smazza Posted August 17, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 66,110 Reputation: 2,443 Days Won: 172 Joined: 01/01/2001 Share Posted August 17, 2008 Email PictureJohn Rieger / US PRESSWIREKansas quarterback Todd Reesing, left, passed for 3,486 yards and 33 touchdowns last season, leading the Jayhawks to a 12-1 record.COLLEGE FOOTBALLNo. 12 Kansas: Chris Dufresne's top 25 rankings countdownJohn Rieger / US PRESSWIREKansas quarterback Todd Reesing, left, passed for 3,486 yards and 33 touchdowns last season, leading the Jayhawks to a 12-1 record.Kansas may be just as good as last year but there's no way in Topeka that it is going 12-1 again, more like 9-4.August 17, 2008The Times' Chris Dufresne unveils his preseason college football top 25, one day (and team) at a time:No. 12 Kansas No. 14: Chris Dufresne's top 25 rankings... No. 15: Chris Dufresne's top 25 rankings...No. 13: Chris Dufresne's top 25 rankings countdownNo. 16: Chris Dufresne's top 25 rankings countdownNo. 17: Chris Dufresne's top 25 rankings countdownRemember that 9-4 season Kansas was building toward last year, before the unimaginable happened, everything clicked, the stiffs on the schedule did their part and Kansas capped a 12-1 dream season that ended with an Orange Bowl win over Virginia Tech?Well, 2008 is going to be that 9-4 season.Kansas may be just as good as last year, but there's no way in Topeka that Kansas is going 12-1 again.Ads by Google10 Rules of Flat Stomach: If last year was the harmonic convergence, this year is the off-pitch party.Last year, Kansas played four empty vessels in non-conference -- Central Michigan, Southeastern Louisiana, Toledo and Florida International -- and beat them by the total score of 214-23.This year, Kansas plays only three nonconference cadavers, mixing in a formidable Sept. 12 trip to South Florida, which spent about 10 minutes at No. 2 in the polls last year.Last year, Kansas also missed Big 12 Conference powerhouses Texas, Oklahoma and Texas Tech, which combined to go 30-10.This year, Kansas plays all three schools plus Missouri, which handed the Jayhawks their only loss in 2008.Kansas deserved everything it got last year, and will deserve everything it gets in 2008."We want to be able to play against all the best teams in our league," Coach Mark Mangino said. "And be able to beat them."Mangino says Kansas will never "truly get over the hump" in terms of national respect until that happens. Let's get real: the Jayhawks might not win the Orange Bowl in football and the NCAA basketball championship in the same season for another 100 years, but it happened last year.And Kansas might never again score 76 points against Nebraska, but it happened last year.The Jayhawks will be fun to track. Todd Reesing, who last we checked is still short, threw for 3,486 yards and 33 touchdowns in 2007.If he does it again, bend down and hand him the Heisman Trophy and the Doug Flutie Award.------The countdown so far: 25. Notre Dame; 24. California; 23. Fresno State; 22. Florida State; 21. Rutgers; 20. Illinois; 19. Penn State; 18. Oregon; 17. Tennessee; 16. Arizona State; 15. Texas Tech; 14. Brigham Young; 13. Wisconsin; 12. Kansas.chris.dufresne@latimes.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted August 17, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 12,293 Reputation: 64 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/01/2003 Share Posted August 17, 2008 about 10 minutes at #2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
USFMikeB Posted August 17, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 10,874 Reputation: 4 Days Won: 2 Joined: 05/01/2003 Share Posted August 17, 2008 It was posted by a USC fan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
___ Eats It Posted August 17, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 8,158 Reputation: 107 Days Won: 3 Joined: 02/11/2004 Share Posted August 17, 2008 I dunno... I looked through the Comments section and couldn't find a misspelled post by you saying "Leavitt can't recruit good talent"... so if it's not the 10-minute comment, I don't know what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BullGrad95 Posted August 17, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 880 Reputation: 13 Days Won: 0 Joined: 12/24/2001 Share Posted August 17, 2008 we're not ranked in their top 25 so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Apis Bull Posted August 17, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 23,185 Reputation: 2,332 Days Won: 65 Joined: 09/05/2002 Share Posted August 17, 2008 we're not ranked in their top 25 so far...That's the one I noticed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stier Posted August 17, 2008 Group: Member Topic Count: 0 Content Count: 1,387 Reputation: 4 Days Won: 1 Joined: 07/10/2008 Share Posted August 17, 2008 we're not ranked in their top 25 so far...That's the one I noticed.And yet they have Notre Dame and FSU ranked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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