Just when KU gets good they cut their legs out from under them. That’s a lot of football games!
Posts made by dylans
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RE: Big-12 going to 20 game league schedule
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
Will they leave a scholarship open to satisfy the penalty a year early?
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RE: You know it's a big day
@AsadZ I agree, but 1st round contracts are fully guaranteed. That’s the allure and we live in an instant gratification society.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
Anyone know where Kadary Richmond is headed? OU? Should be an instant impact type player.
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RE: You know it's a big day
Furphy’s 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 aren’t 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 could’ve been a great player in another couple years. But as a freshmen he couldn’t carry himself in the second half, much less the team.
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RE: Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster
@kuballin10 If you have a chance re-watch some KU tournament games with an open mind and in the rare occasion zone is used it’s mostly the 2/3 and once I believe the box-1 thrown was out there. Don’t remember any this year though.
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RE: Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster
@kuballin10 said in Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster:
@drgnslayr You know who wouldn’t be too arrogant to play zone if it means a title……?
Bill Self? Didn’t he do that in portions of both his title runs?!?
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RE: Tornados
@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.
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RE: Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster
@Crimsonorblue22 Young Perry Ellis just needed a cape and he could’ve been a matador too. (Not Dedrick bad, but sheesh.)
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RE: Tornados
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.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
Is the assumption that the Florida guy will clear academically? Or not?
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@kuballin10 It was a direct quote that I’m paraphrasing from very early in his Kansas tenure. Not going to do the research, I’d guess it was a KC Star or LJW article.
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RE: 2024 NFL Offseason - FAs, Trades, Draft
@kuballin10 Yeah I’m excited about Wiley too. Boom or bust I suppose, but a 4th rounder is not much of a gamble.
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RE: 2024 NFL Offseason - FAs, Trades, Draft
@kuballin10 who’s your horse? Worthy vs the field? I’d take the field too if I lived misery, but that’s just an odds play.
I’m 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.
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RE: Tornados
@nuleafjhawk I always enjoyed watching people freak out in Lawrence over 40mph wind, in all honesty it’s funny as hell as that’s a nearly weekly occurrence here during the spring.
Seen many a tornado. The odds of one actually hitting your house is so infinitely small it’s 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 it’s better to go outside and see what’s coming than hunker down all scared in the basement. But I live in an area with zero hills and very few trees that weren’t planted. If you can see them they really aren’t 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 I’d post there here, was an impressive cone.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@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 isn’t like shopping, it’s a two way street, Bill doesn’t just point and get what he wants.
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RE: Tornados
I mean what’s 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 who’s 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. Dad’s 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 10” 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.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
JT Toppin is intriguing, but the 4 sounds locked down.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@BShark …wait there is luck involved in a single elimination tournament with 68 participants? Nah. Matchups don’t matter, college players are dead consistent. I don’t 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.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@kuballin10 said in Transfer Rumblings:
@Texas-Hawk-10 Nah it’s moreso for all the people acting like he’s the goat. He will yet again have the best roster this year and we won’t 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. I’m sure they need more fans!
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RE: 2024 NFL Offseason - FAs, Trades, Draft
@AsadZ I’m 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 he’s 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, it’s an A!
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@FarmerJayhawk but but but Bill needs to get 4-5 to warrant the oxygen he consumes.
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RE: You know it's a big day
@approxinfinity Do you believe the 2013 roster would’ve gone further in the tournament with Furphy than with Wiggins? I don’t think they make the tournament with Furphy instead of Wiggins.
I don’t 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 what’s the big deal? He’s 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. He’s just one of those players that left a year or two too early to make an impact.
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RE: Keeping track of the ever changing 24-25 roster
@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. 6’1" 220 rb. Isaiah Davis. Hope he makes it good.
Cool. Best of luck!
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RE: You know it's a big day
@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. That’s likely because McCullar went down, but where was the Aussie? Napping during the second halves.
Without Wiggins KU wouldn’t 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. Furphy’s biggest contribution to KU hoops was his down under white trash hair cut. ️
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RE: You know it's a big day
@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 wasn’t one for KU in any capacity.
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RE: 2024 NFL Offseason - FAs, Trades, Draft
@rockchalkjayhawk If DBs jam him and miss… TD. But it could also look a lot like Tyreek vs Sneed in the SB if he doesn’t add some muscle.
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RE: Great Job Dominick Puni
@jayballer67 They must think pretty highly of Puni to trade up to get him!
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RE: You know it's a big day
@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.
I’d contend KU would’ve been better off without Furphy or any other one and done that doesn’t 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 didn’t stay long enough to make any impact.
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RE: 2024 NFL Offseason - FAs, Trades, Draft
@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 haven’t really watched him play much, but from what I’ve 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 didn’t seem to be an issue. I’d hate to watch another player drop balls like the WRs did last year!
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RE: NBA Jayhawks
@jayballer67 50 was awesome! His conduct was less so. Glad he didn’t get tossed so he was able to extend the series.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
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!
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RE: 2024 NFL Offseason - FAs, Trades, Draft
Worthy is not Tyreek. Tyreek was a converted RB. Tyreek’s neck is thicker than Worthy’s thigh. I’m 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).
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RE: 2024 NFL Offseason - FAs, Trades, Draft
Worthy. Hmm. He’s fast and can track the ball. Might work.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@approxinfinity said in Transfer Rumblings:
@kuballin10 I’m ready to hear you make excuses about why Bill won his third ring.
You asked…
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RE: 2024 NFL Offseason - FAs, Trades, Draft
@rockchalkjayhawk I’ve all but given up hope for the Chiefs drafting a first round WR. It’s been on my wishlist for awhile. But here’s hoping!
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RE: 2024 Portal Madness Thread
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.
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RE: 2024 Recruiting
@BeddieKU23 Auburn, Kansas - his two colleges his HS senior year. He could have 4 more schools on his resume before he’s done with college!
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@approxinfinity Since 2020 I’d agree the sport has regressed in a big way.
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RE: Reid
@AsadZ nothing east of the Mississippi. It was nice pulling RussRob right away with Bill!
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RE: 2025 Recruiting
@BeddieKU23 So it’s like eBay and KU is winning with 5 minutes left - it’s nice, but doesn’t mean much. Wild free agency period.
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Reid
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 it’s Mahomes. I’ll 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.
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
@BShark Honestly at this point it doesn’t 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 party’s word is worth much - Bill will recruit over them in a heartbeat and they will take more money elsewhere if offered.
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RE: Ya - - -lets do this, 1st day of spring ball
@jayballer67 I thought he was getting interest from Alabama. Why would he transfer in conference to a team that won 4 games last year in the pac12? Half of Colorado’s players are transferring out because of the culture after last years mass exodus too. He may leave, but it seems more like an attention seeking move. Diva?
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RE: Ya - - -lets do this, 1st day of spring ball
@jayballer67 lol Colorado is a hot mess.
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RE: KU / Duke coming up
@FarmerJayhawk lol. Yeah The Brotherhood has 7 in the portal like KU did last season. Can lead to some big time team construction issues…
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RE: Transfer Rumblings
Wiggins and Embiid big? Guess that wasn’t the same weekend. I’m still ticked about DeShawn Stevenson’s ACT score…should’ve been a big weekend.