Posts made by dylans

It looks like Mahomes deep ball accuracy is poor. 1/4 connect. …so throw 4 deep balls per possession, they do eventually connect. I suspect there would be a higher completion percentage on deep passes if they threw more.

Aldrich as a freshman for his game against UNC in the final four.

@nuleafjhawk It’s his footwork. It’s terrible. But Mahomes is the only source of offense. The running backs suck hind tit - Pacheco is terrible, he runs hard right into his own blockers - maybe he needs glasses. Hunt is washed, at this point I might be faster. Mitchell hasn’t even found the field and Smith is more of a pass catcher. The WRs are injured or just complimentary players - Rice is amazing, but unavailable. Worthy is coming into his own, but Kelce may have ruined his career. Kelce is old and slow. Juju is in his 20s and slow. Hollywood is a good 3rd receiver, but as the featured guy he is limited. Remigio is a returner. Brownlee can’t find his way to the field.

Butker lost both those games. If he hits the extra point against the Chargers the game is tied late and goes to overtime. If he makes that field goal against the Iggles that is the margin as well.

Against Philly if Kelce catches that TD KC wins. If Reid doesn’t go for it on 4th down and just punts, that was the margin of the game.

KC will be fine. Mahomes can be better, but he’s the only reason they’re even in these games. The rest of the team looks bush league. Spags better figure out how to hide Chamarri Connors - that guy is a huge liability. Nagy needs to fix Taylor - his penalties are drive killers.

Take Mahomes off this team and they win maybe 5 games.

@drgnslayr said in Power Forwards/Stretch 4s of the Bill Self era peak offseason pt 4:

There must be an AI tool out there somewhere that could compare players… crunch all their numbers and then weight factors of importance. I know… I know… I’m an AI sellout. I’ve just had a very successful business month where I dumped a huge load on the backs of my slave laborers… 3 AI platforms that saved me from doom!

Ugg half the sports articles out there appear written by AI - it sucks. They all sound like a 7th grader plagiarized something they don’t fully understand. On a more disturbing front - I read an article the other day where someone used a language model to try demonstrate why rich folks should pay more in taxes - it had no reasoning behind it other than raw numbers that don’t project forward properly. It’s like when someone cheats to get the answers, but doesn’t understand what they are saying so it’s all wrong, but it’s presented as 100% factual. AI is making people even dumber which I find incredible, I thought we had already hit the bottom - Wrong!!!

@nuleafjhawk said in 2025 Chiefs:

@kjayhawks I was giving him the benefit of the doubt by saying that he’s distracted. The other option is that he can’t pass anymore I guess the Chiefs could always make him the featured running back.

Mahomes deep ball has never been good in my opinion. Tyreek just made such smooth adjustments it looked good. Tyreek would make a great center fielder with his ball tracking ability. I see a little of that with Worthy, but not the field awareness yet. Hopefully Worthy can play close to 100% at some point this year, I’m not sure how his injury will affect his play - could be ugly.

@nuleafjhawk Britney had the audacity to drop a kid out during one of those Super Bowl runs, right during the playoffs! I think he’ll be ok - the guy looks to be in the best shape coming into the season that we’ve seen yet. Mahomes the only thing on the team you don’t have to worry about. You can nit pick for sure, but worry? Nah. This team will be solid by playoffs.

Fuuudge

@rockchalkjayhawk Ugg even a minor shoulder surgery absolutely sucks. Extremely painful and long recovery.

@HoraceZontal No championship in ‘08 without Darrell’s quiet 20 point night.

@wissox said in Other Football Games of Interest:

@dylans ‘we’, ie Wisconsin plays them week after next. I thought 'we’d get waxed by about 60 but thinking it will be more like 35-14 type of game instead! Still a loss but not an embarrassment.

Close. Nostradamus

For me, I’d put Keith Freeze at number 3 and I’m not even counting that he paid for Wesley to attend KU.

I’m afraid that’s so @kjayhawks

@AsadZ The Royal late schedule it pretty tough.

The football in the Big12 has gone from pretty dang solid to mid-major level, so maybe KU can finish above .500.

No Collins, no championship in ‘08. Makes him number one from this list for me. Mason was more productive, but results matter.

Worthy has a dislocated shoulder and has the dreaded day to day designation.

The D-line didn’t apply any pressure and I could have hit most of those throws the receivers were so open. It was pathetic the coverage that Chamari Conners (and others) provided. Why can’t Chiefs receivers get any separation?!? (Nagy sucks!!!)

@approxinfinity said in Hate Missouri Week. Game chat here!:

@dylans i dont think anyone here would blame him for going for it. It was the right choice.

I didn’t never watch the KU football game. But reading this it is 100% stereotypical fan reactions.

The Chiefs fan site is hilariously stereotypical following their loss as well. (I did watch that shit show.) - it’s the refs - with numerous examples. It’s Spags - with numerous examples of the defense not being ready. It’s Reid - with numerous examples of the offense not performing except in dink and dunk passes. Kelce - too old. Mahomes - too many commercials. Etc.

I’d just say the Chargers came ready to play and whooped the Chiefs. That the Chiefs didn’t come ready to play and it cost them a game. The Chiefs should get better when their top two receivers get back. Spags defense takes times to coalesce- usually around 4-5 games to come together.

Fans gonna fan

If they fail the 4th down conversion, Lance is a failure for not trusting the defense. If he punts, Lance is a failure for not trusting the offense. If they go for it and get it, Lance is a genius. ‍️

@wissox Not sure - in the last Chiefs game McConkey intentionally swapped a fumble out of bounds - it was a 10 yard penalty. If it was batted into the end zone I’m guessing it’s a safety.

@Crimsonorblue22 1 game out of the wild card spot now!

Wide open Chargers WRs all game long and hardly any separation from the Chiefs WRs. Not a good looking team so far.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3Rbt5CYH7UI&list=PLRdw3IjKY2gmpp_NyeJ3-WOnP_QGUOefh&index=2

Game link. No subscription required.

@rockchalkjayhawk I’m traveling this weekend (going to Jamaica for our anniversary) - I really hope I can watch the game live, but if not I’ll be looking for the replay with you!

@rockchalkjayhawk Does it require a subscription or just a conflict?

So sorry for your loss. Do what brings you comfort. We’ll be here when you want us.

@drgnslayr said in KU Roster for 25-26:

I am hopeful for a team very improved over last year’s team. First, we will immediately experience a team with a lot more athleticism. That doesn’t always translate into victories, but I look back on last year’s team and how Harris and Dickinson looked anemic (along with defensive anemia from Storr, Mayo, and Griffen). I think DP will be the key and it is my opinion he is figuring out how to make other players better. Flory will be a beast, especially since his minutes won’t just be an afterthought. Part of our offense will be building offense around Flory. All his attention will just light him on fire with enthusiasm. My only worries are foul trouble, though he will have more weakside and on-ball defense support this year.

We are due for a good “chip year!” No more lofty, silly preseason #1 ranking!

I just hope they are entertaining/fun to watch. Last year sucked. At least be entertaining and act like you care/want to be there and that’ll be a big improvement. - this team isn’t sniffing winning the league, hopefully they will be fun to watch before they all leave and it’s a mostly new roster next year.

@approxinfinity said in KU Roster for 25-26:

@dylans Flory is going to have a Joel Embiid year.

Ugg show flashes and then get hurt before March madness? I wish he had Embiid’s potential, but he doesn’t. Too small and not skilled enough. He could be a very good college player if he puts in the work, but will never be an NBA MVP due to genetics.

@rcjhdraft said in KU Roster for 25-26:

I don’t blame people for being a little low on this team given the history of the last 2 seasons. But this is a totally new team built around a great NBA prospect with athletes all across the board. As you said, we’ll get an idea of whether or not they should be ranked higher earlier with the non conference schedule

Unfortunately that describes 1/2 the schedule. This Kansas roster is a bit weak - looks like a middle of the pack to top 1/3 of the Big12 team. Definitely won’t out talent many teams.

FSU was fined 50k for storming the field. It would be cool to get enough Jayhawk fans in attendance at Missouri or somewhere on the road to storm a road game field and get them fined, adding insult to injury.

https://www.espn.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/46097003/mens-college-basketball-way-too-early-top-25-teams-best-candidates-awards-honors-2025-2026

6th ranked Big12 team seems about right. I hope this squad can end the year ranked. Tough road ahead; hopefully they over achieve. 7 potentially ranked teams on the schedule gives the Jayhawks plenty of opportunity to prove themselves!

Listening to Alabama fans absolutely melt down on the radio is hilarious. Reality is setting in, in a hard way.

@nuleafjhawk There are a lot of unranked teams that didn’t get mentioned and it’s not like KU is a football hotbed. Generally I’d prefer to keep Kansas football out of the headlines, it’s typically meant something like a linemen got stuck in the drive thru window at Taco Bell. Let them ride under the radar until they whoop mizery, then they’ll see what’s brewing in Lawrence.

Chenowith?

Number one Texas didn’t last long at the top.

@Crimsonorblue22 said in More random KU trivia -- all KU records this time:

Prison Mitch was up there

That’s the low skill white guy I was thinking of. All hustle team.

Dallas should trade Amari Cooper and Dak. They definitely are not in win now mode.

TJ Pugh #2?

@rockchalkjayhawk No free agents, since training camp started, have been added to the 53 man roster. Just some scrubs to the practice squad.

@rockchalkjayhawk Billy Thomas, Svi, Graham

Became a fan in ‘89. Just missed him.

@rockchalkjayhawk Practice squad. He should never play.

Good moves by Veach getting handshake deals done with the vets and stashing them on the practice squad - Pennel and Tonyan. Bottom end of the roster guys rarely move the needle, but Pennel has come up big before.

Correction - Pennel is not signed. Mike Edwards was.

CEH on the practice squad it sounds like. Not the RB I was expecting to be added to the roster. Good guy, ok half back.

@nuleafjhawk said in The ever changing landscape of TV sports:

@wissox FM Radio. Until they start charging for that too.

If it was Max Falkenstein or Bob Davis I’d even consider paying for radio!

Yeah sports fans are some of the worst people on the internet - just horrible that they can only think about themselves and not the athlete that is suffering way more. KU “fans” are not any better, it’s gross how people act on the internet with anonymity.

Never cancelled, so the package is still $14.99. If they offer up an option to get ESPN without having to get sling that is awesome.

For those that don’t want to pay as much you can use

https://uzzu.tv/

it will have every game for every team you care about not to mention all the teams you don’t care about. $130 per year - now can we complain about the team instead of the price of tv? For comparison the least expensive single season ticket is around $1,500 and the seats are in the rafters. No way college basketball is worth that in the NIL/pirate free agency era, so I will pay as little as possible into the machine - thus Uzzu

I never understood the desire to watch your team play in a cool destination - I usually don’t watch any tv when traveling, much less go to a game.

All I know about the KSU game is a bunch of people I know went - a cousin, my niece, my old bosses kid, and several other KSU fans. It sounds like they all had a blast in Dublin (up until the game of course). What a cool experience, especially for my niece who got to go with the band. She’ll remember that trip for a lifetime. Not the game, the trip.

Half time 24-7 good guys. Nice!

@rockchalkjayhawk Travis Etienne is one rumor. He’d be a nice compliment to what they have.

@stoptheflop Keep those crimson and blue spectacles on!