NCAA announces Memphis will be required to forfeit 2007-08 victories

Best quote on the memphis boards:

"coach cal, the gift that keeps on giving..."

I do wonder what the rationale is that we were not really considered at risk of penalty when Arthur's HS grades were questioned, but Memphis gets their season stripped. I am 99% sure that Cal was cheating much more than this, but this doesn't seem like the thing that should cost them a season. The same way we were all saying that KU couldn't be held accountable since the NCAA clearinghouse cleared Arthur, it cleared Rose too. What gives? Like I said, I am sure they deserved to have the season wiped (and probably much more) for other things, but I don't really get the reasoning here.

August 20, 2009 at 1:56 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

KU basketball makes offer to Portland native

HAHAHAHA! Nice Dynomite! Where's the editor on that one?

August 8, 2009 at 11:39 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Gary Bedore’s KU basketball notebook

Pushed his decision back to March 31st/April 1st (McDonald's AA game).

Somebody posted this link yesterday though.

http://www.zagsblog.com/2009/03/22/al...

March 24, 2009 at 8:15 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Griffin makes game different

...He goes about 7'10" 580. He'll eat homeless man if you dare him.

Couldn't resist one more.

February 25, 2009 at 9:53 p.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Griffin makes game different

Thanks, I was laughing a lot while posting it. I still am actually, But I can't take the credit. They are all quotes from the old Bill Braskey SNL skits.

February 25, 2009 at 9:28 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Griffin makes game different

drgnslayr, you are dead on. This is basically a work of fiction.

The fact is KU beat the only team that they had the opportunity to play on Monday. It is hilarious that this type of blatant homerism was even printed.

This stuff is flat out laughable. Yeah, I'm sure OU would have gotten every point that they actually did, plus the easy 40 points that Griffin would have put up. This chick is living in a fantasy land. Her logic is even bad. Cole was "underwhelming" against a Griffinless team. So she's saying Cole didn't even take advantage of Griffin being out, and should have won the game handily (if not for a barrage of late 3's by a couple of unknowns).

Here are some other "facts" you may have heard about blake griffin:

-Blake Griffin is a two ton man-mountain who can palm a medicine ball!
-Blake Griffin rides to practice on a tornado?
-Blake Griffin once used a live rattle snake as a condom!
-His poop is considered currency in Argentina.
-He once punched a hole in a cow just to see who was coming up the road.
-He orchestrated the merger between UNICEF and Smith & Wesson.
-They say Gene Roddenberry got the idea for Star Trek by listening to Blake talk in his sleep.
-He's a ten foot tall beastman who showers in vodka and feeds his baby shrimp scampi.
-They use Blake's foreskin as a tarp when it rains at Yankee stadium.
-We once had a bachelor party for Blake. He ate the entire cake before we could tell him there was a stripper in it.
-Blake named the group Sha Na Na. They did not want to be called that.
-If you drop a phonograph needle on Blake's nipple, it plays the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.
-Did I ever tell you about the time he taught his son how to drive? He did it by entering him in the Indy 500. The kid wrecked and died. Blake said it would've happened sometime.
-He breastfeeds John Madden!
-He killed Wolfman Jack with a trident.
-All the Yes album covers are Griffin family photos.
-Blake's semen can form into a liquid human - like the guy from 'Terminator 2.
-Blake ranks 18th in the AP College Football Poll.
-He sweats Gatorade
-Blake Griffin is the father of every kid in Norman
-One time I was with Blake in the back of a pickup truck, along with a live deer. Blake goes up to the deer and says, 'I'm Blake Griffin! SAY IT!' Then he manipulates the deer's lips in such a way as to make it say, 'BlakeGriffin' ... It wasn't exactly like it, but it was pretty good for a deer!

February 25, 2009 at 9 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Clemente sorry for ‘T’ — sort of

Yes he is. Clip of the cheap shot on Tyrel.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v24...

February 15, 2009 at 11:32 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Self: Marcus deserved technical, not benching

The refs certainly did NOT turn the ball over 27 times. They probably turned it over 7-8 times though. That 5 second inbound call was a JOKE. 5 second closely guarded call, Cole was tripped and lost the ball falling down with no call. Tyshawn's charge...etc.Some say we shouldn't have been in position for officiating to have the chance to cost us. "If we make one more play" or "play 3 points better". Bull! We played well enough to win that game by 15-20 points (well, we played well enough and MU struggled for enough of the game). The horrible calls were key to several runs that allowed MU not to lose hope. Blaming a game on one or two bad calls is one thing, but there are too many calls to mention that can be questioned. AND the fact that a team that played aggressive FC defense the whole game, and somehow shot 11 MORE free throws than their opponent, seems odd.A team turning the ball over 27 times, typically does not deserve to win. But I would like to see the number of turnovers, when you take out the obvious bad calls. I believe that number would get down to 20 or so, which is MU's opponent avg. Still not good but, we would have embarrassed them with a double digit loss on their home floor for sure.I was one who thought the technical was the Refs fault completely when I watched the game live. I felt the ref knew where he was going and if Marcus didn't get out of the way it was going to be a T. Upon further review, I believe Marcus DID do it on purpose. Watch it again (if you didn't instantly delete it from your DVR, as I sometimes do after a loss that makes me want to puke). He is looking right at the ref until they are about 3 ft apart and then he looks away and leans toward the ref. DUMB!! Not obvious enough that he should have been tossed, but I think he definitely deserved the Tech.

February 11, 2009 at 8:46 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Feeding post a problem for KU

Just for laughs."During NU's 68-62 loss to Kansas on Wednesday, a scramble for a loose ball with 8:47 left turned into a dogpile, and the 5-foot-7 Miller got tangled up with 6-5 KU guard Mario Little."That's a quote from the Omaha World Herald in the story about Gottlieb. I guess that's one way to say it. Yet another way would be to say:"Nebraska POS Cookie Miller showed a clear case of 'little man syndrome' when he aggressively fouled KU's Mario Little during and after a play that was somehow called a jump ball. Little showed remarkable restraint by not tossing the 115 pounder into the rafters."

January 30, 2009 at 9:31 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )

Kansas notebook

Everyone will know what type of man John Wall is when his decision is made. It doesn't mean he's a bad person if he chooses Memphis, just not the type of player we need. Nor does it make him a great man if he chooses KU.Everything about going to memphis, as a top recruit, is easy right now. You get:-Handed a starting job without earning it-Encouraged to "get yours" via the dribble drive offense-Overblown stats due to playing inferior conference opponents and the DD offense.-Handed a conference championship due to weak conference-Handed a high seed in the NCAA tourney, due to phony record.-High seed sets team up for at least some measure of success in the tourney-Measured by fans against the 2007-08 Memphis players that were the schools all time bestNot saying that everything about coming to KU is hard, in fact there are plenty of easy things about being a player at KU as well. But to contrast the items above.At KU a top recruit will be:-Forced to earn his minutes in practice and on the court-Encouraged to be unselfish and find the open man-Forced to learn how to really play defense-Putting up less impressive stats due to team balance and system-On a tough road to a conference championship that involves playing at Texas (who has the 2nd best recruiting class in the nation and is a perennial contender), vs OU, vs Baylor, and at A&M. Not to mention playing at least 4 games vs bitter rivals who will play their guts out to beat your team and have fans that will be merciless on you at their place. -Earning a high seed in the NCAA tournament, if your team performs well in their conference.-Measured, by a huge fan-base, against countless great players and teams from a storied, tradition-rich past, including a championship team just 2 years prior. It should be clear which path will test a player's grit, desire, and actually make one a better player and which one will simply get a player a higher draft pick.

January 29, 2009 at 10:48 a.m. ( permalink | suggest removal )