What does Mark Mangino always schedule a bye week before KSU??

[BMWJhawk]

Would you prefer that ku have a bye week before we play Florida International? 

[sonofdaxjones]

I have no preference Captain Argyle.

[ksuno1stunner]

Are you out of your mind. He needs an extra week to counter Ron "Scary Smart" Prince's genius gameplan. I'm telling you, Ron Prince is quite possibly the best coach since Bear Bryant.

I usually disagree with you but I gotta agree with this statement.

[WildWillie21]

I have no preference Captain Argyle.

I see BMW got his band up and running...

http://www.purevolume.com/argyletrio

[FBWillie]

So do you think that having a bye week prior to KSU two years in a row was somehow  the random output of a computer two years in a row?? 

Can any of engineering/math geeks calculate the odds on that??

Yes.  I am; because that was clearly stated by the big 12 on how the schedules were selected.  A computer output several possibilities for schedules and the coaches decided which ones would be used.  As far as I know, no 1 coach chose schedules for all of the Big 12; and the only control that any program has over scheduling is over Non-Con games.  So the Athletic Dept's of each school had the decision to leave the bye week where the pre-determined Conference schedules placed them, or filled that week with an OOC game and had the Bye week within the first 4 weeks. 

I'm not gonna raise a stink about any coach not using his bye week the week before a Non-Con. game because it would be stupid waste a bye week in such a manor. 

[FBWillie]

Why are you forcing logical arguments into the hands of ku supporters?

[stormnut]

So do you think that having a bye week prior to KSU two years in a row was somehow  the random output of a computer two years in a row?? 

Can any of engineering/math geeks calculate the odds on that??

Yes.  I am; because that was clearly stated by the big 12 on how the schedules were selected.  A computer output several possibilities for schedules and the coaches decided which ones would be used.  As far as I know, no 1 coach chose schedules for all of the Big 12; and the only control that any program has over scheduling is over Non-Con games.  So the Athletic Dept's of each school had the decision to leave the bye week where the pre-determined Conference schedules placed them, or filled that week with an OOC game and had the Bye week within the first 4 weeks. 

I'm not gonna raise a stink about any coach not using his bye week the week before a Non-Con. game because it would be stupid waste a bye week in such a manor. 

My memory might be faulty but I believe the reason that ku got this bye week before our game is because they moved the Missouri game to Thanksgiving Weekend.

[sonofdaxjones]

I believe that's right . . . they did agree to change the MU game last year, which essentially made room for the bye week.

Dam Willie, why is it so freaking hard for you to understand that you can manipulate a schedule to ensure bye weeks??

[BMWJhawk]

Have you ever heard of the term "competitive advantage?"

[stormnut]

Have you ever heard of the term "competitive advantage?"

Having a coach that weights 1/4 of a ton is not a competitive advantage. It is called being FAT.

[BMWJhawk]

Have you ever heard of the term "competitive advantage?"

Having a coach that weights 1/4 of a ton is not a competitive advantage. It is called being FAT.

His obesity didn't stop him from coaching circles around Ron Prince last year.

[stormnut]

Have you ever heard of the term "competitive advantage?"

Having a coach that weights 1/4 of a ton is not a competitive advantage. It is called being FAT.

His obesity didn't stop him from coaching circles around Ron Prince last year.

Dude that is not brains down there.

How many times has Mangino ran circles around Mack Brown?

[sonofdaxjones]

BMW is like the same fish that you keep catching, toss it back, catch it again, toss it back . . .

[Charlie Don't Surf]

So; this is going no where.  Maybe I'm confused about the point of this thread.  Humor, I know.   Fishing?  It's not the off season anymore - surely you can find betting things to occupy your time.

Do you believe that Mark Mangino held sole responsibility for having a Bye week before KSU last year as well as this year?

If so, do you think he should have scheduled a OOC game during that bye week so that his bye week would have been within the first 4 weeks of the season? 

Surely you can see why I think this line of thinking doesn't make sense.

You are more correct, Willie.  It's the Big XII administration and the opportunity to capitalize on TV Revenue payouts rather than any one head coach or his school's influence.  That was the entire reason for the Big XII moving the 2005 ISU-ku game to the weekend after Thanksgiving.

Ditto for their 2006 MU game.  irrc, that was even a MU home game.