Will you attend KU football's spring game?

I would have happily went to the game, but I decided to go home for Easter weekend. I just wish it would have been next weekend.

April 11, 2009 at 3:50 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Thomas, Appleton leaving Kansas

Ummmm Taylor is not leaving....its Quintrell.

April 9, 2009 at 5:02 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Thomas, Appleton leaving Kansas

ya it is 1. I for some reason just forgot that we were already 1 over the limit if everyone stays. Thanks for the correction to many of the posters.

April 9, 2009 at 4:49 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Thomas, Appleton leaving Kansas

The scholarships it frees up would not go to CJ. The Yankees are paying his way through school. The scenario it could set up are endless. However, if X and CJ come that is only one scholarship. Therefore, I am guessing there might be another unknown out there maybe Stephenson or Orton (backing out of Kentucky b/c of Cousins).

This is also not surprising, but I am just glad it's not Travis Releford. Of the three mentioned I feared his transfer more than the other two. However, I am glad we had a year with Appleton and Q. I wish them the best in their future.

I am also guessing that this probably means Aldrich and Collins are staying. Otherwise, this move just doesn't make sense. I hope this means X, C.J. and unknown come on down to Lawrence...I am eagerly waiting.

April 9, 2009 at 4:30 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Coach's plea to end chant ignored

Seriously, has anyone actually listened to the Mangino video? I might be more convinced that he wanted students to stop the chant if it actually sounded like he cared. I think I have heard more conviction in someone trying to explain the directions on how to prepare mac and cheese. Also given his own YouTube video:it seems he is not really opposed to use of the word.In addition, the story on AP has a quote from Mortensen saying he attempts to do just what the students are screaming. Senior linebacker Joe Mortensen said the chant serves as motivation."When I try to hit people," Mortensen said, "that's what I try to do."http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/football/ne:I think that the chant might eventually die out, but constantly complaining about it will not do it. I actually heard quite a few more people put a little extra into it. I am guessing that if people keep making a huge stink about this:well then the students will do it just to defy the complainers. We have already sanitized the Border War :.I mean oops Border Showdown, but that has not stopped people from using the old name.The only real way it ends is if there is some sort of alternative chant. I do have to say that the chant post-safety "you let the whole team down" at the QB:.was pretty funny.Ultimately, this is college football. If you want rules and regulations go to a No Fun League game. I can guarantee you that hearing that word a few times a game pales in comparison to the number of times I heard it in the tailgating ares from some of these same so-called upstanding community elders and alums.Also on the PTI note...the commentators spent more time talking about the picture of Mangino next to the Orange Bowl mascot than they did seriously discussing this issue.

October 11, 2008 at 8:57 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

New turnpike signs boast of KU's 2008 accomplishments

What about the 2004 Bowling National Championship?

July 2, 2008 at 7:33 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

New turnpike signs boast of KU's 2008 accomplishments

However, KU has won the NDT many more times than KSU has won the CEDA tournament.They won the NDT National Title in 1983, 1976, 1970, 1954However, it is just not on a sign like the CEDA titles that KSU won.

July 2, 2008 at 7:17 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

New turnpike signs boast of KU's 2008 accomplishments

Also KSU won their CEDA titles in 1991 and 1993.What no suggestion that we put up a sign that saysHome of the 2008 Master DebatersIt seems to be the most common debate joke out there:amongst those who have never been in debate.Also I am not trying to start any fight. All the KU debaters are pretty great people:those that I have met/judged over the years. I guess another way to look at those KSU signs is like if we would have put a sign on the highway that said:Home of the 2005 Fort Worth Bowl ChampsAgain, why everyone should chuckle at those signs as they approach Ainthappen.

July 2, 2008 at 7:11 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

New turnpike signs boast of KU's 2008 accomplishments

Actually KU finished first in the NDT rankings, but it did not with the NDT Championship that was actually accomplished by Wake. They had a team in Quarters. However, they ended the season #1 in the Varsity rankings.Here is how those points are counted:A school's best eight tournaments count for the NDT rankings.The two teams who score the most points at an individual tournament count.There are rankings for overall, varsity, community college, and regions.So it is not as easy to say that they won the NDT or CEDA tourneys. The KSU Debate Titles are CEDA titles, which well is not quite the same. In fact Fort Hays won a CEDA title in 2002. I am not trying to belittle the accomplishments because it is still amazing. However, the #1 Ranking in Varsity is just slightly different and difficult to reflect in a sign.

July 2, 2008 at 7:09 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Joined at the hoop

The NCAA and not a complicated process....those two simply just do not go together. This is an organization that makes snails look like cheetahs. Has anyone seen how this organization handles anything else they take on?Also for those who think their is a simple up/down vote by the NCAA Eligibility Center (Clearinghouse is actually their former name) a simple look to the FAQ's section of their website will show it is not: https://web1.ncaa.org/eligibilitycent... 5 in Frequently Asked Questions links is what happens if you do not qualify. They speak of a waiver process for students who do not officially qualify. So even if you fail to qualify through route 1 their is a second route. However, it was also funny that they do not have a suggested processing time. Regardless, they have not been denied and are in the process of having their documents reviewed. I think anyone who thinks that this process is simple must have not dealt with bureaucratic systems in their lifetime.

July 1, 2008 at 9:29 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )