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Much has been made of KU’s recruitment of three-star quarterback prospect Brock Berglund (6-4, 205) from Highland Ranch, Colorado. Rivals.com had him rated as the 15th best dual-threat high school QB in the nation.
Berglund graduated early from Valor Christian High School, ostensibly so he could enroll at KU for the second semester and take part in spring practice. That didn’t happen.
After enrolling for the spring semester, Berglund pulled up stakes and headed home for personal reasons. What those reasons are haven’t been disclosed.
The word from Lawrence is that Berglund attended a meeting for incoming freshmen on June 5 and participated in a team photo on June 15. But he hasn’t been active in the offseason workouts with the returning veterans.
Berglund’s lack of participation in spring practice and summer workouts insures that he isn’t going to help KU at QB for the upcoming season and maybe never. The commitment appears to be sadly lacking.
Kansas has another freshman QB coming this fall who has been largely overlooked because of Berglund’s hype; Michael Cummings (6-0, 196) from Killeen, Texas is another three-star recruit.
Cummings is coming off knee surgery, which kept him from being highly recruited. But his knee rehabilitation is well ahead of schedule and Cummings is a real sleeper for KU. His statistics are almost too good to be true: Cummings threw for 5,237 and 45 TDs and ran for 2,231 and 33 TDs in three seasons at Killeen High School.
Michael Cummings is a run-pass threat and could emerge as KU’s starting QB early in the 2011 season. Whether or not Cummings can help KU this fall depends on how his knee holds up in fall drills.
Kansas will be better this fall, but problems on the defensive line and at QB loom as season-killing weaknesses.
Guess who is leading the Kansas City Royals in the number of RBI’s per-at-bat statistic? As of July 2 it was catcher Bryan Pena. Why is KC manager Ned Yost playing Matt Treanor ahead of Bryan Pena?
Treanor is a substandard hitter and a very average defensive catcher. Pena has shown the potential to be an effective hitter and he’s become adept at blocking pitches in the dirt; Pena is at least the equal of Treanor on defense and he’s a much better hitter.
Every time Pena has an outstanding game, Yost jerks him the next day in favor of the aging Treanor. Pena is 29 and Treanor is 35.
Ned Yost is consistent in one regard: he’s plenty hard-headed. It makes no sense to play Treanor ahead of Pena.
Besides being younger and bigger and stronger, the switch-hitting Pena’s batting statistics are superior to Treanor’s.
Through July 2, Pena had played in 41 games and had 30 hits in 119 AB’s, including eight doubles and three homeruns and 20 RBI’s. Pena was hitting .252.
Treanor had played in 53 games and had 32 hits in 151 AB’s with four doubles and three homeruns and 15 RBI’s. Through July 2, he was hitting .212.
Dayton Moore has improved KC’s farm system, but he’s 0-2 in the selection of managers. His first hire was Trey Hillman who was a flop; Ned Yost is his second hire and doesn’t look any better.
At the present time, one of the most-pressing needs for the Big 12 Conference is a name change. It’s ridiculous to call a league with 10 teams the Big 12.
The league needs to alter its name to something like the Great Plains Conference—anything would be better than calling a 10-team league the Big 12.
Competing conferences are certain to ridicule the current misnomer. And what’s so great about the Big 12 anyway? That’s been a blah title right from the beginning.
PGA professional golfer Gary Woodland is from Topeka and a graduate of KU; he will be competing in the Barclays Scottish Open this week and the British Open the following week.
This week’s Scottish Open will be televised on the Golf Channel. On Thursday-Saturday (July 7, 8, and 9) the TV times will be 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday’s round (July 10) will be from 7:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
If you have digital video recording (DVR) on your TV system, it’s great to record golf tournaments because you can fast forward through the interminable commercials.
Woodland had a poor tournament last week in the AT&T National, finishing tied for 47th after a terrible 74 in the third round. He recovered somewhat with a 68 in the final round.
Woodland has had a stellar season so far; he’s ranked ninth in the Fed Ex standings and 12th on the PGA money list with winnings of $2,363,652. He won’t have to worry about the price of the plane ticket.
Much has been made of KU’s recruitment of three-star quarterback prospect Brock Berglund (6-4, 205) from Highland Ranch, Colorado. Rivals.com had him rated as the 15th best dual-threat high school QB in the nation.
Berglund graduated early from Valor Christian High School, ostensibly so he could enroll at KU for the second semester and take part in spring practice. That didn’t happen.
After enrolling for the spring semester, Berglund pulled up stakes and headed home for personal reasons. What those reasons are haven’t been disclosed.
The word from Lawrence is that Berglund attended a meeting for incoming freshmen on June 5 and participated in a team photo on June 15. But he hasn’t been active in the offseason workouts with the returning veterans.
Berglund’s lack of participation in spring practice and summer workouts insures that he isn’t going to help KU at QB for the upcoming season and maybe never. The commitment appears to be sadly lacking.
Kansas has another freshman QB coming this fall who has been largely overlooked because of Berglund’s hype; Michael Cummings (6-0, 196) from Killeen, Texas is another three-star recruit.
Cummings is coming off knee surgery, which kept him from being highly recruited. But his knee rehabilitation is well ahead of schedule and Cummings is a real sleeper for KU. His statistics are almost too good to be true: Cummings threw for 5,237 and 45 TDs and ran for 2,231 and 33 TDs in three seasons at Killeen High School.
Michael Cummings is a run-pass threat and could emerge as KU’s starting QB early in the 2011 season. Whether or not Cummings can help KU this fall depends on how his knee holds up in fall drills.
Kansas will be better this fall, but problems on the defensive line and at QB loom as season-killing weaknesses.
Guess who is leading the Kansas City Royals in the number of RBI’s per-at-bat statistic? As of July 2 it was catcher Bryan Pena. Why is KC manager Ned Yost playing Matt Treanor ahead of Bryan Pena?
Treanor is a substandard hitter and a very average defensive catcher. Pena has shown the potential to be an effective hitter and he’s become adept at blocking pitches in the dirt; Pena is at least the equal of Treanor on defense and he’s a much better hitter.
Every time Pena has an outstanding game, Yost jerks him the next day in favor of the aging Treanor. Pena is 29 and Treanor is 35.
Ned Yost is consistent in one regard: he’s plenty hard-headed. It makes no sense to play Treanor ahead of Pena.
Besides being younger and bigger and stronger, the switch-hitting Pena’s batting statistics are superior to Treanor’s.
Through July 2, Pena had played in 41 games and had 30 hits in 119 AB’s, including eight doubles and three homeruns and 20 RBI’s. Pena was hitting .252.
Treanor had played in 53 games and had 32 hits in 151 AB’s with four doubles and three homeruns and 15 RBI’s. Through July 2, he was hitting .212.
Dayton Moore has improved KC’s farm system, but he’s 0-2 in the selection of managers. His first hire was Trey Hillman who was a flop; Ned Yost is his second hire and doesn’t look any better.
At the present time, one of the most-pressing needs for the Big 12 Conference is a name change. It’s ridiculous to call a league with 10 teams the Big 12.
The league needs to alter its name to something like the Great Plains Conference—anything would be better than calling a 10-team league the Big 12.
Competing conferences are certain to ridicule the current misnomer. And what’s so great about the Big 12 anyway? That’s been a blah title right from the beginning.
PGA professional golfer Gary Woodland is from Topeka and a graduate of KU; he will be competing in the Barclays Scottish Open this week and the British Open the following week.
This week’s Scottish Open will be televised on the Golf Channel. On Thursday-Saturday (July 7, 8, and 9) the TV times will be 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Sunday’s round (July 10) will be from 7:15 a.m. to 11:15 a.m.
If you have digital video recording (DVR) on your TV system, it’s great to record golf tournaments because you can fast forward through the interminable commercials.
Woodland had a poor tournament last week in the AT&T National, finishing tied for 47th after a terrible 74 in the third round. He recovered somewhat with a 68 in the final round.
Woodland has had a stellar season so far; he’s ranked ninth in the Fed Ex standings and 12th on the PGA money list with winnings of $2,363,652. He won’t have to worry about the price of the plane ticket.
