Kansas Football is going to go 10-2
 

Yeah, you heard me right. Look at this schedule, it is ridiculously easy. How glorious, KU should be able to sleep walk to 8-4. If they get lucky and play well 10 and 2 is not out of the realm of possibilities. Last year, KU was better than their record. They went 6-6 and lost just about every game by about 2-3 points.

Central Michigan
-WIN 27-17
SE Lousiana
-WIN 49-10
Toledo
-WIN 34-24
Florida International
-WIN 34-17
at Kansas State
-WIN 17-14
Baylor
-WIN 24-13
at Colorado
-WIN 17-14
at Texas A&M
-10-93 LOSS
Nebraska
-0-63 LOSS
at Oklahoma State
-WIN 31-28
Iowa State
-WIN 21-10
Missouri
-WIN 24-21 OT

KU could potentially be 7-0 going into the Texas A&M game before they get whacked, haha. Glorious.

I've heard it said several times that KU has the easiest schedule in the country.

Taking pride in playing a pussified schedule?

*snickering*

This is funny. Whatever it was you were smoking, pass it over here, will ya?

Along with replacing Big XII rushing leader Jon Cornish, KU will have to shore up a pass defense that ranked dead last in the country in 2006. Don't be surprised if a medicore defensive line struggles once again to put pressure on opposing signal-callers.

KU is 2-18 in Big XII road games under Mangino, and never fared better than 3-5 in conference play. Some of KU's manageable conference games: Texas A&M, OSU, and Colorado are on the road.

Central Michigan - W
SE Louisiana - W
Toledo - W
Florida International - W
@ Kansas State - L
Baylor - W
@ Colorado - L
@ Texas A&M - L
Nebraska - L
@ Oklahoma State - L
Iowa State - W
Missouri - L

At best, I got KU going 6-6 again.

Central Michigan will kick KU's ass. They're a good program.
They're counting the days, hours and minutes until they get to play KU:
http://tinyurl.com/27l2z8

From the Chippewa's website:
Central Michigan University has placed a league-high seven players on the MAC Report Online’s 2007 Preseason All-Mid-American Conference team.

Quarterback Dan LeFevour, receiver Bryan Anderson, offensive lineman Andrew Hartline and defensive lineman Casey Droscha were all first team selections. Offensive lineman Eric Tunney, linebacker Red Keith and punter Tony Mikulec were named to the second team.

LeFevour was also tabbed as the preseason offensive player of the year.

The 2006 MAC Freshman of the Year and MVP of the Motor City Bowl, LeFevour set CMU single-season records for passing yards (3,031), touchdown passes (26) and total offense (3,552) last year. He was a first team All-MAC selection and honorable mention Freshman All-America honoree by Sporting News.

After you lose to them, Toledo also has a good shot to beat KU, just like last year. Remeber, you lost to them last year?

Also you lose to Kansas State, Nebraska, Texas, Texas A&M, Colorado and Mizzou at Arrowhead.

KU loses anywhere from five to seven games.

You are insane.

Why does everybody think KU is so bad? I don't get it, last year they lost TWO GAMES in OT on the ROAD, a game by ONE, blew a big lead to OSU in the 4th quarter, by 3 to A&M. The only game they got schellacked was to Missouri. If the ball bounces right for KU last year, they go 10-2. You are going to say, but no they didn't. Well, sports you need alot of luck as well, and KU just didn't have that last year. Central Michigan is a decent team, but they lost by 20 to Northern Illinois last year. It will be a good game, to say they will "KICK KU'S ASS". Come on now

Mizzou SHOULD win the North this year... If not --- then their days and years are toast... This will be their last chance for awhile...

LMAO

All you naysayers, I will bump this thread when KU goes 9-3 next year for all to see. Mu hahaha

9-3? I thought you said 10-2.
Have another hit dude.

I thought they were going 10-2?

Did they lose to Central Michigan already???

Again, KU is good enough to beat anybody, I'll give them that. However, they are also inconsistent enough to lose anybody as well. KU is playing teams closer, but they're still losing.

I don't think it will change much this year, as KU has too many holes to fill.

They should. This is my pre-season Big XII North rankings

1. Missouri
2. Nebraska
3. Kansas State
4. Kansas
5. Colorado
6. Iowa State

Good teams win those games.

I like how in back to back weeks he has them losing by a combined 140 points to AM and Nebraska, then has them going to OK state and eeking out a victory.

ROFL

I don't see how KU's gonna beat OSU. OSU's offense is really good. OSU's balanced offense was one of the two team (the other being Boise State) in the country to average more than 200 yards passing and 200 yards rushing and was ranked 7th nationally in scoring (35.2 points)

With 7 returning starters on offense, it will give defensive coordinators a migrane headaches. OSU returns players that accounts for all of the passing yards, 81% of the rushing yards, and 74% of the receiving yards.

Heck, I was little worried about NU going down there after the way KU played them in Lincoln last year.

They haven't converted an extra point in Manhattan since 1997. What makes you think they will win there?

Laugh it up Husker fan. :p

If Nebraska had Taylor returning this year, then I would had put Nebraska at top. But since it's Keller, who haven't played for quite some time, and a brutal schedule, as well that Nebraska is going to Missouri (typical home-field advantage) is the reasoning why I gave the North to Missouri.

I echo that sentiment. :drool:

As a KU football fan, we gotta take whatever we can get man. At least we'd beable to admit that one of the only reasons we had a winning record was because of the pussy schedule, eh?

My reason also exactly...

Are you serious? How is that possible?

The offense may not miss a beat with Keller. The game will be good, but I like Nebraska's chances because Zack Bowman should be back.

Somehow I think those two scores would give the guys who hand out bowl invites pause.

They scored a touchdown in 99 but went for a 2 point conversion - and failed.

They haven't scored a touchdown since then.

Have to make it to the endzone to try a PAT.

I know, we haven't done too well in Columbia as of late, but I'm going to assume Mizzou is going to choke it away until they prove otherwise. Hell it wouldn't really surprise me to see K-State win the North.

Heh. That's golden. :)

You lost me right there.

Oh yeah...
Kerri Walsh's ass

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Kerri Walsh's box

http://www.tiloschuster.de/2005/BeachVB/Beach437.jpg

More chick Volleyball ass
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Again, because I love Kerri Walsh's ass

http://www.tiloschuster.de/2005/BeachVB/Beach412.jpg

Thanks for the laugh.

kU's offense will struggle without Cornish... the QB is shoddy... and the defense will waste the All-American efforts of Talib.

I'll tell you this right now - if kU wins more than 7 games, you can do whatever you want with my profile sig.

Ah, the cripple fight that is the Big 12 North. College football is right around the corner.

I just said it wouldn't surprise me, I didn't say bet the farm on it.

ROFL
Basketball season's over, Gayhawk boy.

I hope you are right, man we could have won against some good teams last year if we didn't always give it up at the very end

I know, but I really would surprise me.

Now if Iowa State won it, THAT would surprise me. Is that better? :)

we're like the catholic church mr. frazod, you're just jealous of our superiority... Everybody wants to be like us, and theyjust cant admit it, right? HAH

Oh yeah, that must be it..... LMAO

every other way different schools do their stuff, its all wrong and they're all going to hell!!

There's a handful of Jayhawk football season ticket owner's and I'm one of 'em - and I'm nowhere near as delusional as the thread originator. 6-6 is a good season any year.

WOW, I'm a Jayhawk fan but I don't see it this way.....6 - 6 to 8 - 4 at best.

I would like my sig privileges back. I must post this on my sig otherwise I will forget. You are on. I see no way how KU will not go 8-4 with this schedule. I may of been being a little joking at 10-2, but I think 8-4 or 9-3 are very achievable.

Yeah. Right.

Well, they'd have to sweep their non-con, which is the worst non-con in Division 1-A by far, so they should do that - and then they'd have to go .500 in conference, which Mangino has never done. I think they will probably win 7 or 8 games including a bowl game, but they won't be a good team.

I didn't say they are GOING to go 10 and 2 seriously, but if they get lucky, I am just saying it is not out of the question. Last year, as I said before 10-2 was in the realm of possibilities because of all of the close games. People are going to tell you, oh good teams don't lose close games. BS, sports like it or not has a huge amount of luck. You could play the NCAA Football Schedule of last year and ten times and probably get 8 different national championships. The chips fall where they may, it's not set in stone, anomalies happen.

I can see no more than seven wins on that schedule, with several games that will be close. KU needs a pull a big upset to deserve a bowl appearance this season.

Heh. Yep.

I just want to point out that if it were not for, "pussy schedules" K-State probably wouldn't have a football program.

Mangino learned from Snyder. You've got to start winning to get the recruits, and if your program sucks balls, you've got to start with "weaker" competition.

Sure.

http://sunbowlblog.missouri.edu/chase-first-half.jpg

I need medical attention, I can't stop laughing.

Just don't see any way kU beats Nebraska, aTm, Mizzou or Oklahoma State. Expecting to win both games at CU and K-State also seems a little nuts.

Unless Kerry Meier is MUCH better than everyone thinks.

But you're on.

KU will lose badly to both MU and KSU this season in football.


Now, basketball is a much much more of a different story.

The difference being we always did well in conference play.

But the point is you had to start somewhere.

Still - at year 6 in his tenure though? It's not just about SoS, it's about value to your ticket holders as well.

Here is my take - KU wont go 10-2. That is some good drugs you are on to think that. If Mizzou doesnt win the North this year, they are screwed for a while, mainly bc I think if Nebraska gets it they will be back on top for a while.

I tend to agree. If Nebraska doesn't win the North this year, I believe Callihan could get canned, and at the very least will be on the hot seat to win it the following year.

However, if Nebraska wins the division this season, then the recruits will keep flowing in because they know Callihan will be there for awhile, and then it could get rough for the rest of the teams in the North. I like what Pinkel is doing at Mizzou, but in reality they can't keep up with the Huskers if they're running at full steam.

Should be a fun season!

And I would argue that K-State maintained their cream puff Non-con for Snyder's entire tenure save two or three decent opponents. Where was the value there?

I suppose you are right - Snyder did ramp up the schedule once we got screwed by the BCS in 98. They were rarely as bad as KU's is now.

I guess I'll agree with you - until Mangino can get his team to start winning conference games, it's probably safe to line up 4 patsies right off the bat.

easy non-conference schedules != "easiest schedule in the country in 2007"

Some of ours were pretty bad in the mid to late 90's. Probably not the worst in the country, but they had to be close.

Still, we would go undefeated or 1 loss in conference after that. Until Mangino can go .500 in conference, it's probably a safe bet to continue scheduling like this so he can guarantee a bowl game and keep feeding his apologists with excuses.

They won't beat Iowa State

Exactly.

I'd say ISU is probably their easiest non-con opponent.

I'd have to look into it again and don't have the time today, but as I recalll last I reviewed our SoS, we were always in the top 75% under Snyder. We finished as high as 10 one year IIRC.

That is because the Big 8/12 was pretty damn strong in the 90's.

BWillie007, I think you're predictions are little nuts. KU might end up with a winning record and make a bowl, but I haven't seen enough to think that they can win 10 games. That being said, I don't see them losing 93-10. I see the game at A&M as a loss, but not by that big a margin. Also, we play Nebraska at Lawrence this year. We beat the Hell out of them 2 years ago in Lawrence and played them into OT at Lincoln last year. No way does Nebraska win 63-0. As a matter of fact, I think KU has a good shot in that game. I think KU will lose at OSU, though. The rest, who knows.

Saul, KU also had not beaten KSU in 11 years before the 2004 season. Last I checked, KU has taken 2 out of the last 3 from KSU. That streak you mention won't be around much longer. ;)

KSU also went to 11 straight bowls before KU beat them. Coincidence? They've taken 2 out of the last 3..er...13 :P

I find it comical when a KSU fan makes fun of KU's weak non-con schedule. KSU's non con schedules were just as weak as KU's is this year. Anybody who says otherwise is most likely a KSU homer.

By the mid to late 90s, KSU had become a powerhouse program. They should have been scheduling strong opponents. Who knows, maybe it would have helped toughen them and give them confidence to win a title.

I think 9-3

They were, but the difference were we had weak non-con and we did well in the conference schedule, and usually did well in bowl games.

Let me ask you this, if KU wins all 4 non con games and goes 2-6 or 3-5 in conference, do they really deserve a bowl game?

Probably not. But if they get invited, I won't complain. :) We've discussed this before, but I'll say it again. I am tired of mediocrity under Mangino. I have defended him long enough. Anything less that 8 wins with this schedule will be disappointing (barring a rash of major injuries).

I agree, and if it doesn't happen, Big Lew may need to look elsewhere soon. They are investing all of this money into football now, we need to see results.

They are in the same confrence

Tough to play strong opponents when they don't want to play you.