***OFFICIAL 2024 KU Football Thread***
 

The team:
https://kuathletics.com/sports/football/roster/

The schedule:
https://kuathletics.com/sports/football/schedule/

links to team and schedule will update at some point

In!

This thread will be exciting!!!!!!

Ok, that's my troll post. I'm leaving

I WILL FOLLOW YOU, CMH6476!

Can't wait!!

Rock Chalk!!!

Nice to have Bryant back. I dont think he's projected to be a high pick or anything more than a 5th at best

Playoff Bound.

keep it going!!

Rolling. Best is yet to come.

Do the MU fans have to use their thread from last year since it's a 2023-2024 thread?

In for the playoffs of Daniels stays healthy all year

Apparently

Bring it!

Good luck to my jayhawk bros hoping they play games next year at Arrowhead would love to go when they play Colorado

I think you mean Neal? Cobee hasnt confirmed his status yet....

I'm glad to see the optimism from you guys. It's great to have both in-state teams playing good football!

Cobee is coming back.

It’s going to be epic.

Losing Ar'maj Reed-Adams, however. This one does sting a bit with Novitsky and Puni graduating. He could go full beastmode at times looking like he had NFL type skillz, just inconsistent in doing so.

KU has a football team???????

16 Years Ago Today, #8 KU beat #3
Virginia Tech 24-21 in the Orange Bowl to finish the season with a 12-1 record!

Sorry boys, didn't see the new thread.


<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Lock down 🔒 <a href="https://twitter.com/cobeebryant2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@cobeebryant2</a> <a href="https://t.co/b6A64eDGng">https://t.co/b6A64eDGng</a> <a href="https://t.co/tpfouYJ3Qa">pic.twitter.com/tpfouYJ3Qa</a></p>&mdash; Kansas Football (@KU_Football) <a href="https://twitter.com/KU_Football/status/1741884834476069042?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 1, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>





<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Unfinished business <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RockChalk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RockChalk</a>💙 <a href="https://t.co/v3vD7JPpmL">pic.twitter.com/v3vD7JPpmL</a></p>&mdash; Lawrence Arnold Jr (@LjArnold318) <a href="https://twitter.com/LjArnold318/status/1742303881470919110?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 2, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>





<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Run it back‼️ <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RockChalk?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RockChalk</a> <a href="https://t.co/IbwfWVY90h">pic.twitter.com/IbwfWVY90h</a></p>&mdash; Luke Grimm (@lukegrimm25) <a href="https://twitter.com/lukegrimm25/status/1742348279977783659?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 3, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

I realize that you're probably just trolling but yes, KU has a good football team now. They finished with 9 wins. ;)

A healthy JD with these backs and receivers may end up being the best offense in school history.

The big question is can JD stay healthy? I'm not very confident in that. So, I'm very interested in who is the backup QB.

Agreed. We don't even know if he'll ever play again. Back issues can be very difficult to overcome.

Incoming freshman Marshall is generating a lot of excitement.

https://kansas.rivals.com/news/kansa...in-the-country

Hmmm interesting. Holding out for JD, but this guy may be almost as good.

Final 2023 AP Poll has KU @ 23

Projected CBS 2024 has KU opening at 20.

https://www.cbssports.com/college-fo...tie-for-sixth/

I believe its the 1st time ever that K-State, ku & mu have all been ranked in the final AP Poll. 1st sign of the Armageddon?

KU signed the #1 center from D2 in Shane Bumgardner.

https://gotiffindragons.com/news/202...ton-award.aspx

I don't recall it ever happening.

Boom

hell yeah

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">HEARING: Lance Leipold has been extended as Head Coach of Kansas Football. Announcement should be coming soon. Lance will retire a Jayhawk. <br><br>Huge props to Travis Goff ��</p>&mdash; Phoggy (@PhoggyThoughts) <a href="https://twitter.com/PhoggyThoughts/status/1747287947412472004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2024</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Awesome!!

Good news. Great job! :clap:

Skinner is back. Top 3 WRs, top 2 RBs all coming back with JD and a transfer TE from Iowa State.

Offense is going to be awesome.

Next year could rival 2007/08

Which is crazy because that seems like it happened decades ago

Football school

Jalen on his back injury
 

Starts talking about his injury at 18:42 if you don't want to watch the whole thing.

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Thanks for posting the video. That sounds scary as hell for the kid and backs are just so awful when things go wrong.

Also, he's starting to look a little like Jamarcus Russell. I hope losing all that weight won't be an issue for him. Dang.

I know there is no reason to go back through the 2023 KU Thread, but I posted exactly what he said about his injury. A very prominent KU player told me first hand what happened right after the team returned from the Texas game.

And despite what Jalen says in this video, there is no certainty that this won't continue to impact him. Everyone is hopeful that they'll have it resolved in the coming months, but it's an odd injury that nobody is really 100% certain will be fixed.

What kind of back injury does he have?

Man. This sounds exactly like the back issues I've had in my life. My back first "went out" (no other way to describe it. Incredible pain through my back, leg, couldn't get up, etc) while I was wrestling as a freshman in high school. It then went out about once a year all the way through college. It would take about a week of rest (and no bends) before it would feel "normal" again. I quit playing sports in high school because doctors couldn't originally figure out what was going on, and at 18 I got diagnosed with spinabifida occulta.

The short of it is my lowest vertebrae back didn't fully form when I was born. When I asked my doctor to explain it to me like "I was 5", he explained that "one too many jenga pieces" got pulled out from my back and that it'd likely cause me problems with instability throughout my life.

Since that time I've developed spinal stenosis, arthritis in two joints, etc. The biggest risk isn't actually contact for me, it's bending/rapid movements. This is why spinal stenosis ended David Wright's career. Swinging a bat always ran the risk of taking his entire back out. Being a teacher has actually been huge for my physical health, as serving/tending bar would cause my back to seize from the bending that job required.

The good news? With physical therapy, and strength building exercises my back hasn't seized in over 5 years. Pain is manageable. I am more active than I've been since high school.

The bad news? Daniels plays competitive football. Glass half full I look at Gronk as a model here. He had some interesting surgeries done to treat spinal stenosis that extended his NFL career. There's hope, but back injuries are just unpredictable. He could literally bend down wrong to grab a loaf of bread from Dillions before Week 1 and be out for the entire season.

Well Bean is gone so who do we have as # 2 & # 3 for next year?

. I’m still worried about the #1, until he proves me wrong.

Jordan Peterson leaving is unnerving. He was easily the best recruiter of the staff.

Yes, This is gonna suck big time!

Can’t compete with Saudi money

https://twitter.com/max_olson/status...mdnHz4k9g&s=19

Guessing we'll know where our games will be played after the conference schedule is released on the 30th

Isaiah Marshall.

Very exciting freshman QB coming in.

RCJH

12-0

Cure picks KSU?

Not yet, but it's a formality at this point

Who or what the hell is a Lindenwood?

I had to look it up. FCS team from St. Charles MO

So it looks like 2024 home games will indeed be played at Arrowhead.

But what I'm wondering, is where is the 2024 graduation/commencement gonna take place?

Cobee Bryant Returns ?
 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/oth...5ab84461&ei=78


Shit, I had no clue he was even considering the thought of leaving!

He wasn't, he is just an attention seeker.

He also originally announced he was coming back when he got enough subscribers on his YouTube channel.

Definitely getting the most out of the fans here.

Which is fine as long as he keeps playing so well.

From my understanding, all he did was post a hmmm emoji when some random blogger said something about him to Colorado would be blah blah blah. From there, it blew up. Yeah, I'm sure he liked the attention. But I doubt there was ever anything to it.

You don't think people at Colorado reached out to him after that? I'd be shocked if they didn't.

He also removed Kansas things from his bios on his socials

Bears got a steal

I hope Puni and Booker both fail at the next level. ****in quit on their team last year and wouldnt play the bowl game.

Nah, I hope they ball out. They were both part of the resurrection of KU football and doing well in the NFL is free publicity for KU.

Really?????
Guys getting drafted only helps KU in the long run.
Besides, they won their bowl game so it worked out well for all.

I simply cannot respect any man that quits on their team

Damn, :deevee: much?

At some point, we’re going to see guys start opting out earlier in the season.

I bet some guys opt out of the Playoffs eventually.

I will stop watching at that point.

At some point it has to be more than JUST money

Jason Bean to the Colts

Now thats a guy to root for

Kenny Logan to the Rams

KU with 2 big gets in the portal this past week. DE Bai Jobe committed from Michigan st. today. He was a top 100 HS recruit last year. And OL Amir Herring from Michigan, who was a top 250 recruit out of HS last year.

Jobe is a huge get for KU....He also has 4 years of eligibilty.
He selected MSU over Alabama and OU out of HS.