Well to be fair, a lot of KU's second string were playing first team by the time the K-State game came around (Lubbock Smith, Ryan Murphy, Huldon Tharp, John Williams, Toben Opurum, Bradley McDougald, etc,), and Mangino's fat ass refused to play certain players who could have helped (like DT Jamal Greene - squats 700+ lbs). Yeah, it was a stupid prediction, but it's not like there was a huge separation between someone like Lubbock Smith and Justin Thornton.
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