Ketch's 10 Thoughts From the Weekend (Buechele has the higher ground)

[RLong68]

Most of you didn't see Ship in high school. Trust Ketch on this one. A healthy Ship was shockingly explosive and elusive. One of the best ever IMO, even with the injuries. He would have started from the moment he walked on any campus in the country.

We still include him in conversations today about best schoolboy players ever and shake our heads at what might have been.

Again, that completely misses the point.

 

[Ketchum]

I think I would slot him in 9th or 10th. Lots of juniors and seniors on the list. If we have a true freshman that is better than half the upperclassmen in the league, that's a bad league or one remarkable freshman. I hope it's that he's really good and not that the list is a bunch of garbage guys after the first 3 or 4. Where would you place a J Heard on the list?

a. Lot of unprovens in the Big 12 without his talent. and skill set.

b. Heard would be several slots lower.

 

[Ketchum]

No one knew. We all thought there was a good chance those injuries would mean he would never be the same. It took until 2008, his junior year, for post injury Shipley to dominate.

Of course but for injuries he would have kicked ass starting in 2004.

dominate isn't the criteria for what I was including him in.

 

[Ketchum]

Jamaal didn't do all that much in 2006. Mack gave too many carries to Selvin and Jamaal was injured a bunch.

He was a starter on a national title team, the year before and had one of the highest YPC of any back in the nation.

 

[Vincent Laguardia Gambini]

He was a starter on a national title team, the year before and had one of the highest YPC of any back in the nation.

2006 was his worst year. Injured. And too many carries for Selvin even though it was obvious who was better. 2006 Jamaal really didn't help Colt much for those two reasons.