SB Nation User Blog: KennyGregoryRockThaCradle

How Coach Mangino Spends the Offseason

KennyGregoryRockThaCradle — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 19:36:20 -0000

How Coach Mangino Spends the Offseason

The geniuses over at EDSBS find another brilliant way to fill up the offseason....

Go witness the awesome power of MC Marky M!

Greg Paulus...Husker???

KennyGregoryRockThaCradle — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:09:49 -0000

Greg Paulus...Husker???

Looks like the former Duke PG is scheduled to visit Lincoln this week. Does anybody else think this guy would be just as much of a panicky b*tch at QB as he was as a PG? When I think of great quarterbacks, I think of Joe Cool... not Coach K's dorky failure.

REMATCH- Why this time we'll prevail

KennyGregoryRockThaCradle — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 03:10:57 -0000

REMATCH- Why this time we'll prevail

Here is the box score from the first time we played Michigan State. Why will this time be different? A few things that jump out at me:

-Travis Releford... 21 minutes. Could be good some day, but isn't ready to compete at this level yet.
-Marcus Morris... 8 minutes. Has developed into a key contributor and the clear leader of the Law Firm.
-11 missed free throws... struggled with them against Dayton, but hopefully we can get that on track
-14 turnovers...won't happen again. Team has improved too much.
-5/20 from 3pt range...will be key once again this time around
-Not a stat, but a comment from HCBS that's interesting: "He's gone from being maybe one of the best freshmen in our league to not being effective lately. Maybe he's hit the wall" describing the play of Tyshawn Taylor.

VegasWatch's breakdown of the fairness of each team's seeding. Methodology: ran tons of...

KennyGregoryRockThaCradle — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 01:00:36 -0000

VegasWatch's breakdown of the fairness of each team's seeding. Methodology: ran tons of simulations by switching all of the seeds with all the other teams that seed level. The highest level red number for KU shows it has the most unfair path to the Sweet 16 of any team in the tournament.

The best student poster...ever???

KennyGregoryRockThaCradle — Mon, 02 Mar 2009 02:07:18 -0000

The best student poster...ever???

In honor of last night's battle, check in on Lil' Reds adventures through space and time. From the...

KennyGregoryRockThaCradle — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 17:13:39 -0000

In honor of last night's battle, check in on Lil' Reds adventures through space and time.

From the geniuses at EDSBS.com. If you like college football, you have to read this blog, period.

For the First Time, Mario Little Understands What it Means to Play for Kansas

KennyGregoryRockThaCradle — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 16:10:28 -0000

For the First Time, Mario Little Understands What it Means to Play for Kansas

This is from the KC Star's writeup of last night's game. The money quote:

Little played 30 minutes — his previous high was 14 — and for the first time he understood what it meant to wear a Kansas jersey.

"Everybody’s got their own opinion about us," Little said, "saying that we’re soft and all that. Guys are trying to out-tough us, trying to talk that talk, just trying to scare us. It’s just talk. We can get through it.

"We are the defending national champions."

Best. Costume. Ever.

KennyGregoryRockThaCradle — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:09:42 -0000

Best. Costume. Ever.

A Real Life Bobby Boucher?

KennyGregoryRockThaCradle — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:09:52 -0000

A Real Life Bobby Boucher?

Only Mike Leach. Apparently, Texas Tech has had issues with their kicking game this year. This weekend they're seriously considering giving Matt Williams a shot. Why is this news? Because Matt came to the coaching staff's attention last weekend. How? By making a 30 yard FG in a contest.

Saturday could be a close game. Could you imagine it all coming down to a kick by a kid sitting in the stands only a couple of weeks ago?

The Aftermath

KennyGregoryRockThaCradle — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:30:33 -0000

And suddenly, the entire complexion of the season has changed. Heading into Saturday, it was generally believed that KU was a full tier below Mizzou in quality, and that they wouldn't stand a chance against Oklahoma or Texas Tech. Skeptics saw the one good performance by Jake Sharp as a fluke, and still were assuming that KU couldn't run the football.

What a difference 24 hours makes.

Today, KU is in sole possesion of first place in the Big 12 North. Mizzou faced a quality opponent for really the first time all season (I know I'm not the only Jayhawker out there that's glad we don't have to face OSU), and couldn't put up the kind of fight at home that KU showed against South Florida down in Tampa. KU now has blueprints to follow in how to beat both the Sooners and the Red Raiders (should Tech even be ranked at this point? They haven't accomplished anything of note to this point). Oklahoma also lost key MLB Ryan Reynolds to a torn ACL. How important was Reynolds? Texas outscored the Sooners 25-3 after he went down. And Jake Sharp now has back to back 100 yard rushing games.

Yesterday was an especially great day to be a Jayhawk. How did yesterday's events change your impression of this season? With a game in hand, are we now the favorites to win the Big 12 North? If you were to do a power rankings of the Big 12, where does KU stack up after yesterday's craziness?