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@jaybate-1.0 Thank you!!! I have to give a lot of credit to my wife and kids and a little to my parents for the way they raised me. Tough.
@Crimsonorblue22 Had a good June and even a good 4th of July, but shortly after my headaches came back and no one knows what to do, 85 straight days with chronic head pain is what I call ridiculous. But I feel good physically and mentally just can't do much due to the head pain.
Thanks for asking.
Not sure how much I'll be on in the near future, but I'll still check in from time to time and comment every now and then.
Definitely won't be reading any of those long rants though.
STFU - Shut The $#&* Up
So Coach Cal and his Wildcats are having a pro day before the season starts, inviting all the pro scouts over a two day period to showcase his players.
He says this is so he won't have scouts at practices during the season as a distraction.
That it will give his players an idea of what they need to work on.
But wait, it is also visitation day for high schoolers at UK that weekend.
So we all know Cal is doing this for himself, not to benefit the kids in any way. He will have high school kids there in contact with NBA scouts. Is that even allowed? This puts him in the headlines for the Month of September, if you remember in August he had to bring up again he was asked to take the Cleveland job. What will he do for October?
Notice he didn't do an ice bucket challenge, because had he ESPN would have had a two hour special on it. Plus then everybody would have seen just how greasy his hair is when the water was repelled off like a Rain-Ex coated windshield.
He can bring in all the talent he wants, he can have them scouted all he wants. It still won't make him a better coach.
Maybe he will call into a radio show and complain about all the nay------oh wait he's already done that
@approxinfinity I had been doing pretty good through June, then July hit and I've been fighting sever headaches everyday all day. No answers, too many doctors and pills to mention. But I fight and keep going. That's who I was brought up to be by my dad, my grandpa's, coaches and life itself.
I'm just glad that football is back both college and pro. Glad to see USA basketball play well, even though they do have the token Duke player on the team(that isn't schoolist, is it?), and all that means that the greatest place for the greatest sport for the greatest team is about to open it's doors and tip off another fun ride.
Thanks for noticing and caring
Rock Chalk!!!
I don't have Facebook or twitter, don't want them either.
I think it's funny when a national news anchor uses Twitter as a source and gets burned. Duh!!!
At least with kusports.com you can go on for free to read, the Omaha world herald has now made it that you need to be a subscriber to read it's articles online. How smart is that in the digital age?
I enjoy KUBuckets and the people here. Now that summer is over and I am feeling a little better I should be on more. I have been gone most of the summer and like the new updates, is there an ap for the site for smart phones?
Well here we go another season of KU sports is upon this weekend. I can't wait tip kickoff Saturday so I can look at my wife and say "There's always next year"
@drgnslayr They are Kentuckians after all.
I'm for the shorter clock, it will prevent weaker teams or less talented teams to stay in a game.
Self is smart enough to adjust his game by 5 seconds, plus he can turn up the defensive intensity more knowing he has to guard for 5 less seconds.
Plus with all the reviews at the end of games something needs to happen before the games reach 3 hours.
Defense
Wisconsin. Nebraska. Notre dame.
More football blue bloods but wisky and NU both are doing better in BBall.
@Crimsonorblue22 My headaches started June 28th 2009. 13 or 24 months after I get rear ended in a car wreck. Doc thinks that that final whiplash caused a concussion on an already scared part of the brain and as it grew it triggered the headaches.
17 years after I quit sports in college, 10 years after not playing hoops and about 5 after softball.
So no not instantly affected with the headaches but affected non the less.
Like everything in life it's how you handle it and what you make of the situation.
I've squeezed enough lemons to put country time out of business.
@drgnslayr I hate crowds, the noises, the people bumping into you awkwardly. I avoid concerts, games and anything else really if I can. If it's outside I'm the guy way off on his own watching if I can get away from people.
I am lucky enough if I have to I can adjust the intensity or where the electrodes are working at on my brain so I can control it to a point, but there are other times I will change the settings three times in thirty minutes and just have to walk away from something.
@nuleafjhawk I don't ever give up hope. I worked at a Church for two years and spoke a lot with the Pastors there and others on the Ministry staff about my issues and relied heavily on the good book. Maybe I will succumb to those things, maybe I won't maybe I will have it worse. I don't know.
If you want to make God laugh, go ahead and plan your life out.
I won't stop living due to my situation, not until I have to. But the way I grew up and watching John Wayne movies I'm gonna guess I will put up one heckuva fight before I go down. I've never been one to just roll over and call it a day, no matter the score, no matter the situation, the injury the odds stacked against me. I fight, play hard, work hard and go for it. Don't ever corner a tamed animal as it will make it crazy. That's how I am when it's time to fight. I'm not much, I'm not great, but when the chips are on the table I'm going after them.
@truehawk93 I also think a lot of the hesitation comes from being on a loaded team. They don't want to take shots away from other players. They don't want to be a ball hog, even if they have the hot hand.
So they hesitate and lose their chance at an open shot to see who is open for the pass.
@HighEliteMajor "PUnch Drunk" was the term they used back in the 40's and 50's due to boxers getting knocked out and having lingering affects to a punch later that night or even for a few days.
Remember the old smelling salts trick? Hey that will get the cobwebs wiped out of your head.
People not affected by it personally or knowing someone close to them have no clue to what a concussion can do. I know I didn't until I knew what was wrong with me. I have family members that don't grasp is fully, and ask all sorts of questions about it all the time now. They want to know, but it is hard to grasp.
I read stories, listen to interviews from former players of war Veterans, and I know all their issues, I know what they are going through and suffering from.
My nueorologist puts it in layman terms, "the brain is not a secondary organ, everyone is worried about the heart, but the heart doesn't beat without the brain and visa versa. The lungs, kidneys, liver and pancreas all get more research money than the brain. Why? No one can comprehend how technical it really is."
@drgnslayr noises drive me crazy, especially constant steady noises like exhaust fans, loan mowers vacuum cleaners will all put me over the top. I use in ear ear buds with loud music to get me through mowing the yard.
I had 8 MRI's in 3 ½ years and two CT scans and numerous X-rays too. They finally used a T3 MRI which is more intense and can find any admiralty and that's when they found my scars on the brain. I feel lucky that I can't have and MRI now due to the leads on my brain, but if push comes to shove in the future for research on my brain I will have to have them removed for an MRI to check out advancement of the scars.d
When my headaches first started they came on like a led pipe to my temples and no matter what I tried they didn't go away. I tried taking caffeine pills, I tried cutting out alcohol, caffeine, sugar, starches, dairy and nothing worked. I had an infectious disease doctor, a neurologist, a pain specialist, all in my hospital room trying to figure out what was going on. They thought it was a degenerated disk that was putting pressure on the spinal cord and other nerves they took it out and put a new disk in, and no luck. Suffered for 5 months with severe headaches everyday, and then they stopped for 8 months, and came back with a vengeance. Literally knocking me off my feet while walking one day. Tried a nerve block and radio frequency oblation and that helped for 16 months. Then again they cam back like a pissed off Ex looking for revenge.
I have kept every drug bottle prescribed to me, just as a reminder of what I put my body through and also to list off what I tried and it didn't work. I was looking into research hospitals across the country to get help when I spoke with a pain specialist that worked with people with back and leg pain. He was from Poland and had heard about using the same technology in Europe on the brain. And so we went for it. Now insurance wasn't keen on it. Had to have a full health physical once it was passed then a psych eval. Then an interview. Then a trial to make sure it would work. I walked around my house for 10 days with wire sticking out of the back of my head connected to a battery pack. Then a month and half later got the permanent ones installed.
I still have severe mood swings, I get angry easily. I become reclusive other times. I can sleep for hours on end one day and a week later be up for three straight days and not be tired. Never no what is going to happen.
My wife can tell by my eyes if I'm in pain or suffering from something, my kids know when to just walk away from dad, the dog well he just doesn't get it yet. My neighbors are all helpful and that's good.
Im a smart ass and I don't mind a good joke at my expense, and I make a lot of them. I just tell them to be original and stay away from the Frankenstein ones and the 6 million dollar man, I want original!!! Like, "whats a matter? Get your wires crossed?" I will give a high five for original jokes like that.
I worked at a church the past two years, (just left that job friday, I was the maintenance guy and physically couldn't do it any more) and would forget members names all the time and would have to describe them to other staff members so they could remind me of who they were. I would write a list every day and week of what needed to get done, or I'd forget some of the smaller things. So there were some rooms that were set up very last minute. There are times I don't remember why I went to the store until I reach in my pocket and grab a list. I've missed my turn to go somewhere that I've been to a million times. I space out and just sit there at times.
And looking back on it all I wouldn't change it, not a thing. I had a blast growing up playing sports, breaking horses to ride, riding bulls, wrecking a bike here and there, I just wouldn't change a thing. I have no regrets and as I tell people why would change something Im going to forget about anyway?
Gotta have a good outlook on it, gotta be able to laugh or it will take your life like Junior Seau and others that were too "tough" to go for help or laugh at it. Jim McMahon is great at it, he leaves sticky notes around his house, and his wife will do the same for him. She put a post it note on her head one day with the word "wife" on it when he woke up. He just laughed. But he sleeps a lot or just lays around. He will go play a round of golf and quit after a few holes. He wears his sunglasses all the time not to be cool, but because of his headaches. They have bothered him ever since BYU he says, he is very light sensitive.
Who out of all of these guys can play D?
I want a pg that can stop penetration, someone who can get up in the face and not let a shot off but still not get drove on.
Mason was exposed last year with his height, guys tried to post him up.
CF was rumored to lose playing time because he was a liability.
Not sure about Graham, and his D but I am guessing it's an upgrade to where Tharpe was late in the season.
I don't need a pg that shoot 3s all day, or who wants to score 15 points. I want a PG that can direct traffic, drive and dish, shoot when needed and can play outstanding D all game long and not rely on a shot blocker.
Does Arron Miles have any eligibility left?
@Crimsonorblue22 A few from HS football, but I never missed the next play, heck I've never been knocked out. Rodeo. a few car wrecks. A few accidents here and there. An ill-advised head butt. Kicked in the mouth by a calf at a branding, didn't loose a tooth but spun me around and took 8 stitches to close my lip up. High jumped once and missed the pit landed on the back of my head on hard ground. Made the height jumped two more heights.
I had an MRI done almost two years ago and they found 14 scars only brain that they could confirm. Another three that could be from concussions or could have been spots from something else. My Dr. when he got the results asked me first if I played pro football, I said no. Then college, again no. Asked if I had been in more than one IED attack while serving, I said no, that I hadn't even been in the military. I listed off the above list and the nurse started to laugh and asked how many of those I made up. NONE!!!!
I have tried to work with places to talk about it and to talk with others, but the media, hospitals and general public only want to hear from a pro athlete or retired/injured military member instead of an ordinary average guy. The best is hearing from people that try and compare their headache cures with me. When Vicoden, doesn't work or a morphine drip in the hospital won't work to get rid of a headache, I don't think your grannies baking soda, whiskey, hot water, bayer aspirin with a splash of ginger is going to work.
@drgnslayr I told my wife and family and the doctors, that I can lose my memory, my balance and I will live a full life. I can't do it with the pain.
I forget names of athletes a lot guys I shouldn't. I forget coaches names as well. As far as family goes I do pretty good except for a set of twins that are 12 and aren't identical, I just call them 'Thing one' and 'Thing two' It works Im "that" uncle.
I've read more on concussions and brain injury over the past four years than @jaybate 1.0 has written. The memory thing and concussions is a double whammy. Depending on where the concussion occurs it can affect the memory right away, short term a lot of times a guy won't remember the play he go hurt on or the game. Sometimes it will take memories away such as names within time again on placement. But with each concussion, and the more you get the easier they come too. But when you get a concussion it scars your brain, leaves what they call gray matter on the brain, it never goes away, if anything it will get bigger. This little by little will also affect your memory.
Dementia and probably Alzheimer's are in my future, but until they take away my functions I will I've my life and do things that will create memories not only for me but for my family. I already struggle with balance issues here and there, especially when standing up or turning around.
But you know what the headaches, the drugs that they tired and didn't work are no more(unless I forget to recharge my batteries) and I can live with that. I think I tried more pills @HighEliteMajor uses words in some of his OAD rants.
I live a good life at 41, still able to work, drive and do things that I want, except roller coasters, after two cervical disk fusions I'm done with those. Flying sucks due to the air pressure changes. But I still try to do all those things I want.
A plus when I have a few to many extra beers with my neighbors I can adjust my shock therapy and get rid of that hangover quickly!!!
As someone who suffers from Traumatic Brain Injury or TBI and is a precursor to CTE from having to many concussions in life, I totally understand why he is doing this, I can't believe he kept trying. But I understand his want to keep playing and not be controlled by the concussions.
The American Heart society got rid of the term "minor heart attack", saying that if your heart has issues it's major. The council for head injuries is trying to do the same and get rid of the term "minor concussion", if you get concussed, you have a problem no matter how slight.
I have had surgery to help control my headaches that I have everyday and they aren't like your worst migraine, they are worse. I have a device implanted in my hip like a pacemaker that has two leads that go up to my brain and give an electric pulse to stop mask the pain. It is an occipital nerve pain stimulator, and it works, it has saved my life. I just wish someone like Junior Seau could have done the same.
The work they have accomplished on brain disease and concussions in the last 7 years is almost ten fold over what they did the 20 years before that. There is hope that they can stop memory loss, headaches, double vision, loss of balance and other great things for the brain in a few years.
So from one concussion victim to another Zach I wish you luck.
The Pit, at New Mexico is definitely a home court advantage.
And as far as Pat Forde goes, there is a reason he is no longer with ESPN, they couldn't even handle the crap he spews.
As for the Pinnacle Bank arena in Lincoln for Nebraska, I got to go to a game there, it's loud, and it's new, in a few years it won't be sold out any more. They don't sell beer at games, but at other events there they do and its now a place to be seen, not to see a game.
National Championships are won over the summer, the team is built, everyone knows their roles and how they fit in.
In the fall, the coaches use what the players learned over the summer and fine tune it.
In the winter the coaches tweak it and make it work.
In March it all comes together, a years worth of work, friendship, coaching, and playing.
OK KU and coach Self have one open scholarship left, who gets it?
Christian Garrett?
Evan Manning?
Somebody no one knows?
Or does he leave it open and have an extra next year?
I doubt Evan gets it, family money and all. Christian might for a year why not lessen the load on him financially? I doubt it goes unused in any way.
And if I knew of a somebody no one know's I'd share it with you all.
Thoughts?
Either sport, I wish Mr. Black the best in his future endeavors and hope to see him come back to Kansas and sit behind the bench to support his alma matter. I would also like to see him on the sideline in suit as a coach some day.
He gets the game of basketball and has a great IQ and has already taught, Traylor, Embiid and other KU bigs about the game and life.
He seems to be humble and a good role model.
@HighEliteMajor And here I thought Al Gore invented the internet.
Who Knew it was Abe?
I know there was talk about this player would make us win in this game and that, but one has to wonder why the guys who would have helped us win weren't starting but playing well at the end of games late in the season.
To me it's because they have fresher legs, knees and bodies if they are only plying 7-15 mins a game and not 30 to 35.
Might be why we all think that Tharp was a better choice than EJ and EJ was a better option over Taylor and so on. When you are back up you are a little fresher than the guy that's playing two to 3 times the amount of minutes.
What other B12 school would you not be totally repulsed to see win a NC? (Imagine another B12 school playing Mizzery) OU
What other B12 school would you LEAST like to to see win a NC? ISU yes even over KSU.
Barnes will be picked to finish 2nd or 3rd. Finish 5th or 6th though. Typical Rick.
@Kip_McSmithers He will win 7 or 8 in a row and everyone will think he is great, then he will lose 5 in a row late in the season and they won't say anything until he win the COY award for finishing 3rd or 4th or 5th.
I once heard a comedian say they wanted to run for President so they press could look up and find all the things they did when they blacked out in college when they were drunk.
I had a few of those nights, now I'm the guy who sands in the driveway with my neighbors having a few on the weekends. To risky to drink and drive, not only due to the police but the danger it may cause others too.
Here's my question for the day and there could be a follow up so stay with me.
How does a players ranking go up after his season is over? Is it because bigger schools such as KU and UVA are recruiting him instead of a Rutgers per-say?
Did other players stock go down after their season and thats why he moved up?
It makes me wonder how they get 5 stars when UNC Duke and KY are recruiting them as sophomores, and some other kid is only being recruited by Directional State school his Jr year and is only a two star. But then he catches the eye of a Williams, Self or Miller and now he jumps up at the end of his senior year to a 4 star??
Just askin' just sayin'
@drgnslayr I rarely drink now too at lunch, or on mondays or tuesdays, and even sundays, but the rest of the week is open.
Canadian Wizer's, not not Windsor, comes in 12 years and up and is very smooth, easy to drink straight up on the rocks.
Never a big Irish whiskey man tho.
. with a cocktail in hand
@drgnslayr Uhmmm let me see you seem like a Jack and coke type guy, maybe a whiskey water?
SMU
Well its been handed down that Sterling has been banned for life from the NBA and they are trying to force a sale of the Clippers.
Maybe Magic should buy them?
@Crimsonorblue22 They said it is in the collective bargaining agreement that he has to accept the punishment given to him by the commissioner.
So if he would take them to court he would be sued by the NBA for breaking that agreement.
Kim's a girls name [{sarcasm font}]
I've read all the post on this thread and just want to let everyone know I'm staying out of it.
Tyrel Reed's dunk in I think the Big12 tournament was fun to see, I think he was amazed too. It really sparked the crowd and the team.
Lester Earl could throw it down, before his knees and back went out on him.
Rex Walters, making strides and doing well as a HC.
Doc Rivers, the Clippers owner is just pushing him out.
Cinderella picks, dark horse, slim to non and slim just left the building pick.
Jeff Bosche
Georgetown used to be BigManU, Ewing, started that trend for them.
@nuleafjhawk I haven't ever met Wiggins in person, and I'm not trying to sound weird, but does it seem like he must have tiny hands for someone his size?
Shawn Kemp the Rain Man had really small hands for his size, he had a hard time dunking with one hand without the ball flying out, one reason he wasn't in many dunk contest.
I'm not completely familiar with Perry's HS team, but after reading a few post about him being a solo guy, not selfish, just playing alone makes me wonder if he was the man in HS and everyone deferred to him and he still has that mentality and lack of trust of teammates?
I am not saying that is the case and you'd think by the end of his second year in college that would go away, but who knows??
The wins that stay with me:
1988 vs OU title game
2008 vs Memphis title game
The last Border War win!
2008 UNC tournament game
The Nick Collison vs Texas game
Beating OK st this year
ISU EJ goes off for OT win
Oklahoma St, the Marcus Smart backflip.
Kansas St.
Missouri
Those losses hurt, they sting, they burn a hole in my soul and make me despise those teams that beat us and made a Tshirt, or DVD or got on SportsCenter for a win in AFH, or hung a banner for beating good ole KU.
Then again I'm happy like a room without a roof that I don't have to be one of those fans that relies on one game every 7 years to make my life happy.
@HighEliteMajor @truehawk93 What's a FarokManesh?
I once heard it pronounced Farokmabracketup
@nuleafjhawk I'm still bent about Bucknell.
'97 Arizona
@Kip_McSmithers Last fall we had Jayhawk on Jayhawk crime in a game when Xavier Henry threw down on Jeff Withey.
That made SportsCenter
No this isn't KU Nation, I for one don't like that moniker, but this about us as fans and where we are from and how we become Jayhawk fans.
I know a lot of us have stated it at one point or another in different threads, but now there is some down time and why not put it all in one place.
So let us know where you are living now, I know we have Wisconsin, Texas Missouri and Nebraska for starters, where you came from, if you went to school at KU or like me are just a huge fan.
I grew up in Central Nebraska by the largest man made forest in the USA. I was brought up a Husker fan because for one I wasn't aware there were other schools I could cheer for. In 1986 my dad a HS basketball coach went to a Larry Brown coaching clinic and came back with some team photos and other KU stuff, but the stories he told me about this Manning kid and how good he was and is going to be.
I was hooked! In 1993 I told all my Husker fans if Nebraska lost to FSU in the Orange Bowl I would never cheer for them again. 21 years later, I still haven't.
I live just outside of Omaha now and cheer on the Jayhawks all year round.
I've only been on KU's campus twice once for a BBall game in Self's first year and to a football game in Mangino's last year. It's a wonderful campus with so much history.
Two out of my 3 kids have become Jayhawk fans and I'll take that, my wife and youngest are slowly turning during the basketball season and that's good too.
Rock Chalk
I will enjoy seeing how you became a Jayhawk and where you cam from and where you are. Hope you do too.
@drgnslayr ... especially if Baylor sticks it to Texas again.
Well now that Texas has a football coach that isn't resting on Vince Youngs National Title, I'm not completely sure how that series will be again.
C'mon let's face it Mack Brown was such a terrible coach he benched Major Applewhite for Chris Simms. Was Simms ever better, or was who his daddy was???