A Different Way of Thinking About this Football Season
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Nov 16, 2009 5:34 PM CST
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Coming into this season, expectations for the Kansas football team were high. And why not? They've come off back to back bowl winning seasons, had a lot of returning depth, and still had the skill position guys that helped to create one of the best, most explosive offenses in all of college football. Not only did we still have speedy jitterbug Jake Sharp, we brought in a highly-touted kid in Opurum that has proven he's the real deal. We still had what many would consider the best receiver tandem in the country with Briscoe and Meier.
But most importantly, we had TODD REESING. The President of Awesometown himself. The guy that had an uncanny ability to turn potential disaster into Epic Win. Statistically the greatest quarterback in Kansas history. The guy that does stuff like this all the time:
Remember that guy? The guy that could turn massive freak defensive ends into fools? The guy that could overcome large odds to bring a program to a place it had never been before? Remember TODD REESING?
The year started out well enough. TODD REESING was just getting warmed up- leading his team to 40+ point performances while clearly still holding some things back. But then, something terrible happened....
TODD REESING got hurt, and was out for the season. "But wait, that's still Todd out there every week!" you may argue, but you would be wrong. In fact, TODD REESING was replaced sometime during this season with his doppleganger, RODD TEESING.
RODD TEESING looks just like TODD REESING. He's the same height, same build, wears the same number... but he's not TODD REESING. He's a 5'10 quarterback with inconsistent mechanics, shaky decision-making, and lacks the ability to scramble around in the backfield until his receivers can break open. RODD TEESING also isn't the fun-loving leader the program had before, but instead, a sulking guy that perhaps parties a little bit too much. RODD TEESING still can make straight line runs on draws for decent yardage, and can still throw a good ball when he gets his feet set. But while TODD REESING had those extra qualities that make him a winner, RODD TEESING does not.
There is starting to be a steady rumbling amongst the KU faithful that Mark Mangino needs to be fired, or at least have his coaching staff blown up. But that's pretty unreasonable when you remember that MM lost his star quarterback, and has been forced to replace him with RODD, the poor imitation.
You may argue that MM should realize that RODD is no TODD, and make the switch to Kale Pick, at least so he has a chance to begin developing for next year. But here's the thing- not even MM realizes that RODD has taken over for TODD. This conspiracy goes straight to the top!
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I have watched that video 100 times
And it gets better and better…
Pretty off topic but maybe triggered by the “Pick development” discussion – beating Mizzou again (assuming no chance of a W in Austin) is obviously huge for a ton of reasons – one of which is 10-15 extra days of practice associated with making a bowl (anyone know exactly how many?). That is more or less getting a second spring ball in – huge considering how much we are losing after this year. Nice bonus on top of helping wash the vomit taste of this season out of our mouths.
We were bowl eligible in 2006 and didn't get selected.
What makes you think we will this year?
Sawin' wood
If the game was Saturday
(at Arrowhead still) what do you think the line would be? I agree we don’t have a great chance, but wondering what you would set it at.
And, the answer why we would be selected in 2009 is 2007. KU football is far from ‘elite’ or ‘national’ but 07 was a step toward putting the program on the map. I would think we would be picked over a 6-6 team from C-USA or whatnot.
I would set it at +7.5 to KU
I agree that 2007 could help us get selected this year. Problem is, if a MAC, WAC, CUSA, etc. team gets to seven wins, they have to be selected before us.
Sawin' wood
Gotcha.
Great point, and one I (obviously) hadn’t considered.
7.5 seems about right. Probably a lot of KU ‘fans’ unloading their tickets to this one though. Might end up being a psuedo Miz home game (the amount of red in the stands on Saturday was pretty pathetic, even if it was to be expected).
A funny take on what I believe is very real.
There’s clearly something wrong and I’m going to guess it’s either the groin or some other undisclosed injury.
I used to work with an old man that told me. Son, every workplace has a dumbass, if you don't have one where you work, then I'm afraid you're it.
I've been calling bullsh*t on the groin injury ever since it was announced.
There isn’t any groin injury. The injury rest entirely between the ears.
Sawin' wood
Possibly, but all the physical mistakes we see could easily be resulting from a groin pull.
I used to work with an old man that told me. Son, every workplace has a dumbass, if you don't have one where you work, then I'm afraid you're it.
But Mangino would call any QB draws if his star QB had a groin injury.
The Buddha is cold and steel, but he isn’t cold-hearted. He’ll protect his kids whenever he can. Fact is, there have been called QB draws in every game since CU. That tells me the groin injury is minimal. But it makes a great excuse to defer pressure from the QB……
Sawin' wood
Or that Mangino just isn't aware of how bad it is.
Coach MM: Todd, how’s the groin?
Todd: A little stiff, but I’m good.
Coach MM: Want me to play Kale?
Todd: No, I’m good. Really.
Then, Rodd runs on the field.
I used to work with an old man that told me. Son, every workplace has a dumbass, if you don't have one where you work, then I'm afraid you're it.
Well
My theory is that the groin injury has reduced his lateral movement, but not his straight-line running ability. If you look at that video, he hasn’t made any moves like those jukes since early in the season.
RODD TEESING, my arch-nemesis! Give us back our TODD, you rapscallion!
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Nov 17, 2009 1:10 PM CST up reply actions
Dude.
Look at those jukes in that video. He can’t do anything NEAR that right now. Or should I say, RODD can’t do anything near that.
RODD TEESING, my arch-nemesis! Give us back our TODD, you rapscallion!
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Nov 17, 2009 9:08 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Lol Rodd Teesing...
Has anything on Todd’s throwing arm been checked out by the medical staff? I know he has a groin injury but that doesn’t lead to being way off target with passes, passes being tipped at the line, passes being under thrown, etc…..I don’t recall him throwing a long TD pass since maybe the Iowa State game
Been wondering the same thing.
Even the groin pull could cause all kinds of problems with passing. Think about stepping into a pass and feeling like someone is stabbing you right below your nuts, how do you think your fundamentals would be for the rest of your body?
I used to work with an old man that told me. Son, every workplace has a dumbass, if you don't have one where you work, then I'm afraid you're it.
Can anybody with photoshop skills...
Create a picture of RODD for me? Basically, just put some kind of mustache on a picture of TODD?
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Nov 16, 2009 7:49 PM CST reply actions
AH HA!!!
RODD, my arch-nemesis!!! At last we have found you!
Hahahaha that is fantastic 08. Probably will be bringing that out this weekend (unfortunately).
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Nov 16, 2009 11:40 PM CST up reply actions
I remember Chase Daniel's senior season.
he played the last eight games with a torn up arm/shoulder/wrist. Are we seeing a situation like this with your reesing? or is it a phsycological problem?
"The field mouse is fast but the owl sees at night"- Ricky Bobby's belligerent Granddaddy
Probably both.
Seems commonly acknowledged he’s got a groin pull, which is affecting him physically, which in turn seems to be making him force things beyond his physical capabilities.(Which is the mental part)
by hunter s. royal on Nov 16, 2009 8:58 PM CST up reply actions
He seems to have lost his lateral movement, which he always used for his patented jukes to buy more time for receivers to get open. He’s still decent in straight line speed, but without the “escapability,” he’s an undersized qb that still makes some bad decisions. Also, he’s much worse throwing the ball on the move (but can still make a nice throw with his feet under him).
I think it’s a case where he and the offensive coaching staff haven’t been able to respond to the injury with adjustments. And since we know that TODD was good at adjustments, this is clearly RODD’s work.
RODD TEESING, my arch-nemesis! Give us back our TODD, you rapscallion!
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Nov 16, 2009 11:46 PM CST up reply actions
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