so I’ll have to do that and comment tomorrow. Any quick summary?

sounds pretty obvious the o-line will see changes. We saw Wolfe come in for Spikes when Pick came in and I wouldn’t be surprised if that sticks. Also I’d look for Marrongelli to come in as well as he pushed for time early in the year.

I think you are correct that the chances of Todd being removed as the starter are very very slim. Other changes on offense I’m not sure will be seen on the field but Coach does seem like he might be sending a message to both the Offensive and Special Teams coaching staffs with his statements. It’s a pretty drastic decline that this group has taken and it couldn’t have come at a worse time. Coach Mangino has to know that the offense he fielded last year could be 8-0 right now.

K-State lost last night to OU but they fought the entire game, executed a gameplan and made a bit of a comeback in Norman. They definitely had Sooner fans worried which I don’t think we ever did. That game is going to take a big 180 from our team this week if we want to come out of Manhattan with a win and if we don’t it’s bad news. If we do I’d say 8-4 is still on the table but you are probably right that 7-5 beating our rivals and a 3rd straight bowl might have to be considered a good consolation prize if we can even pull that off.

I thought that was a circus.

OC Ed Dubya: This guy was brought in because he was supposed to be a run game expert, after at Illinois his teams boasted potent running attacks. Now? We absolutely cannot run the ball. And I am getting really tired of watching us run an option every other play that loses two yards. It doesn’t work because Todd is not a threat to run it. He runs a few yards laterally looking for a pitch the whole time. A lack of a running game has crippled our offense. Todd was so good the last two years because our running backs were averaging a healthy 4.+ yards a carry.

Defense: Once again our D kept us in it early when the offense sucked. Its good to see progress but our D is only going to hold for so long. The way our D played that first half, if our offense manages TWO drives for a score we are in control of the game.

Future: We have a lot of young players on our team that could benefit from PT this year. In 2006 we let a lot of young guys get beat up on defense and offense and then the next year they played out of their minds on the way to an Orange Bowl win. IF (and God please don’t let this happen) IF we lose to the putty cats in ManHappenin, is it time to thank some veterans for their hard work and let young guys start getting their jerseys dirty? Not so much pulling redshirts this late, but guys who are RS Frosh, Soph, True Frosh that have seen PT, etc.

Briscoe Kid: Can he go pro now? He is seeing less balls, dropping a few of the ones he is seeing this year, etc. Does he come back to improve his stock with a young qb and a more run oriented offense.

Meier: Have teams finally learned how to stop him? Our criss cross routes that freed him and Briscoe seem to have disappeared.

In the end, our play calling and offense hasn’t changed since 2007, except that we run the ball less and run unsuccessfully. I’m not saying change everything and implement a wildcat formation, but eventually you need to spice things up. Yesterday we also could have used a Meier pass or two a la the Insight Bowl and etc, a reverse to Briscoe, an I formation like we used to use with Toben and Jake or Toben and Rell “From Hell” Lewis, a few things when tipped pass, option, pass wasn’t working every three downs. We looked so potent on O against MU and Minnesota to close the year (teams that both had poor defenses) that we decided not to change a thing except add a pistol formation that we haven’t used since the non-con.

Personally, I feel like Kansas Football owes Reesing the chance to play every snap he wants from here on out. Great players come and go, but this guy might be the person most responsible for the development of the program. Without Todd Reesing at QB, do we get the funding necessary for a new practice facility? Do better recruits really start to seriously consider a place that has never been nationally relevant in college football?

But I also understand the argument about getting Pick some real experience, and that if Pick is the guy that gives us the best chance to win now, he should be the one getting the snaps.

Question: What does Mangino “owe” Todd Reesing as far as the rest of this season goes? If we lose next weekend, I think most of us would agree that this season is a lost cause. At that point, do we start building for the future (giving Pick more PT), or do we enjoy the last few games of the great Todd Reesing Era?

I really hope he can get going here and not make this awkward for everyone. But what happens if he can’t?