The Answer Man goes to work while wondering if Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino will be a picture of decorum at tonight’s Lawrence High-Olathe North football game.
What are the chances this fall’s Kansas-Kansas State football game will be televised?
Probably not good. Big 12 Conference television packagers haven’t been enamored with the Sunflower Showdown, mainly because it’s a game nobody in Texas gives a tumbleweed about and the majority of Big 12 TV sets are in the Lone Star State.
Did former Kansas University basketball standout Drew Gooden ever sign a contract with the Memphis Grizzlies?
Although the Grizzlies have never announced Gooden’s signing, the 6-foot-11 former Jayhawk did put his signature on a three-year deal worth more than $9 million. Gooden, who passed up his senior year to turn pro, will have to scrape by on a little less than $3 million during his rookie year.
Who is the highest-paid former KU basketball player now in the NBA?
That would be Paul Pierce at about $14 million a year. Runner-up is Raef LaFrentz at a little less than $10 million per season. Pierce and LaFrentz, both first-team All-Americans in 1998, are each starting new multi-year contracts with Boston and Dallas, respectively.
Whatever happened to Willie Pless, the all-time leading tackler in Kansas University and Big Eight Conference football history?
The former KU linebacker, who went on to become the all-time leading tackler in Canadian Football League history, lives and works in Edmonton where he does a weekly radio show about the CFL. Retired as a player since 1999, Pless is a lock for the CFL Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible in 2004.
How many former Kansas University football players are now head coaches in state high schools?
A check of the new Kansas State High School Activities Assn. membership directory shows seven former Jayhawks currently guiding Sunflower State prep teams. The former KU players and their schools are: Roger Robben, Buhler; Steve Oliver, Erie; Rick Abernethy, Kansas City Wyandotte; Grant Thierolf, Marion; Rod Madden, Osawatomie; John Garber, Sabetha; and Scott Vang, Wichita East.
How many Royals played in all 162 games during the miserable 2002 season?
Just one. Carlos Beltran. The switch-hitting center fielder led Kansas City in just about every offensive category despite hitting .273. Beltran also struck out a team- and career-high 135 times.
Somebody told me the Royals used 25 different pitchers during their first 100-loss season. Is that right?
It sure is. What’s more, nine of those so-called 25 hurlers, including the recycled Mac Suzuki, combined for an 0-19 record. Paul Byrd was the Royals’ lone double-digit winner with 17.
Does KU’s football team really have a chance of going to a bowl game this season?
Not really. In order to qualify, the Jayhawks would have to win four of their last seven games. That’s not probable, considering KU won’t be favored in any of them, but anything is possible until the seventh loss of the season.
Has Kansas University’s 2003 football schedule been announced?
Yes and no. KU will meet the same Big 12 foes as this year with flip-flopped sites and it has been previously announced the Jayhawks would go to Wyoming and San Diego State while playing host to UNLV and Northwestern. Contemporary college football scheduling is such, however, that all future slates are cut in jello.
Will the Free State-Lawrence High football game be played at Memorial Stadium?
No. It’s Lawrence High’s year to play host and LHS officials prefer to play all home games at Haskell Stadium. Free State plays one home game a year at KU. In odd-numbered years, it’s Lawrence High.
The Answer Man goes to work while wondering if Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino will be a picture of decorum at tonight’s Lawrence High-Olathe North football game.
What are the chances this fall’s Kansas-Kansas State football game will be televised?
Probably not good. Big 12 Conference television packagers haven’t been enamored with the Sunflower Showdown, mainly because it’s a game nobody in Texas gives a tumbleweed about and the majority of Big 12 TV sets are in the Lone Star State.
Did former Kansas University basketball standout Drew Gooden ever sign a contract with the Memphis Grizzlies?
Although the Grizzlies have never announced Gooden’s signing, the 6-foot-11 former Jayhawk did put his signature on a three-year deal worth more than $9 million. Gooden, who passed up his senior year to turn pro, will have to scrape by on a little less than $3 million during his rookie year.
Who is the highest-paid former KU basketball player now in the NBA?
That would be Paul Pierce at about $14 million a year. Runner-up is Raef LaFrentz at a little less than $10 million per season. Pierce and LaFrentz, both first-team All-Americans in 1998, are each starting new multi-year contracts with Boston and Dallas, respectively.
Whatever happened to Willie Pless, the all-time leading tackler in Kansas University and Big Eight Conference football history?
The former KU linebacker, who went on to become the all-time leading tackler in Canadian Football League history, lives and works in Edmonton where he does a weekly radio show about the CFL. Retired as a player since 1999, Pless is a lock for the CFL Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible in 2004.
How many former Kansas University football players are now head coaches in state high schools?
A check of the new Kansas State High School Activities Assn. membership directory shows seven former Jayhawks currently guiding Sunflower State prep teams. The former KU players and their schools are: Roger Robben, Buhler; Steve Oliver, Erie; Rick Abernethy, Kansas City Wyandotte; Grant Thierolf, Marion; Rod Madden, Osawatomie; John Garber, Sabetha; and Scott Vang, Wichita East.
How many Royals played in all 162 games during the miserable 2002 season?
Just one. Carlos Beltran. The switch-hitting center fielder led Kansas City in just about every offensive category despite hitting .273. Beltran also struck out a team- and career-high 135 times.
Somebody told me the Royals used 25 different pitchers during their first 100-loss season. Is that right?
It sure is. What’s more, nine of those so-called 25 hurlers, including the recycled Mac Suzuki, combined for an 0-19 record. Paul Byrd was the Royals’ lone double-digit winner with 17.
Does KU’s football team really have a chance of going to a bowl game this season?
Not really. In order to qualify, the Jayhawks would have to win four of their last seven games. That’s not probable, considering KU won’t be favored in any of them, but anything is possible until the seventh loss of the season.
Has Kansas University’s 2003 football schedule been announced?
Yes and no. KU will meet the same Big 12 foes as this year with flip-flopped sites and it has been previously announced the Jayhawks would go to Wyoming and San Diego State while playing host to UNLV and Northwestern. Contemporary college football scheduling is such, however, that all future slates are cut in jello.
Will the Free State-Lawrence High football game be played at Memorial Stadium?
No. It’s Lawrence High’s year to play host and LHS officials prefer to play all home games at Haskell Stadium. Free State plays one home game a year at KU. In odd-numbered years, it’s Lawrence High.
The Answer Man goes to work while wondering if Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino will be a picture of decorum at tonight’s Lawrence High-Olathe North football game.
What are the chances this fall’s Kansas-Kansas State football game will be televised?
Probably not good. Big 12 Conference television packagers haven’t been enamored with the Sunflower Showdown, mainly because it’s a game nobody in Texas gives a tumbleweed about and the majority of Big 12 TV sets are in the Lone Star State.
Did former Kansas University basketball standout Drew Gooden ever sign a contract with the Memphis Grizzlies?
Although the Grizzlies have never announced Gooden’s signing, the 6-foot-11 former Jayhawk did put his signature on a three-year deal worth more than $9 million. Gooden, who passed up his senior year to turn pro, will have to scrape by on a little less than $3 million during his rookie year.
Who is the highest-paid former KU basketball player now in the NBA?
That would be Paul Pierce at about $14 million a year. Runner-up is Raef LaFrentz at a little less than $10 million per season. Pierce and LaFrentz, both first-team All-Americans in 1998, are each starting new multi-year contracts with Boston and Dallas, respectively.
Whatever happened to Willie Pless, the all-time leading tackler in Kansas University and Big Eight Conference football history?
The former KU linebacker, who went on to become the all-time leading tackler in Canadian Football League history, lives and works in Edmonton where he does a weekly radio show about the CFL. Retired as a player since 1999, Pless is a lock for the CFL Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible in 2004.
How many former Kansas University football players are now head coaches in state high schools?
A check of the new Kansas State High School Activities Assn. membership directory shows seven former Jayhawks currently guiding Sunflower State prep teams. The former KU players and their schools are: Roger Robben, Buhler; Steve Oliver, Erie; Rick Abernethy, Kansas City Wyandotte; Grant Thierolf, Marion; Rod Madden, Osawatomie; John Garber, Sabetha; and Scott Vang, Wichita East.
How many Royals played in all 162 games during the miserable 2002 season?
Just one. Carlos Beltran. The switch-hitting center fielder led Kansas City in just about every offensive category despite hitting .273. Beltran also struck out a team- and career-high 135 times.
Somebody told me the Royals used 25 different pitchers during their first 100-loss season. Is that right?
It sure is. What’s more, nine of those so-called 25 hurlers, including the recycled Mac Suzuki, combined for an 0-19 record. Paul Byrd was the Royals’ lone double-digit winner with 17.
Does KU’s football team really have a chance of going to a bowl game this season?
Not really. In order to qualify, the Jayhawks would have to win four of their last seven games. That’s not probable, considering KU won’t be favored in any of them, but anything is possible until the seventh loss of the season.
Has Kansas University’s 2003 football schedule been announced?
Yes and no. KU will meet the same Big 12 foes as this year with flip-flopped sites and it has been previously announced the Jayhawks would go to Wyoming and San Diego State while playing host to UNLV and Northwestern. Contemporary college football scheduling is such, however, that all future slates are cut in jello.
Will the Free State-Lawrence High football game be played at Memorial Stadium?
No. It’s Lawrence High’s year to play host and LHS officials prefer to play all home games at Haskell Stadium. Free State plays one home game a year at KU. In odd-numbered years, it’s Lawrence High.
The Answer Man goes to work while wondering if Kansas University football coach Mark Mangino will be a picture of decorum at tonight’s Lawrence High-Olathe North football game.
What are the chances this fall’s Kansas-Kansas State football game will be televised?
Probably not good. Big 12 Conference television packagers haven’t been enamored with the Sunflower Showdown, mainly because it’s a game nobody in Texas gives a tumbleweed about and the majority of Big 12 TV sets are in the Lone Star State.
Did former Kansas University basketball standout Drew Gooden ever sign a contract with the Memphis Grizzlies?
Although the Grizzlies have never announced Gooden’s signing, the 6-foot-11 former Jayhawk did put his signature on a three-year deal worth more than $9 million. Gooden, who passed up his senior year to turn pro, will have to scrape by on a little less than $3 million during his rookie year.
Who is the highest-paid former KU basketball player now in the NBA?
That would be Paul Pierce at about $14 million a year. Runner-up is Raef LaFrentz at a little less than $10 million per season. Pierce and LaFrentz, both first-team All-Americans in 1998, are each starting new multi-year contracts with Boston and Dallas, respectively.
Whatever happened to Willie Pless, the all-time leading tackler in Kansas University and Big Eight Conference football history?
The former KU linebacker, who went on to become the all-time leading tackler in Canadian Football League history, lives and works in Edmonton where he does a weekly radio show about the CFL. Retired as a player since 1999, Pless is a lock for the CFL Hall of Fame when he becomes eligible in 2004.
How many former Kansas University football players are now head coaches in state high schools?
A check of the new Kansas State High School Activities Assn. membership directory shows seven former Jayhawks currently guiding Sunflower State prep teams. The former KU players and their schools are: Roger Robben, Buhler; Steve Oliver, Erie; Rick Abernethy, Kansas City Wyandotte; Grant Thierolf, Marion; Rod Madden, Osawatomie; John Garber, Sabetha; and Scott Vang, Wichita East.
How many Royals played in all 162 games during the miserable 2002 season?
Just one. Carlos Beltran. The switch-hitting center fielder led Kansas City in just about every offensive category despite hitting .273. Beltran also struck out a team- and career-high 135 times.
Somebody told me the Royals used 25 different pitchers during their first 100-loss season. Is that right?
It sure is. What’s more, nine of those so-called 25 hurlers, including the recycled Mac Suzuki, combined for an 0-19 record. Paul Byrd was the Royals’ lone double-digit winner with 17.
Does KU’s football team really have a chance of going to a bowl game this season?
Not really. In order to qualify, the Jayhawks would have to win four of their last seven games. That’s not probable, considering KU won’t be favored in any of them, but anything is possible until the seventh loss of the season.
Has Kansas University’s 2003 football schedule been announced?
Yes and no. KU will meet the same Big 12 foes as this year with flip-flopped sites and it has been previously announced the Jayhawks would go to Wyoming and San Diego State while playing host to UNLV and Northwestern. Contemporary college football scheduling is such, however, that all future slates are cut in jello.
Will the Free State-Lawrence High football game be played at Memorial Stadium?
No. It’s Lawrence High’s year to play host and LHS officials prefer to play all home games at Haskell Stadium. Free State plays one home game a year at KU. In odd-numbered years, it’s Lawrence High.
