I think it is really lame that

[waks]

we stole the newspaper thing from ku. Why would we want to copy (of all traditions to copy) ku's?  We should do something different like play with a beach ball or something. I just can't stand being like ku. What's next, are we going to start doing rock chalk wildcat?

[michigancat]

Piss, we've been doing that at least since Asbury.

[mjrod]

We were doing it in Ahearn when I was going to KSU.   I don't think it was stolen from ku.

[ksu_FAN]

The newspapers were out in force every game in 1993-94, my first year at K-State and Altman's last.  This isn't something we stole from anyone.

[AzCat]

It goes way back into the Ahearn days, the squawks stole it from us years ago.

[waks]

Oh, well tell these guys that....

http://forums.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=172#S=172&F=2481&T=53999

[sys]

i also hate how we stole clapping.  we should be more original.

[pissclams]

Piss, we've been doing that at least since Asbury.

huh?  i know we've been doing it for a long time.

[waks]

Piss, we've been doing that at least since Asbury.

huh? 

Don't worry man, we just post a lot a like 

[mjrod]

Oh, well tell these guys that....

http://forums.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=172#S=172&F=2481&T=53999

waks, I'm sure some girl would think you're cute and all, but you can't go around in life wondering what the squawks think.  It makes you.. well.. pwned.

[michigancat]

i also hate how we stole clapping.  we should be more original.

We invented booing.

That's why we do it so much - it has nothing to do with a low basketball IQ.

[waks]

Oh, well tell these guys that....

http://forums.scout.com/mb.aspx?S=172#S=172&F=2481&T=53999

waks, I'm sure some girl would think you're cute and all, but you can't go around in life wondering what the squawks think.  It makes you.. well.. pwned.

I'm just trying to get my bball IQ up.. I'm told they have the highest ones so hey, I thought I was doing something right.

[cyclist]

The newspaper reading was done at least as early as the 1982-83 season. 

Back then, the Big 8 quarterfinals were held at the campus sites and I was there in 1983 when we got to play kwho in Ted Owen's last season as hayjawk coach.  The newspapers were there at that game !