Kansas Picks Up a Commitment at Linebacker
by Owen on Sep 1, 2009 11:23 AM CDT
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PrintAs KC eluded to the Jayhawks have added a major pickup in an area of need. Jayhawkslant is reporting the commitment of Trayvon Henry out of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
Henry reported offers from Kansas, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, Colorado and Texas Tech among others. At one point this fall he actually committed to the OU staff but the OU Staff asked him to wait. From the sounds of things Kansas and Bill Miller stayed on him, the relationship developed and this is a big plus at the linebacker spot for the future.
Henry measures 6'2" 220 and runs in the 4.6 forty range so he should be able to bring the athleticism at linebacker that the Big 12 is now commanding. This is just another example of the Jayhawk staff stepping up the level of recruiting and going after some big targets. Sure it's not as if we truly beat out OU, but this will be the third such commit that OU has shown serious interest in and this one for sure is an example of one they had offered.
One other item of note: Jimmay Mundine, who KC reported on, did pick up a high three star rating from rivals so that makes two 3* linebackers added to the position for the Jayhawks. Also I think it's KU08 who might be interested to note that Henry is but another "Fighting 5.7".
Update #2....Strong hints that this might not be the end.
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YES YES YES!!!
A bit of sobering thinking:
This is a guy that we are so excited about to get and, believe me, it IS HUGE to get him, but it just goes to show that we are still a step or three behind to OU’s, UT’s, etc. of the CFB., because OU told him to wait because they had MULTIPLE guys higher on their board already committed/ready to commit. Regardless, he is going to be a great one – NFL-type talent.
Now, back to your regularly scheduled celebration.
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
Maybe so, but he was the highest on our board so that my friend is worth something
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
I agree.
Just trying to put it into perspective in the grand scheme of things. If we were bigger, he would be option, say… 3, or so.
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by Andy Edwards on Sep 1, 2009 11:31 AM CDT up reply actions
I love Update #2.
I’ve got my list of who I think it could be next. I called the Henry commit last night, btw.
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
who’s next
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
Shhhh, but it's gotta be somebody
that is already committed elsewhere and can’t let out that he is switching, because he hasn’t notified his current commitment’s coaches yet.
It sure has been a rough month for nub recruiting, eh?…….
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by Andy Edwards on Sep 1, 2009 11:41 AM CDT up reply actions
I like El Halcon’s Chase Rome comment…that wouldn’t be a bad get…speaking of where is El Halcon?
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
I have a feeling he will be prowling here
sometime today, with all the recent news. Now that I think about it, I take back my last comment… With Arps, I don’t think we want the guy I’m thinking of.
I doubt Rome, though… I was thinking DE, too. But, we don’t have room for anymore, really.
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by Andy Edwards on Sep 1, 2009 11:48 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm going to go ahead
and go with my pipe-dream on this one….
D.J. Jones
That’s my final answer.
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
by Andy Edwards on Sep 1, 2009 11:55 AM CDT up reply actions
I will say this....
I know there is a lot of Justin McKay chatter and I have heard he is uneasy with his OU commitment. However I have also heard schools other than KU as the possible destination so it’s hard to say if that’s real or rumor.
I guess my thinking with McKay is I won’t be surprised if he decommits from OU, but I will be surprised if it’s to KU. Also, I will be very disappointed if it’s to who I’ve heard he’s favoring.
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
Yeah....
I think I know who you’re talking about. That would suck.
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by Andy Edwards on Sep 1, 2009 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
no Fizzou.
Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Hasslebeck...where do all these moderately attractive and immensely silly women come from?
right line of thinking just looking in the wrong direction
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
Grandpa won't know what to do with a good Catholic School boy
He’s used to more thuggary at the QB position.
Sawin' wood
I won't make
any equations between thuggary and the Papacy here.
But is he going to play QB? I always thought he was leaning more towards WR….
Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Hasslebeck...where do all these moderately attractive and immensely silly women come from?
He's a sleeper
From the Super Jayhawk camp. He’s not from the region either.
The secret guy?
Do you know? Is it up on The Slant? I should check.
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
I've got a guess then...
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
Meanwhile, over in Co-Mo...
Blaine Dalton has been kicked off Mizzou. Third driving with alcohol/drugs incident since he’s been on campus. Enjoy life at Southeast Missouri State, Blaine!
Source:
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Sep 1, 2009 12:10 PM CDT reply actions
Welcome BluManGrp!
Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Hasslebeck...where do all these moderately attractive and immensely silly women come from?
labba-
I love your sig.
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
by Andy Edwards on Sep 1, 2009 12:57 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Thanks -
I debated putting it up. I’m a little politically riled up at the moment. After I read about Michelle Bachman telling her supporters to ‘Slit their wrists and become blood-brothers’ I just sat dumbfounded for a moment and had to express my dumbfoundedness as it relates to such silliness.
Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Hasslebeck...where do all these moderately attractive and immensely silly women come from?
Thanks! Been reading RCT for quite awhile (originally via linkage from Oread Boom Kings, btw) in addition to the Slant. Love the insights and conversation here!
I figured you were a lurker.
I think KGRtC laid out an easy one to lure in the lurkers.
Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Hasslebeck...where do all these moderately attractive and immensely silly women come from?
I miss Kenny.
He doesn’t come around here often enough. Must have a life….
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
Heh. Cheers, KC.
Definitely dealing with a lot of crap right now… not sure you’d call it a “life.”
Also, I’m heading back to KC next weekend for my fantasy football draft, and everyone (all alumni) bailed on going to the Northern Colorado game! I need better friends.
It’s time to question their fandom.
by KennyGregoryRockThaCradle on Sep 1, 2009 6:17 PM CDT up reply actions
It most certainly is!
Good to hear that you are hangin’ in there, though. Enjoy your time in KC, though.
It’s gonna be ocean-front property this time next year.
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
Dude -
Are you serious? I would give my left nut to watch KU play the Northern South Carolina Normal School for Blind Girls right now.
But to be there and miss the 1st game of the most anticipated KU football season in decades?
See this is what I’m talking about. By and large, KU fans have no CLUE what joys they’re missing by not being ‘real’ football fans. Dang that’s weak.
Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Hasslebeck...where do all these moderately attractive and immensely silly women come from?
The Chase Rome Train is picking up steam on The Slant. People are putting the puzzle pieces together….
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
It would make sense as a defensive tackle I’m assuming. If so it’s clear the staff is putting together the remaining pieces of a pretty damn good defense to compliment last years DB haul.
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
Man, if that's the case...
nonetheless, I’d hate to see another ‘Chase’ go to Mizzou…
Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Hasslebeck...where do all these moderately attractive and immensely silly women come from?
He's committed to OK State currently, though.
Kinda pathetic they can’t even keep a guy from their own CITY in house.
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
by Andy Edwards on Sep 1, 2009 12:59 PM CDT up reply actions
Don’t forget about Trey Millard, too. Another 4*. Neither really even seemed to give MU much thought.
True story.
Forgot about him. Their recruiting (coupled with guys not qualifying/getting the boot/leaving) the last couple years has really taken a downward trend….
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
seems a lot of schools struggle to keep the kids right in their immediate towns. I think it’s just part of college, going away and if you literally are only going down the street, that can sometimes be a turnoff
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
Yeah
we missed out on a Free State kid who was pretty heavily recruited in the midwest, can’t remember his name but I think he ended up at Iowa. We probably shouldn’t talk crap because of this.
by I need more Esteban on Sep 1, 2009 3:33 PM CDT up reply actions
Christian Ballard...
can’t remember which post but we had a little discussion going on him.
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
Keep reading this page...
Down…
down…
down…
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
Oooh
another Denison kid eh? They must have a decent team this year…
Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Hasslebeck...where do all these moderately attractive and immensely silly women come from?
Very much so.
57-16 victory last week. With two guys committed already and in the hunt for another, I’m going to try and get in touch with their coach via email and see if I can’t get some solid stats and maybe highlight tapes on them for my weekly thing.
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
that's cool.
Just as long as you don’t turn into some weird creepy stalker like that Denver guy…
Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Hasslebeck...where do all these moderately attractive and immensely silly women come from?
I wonder who he really is behind that Jayhawk suit.....
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
If he lives in Columbia.
Why wouldn’t he just go to Missouri?
I see they offered him and everything. What’s the sitch?
Don’t forget about Trey Millard, too. Another 4*. Neither really even seemed to give MU much thought.
As Blu said, he just never really seemed interested in methU. Some kids just wanna get the hell away from home for college. I mean, you’re in freaking Ohio….
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
I guess.
It just seemed odd. And if there was a kid like that in Lawrence, I’d be disappointed if we didn’t get him.
I really do need to get caught up on recruiting, though. Sometime soon.
Wasn't Christian Ballard from Lawrence?
And now he’s starting either DE or DT for Iowa now…I was pretty disappointed with all that a couple of years ago and I wasn’t into recruiting like I am now….right now I’d be devastated lol
you are correct jco...
same class as the Murphy boys…probably could have been starting here too. If I recall the sticking point was that Mangino and co wanted him on defense from day one…Iowa told him he’d play offense…I guess that worked out.
BTW…where ya been?
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
If you watched the kid in high school you would have been glad not to get him. Obviously he’s manned up since then, but he was a joke back then.
I can remember
that I was heart-broken on NSD when he signed with Iowa. That was really the first year that I followed recruiting, so I knew little and assumed it was the end of the world for KU football. Boy, was I wrong!!
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
Same here....
I was new to it all and judged players based on stars…without watching film or anything mainly because I had no access to the inside stuff….Still have never seen film on him lol..
biggest thing that stars can’t measure and was believed to be the weakness with Ballard is “want to”
as BluMan says it appears he’s grown up so good for him.
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
Speaking of the Murphy twins....
where’d the other one end up? I remember someone told me he ended up at TCU….but I have no clue
Emporia State.
He’s starting WR and KR or PR there – can’t remember which one.
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
LOL!!
gotta love the Nati. How’s the chili?
Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Hasslebeck...where do all these moderately attractive and immensely silly women come from?
Haven't tried Skyline yet.
The chili in the caf, though, is fabulous. So, yeah.
It says “Texas style” chili, whatever that means — it’s funny, though, because I guess it’s different than Cincinnati chili, and all of the locals are like offended. I grew up on this thing that I guess is called “Texas style” chili, so it’s awesome. Never, ever before had Skyline. And I lived in Lexington for 3 years.
I’ll try it eventually, I suppose.
there's that word again...
Hmmm, I know that competition Texas chili has no beans in it.
Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Hasslebeck...where do all these moderately attractive and immensely silly women come from?
Well, I just had it (again), and it has beans in it.
Maybe the people who work at Xavier are retarded? I don’t know.
In any case, it is damn good chili.
Also: I need a new word, obviously. Let’s take a little trip to thesaurus.com and see what we can cook up…
(goes to thesaurus.com)
OK, I’ve got it. I’ve never heard of this slang phrase before (Warden will be shocked, I’m sure), but apparently “aces” is a synonym. So, whenever I’m about to type fabulous, I’ll type in aces. We’ll see how this goes.
If it tanks, I’m blaming you. Just to let you know.
fair enough -
just helping you broaden the horizons of your various superlatives…
Michelle Malkin, Sarah Palin, Anne Coulter, Michelle Bachman, Elizabeth Hasslebeck...where do all these moderately attractive and immensely silly women come from?
He used it in my recruiting recap, too...
lol can't have a CKC without KC - Nicholai Khabibulin (LN21)
I would be honored to add him
To our roster of 5.7s. I got a shoutout in a post! I don’t really know what to say this is so unprepared ::whips out paper from jacket pocket :: there are just so many people to thank. First Denverjayhawk, for always supporting my 5.7 team, and mentioning me in the post. Second, Rock Chalk Talk for giving me a forum to speak to behind my computer screen where I am not judged due to my hideous face and terrible acne. That is all, thank you all so much. And America, we need to recycle. Everyone’s one thing could save the planet. Thank you God Bless.
I personally believe that most US americans, can not do so because they do not have maps…and therefore such as in the Iraq and the South Africa such as…
- if no one catches this reference I’m going to be greatly disappointed
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
Wasn't that like a beauty pageant winner?
Like Miss Carolina or Georgia or someone’s speech? Or is the sprite I’m drinking getting the best of me.
by Andrew Clark on Sep 1, 2009 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
ding ding ding...
I believe it was miss South Carolina
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
Yes
I remember that, I saw it on E! when my girlfriend was watching it a while back it was hilarious. Now if I can find a youtube clip…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-qUK6XdDwk
God I am laughing so hard. This is way too rough, so funny.
The best part of the clip I posted above
is there is a clip from Billy Madison at the end which ties in perfectly to it. Enjoy all.
by Andrew Clark on Sep 1, 2009 10:41 PM CDT up reply actions
honestly though...
the best moment is in the real clip right after she answers when AC SLater (also known as Mario Lopez) simply says “Thank you very much South Carolina”…as if the entire state is responsible for the disaster that just occurred.
Some people are like Slinkies...not really good for anything but they make you smile when pushed down the stairs.
AC Slater
All my friends call me AC, and some call me Slater, because…well my initials are AC. Yes.
And you are right, you can hear that he is trying not to erupt in laughter with the coy “thank you south carolina”
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