So much for our defense not being terrible.
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Oh well, at least they're showing a few pix of the campus.
Moral victory. Jayhawk D holds OSU to a field goal.
Good to see at least a few fans in the stands.
Well, here goes nothin'...
Doesn't get any easier though. Next up: Cam Newton & the Pats.
Impressive win.
What was the over-under? 54 and a half ?
@Crimsonorblue22 I get the feeling there'll be an opening in New York or Atlanta pretty soon.
Hell of a clutch drive !
GO FISH
Chiefs defense looking pretty good tonight. Special teams & kicking game...not so much.
Glad to see ONE of my teams can play some D.
And the Baltimore crowd goes silent. (Oh, wait...)
Wrong Duvernay.
Butker not used to kicks under 55 yards.
Pooka's been pretty much MIA tonight...aside from the touchdown, he's only got 14 yards rushing so far.
Baylor penalties keeping us within shouting distance.
Hands, people !
As long as we're talking point spreads, the end of the Iowa State-TCU game should have some bettors steamed.
Cyclones were favored by 2 1/2...TCU scores on the last play of the of the game to put them down by 3, but then they decide not to go for the extra point.
Yet another reason not to bet on team sports. Ya just never know.
Guess they'll "overlook" the 6-foot rule in Aggieville tonight.
Meanwhile, a K-State team that couldn't beat Arkansas State just came back from 21 points down to beat Oklahoma in Norman.
Go figure.
@jayballer67 said in Today really puts things in perspective for me:
@DanR said in Today really puts things in perspective for me:
@jayballer67 Been thinking about you and your wife and sending every good vibe I have over your way. Hang in there, man.
Thank you appreciate the thoughts & Vibes buddy. I know she will be all right - -got to stay positive. The nurse that did the test DID say that a lot of these test results almost always come back negative. - - That's a good thing , as if it does then that means the lesser of the , two evils as they then could use medication to help - -the other side is probably liver transplant and blood transfusions once a week - - - NOT GOOD.
Again appreciate ya , just a lot going on right now , my wife then just found out that my Sister looks like has gotten Alzheimers & has gotten really bad forgetting a lot. Sad to see her this way she is 74. She is going to have to take B-12 shots for 5 days in a row then once a week for 6 months and then one a month to try and slow. She has to go and get a driving test done to see how she does , Dr concerned about her driving skils now - - just a mess a ;ot on the ol plate. - - Thanks again
I echo the sentiments of everyone else on this board. Sometimes the words "thoughts and prayers" seem inadequate, but I'll pass them along anyway. Hope for the best for both of you.
Sad news. I was too young to have anything but hazy memories of his years with the Bears (not to mention KU). What stood out for me was his six TDs in a game. His stature only seemed to grow after his retirement, especially in the wake of "Brian's Song." Never net the man, but kept hearing about what a great guy he was.
Farewell to the Kansas Comet, KU Football's GOAT.
Lordy, I don't think I can take another day like this.
Both of my teams (Chiefs & Seahawks) win on the last play of the game.
Pass the lisinopril please.
News from KU's next opponent:
KU's Gary Woodland had a rough opening round today as he tries to defend his U.S. Open title.
He shot a 4-over-par 74, with four bogeys and two double bogeys. Normally not an awful score considering the usual toughness of Open courses, but today the course was gettable. He's already 9 strokes out of the lead.
I was kind of afraid of this. He's hadn't been playing well coming into the tournament, and I was even more pessimistic after I heard his press conference earlier this week. He said he thought that long hitters like him had an advantage, despite the thick rough. "I don't think the long hitters really ever get penalized 'cause of rough...maybe if I get a decent lie with a wedge I'm gonna have a chance to get it on the green, where a shorter hitter misses the fairway and they're not gonna be able to advance (with) a 7 iron...nobody's gonna go bogey-free, I would imagine, around this place."
As it turned out, his tee shots missed the fairway more than half the time, and he paid for it. And the short game that looked so good last year failed him.
No repeat this year for Gary...he needs a good round tomorrow just to make the cut.
Pathetic.
Glad I made a big batch of chili, so the night won't be a total loss.
Ouch
I miss the days when we could clobber a team like UAB 72 to zip (on Band Day no less).
Meanwhile, K-State and ISU both get upset at home. Not a good look for the Big 12 so far.
One of the interpretations of the reason they chose the Chiefs as the team name was to honor KC's mayor, H. Roe "Chief" Bartle.
But enough of that for now...time for kickoff!
Love the irony of the situation...the players demonstrate for racial justice as the fans do the Tomahawk Chop...
@jayhawkblue73 Amen. He was the cornerstone of that Orange Bowl team, with a pick-six that set the tone for the KU win.
That list of Jayhawks in the NFL looks mighty thin (not that it was that long in the first place).
https://www.ourlads.com/ncaa-football-depth-charts/active-nfl-players-by-college/kansas/90797/ ↗
The thing I remember most about that Final Four was the Friday practice session. Unbeknownst to me, I was sitting in the same section as a lot of the coaches. Got some great candid (if a bit blurry) photos of Jimmy V, Jerry Tarkanian, DePaul's Ray Meyer et al.
Brooklyn just hired Steve Nash as head coach. Interim HC Jacque Vaughn returns to his position as Nets assistant coach, with a healthy raise to boot.
Nash, a Hall Of Fame player, has no previous coaching experience, though he served as a consultant for Golden State.
https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/29800840/nets-hire-hall-famer-steve-nash-head-coach/ ↗
@stoptheflop said in Coastal Carolina game:
I wonder how many fans will be on the hill for the CC game? I assume the public address announcer will be the same as though there were fans in the stands, so anyone outside the stadium will somewhat be able to follow along. Sit on the hill, six feet apart, wear a mask, and watch the FS1 broadcast on the smartphone; that's not a bad way to spend a Saturday night in Lawrence.
Watching the game from the hill probably isn't the experience it used to be in terms of the view. Haven't done it lately, but it seems that the larger scoreboard and other new buildings put up in recent years would make the sight lines tougher.
Have to admit that I didn't care for Thompson in his heyday, or the Big East style of play in general. When I went to the 1984 Final Four at the Kingdome, I was pulling for Houston (w/Olajuwon & Phi Slamma Jamma) in the final, which the Hoyas (w/Patrick Ewing) won.
It wasn't until later that I found out how hard he worked to make sure his kids graduated (at something like a 95% rate). And that one of his role models was KU's own John McLendon, who couldn't play for the Jayhawks due to his skin color, but went on to a Hall Of Fame coaching career.
All in all, a class act. RIP Coach Thompson.
Good news for us out here on the coast. I get to watch my Hawks in prime time, instead of a couple of mediocre (at best) Pac-12 teams.
Still hoping for a b-ball season, but football looks doubtful.
It's just as well...I'd hate to see us go 0-9 in a conference-only season
Half a Billion clams for 10 years ! He'd better stay healthy.
Sounds like when the Royals used to give out "lifetime contracts" back in the '80s.
Been in an empty AFH a few times. It has the feel of a cathedral.
Don't know about it being haunted, but you can definitely feel the aura, enhanced by the memories of games past.
‘A man among boys,’ Kansas high school hoops legend Nino Samuel dies at age 67
By Gary Bedore
Wichita Eagle
June 20, 2020 08:52 PM
Former University of Kansas basketball power forward Nino Samuel, who is regarded as one of the greatest high school players in state of Kansas history, has died at the age of 67.
Samuel, a 6-foot-5, 220-pound two-time Kansas player of the year at Salina Central High School (1970-71, 71-72) died Wednesday in Covington, Georgia, where he spent the past 30 years as owner and CEO of the highly-successful “Nino Samuel Basketball Training.”
The New Jersey native who moved to Salina in 1969, had a kidney transplant in 1992 after a year on dialysis and six knee surgeries throughout his adult life. His basketball career included a year-and-half stay at KU and two seasons at Marymount College, where, after transferring from KU, he helped the Spartans to a third-place finish in the 1976 NAIA National Tournament.
“He was like a man among boys in high school. He had this great physique. He was unbelievably athletic,” recalled former KU assistant athletic director Richard Konzem, now men’s and women’s golf coach at Rockhurst University. Konzem as a junior-high student in Salina never missed a home game in Samuel’s three-year high school career.
“In an era before cell phones and social media, everybody knew about Nino,” Konzem added.
Samuel averaged 12.8 points and 11.1 rebounds a game his sophomore season (1969-70) to help Salina High School win the Central Kansas League championship for the first time in 15 years. Blessed with a 46-inch vertical leap, he skied for 23.5 points per game and led newly-named Salina Central High School to the Class 4A state title his junior campaign. He averaged a whopping 31.1 points and 19.3 rebounds a game his senior campaign for a Salina Central Mustang team that lost in the state quarterfinals.
Samuel’s 15.3 rebounds per game for a career and 19.3 boards per game for a season (1971-72) are the most by a single player in state of Kansas history.
“He was a legend without question. He was a remarkable player,” said Harold Bechard, long time Salina Journal and Hutchinson News sports writer/editor who attended Marymount at the same time as Samuel.
“People talk about Jackie Stiles and how she would pack the gyms everywhere,” Bechard added of the former Claflin High School phenom who went on to star at Missouri State. “Salina Central packed gyms wherever they went. People wanted to see Nino.”
Samuel elected to attend KU (over Arizona and UCLA) where he reported second semester of his freshman season after becoming academically eligible. Faced with great expectations, Samuel, who was not an accurate outside shooter, averaged 2.8 points on 20.8% shooting in 12 games in 1972-73, his freshman season. He played in just nine games his sophomore campaign before electing to return to Salina to finish his college career.
“I still love Kansas, but that was not a good fit for me,” Samuel said in an interview with Sir Media Group. “I was a greyhound and that wasn’t the style of play. But I hold no animosity for anybody there. I still love Kansas.”
Of Samuel’s KU days, Konzem noted: “Now he couldn’t shoot it a lick. What he did was get it inside and score or get the rebound and score. Everybody thought he was going to be the savior. The difference was now he was going against 6-9, 6-10 guys. He was solely an inside player who rebounded. It was a different style of play at the time. KU didn’t run it up and down the floor then.”
After graduating from Marymount with a degree in Sociology in 1976, Samuel played professionally for Athletes-in-Action (1976-77), in the Philippines (1977-78) and for the Las Vegas Dealers semipro team (1978-79).
Samuel earned his personal trainer certificate in 1996. He was personal coach-mentor for four-time Olympic basketball gold medalist Teresa Edwards, two-time Olympic basketball gold medalist Katrina McClain, University of Georgia hoops All-American Saudia Roundtree and former NFL all-pro player Terance Mathis.
“I had my degree in Sociology, so I went into counseling and did that until I moved to Atlanta (Covington),” Samuel told the Topeka Capital-Journal in an interview 14 years ago. “I don’t regret any of it. I take comfort in the fact that I’m doing what I should be.
“I’ve been through a lot. I’ve been at the top and all the way at the bottom,” he added. “But I believe those things (knee injuries and kidney problem) happened for a reason and helped me in what I do now. It’s really amazing how it’s all worked out. I’ve got to go to a lot of places and meet a lot of people. This is the right situation for my family.”
There have been some tributes to Samuel on Twitter this week.
“I was class/teammate of Nino’s at Central. He did something in practice every day that you were just in awe of. If we did highlight tapes back then, it would have been legendary. He was an even better person. Heaven just got better,” wrote Max Davis-Johnson.
“I saw him play as a prepster. One of the best I have ever seen. Peace be with him,” wrote Walt Bettis.
Noted John Rinkenbaugh: “Nino and Darnell Valentine (Wichita Heights) were the two best high school players I ever saw in person. RIP.”
And wrote Charles Ray Williams: “I attended Bethany College. Mark Lysell, Ol’ Stuga and I had many a debate on who we thought was the best high school player ever. Nino was his guy while I claimed Ricky Ross (Wichita South) as the greatest ever.”
The Salina Central boys basketball account Tweeted: “Nino created a legacy at Central that people still talk about.”
Charles Bowman wrote on Samuel’s work Webpage: “I was at Salina Central when you were a senior as a teacher and assistant coach. I retired from education, but was asked by a good friend to teach the passing game to our local high school team. After watching them play, I remarked that I had a film of an outstanding post player they should watch. It was an old black and white film of Salina Central vs. Emporia (1971). You must have had 25 boards and 25 points. These young men were amazed, even 35 years later. I googled your name and see where you are still involved with basketball. I think that’s great. You have so many skills to teach..”
Samuel, who was inducted into the Kansas Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame in 1987 and the Salina Central Athletic Hall of Fame in 2019, is survived by his wife, Tressie, two children and six grandchildren.
“His wife said, ‘You know as good a player as everybody says he was he was a better dad.’ She said it’s what she’ll always remember,” Bechard stated.
Visitation will be held Monday from 5 p.m.-7 p.m. at Gregory B. Levett and Sons Funeral Home and Crematory, 1999 Hwy. 138 SE, Conyers, Georgia 30013. Graveside Service will be held 11a.m. Tuesday at Green Meadow Memorial Gardens, 699 American Legion Road NE, Conyers, Georgia 30012.
Nino was a great NAIA-level talent at Marymount, but I don't know how much playing time he would've gotten at KU anyway. That era produced a Final Four team with Danny Knight, Rick Suttle, Norm Cook, Roger Morningstar, Dale Greenlee, and Bob Kivisto.
When Ted's assistant coach Sam Miranda came to our dorm in '74 to do a meet-and-greet, one of us asked why Nino didn't stick in Lawrence. Sam just looked at us and made a shooting motion. I'm sure there was more to it than that though.
I'm not too optimistic. As the co-hosts pointed out on ESPN's Pardon The Interruption today, OSU got a heavy penalty for only one Level 1 violation, while KU has to answer to five of them.
The interesting thing is that the hosts sharply disagreed on how bad the NCAA comes down on us. Kornheiser thought they'll throw the book at KU, while Wilbon thinks we'll get away with a relative slap on the wrist. After seeing what OSU got, I'm afraid it's going to be more like the former.
Still the GROAT (Greatest Royal Of All Time).
Not to be confused with former NL All Star Dick Groat.
@Kcmatt7 Yeah. Looked like a salary cap move, especially after they signed one free agent kicker and drafted a second.
Who knows, maybe in a few years there'll be a new generation of Colquitts to carry on the family trade.
HAWKFAN ANNOUNCES RETURN FOR ANOTHER SEASON
Sources close to kubuckets.com confirm that longtime University Of Kansas supporter nwhawkfan has announced that he will return to the chatroom for the 2020-21 season.
In a statement released today, Mr. Hawkfan said: “I’ve talked it over with my family and friends, and we all feel that this decision is the best one for my long-term future as a Jayhawk fan, mental health notwithstanding.
“I had considered offers to take my talents to the NBA, but I’m convinced that this is the right decision. Besides, I’m still pissed that they moved the Kings out of Kansas City and the Sonics out of Seattle.
“I briefly thought about following the G-whiz League, but writing posts about marginal pro players does not quite hold my interest when compared to the glory and tradition that is KU Basketball. I also could have turned my literary attention to the WWE, but I am somewhat hampered by my aversion to bad acting.”
“I wish to thank all of my fellow kubuckets contributors for helping me make this decision. I’ll continue to sharpen my skills in the offseason through daily workout sessions with my thesaurus, as I strive to help bring another national championship to KU.
“Finally, while the stay-at-home order remains in effect, I’ll continue to consult with Doctor Fauci, Doctor Oz, Doctor Seuss, Rug Doctor, and especially Doctor Pepper and Rum, in order to make myself a better fan and contributor.
“Please forward all media inquiries to my agent….oops, I mean my distant cousin.
“Stay safe. Thank you. Rock Chalk Jayhawk.”
@wissox True, but I've gotten used to it by now. Nowadays it only hurts when a player has an unexpected breakout year. Like when Wiggins came to KU, everybody knew he was going to be one-and-done, but hardly anyone thought his teammate Embiid would turn into an NBA prospect so soon.
I think Devon could use another year, but there may be family or other economic factors I don't know about. Good luck to him anyway.
@approxinfinity Thanks for passing that along. Also loved Tina Fey's work on 30 Rock. Every episode had a bunch of laugh-out-loud lines and inside jokes (with, thank God, no laugh track).