G. Who dafahq noze!
I know what I wantā¦
@bskeet No personal experience. But my roommate was an mechie from KU that has worked on the mars rover. - the only wildly fun experience I was brought in on (not the super fast elevator or flying in the wind tunnel while slightly inebriated lol) was the little (go kart size) formula style race car they build amd race at nationals. That was a blast. 120mph 3ā above the pavement. 80mph donuts. Yeehaw!
@approxinfinity said in Transfer Rumblings:
Hopefully he can conquer his demons with kugel exorcises
Donāt drink and park! Accidents cause people.
@FarmerJayhawk said in Transfer Rumblings:
@kuballin10 KU has these things called academic standards that everyone has to follow. If he gets to play at school the quality of KSU then more power to him
Wait. An education is not only offered, but required too?!?
Just when KU gets good they cut their legs out from under them. Thatās a lot of football games!
Will they leave a scholarship open to satisfy the penalty a year early?
@AsadZ I agree, but 1st round contracts are fully guaranteed. Thatās the allure and we live in an instant gratification society.
Anyone know where Kadary Richmond is headed? OU? Should be an instant impact type player.
Furphyās legacy at KU in the second halves - NCAA tournamnet - 2/5 shooting against Samford and 0-7 against Gonzaga. Big 12 tournament - 0-5 against Cincinnati Reg season - 1-4 Houston, KSU 1-1, Baylor 0-3, BYU 1-7, Texas 2-2! (But 4 turnovers), OU 2-4
Forgive me if these stats arenāt 100% I just scanned the game logs on ESPN. I think KU will be better off without freshman Furphy, especially second half Furphy. I do believe he couldāve been a great player in another couple years. But as a freshmen he couldnāt carry himself in the second half, much less the team.
@kuballin10 If you have a chance re-watch some KU tournament games with an open mind and in the rare occasion zone is used itās mostly the 2/3 and once I believe the box-1 thrown was out there. Donāt remember any this year though.
@kuballin10 said in Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster:
@drgnslayr You know who wouldnāt be too arrogant to play zone if it means a titleā¦ā¦?
Bill Self? Didnāt he do that in portions of both his title runs?!?
@jayballer67 https://mythresults.com/episode61
I think it may have more to do with the twisting of the tree/board opening voids that the straw gets stuck in.
Out of town storm chasers piss me off. They park in the middle of the gd road, blocking traffic during limited visibility. Dumbasses. Get off on the destruction and leave without a care for the people affected.
@Crimsonorblue22 Young Perry Ellis just needed a cape and he couldāve been a matador too. (Not Dedrick bad, but sheesh.)
I made light earlier as there is nothing you can do to about the path of a storm, but Westmoreland was hit very hard last night. Tough deal.
Is the assumption that the Florida guy will clear academically? Or not?
@kuballin10 It was a direct quote that Iām paraphrasing from very early in his Kansas tenure. Not going to do the research, Iād guess it was a KC Star or LJW article.
@kuballin10 Yeah Iām excited about Wiley too. Boom or bust I suppose, but a 4th rounder is not much of a gamble.
@kuballin10 whoās your horse? Worthy vs the field? Iād take the field too if I lived misery, but thatās just an odds play.
Iām betting on Worthy to ball out as he has the skill set to do well in this offense. Mecole Hardman had 800 yard recording in college and was a converted DB. Worthy had 2500 and was a true #1 receiver. Not a good comp.
Whiffing on DK was due to Hill drama and needing a speedy replacement - panic move and a bad one. No need to panic this go around.
@nuleafjhawk I always enjoyed watching people freak out in Lawrence over 40mph wind, in all honesty itās funny as hell as thatās a nearly weekly occurrence here during the spring.
Seen many a tornado. The odds of one actually hitting your house is so infinitely small itās not really a concern -plus I have a basement and good insurance. If there is a tornado in all likelihood all I will experience is hail, wind, and rain.
Usually in a nasty storm itās better to go outside and see whatās coming than hunker down all scared in the basement. But I live in an area with zero hills and very few trees that werenāt planted. If you can see them they really arenāt that scary, just be prepared.
During the most recent local tornado I was out in a few wheat fields working. I lost the pictures or Iād post there here, was an impressive cone.
@kuballin10 The funny thing is Bill Self himself has said he recruits guys who can shoot/score and worries about the defense once they get on campus. Not sure what your argument is, unfortunately you can only work with the guys who show up. Recruiting isnāt like shopping, itās a two way street, Bill doesnāt just point and get what he wants.
I mean whatās a spring without 80-100 mph wind? Happens a couple times a year in western Kansas. Removes the weak structures and dead branches from trees. Ugg - know someone whoās houses (x2) got completley leveled by tornados on back to back nights. First one was in Greenburg, the second was their farm house south of town. Always thought that put it in perspective.
The coolest thing I can remember associated with a tornado was over our farm there was volleyball size hail. It went thru roofs of vehicles and trailer houses. Dadās pickup had a hail stone hit the windshield so hard it pushed a phone book into the dash. The fields around there looked like the surface of the moon with up to 10ā craters from the hail - when running a tractor across it with sweeps the compaction from the hail was enough to make the implement sway back and forth.
That said I would love some rain even if it comes with tornados and hail. This drought is getting bleak. And I need a new roof.
JT Toppin is intriguing, but the 4 sounds locked down.
@BShark ā¦wait there is luck involved in a single elimination tournament with 68 participants? Nah. Matchups donāt matter, college players are dead consistent. I donāt know why they even bother playing the game the outcome is pre-determined, KenPom nails it every year due to the consistency across the sport.
@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@Texas-Hawk-10 Nah itās moreso for all the people acting like heās the goat. He will yet again have the best roster this year and we wonāt capitalize in March with a third title. Other coaches maximize top rosters but he seems to struggle with getting them to gel and be ready come tourney time.
Why do you hate watch KU? You do realize that Bill Self the coach you constantly denigrate is the only constant on the team year to year? Maybe pick a different team if you know they will just fail, it seems to make you miserable and you seem to like to share that misery. Perhaps UConn and Danny Hurley is the apple of your eye. Iām sure they need more fans!
@AsadZ Iām excited to see Worthy in that offense. Kingsley was projected to the Chiefs in the first round in several mock drafts. Wiley learning from Kelce is very intriguing. Hicks was a second round talent and a potential replacement for Reid in a year. Low round picks are always a flier, but the cb has excellent traits and Veach has a good eye for that position. The center can play the entire iol. The G prospect is just a guard, but ol depth is weak so heās likely to make the team as well. It should be 6 of the 7 make the roster.
I could talk myself into an A or a C. In Veach I trust, itās an A!
@FarmerJayhawk but but but Bill needs to get 4-5 to warrant the oxygen he consumes.
@approxinfinity Do you believe the 2013 roster wouldāve gone further in the tournament with Furphy than with Wiggins? I donāt think they make the tournament with Furphy instead of Wiggins.
I donāt get the Furphy love. He had potential, but did nothing for KU. He did not suck, he did carry himself well, but he did nothing for KU in the big picture. No individual accolades. No Big 12 title. No Big 12 tournament title. No NCAA success. So whatās the big deal? Heās completely forgettable. His time in Lawrence led to nothing - no increase in viewership, no increase in wins, no recruiting bump, no hype, no substance, no revenue bump, nothing. Heās just one of those players that left a year or two too early to make an impact.
@Zabudda said in Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster:
Another post about my grand nephew he was just selected by the Jets in the 5th round. 6ā1" 220 rb. Isaiah Davis. Hope he makes it good.
Cool. Best of luck!
@approxinfinity I believe they won the conference and finished 10th with an incredibly weak roster led by freshmen. Furphy did nothing (nothing wrong, nothing memorable in a good way either) - Hunter and McCullar carried the team. Without Furphy KU won at a better clip than when he was inserted into the starting lineup over Elmarko. Thatās likely because McCullar went down, but where was the Aussie? Napping during the second halves.
Without Wiggins KU wouldnāt have won 20 games. That roster was weak. Without Embiid they lost early in the tournament. With a healthy Furphy a national championship winning point guard and the best big money could buy KU flamed out early this go. Furphyās biggest contribution to KU hoops was his down under white trash hair cut. āļø
@approxinfinity except both Embiid and Wiggins carried that team. Furphy did nothing but disappear in big moments while completely healthy. He may become a great player, but he wasnāt one for KU in any capacity.
@rockchalkjayhawk If DBs jam him and missā¦ TD. But it could also look a lot like Tyreek vs Sneed in the SB if he doesnāt add some muscle.
@jayballer67 They must think pretty highly of Puni to trade up to get him!
@BShark said in You know it's a big day:
@bskeet said in You know it's a big day:
Aw, shucks.
He would have been great as a sophomore. What a pickup though in, what was it, July? Just amazing. Hope he does well in the league.
An incredible success story. I remember one basketball guy saying it was a reach for KU and Furphy was maybe a midmajor talent.
Iād contend KU wouldāve been better off without Furphy or any other one and done that doesnāt contribute to post season success. He never carried the team nor did he contribute to much on court success. Furphy is going to be the answer to an obscure trivia question down the road of KU lore. He had an unfortunately forgettable tenure. There is nothing he did wrong, he just didnāt stay long enough to make any impact.
@rockchalkjayhawk said in 2024 NFL Offseason - FAs, Trades, Draft:
@kjayhawks said in 2024 NFL Offseason - FAs, Trades, Draft:
@dylans I think he has better hands than Hill at this moment. I think this helps open up the middle for Rice and Kelce. Baring a huge suspension for Rice.
I havenāt really watched him play much, but from what Iāve been reading drops are an issue.
His sophomore year he had 7 drops, but he also had a broken hand. The other two years it didnāt seem to be an issue. Iād hate to watch another player drop balls like the WRs did last year!
@jayballer67 50 was awesome! His conduct was less so. Glad he didnāt get tossed so he was able to extend the series.
My wife keeps wondering who my sources are, I keep scooping the media. lol thanks @BShark @FarmerJayhawk et al who keep us in the know!
Worthy is not Tyreek. Tyreek was a converted RB. Tyreekās neck is thicker than Worthyās thigh. Iām hopeful he can be more of a DeShawn Jackson type. Worthy was super fast at the underwear Olympics 4.21 forty (set the record). But he also showed his speed in games. Not just a speed merchant he stacks the DBs well to gain leverage and tracks the ball very well. Time will tell, but usually when Veach trades up it goes well (this trade up was to get ahead of the 49ers who had reportedly targeted Worthy).
Worthy. Hmm. Heās fast and can track the ball. Might work.
@approxinfinity said in Transfer Rumblings:
@kuballin10 Iām ready to hear you make excuses about why Bill won his third ring.
You askedā¦
@rockchalkjayhawk Iāve all but given up hope for the Chiefs drafting a first round WR. Itās been on my wishlist for awhile. But hereās hoping!
https://247sports.com/season/2024-basketball/transferportaltop/
Snag Small and add a third new pg to the roster. Not looking to upgrade ball handling/scoring at all.
@BeddieKU23 Auburn, Kansas - his two colleges his HS senior year. He could have 4 more schools on his resume before heās done with college!
@approxinfinity Since 2020 Iād agree the sport has regressed in a big way.
@AsadZ nothing east of the Mississippi. It was nice pulling RussRob right away with Bill!
@BeddieKU23 So itās like eBay and KU is winning with 5 minutes left - itās nice, but doesnāt mean much. Wild free agency period.
Andy Reid has signed a contract extension thru 2029. Thinking about his time in KC and Philly it kinda mirrors what Roy Williams did at KU/UNC. Williams/Reid both had high levels of regular season success at KU/Philly, but each has won 3 championships at their next stop.
What was the game changer for each? And why did their successors each win championships where they could not?
For Reid itās Mahomes. Iāll just stop there. How Pederson won is more of a challenge to explain, but that team was good.
For Roy I believe he found an easier time recruiting in UNC. As for his successor - Bill can recruit anywhere.
@BShark Honestly at this point it doesnāt matter who they are. Until they set foot on campus in the spring the possibility of bolting is very real. Non binding contracts and neither partyās word is worth much - Bill will recruit over them in a heartbeat and they will take more money elsewhere if offered.