU coaching staff's decision to leave Dezmon Briscoe as the kickoff returner. http://worldonline.media.clients.ellingtoncms.com/img/blogs/entry_img/2009/Sep/02/dez_.jpg By putting Briscoe on special teams, the Jayhawks are exposing him to more ...

Cliff Notes version: Mark Mangino press conference, 9/1/09

Much like we did on Media Day, here are the Cliff Notes version of Kansas football coach Mark Mangino's comments at his weekly press conference today. Full audio of the press conference can be found here. • KU is still working to get the right players in the right spots. • Northern ...

Jayhawk Flashback: Oklahoma, 10/4/97

*[Ed. Note: This is a blog post from four years ago, but I figured it was relevant this week because this shows video of the last Kansas University football victory over Oklahoma on Oct. 4, 1997. What follows is the exact wording from my blog post on Aug. 28, 2009.]* On media day two weeks ...

KU football practice report: Aug. 26

Open practice No. 2 was Wednesday, and it's probably the last time we'll be able to see the Jayhawks on the field before their Sept. 5 season-opener against Northern Colorado. Let's get right to the depth charts from what I saw. Here was the depth chart from Aug. 11 if you want to ...

Fourth-down myths and trying to bust them

I've always been one that hates when a team rushes the ball on fourth-and-1 or fourth-and-2. Is there any worse feeling than seeing a running back get stuffed at the line and immediately thinking, "A pass would have gotten the touchdown easily"? Well, my friends, let me be the first to ...