Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Head West young man

OK. I will. Be looking for an update from the Insight Bowl when I get back.
Dominate
Rock Chalk

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

year of the jayhawk

here's my year of being a jayhawk, mind you, i'm in a bad dark place because of tyrel reed and the arizona game, but here goes

Jan 3 - Orange Bowl, great time, great weather, surreal experience. Best moment, walking into the stadium and seeing a couple of our guys warming up and the orange bowl logo at the 50 and having a moment, thinking "how the fuck did we just pull this off" also calling the blocked FG, was very Cleo of me. Good time

Losing at K-st and them celebrating like obama just got elected, fucking k-st people, they can fuck themselves, I said at this rate we would make the sweet 16

Taking a bus with the SUA at KU to Ok St, thinking it was cool and a helluva a deal but there was a lot of douchery on the bus, went with megtropoly, and let the "rowdiest fans in america" get a W. PS- who the fuck claims that shit, rowdiest fans in america, really?
this was our 3rd loss of the year and on the way home, we were checking the blackberry for the tenn and memphis score, which was kind of prophetic.
I told megtropoly that win we win the whole fucking thing we'll get over this, I said this when we lost to OU in the big 12 tourney back in 02 and then made the final four, so I'm pretty smart.

I kind of doubted our squad through conference play, because I thought they should be so much better than they were until senior night.
I start crying on the way to the bar listening to them introduce Toast and I got a text that said "toast is crying" so like a woman, this meant i had to cry.
We put an absolute anal thundering on them and I said final four, so we're moving up on my expectation ladder.

big 12 tourney-
ku-nu watched 1st half with stratton and jennie and left at half, people think this is weird when i do this, but i do better watching the games on lockdown, plus i wanted to throw some shit and public venues look unfavorably on shit like that.
ku-a&m- went with 193950 and this game was closer than it should have been and i remember hansborough got fouled with 2 seconds left to help carolina win and me and 193950 agreed that he was and is a fag/bitch.
ku-ut - this is a weird day because I had tickets and I didn't go, and I didn't go because one of my clients was supposed to need help that day and I was trying to be a stud, well they never called and i drank 20 bud heavies and got launched with reals and the future roomie, this was a fun day for me.

selection sunday- loved our draw, was worried about wisconsin more than georgetown, but felt good

2nd round-
went to omaha and got launched with my boss (LJ) his hot ass wife and the future roomie. UNLV fans are kind of like mizzou fans, dirty poor, without something to live for and with a false sense of hope, so that was fun.
This was the first tourney game i'd been to since 97 so i was really uneasy, thankfully we did work and it was on.

sweet 16- remember i think we should get past this, and I am so unnervous for villanova, i expected a blowout and what did i get, yep a blowout. I grabbed a beer with the OP people and then went to lock down, davidson beat wisconsin earlier that day so i was basically one quick move from shitting my pants

elite 8- I remember being more confident than i was the year before against ucla, and i remember reading an article about Self and how bad he wanted a final four, so I knew it was gonna happen, the rest of the day, i did not know would happen.

(DREILING PLEASE READ THIS PART YOU'LL LOVE IT)
I go to henry t's for the game, after i skipped out on my cousins first communion, because, I can only deal with so many things and let me tell you, hanging out with my mom's side of the family and all their fucked up drama and shit would have sent me into a nervous fit.
reals, rb, future roomie and a late appearance by megtropoly
i didn't drink that much, but i got nervous as the game wore on, to the tune of walking around T's during halftime.
reals is hammered
so anyway it is what it is, that tool misses that shot, i leap onto reals, we're humping, i throw kid sister in the air, me and blondie embrace, i stand on the table, SCREAMING
we slam a 24 oz beer, literally shotgun it and start driving to johnny's in Olathe.
drink a bit there with kelting, t-mac starts crying, finally realizes I am a huge dick, so i feel bad for her because i thought she knew
reals can't talk

we go pound pitchers at keno's in OP and then call it a night, about 10 i see on the news players coming back, so i get blondie, who is shockingly supportive at this point and reals comatosed ass into eddie2 and we head back to lawrence

we almsot wreck the car because i am trying to bid on a 2002 final 4 ticket stub (that's for LJ)
anyway, this was a fun night

final 4-
LJ and I have agreed we will win by 14, we will look smart, this wasn't a roy thing for me either, it was a UNC thing and they were in our way of something really cool
so i puked that morning not from booze and then i watched chick flicks on tbs all day and laid on the couch.
i have no energy, i can hardly yell or clap during the game, and i was supposed to watch this game at the Field House but i was too weak.
i leave in the second half when they cut it to 5 or 3 or whatever the hell it was and i don't listen the radio, but i keep refreshing jayhawk slant on my crackberry, a trick i took up during the davidson game and i turn the radio on as i pull back into my hoodrich apartment and piper said something that made me feel like we had leveled out
and then i saw us pull away, it was exciting

memphis-
best day of my life.

football season come rolling around- spring game sucked, thought we looked bad, was not happy
s fl- realy should have won that game but whatever
ou- i knew we would lose, i was actually proud of us, and briscoe starts to make himself a stud
tech - worse game ever at memorial for me personally
ut- same, whatever
traveled to iowa state and had a blast (yes i realize this was earlier) loved the come back led by sharp and KM, who knew that route he ran at iowa state would be run again
went to nebraska, and realized i probably not gonna do that again.
border war has been blogged previously, it was unreal.

so as we wrap up the year of the hawk, it looks like we got a win against albany in hoops coming up at the house and hopefully more good things.
mangino is putting together a hell of a recruiting class for next year and Todd and KM and buddies have some business to finish up next week.
Rock Chalk

cole aldrich was nervous?

What a little bitch statement? You know I group the dakota's and minnesota all together as pussy states, everybody I meet from there is by and large a pussy, they have a fun accent, but they're weak.
I really enjoyed cole playing like a bum at the bust stop, sans starter jacket.
I'm okay losing at arizona, can you believe i said that shit, its a lie, but cole needs to learn to be a stud and not a vagina and while we're at it, collins might be one of my least favorite jayhawks of all time at this rate, he's a couple more shitty games of throwing up ill advised jumpers and being stupid to being grouped in the same group as the nick bradfords of the world.

While there is no reason to not pile on everyone, we'll throw some holiday props to the twins, because those little fuckers played pretty damn well if you ask me and we're a big reason we were up at the half and up nine early in the second.
Brady "pajamas" morningstar, locking down buddiger, who mind you was a stud coming out of high school and yeah he postered cole's lame ass, but I always thought buddiger was pretty average, everyone just sucks his dick because he looks like he should play for duke, so whatever, he got jamma'd (jamma'd, that's gonna stick)

so i hope everyone has a shitty christmas, because I know I am going to
rock chalk

Tuesday, December 23, 2008

Fucking denizens of the blog have spoken kind of

Looks like motherfuckers or 3 people want more recruiting.
This is kind of pussy thing to vote for, really, I mean I spend most of my waking hours reading about 17 and 18 year old boys and I guess more people are into that than I thought, so I'm dialing it up and here's what was dialed.

(blogger note, I just wrote a fucking epic piece on red shirted football players so this is kind of pissing me off, that no one cared)

So let's do hoops, and this is going to be short so pound sand
Jeff Withey, would be eligible second semester next year and is 7-0 Skinny, he seems to be a lean to KU and I think he'd be a great addition, because it would give Cole a legit big guy to bag with in practice and he could replace cole if cole goes league, plus you can have enough people that are that tall, trust me, i'm 5-7 and I know this.
He would have 3 and a half years of eligibility and would be at KU when classes start in January, if he were to commit, I like KU's chances here.

Obviously we already have Thomas Robinson signed up and Elijah Johnson signed up for 09 and are still in on the #1 and #9 players in the class, John Wall (lighting / scary quick PG- will be a one and done) and Lance Stephenson (6-6 from Brooklyn, ballaholic)
I think Self could get 1 of these guys but not both, either would be awesome, I wouldn't care who it was, we won't know shit on this til after the season, so no need to worry about it.

Football-
Just got 4 star Toben Opurum to commit, he's a big back and he's a stud, had offers from Florida, Notre Dame, Purdue, Nebraska and others, T Tech included.
He'll probably get every chance to play early, with Angus moving to OLB.

Nothing else really going on in recruiting, but we should hear some stuff after the bowl game, I'll keep y'all posted.
have a merry christmas
rock chalk

look for the year in HAWK soon

Thursday, December 18, 2008

Redshirts - per Eric Lund, from Eric Lund's 11th & Mississippi Tailgate

Redshirts that we might expect something from...
Rod Harris -WR, will have 2 years left by my math. A Big WR that could see some more time with the graduation of Dexton Fields, gives Todd a big target with some play making ability

Lubbock Smith- S, will get some reps for sure, with Thorton moving to CB, you'll see him spell Stuckey and Strozier, also agile and quick enough to be used as a nickle or dime back

Greg Brown- CB, supposedly the main CB target from his class, I'd look for him to make a major splash next year, since the CB spots are far from secure and against the spread of UT, OU and tech you'll need more corners

John Williams- OG, I don't know he was 335 pounds as a FR and the only reason he's not at OU is because he broke his foot in HS, I think he'll be getting snaps at one of the guard spots for sure and be very effective. Him and Parish have already had some epic battles in practice.

Duane Zlatnik- DT/DE, came in as a 275 DE, after winning state in wrestling, he was used as a DE and TE in HS, and yes they threw his big ass screen passes, I've seen it with my own eyes. Was more highly regarded than Parish coming out of HS, but Darius had more size and had been playing DT already. SOOOO, he's very interesting prospect, he has size, talent and fight obviously to get some PT and help this team, but the D-line is a mystery to me right now.

You have Jamal Greene, RJJ, Parish and Blakesly all returning and playing inside, and then you have Olitian Onyebule and Laptad playing on the edge, so its hard to tell who will play where on the D-line.
In any event I look for Zlatnik to be a guy that helps us win games before he leaves Mt. Oread.

Josh Richardson- LB, well other than the fact that he comes from unreal bloodlines, with his brother playing in the NFL, I believe with the Raiders. He's 6-4, and runs a 4.5 40 or some dumbass number like that, guy is a freak show. I'm assuming he's been bulking up this year and will be in the rotation next year at LB, and will do some stupid shit, stupid as in good. When Stratton and I went to the recruiting round up last year we were beating off to this guy, he's nuts.

Kale Fucking Pick- QB, obviously, if you didn't know that shit your ass should be shot, because he "can't help that he's amazing at football" Back-up QB, and what he will provide KU with next year, is a great backup to TR, but more so, he'll help KM make a whole shitbag of cash, because he can focus at WR and not do double duty. Kale will have some competition for the starter spot after TR5 leaves, but he isn't worried about it. He's going to be good, there's a reason he's the first guy Warriner called when he got the OC job and why he was rated as the 7th best Dual Threat QB, per rivals.com. Plus my sister tutors this guy.

Trevor Marginelli- OL, a mean son of a bitch. His dad speaks Italian, and did so with Mangino on his official visit. Me and Litigation Jesus watched his highlight film in my old office and we were beating off to it, because he was just cleaning dudes. He is interesting, for a couple of reasons, he could be a RT or a C, but I think Thornsen has the center spot locked down and I'm not sure if he can start at Tackle, because of Spikes and Lueken, but he'll play some where on the line, might not start but will provide great depth and could fill in admirably for a couple spots.

Sean Ransburg- RB?, QB in HS, went through the summer program at KU then found out he needed one more class in HS, and will now enroll at KU after 1st semester, kind of a fucked ordeal, but he's from MO, and that whole state is fucked in some way. Was the KC Star's small class player of the year as a Senior, so he has talent. I don't look for him to do much next year, but after that he could, he's got the ability to play the slot, CB, or RB and maybe even be a KR.

Tanner Hawkinson- DE / TE, a TE coming in, got moved to DE, but with Nick Plato getting kicked off the team, he could move back to TE. Let's just say he's a DE, because I think that's where he winds up, great size and speed. Still learning the position, but did win scout team player of the week earlier this year, so he has some tools and if you think there isn't a guy that Mangino and Bowen are going to try at DE, you're out of your mind and probably from Mizz, by the way if you are from Mizz, you suck.
I think Tanner will be a good player for us down the line and maybe soon, but with him being on a unsettled D-line its hard to project what will happen with him.

I think that's about all i got.
Rock Chalk

NBA more like Jayhawk teabag league

Real quick-
Congrats to D-Block for getting healthy and leading the Cavs in boards the other night
Rush on his first double double last night, started the last 2 games
Pierce for playing on the best team in the league and being a big part of it
Chalmers- dude is crazy good had 20-8-7 the other night, baller
Rock Chalk

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

Memo to hoops squad / football recruiting

First of all, let me give a shout out to Briscoe for getting HM AA from SI, next year you should be on the 1st or 2nd team, I'm looking forward to you and KM having a big bowl game.

Dear Kansas Basketball players-
Last Saturday, you, mostly you Sherron Collins, upset me, with your unwillingness to guard the 3 take good shots and commit stupid ass TO's.
So this week in practice if everyone could help Marucs learn how to not get his shit tossed and help Kief make a FT.
Also please see to it that Q, doesn't ever foul a guy on a three every again, that'd be great. Other than that, you should all realize that we should start treating Cole like CC Sabathia, and working him like a horse just like the Brewers did. Why, well because he's going to be in the league next year, so give him the fucking ball and let him score or get fouled, sidenote- cole, you should teach Kief how to make a FT, if Cole gets fed, we'll,mostly me will be happy.
The next couple of weeks are HUGE, HUGE HUGE. So we need to get better NOW. I'm going to the Temple game on Saturday and I'll be there for the game against the Vols and Siena, and I'm going to give some of my better performances, because I know you guys need it and someone apparently forgot to tell the students to make a ruckus and jump up and down all game so I'm going to be the jackass screaming obscentities and sweating more than I should, embarassing the people around me and being told I am too intense, too loud, I need to sit down and if I kiss my mother with that mouth, fucking A right, I'm bringing it, I suggest you do the same.
kisses-
rb



Football Recruiting party time-----
Randall Dent- DE, could play DT, verbally commited
Jacoby Thomas - OLB could play DE, verbal
These are the most recent guys to commit to KU

Both are from Texas and both are going to be really good players.
I look for Dent to be a SDE and play inside in certain situations, he is a big guy over 270 already, so he could play early
Thomas gives you options as does Dent, and its really hard for me to tell who will play at LB since we lose the 3 starters and Springer is coming off ACL surgery, so I think Thomas could play or he could RS, just too far out to tell right now, but he will be a player for us before its all said and done.
Of the 2 I like Dent more from a talent standpoint, plus he fills a more immediate need, both are good players.

Quinton Woods- DE, cali Juco, grad in may
6-6 without shoes, so he'd play at 6-7
commited to Michigan out of HS, but didn't qualify, and now he's a Jayhawk
Look for him to come in and play right away

DE- we are still on some other DE's, notably D'quinn Evans from Cali Juco as well, but the staff has made it very apparent they will get to the QB in 09

On the O-
WR- Erick McGriff (yes he's Crime Dog's kid) is going to be a Jayhawk as well, once his mom visits campus with him after Christmas it'll be official, but go ahead and get excited about him, he's a big kid and from florida, so we are starting to really open something up there, him and D'Shaun Sands (yes Tony's kid) are both from Florida, plus we got Rojas from there last year.
If they can continue to get 1-2 kids a year (esp next year) they will get a chance to get some real talent out of there.
WR- Bryant Allen, from St Louis- Would play as a true frosh, probably would return kicks too. the caveat on this kid is that we would steal his ass from those fucksticks in Columbia and he'd be a walk-on for hoops and as a pretty good athelte i think he'd put up a better battle than a bechard or juneman, so that'd be good. He's announcing on Thursday, 12/18, so we could have the WR spot pretty much locked up for 09, with the possibility of saving a schollie for Dewayne Peace, should he decommit from Michigan.
RB- Ronnie Wingo - we are one of his finalists, but so is the Chase Daniel Legion of Gay Lovers, and I think that's where he'll ultimately wind up. But Wingo is very high on Warriner, and anything can happen once you get a kid on campus, and he'll be on campus this weekend, so we shall see. Unless, he really is blown away he'll announce after the first of the year, and I believe he has a visit or more set for January. He is the #2 rated athlete in the nation.
RB- Toben Opurum- AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH, the big back we missed so dearly this year, this is the guy, I look for him to be a Jayhawk and for that to happen as early as Sunday, he visits this weekend and I believe we are only taking one more back and he fits what we want. How nice would it be next year when Todd wants to take a play off from throwing missles to one of our stud WR's and give the ball to a guy that can bang on some LB's, it'll be great is the correct answer.
Still got a ways to go before signing day in early February, but Mangino and company are killing it and I'd like to thanks Clint Bowen, because that little fucker is working his ass off and the main reason we got the Juco DE from Cali and he's been on some other guys too.
as always
Rock Chalk

Thursday, December 11, 2008

KU hoops the past 25

Having lunch with Kelting a week ago at O'neils in OP, and he raised this question to me, because he's a dick and had no intention of discussing this after lunch he just wanted me to waste time thinking about it, so here it is in all of its glory
discuss



KU All time team of the last 20-25 years
manning
pierce
raef
gooden
hinrich
collison
rex
simien
rush
pritchard
randall
ostertag
vaughn
adonis

piotr to me
Gosh buddy,obviously this is very debatable list, but if you are talking the last 20 years than I would agree with most of your choices. The thing you have to ask yourself is whether you are looking at a team of 10 or what select number of players you are looking for and years?

I would consider putting A Miles in there as well as Langford.
Keith is 6th all-time in scoring at this rich tradition school, while Miles is the all-time dish man at KU. I would almost replace Adonis with A. Miles if someone had to go. Both of them went to two FF4's and Jordan was ballin. I remember I had a 3 point shooting contest with him one day after practice in 1993, first one to 5 wins. Rex was cheering me on, as we both hit our first 3 treys, but Adonis hit his next two, while I clanked mine. Too bad I did not have my camera handy back then. Enought about that. though....Miles had 110 wins and Adonis 113 in their 4 years. AJ is 23rd on the all-time scoring list while Miles is 33rd, but I think what sets Aaron apart is his 954 assists to Adonis's 568 (6th all-time). I think you give the edge to Miles and put him on the list.

I see you threw Rex in there. Loved that guy! Another guy that I loved was Haase. I would also put Boschee in this category, not being biased either. This is a tough one but I would go Rex/Jeff and then Jerod. Jeff, Big 12 All-time 3 point leader and 13th overall in scoring at KU. Give Rex credit, he only played two years. I think it is a toss up between Jeff and Rex.

I would agree with D Manning, The Truth, Raef, Drew, Kirk, Nick, Simien, Vaughn, Pritchard and Randall.

I don't see how Ostertag makes this list. The guy couldn't crack the top 50 in scoring and top 12 in rebounds. Yea, he is the all-time block leader, but the guy was 7'2 and Collison only trails him by 15 while Chenowith is only 16 behind in swats. I might get chastized for saying this, but I think Chenowith was better than the Big O. At least the guy cracked the top 5 in all-time boards and is 27th in all-time scoring.

Now, I agree with Rush ,but I think if you put him in there you have to mention Mario. Not just did he make the biggest shot in KU history, but he was an all-around player. The guy would have shattered the all-time steals record and is 24th in scoring, and is 11th in all-time assists (would have been top 6 or 7). I know, coulda, should, woulda, but the guy was nails. He always wanted the ball in his hands at the end, and might I say he did hit some big shots for KU.

Players that I think would be considered for this list if they had played 3 years: Arthur and Julian

If you are looking at the last 25 years, you would have to mention the likes of Cedric Hunter, Calvin Thompson, Greg Dreiling and Ronnie Kellog.

This is tough, especialy if you are tyring to get this down to the top 10 or make two teams. I would love to discussion about this and actually come up with the top team. That would be heaven!

From me to PZ

I like your Miles arguement, I think as Kelting and I were discussingthis we went Adonis Jordan just based on the fact that he had more todo with getting to 2 final fours and he was a better shooter.Miles clearly a better defender and on a team like this (being thatthere was 14, we were trying to set up a squad) a passer would be goodso let's switch Miles for Adonis.

Keith is a good one, because as you pointed out he had great all timenumbers but he was also the product of 2 Final Fours and an Elite 8which meant he played in a lot of games and also stayed 4 years. Ilike Rush over him based on the fact that he was a better outsideshooter and he could lock down the 1-3 man on any team. And in a wayRush was more of a leader for his team than Keith plus Keith has a bumknee and we can't afford a trainer.

The Big O, hmmmm. Ok I'll tell you my reference on Dreiling isn't realgood so I can't speak to that, but O was and is a TRUE center, andthat's what we need, honestly I'd rather have a Pollard on here and ifthis was say 18 months later I think one of the centers is Cole.

Rex has to stay, right although I see your arguement. Chalmers wouldactually be a better point than Miles or Adonis, better shooter anddefender than both and more clutch, so I think you are on tosomething.When we were coming up with this I think I got caught up a little bitin what accolades everybody got so that muddied it up.

So I think we think of this squad mostly eye to eye.

The thing that makes it hard to come up with a true 14 man team isthat KU has been devoid of a true center that was dominate, thoughDanny played some at the 5.

And then you know other than Pierce the 3 spot has been pretty so so,minus Rush and Keith I would argue was more of a 2 even though heplayed the 3 and if we had a real 3 we beat the Cuse in O3 and haveanother banner.

Then there's 2 types of points. You have the pass first point whoisn't relied on to score with Miles and Vaughn.Then there's the more scoring minded point in Chalmers and I guess youcould group Hinrich in that with Adonis being maybe the best blend ofthe 2.

Before I forget let's talk about Boschee a point that moved to the 2so he's versatile, kind of, he wasn't really good at running the showso he's more of a 2. And while he could make the 3's drop he didn'tprovide anything on the dribble drive and his defense while he gotrecognized for it I never felt it to be that worthy so i'm not surehow you put him on here unless you want someone that is deadly fromthe outside. And if that's all you are looking for then why not BillyThomas and couldn't Rex be your 3 point specialist? Even though hecould do more.Yes I typed this whole thing on my blackberry.

Rock Chalk

pz to me

As much as I hate ostertag I have to agree with you. He is the only true center. I would think cole would be a lock after this year. The guy is a beast!

You could almost do without Rex but I do see your point. He could take it to the hole, shoot the rock and play defense. Keep him.

I just cannot see this team without Mario. Gotta keep him even if he is the 14th man.

I will agree and take Rush ahead of Keith due to the fact Brandon was multi dimensional. He was long and could guard a lot of palyers.

Starting 5
Vaughn
Kirk
Pierce
Collison
Manning
Although it is tough not throwing Raef in there.

Piotr

RB to PZ

The more I think about it and I'm trying not to think about the shot,I'm going to go with Chalmers over Miles and keep Pritchard. Thinkingbeing that Pritchard won a title and Miles didn't plus Pritchard wasso good at playing along side a ledgend so he's be great on this team provide some grit.

I like the starting 5 put I'm not sure we can go to the opening tip without Raef, I mean that stretch in 97, his JR year, when he went for 20-10 in what was it 12 games in a row when Pollard was hurt, was unreal.

But seeing who the other 4 are Collison would fit better with thatlineup, because they would play very fast.
Good input, thanks and let's get together for a beer and a game soonso we can talk about the twins.
Rb


Another exchange between and 193950

Dad-
Had lunch with Kelting today and we were discussing who the all time KU team of the last 25 years would include and we came up with the following let me know what you think, are we way off base or not?

Manning
Pierce
Raef
Gooden
Collison
Hinrich
Rex
Simien
Rush
Pritchard
Randall
Ostertag
Vaughn
Adonis

193950's reply

Ryan:You left off Chalmers and Pritchard.
Love
Dad

rb to 193950

Dad-
Pritchard is on there. I think you add Chalmers and drop Adonis.
love
ryan

193950 to me

Ryan:
you need to leave Adonis on there-you forgot newton. your forgot the spotfor the best 6th man-that would be Woodberry. Not so sure about Ostertag. Ithink you should come up with the offensive-defensive teams for footballfor the last 10 years. By the way Reesing doesn't necessarily start atquarterback because Whittemore was the one that started the turnaround. Thetwo corners should be easy, the strong safety should be easy, the tight endshould be easy. Two of the three receivers should be easy. Give it a try.
Love
Dad

Monday, December 8, 2008

stupid is as stupid does

Listening to some talk radio while rolling around in the "kids stay away" van and some idiot Mizz fan said he was disgusted that Bobby Stoops ran the score up on them, really?
Why don't you run the ball more then and keep them down, quit your bitching.

That's it really, just how stupid those fucksticks are.

Rock Chalk

Monday, December 1, 2008

Reesing under pressure scrambles throws no lofts a ball to KERRY MEIER, TOUCHDOWN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!



So I've been stealing internet at home since August and it stopped working last week so this is a belated blog.
Well last week I said I thought we'd go 2-2 with a hoops loss and a football loss, well fuck me, we should have been 4-0 but that's neither here nor there.
After Brady Morningstar's rockstar like performance on Friday I was all ready to party on Saturday.
Game thoughts-
1st quarter being the eternal optimist I wasn't worried that we threw a pick in the endzone, because I realized we had already turned Chase the Heisman over twice and dominated the clock, so being up 3-0 with first and goal I was really happy.
Not to mention two 3 and Outs that we forced.
2nd Quarter-
Great start with the bubble screen to Briscoe. We knew Mizz would score so them doing that wasn't that surprising.
What was surprising was Rojas kicking some great balls and the ensuing safety from Laptad, who's a guy I've been jocking for a while as a good to better than good DE.
up 9 at half with first ball in the 3rd I was real happy, I thought in my pregame thoughts that is we got this to a 3 possession game at some point it'd be too much for Mizz to come back from.
3rd quarter-
Opening drive eats a little over 4 minutes and results in a TD to Jake Sharp. Then Mizz answers and TR gets a bad break on an INT, so that 16 point lead was down to 3 thanks to the fact that Tinkle went for 2 with 8 minutes left in the 3rd, what a genius, a genius of kissing dudes.
4th quarter-
Well, let's see, we kind of blew over the forced fumble and recovery of Stuckey from the first quarter and the pick, plus his near pick in the 3rd quarter, so let's talk about his pick in this quarter, it was on that dumb sideline route that Mizz runs, invariably so they can protect their fragile WR's, and D Stuck was all over it, what a great pick, but you know what that pick only happens against Mizz, why? Because Chase Daniel for all the dick sucking he got from the local media especially has a puss arm, seriously, how many times have you seen him really load up and throw a dart... Oh you haven't that's because he can't.
so that's that
Mizz takes the leads, woo hoo, we are moving the ball way too well to not score again
So Briscoe who had been the best return guy we'd seen all year bangs his elbow so in a fitting scene Hereford comes into to do Briscoe's job after Briscoe gets knicked doing Hereford's job. And TR 5 scrambles and makes something out of nothing, guy is money like that and hits him for a big strike and 1st and goal.
Instead of running clock and running it a couple of times for a score they go right to KM and get a touch, KU with the lead.
Mizz comes right back down and leaves less than 2 minutes but that's an eternity for TR5 and buddies.
Briscoe with a decent return and we're off.
Out to Sharp who takes an absolute shot, but still gets the first down.
KM
KM
KM
Incomplete pass to Briscoe because he slips
Incomplete pass to Briscoe because of good coverage in the end zone
4-7
27 yard line (or there abouts and no I'm not going to check facts for you turds)
Pressure from the left side, TR steps up but sees more pressure from the middle, side steps to the right and then steps up and flicks it to a wide open KM for one of the most clutch plays in KU football history and a victory.
Yes MU kicks field goal to tie and its blocked but that's on Mizz for mismanaging the clock their challenges and TO's how you lose by 3 and still have 2 TO's is beyond me, but I don't anything those turds do over there.
So this victory did a lot of things, first it caused me to have to work the slant for a DVD of the game b/c Lund forgot to record it.
It got us the drum back.
it fucked Mizz
it was the game all year we have been waiting for, we knew TR5 was going to win us a game just because and then he did.
Game balls-
Everyone, basically
but for sure these guys---
tr5- couldn't lift his arm this week and then goes for 375 and 4 TD's, could have hung his head after the first INT or the second and he didn't he kept his head up and looked down field all the time and made play after play
KM - messed up hammy, I'm sure it was hard to stay loose in that cold weather, but he just caught 14 balls, KU RECORD, and caught the final 2 TD's, made countless plays and found his way out of bounds when he needed to
briscoe, enjoy him because you got about 14 games left of him, same as the 2 above and the next 2 guys
Sharp, I don't know broken ribs and he runs for a TD, has the shovel pass reception the big catch on the final drive and absolutely stone walled a blitzer on the final play, a warrior
Stuckey- I'm ready willing and able to hear of someone that had a better game, especially on that stage against our biggest rival, I have a feeling I'll be waiting on this for sometime
Bransetter- 2 tackles on KO's and made his only FG
Rojas- set up a safety, pinned then a bunch and took Maclin out of the punt return game
The unnamed KU player whose Mother died on Thanksgiving, whoever he is, he doesn't say anything he goes out and battles and then tells the team after the game, if one guy should get a game ball its this guy.
After the Texas game I cried because I was so distraught that we had guys like TR and KM, Rivera and Mort who we're banged up and getting after it all the time and no one else was bringing it, loss after loss, but this victory shows how gutty and tough we are as a team as a program, and then whoever this guy is shows them all up by putting his grief to the side for 48 hours and helps the team focus and win the biggest game of the year, whoever you are, you are the true meaning of what it is to be a Jayhawk.
Rock Chalk
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