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Title: The Year 2007
Post by: Pett on October 24, 2016, 10:11:16 AM
Just happens to be the last time the Cyclones beat us in football. ITT we reminisce about differences from nearly a decade ago.

Oh look, we are approaching another Presidential election. The POTUS during the last Cyclone win against K-State football was...

(https://goemaw.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fmedia.salon.com%2F2014%2F11%2Fgeorge_w_bush2.jpg&hash=0d8a728c6096bce0f268d144e76e9938cc4b4499)

:lol:
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: HerrSonntag on October 24, 2016, 10:19:43 AM
This brick was the most popular phone in 2007, look at that piece of crap!
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5f/Noikia_2600_Classic_1.jpg)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_2600_classic (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nokia_2600_classic)
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: KCFDcat on October 24, 2016, 10:24:41 AM
LSU won the natty that year, and now they're not very good!
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: steve dave on October 24, 2016, 10:24:52 AM
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Ron_Prince.jpg/220px-Ron_Prince.jpg)
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: pissclams on October 24, 2016, 10:34:53 AM
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2d/Ron_Prince.jpg/220px-Ron_Prince.jpg)

on one hand, it's hard for me to believe that we handed him the keys to our program.  on the other hand, no it's not.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: catastrophe on October 24, 2016, 10:36:12 AM
Bob Barker was still hosting the Price is Right.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Super PurpleCat on October 24, 2016, 11:07:55 AM
Jan 3 2008: 74th Orange Bowl: #8 Kansas beats #5 Virginia Tech, 24-21


Good grief how could I forget this didn't happen yet!?
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2016, 11:22:00 AM
Got my first smartphone, the latest and greatest from HTC:

(https://www.cellularcountry.com/images/htc_titan-verizon.jpg)
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: IPA4Me on October 24, 2016, 11:24:12 AM
I bought the truck I currently drive. What a great ride it's been! The truck is nice too.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: star seed 7 on October 24, 2016, 11:24:34 AM
I think I had a razor phone
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: michigancat on October 24, 2016, 11:24:53 AM
I had not yet moved to Michigan. :surprised:
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: yoga-like_abana on October 24, 2016, 11:39:38 AM
crank that by soulja boy was the #1 song at the time.. superman that bitch!
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: yoga-like_abana on October 24, 2016, 11:40:51 AM
Huggins was our basketball coach  :sdeek:
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2016, 11:50:02 AM
Huggins was our basketball coach  :sdeek:

Technically, the loss to ISU occurred in the fall of Beasley/Walker during Frank's first season. In fact, the loss was the same day as the exhibition opener vs FHSU.

That ISU loss was the beginning of the end of Prince.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Kat Kid on October 24, 2016, 11:51:11 AM
In 2007 I was closer to being in high school than having 3 kids and a house.


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Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: yoga-like_abana on October 24, 2016, 12:00:55 PM
Huggins was our basketball coach  :sdeek:

Technically, the loss to ISU occurred in the fall of Beasley/Walker during Frank's first season. In fact, the loss was the same day as the exhibition opener vs FHSU.

That ISU loss was the beginning of the end of Prince.
good lord! Its been so long!
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Trim on October 24, 2016, 12:01:53 PM
Gems?

http://goEMAW.com/archives/index.php?board=2.12240
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on October 24, 2016, 12:04:01 PM
Ku was winning road games like it was nbd
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Trim on October 24, 2016, 12:10:54 PM
There was a channel called VERSUS and the game was on it.

http://goEMAW.com/archives/index.php?topic=18252.0
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Gooch on October 24, 2016, 12:12:36 PM
Mark Cuban owns (owned?) that channel and it is now called Axis
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Trim on October 24, 2016, 12:12:47 PM
We had Lamark, and PW's video had audio.

http://goEMAW.com/archives/index.php?topic=18266.0
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Trim on October 24, 2016, 12:14:58 PM
Stunner was killing it, so that's stayed the same.

http://goEMAW.com/archives/index.php?topic=18265.0
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Trim on October 24, 2016, 12:15:51 PM
Brad was going by "ksu98?"

http://goEMAW.com/archives/index.php?topic=18294.0
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: cfbandyman on October 24, 2016, 12:25:05 PM
Was my freshman year at ksu cats state  :sdeek:

We lost to ku in football  :frown:

We had Mbeasy and Walker  :Woot:

I had some sort of flip phone after the best phone OAT Razr and it was not as good  :bang:

The worst thing I had to worry about coming from Trump was "you're fired"  :eek:

Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Pett on October 24, 2016, 12:25:48 PM
The loss was to a 1-7 ISU team :Yuck:

http://www.espn.com/ncf/recap/_/id/273070066
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2016, 12:28:54 PM
What a time to be alive: http://goEMAW.com/archives/index.php?topic=18064.0

michigancat called it! (no surprise)
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: KST8FAN on October 24, 2016, 12:50:35 PM
ISU still sported the tornado cardinal on their helmets in 2007.

Tom

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Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: star seed 7 on October 24, 2016, 01:02:15 PM
That's a great pull, Tom
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Winters on October 24, 2016, 01:05:49 PM
I had not gone through puberty  :surprised:
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: TheHamburglar on October 24, 2016, 01:28:10 PM
In 2007 I was closer to being in high school than having 3 kids and a house.


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If I'm doing my math right, for you, 2007 to now is equidistant to 8th grade to 2007.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: catastrophe on October 24, 2016, 01:32:21 PM
The Big 12 actually consisted of 12 members.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Kat Kid on October 24, 2016, 02:48:07 PM
In 2007 I was closer to being in high school than having 3 kids and a house.


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If I'm doing my math right, for you, 2007 to now is equidistant to 8th grade to 2007.

close, I am an '03 HS grad
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: MadCat on October 24, 2016, 02:56:44 PM
My oldest child was born...also Greensburg tornado happened later on that day.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Pett on October 24, 2016, 03:10:17 PM
also Greensburg tornado happened later on that day.
:surprised:
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Shooter Jones on October 24, 2016, 03:14:17 PM
The first passenger airbus flight was in 07. Like, we weren't even flying buses the last time they beat us.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2016, 03:23:30 PM
The same day.

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So fun.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: star seed 7 on October 24, 2016, 03:27:47 PM
Honestly, I don't remember anything about 2007, too long ago
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: star seed 7 on October 24, 2016, 03:31:12 PM
Oh, I just read that in 2007 Vince McMahon died tragically in a limousine explosion. And then a month later Chris Benoit killed his wife and kids
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Cartierfor3 on October 24, 2016, 03:33:41 PM
2007 KC Royals:

Odalis Perez and Jorge De La Rosa each made 26 starts. The closer was Soria tho!
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Cartierfor3 on October 24, 2016, 03:35:19 PM
I mean, Soria and Alex Gordon weren't good yet. We've watched them improve, become all stars, then become terrible all in that span. Wow.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Cartierfor3 on October 24, 2016, 03:36:56 PM
I think the preffered method of watching a movie in 2007 was driving to blockbuster and renting a compact disc

edit: I mean a digital video disc
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Cartierfor3 on October 24, 2016, 03:39:28 PM
In 2007 bottled water had not yet been released except in test markets
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Cartierfor3 on October 24, 2016, 03:40:22 PM
Everyone you know had an @aol.com email address in 2007
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: kso_FAN on October 24, 2016, 03:44:24 PM
There was no such thing as an iPad. The iPhone was tiny and brand new.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Shooter Jones on October 24, 2016, 03:46:43 PM
What a time to be alive: http://goEMAW.com/archives/index.php?topic=18064.0

michigancat called it! (no surprise)

"ISU is not that bad of a football team.  Bad?  yes, but not Baylor bad."

Baylor bad was a thing, I had completely forgot.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Emo EMAW on October 24, 2016, 03:51:57 PM
2007 was the year I got together with Mrs Emo. 
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: mocat on October 24, 2016, 04:11:11 PM
The first passenger airbus flight was in 07.

 :confused:
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Tobias on October 24, 2016, 04:12:27 PM
AA also added their first metal that year
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Shooter Jones on October 24, 2016, 04:16:44 PM
The first passenger airbus flight was in 07.

 :confused:

IT WAS THE FIRST ONE BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND AUSTRALIA.*

*need a fact checker here.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: michigancat on October 24, 2016, 04:17:55 PM
you mean the A380, Shooter Jones
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: pvegs on October 24, 2016, 04:18:02 PM
What a time to be alive: http://goEMAW.com/archives/index.php?topic=18064.0

michigancat called it! (no surprise)

 :lol: the year we gave up 73 to bill callahan and joe ganz. i had almost forgotten that ever happened.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Shooter Jones on October 24, 2016, 04:19:14 PM
you mean the A380, Shooter Jones

Man, that's it, thanks. What a year to be alive.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on October 24, 2016, 04:21:31 PM
When I read the OP my immediate thoughts were "boulderdash!" and "malarkey!" So I went to check the Wikipedia and now I want to know which one of you jokesters put (Rivalry) next to the Iowa state game  :dubious:
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Super PurpleCat on October 24, 2016, 07:59:50 PM
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Could still be a thing this year?
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Dr Rick Daris on October 24, 2016, 09:50:20 PM
I lived in lawrence
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: wetwillie on October 24, 2016, 10:03:32 PM
Less than 2 million people had iPhones.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: BIG APPLE CAT on October 24, 2016, 10:56:08 PM
Pluto was still a
Wait, nevermind
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: SdK on October 24, 2016, 11:01:49 PM
I mean, Soria and Alex Gordon weren't good yet. We've watched them improve, become all stars, then become terrible all in that span. Wow.
GTFOOH
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: SdK on October 24, 2016, 11:04:34 PM
I was living in Great Falls, MT and was on again off again with one of KK's friends. That was so long ago. Ayeeee.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: That_Guy on October 25, 2016, 01:43:59 AM
"Our Song," by TSwift was #1 on the country music billboard's top 100


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Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Dugout DickStone on October 25, 2016, 10:46:16 AM
I was putting up like rough ridin' 315 on the bench
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: DQ12 on October 25, 2016, 05:27:29 PM
i was in 5th grade  :eek:
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Cartierfor3 on October 25, 2016, 05:29:51 PM
I mean, Soria and Alex Gordon weren't good yet. We've watched them improve, become all stars, then become terrible all in that span. Wow.
GTFOOH

?????????? :dunno:
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: mhkpasa on October 26, 2016, 08:37:21 AM
First semester freshman at 'Cats University :emawkid:
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Bookcat on October 26, 2016, 02:05:42 PM
The loss was to a 1-7 ISU team :Yuck:

http://www.espn.com/ncf/recap/_/id/273070066

I like how it says KSU was "stunned".

No we weren't. It was a typical listless road loss for Josh Freeman in an "I don't wanna be here" effort.

Man, makes me appreciate this season with only a 4-3 record.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: Bookcat on October 26, 2016, 02:06:53 PM
Down 11 with 4:15 left, Kansas State (5-4, 3-3) went for it on fourth-and-1 at the Iowa State 1. Quarterback Josh Freeman tried to leap over the pile, but was stood up by the Cyclones.


LOL. 1 yard.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: meow meow on October 26, 2016, 02:31:04 PM
what do you call OkCat, but with a little more B.O.?

Bookcat
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: _33 on October 26, 2016, 02:46:09 PM
what do you call OkCat, but with a little more B.O.?

Bookcat

Ha, I like that.
Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: That_Guy on October 26, 2016, 06:19:42 PM
Down 11 with 4:15 left, Kansas State (5-4, 3-3) went for it on fourth-and-1 at the Iowa State 1. Quarterback Josh Freeman tried to leap over the pile, but was stood up by the Cyclones.


LOL. 1 yard.

Rather sad considering he is 6'6" 250


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Title: Re: The Year 2007
Post by: wetwillie on October 26, 2016, 06:40:13 PM
Down 11 with 4:15 left, Kansas State (5-4, 3-3) went for it on fourth-and-1 at the Iowa State 1. Quarterback Josh Freeman tried to leap over the pile, but was stood up by the Cyclones.


LOL. 1 yard.

Too many heaters