@BShark said in In the Middle of Nowhere Game Thread:
@FarmerJayhawk said in In the Middle of Nowhere Game Thread:
Jeez Dot. Pull that out
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Jeez Dot. Pull that out
Here we come
So gd soft whistles
Ballgame
As shit as we were down 6 isn’t awful
Nice Ochai
And 1
Have to. Absolutely can’t have Doke picking up #3
Guess I thought bodying guys was ok based on the rest of the game
Where was the foul?
2 bigs. This is gonna be ugly
If that wasn’t a cylinder call idk what is
Be careful Doke...
Shooters shoot
We’re still right there and have played like ass. We good
Dumb creates dumb. Dot driving into 3 guys is not ideal
Better
That hit the rim
He gets stripped almost every time
Nice Ochai
@BeddieKU23 said in In the Middle of Nowhere Game Thread:
When in Morgantown.....you buy furniture
Then burn it
Digging the local commercials
Cool. Survived the first punch
Bill looking hobo chic
Starting 4 smalls. Interesting.
Banning the dunk back in the day was a total buzzkill. Imagine what those guys could've done
@drgnslayr said in WSU grudge:
Come on, Wilmington? When was there last Final Four appearance?
Don't have one, but you brought up North Carolina and all the great basketball. Helps that we're all in the same conference except the regional UNC's and HBCU's. Other than the occasional Roy doing a former assistant a solid home and home we never play each other. Otherwise its all ACC competition and there's zero chance WSU ever sniffs the Big 12 while we're in it.
As far as west coast recruiting, Cassius Stanley.
@drgnslayr said in WSU grudge:
@FarmerJayhawk said in WSU grudge:
We get all the gate revenue + save the money forking out a big check to a mid-major to travel. Those two games are pretty profitable for KU. Plus those are just exhibitions. No reason to burn a non-con regular season game on WSU. They wouldn’t take a buy game and there’s no good reason to play a road game there when we could do a home and home with a much better team.
I focus more on the Xs and Os than counting beans. But I bet we give up a large amount of revenue currently lost on t-shrts and coffee mugs. And more than anything, it gives us another big game every year to put on a major sports television outlet. I know I tend to watch the UK/Louisville game every year regardless if one team is having a bad year. It seems like we are better off if we help programs in our geographic region. It gets pretty lonely being out in the middle of nowhere without other power teams nearby. I spent my morning helping a customer in North Carolina and she went on and on about all the great basketball in that state.
We are Kansas basketball... and I see us as ambassadors of the game. Seems kind of low that we intentionally don't help an instate program build up. I know I just want to watch quality basketball and I hope WSU builds their program because it gives me one more place to see good ball. I wish KSU would improve, too. And if they beat us now and then it just adds more excitement to the following games.
WSU would not be a big game. Would be like if UNC played Wilmington, which ended up on Flo Hoops. I live in the NC research triangle and you never hear anything about teams outside the ACC. The regional UNC's just don't register even though Roy plays home and homes with them on occasion.
KU can already get who they want most of the time in Kansas. There just aren't that many good players most years.
@COHawk said in WSU grudge:
@FarmerJayhawk To a person, all highly successful college coaches are control freaks who would lie, cheat, or steal to win. Just go down the list: Saban, Dabo, K, Roy, Calipari, Self, Dean, Knight, etc. Like it or not, that’s the price of sustaining success. All have obviously flaunted the rules and say they run a program “the right way.”
I think I would have to agree with you on this point. Years ago if a school was penalized, I would guess the infraction was blatant, or over the top. Definitely don't agree with the idea that to keep up with everyone else, a coach needs to cheat, but how does this problem get stopped?
It's been going since college sports was a thing, so it's just the water we swim in. Phog was dirty, Rupp was dirty, Wooden was all-time dirty. Bear Bryant was dirty. Bobby Bowden was dirty.
So I guess either ignore it or quit caring? I've done the latter. I've accepted all the top programs (and most aspiring top programs) are dirty and that's that. Doesn't really affect my attitude toward KU basketball or college sports more generally. Still plop down every Saturday during football season and watch from noon to PAC-12 after dark.
@drgnslayr said in WSU grudge:
I like seeing us play meaningful games where there is some kind of rivalry, any kind of rivalry.
Playing interstate "rivals" like Emporia State is a big joke and waste of time. Since when are we in charge of helping them out? What do we get out of those fluff games?
I like to see us play WSU because they give us a great taste of that "mid major" style game... something we have had problems with in March and embarrassed many times, sent packing.
I also like playing in the Champions Classic and anything where we play typical Top 5 teams, but this year, playing Duke in the first game of the year was plain stupid and meaningless.
Actually.... we get a lot less out of playing Mizzou every year than if we played the Shocks because the Shocks tend to be ranked higher and they present us with the mid major style.
The argument that WSU isn't good enough to play us is hogwash. Explain Emporia State.
We get all the gate revenue + save the money forking out a big check to a mid-major to travel. Those two games are pretty profitable for KU. Plus those are just exhibitions. No reason to burn a non-con regular season game on WSU. They wouldn't take a buy game and there's no good reason to play a road game there when we could do a home and home with a much better team.
@Kcmatt7 said in WSU grudge:
WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOF.
Did someone put a friggen Bat Signal somewhere in this thread. Only way to explain all of this virtue signaling going on...
Lol, was just about to say something like that. If folks expect choir boys as elite head coaches I can only channel my southern, "bless your heart."
To a person, all highly successful college coaches are control freaks who would lie, cheat, or steal to win. Just go down the list: Saban, Dabo, K, Roy, Calipari, Self, Dean, Knight, etc. Like it or not, that's the price of sustaining success. All have obviously flaunted the rules and say they run a program "the right way."
@dylans said in So here's the thing with this California bill passed:
@FarmerJayhawk lol People from Arkansas make fun of West Virginians as being backwards...
Was thinking more Memphis under Cal and Penny tbh
@bskeet said in So here's the thing with this California bill passed:
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Senator Marsha Blackburn (Tennessee) is in the middle of chiding NCAA president Mark Emmert during today's Senate Subcommittee meeting when she sees KU chancellor Douglas Girod nodding. She then asks if he'd like to make a comment. Girod then addresses KU's notice of allegations.
Sen. Blackburn ought to consider the state she represents before tossing rocks at Kansas.
@kjayhawks said in Other Games:
@FarmerJayhawk sounds like a rough life buddy lol. I’ll always love Roy, will be the same if Self ever leaves.
Ha! It's a great part of the country. Chapel Hill is a lot like Lawrence, which is great. But the basketball this year is absolutely brutal.
@approxinfinity you know... that's a really great question. I bet both give him the willies for different reasons (Trump is just an awful person/POTUS and Bernie loathes people like Bloomberg) but I think he'd probably vote for Bernie over Trump.
I think they're good. He has an A+ media team, in part because he's paying well above market for great staff. Very non-ideological, get stuff done kind of ads. His ad about getting fired then starting Bloomberg media is really good. I don't care for Bloomberg the politician but his campaign is solid.
Hmmm.. would be interesting to figure out how you got on their text list. Most times campaigns buy, sell, and lease lists like Hertz
From living in NC, Bloomberg is EVERYWHERE on TV. Big sporting event, news event, local newscast, you name it. He's on the air. I've seen ads from 3 candidates so far: Trump, Bloomberg, and Steyer.
My theory is Bloomberg is running for POTUS in part because candidates get all the best advertising rates from TV stations, where Super PACs get much higher rates. He can act as a D Super PAC and carpet bomb Trump at about a third the cost of a real Super PAC.
@approxinfinity said in The democratic nominee:
@FarmerJayhawk said in The democratic nominee:
Fun national poll result; 2nd choice of Biden supporters: Bernie 28%, Bloomberg 23%, Warren 16%. Voters tend to be less ideological than we assume.
Interesting. Part of that I think is that Bernie has been campaigning hard with minorities. Referred to as "Uncle Bernie" by his Hispanic supporters.
Yeah, also the narrative that this is a race of moderates vs progressives is divisive, language that Fox is happy to chuck about. It's more in the interest of unity to look at the field as multifarious
Nevada is going to be a fun stress test of that appeal. Been on MSNBC most of the night and they talk about it quite a lot as well. Easy shorthand for folks to wrap their heads around, but doesn't really match most voters.
Fun national poll result; 2nd choice of Biden supporters: Bernie 28%, Bloomberg 23%, Warren 16%. Voters tend to be less ideological than we assume.
Here comes the oppo... BTW, Culinary is basically Harry Reid’s political arm and supports Biden. 🐦 View Tweet?s=21
If my math is right (big if) Pete will come away with more delegates by a couple.
@KirkIsMyHinrich said in Other Games:
@FarmerJayhawk Why though?
They're my second team. Live in Chapel Hill and work at UNC
I would be really disappointed if Wiggs and especially Jo made the rafters. Should ECU retire Mike Trout's jersey because he signed there before getting drafted? I don't care about professional accomplishments. Getting your jersey in the rafters should be about what you did at Kansas, not the Golden Phoenix State TimberSuperKnicks
I don't really see a path for Pete either. Not very organized in Super Tuesday states and not polling well at all in Nevada or SC. Has never clicked with minority voters. He's probably toast if he gets 5th in NV and SC.
If I had to put them in order of likelihood: Bernie, Biden, Bloomberg............ Steyer..... Pete, Amy
@approxinfinity said in The democratic nominee:
@FarmerJayhawk how is Amy going to appeal to the black vote? What's her best play there? Does it matter if she performs in SC right now? What does she need to show in SC?
She has to over perform in Nevada (beat Pete and Biden) then maybe win South Carolina. At some point she has to win. She's maybe the least ready to rumble on Super Tuesday. The only state she may win is Minnesota. Honestly I don't really see a path for her. Seems very Kasich to me.
Oh yes. He's polling a solid second behind Biden right now. The odds of a floor fight are growing.
Pete has a minority voter and ground game problem. That campaing is well-organized in Iowa and NH, but not many other spots.
D's now have a fairly big problem with a split decision in Iowa/NH. Oddly enough, Biden still has a pretty strong argument to make he's the most viable in swing states given his popularity with minority voters. I think his natural heir in the field if his collapse continues is Bloomberg. SC D voters are very non-ideological and transactional. I don't think he'll do great in SC since he's not really playing there, but he certainly could get in late given his unlimited resources.
Bernie is definitely the favorite at this point, but the narrative around his candidacy is taking on water. He isn't bringing out new voters. Iowa turnout was about on par with 16 (way down from 08) and NH is down from 16. I don't see his revolution schtick at all. But I will say he's got a good ground game and will over perform his popular vote share in the delegate count, which is really all that matters.
Amy has a ground game and money problem. She may surprise in Nevada, but she doesn't have the capacity to move the metaphorical mountain on Super Tuesday. She hasn't even polled above 2% in SC since October.
My dark horse is Steyer. He's going to do well in SC and has a massive war chest.
Also, the knives will start to come out. Some R friends of mine gave me a preview of some of the oppo about to drop and it's going to get really, really ugly.
Everyone else might as well call it quits.
Mid-majors get a nice check to come play KU at Allen or Sprint. WSU has never expressed any interest in a buy game, and a home and home makes zero sense for KU. Why give up the revenue from that home game? The programs have nothing in common except sharing a state. If they'd take a discount to play a buy game at AFH since travel is cheap then I'd consider it but again, the administration over there hasn't shown any interest in that since they cut off the series in the 90's. Takes two to tango and currently there's nobody on the dance floor.