Self Honored as Kansan of the Year
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I’m in DC right now to see friends and was at the Kansas Society annual banquet last night where Self was honored as Kansan of the Year. It was a really cool event. Self told the story of how Rep. Yoder and Sen. Moran were instrumental in getting Doke’s mom to the states for the Final Four in 2018. She went from not having a passport or transportation to the airport to Texas in about a week. The event was sold out for the first time in a very long time. The list of attendees was absurd: the entire Congressional delegation, FCC Chair Ajit Pai (from Parsons), Sec. Pompeo, a DC circuit judge whose name escapes me, AD Long, and of course Self.
I spoke to Self and Long for just a bit. I didn’t ask about any player in particular since it was just a cocktail reception and dinner, so just told Self I loved the look of the team, and he “thinks they have a chance to be pretty good.” I told Long I was as excited for KU football as I’ve been in about a decade and he loved hearing that from an alum.
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Super jelly of you rn
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I’d hold your jealousy. The all night open bar was only actually open for like an hour because the hotel messed up.
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About the only way to ruin a good party…
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I’m jealous, don’t drink either
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@FarmerJayhawk is this published anywhere?
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KU put a release about it but the event itself was no press.
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It’s in the Star.
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@FarmerJayhawk really cool event, glad you got to go!
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“he “thinks they have a chance to be pretty good.””
Hahahaaaa… the Riverboat Gambler keeping his cards close to his chest. Love it!
