Yahoo team ranking story says this about the Chiefs:

15 — The overreaction to the Chiefs’ season will be fierce. People have been dying to dunk on the NFL’s current dynasty, and now is their chance. No, the Chiefs don’t need a full rebuild. They just haven’t won close games. Kansas City is still the No. 7 team in DVOA this season after Sunday’s loss, ahead of teams like Denver, Buffalo, Philadelphia and New England. Haters will get in their licks now. Level-headed people will understand it’s just an unlucky season for a team that’s still good.

@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:

In all seriousness i stopped in ames when i drove across the country after college. Met some kids at a bar, hung out at their place, played guitar with them, slept on their couch and headed on my way in the morning. Ames is alright in my book.

Now that @approxinfinity has opened that can of worms ... i'll share my cross country story about Chattanooga, Tennessee.

After my sophomore year at KU (during the Danny era), me and my friends from the East Coast decided to all get summer jobs on the Hilton Head island golf courses and have a fun summer.

I packed up my tiny car, a Triumph Spitfire if that rings a bell to anybody, and headed East. I made it as far as Chattanooga, and my car speedometer and tachometer both hit zero, in the middle of rush hour. Then they instantly went back up to normal. I'm thinking...ok, that's weird. A few miles later, same thing. BAM! both went back to zero, and some smoke started coming out of my hood. This can't be good!

I pulled over as quickly as i could, thankfully near a highway exit, and frantically tossed all my stuff out of the car onto a hillside as my car was engulfed in flames!

This was all pre cell phone days, so i stuck out my thumb and hoped somebody would give me a ride to a pay phone. Soon enough, a young University of Tennessee college kid my age stopped and drove me over to a 7-11 down the hill. I called 911, told em where i was and what was happening, and about 10 seconds later heard and saw sirens above me on the freeway.

Long story short, he was kind enough to see i was screwed in every way possible, so he said f*ck it, come stay with me and my roommates this weekend. We'll hit all the parties we can, get all liquored up and have a good time!

I'll forever be grateful for the kindness shown at the University of Tennessee.

A friend had an alternate theory on DP that I hadn’t heard.

He’s simply bored with college ball.

I'm seeing Flory mentioned more and more in mock drafts this year.
Good for him. I still think he's way undersized (no freaking way he's 6-10), and needs more offensive game to have a consistent NBA career.
we can dream, right?

Yea, i listened to some of that Dickie V / Barkley game. Honestly, it's not about the game to them. They toss out a generic phrase about a player here and there, but generally not great to listen to. Dickie V is past tense as a broadcaster IMO.

Ha, seems like i'm the only one in this thread, but may as well keep myself entertained!

Well hmmmm. this got interesting.

The Titans are hiring 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh as their next head coach, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter.

Didn't see that Saleh was even in the equation. I think he should have stayed in SF as a coordinator, but where does that leave Nagy????

@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.

Just a reminder for some...you can cancel your ESPN+ subscription if ya want. We just have one more hoops game on Dec. 22, then that's it til football or hoops next year.

Holy smokes! $31M a year for Trent McDuffie!!

Chiefs for sure could not afford that price tag. wow.

Totally not a game-related comment ... but i think Gus Johnson and Jimmy Jackson are now my favorite announcing duo. Head and shoulders above the rest IMO. Excellent back and forth, with JJ providing solid insight.

@BeddieKU23 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

https://youtu.be/cShuU0UCcfQ?si=T_-G-4_0HhYKZXgy

This is your 4 man!

Is that a statement or wishful thinking?

@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 ...

@BeddieKU23 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

Keanu Dawes on his way to KU now for a visit. Big news!

I wish they would ban inter conference transfers. Weird to have a former opponent on the roster.

I think Kohl posted he was back. Paul i haven't heard about for sure. not sure there's official word yet.
I'd like to see them both return.

@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.

@approxinfinity said in 2026 Transfer Portal Chaos/Madness Thread:

In all seriousness i stopped in ames when i drove across the country after college. Met some kids at a bar, hung out at their place, played guitar with them, slept on their couch and headed on my way in the morning. Ames is alright in my book.

Now that @approxinfinity has opened that can of worms ... i'll share my cross country story about Chattanooga, Tennessee.

After my sophomore year at KU (during the Danny era), me and my friends from the East Coast decided to all get summer jobs on the Hilton Head island golf courses and have a fun summer.

I packed up my tiny car, a Triumph Spitfire if that rings a bell to anybody, and headed East. I made it as far as Chattanooga, and my car speedometer and tachometer both hit zero, in the middle of rush hour. Then they instantly went back up to normal. I'm thinking...ok, that's weird. A few miles later, same thing. BAM! both went back to zero, and some smoke started coming out of my hood. This can't be good!

I pulled over as quickly as i could, thankfully near a highway exit, and frantically tossed all my stuff out of the car onto a hillside as my car was engulfed in flames!

This was all pre cell phone days, so i stuck out my thumb and hoped somebody would give me a ride to a pay phone. Soon enough, a young University of Tennessee college kid my age stopped and drove me over to a 7-11 down the hill. I called 911, told em where i was and what was happening, and about 10 seconds later heard and saw sirens above me on the freeway.

Long story short, he was kind enough to see i was screwed in every way possible, so he said f*ck it, come stay with me and my roommates this weekend. We'll hit all the parties we can, get all liquored up and have a good time!

I'll forever be grateful for the kindness shown at the University of Tennessee.

Sorry if a repeat, but just saw this from Jeff Borzello:

The Iowa State Cyclones had five transfers on campus this weekend; all five committed. Remarkable.

@mayjay said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

@rockchalkjayhawk I like A&M being tied with itself at 12.

But i applaud the effort that went into creating it! Unless it was AI...then boo.

@RockChalkinTexas-0 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

Just saw this. Yeah for Paul and Kohl!

Ha. ya know that's a fake, right?

Go Kohl!
Ten years ago Kohl would have been the perfect 3 or 4 year player in the system.