Reesing To Lead Jayhawks To Big 12 North Title

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When previewing the upcoming Big Twelve football season, it appears that Kansas coach Mark Mangino will finally lead his team to the title game, and anything can happen in a single game.

I'm not ready to say that Kansas will win it's first Big Twelve championship. There are too many questions to be answered at Kansas and for every other team in the conference still.

If I were a betting man, I would have to give Kansas the nod over Nebraska in the North division. Kansas is playing the Huskers in Lawrence, and they believe they have something to prove after their lousy showing in Lincoln last year.

The schedule is worth mentioning, but the real reason that Kansas will prevail is the leadership of quarterback Todd Reesing.

Some people will think I'm crazy for writing this, and based on statistics I wouldn't argue with them. But Todd Reesing is the best quarterback in the Big Twelve.  

Yes, I know that the 2008 Heisman Trophy winner will be taking the snaps down in Norman, but Florida made him look pretty ordinary. I know that Colt McCoy, who I thought should have won the Heisman last year, will be back at Texas. He's a close second to Reesing, in my opinion.

There's also Zac Robinson at Oklahoma State who deserves national recognition as well; and don't forget Baylor's Robert Griffin, the best pure athlete of all of them.

Each of these quarterbacks deserve plenty of mention as being among the best in the country. No doubt, the conference is once again, loaded with talented signal callers, but this is why I say Reesing is the best.

There's not a quarterback in the country that can make something out of nothing as well as Todd Reesing. The guy has built a career out of avoiding sacks and passing for huge plays.

He can also run if he has to, but unlike most quarterbacks he won't unless he absolutely has to. He will buy time, and buy time, and buy more time, and then put the ball into the hands of a KU receiver.

Kansas has two of the best receivers in the country in Dezmon Briscoe and Kerry Meier. They've also got plenty of depth, good running backs, and plenty of experience on the line.

The defense will be better in the secondary and on the line, with the biggest questions being at linebacker where they replace the strength of last year's defense.

No other player in the country in recent years can do what Reesing does. He's a great leader and his team will run through fire for him.

The difference will be those two or three plays that he makes each game, that will demoralize a defense and help Kansas to a season that has the potential of topping their 2007 Orange Bowl run.

I'm not about to predict the number of wins. There are some tough games at Lubbock and Austin, and home games against Oklahoma and Nebraska. 

However, with a little luck staying away from injuries, I do believe that Todd Reesing will get recognized nationally as the best quarterback in the conference and get the Jayhawks an opportunity to win a conference title.

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