For graduating! Makes me just as proud as success on the court.

So I was at my local watering hole the other night watching my Bears and sat by one of my good friends who happens to be a KSU fan, but all around super dude.

Anyway, turns out he’s a regular golfing buddy with one KJ Adams. And he just raved and raved about how good a dude he is and how down to earth he is. Apparently his girlfriend is going to be a PT and also really has it together. He sucks at golf but can hit it a mile lol.

It’s nothing super groundbreaking but it’s good this time of year to hear some feel good stories about our guys.

We good.

Seriously, folks. This team is really, really good. Took some elite level weirdness to lose each game so far. First the inexplicable 28 TO’s against dook without Moss then our dude Marcus goes down early against Nova followed by Dot’s brain fart. First against KenPom #1 dook and then KenPom #19 at their place, and we lost by a total of 3 points. The Dayton win is really good. Our freshmen will only get better, just look at the games Braun and Enaruna had today. Marcus will be back. Silvio will eventually find his sea legs. Self’s teams always get significantly better over break with the increased practice time.

The other thing we have in spades is defense, and it will travel. We’re the KenPom #5 defense, essentially tied for 4th. The offense will come around. I’m certainly an optimist by nature so ignore me if you want to see things on the downside. But!

We good.

https://twitter.com/chasenscott/status/1374211304446103553?s=21

https://twitter.com/jifhawk/status/1374211437250351106?s=21

Incredible Jayhawk. He didn’t always play in situations that were the best for him, but he always played his ass off. He’s going to make life hell for a lot of good pros. Godspeed, Marcus. Jayhawk nation loves you.

It’s easy to sit behind a keyboard and say “player X sucks get him out of here” but stories like Juan’s are why college sports are so great. A kid in Juan’s position wouldn’t sniff a place like KU without sports. The guy in the jersey matters. A lot.

Heard from a KU source today they think they got Tucker

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.

Maybe it’s my background in comms and dealing with press for a living, but am I the only one who doesn’t give a rats ass what the media says about KU and thinks KU shouldn’t take their opinions into account AT ALL when deciding punishment? Sure there’s that out of context photo, but the video is much less damning if people would just watch it (https://imgur.com/a/5znZHdo). ESPN doesn’t run KU. CBS doesn’t run KU. Twitter doesn’t run KU. The state of Kansas runs KU. Tell the press they can shove it with their hot takes and we’ll run the show like adults. Yes, there will obviously be consequences for dumbassery. But suggesting this is the end for Silvio and whatnot is absolutely without merit IMO. Would break all precedent from previous dumbassery and wouldn’t serve anyone but the press’s appetite for blood.

K losing his last regular season, ACCT, and tournament game would be amazing

Lmao that dude is softer than Liberace at the playboy mansion

@Crimsonorblue22 getting there! I’m still pretty tired and coughing a lot but I can at least get out and do a few things here and there.

Holy hell this is no joke. It wiped out pretty much all my February. Stay well, folks.

@FarmerJayhawk said in Good news for KU/Big 12- -TV:

Private equity buying a big stake in the league should be announced soon. I’m not a fan. We have to get out of this league.

Ah. https://x.com/rossdellenger/status/1895253322938073292?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ

Pitino is a decade Bill’s senior. He’s not leaving the Johnnies

I love that Diggy is coming back. He’s a perfect 8/9th man and won’t chase away any portal guys

If it’s Beard I’ll care a lot less about Kansas basketball.

@jay4ever said in If Bill’s roster falls apart…:

@FarmerJayhawk That’s the point.

Miami who is terrible and MSU who doesn’t really use the portal? Unless it’s sarcasm I missed?

@jay4ever said in If Bill’s roster falls apart…:

@kuballin10 Nah, not just because of the big three, I’d say. A great coach will be able to model plays based on each player’s capability, instead of forcing them to play his way. That’s what we’re seeing night in and night out. Flory will flourish had he played in teams like Miami, or MSU. There’s something really wrong when you see transfers’ numbers go down across the board. The system is bad. Period.

Those are WILD examples

A win is a win. Not an inspiring one but they all count the same.

@BShark said in Interesting Rumor/Note:

@FarmerJayhawk said in Interesting Rumor/Note:

Maybe related, maybe not. I’ve heard varying opinions from some who would know, but there are certainly rumors next season is Bill’s swan song.

I’m at like 95% on that. Rumors of a succession plan that I’d be pretty okay with, but would require some pr massaging. I’m sure that’s far from a done deal though.

Yeah I’m sure it’s one plan of many in play right now. Goff is incredibly methodical and this will be the biggest hire of his tenure. I’m a football fan first but I’m not under any impression I’m in the majority