Todd Haselhorst and Kendrick Harper Injured

No!

From Ryan Wood's report on this morning's public practice:

"Haselhorst, our medical staff is trying to get him ready for the opener. That remains to be seen," KU coach Mark Mangino said. "We really don't know the severity of Kendrick Harper's injury. We should know something later in the week."

KU Football News Roundup

CMU Wants This One -- LJW

"One thing missing from the Chippewas’ 2006 run, however, was a victory over a BCS-conference team. They went 0-3 against the more heralded conferences, losing to Boston College by seven, Michigan by 24 and Kentucky by nine."

This is a hungry team that wants to put a BCS win on the resume. I think the Hawks better be prepared to play on 9/1.

Glen Mason's New Job -- Woodling (LJW)

"Mason’s Achilles heel never really has been coaching. His primary difficulties arose at alumni gatherings where he often showed no appetite for exchanging pleasantries with the big cigars and their wives, scenarios he won’t have to face in the broadcast booth."

Glen never got that this was part of the deal. It cost him the war against Bill Snyder and Kansas State.

New York Attorney General Hot For KU

We were all aware of the NCAA and it's role in college sports, but frankly, I never imagined the attorney general of New York would come after the Jayhawks. It's not really the way to start August practice, but Andrew Cuomo's investigation of universities and student loan provider practices now includes the University of Kansas and the athletic department.

KU is denying any wrongdoing and plans to cooperate. Associate athletic director Jim Marchiony seemed a annoyed with the implied accusation:

“Had they done their homework, they would’ve been able to understand the issues and receive very plausible explanations.”

Almost 40 universities have been named in the investigation which contends that the universities are guiding athletes and students to preferred lenders in exchange for kickbacks. Whatever it is, KU better come out smelling clean on this one. I think the alumni and supporters of KU really had enough of the non-sports related headlines last year.

Phoggies Critique the New Helmet

Part Two of the Equation

Now that the new jersey has been thoroughly discussed, a new version of the helmet was posted by the MG's Helmet site. The gridiron board is all over it in this thread, which also includes a Photoshop version on an actual player. This is a nice preview, but I think I'll have to reserve judgement until I see it in person.

2007 Wish List For KU Football

On the Field Edition

Lew Perkins wants eight wins, but I think we can go for a little more than that:

• As hyped as he is, it'd be refreshing to see Aqib Talib actually exceed expectations
• A full house for opening day
• The front seven rises to the level of the 2005 crew
• Kerry Meier or Todd Reesing make me forget all about Bill Whittemore
• Derek Fine catches 60 balls
• Ed Warriner makes the exact right play call on every down
• We don't go for the two-point conversion ever (excepting of course for the win against Texas in the Big 12 Championship game)
• The offensive line doesn't have to go through the usual 7-8 game growth process and is dominant for all 12 games
• Pass defense goes from the bottom D1 to top 10 in the nation
• Marcus Herford plays to his talent level and KU uses him all over the field
• Jake Sharp -- at least one TD per game 30 yards out or more
• Marcus Henry -- 18 TDs, 1300 yards
• 50,000 plus Jayhawk fans wearing blue at Arrowhead
• 14 wins