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Kansas State Football / Why Kansas is the best state on the earth!

« on: October 18, 2012, 05:57:21 PM »

The proud tradition of Jayhawk basketball.

It's the safest place on the planet in the event of a nuclear/terrorist attack, alien invasion, zombie uprising, etc because no one cares.

There's almost zero litter because plane windows don't roll down.

Tornadoes equal trailer parks (that's the rarely talked about 4th law of thermodynamics) and trailer parks equal affordable housing for everyone.

Former president Bill Clinton hails from a state with almost the same name.

On any given night, whatever you, yes you, are personally doing is the most exciting thing happening in 500 miles.

Jesus loves you all. A lot.

According the wikipedia there are over 6,000 ghost towns in Kansas. Ghost towns are fun, especially right before Halloween.

The biggest city in your state is actually in Missouri. That's clever outsourcing.

A midwestern girl will make you breakfast and clean your apartment before she executes her walk of shame and she'll continue to stop by to drop off cookies and pick up around the house even after we've broken her heart.

Go Kansas! If I ever get up the nerve to jump out of a plane I'll come visit one day. Maybe I'll bring some sushi and a WSJ for barter.

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Kansas State Football / Re: WV HFBIQ posters only... real football talk here

« on: October 18, 2012, 03:32:27 PM »

I think the problem with trying to pick a winner in this game is that both offenses are fantastic and both offenses play their strength against the other's defensive weakness. WVU can score a scary amount of points very quickly and give up just as many points on the defensive end. I can't speak for KSU but from what I can tell there's more balance there than what WVU has. The game will either be a defensive nightmare where the last team to score wins or it will be one team finds themselves up 21 after their defense gets a couple of stops. At that point the game plan goes out the window. This game might be close but it's just as easily a blow-out on either side. WVU's hopes lie in that their game plan is to play like they're down 3 scores at all times and they are home and don't want to be embarrassed again. KSU's hopes are in playing up the underdog card against a team ranked lower than they are and that the WVU players are still a couple hugs away from a psychological recovery after last week's beat-down. Hopefully it will be a well-fought, entertaining game for everyone without anyone getting hurt.

If you're coming to Morgantown for the game be aware that some of the fans can be a little...rough. Please don't let a small minority ruin an otherwise awesome time at a football game.

I don't think WVA can blow KSU out I mean who have they blown out?  All of their games against BCS competition have been close with the exception of the Tech game in which obviously WVA was on the wrong end of.  Everyone acts like WVA is some kind of thrashing machine but they have not thrased anyone.

These are kids playing college sports not professional athletes. I think almost any college team can lose to any other college team on any given Sunday and likewise, that any team can have an unlikely blowout. I'm not saying it's common but it happens. It's also possible to lose to bad teams and beat good teams based on matchups, injuries, etc. I'm not making excuses for last week; that was an ass-whooping. But the reason we watch college football is because we never know what's going to happen in a given week.

 I'm not saying that WVU is a trashing machine; I am saying they have an offense that can score a lot of points from time-to-time. Conceivably you don't think it's possible that KSU comes in a little flat (long road trip, unfamiliar venue) lays an egg in the first few possessions and finds themselves looking at a 3-4 TD hole? Again, these are kids, we don't know how they respond to being in that kind of position. Last week, at TT I believe the WVU players believed that they were in the game until the two late scores in the first half. That rattled their confidence and the game was over at that point. No one believes in the defense, including the coaching staff. No one goes for it on 4th down from their own 35 unless they truly believe their defense can't get off the field. It seemed clear to me that Geno became more concerned with not throwing a pick that actually trying to win the game. Otherwise why throw the ball into the bench on 4th down? Why not give your receiver a chance?

Young players believe hype. WVU was a media darling and they enjoyed the attention a bit too much. We are no longer playing for a national championship so the pressure is off of us. You guys still have a chance to run the table and play for a championship. That's a lot of pressure.

May the best team win this weekend!

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Kansas State Football / Re: WV HFBIQ posters only... real football talk here

« on: October 18, 2012, 02:46:35 PM »

I think the problem with trying to pick a winner in this game is that both offenses are fantastic and both offenses play their strength against the other's defensive weakness. WVU can score a scary amount of points very quickly and give up just as many points on the defensive end. I can't speak for KSU but from what I can tell there's more balance there than what WVU has. The game will either be a defensive nightmare where the last team to score wins or it will be one team finds themselves up 21 after their defense gets a couple of stops. At that point the game plan goes out the window. This game might be close but it's just as easily a blow-out on either side. WVU's hopes lie in that their game plan is to play like they're down 3 scores at all times and they are home and don't want to be embarrassed again. KSU's hopes are in playing up the underdog card against a team ranked lower than they are and that the WVU players are still a couple hugs away from a psychological recovery after last week's beat-down. Hopefully it will be a well-fought, entertaining game for everyone without anyone getting hurt.

If you're coming to Morgantown for the game be aware that some of the fans can be a little...rough. Please don't let a small minority ruin an otherwise awesome time at a football game.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Geno Smith is a monster, terrible human being, etc.

« on: October 18, 2012, 02:23:38 PM »

Now let's not jump to conclusions here. This is America where everyone is presumed guilty until TMZ says otherwise. IF, and I say IF, Geno got a little excessive in his cat celebration it's only because he probably threw for a gazillion yards (approximate, not scientific) and his receivers were probably scratched all to hell from catching perfectly thrown cats caught midstride.

Besides, they are cats, who cares? Some shut-in on hoarders will only have 72 of them instead of 73. More a dog person myself.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Why West Virginia ended up in the Big XII

« on: October 18, 2012, 01:12:57 PM »

<sigh>

Why so much hate? Everyone should be able to agree that WVU coming to the Big XII is mutually beneficial to both parties. We escaped the Big East as fast as we could and got into the second best conference in the country and the Big XII stays the second best conference with the arrival of WVU and TCU.

Let's keep this on topic...this is about degrading each others' fan base on the premise that we are all the exact stereotypes that each party claims the other to be. Yes, I think there are some on here, on both side, where the stereotype might fit a little too well but let's just all agree to ignore those people and there are others that cannot help but allow themselves to be tr0lled but we can help those people. Maybe that's what we should do, we should unify to teach all the righteously indignant knuckle draggers, on both sides, that this is the internet and it is to be used for the sole purpose of entertainment.

There are no winners on the internet...just those getting made fun for thinking that they are.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Why West Virginia ended up in the Big XII

« on: October 18, 2012, 10:01:44 AM »

Seems like quite the label to give us when we barely know each other at this point.

Premature?   

You guys hung us with the coalaggie moniker so we decided to do the same.

Question: What's an aggie? Perhaps it's a vernacular issue but my understanding of the term is that an aggie is someone that goes to school and gets a degree in some outdoor related field that doesn't really require an education, like welding or lumberjacking (probably not a verb) or farming or yes, mining.

Everyone knows your state is a big coal mine.  "Aggie" means you're good at it.  It's a rather obvious name and it's quite strange to everyone that the name is rustling your jimmies.

Thank you. I had no idea what it meant. Perhaps it's a regional thing. I think our disconnect might be that we might have a different thought on what the word means. Unfortunately, I have never grown any coal. I had a plant once but it died.

I have an 11:00 meeting. You guys just keep on doing what your doing and I'll find you after lunch.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Why West Virginia ended up in the Big XII

« on: October 18, 2012, 09:57:57 AM »

Good lord I had forgotten what a huge joke the Big East was.

I know right?  I mean the ACC was (and still is lol) total garbage, but they came in and took far and away the Big East's best teams.  That's like a guy with a raging case of Down's stealing your wife away.  A guy with Down's took Western Virginia's wife!   Worst part is that she's been banging the Down's guy for years behind Western Virginia's back and all their kids are actually his (Western Virginia is sterile on account of all the coal dust inhalation and poor nutrition), but Western Virginia is still going to raise them.  No prohibition on retardeds in the mines.

Hey, now that is good comeback! Let's drag in an unrepresented group of disadvantaged people and use that group metaphorically to...(help me out, what were you trying to do?) I can't wait to see what you do next? Will you reference us in regards to homosexuals? African Americans? Hey, wanna try this one?

Why is there a klan hood on this site? Just curious. Actually, very curious.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Why West Virginia ended up in the Big XII

« on: October 18, 2012, 09:51:46 AM »

Seems like quite the label to give us when we barely know each other at this point.

Premature?   

You guys hung us with the coalaggie moniker so we decided to do the same.

Question: What's an aggie? Perhaps it's a vernacular issue but my understanding of the term is that an aggie is someone that goes to school and gets a degree in some outdoor related field that doesn't really require an education, like welding or lumberjacking (probably not a verb) or farming or yes, mining.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Why West Virginia ended up in the Big XII

« on: October 18, 2012, 09:45:40 AM »

I was under the impression that this was a place that could handle a little back-and-forth. Was I wrong? Are all your heavy hitters still out milking the cows?

We only have football related discussions with very intelligent people.  There is no way that we would ever deal in satire or joke about peoples lively hoods.  Not our style   

This is a joke, right? There's about 8 million pages of posts discussing the stain that comes from playing in Morgantown and talk of how thin-skinned we are and how violent and uneducated we are. My skin is just fine. Be not afraid, engage.

What does "farmpitt" mean?

We used to have a rivalry with Pitt. They are about to move to the ACC and we're where we are now. That rivalry is dead. Someone, not me, christened you guys as "farmpitt" on another board. I feel weird explaining this but KU = farm and rival = Pitt. Let's be super clear though. At best we would test-drive a rivalry with you guys. We're probably more interested in a relationship with UT or OU. It's nothing personal, you seem like you have a great personality and all.

Wow, this has gotten awkward. Hey, I think I gotta go check something out over...there. I'll be right back.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Why West Virginia ended up in the Big XII

« on: October 18, 2012, 09:40:10 AM »

If you're really from the east coast, why are you a poor?

Well Timmy (you don't mind if I call you Timmy do you? If we're going to be friends you should have a name). I'm not, as you say, "a poor". I'm not sure if you're trying to commiserate with me financially or if you think building a strawman (not a literal one) constitutes the height of wit. Perhaps your next response should be something along the lines of "Do you still sleep with your sister?"

Is this helping? I used to tutor kids long ago and far away and some liked the help and some wanted to figure it out on their own.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Why West Virginia ended up in the Big XII

« on: October 18, 2012, 09:33:01 AM »

I was under the impression that this was a place that could handle a little back-and-forth. Was I wrong? Are all your heavy hitters still out milking the cows?

We only have football related discussions with very intelligent people.  There is no way that we would ever deal in satire or joke about peoples lively hoods.  Not our style   

This is a joke, right? There's about 8 million pages of posts discussing the stain that comes from playing in Morgantown and talk of how thin-skinned we are and how violent and uneducated we are. My skin is just fine. Be not afraid, engage.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Why West Virginia ended up in the Big XII

« on: October 18, 2012, 09:28:36 AM »

And we can all thank your daddy for our nations regular bowel movements. Go corn! You guys are corn right? Or is it tornadoes? I get very confused by the midwest. Pardon my ignorance.

Great questions!  We mostly grow cows or something like that.  Not really sure.  KSU grads don't really get their hands dirty...lot's of commodity traders and such.  Now that I think about it,  I have no idea what is grown in Kansas. KU fans "wave the wheat" after touchdowns and during basketball games, so wheat I guess?  Better ask a KU fan, they seem way more into that sort of thing.

That was either a genius statement or unintentionally awesome. A person selling produce on the side of the road could technically classify as a "commodity trader" arguably on a micro-economic scale. Either way 

If someone could help me with my stereotypes I think I would be much more effective at this. The whole world knows of WV and its rich legacy of stereotypes. This is going to get boring quickly if I can't find something other than corn and wind blowing over corn.

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Kansas State Football / Re: Why West Virginia ended up in the Big XII

« on: October 18, 2012, 09:14:35 AM »

I was under the impression that this was a place that could handle a little back-and-forth. Was I wrong? Are all your heavy hitters still out milking the cows?

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Kansas State Football / Re: Why West Virginia ended up in the Big XII

« on: October 18, 2012, 09:10:12 AM »

And we can all thank your daddy for our nations regular bowel movements. Go corn! You guys are corn right? Or is it tornadoes? I get very confused by the midwest. Pardon my ignorance.

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Kansas State Football / Why West Virginia ended up in the Big XII

« on: October 18, 2012, 08:53:15 AM »

Way back in the day, the Big East was a top conference. Go get yer daddy down off his combine and he'll tell you it's true. Then the ACC came along and said, "We suck balls," which VTech, Miama, and Boston College took literally and they went off to learn a hard lesson in word play. Time passed. The ACC continued to suck balls so they came back and took football powerhouses Pitt and 'Cuse. They didn't take WV for academic reasons and because deep down they actually do enjoy a vigorous ball sucking from time to time. It's for the best. The ACC is for basketball and field hockey.

Geographically it would have made a lot of sense for WV to go to the Big10 or the SEC. It turns out that WV is too good at football to play in the Big10. They are only interesting in collecting washed up diva teams like Nebraska or ND. The SEC like WV but everyone wants to play in the SEC. Plus, the WV stereotype is already well represented in the league by teams like Arkansas and anyone from Mississippi. In the end it was better for everyone to take a couple chowder puff teams that wouldn't upset the proverbial apple cart.

That brings us to the Big XII. Clearly academics aren't an issue. Math is obviously not a priority  in a league that features n < 12 teams but "Places people only fly over conference" gets a little wordy. Plus WV can compete with curriculum like "How not to fall off heavy farm equipment" and "Candles make the dark go bye bye".

The Big XII, like every other conference, wants to be the SEC. Redneck schools play good football. Who knew? So the best thing for the Big XII to do was to go out and get their own redneck football team. Congratulations on that.

It's all going to be moot with Oklahoma and Texas join the Pac 12 (see how they changed their name with the number of teams? savvy). I'm also assuming that UT and OU will move their campuses to SoCal because really, who wants to exist in either of those places?

Anyway, WV is now in the Big XII. You're welcome. We're going to do our best to de-turd the mess that you guys found yourself in. Wish us luck.