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  Was Our 2016 Season A Success?
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  Successful? Idk if I’d say that but we did show signs of improvement in quite a few areas IMO. Team speed was so much better as was strength and conditioning. Beaty said about half way thru the season that this offseason was huge in that department because our guys up front were so young and not as strong as they needed to be. We have a good core of WRs, D lineman, o lineman and linebackers returning. Ending the season with a win vs Texas for the first time since 1938, along with competing with KSU on the road.
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  Interesting article on declining football attendance
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  @JayHawkFanToo Wholeheartedly agree. The Kaepernick thing went from curiously ill-advised–> to bad --> to worse (defending Castro). He made his organization look bad, he made his college look bad, he made his foster parents look bad, and he did incalculable damage to any perception of his own intelligence. I wonder if he had a high GPA in college, if it was for those b.s. classes they just have for athletes? Because, to quote Michael Irvin, Dallas WR from back in the 90s: “(He) dont know nuthin about nuthin!” The corollary to the cost-analysis, is what KU basketball would rate? How about them Chiefs, and Arrowhead stadium?
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  VT vs NC St
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  They won’t be a bubble team forever. If Bennett can recruit to Charlottesville then Buzz can recruit to Blacksburg. If they can make the tourney and win first round that’ll be a success this year.
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  Lane Kiffin
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  @dylans. I don’t believe in a “Who’s the Good Guy?” contest between Saban and Kiffin that Kiffin has any chance of winning… A pox on both, I say! Of course, that is partly my (slight) geographic Clemson loyalty talking.
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  Virginia Tech - legit top 10 in BASKETBALL
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  Duke honestly doesn’t scare me. They are mentally weak right now. The whole entire team except for Kennard, Jackson and Jefferson. Nova, UK and UCLA are the scariest teams right now IMO. Really excited to see us play in Rupp and measure ourselves against another elite team again.
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  HEY/anyone know?
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  @Crimsonorblue22 Bah, humbug!
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  Shake ups to the coaching staff begins
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  Possibility/maybe?
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  Ive absolutely noticed that Beaty is a better recruiter, right off the bat than that old guy at purple. Y’all heard that phrase about jimmies and joes. And I think he is growing as a coach and play caller, so I’ll give him time. The TX win should get Beaty a shot at a few more quality kids. The absolutely first thing I’d tell “sentimental” KS folks, is that college bball is big biz. Everybody from ESPN to Zenger and Beaty, and on down realize that. You can get sentimental about your son, cousin, nephew or grandkid who is a 0, 1, 2star KS kid, and want him to play for KU or KSU, fine…but there isnt that sort of sentimentality in top 10 or top 20 programs, and Beaty knows it. He loves Jayhawk football, but he has 50+ TX kids on the roster. And 31+ kids now with 4.5 speed or better (compared to only 4 such kids on the roster when he came). But those kids are mostly underclassmen, playing against the physically mature upperclassmen and depth of more established programs. But wait til these 3 & 4 star kids of Beaty’s get to be upperclassmen with experience… Beaty himself said during a press conference after yet another close loss to TCU: …“hey, our goal is to eventually win the Big12”… I like the fact he has set the bar. I also hope the fickle KU alums realize what being competetive with OU and OSU actually will require, and give the man time. He’s got it started, at least.
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  David Beaty signs 2 year extension
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  Now just watch the fools come out of the wood work wanting him run next season if the record does not improve.
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  Cole Hayden passed away from cancer on Sunday
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  @Texas-Hawk-10 Sad to hear.
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  Conference Championship games
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  @JayHawkFanToo Yes there was a lot of talk about that. We’ll see if the Big-12 gains from adding the championship. I have to think Baylor’s issue and TCU being down had a lot to do with a Big-12 team missing it this year. OU would have made it if they could have beaten Ohio St at home. It changes every year, this year was the year of the Big-10. Next year it could be another issue that becomes the latest thing. The Big-10 situation was something I don’t think will happen often with the current system.
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  Well almost time
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  No question it was an extremely disappointing loss but the girls had an incredible season and one they can be proud of and one to build upon.
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  HEY GUYS
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  @Crimsonorblue22 Volleyball does lose money though. Only football and men’s basketball operate in the black at KU and that’s because of the TV contract. All the other sports at KU operate in the red and are subsidized by football and basketball. There are some schools where women’s basketball and baseball operate in the black, but not many of them do and KU isn’t among those schools.
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  Post season awards for KU Volleyball
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  @kjayhawks some first team and hon mention, burse freshman team
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  So...we are not last?
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  @REHawk I’d be all for dropping Baylor and adding Houston.
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  End of year review
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  @Texas-Hawk-10 very good point - -exactly just needed ONE of those field goals. They do need to know how to close, this is just from NOT winning for such a period I think a lot of times, I mean how many times did we actually play with a lead this year? Seems like we were always trying to dig out of a hole. But it just comes from l;osing for so long., BUT I do actually think we are progressing have to crawl before we can walk, we were soooo down it was in-believable - - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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  THE CHIPS ARE FALLIN IN TEXAS
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  I’ve kinda been following the Strong scenario off the long horn network. - - a lot of talk now about how a coach better know what they are walking into, with the way people on the outside of the athletic dept or actually the School the pressure that’s being applied, if that’s what a coach wants to get himself into. The president of the College wanted to retain Strong but man it sounds like a real mess down there-- - -ROCK CHALK ALL DAY LONG BABY
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  Kansas volleyball at Baylor
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  Congrats Lady Jayhawks on an amazing season. The volleyball program is having one of the best runs of any KU sports program ever. Hopefully this is just the beginning of a dynasty.
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  Prediction Time
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  I predict a 34 - 19 loss by our Jayhawks.
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  Coaching changes in the Big 12
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  @Texas-Hawk-10 Seems like we agree on most points.