I wonder if our fans (or this board) may be slightly undervaluing Gradey Dick. Maybe it's because he committed early so he's not the new prospect on the list? Looks like there are so many high-level aspects to his game. Recent highlights.

I have been thinking about the long-term effects of KU beating Texas in Austin. This was a national embarrassment for Texas on social media (after all of the other embarrassments that program has put on itself this season).

They have lost six games in a row in the Big 12 and if KSU beats them handily this weekend, I’m starting to wonder if this will escalate a buyout to the SEC so they don’t have to get embarrassed by Big 12 schools next year.

On the flip side, is it better or worse to get beat down by the conference you are abandoning or by the conference you thought you could compete in?

Kelly Knight passed away on Nov. 17 in Salina. He was 59. He played for both Ted Owens and Larry Brown.

This week will tell us a ton about Kansas. I think Jalen wilson will be our 2nd best player...

It'll be interesting to see what self does with the line up. Here are 3 options

(the one I like best) this line up has 2 PG's. a pass first (harris) and a score first (remy) and your 3 best scorers and length.

C -Dave McCormack 6'10
F - Jalen Wilson 6'8
G - Ochai Agbaji 6'6
G - Remy Martin 6'0
G - DeJuan Harris 6'1

One people most think will happen but one I think that would have chemistry issues and lack of ball handlers

C Dave 6'10
F Jalen 6'8
G Och 6'6
G Braun 6'6
G Remy 6'0

The controversial lineup (yep, have remy off the bench)

Dave 6'10
Jalen 6'8
Och 6'6
Braun 6'6
DeJuan 6'1

or keep the lineup the same as is and have Jalen off the bench. I think teams with size will hurt this one

Dave 6'10
Braun 6'6
Och 6'6
Remy 6'0
DeJuan 6'1

Like I said I would go with Lineup 1 and bring Christian Braun off the bench

Congratulated every coach playing in the state championship

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My granddaughter plays on KU’s club soccer team. They were undefeated going into the regional championship in Lubbock, TX. They beat TTech and UT and tied Baylor but had more points than BU so qualified for the nationals in Alabama. There they eventually lost to Florida 2-1 and were eliminated for their only defeat. They represented KU well and had a helluva season. Proud of them and her!

Going to be crazy off season

Majority of them were rooting for us. Kinda crazy I know? Seen a lot of kStaters tweet and post about KU football and how they’re “proud of them” and “were pulling for them”. Big night for the entire state.

Is there a tailgate or a get together for the games in Orlando this week?

LeBron playing dirty?

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Daniels being listed #1 at QB because he has been playing well and lost the redshirt

Bean playing some WR to get best athletes on the field.

Won't know more until later in week on Kardell and Neal. Neither did much today. Leipold has not talked to the trainer this week. Both would be questionable or doubtful.

If Neal can't go that make 7 RB out for the season. Pesek-Hickson would be starter and Malik Johnson would be back up. Said Malik has missed time with a high ankle sprain.

Same thing could be said about TE. Huggins, Kardell (could be out), Huggins and Roe could all be missing.

Season high missed tackles and probably worse tackling game of season. "Was not a good tackling night for us."

Said Daniels doesn't flinch when things don't go right.

Malik Clark's status is not known. Gilbertson played the whole game and another guy who is positive and has a lot of energy and he stayed ready to play.

Mac Copeland Ben Miles would be behind Casey at TE.

Leipold said they evaluated the roster and will look at how young they are in some areas and to build the program there are a lot of ways to do that including junior college players.

With seniors who have a Covid year back some talks will happen with players after the season. Some have decided their futures and will go through senior day.

has some of the worst ball movement I've seen from a supposed good team the past 5 years or so. Was up 15 over Cincy, now down 14. Dynamic PG and immovable force, but no one else seems to have a role or is comfortable with anyone else on the floor.

That you got when Mangino was coaching, then you aren’t watching. We are leading in games even after trailing. We are seeing a great deal of effort and fight. Not always getting the W but the other team isn’t putting their 2nd team defense in around the 10 minute mark of the 4th quarter.
I hope you all are excited about KU football. We might not win against WVa but I bet you see effort and even a bit more execution. The next steps are going to be a little roster clean up this off-season. We aren’t going to have a great recruiting class, but we will get kids that want to work. That then leads to 2 star recruits that end up as big contributors maybe even stars. This staff can coach kids up and get kids to buy in. Exciting times are ahead!

I have a pair of tickets for several conference games. Good seats along the baseline (Section 19, Row 3).

1/1 vs. TCU - SOLD
1/11 vs. Iowa State
1/24 vs. Texas Tech - SOLD
2/14 vs. Okie State - SOLD

Not looking for anything more than face value. Email me at brianb4ku@gmail.com if interested.

I've got tickets for the Broncos on Dec 5th. I am wondering if there is a good time to pull into Arrowhead and still get some tailgating in (family has a spot), and not have to wait hours to get in? I know lot of folks are there when the gates open...does it thin out later?

I know some of you won't get this, but that's ok, I felt compelled to share

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With fundraising and stadium renovations coming back up, I'm wondering what people's opinions and preferences are?

In 2017, Zenger announced the $350 million "Raise the Chant" campaign. Zenger used HNTB as the architecture firm but was fired shortly after this. When Jeff Long was hired as AD, he never discussed the renovations and wanted to use the $50 million David Booth donated for hiring better coaches and building a better program. Long always worked with Populous architecture for his renovations which is why those renderings were never brought back up again. Jeff Long wasn't at KU long enough to announce if he planned to renovate the stadium.

From everything I've heard, it sounds like KU prefers to renovate what they currently have rather than building a new stadium offsite or tearing down Booth Memorial and building a new stadium.

I've heard a lot of negativity about the HNTB renderings. I personally happened to like the renderings. The only question I had was what the capacity would be once the renovations were completed.

Does anyone know if Travis Goff has worked with a particular architecture firm? Do you prefer a newly updated stadium, or like an older style?

My preference's:
- Use Populous Architecture. They've built incredible stadiums.
- Build a new/modern-style stadium. (I like Colorado State, Minnesota, & TCU's stadiums)
- Bring in the seats. (When the track was torn out, the seats are still really far away from the field)
- Tear the bowl down and build seats in the north end zone closer to the field.
- Close the open, south end of the stadium up. (Preferably not high so the view of campus/campanile hill is still visible. Similar to Minnesota's view of downtown Minneapolis.)

2017 HNTB Renderings:
http://www2.kusports.com/news/2017/sep/22/memorial-stadium-renovation-plans-unveiled-campaig/

KU will not be in the Big 12 in 2025, and neither will multiple other teams. Any report/article that tells you different is nothing but click bate. For the past 3 years, the SEC and Texas/OU were able to keep it completely silent and you will see the same from other conferences until all hell breaks loose. Instead of reading articles written by so called experts ask yourself these questions:

1) Why did the Big 10, PAC-12 and ACC form an alliance? Before reading the next question, be sure to think out your answer.

2) Why didn't they invite the Big 12 into the alliance?

3) What is the best path forward for Big 10, Pac-12 and ACC, as well as all of college football?

My answers:
1) It was reported they formed an alliance to stop the playoff expansion so the SEC wouldn't end up with 2 or 3 or 4 teams in the playoffs. They also formed this alliance so they wouldn't pick off each others teams (rumors were the USC, UCLA, or Oregon to the Big 10). If this is true, adding the Big 12 to the alliance would have added strength and made sense.

2) Big 12 wasn't invited because those conferences are unbalanced and need to get to 16 (or possibly 18) teams to allow two divisions and a true conference champion. They need more teams. The Big 10's scheduling is a nightmare that doesn't allow many annual rivalries and depending on a teams yearly schedule, can cause a team with a weak schedule to win out over a more worthy team (East Division has won the last 8 Championship games) . If they included the Big 12 in the alliance, that would leave tier 2 teams as the only teams to add.

3) Since the start of the College Football Playoffs, two years the Big 10 didn't have a single team in the playoff (2018 and 2019), and only 2 years has the Pac 12 had a team in the playoff (Wash 2017 and Oregon 2015). SEC has had a team every year (and 2 one year). By eating up the Big 12, these 3 conferences can get to a true champion, and with voting power create a national championship playoff that would consist of 8 teams (2 from each conference playing in conference championship, and 4 conference champions advance to play for the national title). This is also creates more TV money (only paying 4 major conferences big money vs 5 right now), makes it so the SEC cannot have multiple teams playing for the title, and it allows for a true national champion.

All these conferences know that college football needs good matchups to keep interest in the game. With attendance and viewership going down due to unbalanced teams, something has to change for college football to continue to be relevant. All the good teams being in one conference doesn't help. The NIL is just going to keep the elite more elite. For the past 5 years, you could write in 3 of the 4 the playoff teams before the season started. Alabama will be champ again, with Ohio St, Clemson and one of Notre Dame/Georgia/OU probably filling out the last spot. And most of those have been in the last 5 playoffs. Not good for college football and the other conference AD's know it.

Didn't forget to coach football over the last 6 months - this squad is just that bad.. Some of y'all that expected improvement for year one are in for a surprise and so are the folks that think our program is a 3-4 year project. Our program is closer to a 5-7 year project and the right guy needs to get the time to get us there.

That's all.

Lots 91, 94, 52, 56, 57 or 60

thanks in advance fam. Not for me 🤟🏾

Getting whooped 72-54 with 4:33 left in the game right now.