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Kansas State Football / Re: KSTATEO!
« on: June 19, 2025, 09:58:05 AM »
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Kansas State Football / Re: BSFS Expansion Thread
« on: March 05, 2025, 08:44:46 AM »I still can't believe teams ever played on the OG carpet on concrete Astroturf. Did any olds on this board ever play football on Astroturf fields? I can't imagine it felt good anytime you got tackled.Marched on it 2 years as a member of The Pride. Initially, thought it was cool, but the heat and pounding your legs took. Can see why so many knees got blown out just playing touch games on it before pregame. You thought Will Howard struggled with the turf monster...
Does anyone remember the incredible crown we had on the original field? That thing could drain though.
Turf Toe Tom
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I had the (mis)fortune of playing a no-pads football game on that turf in the summer of 1996 and it was absolutely awful. I would have rather played on a dirt field because the concrete under that half an inch layer of knee scraping "turf" was unforgiving. And, yes, the crown was insane. I'm not sure it's correct, but I have it stuck in my brain that if you measured the height difference from the top of the crown to the sideline that it was about a foot.
That turf and others like it from the 60s/70s/80s are no doubt responsible for all sorts of injuries that would have otherwise been much milder on natural grass (or even turf 2.0).
Made it down to the sidelines at OU in the early 80's (OU/USC) as a high school senior and they were more extreme than that. I remember looking across to the other sideline and not seeing people's knees. Could have made a great Dorf On Football video.
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Kansas State Football / Re: ITT We Laugh At Other Pud Teams' Pud Stadiums/Arenas
« on: December 13, 2024, 05:05:15 PM »
That's pretty much the only way I saw it also - stand up a bunch of divider partitions and have an elementary school art exhibition.
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Kansas State Football / Re: ITT We Laugh At Other Pud Teams' Pud Stadiums/Arenas
« on: December 13, 2024, 12:33:43 PM »
I'm more intrigued they all toss out this '200 events per year' metric for the convention center....
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Kansas State Football / Re: Will Avery be back next year?
« on: December 01, 2024, 04:22:19 PM »he threw for 200+ yds and three touchdowns tonight.A lot of dumbasses outing themselves regarding Avery. Kid is a stud that hasn't been flawless because he is a rough ridin' sophomore.Who is driving a purple corvette in front of our fat faces like he is flawless.
While also causing a game changing fumble (that wasn't a fumble) and running backwards for 20 yards to get a safety grade school style.
I don't see Avery as big of a problem as some of you because of who is currently calling his plays.
In no way, shape, or form, can the first play of the game be game changing, unless that first play sees your starting quarterback getting knocked out. We could have and should have overcome that forward pitch called a fumble.
don’t you agree that that asian ref sucks ass? i think he is terrible. probably the worst ref in the big twelve
I was very upset at Kevin Mar, and his crew. sorry @stunted That fumble call, with the benefit of review was horrendous. Him refusing to call roughing the passer on Avery's last play was an egregious no call.
They were just going give that play that was a yard and half short a first down as well, forcing a challenge. It wasn't close.
And I think the guy with the line to gain indicator stick was set up short on Avery's first scramble to the sidelines. Yeah, it's not an official marker, and AJ wasn't making the official line to gain, but it was exactly where he scrambled to.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Farmageddon Thread
« on: November 30, 2024, 10:00:58 PM »It's redemption time on the Avery roller coaster
or maybe not
That will come in the bowl game. He'll be a different player
Heh...A couple weeks of bowl practice is going to be a complete waste with this offensive staff.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Farmageddon Thread
« on: November 30, 2024, 09:21:28 PM »I think this "player led program" experiment can only take you so far. Didn't Klieman once say something like the coaches didn't even need to be at practices because the players knew how to run all the exercises? This was last year with an older team and I know they didn't actually skip practices, but I don't think the guys are getting the attention to detail with this kind of approach.
I am wondering if the offense sees any work as an entire unit until game day.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Sun devils after sunset 2024
« on: November 17, 2024, 10:39:34 AM »Klieman's postgame was pretty revealing - seems like he's at a loss for what's happened the last two games. He does the right thing in accepting blame (I need to be better, etc), but really seems like he doesn't know where to go from here.
I think we are nearing the end of the Klieman era
I would not be surprised, at this point.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Sun devils after sunset 2024
« on: November 17, 2024, 10:34:55 AM »Yes. Word is he’s been going through some stuff for awhile. Fairly serious. Not like Bill Self’s heart territory, but not fun. Not sure what the deal is.
Would make some sense though, because the culture/energy on this team seems mumped lately.
We need a new OC next year and new offensive scheme. Anyone in this thread saying otherwise is nuts. Watching Avery out there looking like he’s trying to solve a calculus equation before he decides what to do on every play is painful. His instincts seem coached out of him, injury or not. And btw, if he’s that injured, how ‘bout let him heal up. I’d recommend people be more pissed. This is ridiculous.
Haven’t posted on this board forever, glad it’s still around! Cheers
Yes, these revelations provide a lot of context, and would seem to indicate that Riley/Wells and Klanderman are being allowed towork on their own direction rather than under a comprehensive framework of fully involved head coach. Failing upwards, so to speak. Just all speculation, though.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Sun devils after sunset 2024
« on: November 16, 2024, 07:56:37 PM »
Why would the defense play to get the ball back for this offense?
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Kansas State Football / Re: Sun devils after sunset 2024
« on: November 16, 2024, 07:51:58 PM »Our players don't seem to understand where the first down line is. Our wr catches the ball two yards behind the line to gain and signal first down, and our defense lets the runner get two yards across the line and signal forth down....The defense has been a significantly bigger disappointment to me. Offense has been hindered by some flukey plays (including the stupid ineligible man 4 yards downfield), plus obviously some subpar playcalling.
Apart from pride.... Would you put it out there to get the ball back for these play calls? This execution?
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Kansas State Football / Re: Sun devils after sunset 2024
« on: November 16, 2024, 07:20:05 PM »
We're already fortunate it's not 35-0
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Who should the dems blame?
« on: November 14, 2024, 10:21:08 AM »worth remembering Biden made a public option part of his 2020 campaign and did absolutely nothing to push it forward once electedI mean people hate private health insurance companies. Would be very good for everyone if health insurance wasn't tied to your employer.QuoteIn the 2020 elections, then-candidate Joe Biden and many of his congressional colleagues loudly advocated for a federal “public option” health insurance plan. It was framed, at the time, as part of his incoming administration’s response to the pandemic.
“Low-income Americans will be automatically enrolled in the public option at zero cost to them, though they may choose to opt out at any time,” Democrats promised in their party platform.
But since Biden entered office, it’s been crickets. The president hasn’t uttered the phrase “public option” since December 2020, according to factba.se, which tracks his public remarks.
Why the disappearing act? In a word: politics.
https://kffhealthnews.org/news/article/health-202-biden-public-option-health-insurance/
Imagine how many jobs would open up for younger people. I know several people at my company that are still around just because of the insurance. I know my retirement date would move up drastically. It would rule.
This is me and I just turned 60. My absolute last day is when I reach 65 - unless investments just absolutely tank. Really just working for insurance for insurance coverage in large part. A few mid-horizon projects I would like to see through. We already 'retired' the wife earlier this year - she had 25 years in KPERS. Just that annuity stipend and SS when we claim it pretty much will cover our base expenses. We're cheap dates.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: The Trump Presidency
« on: November 08, 2024, 08:58:52 AM »If the tariffs become a real policy thing it will be interesting to see how big business gets more enmeshed with government as they try to use tariffs to punish competitors, etc.
Welcome to Mercantilist England, ca. 1700's....
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Would You Rather
« on: November 06, 2024, 10:23:49 AM »I think Kansas is creeping towards more purple. If anything cause of Joco and the abortion vote show there are some undertones that are more pragmatic than just up down Republican. I think maga just goes against the pragmatist inclining of most people, let alone Kansans.
FTR I think any flip is probably a decade plus away
The Governorship has had about as many Dem terms as Rep going back to the 50's - so yeah, the pragmatism is there. Granted, Dem in Kansas has been more traditional populist, and the legislature and national offices have been solidly true to their archetypes.
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Kansas State Football / Re: what if avery johnston is a complete badass??
« on: November 05, 2024, 10:20:15 AM »I think Brock Huard said during the Hou game KSU only had 23 or 26 attempts longer than 20 yards all season.
That’s somewhere between 2.8-3.2 a game, which is pathetic. I was probably a bit zealous saying AJ’s play was soft, and tbh I think a lot of the frustration is due to how our OC is using him, including the extremely limited deep throw. He has a pretty deep ball.
He doesn’t have to be the archetypal KSU QB, and probably shouldn’t be with his slight frame. He’s really stoic and it would be nice to see some fire from time to time, but I guess that’s just not who he is.
Back to the OC, our offense just seems so unimaginative and boring. It’s the equivalent of a total bend but don’t break defense. Little, if any aggression and putting the defense on its heels.
This is what I've been seeing as well - who's the "Passion" guy and the "Enforcer" on the field for the offense. It all just looks like another task to check off a To-Do list and move on to the next item.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Sunflower 2024
« on: October 26, 2024, 11:11:10 PM »
Nobady beats KU like KU beats KU
Thought we were going to trade FGs and lose it by 1 there.
Thought we were going to trade FGs and lose it by 1 there.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Texas Football is hurting
« on: October 22, 2024, 03:58:31 PM »
A refreshing fun revisit of the whole Pole Assassin Planet of the Apes thing as well.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Why is DJamer Giddens Not Talked About More?
« on: October 15, 2024, 11:40:48 AM »
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Kansas State Football / Re: The KU Rayhawks are NOT going through a rough patch. They make Raytown, Missouri proud!
« on: September 19, 2024, 05:41:54 PM »
Gonna brow beat the locals to forgo the development's sales tax benefit in order to STAR bond construction of the commercial entities in Phase 2.
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Kansas State Football / Re: Status/Twitter/Whatever steve dave Wants To Talk About Thread
« on: September 19, 2024, 03:57:34 PM »
Chances it happens before KU's?
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Kansas State Football / Re: ITT We Laugh At Other Pud Teams' Pud Stadiums/Arenas
« on: August 28, 2024, 02:35:41 PM »The "wheat" lights (more like "cheat") obviously look stupid but the rest seems like it will be nice. No reason to feign otherwise.Until the actually do the east half of the stadium, it's going to look ridiculous.
The most fantastic lightning rods I've ever seen.
"THREE DAYS LATER.–We are all about worn out. For four-and-twenty hours our bristling premises were the talk and wonder of the town. The theaters languished, for their happiest scenic inventions were tame and commonplace compared with my lightning-rods. Our street was blocked night and day with spectators, and among them were many who came from the country to see. It was a blessed relief on the second day when a thunderstorm came up and the lightning began to “go for” my house, as the historian Josephus quaintly phrases it. It cleared the galleries, so to speak. In five minutes there was not a spectator within half a mile of my place; but all the high houses about that distance away were full, windows, roof, and all. And well they might be, for all the falling stars and Fourth-of-July fireworks of a generation, put together and rained down simultaneously out of heaven in one brilliant shower upon one helpless roof, would not have any advantage of the pyrotechnic display that was making my house so magnificently conspicuous in the general gloom of the storm.
By actual count, the lightning struck at my establishment seven hundred and sixty-four times in forty minutes, but tripped on one of those faithful rods every time, and slid down the spiral-twist and shot into the earth before it probably had time to be surprised at the way the thing was done. And through all that bombardment only one patch of slates was ripped up, and that was because, for a single instant, the rods in the vicinity were transporting all the lightning they could possibly accommodate. Well, nothing was ever seen like it since the world began....
....TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.–Parties having need of three thousand two hundred and eleven feet of best quality zinc-plated spiral-twist lightning-rod stuff, and sixteen hundred and thirty-one silver-tipped points, all in tolerable repair (and, although much worn by use, still equal to any ordinary emergency), can hear of bargains by addressing the publisher."
Political Economy / Mark Twain
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: Possible WW3 thread
« on: August 08, 2024, 04:28:52 PM »I don't have a good grasp on the physicality of a nuke. Can you strap one to an inmate's back, and if so, could they run with that on them?
They were developed by both sides in the 60's. There was a large mortar-type round that required a special tube to launch, and the backpack types that required a small squad to carry several components individually. Both were very small yields - a small fraction, maybe 10% or less, of Hiroshima/Nagasaki - meant more for behind the front infrastructure and C3 disruption.
The actual nuke fuel would degrade very rapidly, making the weapon a dirty bomb with not much explosive destruction. But very, very expensive to maintain the nuke components.
Modern explosives are far less hassle and more concealable; stand-off weapons are more versatile.
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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: 2024 Presidential Race
« on: July 09, 2024, 08:58:21 AM »
Have followed that account for quite a while. It is really well done, about the best of the "dead personality" genre.