Kansas Football 2010 Preview

Kansas Jayhawks Football 2010 Preview, Predictions, Picks, Odds

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2009 Record: 5-7 Big 12 Record: 1-7 2010 Returning Starters: 15: 7 Offense, 6 Defense, Kicker, Punter

Coach: Tumer Gill (Kansas: 1st year)

Offensive Coordinators: Chuck Long Defensive Coordinators: Carl Torbush

2010 Kansas Players to Watch: RB Toben Opurum, WR Daymond Patterson, WR Bradley McDougald, TE Tim Biere, DE Jake Laptad, LB Justin Springer, LB Steven Johnson, LB Huldon Tharp

2010 Kansas Strengths:
The offensive line is experienced. which is good news for a team breaking in a new quarterback. The receivers, not long on experience, bring different strengths and should make things happen after the catch. The defense has the potential to put heat on the quarterback.

2010 Kansas Weaknesses:
Quarterback is the least experienced position on the field. Gill promises to run the ball, which takes pressure off the quarterback but puts pressure on a line that will be asked to dominate the line of scrimmage. Will someone emerge as a shutdown cornerback?

2010 Kansas Offense:

Little about the offense that coach Turner Gill and coordinator Chuck Long will send onto the field will resemble the no-huddle shotgun spread used by former coach Mark Mangino. This offense will huddle, be more run-oriented and have a mixture of formations, including the quarterback working under center. Quarterback Todd Reesing and receivers Dezmon Briscoe and Kerry Meier are gone. But the Jayhawks do have five returning starting linemen in the mix with experienced reserves, plus tight end Tim Biere. He should be far more involved as a receiver than last season, when he caught 14 passes. At quarterback, speedy redshirt sophomore Kale Pick came out of spring holding the advantage on redshirt freshman Jordan Webb, but Gill did not name a starter after Pick’s strong spring game. Webb has the stronger arm, but Pick showed good accuracy in the spring and is more of a running threat. Gill is determined to put more speed in the slot, moving a pair of cornerbacks into the position. Junior Daymond Patterson eagerly made the switch back to his natural position. Bradley McDougald moves from the slot to wideout and no longer will be a twoway player, giving up part-time safety duties. Power back Toben Opurum, who led the team in rushing yards (554) and touchdowns (nine), will be featured in more than short-yardage situations.

2010 Kansas Defense:

Gill was impressed with the depth of the secondary during spring practice, which made competition spill into fall. Nobody, though, has the look of a shutdown cornerback. Senior Chris Harris, who has bounced between cornerback and safety, is shy on pure speed, but has a nose for the ball as a tackler and in pass coverage. At safety, Lubbock Smith is the hardest hitter, and redshirt freshman Prinz Kande has opened some eyes. Senior end Jake Laptad gets a little bigger, a little better every year. Tackles Richard Johnson Jr. and Jamal Greene have experience and have gotten stronger. The pass rush X-factor is senior end Quintin Woods, a long-armed junior college transfer who had a quiet junior season. At linebacker, two players – hard-hitting Justin Springer and speedy Steven Johnson – stood above the rest during the spring. The depth here creates lots of competition, even for returning standouts Huldon Tharp and Drew Dudley.

2010 Kansas Special Teams:

Kicker Jacob Branstetter made 13 of 19 field-goal attempts, and his 57-yard field goal against Oklahoma, with the wind at his back, tied for the fourth-longest in Kansas history. Punter Alonso Rojas pinned 16 kicks inside the 20 and had an average of more than 44 yards on punts from his own side of the 50-yard line.

2010 Kansas Predictions:

Kansas is shy on all-conference talent, and there isn’t a single proven playmaker on either side of the ball. Mix in an inexperienced quarterback and a schedule that includes two tough non-conference opponents, and it becomes difficult to predict anything better than last season’s record.

2010 Kansas Betting Odds:

Kansas Current odds to win a National Championship: OFF

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