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TITLETOWN - A Decade Long Celebration Of The Greatest Achievement In College Athletics History => Kansas State Basketball is hard => Topic started by: pissclams on January 01, 2012, 03:45:01 PM
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I honestly can't think of another D1 program (men's or women's) that plays in a worse gym. I mean I understand that they are going for the "historic" angle and patching every hole in the place trying to keep it afloat but enough is enough...When you consider teams like UCLA are spending millions of dollars renovating Pauley, KU can't even afford to get a new paint job on their floor. -Let alone consider finally putting that old building out of its misery, starting over, and building something newer like the Octogon of Doom.
I wonder if the KS Board of Regents will have to force the hand of the administrators in Lawrentucky?
Hilarious that the KU fans I know are oblivious to it all.
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Great point piss, as I have often wondered the same thing.
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Tourism $$$?
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Tourism $$$?
Tourism is only good for places that tourists want to see. No tourists = no tourism.
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i heard they want to replace it with a brand spanking new douglas county civic center, but the school and local government just don't have the funds at this point. the plans for it are amazing, though. think sprint center on roids.
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Tourism $$$?
Tourism is only good for places that tourists want to see. No tourists = no tourism.
Aren't the rules for basketball there? That must be a pretty big draw no?
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i've been to a few games there. it's pretty nasty and smells. the ku people like it and pack the crap out of it though so idk. i kind of have to wonder how much better they would be with a newer/nicer place like bramlage but i'm glad they don't have the money for it honestly.
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i've been to a few games there. it's pretty nasty and smells. the ku people like it and pack the crap out of it though so idk. i kind of have to wonder how much better they would be with a newer/nicer place like bramlage but i'm glad they don't have the money for it honestly.
man oh man i love this talking point. i didn't even want to go there but you went there. you go girl.
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i've been to a few games there. it's pretty nasty and smells. the ku people like it and pack the crap out of it though so idk. i kind of have to wonder how much better they would be with a newer/nicer place like bramlage but i'm glad they don't have the money for it honestly.
They ACT like they like it. I know a few who will confide they think the place leaves a lot to be desired.
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Without question it has an old school, "sit and quietly watch the game" atmosphere.
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i've been to a few games there. it's pretty nasty and smells. the ku people like it and pack the crap out of it though so idk. i kind of have to wonder how much better they would be with a newer/nicer place like bramlage but i'm glad they don't have the money for it honestly.
so is it the building that smells or the people packed into it? /philosoraptor.jpg
I imagine they don't want to give that place up for sheer embarrassment . They had to lie and steal from the American people and put countless soldier's lives at risk to get the steel to build it.
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i've been to a few games there. it's pretty nasty and smells. the ku people like it and pack the crap out of it though so idk. i kind of have to wonder how much better they would be with a newer/nicer place like bramlage but i'm glad they don't have the money for it honestly.
so is it the building that smells or the people packed into it? /philosoraptor.jpg
I imagine they don't want to give that place up for sheer embarrassment . They had to lie and steal from the American people and put countless soldier's lives at risk to get the steel to build it.
it's the building, it absolutely just reeks. i doubt the people smell any different than your average kansan.
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Count me as one who is very, very thankful that they don't have the money for a new gym. DO NOT want them to have that advantage.
Word is that part of the problem is that they don't have the land available to build on. Three sides of the campus are boxed in by low income housing, and the liberals in Douglas County will fight Immenent Domain actions on those properties, so the University has no options.
That Bob Dole building would have been perfect, but Dole would not budge. What a dick.
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Count me as one who is very, very thankful that they don't have the money for a new gym. DO NOT want them to have that advantage.
Word is that part of the problem is that they don't have the land available to build on. Three sides of the campus are boxed in by low income housing, and the liberals in Douglas County will fight Immenent Domain actions on those properties, so the University has no options.
That Bob Dole building would have been perfect, but Dole would not budge. What a dick.
dole is emaw dumbass. you think he would've let the squawks build a nice place to play basketball in? lmao. he'd rather have someone break his other hand before he'd do that.
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Count me as one who is very, very thankful that they don't have the money for a new gym. DO NOT want them to have that advantage.
Word is that part of the problem is that they don't have the land available to build on. Three sides of the campus are boxed in by low income housing, and the liberals in Douglas County will fight Immenent Domain actions on those properties, so the University has no options.
That Bob Dole building would have been perfect, but Dole would not budge. What a dick.
Yeah, a new building on that site would almost guarantee they would catch up with Duke, UNC, Kentucky etc.
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i've been to a few games there. it's pretty nasty and smells. the ku people like it and pack the crap out of it though so idk. i kind of have to wonder how much better they would be with a newer/nicer place like bramlage but i'm glad they don't have the money for it honestly.
so is it the building that smells or the people packed into it? /philosoraptor.jpg
I imagine they don't want to give that place up for sheer embarrassment . They had to lie and steal from the American people and put countless soldier's lives at risk to get the steel to build it.
it's the building, it absolutely just reeks. i doubt the people smell any different than your average kansan.
Yes, it is important to stick to the facts here, taking a dig at their fans hygiene here would not be appropriate and could distract from the matter at hand. I grew up in Wichita and we had an old movie theatre on Douglas called The Crest, well some people liked it, but when new theatres started being built around town that were cool, and not old and stinky, everybody perferred the new ones. I think there is a lesson to be learned here for KU. Can you imagine how energy inefficient that old shack is? Hell its like little brother is single handedly trying to transfer american wealth over to the arabs. :shakesfist:
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It's probably a blessing in disquise for KU. Have you been in their engineering or business school buildings? They make the Docking State office building in Topeka seem nice.
They can spend half the amount of upgrading Allen and improve all their professional school facilities.
God forbid they actually "educate" someone over there. :rolleyes: Good grief.
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I have a friend who is in construction. He was hiring an electrician who was supposed to do some "quick fixes" in AFH and word is that the place is a death trap. He figured some City Code guy was getting fat to look the other way. Him and his electrician buddies apparently have an "up in flames" pool about AFH. None will work on it anymore as they don't want their fingerprints on that deathtrap.
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If they were to (hypothetically) somehow scrape up the dough for a new venue, would they change to name of the building to honor someone people have actually heard of? Who the eff is Phog Allen anyway? Seems like Roy Williams Fieldhouse would do wonders for their recruiting, as people actually know that name outside of Lawrence. Playing up their ties to UNC could be huge for them.
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If they were to (hypothetically) somehow scrape up the dough for a new venue, would they change to name of the building to honor someone people have actually heard of? Who the eff is Phog Allen anyway? Seems like Roy Williams Fieldhouse would do wonders for their recruiting, as people actually know that name outside of Lawrence. Playing up their ties to UNC could be huge for them.
Roy is their winningest coach, right. They named their money raising fund after him already, but naming their new (hypothetical, LOL like they could afford one!) "field house" after him would be better.
Every time a Dave Armstrong type would mention the location of their home games people would be like "oh yeah, I remember Roy was there before he went big time," instead of "who is Ray Allen?"
But, again, this is all crazy to even talk about, because they have some very serious financial problems.
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maybe they should remove the press row next to the basket for recliners like they did with the local high school football stadium.
By the way, you have to admire the city of Lawrence using one facility for their high schools and KU football. Shows they are willing to save money by having one facility that rivals Hummer sports park.
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maybe they should remove the press row next to the basket for recliners like they did with the local high school football stadium.
By the way, you have to admire the city of Lawrence using one facility for their high schools and KU football. Shows they are willing to save money by having one facility that rivals Hummer sports park.
You are getting Haskell and KU confused. Lawrence uses the Haskell facilities for games. The stadiums are really similar in many ways, but KU's is way bigger than Haskell.
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If they had the money to replace Phag Allen Field Hose, they wouldn't spend it. The stands are filled with people 50+, who reminisce about the good old days when the Four Seasons cranked out hits on the jukebox, etc., the days when they watched games at Allen. The fan demographics are getting older, too. So, in a few years the smell of stale Old Spice and Ben Gay may offset the piss smell.
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If they were to (hypothetically) somehow scrape up the dough for a new venue, would they change to name of the building to honor someone people have actually heard of? Who the eff is Phog Allen anyway? Seems like Roy Williams Fieldhouse would do wonders for their recruiting, as people actually know that name outside of Lawrence. Playing up their ties to UNC could be huge for them.
Roy is their winningest coach, right. They named their money raising fund after him already, but naming their new (hypothetical, LOL like they could afford one!) "field house" after him would be better.
Every time a Dave Armstrong type would mention the location of their home games people would be like "oh yeah, I remember Roy was there before he went big time," instead of "who is Ray Allen?"
But, again, this is all crazy to even talk about, because they have some very serious financial problems.
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Greatest venue in college athletics, any outsider who see's the place immediately wants to sell all of their worldly belongings and move to Lawrence.
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It's pretty gross and it gave me cancer (cured now).
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The barnum museum of sports venues.
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"There's a KU fan born every day."
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Pretty obvs that they hope it falls down and kills a bunch of their donors who all have their poor school in their wills.
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It'll prolly take two-three more years of recruiting going in the dumpster before the sqwawks start kicking Allen under the bus. Of course, Phog is only part of the problem that includes such things as Self's reputation as manipulative slaver, the third-world quality of Lawrentucky and the Thug U national perception.
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It's like Lincoln's log cabin, sure it has history (albeit way less than Lincoln), but you'd be a rough ridin' idiot to want to live in it.
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Sqwawks think it's the Fenway or Wrigley of college basketball. The difference being it's not a fresh-air venue, and you may have you noticed nobody is building retro indoor arenas.
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It's pretty gross and it gave me cancer (cured now).
cartierfor3 was probably loving it when you had cancer and stuff.
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It's pretty gross and it gave me cancer (cured now).
cartierfor3 was probably loving it when you had cancer and stuff.
Yeah, but he couldn't fully enjoy it with 59-55 having just happened over his squawks.
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Their concessions would make Upton Sinclair gag
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Their concessions would make Upton Sinclair gag
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It's pretty gross and it gave me cancer (cured now).
cartierfor3 was probably loving it when you had cancer and stuff.
Yeah, but he couldn't fully enjoy it with 59-55 having just happened over his squawks.
at least i never slept with lumberg
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I assume someone is trolling, but Dole played basketball and football at KU. He also lost at Presidenting.
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I assume someone is trolling, but Dole played basketball and football at KU. He also lost at Presidenting.
You obviously don't know anything about Bob Dole.
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I assume someone is trolling, but Dole played basketball and football at KU. He also lost at Presidenting.
You obviously don't know anything about Bob Dole.
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Didn't your mother ever tell you to . . .
Keep the Field Out of the House!!!
JFC, were these people raised in a barn? (rhetorical question)
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I have an attorney friend, big KU fan. He did a HUGE remodel of his attic (again!) this past fall during the Jayhawks' football season. Anyway, I was over checking out this latest remodel and he tells me, "Listen, don't tell anybody, but now that we've got our new football coach in place and are headed to the top of the standings, I'm really hoping we can turn our attention to replacing that old dump Allen. I'm planning to make a sizable contribution myself." I asked him how much he was planning to give, and he assured me it would be among the larger single gifts that KU has seen from an alumnus. I pressed him for an amount, and he told me "more than $1,000 but less than $1,050." I have to admit, I was impressed. That's quite a bit of dough for a second-rate traffic attorney to drop, but he does love his hox, and he is one of the most successful KU-grad attorneys in KC (and probably the US).
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Had a KU law grad write up the pre-nup for my first wife. I'll never trust one of those hacks again. :goodbyecruelworld:
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I have an attorney friend, big KU fan. He did a HUGE remodel of his attic (again!) this past fall during the Jayhawks' football season. Anyway, I was over checking out this latest remodel and he tells me, "Listen, don't tell anybody, but now that we've got our new football coach in place and are headed to the top of the standings, I'm really hoping we can turn our attention to replacing that old dump Allen. I'm planning to make a sizable contribution myself." I asked him how much he was planning to give, and he assured me it would be among the larger single gifts that KU has seen from an alumnus. I pressed him for an amount, and he told me "more than $1,000 but less than $1,050." I have to admit, I was impressed. That's quite a bit of dough for a second-rate traffic attorney to drop, but he does love his hox, and he is one of the most successful KU-grad attorneys in KC (and probably the US).
$1000.50?
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:runaway: with a little bit of :popcorn:
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=172&f=2481&t=8516762 (http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=172&f=2481&t=8516762)
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AFH, like their FB Stadium, fits in good with the rest of Larrytown.. ugly, dated and run down. If you live in a dump, I guess you can expect to play BB in one too
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:runaway: with a little bit of :popcorn:
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=172&f=2481&t=8516762 (http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=172&f=2481&t=8516762)
clams!
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allen field house has bedbugs fwiw. uncle is an administrator there and told me they can't get rid of them. burn your clothes before entering your house/car if you attend a game.
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Ha, what a bunch of delusional blueberries. That place is a crap hole. Wish me luck there tomorrow night guys. I'm going with wackycat08.
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How much did having a modern arena contribute to us passing KU as a basketball program? It's easy to point to Frank Martin as the sole reason we passed them by but I think more modern facilities had something to do with it as well. Not that Frank couldn't have done it anyway but I think it made it easier.
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How much did having a modern arena contribute to us passing KU as a basketball program? It's easy to point to Frank Martin as the sole reason we passed them by but I think more modern facilities had something to do with it as well. Not that Frank couldn't have done it anyway but I think it made it easier.
I am not sure it is the modern building as much as it is how incredibly rundown/old/stink infested theirs is. It is a fine distinction but an important one.
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The real question is what is a phog allen field house? is phog slang for fog? who is allen? They should include a last name at least. Last I checked Basketball is played in Gymnasiums not fields. So shouldn't it be Gymnasium house?
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When 610 Sports Radio is your primary sponsor, your building is crap. I feel sorry for them every time I see them on TV, realizing that they had to paint their Jayhawk logo so damn big because there were gaps on their court where corporate sponsorships were supposed to go. TSC :embarrassed:
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When 610 Sports Radio is your primary sponsor, your building is crap. I feel sorry for them every time I see them on TV, realizing that they had to paint their Jayhawk logo so damn big because there were gaps on their court where corporate sponsorships were supposed to go. TSC :embarrassed:
That quaint little mom and pop candy maker isn't a sponsor anymore?
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I'm leaning heavily to attending tomorrow's game there, and am already bracing myself for the ensuing self-pat-on-the-backs by KU fans. "What an atmosphere!" "Best crowd in america!" I mean, come on, the one game a year that place gets even remotely raucous and it's because big bro is coming to town. Can't fault them too much though, it's all they have. TSC.
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i sure hope everyone who attends the game tomorrow has all of their shots up-to-date. t&p's, friends.
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big bro is coming to town. Can't fault them too much though, it's all they have. TSC.
Fescoe on twitter today saying that in a discussion w/ self, he basically said that now that MU is gone, we will be their rivals.
Superbowl confirmed.
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we do not agree to be your rivals KU, try Iowa State :rolleyes:
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ISU would be a great match for them. I hear they have potential to shoot well. Also, the coaching quality is almost identical. The Mayor and Self are amazingly similar.
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we do not agree to be your rivals KU, try Iowa State :rolleyes:
Big XII Rivals as of Fall 2012:
Texas - KSU
Ok St - OU
Texas Tech - Baylor
ISU - Kansas
West Virginia - TCU
There is no discussion about this.
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we do not agree to be your rivals KU, try Iowa State :rolleyes:
Big XII Rivals as of Fall 2012:
Texas - KSU
Ok St - OU
Texas Tech - Baylor
ISU - Kansas
West Virginia - TCU
There is no discussion about this.
Personally, I would love if we could get WVU. I am tired of providing a bunch of anticipation for their fan group without them returning the favor. I mean, when was the last time you had any doubt that we would win the game. It's a two way street, tx.
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we do not agree to be your rivals KU, try Iowa State :rolleyes:
Big XII Rivals as of Fall 2012:
Texas - KSU
Ok St - OU
Texas Tech - Baylor
ISU - Kansas
West Virginia - TCU
There is no discussion about this.
Personally, I would love if we could get WVU. I am tired of providing a bunch of anticipation for their fan group without them returning the favor. I mean, when was the last time you had any doubt that we would win the game. It's a two way street, tx.
WVU can be #2 rival, and TCU #3 football only.
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Phoggies find us "envious."
http://mbd.scout.com/mb.aspx?s=172&f=2481&t=8516762
So delusional they have no idea what that antiquated crap hole is doing to what was once a solid D-1 BB program.
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Nice link LUKEzified
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Best part of the piss palacein Lawrentucky is the Briggs ads.
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Texas - KSU
Doesn't a team have to win every once in awhile to be considered a rival?
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:lol:
They think it's a troll thread!
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:lol:
They think it's a troll thread!
Posted: Today 12:56 PM
RE: KSuck's Envious Humor Post Rating (7 votes)
They started a bogus thread and then waited to see if it would hit Phog, which it did, which they will laugh about.
Their bitterness over KU's place in college basketball is infuriating to them. I would probably feel the same way if I were in their shoes and they were hoops darlings who dominate.
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i'm infuriated! :curse:
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SHOES!
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18(19 or 20?)-1 is killing them.
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i'm not trolling. the place smells like cat piss 24/7 guys and it's on the shitty part of campus next to some major housing slum areas just to the north. i hope to god they never build a new up to date sophisticated arena.
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i'm not trolling. the place smells like cat piss 24/7 guys and it's on the shitty part of campus next to some major housing slum areas just to the north. i hope to god they never build a new up to date sophisticated arena.
wow, another poor little squawk.
you guys have a flukey season in football, luck into a good orange bowl game, and now you come here and have to seek validation this way.
If I were you I'd draw a warm bath and open a couple veins.
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Texas - KSU
Doesn't a team have to win every once in awhile to be considered a rival?
Personally, I would love if we could get WVU. I am tired of providing a bunch of anticipation for their fan group without them returning the favor. I mean, when was the last time you had any doubt that we would win the game. It's a two way street, tx.
Catbowski, you said the same thing as Casey, only later, and much less interestingly. Like you Luked it, only boring-er.
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AIN'T NO SEATS!!!
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Crap. I really enjoyed this thread guys. It sucks that KU kicked our asses tonight. We'll get them in the Octagon though, we're unbeatable in Manhattan!
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Crap. I really enjoyed this thread guys. It sucks that KU kicked our asses tonight. We'll get them in the Octagon though, we're unbeatable in Manhattan!
did you see all the ugly people in the crowd? ugh. :sdeek:
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Confirmed. Worst venue in d1 sports.
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Makes me miss the Hearnes Center :cry:
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Crap. I really enjoyed this thread guys. It sucks that KU kicked our asses tonight. We'll get them in the Octagon though, we're unbeatable in Manhattan!
did you see all the ugly people in the crowd? ugh. :sdeek:
The gigantically obese dude in the front row of the student section stretching the crap out of that T-rob jersey. 0 indeed
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Nicdub and I had to dive away from some old NIT banner that fell off from a broken rafter. Thoughts and prayers go to the big guy tonight guys.
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Rumblings that the stench of AFH and its crowd was making our Cats struggle to breathe. Jesus, they might need to bring gas masks next time.
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Rupp Arena laughs at AFH. Rupp has two decks, does KU's football stadium even have that? Does KU have a football or basketball stadium built in the last 50 years? Could fit KU's football and basketball attendance in UK's crappy football teams stadium?
Go Wildcats!
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Went to my first game at AFH last night. Sat next to the prototypical KU couple, overweight, dude wearing mesh shorts and a ku t sirt, complained loudly about every call, called tyshawn terrible things.
Was really everything I had expected including the patented get down by 20 points, make it close, lose by 20.
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Do they really yell out "Home of the CHIEFS" during the national anthem?
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no, there are worse
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Do their BB fans yell "cheater" when the ref blows the whistle? Grumblings that the avg KU FB fan does this when they take it upon themselves to make it to a game.
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Yes they all yelled home of the chiefs. Also forgot to mention that the crowd cheered everytime they showed duke losing to temple, those hayseeds went air when they showed the final with duke losing. Wtf?
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Yes they all yelled home of the chiefs. Also forgot to mention that the crowd cheered everytime they showed duke losing to temple, those hayseeds went air when they showed the final with duke losing. Wtf?
My god, their inferiority/messiah complex is pathological. I know some KU fans with an "ANYONE BUT DUKE" bumper sticker on their car. Aren't those stickers meant for UNC fans? smh.