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Kansas State Football / LET'S FLY.
« on: September 28, 2016, 07:24:34 PM »

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Call me crazy, but I think oscar may have just found us a real diamond in the low post here.  Quality minutes here we come! 




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I've given this a lot of thought and I'm going with Deathbite.  He seems happy and bouncy, two important characteristics in a basketball player.

Also, Bramlage's new name is the 100 Acre Wood so we can change the name of this board title any time now.


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Kansas State Football / Elijah Lee is a majestic human being.
« on: September 20, 2015, 10:26:18 AM »
And he is good at football.


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Essentially Flyertalk / Sinkholes.
« on: May 27, 2015, 12:30:54 PM »
I'm fascinated by them.

Check out this one that happened at Table Rock just a couple days ago!



And this one that swallowed a three story factory and is more than 100' wide in Guatemala City!





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Guys, I gotta tell ya, after reading "the letter" and Jay's player blame tuck manifesto here I think our boy oscar may just be in for the LONG haul.

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Can we look past the pot smoking and look at the bigger issue...   Reply

Ok, we can go back and forth about smoking pot, should it be tested, etc.  But here's the bigger issue for me that I see.

Every team has rules and expectations.  You are expected to go to class.  You are expected to hit workouts.  You are expected to be in the gym, on the field, etc.  Like it or not, there is a rule against smoking pot.  It's there.  Everyone knows about it.

So, to me, for someone who repeatedly flunks a drug test, the concern is not really whether or not they smoke weed.  The concern to me is that they have been caught and repeatedly refuse to meet expectations of the program and school.  What if a player just decides he's not going to go to practice.  Just decides not to show up. He gets suspended.  And then he does it again and he gets booted.  Would people be screaming about how stupid it is to kick a kid off the team for not meeting team expectations? 

You know the rules about pot when you sign up. There are about 100 ways to skirt those rules and not get caught.  And you are generally given a free pass for the first time you break them.  But once you get caught, in my humble opinion, if you continue to choose to defy the rules, it's not so much about you smoking weed as much as it is your unwillingness to give a crap about how the consequences affect the rest of us.  You don't have to like the rules, but they are rules.  And if you don't give a crap about the consequences, and how those consequences will affect your team, then I don't want you on my team.  If you are willing to get suspended and hurt our team because you don't want to go to class; or you don't want to hit workouts; or because you like to smoke pot, then you probably don't give a crap about what the rest of us are trying to accomplish.  And I'm OK with you being shown the door.

So, in the end, it's not about smoking pot to me.  It's about being unwilling to recognize that there is something bigger then yourself at stake. 

/end rant
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Re: Can we look past the pot smoking and look at the bigger issue...   Reply
Correct. Again.
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grr..cat

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Well done
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Bingo!
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^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+1000000000000

That sounds exactly like the message that the MBB program is trying to send...
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Boom goes the dynamite!
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Too bad GPC hasn't changed to the facebook style forums of tMB yet, or you'd have some "likes" from this one.

Same basic post was made a couple times in the Malek thread, but got lost in the shuffle of rage.
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Ding, ding, ding!!  We have a winner!!!
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spot on
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Right ON !!!!, Southpaw..  Well written and you covered the based of what is expected. If one can't follow some basic guidelines, you're out !!!   Nothing wrong with following rules.   Go, Cats !!!
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Kansas State Football / Joe Hubener sure passes the eyeball test.
« on: November 30, 2014, 07:25:58 AM »
I could just look at him all day.   :love:






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Kansas State Football / How do we fix our rushing problems?
« on: November 21, 2014, 06:54:39 AM »
Recruit better players?  I'm at a loss here.



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Kansas State Football / Lockett and Sexton, total studs.
« on: October 19, 2014, 11:30:13 AM »
The rest of our wide receivers, not so much.

Cook, Burton, Jones.  Seriously, what in the eff?


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Essentially Flyertalk / Where do you guys buy your ammo?
« on: October 08, 2014, 05:45:40 AM »
i stopped looking in wal mart. they never have any.


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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / Coach Weber and Pumpkins
« on: September 14, 2014, 01:48:40 PM »
Just left Dillon's West in Manhattan and saw Coach Weber and his wife picking out pumpkins. Now that is a regular guy relaxing on a Sunday in a college town. Bet you don't see that happening in many college towns.

With that said it brings many things to mind:

1. God bless Coach Snyder and Hartman but don't think we would ever see them picking out pumpkins.
2. Coach Weber's wife runs that hosehold. :-)
3. Would you be picking out pumpkins with your wife 15 minutes before Sunday NFL kickoffs?
4. Lastly I have to admit I was there with my wife but I wasn't pickin out pumpkins.

Sorry thought that was cool and am very pleased with the state of our two major programs and the coaches we have. Just glad I didn't have to see Prince and Asbury at Dillon's.


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Kansas State Football / Charles Jones. Stud running back.
« on: September 07, 2014, 08:16:19 AM »
I like this guy.




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As we are all well aware, Bill Self and Andrew Wiggins are going to slam their boots up our asses.

Try to be serious with your margin of defeat point total voting here, folks.



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This is real.

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Basketball ambivalence.. Situation improving.

Earlier today I met five buddies for lunch in a big sports bar in Williamsburg, Virginia. We are all former federal investigators and all are Vietnam combat vets. One, an African American, is a former pole vaulter at Oregon, and all of us played organized sports at some level.

While enjoying beer and steaks, Arizona and Michigan were playing  basketball, while alongside a re-run of Ohio State and Michigan State was airing. I couldn't help but notice that all of us were mostly paying attention to a football game wherein the the outcome was known rather than a basketball game involving the country's top collegiate team; so I conducted an informal poll as to who routinely (often) watches basketball, college or pro? Not a single hand went up; nor did I raise mine.

As background, I went to KSU in the late 60's, and Jack Hartman was our coach. In four years, I did not miss a single game where I could help it, and afterwards I closely followed the career of Lon Kruger. Then, imperceptibly, I found that I did not care as much anymore about basketball, and although I read the morning paper (wherever ) to see how my school was doing on the hardwoods, it did not pain me to see the 'Cats lose as much as if it was a football game--when a loss could send me into a deep funk.

Now, why do some guys of my generation often shun watching basketball--especially pro ball? My non-empircal study today reflects that most of us feel the team-centered, play-by -the-rules basketball we knew and played in our youth has morphed into something else altogether. And although I can't quite put my finger on the precise reasons for our ambivalence, most of us believe that individual  "hot-doggism" today has taken over in some corners. Further, there are too many renegade coaches who specialize in exhibiting gross behavioral conduct that of course leads to rude and obnoxious behavior in their players. ("Character and fair play be damed; let's win this f...... ball game.")

So after reading the above, you might ask this old and proud K-Stater, "Well, now what did you think of Frank Martin?"

Easy answer, in three parts... I still can't believe he was hired at Kansas State. I am thrilled he is gone. And I sincerely hope his like never again darkens our doorstep.


And best wishes to Coach oscar Weber and his young team. A gentleman is now back at the helm, and  I'm again watching K-State basketball.


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Having been a huge K-State basketball fan my entire life, I have always believed and been optimistic, even during some pretty lean years.  My point is that when the team is struggling, the need for fan support in the arena is even more important. When our athletes that wear our team colors with pride come out of the tunnel, the last thing we need to do is show them a lack of confidence and support, because there are going to be some games when it gets close, when they need a boost and when our crowd can and does make a difference.

This is one poor shooting team, that is small in size and has a rough schedule ahead. No one is denying that, infact, Coach Weber had been saying that all summer. 

It's unfortunate that many fans have become so caught up with immediate gratification, and have seemed to have forgotten that we just won our first conference title since 1977.
A lot of people want to blame Frank for leaving the cupboard bare and oscar for not bringing in some great players right away, but whose fault is it that you, the fairweather fan, have turned your back on purple pride?

It's not John Currie's fault, it's not Tom Asbury or Dana Altman or Jim Wooldridge's fault either, nope, just you.

The freshman on this team have promise, the upper classmen are disappointing. (but are playing just like expected so far, unfortunately)  Gipson was supposed to be able to possibly be a stop-gap for us this year and then got injured and is not 100%. Sometimes the moons just don't line up.
I have season tickets, had them now for 25 years. I am not going to miss any games. I will be cheering for the Cats just like always. I will have moments of happiness, surprise, disappointment and puzzlement.  I choose this team to support.  If I wanted to have a guaranteed winner, and rarely be disappointed as a basketball fan, I would cheer for the other guys down the road.  I don't care to ever do that.  If you are too caught up in immediate gratification to ride out this up and down year with pride, then scoot your way further down the Kaw, because we don't really need your types here.

How great would it be if this team, which is not supposed to be very good, got better and surprised some people...That's what makes cheering for college athletics fun.  Maybe they will or maybe they won't, either way, I am all in.  Go Cats.

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Jerome Tang Coaches Kansas State Basketball / The next Fab Five?
« on: November 02, 2013, 06:25:24 AM »
Seriously, take the nickname off of mothballs because this group of freshman is probably as good.

Foster = Rose (Jalen)
Westicles = Webber (Chris)
Jack Krap = Juwon Howard. Admittedly, this one might be a little bit of a stretch but we've only seen one game.

Fab Five takeaway, I say we bench all the horrible juniors and seniors and ride this stable of young basketball phenoms all the way to the post season.

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12 penalties and 5 turnovers in the second half is just effing absurd.  And completely unacceptable coming off of a bye week, with two weeks to prepare.

If the offensive personel cannot run the damn "check with me" system without resulting in 8 false starts and delays, then it needs to be simplified.


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Kansas State Football / Hey guys, I was just thinking.
« on: September 25, 2013, 11:22:50 AM »
Maybe the coaches watch Jake at practice and when he's unstoppable against our defense they think he can do the same things in real games?

Sort of like when I coach 5 year old soccer, I always do this thing where I dribble the ball around and shoot easy goals on them and they can never stop me because they're so small and terrible.


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Kansas State Football / You know who I never fully appreciated?
« on: September 24, 2013, 08:00:47 AM »
This stud.  For not being a total pussy and never turning the ball over.  Too bad he didn't have a functional throwing arm.







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Kansas State Football / Watson, May, Miller, Kavanaugh.
« on: September 22, 2013, 07:03:20 PM »
Snyder ran the spread offense to a high degree of success with each of these QB's that was tailored specifically to their strengths during the DOD.

I seriously don't understand the unwillingness to adapt the offense.  And I really would like to hear an explanation and some HFIQ as to why this is not happening.


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Kansas State Football / We all love you and we're sorry for you, Tramaine.
« on: September 22, 2013, 07:03:32 AM »
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"Tramaine Thompson on QB situation regarding predictability: "It's frustrating because we know Daniel can do both and we haven't shown it."

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"Tramaine Thompson on Sams: "I don't know if he made an appearance in the 2nd half. To leave all that talent on the sideline is upsetting."



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