The KU Rayhawks are NOT going through a rough patch. They make Raytown, Missouri proud!

[Dugout DickStone]

Is he blaming their worst in the conference crowds or worst in history performance on the field on the Chiefs?

[sonofdaxjones]

If you read that post, you are now slightly less intelligent.




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[Dugout DickStone]

I could see the attendance.  Fanbase has limited income so choices are made.  Doesn’t explain the cats though.

[PurpleOil]

Boy, they are really going after each other in there over stadium capacity. I figured it would die down after a day but it hasn't. They are genuinely going back and forth on the lack of tickets sold for Arrowhead so far, and the reduction in their stadium capacity with the renovation.

Also, this gem

Chiefs success won’t last forever. It is imperative thatcKU football keep the pedal down in the next 15 years

I don't even know where to start with that one.

[Kid In the Hall]

Boy, they are really going after each other in there over stadium capacity. I figured it would die down after a day but it hasn't. They are genuinely going back and forth on the lack of tickets sold for Arrowhead so far, and the reduction in their stadium capacity with the renovation.

Also, this gem

Chiefs success won’t last forever. It is imperative thatcKU football keep the pedal down in the next 15 years

I don't even know where to start with that one.

Cliff notes!

[star seed 7]

They've been distracted by a thread about their cheerleaders being ugly. I'm not being mean, that's seriously what their most active thread is about.

[sonofdaxjones]

20K plus traditional student non commuter campus

175K plus alumni within 2 hours of Lawrence, 200K alumni in the state of Kansas

20 short miles of corn fields and co-ops away from the edge of the KC Metro

Filling a small stadium should be no problem Chiefs-No Chiefs-Chiefs Good-Chiefs Bad

[MakeItRain]

They've been distracted by a thread about their cheerleaders being ugly. I'm not being mean, that's seriously what their most active thread is about.

This whole thing is legitimately sad

[DQ12]

They've been distracted by a thread about their cheerleaders being ugly. I'm not being mean, that's seriously what their most active thread is about.

This whole thing is legitimately sad

yes

[DaBigTrain]

[deputy dawg]

the mental gymnastics that this guy went through to blame the rayhawks’ struggles on the chiefs’ success.  it’s just holy crap wow type stuff.

 

[sonofdaxjones]

The Chiefs are and easy 2 hours from K-State, but it's still 2 hours, not 30 to 45 minutes (more on this below). K-State's largest concentration of alumni in the world is in Kansas City. 

So trying to claim that K-State doesn't have to deal with the Chiefs on the same level of KU is 

In fact, given the distances, it should be far far easier for KU to capture those that want to do both.

The NFL: Kind of a big deal, has been for a long time.

[catastrophe]

The Chiefs are and easy 2 hours from K-State, but it's still 2 hours, not 30 to 45 minutes (more on this below). K-State's largest concentration of alumni in the world is in Kansas City. 

So trying to claim that K-State doesn't have to deal with the Chiefs on the same level of KU is 

In fact, given the distances, it should be far far easier for KU to capture those that want to do both.

The NFL: Kind of a big deal, has been for a long time.

That makes sense from a DISTANCE perspective that it should be easier to be a dual KU/Chiefs fan, but I assumed the OP's complaint was that KU students and alumni cannot AFFORD to be fans of both.

[Stevesie60]

The Chiefs are and easy 2 hours from K-State, but it's still 2 hours, not 30 to 45 minutes (more on this below). K-State's largest concentration of alumni in the world is in Kansas City. 

So trying to claim that K-State doesn't have to deal with the Chiefs on the same level of KU is 

In fact, given the distances, it should be far far easier for KU to capture those that want to do both.

The NFL: Kind of a big deal, has been for a long time.

That makes sense from a DISTANCE perspective that it should be easier to be a dual KU/Chiefs fan, but I assumed the OP's complaint was that KU students and alumni cannot AFFORD to be fans of both.

So nice to be part of such a rich fanbase that a money issue didn't even cross my mind.

[bananaeater]

The Chiefs are and easy 2 hours from K-State, but it's still 2 hours, not 30 to 45 minutes (more on this below). K-State's largest concentration of alumni in the world is in Kansas City. 

So trying to claim that K-State doesn't have to deal with the Chiefs on the same level of KU is 

In fact, given the distances, it should be far far easier for KU to capture those that want to do both.

The NFL: Kind of a big deal, has been for a long time.

That makes sense from a DISTANCE perspective that it should be easier to be a dual KU/Chiefs fan, but I assumed the OP's complaint was that KU students and alumni cannot AFFORD to be fans of both.

So nice to be part of such a rich fanbase that a money issue didn't even cross my mind.

I too was oblivious until he pointed out the obvious.

[star seed 7]

Wildcat privilege is real

[sonofdaxjones]

The Chiefs are and easy 2 hours from K-State, but it's still 2 hours, not 30 to 45 minutes (more on this below). K-State's largest concentration of alumni in the world is in Kansas City. 

So trying to claim that K-State doesn't have to deal with the Chiefs on the same level of KU is 

In fact, given the distances, it should be far far easier for KU to capture those that want to do both.

The NFL: Kind of a big deal, has been for a long time.

That makes sense from a DISTANCE perspective that it should be easier to be a dual KU/Chiefs fan, but I assumed the OP's complaint was that KU students and alumni cannot AFFORD to be fans of both.

Yes . . .

We have several dual season ticket holders on this blog, I believe.

 

Let's use the KU-MU rivalry as our guide. The Border War was supposed to be huge. For football, it should have been renamed cubicle wars - because that's all it was.  For years the KU-MU football game featured thousands of empty seats whether played in Lawrence or Columbia.

Going back 40 (or so) years, here's the attendance for the "huge" KU-MU game in Lawrence

38,400 (Always with the nice round numbers)
22,000
25,000
30,000
28,000
31,500
46,300 (4,000 empty seats for a rivalry game for a final 10-2 KU team SMDH)
38,000
42,300
38,500
50,071 (A sellout!)
48,328 (Really, this is Mangino gaining momentum, can't sell out the Border War??)

Then to Arrowhead . . . the numbers in Columbia were almost equally embarrassing, with rare noted exceptions

Must have been the Chiefs 

[Shooter Jones]

The KU grad that works for the mobile car detailing company I use told me this weekend that there has been a lot of redesign and adjustments to cut costs, and new renderings showing the changes should be out soon.

[pissclams]

lots of tickets available on stubhub to see the hawks at children’s mercy park tomorrow night.  I am surprised that they’re going for so cheap for a game that is located in their fan base’s backyard.

[cfbandyman]

The Chiefs are and easy 2 hours from K-State, but it's still 2 hours, not 30 to 45 minutes (more on this below). K-State's largest concentration of alumni in the world is in Kansas City. 

So trying to claim that K-State doesn't have to deal with the Chiefs on the same level of KU is 

In fact, given the distances, it should be far far easier for KU to capture those that want to do both.

The NFL: Kind of a big deal, has been for a long time.

That makes sense from a DISTANCE perspective that it should be easier to be a dual KU/Chiefs fan, but I assumed the OP's complaint was that KU students and alumni cannot AFFORD to be fans of both.

So nice to be part of such a rich fanbase that a money issue didn't even cross my mind.

I too was oblivious until he pointed out the obvious.

Surely they got money in the couch cushions to finance a stadium and go to two football games in the same weekend if they choose to. Afterall Raytown is such a short drive to the stadium

[CNS]

Word on the street is that there is going to be some street take over stuff happening in the mostly empty parking lot immediately after the game.  Bunch of sweet corolla v Sentra challenges and burnouts.

[Cartierfor3]

Sources expect over 55,000 Iowa State fans at Arrowhead when that game is played

[PurpleOil]

Sources expect over 55,000 Iowa State fans at Arrowhead when that game is played

I hadn't been over to the phog in a week or so, but checking in on them, they are legitimately upset that game is looking like it's going to be a neutral site game vs home field lol. We'll see how that plays out as the season goes on, but they play Iowa State right after us. If their QB is out at that point in the season, or if they've dropped two or three prior, that could very easily be a 50/50 crowd split.

[WildcatNkilt]

Sources expect over 55,000 Iowa State fans at Arrowhead when that game is played

I hadn't been over to the phog in a week or so, but checking in on them, they are legitimately upset that game is looking like it's going to be a neutral site game vs home field lol. We'll see how that plays out as the season goes on, but they play Iowa State right after us. If their QB is out at that point in the season, or if they've dropped two or three prior, that could very easily be a 50/50 crowd split.

I would fully expect 70/30 ISU if not more extreme. 

[wetwillie]

Sources expect over 55,000 Iowa State fans at Arrowhead when that game is played

I hadn't been over to the phog in a week or so, but checking in on them, they are legitimately upset that game is looking like it's going to be a neutral site game vs home field lol. We'll see how that plays out as the season goes on, but they play Iowa State right after us. If their QB is out at that point in the season, or if they've dropped two or three prior, that could very easily be a 50/50 crowd split.

They play Iowa State several weeks before we do. Farmageddon is the last week of the regular season.