Columbia, Mo., police chief wants 'warrants' to be issued for arrest of KU football team

Fun story. Fun game. Glad to see both sides are getting a good laugh out of it, even though Kansas got the last laugh.Great game overall, and for the second year both teams have delivered an exciting game for a national TV audience. That bodes well for building more national respect for a rivalry that I prefer far more than the Duke-North Carolina-ESPN lovefest.

December 1, 2008 at 11:01 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Knight and ESPN: Is this a good idea?

kupops, you're absolutely right that Bob Knight has done tremendous work when it comes to graduating players and cranking out good citizens. One of his biggest priorities as a college coach at Indiana and Texas Tech has been to help raise funds for libraries, too.

The clips weren't included to be cheap shots, although I understand if you see it that way. Their inclusion (I guess with the exception of the chair-throwing one) was done to show how he has behaved when he knows the cameras are rolling. I don't expect him to cuss out Digger Phelps or another analyst, but his past behavior makes me wonder.

He's not the first controversial personality to become a sports analyst, either, as sevenyear pointed out.

I am looking forward to Bob Knight's analysis, though, and agree with speedy that he will tell it like it is. Perhaps he'll be similar to Charles Barkley in some regards.

March 1, 2008 at 1:20 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Orange Bowl offers unique photo challenge

Great work Nick!

January 13, 2008 at 1:38 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

An efficient BCS method...and a look at the Hokies

True, they played two of them, but that was an exception the NCAA made for them because they were going to play a 13th game. That's the one that Michigan State bought out of I believe, and then they were unable to fill it. So in effect, the Big 10 pansies (and poor mathematicians) cost Hawaii a national title shot by pulling out of their agreement to play. And by doing so, their conference benefited by getting a team in the title game.

December 5, 2007 at 2:16 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

An efficient BCS method...and a look at the Hokies

But let's say this again - just for argument's sake - that while Ohio State only lost once and won its league outright in a BCS conference, which apparently merits it a spot in the title game ... Hawaii lost zero times, won its league outright and had a bunch of BCS-conference schools that were afraid to play them.

If BCS teams fear Hawaii, then maybe Hawaii is the most deserving team to be in the championship game.

Like I said, just for argument's sake ...

December 5, 2007 at 1:45 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

An efficient BCS method...and a look at the Hokies

The "M" on Michigan's helmet is the only reason they're playing on New Year's Day instead of taking a trip to the CiCi's Pizza Bowl.

December 5, 2007 at 1:07 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

MU won the game, but KU gets the bowl

I wouldn't say KU is the nation's reason the BCS needs to be fixed.

KU might be one of the reasons, but I'd argue that there are a lot of people who say that Ohio State being in the title game - despite not playing Wisconsin this year, despite the Big 10 being terrible this year, despite that conference not having a title game, despite not beating a team that finished in the top 25, and despite backdooring their way into the title game by not playing for two weeks - is a lot of the nation's reason that the system is a joke. Or that the only unbeaten team in the country doesn't get a shot at the title (it's not Hawaii's fault that USC turned down a request to play, that Michigan State bought out of its contract to play them and that Michigan turned down a request and opted to play Appalachian State instead).

I do think beating Missouri would've earned Kansas a lot more respect, but I agree with KUglow that the only way to get respect is to win. Beating Virginia Tech would go a long way to earning Kansas credibility on the national scale.

December 5, 2007 at 11:42 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Rock on!

If you want a beard by then, you should've started on it two months ago.

Of course, I should've started even earlier than that ... lol

December 5, 2007 at 11:33 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

An efficient BCS method...and a look at the Hokies

Jackhawk, your comments got me thinking, I wonder how many writers who have been ripping the system and whining about the rankings and all that also have a vote in the AP poll? That'd be interesting to know.

December 5, 2007 at 9:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

An efficient BCS method...and a look at the Hokies

Greene,
I like the concept of eliminating the "only two teams from a conference" rule and giving Missouri it's due, because the Tigers clearly belong in the BCS and proved they were more deserving than Kansas and Illinois by beating both of them and being ranked ahead of both of them.

That said, the concept of determining any of those rankings will always be flawed regardless of how we do it. The BCS is flawed, but so are the very people who vote in the poll that factors into the BCS equation. How many voters had Georgia ranked ahead of LSU a week ago, but upon MU and West Virginia losing, made the human decision that suddenly LSU was better than Georgia and all those other teams they were behind? What changed in that week, other than that they decided "I don't want Georgia to play for the championship?"

Keep in mind I'm not saying Georgia should be in the title game. I share the view that you should win your conference, or at least your division, to play for the national title. I'm just saying the BCS isn't the only thing that is flawed here. The voters are equally guilty in this equation, as are the bowl committee members who choose the teams that participate.

This is why a playoff is the only "fair" way to decide who the champion should be. But that'll never happen ...

December 4, 2007 at 3:13 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )