Lots of speculating going on, with people thinking they can read minds. Let's all get mad and assume bad faith by a player who may well be in the midst of being far more frustrated than all of our fan-doctors.

@ROCKCHALK2025 As a judge for 19 years, I found the legal principal of requiring evidence to draw conclusions applies pretty well to analyzing everything in life. In other words, speculation alone isn't probative. But speculation can generate theories about things, but theories without evidence are pretty hollow, so best usually to wait for actual facts.

@wissox83 said in Kansas Jayhawks vs Towson Tigers Game Chat Tue. 12/16 8:00 CT:

Ran 5 miles saturday on the treadmill.

Just saw this. 5 miles on a treadmill...and you find some KU games boring?

@BeddieKU23 said in Kansas Jayhawks vs Davidson Wildcats Game Chat Mon. 12/22 7:00 CT:

3pt defense has been our strength....

It seems to me that we haven't seen this comment all that often in past years!

Pretty sad. I mean, e hasn't even tried the old Squeaky routine about how KSU "tries harder" despite losing.

I think what we are seeing with DP is that his legs are strong enough to play half a game, but his injuries all season make him vulnerable. No one can possibly say the guy who leads Div 1 in first half scoring isn't giving it his all. But doing that comes at a cost of injuries. Taking himself out might be what Self wants him to do to avoid worse injuries and total unavailability down the line, a la Embiid.

@Tallturd1 said in Darryn Peterson:

just media types doing what they think makes themselves sound knowledgeable

Just like people on this Board all season thinking they can infer facts from the lack of information. I read the CBS guy's article. He has never before seen a discussion between an AD and an agent in a game so therefore it must be...X. Could be any other letter in the alphaber, but no, X is a big conspiracy so it must be true.

@wissox83 We actually were undefeated after 2 games (I had thought it was midseason).

So, this confirms what we all knew: Missouri is the first step down on the stairway to Hell.

@ROCKCHALK2025 I remember somewhere in my past...maybe back when having several physical therapists in a friend group...learning that muscles in opposition to injured muscles can get stressed. Similar to how favoring one leg with a sprained ankle or knee can make the other leg work extra. Or cause abnormal movement--for example, Dizzy Dean came back too soon from a leg injury, changed how he landed with his foward foot, and messed up his other leg.

If DP tries to keep his hamstrings loose with extra stretching, that seems like the quads could be getting tighter. I know the worst neck cramps I ever had were alleviated only after heat and massage on the opposite side--that side was really tight but not painful. The side that was hurting was resisting the tightness.

Might mean it's not so weird.

Occurs to me that this looks like our 3rd straight off-season where Rice's availability at season opening may be in question. Domestic assault, allegedly, and no resolution announced yet. These things affect out depth chart, FA decisions, and draft strategy. Time to bail, I think.

@approxinfinity And that's on a 10 pt scale!

@stoptheflop said:

"I wonder if ISt fans will stay classy...."

Definitely assumes a fact not in evidence.

@approxinfinity Are you optimistic about having reasons to be optimistic? When I need a dose of optimism to avoid retreating to a 20-year hideout in an underground shelter, I look at my wife (of 26½ years today!) and realize that she is always a ray of sunshine and hope.

Happy Valentines Day, everybody!

@Jayhawk_69 Same here, mostly because they give me an idea about teams I don’t follow that might warrant paying more attention to.

@Tallturd1 said in 2026 Playoffs:

Nixon had Elvis, in all his regalia, in the Oval office. Now it's Kid Rock and Trump. Any thoughts about who's next? Ted Cruz and ? AOC and ?

Sorry, Nixon believed in diversity (hugging Sammy Davis Jr.! omg!) and would be persona non grata at "patriotic" concerts now.

@Gorilla72 Barstool Arizona is the source? They rank up there in credibility with Brittanica, NE Journal of Medicine, and Sports Illustrated of the golden age (1960s-1990s)?

@BShark Maybe I'm a bit paranoid...that's more than me. And I ain't just talkin' bb players!

Bryce is redshirting this year, I believe.

The Royals' fun little (5'7") speedster who stole bases and our admiration in 2014 and 2015 died at 34 years old of complications from routine surgery. ‍

KU's past is as checkered as any "northern" school. Here is an article with Prof Bill Tuttle discussing the subject in 2014: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&opi=89978449&url=https://flatlandkc.org/news-issues/separate-equal-ku-professor-explores-universitys-complicated/&ved=2ahUKEwiyzPnix8WSAxWymSYFHSjkFB4QFnoECB0QAQ&usg=AOvVaw0dY-Ad0D-wlGo7tgSBQ_CW. (Tuttle was my prof for my history senior thesis in 1978...loved that guy!)

Here is an article about John McClendon, a Hall of Fame coach denied the opportunity to play at KU in the '30s because blacks weren't allowed to play until 1951: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_McLendon