The Kingsbury Dough Boi Ripple

Kliff Kingsbury, noted handsome offensive coach, got paid by the Arizona Cardinals to be their next head coach because of this insane football tree he has rooted. Now why, you might ask, did a 39 year old college offensive guru land a head coaching job in the NFL? With no professional experience and a mediocre 35-40 record as a head coach? Great question. 

In 2003 Kliff Kingsbury was the backup to a spry chicken named Tom Brady. Ever heard of him? And if Brady doesn't hurry the hell up and retire theres no telling how many montages of these two we'll be dragged through just trying to watch a damn Cardinals, Patriots game. Now it's been theorized that Kingsbury stole some of Tom's talent a la Space Jam but rather than use it on himself, he played the long con to give bits of it away to the quarterbacks he coaches. Savvy move. 

Since hopping on to the coaching scene here are some of the quarterbacks Kingsbury has had under his wing. Starting in 2012, Johnny Manziel was his first project at A&M where he was OC and quarterbacks coach. Johnny was nothing like we've ever seen at the college level, beating Bama and snatching Heismans. Although, he might've taken his coach's blueprint a little too seriously. Manziel now finds himself in the CFL on the Montreal Alouettes, where, you guessed it, Kliff Kingsbury played in 2007. Kliff went on to coach at his alma mater where he met none other than the eccentric Baker Mayfield. Even though Baker only played 8 games for Kingsbury he went on to Oklahoma where he manhandled the Big 12, won a Heisman, and was drafted number one overall. Sensing a pattern? Put another one in the chamber. Arguably Kingsbury's greatest accomplishment was molding this year's probable NFL MVP Patrick Mahomes. Mahomes is constantly gurgling about Kingsbury's offensive genius and the numbers show. Mahomes played three years at Texas Tech and in his final two years he put up a combined 9,705 yards and 77 touchdowns in 25 games. What does this all mean? That Kingsbury's spread offense continues to impress.
             

Seems like a happy ending I suppose, for Kliff anyway. USC however might say otherwise. Before signing with Arizona, Kingsbury hopped on the Trojan horse in early December as the OC. While he was there for roughly a month's vacation in California, USC penned Bru McCoy the number 1 rated ATH and 27th overall recruit according to ESPN's Top 300. Bru was USC's crowned jewel in an otherwise disappointing recruiting class. The crafty Bru decided to enter the Transfer Portal (which is the coolest mystery in college football) on hearing of Kingsbury's departure which ultimately led to this cryptic tweet from Sam Ehlinger , Texas' QB. Mind you, Texas and USC still don't like each other cause of the whole Vince Young vs Reggie Bush thing. 

Very perceptive, BarstoolSC. Bru McCoy did wind up transferring to Texas to join Sam Ehlinger and my favorite wide receiver name in football, Lil'Jordan Humphrey. Ok, maybe Lil'Jordan declared for the draft but it's still fun to say his name. Not to worry though Trojan fans, USC announced today that they have decided to hire Graham Harrell. Who's Graham Harrell you ask? Oh just Kliff Kingsbury in disguise. Both Kliff and Graham played quarterback for Mike Leach. They both jumpstarted their coaching careers under Dana Holgerson. And according to Bruce Feldman, Harrell as The University of North Texas' Offensive Coordinator led them to back to back top 25 offenses. So relax USC you still got Kliff Kingsbury he just looks a little different. 

Hope Josh Rosen is worth it. 

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Seriously I hope Josh Rosen's worth it I really like him.