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OK, gloves are coming off Cy! Tired of you making jokes about KU's non con schedule. You're quick to point out how Ark St. could be a tough game, and "I wouldn't underestimate FLA Atl". But when it comes to KU's non conference schedule, you're quick to point out how bad it is. Cy, do you realize that both Duke and Southern Miss would beat Iowa State? And did you even bother to notice that Southern Miss. has finished with a winning record the last 4 seasons and won their bowl games last year?? And that Duke is a much improved team? Or does your hatred for KU not allow you to go there? Saying that Duke is a much improved team is not saying much. It's not that tough when all you know is losing.. Also.. Southern Miss is decent, but I was unaware they played in multiple bowl games last year? Not to mention the one they won was a come from behind effort to beat Troy in OT... another one of the Belt teams.... You still can't call Southern Miss a cream puff. And Duke would beat Iowa State. That's the funniest part of this stupid debate from Cy. Oh, and Illinois is not a marque match up! Look out...here comes Juice!!! LOL What a joker team playing in the Weak 10 Conference. And UCLA is a marque team now? Wow!! That's laughable.

If last year's game in Ames is any indication then Duke and Southern Miss should be able to handle you guys rather easily.... Meanwhile...back to the topic of your creampuff non-conference schedule....if Southern Miss is the best you can throw up as your premier defense. Well...that's just sad. Every team in the Big 12 is playing at least one marque team in the first four weeks: Baylor has Wake Forest Colorado has West Virginia Iowa State has Iowa Kansas State has UCLA Missouri has Illinois Nebraska has Virginia Tech Oklahoma has BYU OK State has Georgia A&M has Arkansas Texas and Texas Tech have each other You have Southern Miss as your big test of the non-conference schedule...a team that finished 3rd in the weak Eastern division of Conference USA and made a bowl game because (no offense to S.Miss fans) there are two many piddly bowl games and not enough teams with winning records to fill them. You're playing a non-conference schedule against four teams that finished with a combined 16-31 record last year! Over the last four years Kansas' opponents during the non-conference games have a total record of 78-112! You've only played 4...count em...4 teams during non-conference play that have finished their respective seasons with a winning record! You've only played 1 ranked team in non-conference play in the last 4 years (and you lost that one)! If that's not a creampuff scheduling job...especially for a team that wants to be considered as one of the elite teams in college football...I don't know what is. Heck...why even play the games? Just give Sam Houston State or UTEP some money to not show up and then invite Zig Ziegler to campus to give a motivational speech instead... Southern Miss is picked to finish 2nd in their conference and may very well beat East Carolina to win it. I'm not saying they're a super power, nor did I ever say that. However, they're a good team, and looking at your "marque" match ups above, I would put them above a young Arkansas team and Wake Forest who lost everybody. Yes, UTEP and Northern Colorado are a couple of joker teams, not debating that, but you can't lump Southern Miss in there just because of your Jayhawk hatred.

OK, gloves are coming off Cy! Tired of you making jokes about KU's non con schedule. You're quick to point out how Ark St. could be a tough game, and "I wouldn't underestimate FLA Atl". But when it comes to KU's non conference schedule, you're quick to point out how bad it is. Cy, do you realize that both Duke and Southern Miss would beat Iowa State? And did you even bother to notice that Southern Miss. has finished with a winning record the last 4 seasons and won their bowl games last year?? And that Duke is a much improved team? Or does your hatred for KU not allow you to go there?

Not trying to be a debbie down here, but even the previous staff managed to get us into the B12 Championship game. While this is a good step, it really means very little. It will mean something when we actually have a legitimate shot at winning the Big 12. Can anyone help pump enough into me to make me feel like we have a legitimate shot at beating Texas or OU this year? Actually, is there anyone out there that believe any North team has a legitimate shot this year at beating OU or Texas? Scientists say with the increased warming of the atmosphere, sea levels are sure to rise, eventually swamping and them submerging Texas and Oklahoma. As a matter of fact, all teams in the South and a few in the North (Kansas and K-State) are located on the floodplain of the Great Nebraska Sea within perhaps a few short years, will find their respective colleges under 30 feet of sea water. Only Colorado, Nebraska, Iowa State and Missouri are safe from this deluge...but MU will probably go in the next big earthquake. There you go...hope for the future and a shot at ocean front property besides! Think how well that will go over with recruits! Course all this depends on whether Al Gore and his cabaal of Global Warming whacko priests are correct... Isn't KU built atop of the only hill in Kansas? Is that not enough to save them? You're thinking about their coach.... Actually...if they use Mangino as a flotation device they may be okay. Why do you think we hired the guy? Floods comin. Tuff Tiger rescues another thread!

Just another reason why I can't wait to get you Huskers back in Lawrence.

Good as any other predictions I have read. If the Huskers win 10 games, I will be happy. I think it will be tough as hell, to get that 10th win. GBR!!! If the Huskers win 10 regular season games, then I'll leave this board.

Leuken wasn't even projected on our two deep and crawford sucks. Try again. Whoa! step back JGS, don't get pissy. I was just pointing out that two players have left, not whether or not they were good or not. Any time you lose someone who had significant playing time in 9 games is gonna hurt depth whether or not they were "projected" on the 2 man roster. I also gave props to Reesing. Had your coffee yet?? I know that. And for your information, no I haven't had my coffee yet. My child will not allow me. Uggghh.

Check it out. I've always respected Rivals preseason rankings! http://collegefootball.rivals.com/content.asp?CID=954694

Our two best OL will be lining up against Suh. They got way better as the season went on last year and it showed in our running game. Over the final 7 games sharp was averaging 5 yrds a carry. Hawkinson is going to be a really good LT from what they are saying. Don't you guys have a pretty young OL this year? Let's say you hold KU to 35 again this year. With what you are missing on O how do you score more than that? Great points Jayhawker, but they don't want to hear that. They don't want to hear that even though Reesing was running for his life against them last year, he still threw for 304 yds and 3 TD's. So with that said, one can only assume that KU will score at least 35-40 points on Nebraska. How can Nebraska top that with a new QB and little experience at receiver? You can't run the ball everytime and expect to score 40 plus. You're not the Nebraska of the 90's. i think they realize it's not the nebraska of the 90's. Their right side of their OL will be their weekness and with the improvement of KU's DL, they were good against the run last year, we should be able to keep them from scoring on every series. My prediction 42 - 24 KU. From reports I've seen it appears KU's OL will be a bigger weakness. Plus replacing all your LBs, a still suspect secondary and switching defensive formations. Gives me the conclusion that our Huskers will return to the the Big-XII championship game. the reports i've seen and linked says the OL will not be as bad as last years. Your replacing your QB, and your top WR's plus your entire right side of your OL. You are losing 14 tds from your O. The D switch is going to help out our weakness at LB and the LB's this year are bigger and faster than the three we lost. Apparently you have never heard of Stuckey? With your suspect LB's and DB's I come to the conclusion that KU will play in it's first B12 title game. And that post is what I consider to be "drunk on Kool-Aid" response. Yeah I've heard of Stuckey, but who else have you got?................Anybody?................... But I digress, we'll just have to wait for that Saturday in November to see what's what. I can't wait for that November evening in Lawrence my Husker friend. That we can agree on.

for all intents and purpose, you did not beat TT. UNL was expected to win the north in 07 and they crumbled so I could say the same about nebraska. I agree with the odds but we held our own against OU but just couldn't stop them in the 4thQ. I would say if you are going to look at last year we should be able to beat OU this year. Interesting stat last year for you Nebraska against 4 toughest opponents. VT, Mu, OU, TT 0-4 outscored 186 - 106 KU against 4 toughest opponents. MU, OU, TT, Tex 1-3 outscored 180 - 99 These two teams are so similar coming into this year that I just don't see how one is a clear cut above the other. Nebraska against 4 toughest opponents. VT, Mu, OU, TT games number 4,5,6 and 9 (with the 9th being the 2nd best team in the country and the only one of the four played after October... with a new coaching staff and a whole new defensive system to learn) KU against 4 toughest opponents. MU, OU, TT, Tex games number 7,8,11 and 12 (with the one win being the last game of the season against a team that had been imploding since mid season... with virtually the same staff and system they've had their entire careers) So Nebraska played almost all of their four toughest opponents before Kansas played their first, while at the same time learning a brand new defense and adjusting to a brand new coaching staff and yet gave up just 10 more points per game with one more loss? Pretty sure that puts Nebraska clearly a cut above Kansas, thanks though. Oh and I'm sure Nebraska would have beat Texas if they played them late in the season!! Don't make me laugh! Your little break down fails miserably. Missouri beat you like a drum! I highly doubt you would have beat them if the game was played late in the year. Just be glad you played Baylor instead of Texas last year. Just like this year. Your schedule sets up nicely.

Glad you brought that up Jayhawker. Does everyone on this board remember how much time Bradford had to throw last year??? I saw a stat that said he had an average of 6-8 seconds in the pocket and he usually waited until at least the 5-6 second mark to throw the ball! There was really only 1 game where he had to scramble for his life and that was against Florida, and we all know the result of that game!!! This could be a glaring weakness for OU if Bradford proves to not be able to take the heat. Heck, I could find open receivers with 7 seconds to throw!! imagine if Reesing had 7 seconds. No kidding!!!

Glad you brought that up Jayhawker. Does everyone on this board remember how much time Bradford had to throw last year??? I saw a stat that said he had an average of 6-8 seconds in the pocket and he usually waited until at least the 5-6 second mark to throw the ball! There was really only 1 game where he had to scramble for his life and that was against Florida, and we all know the result of that game!!! This could be a glaring weakness for OU if Bradford proves to not be able to take the heat. Heck, I could find open receivers with 7 seconds to throw!!

Our two best OL will be lining up against Suh. They got way better as the season went on last year and it showed in our running game. Over the final 7 games sharp was averaging 5 yrds a carry. Hawkinson is going to be a really good LT from what they are saying. Don't you guys have a pretty young OL this year? Let's say you hold KU to 35 again this year. With what you are missing on O how do you score more than that? Great points Jayhawker, but they don't want to hear that. They don't want to hear that even though Reesing was running for his life against them last year, he still threw for 304 yds and 3 TD's. So with that said, one can only assume that KU will score at least 35-40 points on Nebraska. How can Nebraska top that with a new QB and little experience at receiver? You can't run the ball everytime and expect to score 40 plus. You're not the Nebraska of the 90's. i think they realize it's not the nebraska of the 90's. Their right side of their OL will be their weekness and with the improvement of KU's DL, they were good against the run last year, we should be able to keep them from scoring on every series. My prediction 42 - 24 KU. I know they realize they're not the Nebraska of the 90's....I mean, who is? I just like to rattle their cages a little. I'm not ready to come out and predict the score of the game yet.....all I know is Nebraska is going to struggle keeping up with our offense. I really think we have a chance to average 42 points a game this year. I think we averaged 35 last year, and 40 in 2007. I like our chances for improvement with Meir, Briscoe, Sharp, and Wilson at the skill positions.

i am not saying you will be bad. i am just talking some football. I see your weakness and your see ours. we don't want to admit ours just the same as most of you do not want to admit yours. Ku could underachieve this year but so could your club. nobody knows at this moment. One thing that can't be denied is that your last 2 trips in lawrence have resulted in blowouts and that should worry you. Your record against ranked opponents over the last 6 years is not good and KU has a good chance of being ranked when that game happens. I'm calling an upset win over OU and a win over TT. If that does happen, that puts a ton of pressure on UNL. I think this is going to be a fun year for both of our clubs. Like I said i'm just here to talk some football and poke some fun your way a bit and i expect it in return. I do believe our OL and DL is going to be better than outsiders believe and that comes from what the coaches are saying this year compared to last year at this time. WOW. You're more optimistic than I am Jayhawker. Until proven otherwise, I have KU losing to all 3 South teams, but sweeping the North. For some reason MM can't figure out how to beat Texas tech. We've come really close in the past, but can't seem to get over the hump. I don't like the fact that we have to play the game in Lubbock this year. I really like the fact that we're switching to a 4-2-5 defense. I think that will help slow down OU, Texas and TT. We're not going to know how good we are until after the 4th game of the season. I think it takes 4 games to evaluate a team. Here's to hoping we go 4-0 in the non con this year. Southern Miss. is better than what Cy is giving them credit for. They have had a winning record the last 4 years, with bowl trip and a bowl win last year to back it up. That game isn't an automatic win for our Hawks. But I think we handle them in Lawrence.

Our two best OL will be lining up against Suh. They got way better as the season went on last year and it showed in our running game. Over the final 7 games sharp was averaging 5 yrds a carry. Hawkinson is going to be a really good LT from what they are saying. Don't you guys have a pretty young OL this year? Let's say you hold KU to 35 again this year. With what you are missing on O how do you score more than that? Great points Jayhawker, but they don't want to hear that. They don't want to hear that even though Reesing was running for his life against them last year, he still threw for 304 yds and 3 TD's. So with that said, one can only assume that KU will score at least 35-40 points on Nebraska. How can Nebraska top that with a new QB and little experience at receiver? You can't run the ball everytime and expect to score 40 plus. You're not the Nebraska of the 90's.

Leuken wasn't even projected on our two deep and crawford sucks. Try again.

to be fair, some think that Lee is as good as Reesing. Which he could be, but without the WR's And that's just crazy talk. But yes, they don't have the receivers and they know it. Looking at Nebraska's schedule, I keep going back and forth between them going 7-5 or 8-4. I don't see them doing any better than 8-4 or no worse than 7-5. I'm still waiting to make my official predictions.

I think Texas beats OU. Heck OSU might beat them both.

Is this the same Athlon that all you KU fans mocked and called a joke cause you weren't in the top 25? i don't recall calling athlon a joke. i really could care less about being in the preseason top 25. we didn't do much to prove we belong last season so i'm cool with it. I don't remeber any Jayhawk fans on here calling athlon a joke. I do recall all the husker fans excited to go buy Phille Steels gay little mag, along with athlons......funny how they didn't want to buy the others. And before you all say it- Yeah Phill Steele's is the ,most accurate, but before you go drinkin his kool-aid, understand that he hates KU because they ruined his predictions in 2007 and the word on the street was that he picked against KU every single week, beginning with the KSU game that year and he lost. Then he finally jumped on the KU bandwagon for the boarder war game and KU lost to Missouri. Then went on to pick against KU in the Orange Bowl. Rumor has it he lost close to $20,000 on KU that year, with alot of angry followers that took his advice to bet against KU. I see why the guy has picked them 4th in the North. I'd be pissed to.

why do you think NU beats TT but ku has no chance against them? That makes no since Jen. We all want to know how Nebraska is going to just beat TT and KU has no chance. You do realize that in order to beat TT you're going to have to score points right? Plus, winning at Baylor isn't automatic for this Husker club. They gave you a run for your money last year in Lincoln.....I do believe they were winning at halftime.......and Baylor will be even better this year. The Husker fans on this board just don't understand how important an experienced QB is. After this season, they will.

Wake Forest lost a heck of a lot of Seniors. I was watching their game against Miami replayed on ESPN U yesterday, and they had 8 seniors starting on defense. That's tough.

It's funny how you lump them in with Kansas- a team that will likely beat Nebraska in Lawrence. But to answer your question- I think Baylor will finish 6-6 and perhaps go to their first bowl game as a member of the Big 12. If that's buying into the hype, then I guess I am.

Here's to KU and Nebraska beating OU in Lawrence and Lincoln. And here's to the sun not coming out tomorrow!!

I don't buy that. They will have more experience than they did at the beginning obviously, but I don't think it's going to help against our biggest strength, the D-line. A young and inexperienced O-line is very crippling. No matter how well they develop by November I don't see them being able to contain Suh as well as the other guys who apparently have stepped up quite a bit. Who cares if you buy it or not. It's the truth. NU falls to KU this year. No way you come into Lawrence and win. You haven't done it since 2003. What makes you so confident that Nebraska can do it this year?

What about your defense? Total Defense: Kansas...89th in total defense...396.69 yards per game. Missouri's...98th in total defense...411.50 yards per game. Scoring Defense: Kansas...28.85 points per game. Missouri...27.21...points per game. Seems to me that KU's defense was just as pathetic last year. As i was reading more into the post, she stole my thunder... I think OSU could give everyone in the south a hell of a good scare. They're flying just enough under the radar. Funny how Jen seems to be one of the first ones to pop off everytime I post! LOL. Glad to see I have a fan!!KU will just outscore everyone. Our offense makes up for our defense...however, I see our defense improving greatly with the additions coming in, and the experience on the d-line. And last time I checked, Stuckey is pretty good too.