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The New Joe Montgomery Birther Pit / Re: TITLETOWN
« on: March 15, 2013, 12:39:37 AM »
their facilities are top notch and the stadium is is getting a face lift.

OK, now it's obvious this guy is trolling. :lol:

check it yourself, everyone says other then okie st. that KU has the best facilities


He's got a point.

http://espn.go.com/blog/big12/post/_/id/50829/ranking-the-big-12-facilities-by-team

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Kansas State Football / Re: ATTENTION!
« on: September 13, 2012, 08:18:42 PM »
OBAMA IS A KENYAN SOCIALIST GAY THAT HATES AMERICA AND WE ALL KNOW IT.

Can I be a true Kansan now?

Thoughts on evolution?
Who knows the playbook better, Sam or Sams?

Answer to both? Jesus.

Welcome :D

Now where's my Koch money?

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Kansas State Football / Re: ATTENTION!
« on: September 13, 2012, 08:14:20 PM »
OBAMA IS A KENYAN SOCIALIST GAY THAT HATES AMERICA AND WE ALL KNOW IT.

Can I be a true Kansan now?

Thoughts on evolution?
Who knows the playbook better, Sam or Sams?

Answer to both? Jesus.

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Kansas State Football / Re: ATTENTION!
« on: September 13, 2012, 08:06:59 PM »
OBAMA IS A KENYAN SOCIALIST GAY THAT HATES AMERICA AND WE ALL KNOW IT.

Can I be a true Kansan now?

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If they get a lazy river I might kill myself.

too late. http://www.mizzourec.com/facilities/tiger_grotto/

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"The Grotto features a zero-depth pool entry with a high-powered vortex, lazy river and waterfall. Our hot tub, sauna and steam room will help you loosen up after a hard workout."

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Kansas is a competitive market for students--and the point to emphasize here is that the first year student number at K-State has been trending in a direction/holding steady and KU, at best has leveled off, at worst, trends downward. I'd love to say that K-State is 'doing better.' But, the fact of the matter is that JCCC has increased enrollment, and Wichita State has done better in Sedgwick county (the hardest place to recruit in the state). Truth be told, K-State is doing marginally better, but KU hasn't been able to keep up with community colleges, or combat the Wichita State offers to keep students in Sedgwick county. There's a reason that KU's scholarship packages changed to mirror K-State's scholarship packages last fall (http://www.news.ku.edu/2011/august/15/scholarships.shtml)...because what K-State does, works. Remember, that the commodity here is not really the 'educational value,' as if students were thinking about that, we'd be discussing career placement. It's the educational value mixed with the actual cost of attendance (KU has the 17th highest net cost of attendance in the Nation for public schools http://collegecost.ed.gov/catc/). To give you a sense--suggesting that admissions standards raise your profile is great...but in real numbers...:

2008 (Orange Bowl and NC for KU): 10,902 first years students apply, 10,003 admitted, and of that number,  4,441 enroll.
2009: 10,653 first year students applied to KU for admission, 9,740 admitted, 3,897 enrolled.
2010: 10,157 first year students applied to KU for admission, 9,397 were admitted, and of that number, 3,671 enrolled.
2011: 10,035 first year students applied to KU for admission, 9,306 admitted, and 3,495 enrolled full time.

K-State, on the other hand..
2008 (Orange Bowl and NC for KU): 9,453 apply, 7,980 admitted, and 3,761 enroll.
2009: 8,413 fy applicants, 8,283 admitted, 3,466 enrolled.
2010: 8,268 fy applicants, 8,147 admitted, 3,465 enrolled.
2011: 8,292 fy applicants, 8,204 admitted, 3,644 enrolled.

We're looking at K-State consolidating and getting more people that are in their pool % wise then KU. If KU is a better value--or a heads on even value...KU probably should be getting more students, and K-State should be getting less? Their pool is less, but seem to be doing pretty well with almost 2,000 less students to draw upon. and..if we take things like National Championships and BCS bowls into consideration, we see that both school saw nearly 300 more people enroll at each institution, and K-State saw nearly 1,000 more people apply that year than normal, far less were admitted, while KU only saw around 300 more apply, and admitted marginally more than normal...so whether or not an athletic event of that status affects enrollment is...suspect.

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Interesting side note on why all the leaks are coming from CoalAggy

Tweet from the dude "West Virginia is not offically a member of the Big 12 until June 30th-Ponder that and discuss"

West Virginia is a rough ridin' ninja, doing all the Big XII's dirty work while they're still members of the big east. They've been the ones dealing with FSU, so the Big XII can say they haven't made contact. That's why so much news has been coming from that WVU source. FSU is reportedly a done deal. Texas wants Georgia Tech, clemson is on the edge. The idea is to take GT to try and entice Notre Dame. Big XII might be looking at 14.

These WVU cats have endeared me to them rather quickly. They are turning into awesome conference mates

They're also perfect because they can lead these talks with Oliver Luck, who is an extremely qualified person to do so (and very respected as well).

that argument (WVU can talk openly because they aren't officially members yet) would get destroyed so hard in court though.  I'm pretty sure the Big12 is smart enough to know that.

Even so...you have to admit that what the ACC stands to lose over time, and what they could gain from a lawsuit aren't equal....Exponential losses vs. a settlement?

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Looking at KSU's ACT scores for 2011, 75% of incoming Freshman scored a 22 or above, so I suspect if the numbers went to 24 than about the same % as ku, 65% would automatically be admitted.   The old sliding GPA/ACT score chart is a favorite of many public universities, so at the end of the day, it won't impact enrollment all that much, essentially weeding out the bottom 8-10%.   If K-State had not admitted the bottom 8% that scored 19 or less, than that pushes K-State's average ACT into the 26 range, and overall academic wonk perception of K-State goes up.

The Animal is eyeing the same thing.

http://www.k-state.edu/chats/fall-2011-student-chat-president-schulz/

Andrew Wagner asks: Recently the Board of Regents made changes to the enrollment requirements for Kansas schools. Does K-State plan increase our own requirements above and beyond the set standards to reach the goal of the 2025 visionary plan?

KIRK SCHULZ Presently, we have no intention of changing the admission requirements at Kansas State University. I believe we want K-State to "be easy to get into - but hard to get out of" - so that we give students a chance who want to come and work hard and have great opportunity.

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Did you read the last line?

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Students who don't meet the automatic qualifications could still be admitted by a review committee that would consider several other factors.

This one,

Love to see the NCAA rule that Dumb Jock is an okay reason to let a student into a school while others non-jock students can't with same grades. This will also hurt there BBall program as well. Bernadette Gray-Little does not like sports and would love to see Memorial torn down from a new library or something.

The NCAA allows schools across the nation to enroll athletes at lower standards than other students. As long as the athletes meet the standards set by the NCAA, KU can admit them.

I just think it's odd that a school that's worried about declining enrollment numbers is looking to decline those numbers further.

Are they concerned? This is just a way for them to legitimize the reason they have smaller enrollment numbers; "We may have less students, but they're higher quality." KU can't win the enrollment battle, so why try--we'll raise standards and if we don't get our students, then we didn't want them anyway. They chose to give up.

http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2011/sep/27/ku-officials-say-theyre-concerned-about-declining-/

You try being a university administrator getting your ass kicked by 'little brother,' and see what you'd tell your hometown newspaper. KU can't win, because they can't change the culture. They hired two K-State admissions alums to try and change the culture, and it just won't happen. This is a way to spin it--and allows them to perpetuate their "flagship institution" crap.

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Did you read the last line?

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Students who don't meet the automatic qualifications could still be admitted by a review committee that would consider several other factors.

This one,

Love to see the NCAA rule that Dumb Jock is an okay reason to let a student into a school while others non-jock students can't with same grades. This will also hurt there BBall program as well. Bernadette Gray-Little does not like sports and would love to see Memorial torn down from a new library or something.

The NCAA allows schools across the nation to enroll athletes at lower standards than other students. As long as the athletes meet the standards set by the NCAA, KU can admit them.

I just think it's odd that a school that's worried about declining enrollment numbers is looking to decline those numbers further.

Are they concerned? This is just a way for them to legitimize the reason they have smaller enrollment numbers; "We may have less students, but they're higher quality." KU can't win the enrollment battle, so why try--we'll raise standards and if we don't get our students, then we didn't want them anyway. They chose to give up.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: My TSC was tested today.
« on: March 29, 2012, 02:59:24 PM »
Sounds like you're racist against white basketball players. 


 :opcat:

Mostly don't like weird child molester moustaches (Morrison, Noah), Mike Anderson (or his children), Wisconsin, the weird faces Sasha Kaun and Withey make, and the name Jimmer.

Oh. And all white basketball players. :jerk:

Do you like White Tiger?

Of course. I have class with him. He's great. Has a fun Minnesota accent, too.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: My TSC was tested today.
« on: March 29, 2012, 02:54:28 PM »
Sounds like you're racist against white basketball players. 


 :opcat:

Mostly don't like weird child molester moustaches (Morrison, Noah), Mike Anderson (or his children), Wisconsin, the weird faces Sasha Kaun and Withey make, and the name Jimmer.

Oh. And all white basketball players. :jerk:

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: My TSC was tested today.
« on: March 29, 2012, 02:04:56 PM »
I live with a KU roommate. We're great friends. And, I'd say I'm pretty TSC. Within exception of not caring for Withey. Or Sasha Kaun. For totally unreasonable reasons. But, this is the conversation he just had with me.

KU fan to me, 5 minutes ago: "Well, KU lost Danny Manning today. So, I guess KU and K-State are in the same boat, huh."

Me: Hahaha. *but dying on the inside.*

I think a point has been missed.  Why do you dislike tall white men?

Meh. I just look at Sasha and Withey and say: I hate watching you play basketball. Which is why I dislike them for admittedly totally irrational reasons. I think I just choose a player each year to despise.

2012: Jeff Withey
2011: Jimmer Fredette
2010: Trevon Hughes
2009: Michael Anderson, Jr.
2008: Sasha Kaun
2007: Joakim Noah
2006: Adam Morrison

All for irrational reasons.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: My TSC was tested today.
« on: March 29, 2012, 10:29:13 AM »
If everything else remained constant, and K-State kept their current coaching staff (outside of Frank) and KU kept their coaching staff (outside of Manning), you could make the argument that KU lost more than K-State.  Frank was basically a celebrity who acted like a maniac on the sidelines and gave great interviews, but Underwood and Delonte Hill did most of the coaching/recruiting.  Manning was a big draw in recruiting big men, and he developed a lot of talent over the years.

You could make the argument. I don't know why you would, though.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Coaching Search Master Thread
« on: March 29, 2012, 03:12:16 AM »
OK, so I was catching up on this thread, and maybe I was getting a little tired, but I swear I saw someone (Beems?) say "Frank = Jank"...

...Did that really get posted? Parody post or serious?


Frank was Jank five years ago without the head coaching experience.  Serious. 

Jank's head coaching experience is a knock against him. I mean if he can't come close to finishing higher than third in the Valley how can we expect him to do anything similar in the Big 12? If he could bring the number 2 draft pick and guarantee another NBA'er I may reconsider this stance.



That's why my list would be (1) Buzz Williams (2) Tad Boyle (3) Stan Heath (4) Tim Jankovich. 

I think Jank would be able to recruit at a higher level once he was at a BCS school.  I mean Gonzaga has been great over the past 10-15 years, and they still have a tough time signing 4-star talent.  It's tough to recruit at those lower tier programs.  Plus you'd have to think Jank could upgrade his assistants at a program like K-State as well.  Where would Frank be right now if he didn't have Delonte?

All moot points.

Jackie Hartman = Director of Community Relations and Assistant to the President. Probably better known for being Jack Hartman's daughter. Probably least known for a pretty nasty divorce from Jankovich. He will not be hired.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / My TSC was tested today.
« on: March 29, 2012, 12:29:27 AM »
I live with a KU roommate. We're great friends. And, I'd say I'm pretty TSC. Within exception of not caring for Withey. Or Sasha Kaun. For totally unreasonable reasons. But, this is the conversation he just had with me.

KU fan to me, 5 minutes ago: "Well, KU lost Danny Manning today. So, I guess KU and K-State are in the same boat, huh."

Me: Hahaha. *but dying on the inside.*

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Coaching Search Master Thread
« on: March 28, 2012, 10:14:48 AM »
Andy Katz
Jankovich and Fox are natural fits
"Jankovich has strong ties to the region and was once a junior college coach. He nearly upset Creighton in the Missouri Valley Conference tournament. Fox will have Georgia relevant again here soon if he were to stay in Athens. The Wildcats won't replace the persona of Martin so they better get someone who is natural to the region.

 :barf:

will not happen. never even a consideration. ever. not since Schulz arrived.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Coaching Search Master Thread
« on: March 27, 2012, 04:43:09 PM »
Member of Schulz' administration would not stand for it. He's got no shot whatsoever.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Coaching Search Master Thread
« on: March 27, 2012, 04:40:37 PM »
Would like to suggest that Tim Jankovich will not be considered at all. Will not happen.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / On the bright side...
« on: March 26, 2012, 07:23:09 PM »
When the sun sets on today, we'll be one step closer to football season. #BeatMissouriState

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Frank watch 2012:
« on: March 26, 2012, 04:26:52 PM »
LOL at all of you doubting Currie.  This has been planned for months.

Since last year's Miami job opened.

That's what I'm getting at. There had to be a better way for him to get this done without the public backlash. Had to. This has been planned for awhile. So, why risk your job by making yourself look like you're caught with your pants down. This is a shrewd business man--the only way it makes sense to let this all play out is if you have an awesome exit strategy...if not, you come crawling to Frank, begging him to stay, and look forward to job searching yourself to get away from the man who made you look like a fool, and himself look like a king. He's not begged Frank. But, Currie still looks like a fool...and he knows it...unless...

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Frank watch 2012:
« on: March 26, 2012, 04:09:20 PM »
Here's what I don't get. I mean--I'm not melting down because if you're a K-State fan long enough, this crap happens. Apparently, it's been no secret that Currie doesn't like Frank. Apparently, it's been no secret that Frank doesn't like Currie. I mean...you have to think that the endgame always looked something like this to them. And, neither of them are idiots...they're masters at what they're doing--great at spin, great at PR. I mean..sure fans are mad at Frank...or potentially will be, but he'll walk out of here with anger, and into Columbia, SC as a hero. People mad at Frank? Sure--but he'll have nearly as many ready to fall in love with him.

Where I'm lost is...what was John Currie thinking? There was no endgame solution here that would make him look good? The only one is a great hire following Frank...but it still looks like he orchestrated the ouster of a beloved coach. Something doesn't add up..and it's not Frank's end. Currie's no idiot--he wouldn't get egg on his face for Frank staying so publicly pissed, or leaving with a public nastiness about Currie to anyone and everyone who wants to hear it...unless he had a plan. What that plan is? Dunno. But, it doesn't make sense to let this become a nightmare if you're Currie--because you're the one who has to deal with it...not your Coach.

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Kansas State Basketball is hard / Re: Frank watch 2012:
« on: March 26, 2012, 11:32:15 AM »


Is this the wrong time to mention how much I liked this guy?

"We realized over the course of the last few years that we made a mistake. It is with extreme humility and excitement that we welcome - back - Kansas State's newest head coach, Jim Wooldridge."

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