8 DAYS TO KICKOFF: Bryce Brown
by BracketCat on Aug 26, 2011 8:53 AM CDT
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Position: Running Back Previous College: University of Tennessee Projection: Starter Status: On Scholarship |
Bryce Lee Brown (b. May 14, 1991) comes to us at last, crowned in expectations, on a chariot of unrestrained hype.
Unrestrained, that is, by all but the venerable Bill Snyder, who's in no bloody hurry to anoint Bryce Brown as anything.
The presumed heir-apparent to Daniel Thomas certainly is no stranger to expectations. A quick recap: He and his brother, Arthur Brown, held a dozen schools hostage with their cross-country "Potential Players" tour.
Their mentor, Brian Butler, got himself into trouble with the NCAA over how he handled their recruitment. Bryce was committed to Miami for more than a year, only to back out well after National Signing Day and choose Tennessee.
God told him to, he said at the time, but God apparently failed to warn him that Lane Kiffin was a gigantic douche.
Bryce's freshman performances weren't all that bad by SEC standards, but they failed to live up to the expectations established for the No. 1 player in the Class of 2009 and a U.S. Army All-American.
He was unhappy. The fans were in the midst of a bloody, anti-Kiffin revolt. Is it any wonder he wanted to come home to Kansas as soon as possible, damned be the formalities?
Cue a second round of douchery, courtesy one Derek Dooley refusing to grant Bryce his release, and he finally returned to us, humbled and discouraged, a mere walk-on and scout team player.
But all of that has passed, right? He's ready to take names and kick ass, right? He's going to live up to his preseason first-team All-Big 12 billing, right? Well, he's certainly doing nothing to stave off controversy.
He took Thomas' recently vacated number. He spent much of the summer working out in Wichita. He's already in Snyder's doghouse even as his brother flourishes as a team leader and defensive savior. Then there was Shapirogate.
Yes, this promises to be a fascinating season.
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Bryce has too much talent, and honestly, Dimel is a really good RB coach...
I think he’ll find some of that potential, eventually.
But I think he’ll be somewhat derailed by the Angelo Pease bullet train that’s about to roll through here.
With Klien, Pease, and Brown acting as a three headed rushing machine sharing carries, opposing defenses are going to be in a lot of trouble this year.
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Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -- Mark Twain
by Panjandrum on Aug 26, 2011 8:58 AM CDT reply actions 1 recs
This is a great problem to have
I can’t remember the last time we had real competition like this. I’m excited about the Pease bullet train, which was totally unexpected to me.
Bitchslapping Texas since 1997
My hope is that KSU rushes the ball 50 times a game...
We averaged about 42 a game last year with 65 total plays. I think we run more.
My preferred distribution is something like this:
Klein: 12
Brown: 20
Pease: 18
Pease also gets extra love in the passing game as a slot receiver in certain formations with Bryce Brown.
Body shots all game long with a vertical passing game with a target 50% completion percentage with a high YPC number to help keep defenses honest.
Bring on the Cats
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect. -- Mark Twain
Yes, I can also see that coming ...
Welcome back to KSU’s offensive philosophy of the top 10 days. Beat up the D on the ground with a diverse running game, heavily involving the QB … and eat up large chunks of yards through the air when we do throw it. Not high %, but highly effective.
I think it will look a lot like Beasley’s 2 years as a starter. I think Klein could actually be a fairly close comparison to Beasley as those things go. He may or may not end up as effective of a passer, but I’m pretty sure he has more potential as a runner. And while we don’t have a Quincy Morgan, we do have larger array of dangerous players to throw it to.
By the way, I’ll be disappointed if I never see us use Bryce Brown as a reciever to create a mismatch. He’s a natural at catching the ball.
by Itchy n Scratchy on Aug 26, 2011 1:02 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I should add ...
that our weapons at RB are also probably going to be much, much more effective than what we had in Beasley’s two years as starter (Josh Scobey, David Allen, etc). jmo.
by Itchy n Scratchy on Aug 26, 2011 1:26 PM CDT up reply actions
And about that D...
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
Yes, I will not be making comparisons to anything in the top 10 era there.
Except we will be running the 4-3.
by Itchy n Scratchy on Aug 26, 2011 1:53 PM CDT up reply actions
Bryce Brown either totally flames out on discipline/commitment/work ethic issues ...
Or he’s a seriously good running back for KSU. I don’t think there is any in between. And I very much expect the latter.
And if we have anyone else that is good enough to fairly evenly split meaningful carries with a committed Bryce Brown, then we are in awesome shape at that spot.
by Itchy n Scratchy on Aug 26, 2011 10:04 AM CDT reply actions
Totally agree.
Bryce Brown either totally flames out on discipline/commitment/work ethic issues …
Or he’s a seriously good running back for KSU.
by WillieWannabe on Aug 26, 2011 10:33 AM CDT up reply actions
+1
InS nails it. The kid has too much talent to be mediocre. Now it’s on him to put in the work.
The excitement over Pease is palpable. We have some real athletes on this squad. Should be a fascinating and exciting team to watch this season.
+1 more
I am VERY excited about what all we have at our disposal in the running game this year. I think if the line can gel inthe first 2 games we should be able to have similar success on the ground to what we had last year.
I wish we would have used WeePo a little bit more in the run game last year. Hopefully we will actually do a better job of utilizing all of the talents we have this year. Will keep the defenses guessing a little more than running the same guy all the time.
by Jeremy Sharp on Aug 26, 2011 12:28 PM CDT up reply actions
BracketCat, I love you for this...
“God told him to, he said at the time, but God apparently failed to warn him that Lane Kiffin was a gigantic douche.”
It just exhausts me when people (famous and otherwise) profess the self-importance to suggest that God—whom I happen to believe does not exist, but I can certainly accept that I know no more than anyone else truly knows about the Ultimate Mysteries—is taking time out of his/her/its schedule to determine what should happen in regards to the minute, ultimately unimportant details of existence.
“Hey, God—huge famine in East Africa! We need help now!” “Oh, geez, sorry…I’ve got to help some eighteen year old decide where he’s going to play college football (and how much money he should take from a booster without getting caught). And then there’s a golf tournament in Douglass, Georgia where some minister is asking for help in postponing the rains. Tell the East Africans they’ll have to wait.”
If this is really how it works, then God needs a triage nurse. Or maybe B. Brown is deluded in thinking that he’s really that important.
That said, he’s nineteen and maybe can get over his complex. He may well turn out to be a really good guy. It’s just that I cringe whenever I hear people suggesting such self-importance and I appreciate BC’s implicit roll of the eyes.
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by MrHappyMushroom on Aug 26, 2011 11:33 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
I feel a certian bond of kinship with you now...
I’m in the college of ag, I’m sure you can imagine my situation on that front.
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It seems to me He who knows how many hairs there are on your head will be willing to help on seemingly trivial things like that
"If you don't want to work, become a reporter. That awful power, the public opinion of the nation, was created by a horde of self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditch digging and shoemaking and fetched up journalism on their way to the poorhouse." - Mark Twain
Don't no one
know how many hairs I got on this head. It changes by the minute. (Sadly, the count is ever-changing in the wrong direction…)
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by MrHappyMushroom on Aug 28, 2011 7:06 PM CDT up reply actions
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