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Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Thu Jul 13, 2023 11:56 pm
by Back2Lawrence
Can we get chocolates one month, like an advent calendar?
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 5:27 am
by pdub
KUTradition wrote: ↑Thu Jul 13, 2023 10:16 pm
i’m gonna publish a book - Sparko’s words of wisdom
that’s all it’ll be…no context, just an accumulation of random posts from boreds over the years
maybe even a toilet/bathroom calendar, with a post for each day of the year
gonna be a millionaire
Please still visit us when you’re famous.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 11:28 am
by surly
touche'!
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:48 pm
by pdub
at least we know the six feet of soil will be well judged.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 3:25 pm
by surly
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:14 pm
by twocoach
surly wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 3:25 pm
For some context
2022 ESPN preseason rankings (where they finished):
1) Texas (3rd)
2) Oklahoma (7th)
3) Okie State (5th)
4) Baylor (6th)
5) Iowa State (10th)
6) Kansas State (2nd)
7) TCU (1st)
8) Texas Tech (4th)
9) West Virginia (9th)
10) Kansas (8th)
ESPN's computer kinda sucks at this.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 4:47 pm
by surly
texas is sure getting the press, goodness. but even with that annual overrating, this espn ranking is truly rank.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Fri Jul 14, 2023 7:00 pm
by Back2Lawrence
pdub wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:48 pm
at least we know the six feet of soil will be well judged.
Savage
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Sat Jul 15, 2023 11:55 am
by Sparko
pdub wrote: ↑Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:48 pm
at least we know the six feet of soil will be well judged.
POTM
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Wed Jul 19, 2023 5:53 pm
by AlOerter
Back on KU football, I look for marked improvement by the defense this year. It shouldn't be hard to move up from the 124th ranking, but the roster on that side of the ball just looks better overall. We will get to see what Borland is made of. I know Leipold believes in him so we'll see.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 10:18 am
by hartjack8
Yeah so we moved up from 129th to 124th last year so and we lost a lot more on that side of the ball.
If Lonnie would have stayed I would be more optimistic. However the offense going to be elite.
The GAME is the Illinois in week 2. They were awesome in D last year. If can win that one we rolling.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 11:56 am
by ChicagoHawk
Losing Phelps hurts, but if they don't improve at all defensively, it's probably time to start looking at some defensive coaching changes.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:20 pm
by NewtonHawk11
Yeah.... Leipold doesn't just let dudes go. He's had the same DC for 10+ years. Borland's defense were kind of shit until about the 2018 season. Then in his 5th season, in 2019, he had a top 10 defense in all of CFB. Not just the MAC or whatever. In all of football in terms of yards allowed per game.
He's going to get 5 seasons. We're just now entering year 3. Technically year 2 1/2.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:03 pm
by Sparko
If the defense can just defend no-huddle. Please God.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Thu Jul 20, 2023 8:50 pm
by ChicagoHawk
NewtonHawk11 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 1:20 pm
Yeah.... Leipold doesn't just let dudes go. He's had the same DC for 10+ years. Borland's defense were kind of shit until about the 2018 season. Then in his 5th season, in 2019, he had a top 10 defense in all of CFB. Not just the MAC or whatever. In all of football in terms of yards allowed per game.
He's going to get 5 seasons. We're just now entering year 3. Technically year 2 1/2.
No doubt. I don’t think the defensive coaching staff will get canned if the defense sucks this year, but I hope that rising expectations means more pressure to make changes if things aren’t improving, at least within a couple of years. We’ll see.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Fri Jul 21, 2023 2:04 pm
by pdub
I went to check FanDuel/DraftKings today to see what the action could be on Kansas winning 6+ regular season games and it's -170.
So Vegas thinks we're going bowling again.
Won't take that bet.
Might put a tiny bit on the giant +4800 for B12 title though.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 9:05 am
by twocoach
hartjack8 wrote: ↑Thu Jul 20, 2023 10:18 am
Yeah so we moved up from 129th to 124th last year so and we lost a lot more on that side of the ball.
If Lonnie would have stayed I would be more optimistic. However the offense going to be elite.
The GAME is the Illinois in week 2. They were awesome in D last year. If can win that one we rolling.
Sometimes losing players is a good thing. We'll see if who they are replaced with is better than who they replaced. Defense needs to take a huge step forward this season to show that Leipold's KU program is still on the right track. The offense can't be expected to put up 50 a game to win.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Mon Jul 24, 2023 12:01 pm
by surly
the illinois game will tell a lot about ku as the missouri game will k-state. both kansas schools lost some dudes on the defensive side but return a lot on the other. rebuild or reload, idk? but it will be fun to watch unfold.
Illinois (6.5 wins). Bret Bielema has to replace much of his talented secondary unit while finding the right options at quarterback and running back, as well, while facing an early test on the road at Kansas with Penn State right after that, setting up a tough schedule that will test if Illinois can become bowl eligible again. fannation
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:25 am
by NewtonHawk11
Apparently, a KU walk-on lineman called in a bomb threat to Anderson Family Football Complex yesterday. Facility had to be evacuated.
Bizarre.
Re: Kansas Football 2023 Season
Posted: Tue Jul 25, 2023 8:38 am
by pdub
Former KU walk-on lineman now?
