we're sleepwalking again...
Jethro
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Porter Moser always looks like he is going to fall over. Does he walk around on his tip toes?
CB comes alive...
I hope he comes back.
Purdue had a Texas game, too. Only they got walloped:
"Just two days after reclaiming a share of the Big Ten lead with a convincing 16-point win over No. 13 Illinois, No. 3 Purdue turned in a dud on Thursday night in an 82-58 loss at Michigan. The outcome ends a six-game winning streak for the Boilermakers (21-4, 10-4 Big Ten) and gives Michigan's NCAA Tournament resume a much-needed boost."
@jayballer67 If you can pry the ball out of his hands.
@benshawks08 I don't think they thought we would be 8-2, leading the B12 by a game at this point. The Baylor myth is strong like bull.
@benshawks08 It's really good stuff. That channel has Landen on, along with the Miller Bros ( Archie Miller and Stubby Miller) at times who analyze and breakdown alot of our games. They also break down the top teams, so it's very interesting to watch the science involved in the game. I gave them a subscribe.
@benshawks08 11-7? That's 3-5 with games against Baylor and Texas, but also Silo Tech, Okie St, OU, and TCU. Don't see us going 3-5 against that. I think we'll go 6-2 pretty easily. I think we end up 14-4 and win outright. I think we probably lose at Baylor, and a random game. I do think we whip Texas ass in the rematch.
Landen Lucas interviewing EJ right now:
@benshawks08 I think you're on to something. I think we lost the Texas game because we were emotionally gassed after blowing out Baylor. There is a better team in there somewhere. I want them to play Remy and Joe together at some point in the future. I have a feeling it might surprise us how everything flows better. I thought our team looked alot better with Joe in the game, and keeping him on the sidelines during crunch time might've cost us the game. I hope Bill doesn't ice him out when Remy gets back. No way should Harris get 38 minutes.
He's full of energy and effort...
Hubba, hubba. He chooses THE University of Kansas.
Doke is back in my lineup for tonight. As well as perennial favorite Mr. Oubre. Jayhawks all the time in Draft Kings...
We played a pretty good ranked team on the road, and let it get away from us. We weren't physically overwhelmed, and almost won. Obvious we need work in the last minutes of games, but the team is progressing nicely. We still haven't peaked yet. We'll get the thugs in Lawrence, and we'll throttle them. I'm hoping we win the next 4 games, and are 12-2 in conference when we play at Baylor.
@jayballer67 Click on the person's name you want to block. Their profile page comes up. On the upper right, there will be 3 small dots...click on them. It will say "block user". Click on that.
My first foray into chatting about KU sports was on a CBS sports message board where fans of all teams would go and basically talk some trash many years ago. One of the most interesting characters was a guy who was a Villanova fan. He would argue with a guy that was a Louisville fan all the time, and I began to notice other Villanova fans would jump in and attack the Louie guy together. It was weird because you'd never see these other "Nova" fans on the board unless the dude was in a rumble. So I started to watch these other fans and the Nova guy, and noticed they seemed to be the same person saying the same things. Then I noticed other fans coming onto the board coming for the BIG East conference ( 1 Creighton fan, one Seton Hall fan, and another college- don't remember which) and all of them would have long chats about the BIG East. Long story short- this psychopath had about 10 accounts, and would literally have conversations with himself about the Big East. If he got sideways with somebody, his whole fake team would descend on them. I honestly suspected it, but didn't know for sure until CBS Sports started having moderators in the room (a new thing at that time), and they busted him. He had accounts for several different BIG East schools, a Gonzaga account, and like 6 or 7 different Villanova accounts.
So, when you see supposed "fans" that do nothing but insult the coach and the team 24/7, maybe they aren't really fans...maybe they're trolls looking to get us to overreact. Thank God we have a way with the ignore button to silence them. RCJHGKU!
@jayballer67 I understand. I was referring to their website.
@drgnslayr I was afraid of a letdown after the Baylor win. This might be the most physical game I've seen since the old Huggy full court pressure teams. Here's the good news: Our schedule over the next 4 games is so much easier, it's ridiculous. There's a real good chance we're going into the Baylor game at 12-2 in conference.
Wow, the ignore feature really cleans up the room. It's like taking out the trash!
@mayjay Ok....very good! Thank you very much.
@rockchalkwyo I cleaned up last night. 306 points...not too shabby...
@mayjay We have an ignore button?
So, I made it a point to see if the KU/Baylor game was even mentioned this weekend (it wasn't) on the ESPN website...but look at what is their top story on their basketball site:
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/ ↗
they call a touch foul on dave after we have been getting mugged...
The ESPN " Baylor is injured" meme...
This is old Huggy thug ball...
When I grow up, I want to be just like Joe...
frannie foul
wasn't even touched...
and we're playing terrible...and we're tied...lol.
Juan with the PRAYER!
Harris
This is a brawl.
real simple- drive the ball to the rim.
6 years and Mitch still can't make a free throw
Doke starts tonight for the Utah Jazz. He is in every lineup I posted for Draft Kings. Go get it, big guy!
I noticed on Kempom that we are now ranked 3rd in toughest schedule.
@mayjay No, sir. None of us have a national audience. We also call out times when we get away with something. If you want to see blind ref caterwauling, go visit the Rump Rafters during a game. It's pathological- we look like pikers compared to them.
Here's a good post I found that digs into Frannie's bias:
"I went to the game and am just now watching the ESPN broadcast. Fran is a disgrace. He just shat out this absolutely insane idea that "Allen Fieldhouse is worth 10 points" because of the officiating nonsense, which is intentionally inflammatory and absolutely untrue. Letting Scott Drew use Fran and ESPN as a cipher to air Drew's petty greviences about fouls called (also - they didn't show any video evidence) is beyond unprofessional. It's also asinine when you consider how Fran is constantly falling over himself to defend the terrible officiating that plagues college basketball ("95% of the time, they get it right!" he says, without evidence), only to assert KU and AFH affects officials to the tune of 10 points a game.
Another major issue that KU fans and officials should absolutely not tolerate is his unfair and very public negative portrayal of Christian Braun.
Braun plays a little "hot" or chippy on the court to be sure, but nothing like a Laettner or Jason Sutherland. CB did get the tech against Dayton for the hat topper gesture on the dunk. I haven't seen that type of behavior since. I haven't heard from other fans or analysts in or out of the program that Braun is "hated." In multiple games, Fraschilla, doing his typical, propaganda-style "repeat the talking point enough times until it becomes true" has in multiple games REPEATEDLY mentioned that Braun isn't well-like and is hated by other teams and fans. He keeps going after Braun's reputation of a player that is more critical and pointed that ESPN had against Grayson Allen when he was perpetually tripping people. Even if it was true (it isn't), why do this? Why throw meat at the wolves? Why put a target on Braun's back?
Fran keeps lying about and misrepresenting the quality of the officiating. He keeps ignoring calls that don't fit his narrative. He keeps hammering the same points: "Braun is HATED in the other gyms," etc.
Why does our AD roll out the red carpet for this short f**kit? He just does Big 12 regional games for ESPN. He was a failure as a coach. He's unlikeable. He is nothing more than a second-rate troll on Twitter. He isn't very smart, and he is now running through the broadcast a negative narrative about a junior that plays hard and keeps his nose clean on and off the court.
I hate every Fran game called even if Kansas isn't playing. He is an insufferable blowhard with an ax to grind. He propagates biased and bad information to suit his narratives over and over each telecast. He doesn't call or analyze the games as they play out, just bellows his prepared statements over and over. ESPN has never been exceptionally unfair to KU in my opinion. Why can't ESPN send him elsewhere? Why does Bill Self let him in his practices?
We all need to get tough and tell this hack to get bent. I can't believe we have to just put up with this. He is ESPN's answer to Kevin Keitzman."
Frannie's "Braun is hated" is simply a fantasy in his own mind. Doesn't stop him from blurting it out, though. I think Frannie needs to be booed off the court next time he shows up.
All weekend, the front page story was a video with the header: Bracketology : KU falls to 3 seed. They just updated everything, still no mention of KU's victory over Baylor. They still have the " KU falls to 3 Seed" story up:
https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/ ↗
Frannie Boy might be the most anti-KU announcer in the history of ESPN. Obviously, he is soliciting opinions from our opponents about the reffing in our home games. The fact that Baylor "presented" him with questionable calls ( w/o bothering to show questionable calls called on us), and Liberace cited lil Frannie as a "source" a few years back says it all. Are ESPN producers behind this? Is this a subtle war they wage in basketball against the B12, unlike the obvious AF war they started by soliciting the AAC to poach our teams? Does anyone have any doubts why Bill didn't want Frannie's son?
Take a listen to Jimmy Dykes promote the SEC on his games, and then listen to Frannie. Is there ever been a starker contrast?
Tough spot for us. 2 days after huge victory playing on the road against another great defense.
@jayballer67 Joel probably got a tape of Kobes, just like he did with the Dream.
Our best defensive game of the year. We held them to .078 points per possession.
Scott Drew is now 6-27 against KU.
Lunardi has us as a 3 seed....lmao.
beautiful...
I hope Bill keeps his starters in the entire game. I hope we dunk with 2 seconds left up 40...