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Know Thy Enemy: Nebraska Cornhuskers
January 31, 2008 by
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In preparation for tonight's contest with the Nebraska Cornhuskers, in Lincoln, I exchanged some questions with Jon from Corn Nation. For my answers to his questions, click here. --- Rock Chalk Talk: You guys are 11-2. What do you think are your realistic shots at making an NCAA...
Baseball: 2008 Preview - Outfielders
January 30, 2008 by
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Of the three starting outfielders from last year's team only John Allman returns. Brock Simpson and Kyle Murphy both signed professional contracts. This leaves the outfield the most unsettled part of the KU roster. Coach Price will attempt to restock by shifting Ryne Price from...
Is Bill Young Heading to Miami?
January 29, 2008 by
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Bad news tonight for our football team, as defensive coordinator Bill Young is reportedly leaving his job at Kansas to take the Defensive Coordinator job at Miami (FL). Much of our defensive success can be attributed to the schemes and coaches, as our good-but-not-great talent certainly...
Oh Boy...
January 29, 2008 by
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Call us Florida Lite. Our football team didn't reach the National Championship game, but we are going to a BCS bowl. And the way we are playing right now, better than anyone else in the country and it isn't particularly close, we sure look like we are headed to San Antonio...
Post Game React: Quick Observations
January 29, 2008 by
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I meant to get this up immediately following the Okie State game, but I never got around to it. Here were my quickie observations, with the more intense observations to be brought up sometime tomorrow... Todd Reesing is a monster. A really, really studly, amazing, fantastical monster...
Orange Bowl Preview : Part 2 : The Passing Game
January 28, 2008 by
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Part 2 of a 5-Part series. I know I am way, way, way behind. I will try to catch up before my plane leaves Wednesday morning... Quarterback #1 --> Sean Glennon Entering the season, Sean Glennon was the starting QB. He was coming off of an average sophomore season, a season where...
Top 5 Disappointments of 2007: The Punt Returners (Raimond Pendleton and Anthony Webb)
January 28, 2008 by
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As we continue to traverse through the basketball season, Rock Chalk Talk will begin to officially wrap-up the 2007 Kansas Jayhawk football season, quite possibly the greatest season in Kansas football history. Starting today, we take a look at the five biggest disappointments of the...
Aqib Talib and Anthony Collins Going to NFL; Tim Beck Going to Nebraska
January 27, 2008 by
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Just four short days after the biggest win in the program's history, the Kansas Jayhawk football program has lost three rather large components of their 12-1, record-breaking season. While all three, two players (Talib and Collins) and one coach (Beck), had been rumored to leave...
Open Game Thread : Game #15 : Loyola (MD) (6-8) @ #3 Kansas (14-0)
January 27, 2008 by
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The final non-conference game just might be the easiest, as the struggling 6-8 Loyola of Maryland Greyhounds. It figures to be an uneventful affair, involving multiple scoring droughts by the Busses and a couple of soon-to-be-patented Kansas Jayhawk runs. They have an RPI of 230, a...
7.5 Hours Until Gametime
January 27, 2008 by
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Sorry for the lack of previewing, I have been quite busy with the family and all that jazz as of late. It is Thanksgiving, afterall. However, I am all yours, the reader, today, as there is one thing to do today. Wait for Kansas-Misery, then watch aforementioned Border War between ...
Baseball Player Breakdowns : Freshmen
January 27, 2008 by
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Moved up from the diaries. Bkmhoxx will be offering his impressions of the KU baseball team on the site from time to time. He has a much better scouting eye than I do so, when our evaluations differ, trust him. Pay particular note to Tony Thompson and Jimmy Waters on this list. Coach...
Game Preview: Iowa State
January 27, 2008 by
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Iowa State Basketball, 2007-2008 version, has played two different season. They opened the season playing like the bottom-of-the-Big-Twelve team everyone thought they were, starting out 2-3 by losing three in a row (to Bradley, Minnesota and Northern Iowa), then following that up with...
Big 12 Conference Preview : Part 2 (The Unknowns)
January 27, 2008 by
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Yet again, here I am, starting a multi-part series. I will try my hardest to actually, you know, complete this one, and I will give myself bonus points if I finish all 4 points by the conference opening extravaganza, which is slated for Saturday. All 12 teams begin conference play...
Kansas Barely Sneaks out of Columbia Victorious
January 26, 2008 by
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Before I break down just how crappy our team played, I want to congratulate the Missouri Tigers for one helluva ball game. They very well the entire game, and continued to capitalize on our mistakes, never allowing the patented Jayhawk run to materialize. But seriously, it is nice...
Bill Young is Officially Gone, So What Now?
January 26, 2008 by
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The best sign of an up-and-coming program is for assistants to receive opportunities to move up in the world, and no despite the lack of recent success at Miami, it is certainly there. With all of the resources at the Hurricanes' disposal, namely the brimming talent in Miami and...
Big 12 Conference Preview : Part 3 : "The Bubble Teams"
January 26, 2008 by
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Yet again, here I am, starting a multi-part series. I will try my hardest to actually, you know, complete this one, and I will give myself bonus points if I finish all 4 points by the conference opening extravaganza, which is slated for Saturday. All 12 teams begin conference play...
Kansas 17 Opponents 0
January 26, 2008 by
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17 games into a 31 game regular season schedule, the Kansas Jayhawks have yet to lose a game. Monday night was just the most recent chapter in a season-long book of domination by the Jayhawks, a chapter that was all too easy to close out. Boomer Sooner is a really good, solid basketball...
Jayhawks Continue Trek Towards Perfection; Crush the Cyclones 83-59
January 26, 2008 by
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The first half Wednesday night was frustrating to watch. We never were able to pull away, as the Cyclones always stayed just close enough to keep it to a ten point deficit at halftime. But in the second half, finally, we were able to jump ahead and never look back, piling up points...
Sources: Clint Bowen Named Defensive Coordinator
January 26, 2008 by
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The news that has been expected for days, ever since Bill Young left for the sunnier winters of Miami, has finally happened. At least, according to Tom Dienhart's sources, whoever they are. But those sources posted by a national website, along with the widely-accepted fact that...
Who is the Real Number One Team in the Country?
January 26, 2008 by
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After losses by #1 North Carolina and #4 UCLA Saturday afternoon, within 15 minutes of each other, there remains only two teams left that can battle for "Who Should Be Number One". Not to say that neither Memphis or Kansas, the two competitors left standing on the first upset...
Open Game Thread : Game #18 : #3 Kansas (17-0) @ Missouri (11-6)
January 26, 2008 by
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Wow. Procrastination has killed what would have been one of my better posts, if I ever actually got around to doing it, matching up the four best teams in the country (UNC, Memphis, Kansas and UCLA) and using statistics to determine who is "really" the #1 team in the country...
Game of the Year: Baylor 116 Texas A&M 110 FIVE OVERTIMES!
January 26, 2008 by
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Oh, my, gosh. That was remarkable. I started watching halfway through the second OT, and I still watched the game for an entire 40 minutes. Just. Wow. Crazy, crazy stuff. And, just as crazy, Baylor is now 4-0 in Big 12 play, and has won 2 consecutive Big 12 road games after a 25 game...
Kansas Receives Two Football Commits
January 26, 2008 by
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Sunday morning, this morning even, the Kansas Jayhawk football program received two of their final commitments of the class. Because of NCAA violations and such, we are only allowed 21 scholarships this season as opposed to the 25 usually allowed. The two signings this morning bring...
Big 12 Power Rankings -- Week One
January 26, 2008 by
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Starting this week, I am going to try and rank the Big 12 college basketball teams each and every Sunday. Right now, the Big 12 is wildly inconsistent as a whole, and the only obvious slot is #1. With Kansas. After that, it just gets crazy. --- 1) (1) Kansas Jayhawks18-0 (3-0) -->...
Know Thy Enemy: Iowa State Cyclones
January 26, 2008 by
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An Open Game Thread will be up in just a little while, but for now take a peek at the answers me and CrossCyed of Clone Chronicles exchanged about tonight's game between the Kansas Jayhawks and Iowa State Cyclones. For my answers to his questions, click here. 1) Iowa State started...
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