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"As far as I can recall, he's the highest maintenance kid NEVER to play a down at KU." Even though its a different sport. I would give this award to Vincent Askew. The award should be named after Askew, but Brock is clearly the most deserving recipient in a long time. Since Giles? Who are the others? Matt, How about an article about all the problem child athletes over the years?

"Davis, who wept on the sideline afterward days after saying he was overwhelmed early on by Harbaugh's thick playbook, finished with seven catches for 180 yards." Following the Niners playoff victory over the Saints. There have been comments about Weis' playbook being overwhleming for a college kid. While it may be more than your average college playbook, hopefully players can see the benefit of investing the time to learn. The game/season also makes me wonder what the past couple years could have been like if one of the rumors from a couple years ago would have come true.

From Tait's FB Notebook Adds some articulation to the depth chart. Gill announced Tuesday that three players had been suspended for violating team rules. Sophomore wide receiver Erick McGriff and red-shirt freshman tight end Jimmay Mundine will miss the next two games to serve their suspensions, while sophomore defensive end Tyrone Sellers will sit out Saturday’s game against McNeese State. In addition to those three players, the Jayhawks will be without senior defensive tackle Patrick Dorsey, red-shirt freshman linebacker Jake Farley and sophomore wide receiver Chris Omigie, who all will miss Saturday’s contest because of injuries.

Interesting question from the Big12 Blog at ESPN: S. Mo in Atlanta, Ga., asked: Don't let bowl season fool you about what conference is better. The teams who run the ball more will win a majority of bowl games. The 3-5 week layoff between the last game and the bowl game will always benefit the running teams because the timing of the passing game takes 2 Qts. and sometimes longer to adjust to game speed. Look at the regular season records between the conferences, it's a better gauge. Also, remember what the "running" Big 8 used to do to the passing SEC in bowl games? See Tommy Frazier vs. Danny Weurful. A playoff will change that. All teams can remain sharp, and you will see who truly are the best teams. Some years it would be the SEC, but not as oftern as you think. DU: Interesting sentiment. I don't think it's a universal truth, but I agree there's some validity to it. There's not a lot of rust, considering teams do practice plenty heading into the bowl games, but practice isn't games, and the timing definitely has to be at least a bit off. Your case is a weak one in favor of a playoff, but we also saw teams like Oklahoma State, Oklahoma and Missouri look great passing the ball, maybe even better than they did during the regular season. I'm interested to hear from the fans, though. Is our man's idea legit? Do bowl layoffs favor running teams? It is initially interesting considering the 'Hawks movement towards a more balanced/rn oriented O. Anybody out there with the access/interest in this data? It would seem that a simple analysis would just split teams into categories of whether they threw or ran the ball more (than the national average?) during the regular season, and then what is their bowl results? A really geeked out approach would be to run a regression analysis on the rate/% at which they ran the ball during the season vs. the probability of success in the bowl game.

"There's a lot that goes into it that's on them. You've got to want to put the work in, the attitude, the investment. It's not easy to show up intense for the game," OU coach Bob Stoops said. "When you come in, you're one of 80 guys, so you can hide. You don't tell anyone, but it can happen. So have you invested the emotion it takes to play at your best. Those are things that players have to do." "It's working hard every day, it's doing the little things like you have something to prove to everybody, like you came in last in your conference and you're looking to win more ball games," linebacker Travis Lewis said. "It's having that mentality that you're going out there every day looking for a way to improve yourself. Like, you're ranked last. Carry that mentality with everything you do and never get complacent." That sounds a lot like what Coach Gill has been talking to our players about; about becoming a winning program.

KANSAS STATE - INSIDE SLANT @ USAToday The letter of the law regarding offseason conditioning could contribute to the demise of Kansas State football. At least coach Bill Snyder made that assessment based on reports from workouts neither he, nor his assistants, are allowed to monitor. "There's been this major push that it's voluntary, and some youngsters believe it's voluntary,'' Snyder said. Reading between the lines, or listening between the words, one of the bigger disappointments in terms of work ethic has been running back Bryce Brown, a Tennessee transfer who was the only Wildcat named to the preseason All-Big 12 team. Snyder offered high praise for Brown's brother, Arthur, who also transferred to Kansas State (from Miami) and is expected to greatly boost a linebacking corps that contributed to the nation's second-worst run defense last season. Comments regarding Bryce Brown, however, were not nearly as effusive. Can you say bust? Since KState's O/team was built around the departed Daniel Thomas, they'll be looking to Bryce Brown (oops?), or have to rely on 5-7 John Hubert. 'm liking our ops against them more and more all the time.