**** OFFICIAL 2012 Kansas Football Repository Thread ****

[ArrowheadHawk]

New Coach, New year, new thread.

Sat, Sept. 1 SDSU at Kansas Memorial Stadium
Lawrence, KS at 6:00p.m. CT Jayhawk IMG TV Network

Sat, Sept. 8 Rice at Kansas Memorial Stadium
Lawrence, KS FSN at 2:30p.m. CT Fox Sports Net

Sat, Sept. 15 TCU at Kansas Memorial Stadium
Lawrence, KS at 11:00a.m. CT FX

Sat, Sept. 22 Kansas at No. Illinois
DeKalb, Illinois

Sat, Oct. 6 Kansas at Kansas State Bill Snyder Family Stadium
Manhattan, KS

Sat, Oct. 13 Okla. St. at Kansas Memorial Stadium
Lawrence, KS

Sat, Oct. 20 Kansas at Oklahoma Oklahoma Memorial Stadium
Norman, OK

Sat, Oct. 27 Texas at Kansas Memorial Stadium
Lawrence, KS

Sat, Nov. 3 Kansas at Baylor Floyd Casey Stadium
Waco, TX

Sat, Nov. 10 Kansas at TT Jones AT&T Stadium
Lubbock, TX

Sat, Nov. 17 Iowa State at Kansas Memorial Stadium
Lawrence, KS

Sat, Dec. 1 Kansas at West Virginia
Morgantown, W.V.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by ArrowheadHawk

Nevermind. I found a link. 2nd Highest rating ever. He scored a 141

Some famous athletes who have recorded SPARQ Ratings are:

Reggie Bush (93.38)
Tim Tebow (96.92)
Jonathan Stewart (97.54)
Jacoby Ellsbury (102.31)
Gold Medalist decathlete Bryan Clay recorded a football rating of 130.40

Daje Johnson holds the all-time SPARQ record of 146.52. Johnson has verbally committed to play football at the University of Texas.

http://espn.go.com/high-school/footb...lip?id=7652284

Dominos

[Mr. Laz]

SPARQ Ratings

SPARQ is an acronym for Speed, Power, Agility, Reaction and Quickness. The SPARQ Rating is a scoring system designed to measure sport-specific athleticism. The results from various tests in each of the areas of speed, power, agility, reaction and quickness are combined and weighted using a sport specific formula.

The SPARQ Rating tells you in which areas you should concentrate your training and where you can improve. A companion system, SPARQ Training, gives the athletes a variety of drills, programs and information to improve in their sport.

The sports protocols have been updated several times. Below is what is believed to be the latest protocols, however you should check with official sources.

The sports that are currently available are:

basketball
football (gridiron)
soccer
hockey
Previous sport protocols are available for:

baseball and fastpitch
contact sports / boxing
The general SPARQ Athletic Assessment Protocols include the following tests:

Vertical Jump
Kneeling Power Ball Throw
20 Meter Sprint
20 Yard Shuttle
Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test
This is the complete list of tests that are currently used or have been previously used in SPARQ assessments, depending on which sports are being tested.

2 Hop Jump
Shuttle Cross Pickup
Vertical Jump (also One Step Vertical Jump)
Max Touch
Rotational Power Ball Throw
Overhead Power Ball Throw
Kneeling Power Ball Throw or Chest Launch
Hand Grip Strength
20 Yard Shuttle
Yo-Yo Intermittent Recovery Test
20 Meter Dash
30 Meter Dash
30 Yard Dash
40-yard dash
Sprint 3/4 Court
30 Second Endurance Jump
Multi-stage Hurdle Jump Test
Agility Cone or Compass Drill
Arrowhead Agility
Lane Agility Drill
Bench Press
Quick-Strike
Punch Power
Upper-Body Arm Crank
Agility Jump
Light Board

[Mr. Plow]

http://www.statesman.com/sports/long...s-2393174.html

Sealy's Ricky Seals-Jones, the No. 33 overall prospect in the country and the nation's No. 3-ranked athlete for the class of 2013, has decommitted from the Longhorns and is now considering two SEC programs.

Seals-Jones' mother Buffy told Hookem.com's Gerry Hamilton Tuesday night that her son, who committed to Texas on Feb. 22, had decommitted. Texas remains a possibility for Seals-Jones, but LSU and Texas A&M now appear to have a chance to land the playmaker. Also in the mix, according to his mother, are Kansas, Kentucky, SMU, Baylor and Cal.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

http://www.statesman.com/sports/long...s-2393174.html

Sealy's Ricky Seals-Jones, the No. 33 overall prospect in the country and the nation's No. 3-ranked athlete for the class of 2013, has decommitted from the Longhorns and is now considering two SEC programs.

Seals-Jones' mother Buffy told Hookem.com's Gerry Hamilton Tuesday night that her son, who committed to Texas on Feb. 22, had decommitted. Texas remains a possibility for Seals-Jones, but LSU and Texas A&M now appear to have a chance to land the playmaker. Also in the mix, according to his mother, are Kansas, Kentucky, SMU, Baylor and Cal.

Go get em Weis.

Whatever it takes.

What-ev-er...it takes.

[ChiTown]

[quote=Mr. Plow;8662877]http://www.statesman.com/sports/long...s-2393174.html

Sealy's Ricky Seals-Jones, the No. 33 overall prospect in the country and the nation's No. 3-ranked athlete for the class of 2013, has decommitted from the Longhorns and is now considering two SEC programs.

Seals-Jones' mother Buffy told Hookem.com's Gerry Hamilton Tuesday night that her son, who committed to Texas on Feb. 22, had decommitted. Texas remains a possibility for Seals-Jones, but LSU and Texas A&M now appear to have a chance to land the playmaker. Also in the mix, according to his mother, are Kansas, Kentucky, SMU, Baylor and Cal.[/QUOTE]

That's a veritable Who's Who in College Football

[Bambi]

[quote=ChiTown;8662935]

Originally Posted by Mr. Plow

http://www.statesman.com/sports/long...s-2393174.html

Sealy's Ricky Seals-Jones, the No. 33 overall prospect in the country and the nation's No. 3-ranked athlete for the class of 2013, has decommitted from the Longhorns and is now considering two SEC programs.

Seals-Jones' mother Buffy told Hookem.com's Gerry Hamilton Tuesday night that her son, who committed to Texas on Feb. 22, had decommitted. Texas remains a possibility for Seals-Jones, but LSU and Texas A&M now appear to have a chance to land the playmaker. Also in the mix, according to his mother, are Kansas, Kentucky, SMU, Baylor and Cal.[/QUOTE]

That's a veritable Who's Who in College Football

BCS, Heisman and some explosive NFL players.

I agree.

[Mr. Plow]

Originally Posted by ChiTown

That's a veritable Who's Who in College Football

I think that a good part of the reason he dropped Texas is because he wants to play football & basketball.....so that would definitely be something KU would do to grab a highly ranked player.

[Saul Good]

What do you guys know about Braden Smith? Sounds like he's the best player to come out of the state in years and had at least one parent who went to KU. Has he visited or made plans to do so?

[PGM]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

Brandon Bourbon is saying that this kid currently holds the #1 sparq score for high school football players in the nation.

Can this be confirmed?

Hold on boys. I think we may be seeing Orange again real soon...

Planning to repaint the track eh? Charlie doesn't share those candy Orange slices

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by PGM

Planning to repaint the track eh? Charlie doesn't share those candy Orange slices

True, Weis has only been to the Fiesta and Sugar Bowls.

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

What do you guys know about Braden Smith? Sounds like he's the best player to come out of the state in years and had at least one parent who went to KU. Has he visited or made plans to do so?

Looks like a huge talent. His dad played at KU and apparently he has strong ties to the staff at TCU as well. He will probably have his pick of any big time school so it will take some quick success for Weis and Co for KU to have a chance one would think.

Another board said Stoops offered him during his soph year but he will take his time deciding.

[Saul Good]

Honest question: who was the last huge in-state recruit landed by Kansas?

[Bambi]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

Honest question: who was the last huge in-state recruit landed by Kansas?

Jordan Darling last week?

-edit

[kcchiefsus]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

John Darling last week?

Who is a nobody

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Wickedson

John Darling last week?

Yea?