2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread
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@rockchalkjayhawk is there a rest of the story?
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@crimsonblu22 said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
@rockchalkjayhawk is there a rest of the story?
Ha, for sure. Left out lots during and after!
I think the next day i somehow caught a flight down to south carolina, but how i got all my belongings there is a distant memory.
One of my buddies picked me up at the airport and took me to our rented condo (with cable we stole from the unit next door). they were bummed about my car, because it would have been one of our main means of transportation for the summer.
A few days later we simply walked into the Port Royal Golf & Racquet Club and asked for jobs. As luck would have it, they needed greenskeepers and general workers for the golf courses they had. Three if i recall. We mowed the greens every day, cleaned up the bunkers, cut trees, you name it. There was one hole you had to be very careful when mowing the greens and grass ... there was a cranky alligator in the greenside pond!
After we worked under the hot sun all day, we'd hit the condo pool area and drink and nap for a few hours, then head out on the town. Rinse, repeat all summer. Fun.
At the end of the summer, i didn't have a way back to KU, so me and a buddy or two rented a car and drove up the East Coast toward our families. BTW, it's not easy to rent a car when you're 18-19 years old. I can't even remember the hoops we had to jump through. We stopped in Virginia to drop off one guy, and his mom was kind enough to cook us a great Southern meal. My first time eating a twice-backed potato. mmm.
Ended up at my family home, and a week later had to hop a flight back to KU.
Coulda made a movie of that summer i think.
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https://blog.evanmiya.com/p/nil-market-trends-you-need-to-know
Good read on how much the market has ballooned from last yr.
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@rockchalkjayhawk pretty crazy! No car your first yr at KU?
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@crimsonblu22 said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:
@rockchalkjayhawk pretty crazy! No car your first yr at KU?
totally crazy! back at that age you hardly sweat that kinda stuff, huh.
I had a few cars (clunkers) during my KU years. I guess living in the dorms you don't really need it much, but came in handy once i moved off campus. The tipsy walk to Naismith Drive back from The Hawk was always fun late at night ...
