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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 16, 2011, 10:39:50 AM »

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Re: Stuff is about to get serious - OU Board of Regents Agenda

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I am confident of one thing:  If the Gov and those with K-State interests have any ability to f*#k this up, they will, and they will take both schools down in the long run.

Forcing both of us to the Big East will only cause this issue to arise again within a year or two when the Big East inevitably dissolves.  By that time the major players will have been settled and KU will be perceived as forever tied to little brother.  THAT will screw KU and K-State will be left in the lurch as they should have been from the beginning.

So, in an attempt to put K-State in a place they don't belong, they will drag KU down to their level and kill both of us.  Kansas politics at its best.

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 16, 2011, 09:09:58 AM »

When it comes to the industries that dominate the GDP of Kansas there's no contest between who is more engaged between the 2 schools.   When it comes to emerging areas of economic growth that various entities in Kansas are trying to push, K-State is just as well positioned, if not more so than ku is . . . in several areas, again, it's no contest.

This is why they wailed and screamed and demanded that the Kansas Bio-Science authority help fund a Cancer research center when K-State got NBAF, and this is why they worked hard for awhile to stop K-State-Olathe, and then when the hand writing was on the wall demanded that they be made a part of that process.

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 16, 2011, 08:17:00 AM »

The Notre Dame Radio Network is comprised of over 125 stations in over 30 states, covering the majority of the Top 35 plus media markets from Coast-to-Coast and Hawaii.

The ku radio network is comprised of 32 stations covering 1 major media market and the state of Kansas.   

But hey, ku is worth the same in the media marketplace as Notre Dame.

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 16, 2011, 07:42:30 AM »

Hey Notre Dame "only" had $35 million dollars more in major sport gross revenues than ku did in FY 2009-2010. 

When will articles like, "What will ku do?"  "Will ku take Texas and OU with them" "ku has big decisions on its athletic future" start appearing by the truckload since the news is out and they're worth just as much as Notre Dame in the sports media market place??

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 16, 2011, 07:19:21 AM »

Good luck with that whole transition from a state university to a municipal university thing.   I kind of hope that does happen, because that would take all of ku's begging in Topeka to an entirely new level of humor.

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 16, 2011, 06:41:43 AM »

I love these with all of my heart:

You still need to face the harsh reality of any hope that your school has getting into a BCS conference is by riding the coattails of KU.

There is a reason why KU's name is at least thrown around as a candidate for multiple conferences and KSU's name is only mentioned when paired with KU.  Did you not see that obvious fact?  KSU is not even a little brother like OSU is to OU.  They are a ******** cousin.

Personally, I want to ditch KSU because of fans like you and see your reaction when you realize that you are a liability to KU instead of a asset.

You are pretty much Missouri State.  It's about time you are shown that.

 

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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Renewable Energy

« on: September 16, 2011, 12:57:36 AM »

Yeah let's try to build a decent alternative energy system without the the profit motive . . . 

Of course, if we want our economy to prosper again, we won't be able to fully replace the traditional energy production system for decades.

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 16, 2011, 12:38:59 AM »

Lighten up Fatty, if anyone knows that in terms of rankings that K-State is right there with those schools, it's me . . .

The issue is, it's ku and mu folks who run around talking about "academic fit" when their schools have done nothing but tumble down the academic ranking charts over the last 5 years . . . and yes I understand just how subjective academic rankings are as well.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

« on: September 15, 2011, 10:46:23 PM »

Oh yeah, they'll pretty much cancel the other 19 college hoops games that will be on TV at the same time for those matchups.

Someday, low self esteem ku fans will understand that hardcore college sports country is primarily hardcore college football country, not college basketball country.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

« on: September 15, 2011, 10:42:20 PM »

unfortunately, regular-season basketball has been diluted for a variety of reasons and isn't drawing big-time audiences on television. Larry Scott

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Essentially Flyertalk / Fantastic . . .

« on: September 15, 2011, 10:28:46 PM »

I know the whole story about ku naming themselves after the lowest common denominator of the human experience, which is quite appropriate, but this is hilarious.

“I don’t expect them to do anything,” Rick Reed of Osceola, who brought the resolution to the aldermen, said of KU. “They are so arrogant and uppity.”

Can you imagine some of the laws that must be still on the books there??

http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2011/sep/15/osceola-urges-kansas-to-drop-jayhawk-name/

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 15, 2011, 10:23:28 PM »

Nothing gets the hens all a flutter like BITB saying the gub and KBOR must force the schools to stay together.

All we need now is a good basketball on football slap fight in Wescoe Hall and Nick Wright might as well go on sabbatical.

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Essentially Flyertalk / Re: Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

« on: September 15, 2011, 10:21:38 PM »

Do you think those people used solar powered generators?   

What do you guys think of those, thinking of getting one in case of a Hurricane, gas powered ones are a pain because they sit around collecting dust most of the time.

Oh, what's this ou stuff?

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 15, 2011, 10:09:28 PM »

Congrats to BITB for being the wolf that runs through the hen house to get things stirred up. . . perfect for ratings.

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 15, 2011, 10:06:57 PM »

Well, it appears the little validation engine that could has fully recharged his batteries. 

Until we see someone that isn't an "unnamed media insider" on some obscure blog confirms it, no one on the planet thinks ku is on par with Notre Dame in terms of media value.

From another "unnamed media insider":

A few years ago before they had ku, 610 tried to get K-State, because K-State's TSL (time spent listening) numbers blew away ku's.   According to this "unnamed media insider" ku's basketball only bandwagon fanbase provides more hits . . . but particularly during football , ku's TSL numbers suck ass.   Apparently media buyers put a lot of emphasis on TSL numbers, and in the KC market K-State's TSL numbers are very strong.  

Some other little tidbits gleaned from some simple Internet surfing.  Apparently KC is on a trendline to drop from the 31st to the 32nd TV market in the United States, surpassed by . . . Columbus, OH.   So congrats ku, for supposedly "dominating" a TV market on the decline.  

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 15, 2011, 06:09:28 PM »

 

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 15, 2011, 06:03:41 PM »

It's taken you all of about 5 posts in the last 2 days to go into full blown validation and affirmation mode.

    You're actually using obscure blogs and who quote unnamed "experts" now.   

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 15, 2011, 05:59:52 PM »

You know, about a month ago or so, a "unknown radio/tv insider" was on another kstate message board, trying to have a discussion with kcsportsfan (Beems clone).  This "unknown radio/tv insider" was making a very fine, well thought out, facts base case for why K-State was a much stronger, more viable brand name in the KC market than people like kcsportsfan and most low self esteem ku fans gave K-State credit for . . . I'll see if I can't hunt that guy down, and then start a blog, maybe under the name "Dax the . . ." and use quotes from him/her . . . my own "unnamed media insider".  

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 15, 2011, 05:48:11 PM »

You know you're hitting the bottom of the barrel when you're using a guy who writes a blog in Chicago as your back up.

Nice work.

Oh wait, Frank used "Patrick" a "veteran TV insider".

You know, if you've been in business for very long, you can find a number of "veteran insiders" to say just about anything you want them to say, or what you want to hear, about any industry you can think of.   I bet we could go out and find a whole bunch of un-named "veteran insiders" to say K-State would be a kick ass addition to any conference.

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 15, 2011, 05:41:22 PM »

Baylor    $223,543,720    $223,543,720    $0

Yet Baylor has built 10's of millions of dollars in new facilities in the last decade or so using private money, but all of that money is not counted as revenue for the athletic department.

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 15, 2011, 05:32:13 PM »

If other schools reported capital giving on their books the same way ku does, than ku wouldn't have been 11th in the country in total revnues a few years ago.

Owning a majority of the kc markets assumes that a huge section of sports fan just turn off the tv when K-State is on, and we all know that's Bull$hit.

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 15, 2011, 05:21:30 PM »

ku barely clings to AAU status and BGL has all but come out and said that ku could face the same fate as UN-L.  

Using the USNWR rankings as our guide, ku would keep Florida State company at the bottom of the ACC, and be able to snuggle up with academic titans Oregon State, Arizona and Arizona State in the Pac-12.   Since some ku fans keep talking about the Big 10, ku would keep company with UN-L at the bottom there.

Outside of Notre Dame and Texas ku is right there with a whole slew of other schools in terms of bringing revenue to a conference, welcome to the club of many.

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 15, 2011, 04:59:07 PM »

Nobody said that Beems, per usual, you're reading way to much into it, like most low self esteem ku fans do . . . anything outside of glowing reviews is considered a slight of ku.

Come on man.

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Kansas State Football / Re: phog.net realignment gems

« on: September 15, 2011, 02:56:34 PM »

K-State is the only reason why ku even made an attempt to try and be good at football.  Without K-State there is no Mark Mangino, there is no Orange Bowl in 2008.  There's just Glen Mason trying like hell to get out of there, there is no Al Bohl, a guy with an emphasis on football being hired.  There's Dr. Bob hanging on and appeasing basketball all day and night, they slap a new field in Memorial Track, Field and Football stadium every 10 years and call it a major facilities upgrade, while they give Bill Self a new gold platted toilet.

ku fans either didn't pay any attention, or just don't want to remember, but there were actually fans at Texas schools asking why ku was even in the Big 12 back in the early 00's. 

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Kansas State Football / Re: Smoke your cigars and enjoy the band while you can....

« on: September 15, 2011, 12:06:10 PM »

Here's the deal, according to the ACC sports journal guy, there's NO WAY Texas would ever get a single vote to get an invite to the ACC if they cling to the LHN.   It's highly unlikely (understatement of the decade) the Big 10 would budge an inch on that either, considering the Big 10 Network is so lucrative, so that pretty much only leaves the Pac-12 or Independence as Texas' options outside the Big 12 . . . and I doubt the current Pac-12 TV partners would ever allow the LHN in, given the money they're paying out now, the only offset could be the number of TV sets in Texas.