Kansas Jayhawks Football: Missing the Mark in Lawrence
By Mike Norris
With each passing day, Todd Reesing to Dezmon Briscoe falls further and further into the history books of Kansas Jayhawks football.
The undersized quarterback from Austin, Texas used to loft touchdowns to the undersized wide receiver from Dallas, Texas with such ease the Jayhawks actually looked liked a legit football team.
These days, Kansas Jayhawks football resembles a true FBS football squad only when it brings struggling FCS teams to town. Reesing threw 87 touchdowns passes during his three years as a starter. Since he left after the 2009-10 season, 13 Jayhawk signal callers have combined to toss 78 touchdowns.
In case you are poor at math I’ll help: That’s bad.
There are no shortage of stats since 2008 Orange Bowl winning coach Mark Mangino was fired (the same year Reesing and Briscoe were gone) that embarrass anyone associated with the program as we enter year two with head coach David Beaty.
The most damaging of course is the win-loss record from three different coaches since 2010 that currently sits at an eye-popping 13-64; including 0-37 away from Memorial Stadium. Here are a few more that describe just how bad it’s been the past six-plus seasons in Lawrence.
- Since 2010 FCS school North Dakota State is 4-0 against Power 5 teams, Kansas is 4-55.
- The last time the Jayhawks won on the road, September 12, 2009, Breaking Bad was just beginning to break.
- Kansas is 3-52 during conference play in the post-Mangino era. With two of those victories coming against Colorado and West Virginia, their win over Iowa State in 2014 is the lone one versus an original Big 12 Conference team.
- A coaching stat that should send shivers down the spine of boosters shows that KU has hired four coaches since 2009, while Oklahoma and Iowa have had the same coach since 1999. Six other schools have employed the same head coach since 2006, including Big 12 brethren TCU, which has had Gary Patterson at the helm since 2000.
Shall I go on?