Yes. They scored 15 points in the final 4-5 min
bskeet
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Something has to change. Now.
Offense is not mediocre. It is poor.
The Process is now The Franchise
Turn the season around right here, right now.
Need to play better in the final 2 minutes of the half. Maybe hire a coach for that
Jalon is a deer in headlights.
Offensive coordinators is unimpressive.
50-50 house wins every time
Blaming a poor performance on others such as the moderators, is very consistent with not being accountable for one's mistakes.
Fun fact. My son who is a freshman wanted to go to the game tonight. We bought the All Sports Combo package when he enrolled. Somewhere I remember it said that seating for football games was guaranteed (but there's a lottery for basketball, of course.).
So he goes to claim his ticket today and there are none available. Somehow, the student tickets are sold out. He can still buy a single game ticket for the nice price of >half the cost of the all sports combo package. Boo.
Someone should let Ms Liepold know. There are probably plenty of fans to fill the seats for the games, but the administration needs to remove the barriers for the students (who have already paid for a ticket).
My hot takes:
1) I'm not impressed with the offensive coordinator. Of course, there was some poor execution, but the play calls seemed unwise.
2) This year is all about "Can you win when you are the team circled on the other team's calendar?" Illinois wanted revenge. UNLV will want the same. Then you've got WV who will remember the last time KU visited Morgantown.
Winning when you are taking the other team's best shot and they are passionately preparing for you is very different.
Just saw that EA Sports updated the game to include the new stadium. It looks great and I am so excited to see a game there.
I'm really curious what's being built into the new stadium to level up the experience to become iconic.
I feel like the lights that surround the stadium could be part of creating that iconic experience, but wondering if others who know more could talk about them.
First, the lights are almost (but not quite) shaped like wheat ear-- I kind of wish they had been able to make it look just a bit more like a spikelet so the shape was more intentional.. I'm sure that would have added cost.
But second, I don't know how these lights function, but they clearly look different from traditional lights and I'm sure hoping they have features that are modern-- like being able to cast light in different colors and perhaps display in patterns.
I can't help but imagine how cool it would be if the lights could create the illusion of 'waving' after KU scores a touchdown. That would be the kind of iconic experience I'm talking about. Something that would be transcendent and distinctly (and authentically) Kansas. It would make no sense for other to copy that.
Anyone know what capabilities those lights will have? Are they just plain old white lights?
@AsadZ said in Need to be proud of our Boy:
He is the only D1 QB I have seen that looked so elite while looking so mediocre in the same game.
I'm no expert, but I think this is because he was excellent at long passes down field (timing routs etc), but often struggled with short passes. It's possible that the WRs made him look good, but he legitimately put some of those distant passes on a dime, and then next play threw a short (comparably easy) dud behind the guy or into the ground.
Fortunately, he managed to avoid a lot of interceptions, although there were some.
I actually think this is the biggest risk for the team this year. Both Bean and Daniels can air it out and the offense has relied on them to make those relatively risky passes... Our offense is potent enough to overcome a few mistakes, but it's really key to keep that down.
@kjayhawks I am sorry to hear that about your dad. That sucks. I’m 59 and don’t want to imagine being in that state at this point of my life.
Re Biden, it looks to me more like the effects from a stroke than Alzheimer’s etc.
I gotta think that his speed alone finds a role of some sort (WR?) if not QB on an NFL squad.
At first I thought you were referring to Team USA, which also needs to get its $hit together.
Lower stakes than your post
@FarmerJayhawk said in More Realignment Talk:
We need to get out of this league
Preferably to the Big 10. Really we should have been there long ago.
My understanding is that the 1000 seats sacrificed were not good seats. Not a real loss. (however it will create a touch of scarcity to the supply and therefore, lead to higher ticket prices.)
Jeeze. 6 more??!!
What would that be… like the Big 22?
Just 10 years ago, the Royals were at the top of the MLB. It's been a while now, but not so long that I can't remember how sweet those 2014 and 2015 Royals were.
@approxinfinity I just rewatched Infinity War and Endgame earlier this week. They seem to be aging well.
I think the point of that story is that it is naive to think that complex problems can be solved with a simple solution, even with primeval, celestial power at your fingertips, so to speak. Real solutions are messy and hard and require sacrifice.
That last thing is the real kicker. Most American leadership is very sacrifice-averse. Too many leaders in the public sector and private sector avoid putting their own "skin in the game" at all costs. It's all about playing the game with someone else's skin in the game -- make someone else make the sacrifice -- avoid responsibility if something goes wrong, but position yourself to take credit if it goes well.
For businesses, it doesn't matter what the margins are, Wall Street demands companies grow profits every quarter. It's not acceptable to have the same profit as the previous quarter. If it doesn't grow, it's failure.
It's a corrosive mix of hypocrisy, selfishness and greed.
If the younger generations are looking for good role models, they don't have many options. People talk about 'servant leadership' but you just don't see much of it these days.
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in Tornados:
The real solutions will never happen because they aren’t in the best interests of those in power who make the rules and policies.
I fear this is 100% correct.
Fraud and digital security is now such a big business, any dramatic decrease would harm an entire sector. They make enough money to lobby lawmakers to filibuster as long as possible, then craft impotent, exploitable laws.
It's been like this for a long time in Pharma. Some say cancer treatments are too big of a business now for a true cure to be faithfully and vigorously pursued.
I don't know if I believe that. I'd like to believe otherwise. But I do believe that there is strong evidence that all three branches of the government have become ethically and morally bankrupt. Not everyone, but even one person is too many.
These people are in trusted positions in our institutions. Some don't take that trust seriously. They don't care about conflicts of interest. They act as though they are entitled to whatever they can get away with. Leveraging loopholes, exploiting positions of power.
It's despicable. And it's not something new.
But it does seem to be epidemic (or maybe even celebrated), and that's new.
All I ask for is a candidate (not just at the presidential level) that will consistently put citizens' interests above the interests of PACs, massive donors, and themselves.
Is that too much?
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I will say, there is some comfort in knowing that I'm not holding these concerns by myself, alone.
Clearly, this community is on the upper half of George Carlin's bell curve (thx @dylans ) Maybe there's enough entropy in the bottom half to nominate and elect someone above a "moron".
I am surprised that Clemson is not AAU.
LOL I don't want to. But maybe we need to.
I have a sense that deference (or worse, ambivalence) has been one of the reasons we are where we are. Both parties are doing a disservice to the country.
That said, each are massive machines, and collectively, they are titanic.
It's not impossible to put a dent in them, I guess, if you're an iceberg.
@approxinfinity
100% agree on the divisive issues that the parties have pushed forward. Most of those issues only affect a small percentage of citizens. Digital fraud affects virtually everyone.
Spam is a form of fraud. I'm sure you've had that email from the former prince of Namibia who wants to give you $50m in cash? Not to mention the phishing and extortion emails..
I actually think that the fact that people have put up with spam has led us to where we are now with so many forms of online fraud and so little consequence.
The label "spam," which is cute and sounds harmless, is probably part of the problem as well.
Well, you've wound me up.. Hold on to your top hats. I assume you all wear that fashionable head gear since we're all governed by a constitution was last updated when top hats in vogue, even though there have been massive technological advances in telecommunications, medicine, and so many other fields in the past 90 years.
Although it isn't stated explicitly, I think most people would agree that both Declaration of Independence and the constitution imply that the government has the responsibility to provide security for its citizens. And it's doing a crappy crappy job right now.
I'm talking about Fraud. Phone fraud. Internet fraud. Hacks hacks hacks.
It's an individual security issue and a privacy issue (neither of which the constitution addresses because these are contemporary concepts.) At this point, probably 99.9% of American's have had at least some personal data leaked. Today's latest hack is AT&T. But don't worry. It's just all of their customers and all of the call data and texts.
Millions of people's data is stolen pretty much monthly. And when that happens, it's the victim's responsibility to deal with the fallout. Even if its not identity theft, you still have to sign up for credit reporting and monitor your credit (which requires putting more of your data in yet another system that will probably be hacked.)
Why isn't this a massive campaign issue?
The issue is politically indiscriminate; young and old, rich and poor, and red and blue people's data is getting hacked. It's a ubiquitous problem and unambiguously a bad thing. No one is going to argue that a little fraud is ok.. or that some kinds of fraud are legitimate. I T I S A L L B A D.
How hard is it for a candidate to wake up and say they will get tough on fraud? Hold businesses responsible for lax IT security — there have to be consequences. Hit fraudsters hard no matter where they are and lean on partners to help us reach across borders — there have to be consequences.
That's my 2cents.
wait, what was this thread? lol
That's true.
But clip most frequently shown is of Laettner. He's quiet. Also the NCState squad could make a case (or at least Lorenzo Charles' estate).
The damage done by the 5 horsemen of the coach-pocalypse is impossible to measure.
Lipold inherited a program that was much more than a "down program" — it was gaining black-hole-like gravity. Lipold's ability to overcome those forces and turn this program around is legendary. Adding to the challenge: this year will be the first year his coaching team was poached and some of the early talent has metriculated.
And there is unfinished business for this turn-around. The Lipold has yet to produce a legendary team. This year has a real chance to be that. As long as this team keeps a chip on their shoulder and can filter out both the praise and criticism and stay focused, I think they can break through the ceiling.
Couldn't help but think of how many times CBS showed the Grant Hill to Christian Laettner play. Curious that they are not among the group bringing forward the grievance. Is it too long ago? Or did they reach a quiet agreement with CBS years before?
Weber State and Creighton did well. WTF
What a weird draft
@dylans said in So, Kansas Reinstated the Border War (for the Chiefs):
Data coming from universities is often flawed by methodology in my many of my experiences, flawed by work ethic in others, and further flawed by the researchers biases
Wow. Please don't tell me you favor data generated by corporations and associations over academic institutions.
Bias is possible with any study, any institution. But if the source is corporations and associations, which have potential conflict of interest, you just have to be more skeptical.
... I have never heard that there is a difference in research rigor from private vs public sources. If that's true, it would be interesting.
The wisdom of Calvin and Hobbes
It's inevitable. Better not to fight it and spend energy hoping he gets a good sponsor like State Farm, All State or Chic-Fil-A.
I'd hate to see a Guaranteed Rate Big12, Cheez-its Big12, or RoofClaim.com Big12
68 Ventures Big12 would be confusing.
My first professional job upon graduation was in Burlington VT. Bernie Sanders was mayor.
Vermonters are very proud of their dairy and Cabot is the big brand across New England. Ben & Jerry's had an ice cream shop in town where all the reject pints would land-- that is, pints that were the end of one run and the beginning of another. So you'd buy a pint from the half-price bin and get some crazy, one-of a kind mixtures.
If you'll allow one more digression from cheese, I will plug Dakin Farm hams, which I order every Christmas for myself and my family in Lawrence. Dakin's cob-smoked bacon is about one step shy of a spiritual experience. For me, it evokes Vermont and New England. Try it and then tell me it's not all that.
Those seats up in the corners weren't really a great fan experience. I think the sacrifice makes sense-- remove seats that give a poor fan experience and use the space to improve the experience for all the other fans. Adding HVAC, monitors, wifi etc is an undeniable improvement.
yikes!
@approxinfinity said in Furphy:
@bskeet still has 24 hours right?
Furphy has until 10:59 p.m. Central on May 29 to remove his name from consideration
Ok.. Once more, with feeling: Very quiet on decision day.
Very quiet on decision day.
@approxinfinity said in 2024 Portal Madness Thread:
Ridonculous. Can we just call ourselves the SEC and earn SEC money?
If we did, we'd be in the NCAA Baseball Tournament.. but no.
@wissox Just remember that what you are seeing on social media is what the algorithm feeds you. It's selective and personalized. (I don't see what you see, and you don't see what I see.)
Content is delivered based on how likely they think it will get you to engage (either strong reinforcement or provocative dissonance.)
Wow. the path is visible from space.
@Crimsonorblue22 yeah. I'm not the target audience. ;-) My daughter (now 22) liked it.
@FarmerJayhawk said in More follow up on Conference expansion:
@bskeet said in More follow up on Conference expansion:
Also, a reminder that SEC chief Sankey said that the SEC does not plan to add any more member schools in the future on July 24, 2023. Less than one year ago.
He also can’t say it because it would open the league up to antitrust action.
I’m a hard yes to the SEC or Big Ten. The money gap when revenue sharing starts will be so vast that we won’t be able to keep up in basketball, let alone football. That’s 8 figures per year our donors would have to pony up that theirs don’t because the media money pays for it all. The Big 12 is already a second class league and it’s not going to get better.
I know talk is cheap.
I guess my question is when would be the next time that the SEC would likely be looking to expand? Would it hinge on their contract cycles (which I thought were in multi-year blocks?). Or is this something that could happen every year?
Totally agree we need to get to one of the P2 because the chasm is growing and in 10 years there will be distinct tiers if not newly created separate leagues/divisions.
Thank you all. LOL @wissox .
@MR11, if he's in ROTC, they take that summer btw Soph and Jr for bootcamp/basic training. I'm bummed about that because your advice resonates strongly with me. My internships made all the difference for me and my career. But he wants to serve so strongly. He counters that he'll be employed (by military) no matter what when he graduates.
Study abroad is something we have also encouraged, and again, ROTC may put a wrinkle in this, but thank you for mentioning! I will be sharing the advice and anecdotes ( @dylans ) from the bucketeers.
Also, a reminder that SEC chief Sankey said that the SEC does not plan to add any more member schools in the future on July 24, 2023. Less than one year ago.
Culturally, that sucks. But for future financial stability, etc, it's probably a positive. If what he says is true, the expansion would include some other AAU schools (UNC, Virginia, Clemson), so that would be positive.
Honestly, it doesn't make that much sense when there are other schools that would fit better (like why not Duke if you're taking UNC?). The concept seems like a reach.
I don't actually think this leak is a gift for KU. It may actually be a trojan horse. Maybe it's meant to create some instability. For better or for worse, it will intensify pressure on KU from B12 and possibly externally and that's a distraction with no immediate benefit.
Meanwhile, Kelce is hosting game shows, joining the cast of American Horror Story and in general keeping out of trouble by elevating his celebrity.
My son will be attending KU as a freshmen next year. He'll be a fourth generation Jayhawk. He's accepted in the aerospace engineering program. He's been fascinated with planes -- especially military aircraft -- almost since he was able to hold a crayon. He's also looking at AF ROTC at KU.
If there are any engineering or ROTC alumni here who have tips or suggestions, please let me know! (No one else in the family are eng or ROTC alumni).
I think it's a simple calculus: if you are certain to be drafted in the NBA draft, and likely in the first round, you look at the salary and contract and say, "that looks like a pretty good career opportunity."
He can always go back and get his degree. But the opportunity to be drafted and become an NBA player -- no matter what team it is -- is too good to pass up.
I try to imagine if it was in another field, like engineering, or business, etc. If Google/Tesla/Amazon contacted a freshmen engineering student and said "come work for us and we'll pay you X million for the next 3 years with the opportunity to go up from there... Most would take that.