2009 NCAA - Kansas
Kansas is entering the 2009 season on another high. Eighth-year head coach Mark Mangino has piloted the school to back-to-back bowl victories for the first time in school history. He has seven starters back on both sides of the ball, and is in an advantageous situation, considering he returns his quarterback, while three Big 12 North contenders break in a new guy under center. The O-Line is young, but Mangino is a former OL coach, so expect development there. |
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The Jayhawk defense ranked 114th against the pass, but games against South Florida on the road, as well as Texas Tech, K-State (with an NFL-caliber QB), Texas and Mizzou won't help that rating. Still, Mangino is looking for improvements. All three starters at LB are gone, as well. The Jayhawks will probably rely on their 4-2-5 nickel packages more (they go to that often against a lot of the spread offenses in the league), especially with the LB losses. On the positive side, the skill players all return for the Jayhawks on offense. QB Todd Reesing should be one of the best in the league, and Jake Sharp and Kerry Meier will be names you hear often when KU has the ball, as well. |
| ASK the bookie? - When Mangino started at KU, he was on the favorable end of the Big XII schedule. Three of the teams he keeps getting are standouts; the other three are usually cellar-dwellers. Despite the Jayhawks having the best team in the B-XII North in 2009, it's tough to give them the division. That's because they face Oklahoma, Texas Tech and Texas again. That resulted in an 0-3 finish last year, in games KU was outscored by a total of 153-59. Look for eight, or possibly nine wins - with Oklahoma at home being the one game to circle for possible upset possibilities. |
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