So winning 2 more games than the previous year is no change? Check your math, meth-head.

Some things indeed do not change. You being a total douche for example.

Any non-rape related news out of Columbia lately?

Killin it. Already sweeped up a ton of HS talent. Was wondering when the juco's were going to start coming in. Here they are...

After last year, no KU fan should ever be excited for juco guys. That ship already done sail. #dreamteam

Yeah, because all but a few of them actually helped.

Helped us go 1-8 in league play. Their sacrifices will never be forgotten

You have to be patient with JC's. Many of them don't show signs of being able to contribute until late in the year, especially if they aren't mid-year guys. As a K-State fan, I've always taken a very different approach with my expectations of JC's. I expect very little, and hope for the best. Except for the very top level JC's, you just don't know what you are going to get until they get on Campus and start working out with the team. They are really no different than incoming FR in that regard.

1-8 in league play was infinitely better than what we experienced the prior two seasons. And there's nothing wrong with my math.

If anyone is interested, Frankie Seurer is walking on at QB. Frankie is the son of former KU QB Frank Seurer.

saw that, nice

Ouch, wake up on the wrong side of the bed?

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Loved Steven Johnson. Too bad he's a scum sucking Donkey now.

Some guys come over for reasonable conversation about the steps KU needs to take to right the ship.

You just come over and act the troll douche and add zero to the conversation.

The SEC conversation is over there.

Yup.

I'm confused, I thought the knock on KU fans is that we only cared about basketball?

We clearly only care about basketball.

And all they care about is KU. ;)

OK, everybody calm down. A little news, but we wouldn't want to attract a troll or some other breed of douchecannister.

Corey Avery, 3 * RB, picks Kansas over... check this... Baylor, K-State, LSU, Nebraska, OSU and OSU, TTech, Wash State and West Virginia.

Damn.

Dallas Carter. Weis is cleaning up with the high school talent. Spring can't get here soon enough.

This kid is a huge pickup, runs a 4.45 40 out of high school. Probably will be like Pierson

OK. I don't know much about the whole starring system, but if he can lay down a 4.45, why is he only 3 stars?

Start systems are dumb as ****, man.

I remember that Aquib Talib was like a 2-star. Kid was a baller.

This star system is a joke.

Wow that's an impressive offer list.

Actually, he's a mix. Some had him at 3 stars, others 4.

It's a nice boost to our recruiting class. The folks that care about class rankings have us moved up to 49th, and #7 in the Big 12.

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Nice....eh....ugh.

Why do I allow myself to get excited about this program?

The void is slowly being filled. This is desperately needed for the program to get where it needs to be.

You can't turn a team around overnight that loses a third of it's scholarship players during a regime change.

Now just show the damn stadium renovation renderings.

damn, TCU...

I know. LMAO

After basketball season.

Avery:

”I think I’m going to take my talents to a city named Lawrence and be a Kansas Jayhawks,” Avery said. “Kansas is a program that needs to be turned around, and I think I’m going to personally turn it around.”

This past season, Avery rushed for 1,667 yards, caught 16 passes for 249 yards and scored 22 total touchdowns. Avery played running back and wide receiver and will get a shot to play both positions at Kansas.

Nice pickup and love his speed and toughness.....Getting him over Nub and TX is amazing.

I wish Weis could coach as well as he recruits.

Weis is going to have very little to do with "coaching" from here on out.

He's doing exactly what he was brought in here to do. Let him ride the figurehead role for the rest of his contract and the program is going to be in very good shape.

Love the kid's attitude. Beats the hell out of "I'm going to go to a top program and blend in, and try to keep my head down for a couple of years until I have no choice but fish or cut bait."

Yep....refreshing to hear that....

LMAO :LOL:

More like "I don't have the confidence that I can compete against other top talent at a good program so I'll go to a school where the program recruits mostly trash. That way, there will be no competition for a starting spot. Man, I can't wait to strive for 1 or maybe even 2 conference wins a year!!!

Got our All American

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Hartzog's shirt is pimp

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We signed a QB too

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Hey look! It's Douchey McDoucheMeister!

Weis will still control the tone,attitude and goals of the team.

Our offense looks sloppy just like the offense Weis had at Notre Dame. There is something wrong with the way he does practice or something.

*crossing fingers*

We've haven't been in synch between the oline and backfield since he arrived. Hopefully that will change with a more experienced oline.

Weis seems like a good guy and has a nose for recruiting. I just hope he can get his offensive coaching in place to fix his apparent weaknesses.

All 20 commits are in and confirmed.

Final ranking will land right around 53rd in the nation.

Hell yeah! We're going bowling!!

Not bad considering.

Important note from Tait:

3:26 p.m. Update:

Just wanted to clarify one thing before I jump in and write something up for tomorrow's paper:

KU's total haul in this class — counting mid-year guys and D-I transfers — is 25.... 15 high school signees, 8 juco signees and 2 D-I transfers. Because the Jayhawks can count one player backwards toward last year's class, that leaves them with one spot remaining in the current class.

That's significant because if a player were to come available late or if another attractive transfer popped up, they would be able to jump on him. That said, I'd expect the spot to remain unused unless an offensive tackle or wide receiver that could come in and push for a starting role became available.

As you were.

ESPN's take on KU recruiting...

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He's a good player. We wanted him to play DB think he'll be a slot back at KU.

Worked for me...Firefox.

It's kind of sad I'm excited about this class. It's the #55 best class per Rivals, but that isn't bad for Kansas. Any other team and we'd be on the ledge ready to jump. Have to do better.

You also have to remember that the way they rank teams is by points per recruit. Tennessee has a good class but they also have 37 players getting their points higher then a team with only 20 players.

I was listening to the recruiting guys most of the day. In reality there is very little difference between 25-55 when it comes to rankings.

Remember there are thousands of elite players that these schools are drawing from. Sure the top, top guys with the 5 stars propel the top 15 or so schools to another level but the point is that as long as you're not "bottoming-out" it's more about what you do with them once they get to campus as opposed to what they are ranked coming out of HS.

Looks like Weis' tenure coaching the WR's didn't last long...

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LAWRENCE, Kan. – Kansas football head coach <dfn>Charlie Weis</dfn> added an accomplished, veteran coach to his staff Thursday, as he announced the hiring of Eric Kiesau to mentor the Jayhawk wide receivers.

Kiesau, who has more than 14 years of experience coaching offense—primarily the wide receiver position—at the Division I level, arrives at Kansas after spending the previous two seasons as the offensive coordinator at the University of Washington.

"When Coach (John) Reagan came to me with Eric's name I was intrigued," said Weis. "We're very pleased to be able to add him to our staff. It is our good fortune that Washington experienced a staff transition at the same time we were looking for a receivers coach. Eric has experienced a great deal of success in exactly the position that we were looking for."

Kiesau was an integral part of Washington's success the past two seasons as the Huskies went 9-4 in 2013, marking their highest wins total since they went 11-1 in 2000. During the 2013 season, his first as the UW receivers coach, Kiesau developed a pair of true freshmen who ended up as key players in Demore'ea Stringfellow and John Ross. Ross was named the Huskies' Freshman of the Year, while Stringfellow started the final three games of the season.

Nice!

Awesome

Just like there's been no difference between Gill's 5-19 record and Chunky Charlie's 4-20.

Except one got better over two years, one got worse.

Add another coach w/ NFL experience. Good or bad? You judge.

LINK

Bernie Parmalee added to KU football staff

The Kansas University football program's overhaul of its coaching staff continued Monday, when KU coach Charlie Weis announced the addition of Bernie Parmalee to the staff as a quality control coach for special teams.


Parmalee, a former NFL running back and the father of current KU wide receiver Tre' Parmalee, worked under Weis at Notre Dame from 2005-09 and most recently served as the tight ends coach with the Kansas City Chiefs from 2010-12, working one season under Weis, who served as KC's offensive coordinator in 2010.


"I am very happy to add Bernie to our staff," Weis said in a press release. "He worked with me for six years and did a great job. I'm sure he will be a valuable asset to our program."


Although Parmalee will work closely with KU's special teams and bring vast knowledge of the unit to the program, the Jayhawks are expected to maintain a similar set-up to the one they had last season, when many of Weis' nine full-time assistant coaches are in charge of a particular area of the special teams in addition to their roles with their positions.


Before working at Notre Dame, Parmalee, who enjoyed a nine-year NFL career with Miami and the New York Jets, spent three seasons as an assistant coach with the Miami Dolphins, serving as the tight ends coach (2004), the assistant special teams coach/offensive assistant (2003) and assistant special teams coach (2002).


In other staff news Monday, Weis announced that graduate assistant Kaeman Mitchell (son of KU assistant coach Reggie Mitchell) will shift from working with the Jayhawk special teams to the offensive side of the ball. Mitchell will replace former KU letterwinner, Kale Pick, who recently left his graduate assistant position at Kansas for a similar role at Texas A&M.


The addition of Parmalee is the third major change to the coaching staff this offseason. In December, Weis hired John Reagan to be his offensive coordinator and offensive line coach. Reagan, a former KU assistant under Mark Mangino, was brought on board to replace Tim Grunhard, who stepped down as O-Line coach after the 2013 season.


Last week, Weis announced the addition of former Washington offensive coordinator Eric Kiesau as the program's wide receivers coach. Kiesau, who has experience at Cal, Colorado and Washington, among other stops, takes over for Rob Ianello, who was reassigned to an administrative role.


The Jayhawks, new coaches and all, will open spring practices on March 4. Spring drills will wrap up with the annual spring game, which has been set for 1 p.m. on April 12.

Weis adding so many coaches that he can just be a recruiting figurehead?

Weis in trouble?

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Yeah right. He would need his head examined to coach KU at this point in his career.

You can never fix stupid... Marcus Smart adores you.

So when do we get to hear about the stadium upgrades?

Kansas gets a new kicker.

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Ugh. When Iowa State hired Gene Chizik our final three were Harbaugh, Brian Kelly, and Chizik. I can't believe Harbaugh and Kelly both wanted the job(so did Paul Rhoads but he didn't make the cut the first time) and we went with Chizik.

But at the time those other two hadn't done anything yet, and Gene was reguarded as the hottest commodity at the time.

ROFL ouch

Because it's not believable. Are you literally a reerun? Chizik and Harbaugh were both hired in winter of 2006. Chizik went to that dead end job while Harbaugh went to Stanford. Anyone who believed he wanted to go to Ames instead of Palo Alto is a completely idiotic reerun who shouldn't be wasting the earth's precious oxygen by breathing it.

Well it's true, sorry that it for some reason bothers you?

It's not true. Nobody on the planet would prefer Ames to Palo Alto, especially a guy already living in California. After Stanford, he picked the 49er job if you needed anymore proof of where he likes to be.

Getting closer

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Getting closer to what? Is that the new facility? And if so, how long until they take out the track at Memorial Stadium?

And I see that Rusty can't keep from poking his nose in KU threads. Even when it's a football thread. :facepalm:

Yes, it's the new facility. There will be no track activities at Memorial Stadium once complete. The track has been a historic feature of Lawrence for decades.

Once this is complete there will be no need for it.

I want the track removed from Memorial Stadium.

yep. The House that Briles Built is coming.

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