@jayballer54 you sure he broke it? did you discount double check?
Sorry buddy. I like Rodgers.
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These Kings are going to be epically bad this year. Let's enjoy Frank going balls to the wall while we can, come halfway he might be encouraged to be a different kind of Frank the Tank. He should have more than enough run to prove himself until then. Hell he could even end up high scorer for the team.
Had to take down the board for a couple minutes to renew ssl cert. Back now.
Adam Lind pinch hit, got a single and Harper saved our season! We were so tight. HUGE!
Maybe that's not fair. Maybe there's other pressure on Dusty to play Werth coming from our GM, Rizzo. Or maybe some contractual obligation. just disappointed our offense is choking.
If we had Kendrick in instead of Werth we would have gotten that walk in Werths spot and not had to pull Geo to pinch hit Kendrick for him. Dusty is a HOF choker.
@Crimsonorblue22 ah thanks! Will correct that.
Werth and Weiters shouldn't be in the lineup. Theyve both been offensively useless lately. Should be Kendrick and Lobaton. Kendrick is hitting about a hundred points higher than Werth while both are terrible in the field. Lobaton is a much better defensive catcher than Weiters and both are bad offensively.
@globaljaybird Madsen has been good for us but struggled last night. (The us I'm referring to is my Nats @AsadZ )
@globaljaybird :( can't win without runs. Our O was pitiful. So many weakly hit balls. Batters chasing garbage.
Looks like Frank will get lots of run and might be encouraged to score first.
As USA Today had noted, $2.25 million of that came from the Adidas deal. In the two previous years, Pitino received a total of $3 million from the shoe company while the athletics program collected a paltry $35,000, according to the Courier-Journal.
not a good look...
I'm going to go with seniority and say graham, newman, Vick, Svi and Doke start. Eventually we get to Preston replacing Svi.
@Crimsonorblue22 thanks so much for these. Frank is a born leader, and sounds confident! So great!
@BShark i might be bad at navigating around Instagram? Not seeing his comment on the Zion / big Dave pic.
@BShark wait you sure thats Dotson? Name says Jelani Richards
@BShark lol thanks for interpreting :joy: didnt realize that was dotson. makes sense now.
@jaybate-1.0 thank you for this sparkling mesothermal vein of historical gold. I am greedy for more! Many searches in my near future from this. You have such a rich and unfiltered understanding of history, but hesitate to prescribe solutions. Even if we cannot achieve Utopia surely counter force can be applied to steer our cultural ideals. Which humans on this planet are least subject to deep state mind control at this point, by your estimation? Any in places where life is good?
@jaybate-1.0 my point is, when kids play with guns they think war is ok. When girls play with dolls while boys play sports, women value form and guys value function. We have a society of people who have bought into us vs them, but we don't wonder if our games have conditioned us to think this way. It seems there are more cooperative board games now than ever (epidemic, forbidden island) but it still is a small fraction of total games. Even the majority of online games, while possibly having team elements, usually involve fighting others. We worry only that kids don't become killers when they play these games, not whether they become combative in their personalities. Our culture still has a stigma against Dungeons and Dragons, while many of those people who turn up their noses to it would play a MMORG online. The reason being, I am convinced that people are not willing to role play and actually empathize with a character, using their imagination. They only want to engage the part of their brain that can problem solve and let the imaginative elements be in large part provided for them by the system as they always have. Is that a conscious choice or part of our self replicating paradigm?
Even multiple choice and true false questions fall into the ranks of the steering, limiting forces keeping our imagination from "running wild". As George W said, "Either you are with us, or you are with the terrorists." Don't think outside the box. Choose the blue pill or the red. Wear the cop hat or the robber's, the cowboy's or the Indian's.
Should it be any surprise that people try to rig a system where there can only be a victor and a loser?
@jaybate-1.0 beautifully stated. :100: :thumbsup:
I wrote a paper in college about dichotomous systems, and made a case that most of our thoughts are shaped by dichotomous thinking because we have constructed so many dichotomies in our society: the 2 party system, communism vs capitalism, our major sports, us vs. them. While what you refer to goes a layer deeper in identifying controlling forces, I'd also make the case that the nature of the controlling elements are defined by the systems they control, and the similarities (and you might say the flaws) that are common to them.
Wellp, the late night replay on ESPN3 cuts off after interviewing Self at half court, no scrimmage. Beautiful.
@BShark yeah saw that! sick chain. BMac keeps climbing my list of favorite ex-Jayhawks. Though we didn't have him for long, his love for KU goes deep. Same with Selden, coming back on his birthday. That's :heart:
@mayjay loooooool hahaa
You tell em @jayballer54 ! I think the more voices the better here. Let's him em early and often!
Guys... their live chat might actually be a chance to get heard? I haven't seen this live chat before... thinking this might be new.
Me:
Are you going to get the rebroadcast in full at least?
Or have you lost the scrimmage, the part of the event that we waited 2 hours to watch
Alex B: Please give me a moment to look into this for you.
Unfortunately I do not have any specific information on what will be done to resolve this at this time, however we can add your email to the support ticket for this issue and you will be notified of the resolution to this specific issue when a resolution is reached if you would like?
Me:Ok. Let's do that.
Alex B: Alright, may I have your name and a contact email I can add to the ticket for you tonight?
Me: sure. my name is Duke Sucks, and my email is approxinfinity@gmail.com
Alex B: Thank you. I will add this to the ticket for you so that you will receive an email when we reach a resolution. Again, I wish to apologize for the inconvenience this has caused, and I do hope we are able to resolve this issue as quickly as possible for you.
Me: Thanks Alex. Not your fault. I hate ESPN.
Alex B: I will express your disappointment and frustration with us and this situation with the appropriate personnel for you as well.
Is there anything else I can help you with today?
Me: Yeah, can you tell them that their Opinion pieces are garbage and they should stick to reporting, and providing adequate coverage, which should be the bread and butter of their business.
Also, tell them Stephen A Smith is the most annoying man on the planet and I'd rather chug castor oil than hear him talk.
Alex B: Alright, I will make a note of these comments in the feedback report for you as well.
Did you have other comments or feedback you wanted to provide us with tonight?
Me: Also, their sportscasters should learn then names of the players on the teams that they are covering
And they shouldnt talk about their vegetable gardens or the NFL, because unlike them, the people watching the program actually give a rats ass abouts the teams playing
That's good for now. Thanks Alex
You'll relay all of that for me?
Alex B: Alright, I will pass those remarks along for you as well.
Me: Thank you
Alex B: Absolutely
Me: You rock Alex.
This is years of pent up irritation.
Talking to you is like seeing a shrink
Alex B: It's no problem. We greatly appreciate you bringing us your thoughts on this, and are more than happy to direct your feedback to the appropriate personnel for their consideration any time for you.
I am told I have a very comforting demeanor. How did this chat make you feel and all.
Me: It made me feel as if I might actually not be completely helpless regarding the garbage that happens on my TV when ESPN is on
Alex B: In all seriousness, I am sorry this event is experiencing technical difficulties and hopefully it will be fixed soon so our fans will be able to view it the way they initially planned upon.
Me: :) All good! Keep on doing what you do.
Alex B: I'm glad I could help, and any time you want to bring us your thoughts on our content, from games to studio shows, please do not hesitate to contact us
Thank you for contacting ESPN. Have a great night!
Me: Will do! Take care.
Me: You guys dropped the espn3 stream of late night in the phog repeatedly, then ended the broadcast before the men scrimmaged
I am so f'ing mad at ESPN right now.
Total BS.
You would never NEVER do this to Kentucky or Duke.
Alex B: We are aware of the issue and are working to resolve it as quickly as possible. We apologize for any inconvenience.
Me: Unfortunately that doesn't help. I've known the issue for the last decade. its a cancer on sports called ESPN
Alex B: I apologize for any inconvenience this has caused. We are working to get this issue resolved for many fans like you as quickly as we can.
Me: Wellp. How about you at least do it to Duke and Kentucky next year and not to Kansas to even the score.
That seems fair to me
Alex B: I can pass any feedback along for you if you would like, but I cannot accommodate that request.
Wow. ESPN. M----- F----ers
@jayballer54 awesome! I really dig the investigative work on other fan sites. Thanks for doing the dirty work. Lol @ getting kicked off the UK site for trolling.
@BShark both showing us how many years they will be attending KU?
Hope you're right. Remember the excitement around the recruiting class of Rush, Chalmers, Wright and Downs?
Man. Lil Yachty might just S-U-C-K more than Rick Pitino. Seriously couldn't we find someone with talent?
@Fightsongwriter you gotta get geeked about something man! Why not Kansas basketball?
@BShark What are the chances we end up getting Antwann Jones? He decommitted from Ok St and we had previously recruited him.
@drgnslayr agreed.
Court records also said Adidas executive Jim Gatto "spoke directly with Coach-2 multiple times in the days before [Bowen] publicly committed" to Louisville.
According to FBI documents, at one point during the conversation in the hotel room, Augustine allegedly said, "No one swings a bigger [expletive] than [Coach-2] at [Adidas]" and added "all [Coach-2] has to do is pick up the phone and call somebody [and say], 'These are my guys; they're taking care of us.'"
Pitino spoke repeatedly with Gatto right before Bowen's commit. Why would they be talking numerous times if not regarding Bowen? I have a really hard time buying that one, even if we don't have a tap on the phone.
Why is he "swinging a big [expletive]" at adidas? Why is he known for saying "these guys will take care of us" if they were just providing apparel?
@BShark ahhhh snap.. Glad to see Preston and Doke getting along. Those two are going to be BEAST! Team chemistry seems good!
Deh, yes, but no, oh hell. knee taking is hard b/c its both sports and politics.
@Kcmatt7 just imagine how ESPN will be forced to parade KU around as a poster boy for college basketball, as if by acknowledging the program's cleaniness, they somehow cohabitate the same moral high ground! I can hear all the backhanded compliments now!
Lolol that's fantastic! I neglected to mention re: your thoughts on Pitino being a whistleblower... We don't know who is talking about this behind closed doors... To the NCAA, to the feds. Our real Batman is probably hiding in broad daylight.
@mayjay Bob Barker products.... Come on down Jim, you're the next contestant on The Price is Right! ;)
@BShark should our recent re- up with Adidas for $191 mill over 14 years worry us?
Can we "decommit" from Adidas; how about Puma? LaGerald doesn't mind rocking soccer shorts I'm sure. Their shoes run narrow but surely they have a wide model.
@Kcmatt7 :100: :bat: :man:
@jaybate-1.0 hmm. Pitino is a raging egomaniac. Might some of the things out of his mouth expose the truth a little further? Sure. And of course you're entitled to not speak ill of him, but it seems you are too kind, imo.
Anyone have a Nike flag they can film, burn, and post on Twitter?
It seems much stronger consumer advocacy groups could keep people perpetually vigilant and rejecting the major shoecos, affiliated AAU programs, and college programs, and would be able to encourage people to reject big media if they didn't have a coverage Monopoly. There is a need.
@jaybate-1.0 I would love to see a group controlling CBB that opens up broadcast rights to local channels and a la carte offerings.
@Texas-Hawk-10 Jim Gatto's new shoe affiliation: https://www.bobbarker.com/products.html ↗