position-preview Stories - Bring On The Cats
POSITION PREVIEW: Defensive Ends
The story of K-State's defensive ends in 2010 can be summed up with a simple variation on a familiar cliche: The bad news is that Jeffrey Fitzgerald is gone. The good news is that Brandon Harold is back. Remember, Harold and Fitzgerald were supposed to bookend a defensive line last year that would...
DEPTH CHART ANALYSIS: Week 1
OK, I felt the need to address the depth chart that was released yesterday in light of the fact that some of my POSITION PREVIEW predictions were blown up by it. I'll probably turn this into a weekly feature where I analyze each week's depth chart and review who actually the started the previous...
POSITION PREVIEW: Defensive Tackles
Like a familiar refrain, the same question hovers over the impending football season the haunted the last five: Will K-State finally find a pass rush? Of course, the key to any good pash rush is for the big uglies in the middle to stuff up the offensive line and shut down the running game,...
POSITION PREVIEW: Linebackers
You might notice that these defensive previews are in ascending order of concern, from most secure position group to least secure. Well, if there are some question marks at cornerback, then linebacker is a glaring exclamation point. John Houlik and Ulla Pomele might not have been that talented, and...
POSITION PREVIEW: Cornerbacks
Late last season, it appeared as if K-State's entire secondary would return virtually every single player who logged time in 2009, except Courtney Herndon. But then Joshua Moore declared for the NFL draft, Courtney Thompson was kicked off the team after the spring game and Darious Thomas was...
POSITION PREVIEW: Safeties
As with the offense, I'll begin my consideration of the 2010 Kansas State defense, a.k.a. the apprentice Lynch Mob, with a position of considerable strength — the defensive backfield. Specifically, I'll highlight the three positions that define the 4-2-5 defense. That's right — it's...
POSITION PREVIEW: Interior Offensive Line
Yesterday, I talked about the bread. Now it's time to look at the essential part of any sandwich — the meat, cheese and mayo. As promised, today's entry will focus on K-State's interior offensive linemen (centers and guards), as well as any bench or walk-on tackles I didn't profile...
POSITION PREVIEW: Offensive Tackles
Sticking with my alliterative subject titles, let's nominate today as Offensive Tackle Thursday, shall we? Although K-State's offensive line is considered by most to be a position of real strength in 2010, and perhaps one of the best units in the Big 12, that's mostly predicated on the returning...
POSITION PREVIEW: Wide Receivers
Since yesterday was Tight End Tuesday, let's go ahead and dub this Wideout Wednesday. Kansas State's wide receiver corps probably is the subject of the some of the biggest debates in the offseason. National pundits seem to think losing Brandon Banks will leave us helpless and infantile at the...
POSITION PREVIEW: Tight Ends
May I make a quick confession on Tight End Tuesday? One thing that has confused me this season is how national pundits have wrung their hands over the loss of Jeron Mastrud. OK, yeah, sure, he was a 4-year starter and a pretty solid tight end. But he was part of a Ron Prince system of guys who had...
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