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@Crimsonorblue22 So how early did Adidas start paying Mitch? JK I wish more of our recruits love KU the way he does.

Lightfoot swats Maween in front of 16,300 erect fans.

wissox said:

Sweet turnaround J. Lawson is filling up the statsheet.

My feed is behind. I was trying to figure out who J Lawson was KJ Dedrick or a brother. lol. Reading comprehension...

approxinfinity said:

DanR said:

good lord I can't stand KSU's offense.

Its getting them looks though.

Garrett is wiiide open. Lol

@DanR 💤

You’ve got your hands full with these young ‘uns Bill!

@jayballer73 Capel would leave us on probation.

@kjayhawks Yeah, you don’t have to look too hard to see the doubters, even on this board. Lol

@KUSTEVE I’d like to see that game...with a full roster.

Sam Mellinger- If Kansas loses a preseason first-team all-conference player to a season-ending injury, another starter for six-games-and-counting to injury, and a third would-be starter to an NCAA suspension, while also having its top recruit underperform and a senior starter leave the team ... if ALL of that happens, and the rest of the league is STILL unable to knock the Jayhawks from power for even one season then it is an enormous collective failure that the nine other coaches must wear and accept.

I know I’ve said this before but I’ll keep saying it as long as people try to make the absurd point that winning a major college basketball league 14 years in a row is unimpressive:

Kansas would not have won league titles 14 years in a row in the ACC. North Carolina, Duke, and Kentucky would not have won league titles 14 years in a row in the Big 12.

These are facts.

Read more here: https://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/sam-mellinger/article226455190.html#storylink=cpy ↗

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Game day garb.

Boogey when healthy is a load.

Ironic that the preseason #1 team doesn’t look likely to win their own conference.

The thing about the streak is, it wasn’t these kids streak. They didn’t start it. Most of this team didn’t truly get to be a part of it, other than the pressure.

Once the monkey is off their back by either winning or losing conference they can start taking ownership. Then we will see them flourish. Right now they seem stifled a bit.

Remember Bill’s best teams always have two lead (ball handling) guards. This team just has Dotson to fill that roll. (Garrett helps, but he doesn’t put pressure on the defense like Dotson does) I’m hopeful for a second viable ball handler to emerge (develop or recruit). In the meantime others need to step up into a role they are less comfortable in.

@Kcmatt7 oh, it’s not like Kraft can’t afford a good lawyer. He’ll likely get off in court, but not in the public’s eye.

@wissox it was a sting op involving 100s of Johns. There is video, Kraft isn’t going to skate.

@Crimsonorblue22 douche nozzles gonna douche.

@Crimsonorblue22 I nearly hit a man wandering around on I-435 after a wreck one day. It scared the heck out of me, but not as much as him!

I was driving a straight truck for standard beverage back in my college days. I had just come up to speed and crested a rise when I saw a wreck in my lane. There were cars on either side of my truck, so I hit the brakes hard and turned on my blinker. When cars saw me in a truck slowing down they hurried to get in the other lanes making it impossible for me to get over. So I braked harder yet making the truck start to slide a little bit sideways, fully loaded. About then miraculously someone let me get over into the other lane. I hit the gas to straighten the truck out about 150 feet from impacting the wrecked cars. However a dazed man came walking around the car picking up broken glass and he squatted down in my lane!!! I hit the horn and the breaks and looked for an open lane. There was no opening, I had to decide between killing this man and wrecking the 2 cars beside me and the traffic behind them. In than millisecond I had to react he jumped on his hood and I was able to pass harmlessly by. Although I needed a change of drawers afterwards lol

I’m looking forward to seeing how Garrett integrates into the improving Jayhawks.

I’m disappointed Zions not a Jayhawk. If KUs going down in flames for paying players why didn’t they pay him?!? Tongue in cheek.

Had an extremely rough night.

http://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/26045948/syracuse-jim-boeheim-involved-fatal-car-accident ↗

@jayballer73 Definitely doesn’t smell like money. 😝

@KUSteve. Liberal is the armpit of Kansas. My summer helpers usually call it “little Mexico”. The taxes are though the roof now too. I’m sorry you found yourself there. Too bad you weren’t 30 miles north.

@KUSTEVE none taken. Just having fun. Lol. It’s just fun to describe it as nice then spin it the other way with a firm stfo message.

@kjayhawks @kusteve It’s not the feedyard that smell horrible (they do stink) it’s the processing plants (slaughter houses) thag stink up Dodge, Liberal, and Garden Cities. Liberal has the added bonus of allowing hog confinement in the county. Yum yum.

That’s not where you want to be in western ks. The small towns are much nicer ironically -no slaughter houses. No homeless people problem. No exhaust smell, so it kinda freaks out city folks. The darkness of the country side sent my old roommate from Philly into a panic too. Fairly pristine, a guy can find himself. Peaceful, relaxing and the best steak in the US. You can openly mock grown men wearing skinny jeans as an added bonus.

But forget I said that. It’s boring. What if you don’t like the person you find with all that time on your hands? Smells horrible. Nothing to do or eat. Nothing to see or do. Please stay in your city. Lol we don’t want more people clogging up the countryside.

@Kubie It seems like half of Q’s drives are charges. He’s slow. I had hoped he would be just reacting at this point in the season to speed him up some. It’s not the case though and he’s physically slow and thinking too much also.

While KU may not be a top 10 team in our minds; they are ranked 12 behind 3 teams they’ve beaten (with Dok). I honestly believe KU has 2-3 losses and is ranked in the top 4 with a healthy roster all season. Oh well, Bill’s gotta earn his check this year!

I’ve always loved Vick’s potential, but he has always been fairly reclusive. I was worried about him assuming a leadership position as it doesn’t fit his personality. I have never liked Vick’s attitude nor his self destructive moments off the court, but I really hoped this second chance would bring him around.

I’m of the opinion you can mostly control your own happiness. If you choose to look for the negative in all you see, you’ll be pretty miserable. If you choose to see the good in all you see, you’ll have a much easier time being happy. I know when I walk around with a big smile on my face (real or fake) I get much friendlier responses than otherwise. So you reap what you sew.

As for Vick it seems (from my outside perspective) he struggles to find happiness within himself. I hope LeGerald finds what he needs.

https://mobile.twitter.com/jemelehill/status/1097241721480433664 ↗

Best mortuary commercial ever!

@tundrahok blowout.

No way he gets cleared for NCAA ball. I just thought it was funny he threw KU’s name out to up his desirability.

Ironic thing is Grimes would be great as a Jr. at KU. The same season he would become eligible for a team after transferring. I really hope he sticks around, this freshman core could be special as upperclassmen, maybe sooner.

@jaybate-1-0 had me concerned near the end of his posts. He didn’t seem himself. I hope he is well and has found some sort of peace.

I still think KU crushes Kentucky with Dok. I was pumped about him being featured.

Luckily it wasn’t KU’s typical big man luck and his injury was early enough to try and change up the style of play in time for the tourney.

https://ftw.usatoday.com/2019/02/lamelo-ball-recruitment-colleges-kansas-usc ↗

As if we want another circus in town during the NCAA shitstorm. Another player with heeaaavy baggage.

Just have to win out. It nice to have control of the future once again.

Dealing with a flooded basement from last night. I’m hoping I get to watch the game!

Ding ding

wissox said:

I remember hearing that we were the victim in this. I really don't follow too much what you're all saying, but I do remember we're the victim.

More so every day...

@jayballer73 I watched KSU play Texas as well. I rarely, I mean almost never, watch a game not involving KU. However, I was stuck in a post meeting setting with 40 or so KSU fans of the group of 50. You are absolutely correct their style of play is unwatchable. Even the KSU fans didn’t care to watch, there were only 2 that I noticed watching even as intently as I was. The fans instead spent the game taking about how great they are going to be in football and how bad a hire Les is (I think they’re scared). Most did check the acore, but didn’t care how it got there. Kinda like me and baseball just read the box score and get all you need. Not good fans in my books. I enjoy the fans that talk more about their accomplishments than running down their opponents. The fun thing is I was semi-undercover, strangers and no KU hat. I got to ask a few questions they couldn’t answer like when was KSU’s lady final four? (1964)

@kjayhawks what was his road record? Like 17-34 before this season? Horrible.

Wow. KSU is 5-1 on the road in conference. Wish we could say that about KU! If KU wins out they still need KSU to stumble somewhere along the line. Not a great spot to be in, but KU’s been in worse shape and pulled it out. 🤞

@wissox in the theme of the thread don’t forget the Imodium.

I don’t give a crap about a some stool from KSU either! I’m sure he’ll leak out onto the court again next season. Really clingy on defense; hard to wipe clean with a screen. One may say he’s a bit too loose on offense though.

@BShark you started it!

@mayjay Happens to me too and I’m not claiming to be old. Lol

20 years late

mayjay said:

@dylans As a cool guy on here says, “I’m Responsible Only For What I Say, Not What You Understand.”

Last night was unique in both volume and intensity. Ignoring a couple comments is different than wading through a bunch. I guess I will just go back to not participating in the game thread. I definitely find that better anyway in terms of being able to follow the action instead of looking at my phone keyboard.

👌😉

Kcmatt7 said:

I can only do the live chat if I've had a few drinks first haha

I generally skip it until after the game, but I was stuck in a hotel in Denver last night. Normally my feed is behind and I’m watching the game with friends and/ or family.

Heck, I enjoy the game over comments at the end too, as long as it’s their last comment.

Lots of fan police here. I’m guilty myself. I hate reading some run Self into the ground every chance they get. I now just ignore the main offender. I’ve realized I can not carry on a civil disagreement with some and the discussion that follows will always lead to nastiness, so I just don’t start the conversation. I despise reading posts of some who can’t handle the game time pressure but really appreciate other things they post, so I take the good with the bad. I’m trying my best to not let people I don’t really know impact my fun, hope you can too.

Pete and repeat were in a boat. Pete fell out. Who was left?

Repeat.

Pete and repeat were in a boat. Pete fell out. Who was left?

Repeat.

Pete and repeat were in a boat. Pete fell out. Who was left?

Repeat.

Pete and repeat were in a boat. Pete fell out. Who was left?

Repeat.

Sorry double post.

mayjay said:

I am just glad the players didn't become as negative as this board did when KU fell behind. Seems like it becomes a contest to see who is first to announce we are toast. Fortunately, the team noticed that over 2 mins were left in the game.

I don’t feel this comment is directed at me, but... if the team didn’t prove those negative thoughts mostly right in the road it would happen less. We fans are used to all American guard play and the poise that goes with it. That’s not simply going to happen this year. I am fullly expecting to get frustrated, irritated, and flat out pissed at their poor play and overwhelmed with happiness and pride when they do good.

Forgive my emotion as I genuinely care about KU basketball. It’s impossible for me to enjoy the wins without suffering thru the losses.

@BShark KJ came up with a couple huge buckets. His best game so far imho