BOWL THREAD
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I wish KU football would provide more reports on preparation for our first bowl game since the Dec 31, 2008 Insight Bowl victory over Minnesota. I’d like to read/hear more about Daniels and Hishaw. KU is 6/12 in bowl games so I hope to see us go over .500 with a big win over Arkansas.
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in BOWL THREAD:
Not a lot of fans at the Mizzou bowl.
I sure hope attendance is much better at our Liberty Bowl game than Missouri’s bowl game yesterday. The attendance looked like a USFL game. The crowd was shown as 29,000, but looked much smaller in the 66,000 seat Raymond James stadium. It sure seems to me that enthusiasm for all these bowl games has really dropped. I haven’t watched a whole game yet. I was really disappointed that Baylor played so poorly against Air Force after beating us so easily.
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@stoptheflop said in BOWL THREAD:
@Crimsonorblue22 said in BOWL THREAD:
Not a lot of fans at the Mizzou bowl.
I sure hope attendance is much better at our Liberty Bowl game than Missouri’s bowl game yesterday. The attendance looked like a USFL game. The crowd was shown as 29,000, but looked much smaller in the 66,000 seat Raymond James stadium. It sure seems to me that enthusiasm for all these bowl games has really dropped. I haven’t watched a whole game yet. I was really disappointed that Baylor played so poorly against Air Force after beating us so easily.
KU sold out their allotment of tickets and have been trying to secure more tickets. I expect there to be a big showing of KU fans in Memphis.
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@stoptheflop we’ve sold a lot of tickets! Wish I was going!
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@mayjay said in BOWL THREAD:
@Crimsonorblue22 And they lost…hee hee hee!
Misery should have ducked Wake Forest too!
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I was lucky enough to make it to the 1973 Liberty Bowl when KU played North Carolina State (coached by Lou Holtz, who later went on to Notre Dame and many years as an analyst on ESPN). A great 500-mile road trip with four other guys and a case of beer.
We didn’t have time to do much sightseeing, though a couple of us talked about driving by Graceland (where Elvis was still living at the time). Got into town just in time for the pre-game rally at a local barbecue joint. When we arrived at the stadium I noticed its odd shape, with lots more rows in the middle and fewer on the ends. It was one of the first stadiums to be built that way. (It wasn’t until years later that I figured out that they did that in order to sell more of the expensive midfield seats, a practice since repeated in many other stadiums.)
As for the game, the Jayhawks, led by QB David Jaynes, were a slight favorite to win. The game was tied in the third quarter when the Wolfpack punted to KU. While going back to catch the punt, Bruce Adams got tripped by a Wolfpack player. The refs missed the foul, the ball hit Adams, and NC State recovered deep in our territory. (Video replays confirmed the blown call.) That changed the momentum of the whole game.
The Wolfpack scored a few plays later, and tacked on another TD in the fourth quarter. We lost 31-18 despite having the edge in most statistics. Jaynes had a pretty good game, setting Liberty Bowl records as he threw for 218 yards on 24 of 38 passes. Adams had eight receptions, and fullback Robert Miller had a career high 104 yards rushing. The Jayhawks outgained the Wolfpack in total yardage 348-274.
Enjoyed the trip, if not the outcome. (I still have the game program, ticket stub and a souvenir cup.) Hoping for a much better finish this time.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 did you hear they’re cancelling some rooms due to lack of water? I guess it’s due to so many frozen pipes bursting. Sounds like a huge problem. Matt Tait’s room was cancelled. Some people were moved to other hotels. Hope you are good!
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@Crimsonorblue22 said in BOWL THREAD:
@Texas-Hawk-10 did you hear they’re cancelling some rooms due to lack of water? I guess it’s due to so many frozen pipes bursting. Sounds like a huge problem. Matt Tait’s room was cancelled. Some people were moved to other hotels. Hope you are good!
My hotel’s good
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I think KU fans are outnumbering Arkansas fans at least 5 to 1 from what I’ve seen around town at my hotel, the parade today, and the Suns/Grizzlies game tonight.
Too bad there aren’t any KU players on either roster and Devin Booker is out injured. But I looking forward to seeing Ja Morant in person for the first time.
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@Texas-Hawk-10 said in BOWL THREAD:
I think KU fans are outnumbering Arkansas fans at least 5 to 1 from what I’ve seen around town at my hotel, the parade today, and the Suns/Grizzlies game tonight.
Too bad there aren’t any KU players on either roster and Devin Booker is out injured. But I looking forward to seeing Ja Morant in person for the first time.
I always see or quite a bit anyways of Morant - -man can that guy flat ball. - -I feel baad but I don’t even know where he played College ball, one heck of a player though
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@jayballer67 said in BOWL THREAD:
@Texas-Hawk-10 said in BOWL THREAD:
I think KU fans are outnumbering Arkansas fans at least 5 to 1 from what I’ve seen around town at my hotel, the parade today, and the Suns/Grizzlies game tonight.
Too bad there aren’t any KU players on either roster and Devin Booker is out injured. But I looking forward to seeing Ja Morant in person for the first time.
I always see or quite a bit anyways of Morant - -man can that guy flat ball. - -I feel baad but I don’t even know where he played College ball, one heck of a player though
Murray St.
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National pulled pork day- let’s roast some Hawg today!!!
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Ya I feel like having a Pig Roast today - -nothing better then roasted pig over an open pit.
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@jayballer67 i’ll settle for carnitas at chipotle
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Close now. I sure hope Jalen Daniels has a great game.
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@stoptheflop could it be that there are too many frigging bowl games?
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just heard in pre game that Arkansas that ( ARK-KANSAS ) just playin - - just playin - --is like 4th in the nation in sacks. Jalen got to make sure he picks up the schemes - -be on his toes
Arkansas has 39 sacks on the Season
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@jayballer67 grew up in western Kansas and the river was always called the ar- KANSAS
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Arkansaw is somewhere below Missouri. That is about as low as you can get.
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well holding to 3 instead of 7 is good I guess
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Our turn, 7!
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@Crimsonorblue22 you asked for it, you got it
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Well that looked sweet
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@jessejayhawk that’s
it in to your hands! Great example!
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@jessejayhawk let’s hope I’m on today! Great calls that possession
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@Crimsonorblue22 Let’s hope our defense plays that well. So far so good
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Great D
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@Crimsonorblue22 would love to see more of that
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Who else lost beside Baylor? In big 12
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@Crimsonorblue22 Don’t know. Has K State played yet?
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@jessejayhawk new yrs eve
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Osu played, must’ve lost!
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Well Arkanss starting RB Sanders is out, going to locker room. -ran for 1400 plus yards this year
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Can they review that?
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Baylor shocked me
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Hawgs have some very creepy fans
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Ever see deliverance?
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@Crimsonorblue22 six times
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Don’t stop at night there!
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OMG…wth?
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Good gosh!
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KU football loves being down early. Happens almost every game.
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Dang
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Wow wtf happened. I started watching at 7-3 and we instantly started sucking. This is all my fault.
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Fumbleruskis and a pick
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Same problem we have had. Our defense getting no pressure at all on Jefferson, Arkansas getting pressure of Jalen. - -Were moving the ball but mistakes
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Big opportunity for JD to show just how clutch he is.
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So much for JD! Bean time?
