Media Day highlights and tidbits

(some video of KU recruit Daniel Porter who is eligible for kickoff in 5 weeks)






All of the following quotes are from Rivals.com, KUsports.com or somewhere else--

Darrell Stuckey -
Said that the O getting all the attention is going to make the D play with a chip on their collective shoulders. - rivals.com

Oklahoma junior defensive tackle Gerald McCoy, on Kansas quarterback Todd Reesing:

"He's a really good player. We have so many good quarterbacks in the Big 12 that it just gets frustrating. He is small, and you may think because he's so small that he can't make plays, but that guy can play, for real. Sometimes, I feel bad for him because he is so small. It was rough because I couldn't see him. He was hiding."

Mangino about Todd Reesing, his quarterback:
"The quarterback is the chauffeur. If you don't have a chauffeur, the car doesn't move."

Random Mangino quotes:
"I think our defense will be better than a lot of folks outside our program think."
And:
"I think for the first time in a long time, we will have some natural pass rushers." (I'll have more on these 2 quotes later in a special summer recap blog)


12:45 p.m. update: By Dugan Arnett -kusports.com
Former Missouri quarterback and current Washington Redskin Chase Daniel has wandered into the lobby of the Westin. He's just kind of hanging out, wearing some cargo shorts. Just living the dream. (what a tool, hey remember how your last 2 Big 12 games went... oh yeah you lost to superior QB's- what a turd)

From Mangino on a sampler platter of topics -
On Dezmon Briscoe's return from suspension: "I anticipate that he will (be there when practice starts in August). He has work to do (academically), and he's not the only one. There's several players that have work to do. And I tell them, 'It's pretty simple: You get your work done, you're with us in August. You don't get your work done, you're not. And we don't cry about it, and we don't feel bad about it — we go to the next player But I don't anticipate any issues."

On the status on Ben Lueken, who was hospitalized following an incident outside of Jayhawker Towers this spring, forcing him to miss the Spring Game: "His status is still up in the air. We're still visiting with Ben and his family and medical people, our staff. We really don't know just yet how that's going to play out."

On Tanner Hawkinson's development after a switch from tight end to left tackle: "Over the years, I've kind of made a living taking tight ends and making them tackles. Some of them have made a lot of money. Adrian Jones and Todd Weiner. I can go on and on about that. When I think of those guys and I think about (Hawkinson), he's the same type of guy. He's real athletic. He weighed in the other day at 284, 285 (he was listed at 230 pounds out of high school). He's a good kid, and he's done everything we asked him to do to get ready for that position."

On receiver Kerry Meier's potential switch to full-time receiver: "I haven't (made a decision yet), but I'm going to do that rather quickly. We're going to get into training camp and we're going to go about a week or 10 days and study that pretty carefully. If we feel good about Kale (Pick, projected No. 2 quarterback) and Jordan (Webb, projected No. 3 quarterback), then we're going to go ahead and make him a full-time receiver."

Mangino on 810AM
Blah blah blah - I love Todd I would buy Todd flowers and take him to a nice dinner. The TR5 lovefest from Mangino is classic, unreal.
Says he's more valuable to his team than any other player in the country and has no idea why TR doesn't get more love from the media.
You gotta love how he doesn't come out and say it but secretly loves all the doubters, I think its a fair assumption to say this is going to be one mean team.

And finally on Briscoe "I think he'll be fine but just like anyone else we'll move on"


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