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Offline schreds21

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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #25 on: January 13, 2013, 05:09:17 PM »
Born EMAW!  Dad and Uncle are alums.  Dad's whole family is EMAW.  I have a pic of myself when I was three wearing a shirt that says:
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #26 on: January 13, 2013, 07:11:42 PM »
moved to kansas the summer before my junior year in hs

all the KU fans in HS pretty much sucked

decided on KSU when I was accepted into the Engineering School for the nuclear department

I was accepted to the Navy's nuke program but I was only 17 my fresh year of college and my parents wouldn't sign me off to the gov (except for stupid ass student loans)

If I would have went Navy I would have retired by 40 but wouldn't be a Wildcat

MY PARENTS KNEW WHAT WAS BEST!
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #27 on: January 13, 2013, 08:05:12 PM »
Townie.  Fully indoctrinated as a kid going to see winning basketball games at Ahearn and blowout football losses at KSU Stadium.

I'll always cheer for Khatz uber alles.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #28 on: January 13, 2013, 10:00:58 PM »
Born and bred. Some of my earliest memories are trips to MHK with the Cat Tracker crew.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #29 on: January 13, 2013, 10:23:11 PM »
I liked KSU message boards better
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #30 on: January 13, 2013, 10:39:00 PM »
Born in MHK, moved to small-town in No. Central Kans. when I was three.  Parents were both EMAWs.  Watched a lot of Mitch Rich and Henson in my early years. Remember listening to the game that broke the football losing streak (No. Texas State) in the parking lot of the Central Mall in Salina.  Basically pure EMAW since I can remember.  Never had any intention to go anywhere other than KSU, but did have interest in UConn because of its proximity to Bristol, Conn.

Sadly, my bro, who grew up a pretty big Cat fan decided to go against the grain of his HS classmates and attend KU.  Too bad.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #31 on: January 13, 2013, 10:42:06 PM »
Born a die hard MCC rootin tootin crusader fan. Always heard there was a slightly bigger university across the street that I should check out. I prayed/emailed Tim Tebow about what I should do. Couple days after that I went to the US senior open in Hutch. I was watching an old fart named Jim Colbert and he came over near me and shook the hand with some guy named Ron Prince. I got his signature on a piece of paper cause other people were and looked him up when i got home Saw he was the coach of this other university and decided this was Tebows way of answering my email. Went to the KSU/UT game in 06 loved the atmosphere and followed from then on.


Jk. Born and Raised. Season Tickets. Prayed for James Terry to heal from an Injury in grade school. Die hard since then.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #32 on: January 13, 2013, 11:00:28 PM »
Quote from: EMADUB on January 13, 2013, 10:42:06 PM
Born a die hard MCC rootin tootin crusader fan. Always heard there was a slightly bigger university across the street that I should check out. I prayed/emailed Tim Tebow about what I should do. Couple days after that I went to the US senior open in Hutch. I was watching an old fart named Jim Colbert and he came over near me and shook the hand with some guy named Ron Prince. I got his signature on a piece of paper cause other people were and looked him up when i got home Saw he was the coach of this other university and decided this was Tebows way of answering my email. Went to the KSU/UT game in 06 loved the atmosphere and followed from then on.


Jk. Born and Raised. Season Tickets. Prayed for James Terry to heal from an Injury in grade school. Die hard since then.

Wow. Spiritually moving, to say the least.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #33 on: January 13, 2013, 11:54:01 PM »
6 older siblings and 1 younger all went to KSU (if your wondering there were 8 of 9 that were EMAWs).  Grandfather had some kind of affiliation with KSU but nobody really knows what.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #34 on: January 14, 2013, 07:28:02 AM »
Grew up in SE KS among mostly Jayhawk fans. A buddy of mine's older brother played for the Cats and I began to follow them.  In high school went to Manhattan numerous times for various school things and fell in in love with the university. Enrolled at K-State out of high school... the rest is history.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #35 on: January 14, 2013, 08:08:44 AM »
Grew up in Wichita, and more or less oblivious to either KU or K-State. Cared more about WSU cause of the baseball and being a baseball fan. My mom never went to college and my dad went to Montana State, so no real connection. I guess I knew more about KU than K-State since many of my friends in elementary school were hawk fans, but never really cared. Then one day a neighbor in my childhood neighborhood just out of the blue invited my dad and myself to a game in 2000 against North Texas. Never seen anything like it, thought the wabash was too cool, fell in love almost immediately, K-State won 55-10, so yeah, it had an impression on me.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #36 on: January 14, 2013, 08:12:55 AM »
was a long road. g-pa was a native nebraskan, met my g-ma on a bus in between lawrence and kc on his way to bootcamp in WWII. got married and settled down near bonner springs after the war, but he was still a die hard husker fan. so was my dad. and thus, so was i. i grew up hating emaw because of 98 and 2000. also, i was a ku b-ball fan, because, well, everybody was. when it came time to pick a school, i wanted to go to a big in-state d-1. so it was either squawks or cats. i figured i would feel more at home in manhattan. best decision i ever made in my entire life.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #37 on: January 14, 2013, 08:19:34 AM »
In 2nd grade my best friend (Jayhawk fan) asked me if I was a Jayhawk or a Wildcat?  I thought to myself "a wildcat would kill any bird then eat that bird."  So I said in his face "Wildcat ROAR!"  Then I got in trouble for being loud.  Best decision of my life.  :cool:
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #38 on: January 14, 2013, 08:26:05 AM »
Quote from: j-dub on January 14, 2013, 08:12:55 AM
was a long road. g-pa was a native nebraskan, met my g-ma on a bus in between lawrence and kc on his way to bootcamp in WWII. got married and settled down near bonner springs after the war, but he was still a die hard husker fan. so was my dad. and thus, so was i. i grew up hating emaw because of 98 and 2000. also, i was a ku b-ball fan, because, well, everybody was. when it came time to pick a school, i wanted to go to a big in-state d-1. so it was either squawks or cats. i figured i would feel more at home in manhattan. best decision i ever made in my entire life.

I had a feeling you were a sqak.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #39 on: January 14, 2013, 08:37:05 AM »
Nuke degree.  Thanks to the little TRIGA Mk II reactor...
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #40 on: January 14, 2013, 08:59:20 AM »
if i answered this question truthfully i would put a clownsuit on everybody's ass.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #41 on: January 14, 2013, 09:22:11 AM »
I don't know if I should be happy for all the squawk conversion stories, or sad for the depressing years you guys have lived.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #42 on: January 14, 2013, 09:25:34 AM »
Quote from: Jakesie60 on January 14, 2013, 09:22:11 AM
I don't know if I should be happy for all the squawk conversion stories, or sad for the depressing years you guys have lived.

i prefer to think of you as a glass-half-full guy.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #43 on: January 14, 2013, 09:32:02 AM »
Quote from: CFoD on January 14, 2013, 08:26:05 AM
Quote from: j-dub on January 14, 2013, 08:12:55 AM
was a long road. g-pa was a native nebraskan, met my g-ma on a bus in between lawrence and kc on his way to bootcamp in WWII. got married and settled down near bonner springs after the war, but he was still a die hard husker fan. so was my dad. and thus, so was i. i grew up hating emaw because of 98 and 2000. also, i was a ku b-ball fan, because, well, everybody was. when it came time to pick a school, i wanted to go to a big in-state d-1. so it was either squawks or cats. i figured i would feel more at home in manhattan. best decision i ever made in my entire life.

I had a feeling you were a sqak.

you son of a bitch
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #44 on: January 14, 2013, 09:41:36 AM »
Was born into a family of :ksu:, so I was naturally raised :kstategrad:. As the only :emawkid: growing up in school, teachers noticed I smelled better and read more fluently than the other kids, but they never understood why I was so :excited: about being a KSU Cat.  :lol: at those t-shirt squawk fans who called themselves teachers. Went to K-State, did a little :combofan:, made a few :cheers:, and continue to enjoy the :kstategrad: life thanks to having a degree from Kansas State University.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #45 on: January 14, 2013, 10:14:35 AM »
born into an EMAJ family, but I liked football more than basketball (still do), so Cats were more interesting.    Ended up at KSU because of Engineering.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #46 on: January 14, 2013, 10:15:17 AM »
KSU just seemed better than ku. Had no affiliation in high school, visited both. Met with the department heads of my potential major at KSU, they explained everything that would happen over the next 4 years in detail. At ku they handed me off to pud administrators that kept asking "Have you seen Allen Fieldhouse yet?".

Also at KSU they took me to So Long Saloon for lunch. ku: dining hall  :barf:
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #47 on: January 14, 2013, 10:19:03 AM »
Quote from: AbeFroman on January 14, 2013, 10:15:17 AM
KSU just seemed better than ku. Had no affiliation in high school, visited both. Met with the department heads of my potential major at KSU, they explained everything that would happen over the next 4 years in detail. At ku they handed me off to pud administrators that kept asking "Have you seen Allen Fieldhouse yet?".

Also at KSU they took me to So Long Saloon for lunch. ku: dining hall  :barf:

 :lol:  no wonder their enrollment is plummeting.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #48 on: January 14, 2013, 10:25:05 AM »
Parent met at the derb so I've been emaw since birth.

Older sis decided to be a rebel and go to KU. 6 years later she emerged with a poli sci degree and an appreciaton of music festivals.
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Re: How did you end up a KSU cat?
« Reply #49 on: January 14, 2013, 10:37:31 AM »
Quote from: Jakesie60 on January 14, 2013, 09:22:11 AM
I don't know if I should be happy for all the squawk conversion stories, or sad for the depressing years you guys have lived.

i won't lie, the presence of so much former squawk around here is taking me way off guard
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