No, Mark Mangino doesn't play hockey in the offseason, this picture was taken after he ATE the goaltender.
According to the Kansas City Star, this season is a year long audition for Head Coach Mike Mangino.
Mangino's squads have been 'bowl eligible' for 3 of the past 4 years--although the Jayhawks have never been to back to back bowls in their program's existence-- and Kansas AD Lew Perkins doesn't believe that a second straight 6-6 season is acceptable.
Of course, some folks are quick to point out that Perkins wants to bring in his own coach since he inherited The Thing That Ate Wichita (Mangino came to Lawrence in 2001). Others simply point out that Kansas football is a warm up act until Midnight Madness kicks off basketball season in Lawrence and .500 football ain't that bad.
Perkins will point out that Kansas plays in the weaker Big XII North and this is Mangino's second full recruiting class to pass through. Tie in some of the embarrassing compliance issues that popped up a few years ago, a schedule that ESPN called the 'easiest in the nation' for 2007, 16 returning starters and construction on new football facilities on campus--and suddenly the heat has been turned up on Mr Mangino. Let's hope for Topeka's sake, he's not a stress induced eater.
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