Rockchalk's Ramblings // 6-25-09
by rockchalk on Jun 25, 2009 5:06 PM CDT
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PrintI don't really know what to say. I'll try and be way more consistent with the RR postings, as well as actually posting other stuff at the same time. As for right now, there is understandably a large mass of links to pass along your way.
Kansas Football
2009 Kansas College Football Predictions | NCAA Football Lines
This is basically just a simple summary of our team, but still interesting.
Berry Tramel ranks Big 12 football games from 1-96 | NewsOK.com
This is a really interesting link. This guy, Berry Tramel, takes every single Big 12 schedule and ranks the games, 1-96, conference-wide. Kansas' games are as follows:
- #9 -- vs. Missouri
- #14 -- vs. Nebraska
- #18 -- vs. Oklahoma
- #28 -- @ Kansas State
- #30 -- @ Colorado
- #38 -- @ Texas Tech
- #42 -- @ Texas (guess they don't really give us a shot at winning)
- #44 -- vs. Southern Miss
- #46 -- @ UTEP
- #54 -- vs. Duke
- #74 -- vs. Iowa State
- #95 -- vs. Northern Colorado (ouch!)
Quigley's crash course | KUsports.com
The Angus Quigley-to-linebacker angle is a very interesting one. I mean, on one hand, it is cool that he's making the switch so late in his collegiate career, and he definitely has the body for the position (and the fumbleitis to keep him away from the ball on offense. But, it isn't like he's going to be seeing some big-time PT. At least, I don't think so.
BMOC: Collins vs. Reesing | CJOnline.com
There are a helluva lot more basketball links today, so I'll put this intersport link in with the pigskin ones. I have to disagree with Tully on this one, too. It has to be Hot Toddy. Sure, Sherron is awesome and great and probably more recognizable, given the fact that basketball players don't wear masks. But Todd Reesing's face has to be well-known by now, right? And given our sketchy football history, which Todd has entirely changed, he has to have a greater on the fanbase. Maybe I'm way off, here, but I don't think so.
Kansas Basketball
Lance Stephenson is still without a school, and here's why - The Dagger - NCAA Hoops - Rivals.com
The Lance Stephenson saga has yet to find an end, and may not ever, really. I feel bad for the kid, considering that he was almost assuredly picking Kansas before John Calipari changed the entire recruiting landscape, and now he is getting shunned by Florida International, but it isn't like he's some goodie two-shoes getting screwed left-and-right. As the post says, he has 4 strikes going against him in a 3-strike world, and an NCAA investigation is almost assuredly pending when he commits, if he ever does at all. Let's just say it ain't lookin' pretty.
June -- the time to wonder. Apparently, at least.
Tulsa World: KU widely favored for next season
Why yes, of course we'll be favored. Thanks for the reinforcement, though, Tulsa World. A nice batch of quotes from ESPN talking heads, though. And I mean that.
KU's Robinson embracing life on the hill | KUsports.com
Good. As stacked as we are, Mr. Robinson should still see plenty of playing time.
Sherron Collins is heavy again | CJOnline.com
Oh boy. Here we go again. As long as he's all better by September, I suppose it isn't a huge deal. But, um, yeah. Not good.
An excuse to write about Nate Erdmann | CJOnline.com
A list of some of the more forgotten Big 12 draft picks ever.
Tyshawn Taylor at No. 17: An exploration | CJOnline.com
I haven't heard too much T2-to-the-NBA speculation so far, but I'm sure it will start fairly soon. And if he leaves, and Cole leaves and Sherron leaves and Xavier leaves, we could be in a similar position to last year. As long as they leave a National Championship behind, though, I couldn't be happier. Obviously.
"It's Draft Day in the NBA: Does anyone care?" by 'Hawks in the NBA | KUsports.com
(Raises hand). No, really, I'll watch it. I love the Draft.
Offering no regrets | KUsports.com
It's nice to hear and all, but I mean what do you expect them to say?
"Yeah, not entering the Draft was the biggest mistake of my life. Every day I wake up and wish I would have left this school. I wish I wasn't even here right now."
I mean, I believe them and everything. It just seems like a funny article to write.
KU freshman Elijah Johnson undergoes knee scope | KUsports.com
Oh boys. As long as everything ends up OK, which it sounds like it will, then sweet. That doesn't make it any less scary, though, that's for sure. Hopefully he's back in the expected 6 weeks, or whatever, and he won't miss a second of practice.
Holy Cross search includes KU's Dooley | KUsports.com
This isn't shocking in the least. Dooley is going to be leaving for a Head Coaching job at sometime, and probably sooner rather than later. But, I mean, how does Holy Cross still not have a Head Coach? It's good to be deliberate and everything, not to make a mistake, but geez. It's nearly July. They might want to speed this thing up, right about now.
Xavier Henry completes stellar offseason for Kansas basketball - Luke Winn - SI.com
My favorite of the basketball links, probably, but that's just because I looove Luke Winn. At this point, though, the top half of both the best and worst offseasons pretty much write themself. Kansas and Kentucky for the best, in that order, with USC and Memphis topping the worst. Game over.
Kansas Other Sports
USA picks KU's McCray | CJOnline.com
Tyshawn won't be the only Jayhawk on a Team USA roster this summer. Danielle McCray will be on the woman's team. And as a senior next year, she'll (hopefully) lead us to a NCAA Tournament for the first time since forever.
KU's Walz on Team USA roster | CJOnline.com
Add another one to the Team USA bandwagon! T.J. will be on the baseball one, obviously.
KU hires softball coach | CJOnline.com
New softball coach. Old LSU assistant. That's all I know. Sorry.
KU releases athletics GPAs | CJOnline.com
What a way to end this endless array of links, hey? With a mindless list of GPA's broken up by sport. I have no comment on them, sorry.
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Replacing Dooley
Supposing Holy Cross doesn’t hire Dooley (or he doesn’t take the job) but he takes a different head coaching job after this upcoming season, I’d love to see Norm Roberts back on Self’s staff. Of course this assumes Roberts is fired by St. Johns after this season which is a distinct possibility.
Alternatively, there happens to be a former Self assistant looking for work. His name is Billy Gillispie. Imagine Gillispie on Self’s staff at KU. Won’t happen though. I suspect Gillispie’s been a head coach for too long to go back to being an assistant. He will likely draw interest next year from several schools looking for a head coach. Still, if there’s one college coach he would even remotely consider being an assitant coach for, it would have to be Self.
That's an interesting angle KU-Lew.
The easiest way for Gillispie to rehabilitate his image might be to be an assistant under Self for a year or two, especially considering the success we should have. If KU rolls to a couple of final fours, or can win another national title, Gillespie being on the staff would help his profile immensely. Right now, he seems a bit toxic and likely won’t have much chance to get a decent head-coaching job. All conditional on Dooley getting a head-coaching job himself of course.
by hunter s. royal on Jun 26, 2009 2:43 PM CDT up reply actions
Henry
Rumors in Kentucky are swirling that Xavier Henry may not be happy with his decision to join the JayHawk squad and may be in the works for a UK transfer. I was just curious as to whether there have been any such rumors in the Kansas camp?
It is not worth an intelligent man’s time to be in the majority. By definition, there are already enough people to do that.
by kentuckygirl0724 on Jun 26, 2009 3:05 PM CDT reply actions
1. HAHAHAHA Oh you Kittycats and your overactive imaginations. This completely worthless rumor is, I guess, based off the fact that Henry is missing the first session of summer school. Not ALL of summer school, mind you- the first session.
2. I LOVE the Kentucky belief that if he was somehow unhappy, he would immediately coming running to UK, even though he never even visited there.
3. You get your studs qualified for college yet?
4. Rumors in Kansas are “swirling” that your recruits were all so sickened by Calipari’s shenanigans with Derrick Rose, they were all transferring to Kansas. I was just curious as to whether there have been any such rumors in the Kentucky camp?
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Jun 26, 2009 3:24 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Hi kentuckygirl
Thus far all the rumors I’ve heard have originated from the UK side. Nothing on the KU side to substantiate or add credence to the rumors. Xavier’s dad has flat out denied the rumors. Just this week Bill Self was interviewed on local radio and mentioned how excited he was about Xavier Henry. Said he could be anywhere from our leading scorer to our 3rd or 4th leading scorer. Anyway, the rumors were not mentioned in the interview but he’s giving no hints to suggest Xavier won’t be a Jayhawk (not that I would really expect him too).
anybody read the KC Star article about the Henry boys today?
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
Yes, it was fascinating.
A lot of good things in there as far as their work ethic, and a lot of strange-weird things also. It should be quite a ride once they make their way onto campus.
by hunter s. royal on Jun 28, 2009 7:35 PM CDT up reply actions
Thought the exact same thing. Not sure if I'm looking forward to this or not.
It should be quite a ride once they make their way onto campus.
If you were thinking, you wouldn't have thought that.
The Quigley Experiment
Am I the only one thinking this might be a bad idea? We could really, really use an experienced RB with some size now that Crawford’s out. Instead, we get a linebacker that won’t see much of the field at all, and could be completely in over his head when he is out there.
I’ll go out on a limb here: switch him back now! Thoughts?
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Jun 26, 2009 3:27 PM CDT reply actions
You never know...
Mangino could always move Quigley back to RB at some point. If he fails as a LB or KU has problems at RB (injury or performance issues) we shouldn’t be surprised if Quigley is switched back to RB. Over the years, the coaching staff has never been shy about changing a player’s position – even during the season. We saw plenty of that last year (Spikes and Hatch switched positions, Thornton went from S to CB, Patterson from WR to CB). We even saw him use his starting RB (John Randle) in the seconday a few years ago. And who can forget a certain backup QB that started playing WR?
I think the expectation now is that Quigley will be in the mix for playing time at LB. If when the season starts he’s buried on the depth chart at LB or he fails miserably at LB during the non-conference portion fo the season, then I think it would be in the team’s best interest to move him back to RB. The problem with that is that we don’t have a lot of depth at LB either.
Kenny,
I agree, if Crawdaddy is gone (and it looks like its starting to lean that way) it would be nice to have another back with experience, and size. I was thinking before his switch to LB that Sharp and Quigley could form a nice small – big one-two punch, Afterall, early in the program Quigley was projected to get big minutes, got hurt that year, and has kinda faded out since. Always seemed like he had the talent to be a good back. Hopefully a young back steps up, but like everyone has said, it may not be too late to play him at RB more (same scheme, coordinator, etc).
As far as as hoops predictions, I’m excited to see that the Morris twins (especially Marcus) are training hard and adding weight via muscle (compared to Sherron adding weight via the Value Menu). Cole, the Marcus twins and T-Rob – who should continue to improve all year – could give us the depth and skill we had down low when we made our title run two years ago (I’m not counting Mario, I still feel with his shot he would be better suited at wing, as a backup to X).
I think Quigley has shown he can't cut it at RB
sure he’s shown flashes but he had ample opportunity last year to take the RB position and couldn’t do it…I like hte move
by I need more Esteban on Jun 29, 2009 10:42 AM CDT up reply actions
I like the Move as well in the sense that
Quigley seems to have the talent and mentality to play LB, I’m just a bit weary of our RB depth, especially if Sharp or a freshman who moves into the backup role like Lewis for example gets hurt.
Did anyone go to the Spring game? I heard Lewis looked pretty sharp
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