Still amazes me people get all caught up in the recruiting rankings. ku went to the Orange bowl with mostly two stars. Per the experts they have been recruiting better and now I look at their roster and frankly it's not nearly as talented as it was a couple of years ago. Everytime ku gets a 4 star recruit he ends up sucking. The DB from TX who I don't think is on the team, the twin WR/DB from Lawrence I don't know what happened to him, the juco OT from Aussie, The rapist jc RB, the lb from TX that switched to ku from UT after UT dropped him for disciplinary reasons. To a man these guys have all sucked but ku fans still get excited about these rankings.
When I looked at ku's roster and prefall two deep the other day I was surprised at what I saw. A team that is weak in the o-line with a freshman 260 pound converted TE starting at OT, another freshman starting a guard, a walk who played TE at air force on the two deep at OT. No depth at RB behind Sharp.
On defense ku has two guys listed as starters who were back ups on offense last season and have never taken a snap on defense. They've got no depth at DE with a walkon on the two deep and they are counting on true freshman. The LB corp isn't very good, secondary isn't very good outside of Stukey. DL is marginal.
KSU has it's own issues on it's roster but honestly when I started looking at ku I was surprised at the holes they have. I don't look at that depth chart and see a division champion. NU for instance is much deeper and stronger pretty much everywhere but WR and QB. To me football is still about the trenches I don't see ku winning the division just with good QB and WR play.
Either you're in some hardcore denial, or you just don't know what the f*ck you're talking about when it comes to ku football.
1. ku is far from weak on the o-line. Jeremiah Hatch, Jeff Spikes, John Williams, Sal Capra, and Tanner Hawkinson will form a very good o-line next season. Hawkinson is up to 285 and has quick feet and good instincts. Mangino has had a lot of success converting tight ends to o-tackle. Hawkinson has a chance to be one of the best lineman Mangino has had.
2. No depth at running back behind Sharp? Did you attend ku's spring game? Did you see Rell Lewis? Have you heard of Daniel Porter? Have you heard of Toben Opurum? If there's anyone that doesn't have sh*t at running back, it's K-State.
3. No depth at d-end? Jake Laptad had 7 sacks last season and 2 forced safeties. Max Onyegbule is finally coming into his own. Quinton Woods committed to Michigan out of high school and has been tearing it up in summer workouts. Kevin Young will see the field right away as a true freshman. ku's got plenty of depth at d-end.... this is the first year since '05 that ku will have a solid pass rush from the d-end position.
4. Arist Wright, Steven Johnson, Angus Quigley, Vernon Brooks, Justin Springer, etc, etc. at LB to start the season. More athleticism and explosiveness at linebacker than what we've had in the past. Brooks was a juco AA with offers to OU and Tennessee.
5. The d-tackle position is stacked with Greene, Johnson, Parish, Blakesley, etc. ku goes at least 4-deep at DT with a couple guys who would start at just about any other school in the North.
Seriously, stick to something you know about, because you are absolutely clueless when it comes to ku. Should be quite the eye opener when ku rolls into Manhattan and creams your group of D-2 scrubs by about 6 TD's.
