Kansas Crimson

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:10 pm Right.
He’s already worshiped here and could go 0-12 next season and we wouldn’t bat an eye giving him another shot the following. And the peak storyline is just a greater gap: from basement dweller to national contender? Give him a statue next to Bills and a suggestion box to boot.

But $$$$ for all the best recruits you want and a clearer path at a natty.

twocoach wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:21 pm Sounds like Leipold will be back in Lawrence next year.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:19 pm

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:10 pm Right.
He’s already worshiped here and could go 0-12 next season and we wouldn’t bat an eye giving him another shot the following. And the peak storyline is just a greater gap: from basement dweller to national contender? Give him a statue next to Bills and a suggestion box to boot.

But $$$$ for all the best recruits you want and a clearer path at a natty.

Is it a clearer path for a natty though? I’m not sure I’d agree with that. At least not unless the long-term realignment outcome preserves major conferences outside the Big Ten and SEC, but hard-codes half of the playoff spots to those leagues. Something weird like that.

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:27 pm

jfish26 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:19 pm

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:10 pm Right.
He’s already worshiped here and could go 0-12 next season and we wouldn’t bat an eye giving him another shot the following. And the peak storyline is just a greater gap: from basement dweller to national contender? Give him a statue next to Bills and a suggestion box to boot.

But $$$$ for all the best recruits you want and a clearer path at a natty.

Is it a clearer path for a natty though? I’m not sure I’d agree with that. At least not unless the long-term realignment outcome preserves major conferences outside the Big Ten and SEC, but hard-codes half of the playoff spots to those leagues. Something weird like that.

Michigan will absolutely attract the best recruits—the kind of guys who might be in the NFL if not for the whole age/years of college thing. Kansas is not even close to there yet. So yea the competition in the B10 is higher but the ceiling is astronomically higher at this point.

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:24 pm “I don’t give a shit about North Carolina”

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:42 pm Yes, maybe we hope that Michigan doesn’t seriously consider him at this point and goes after bigger names.

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:24 pm “I don’t give a shit about North Carolina”

twocoach wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:46 pm

pdub wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:24 pm “I don’t give a shit about North Carolina”

Leipold has zero history with Michigan. Apples and oranges there.

jfish26 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:43 pm How far KU has come that a mid-tier P5 job comes open (Arizona) and KU's coach isn't in play...because there's not even a chance he'd go.

DCHawk1 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 4:09 pm

jfish26 wrote: ↑Sun Jan 14, 2024 3:43 pm How far KU has come that a mid-tier P5 job comes open (Arizona) and KU's coach isn't in play...because there's not even a chance he'd go.

Putting it together in back-to-back seasons is huge --especially when your star QB is out for most of the second season.

Last year, at this point, the Nubs considered LL beneath them, a joke. As far as I know, Trev Alberts never even made serious inquiries. This year? They'd kill for him, and he wouldn't bother.

That's a huge step in 12 months.

pdub wrote: ↑Wed Feb 28, 2024 10:51 am "Kansas has agreed to a new contract for coach Lance Leipold that features a significant raise in his average salary to more than $7 million per year, sources told ESPN.

The new contract does not feature any new years in his deal that runs through 2029, per sources, but the raise from the $5 million he made in 2023 serves as another sign of Kansas' aggressive commitment to football in recent years under athletic director Travis Goff."

https://www.espn.com/college-football/s ... m-per-year