Hey, that was one heckuva first half! Wow. Dominating.

It pains me to say it, but yea, that was a pretty nice Gioooo goal. good for him.

One slip up in a semi transition to defense — which has been my fear with this formation. Otherwise well played.

Watched USA v Germany yesterday.
Crappy start, but not a bad effort in general.
I still dislike the formation Poch has chosen. 3-2-4-1
Mostly on transition attacks by opposing teams. It was quite apparent to me at least that the team struggles to organize and cover all the bodies. That’s a problem.
On offense we at least to seem to have a bunch of bodies that push forward.
Weston as a central attacking “mid” and playmaker just doesn’t work for me. Nor him. Not his skill set.
And if you didn’t watch, at least catch highlights of Jedi’s blister! Wow.

So we still have one guy to add, right?

The Mbiya thing is all part of the proposed big bill to rule over college sports.

One of the components is no player who has received payment for play as a pro is eligible (basically with some give or take).

It has a loooong way to go to pass, if it does.

So, no current danger i'd guess.

And just to be clear, Paul Mbiya played professionally for money in France.

@JAYHAWKFAN214 said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

The man himself has arrived to his new home
https://x.com/i/status/2061551546106613777

Ha, sad but true:

He's looking forward to this being his home for the next 8 months

the sad part knowing it's only 8 months!

Defense used to be the strength of this team, huh. A little offense never hurts!

I’m just weirded out seeing guys play outside their usual spots on the field. But apparently it’s already confusing opponents.

yep, team looked good today. The first half in particular. Pulisic had some positive energy for sure.

Odd that we've still yet to see the World Cup starters on the field together...

Or does that mean Weston is a bench player??

Oh, did Gio play today?

@BShark said in World Cup:

@rockchalkjayhawk literally how does Gio keep making it

????

Once a teen prodigy, now not even living in the ballpark of expectation. A mystery.

@approxinfinity said in World Cup:

@rockchalkjayhawk I love that Gio made it haha. But bummed Luna didnt. I think we are short a couple horses in the backline. Chris Richards coming back from injury and the ageless Tim Reim to anchor our defense?

Gio! He’s a divisive figure for sure.

Yea, many complaining about the back line as well. And that he added like 30 wingbacks.

I don’t think I really care for his 3-4-2-1 system so far. That puts players like Jedi out of position.

Fingers crossed we make a run.

Somewhat disappointed in the US World Cup roster decision making.

Bummed that Gio made it, and Musah and Luna did not. Tessman, meh. Probably fine he didn't make the cut, but others are complaining we're thin at central mid.

Gio should be banned for life after his petulant behavior last time round! ha.

Plus he's not that good and doesn't play much for his club.

This will be interesting for sure. Poch didn't really line up his guys with any consistency. So, who knows if they'll gel enough to make it out of the group phase. Hope so!

Nice to see the team coming together for the summer!

@bskeet said in KU ROSTER 2026-27:

And what of Milan Momcilovic who also withdrew from the NBA draft? There was a time that his list included KU...

doesn't seem like KU is in the running.

Kentucky, Louisville, St. John's and Arizona are expected to be the primary schools involved in his recruitment, sources said.

I quickly posted some of this earlier, but thought i'd clean it up and simplify.

More changes ahead for college sports! Looks like they are hammering out a bill to regulate a few things. Some i like:

• THE BIG ONE to me: Only one transfer before a player must miss a season of eligibility. A second or more transfers are permitted under certain conditions, such as a head coach leaving or the elimination of an athlete’s sport.

• Five-year eligibility length for college athletes.

-- NO paid pro athletes can play in college sports.

• Blah blah blah, something about NIL deals standards.

• A chance athletes could be deemed employees.

@rockchalkintexas-0

That’s a nice story — seeing his shirt put to good use

And those Broncos sound awesome! Love that era. Although I could probably do without that shade of orange…ha.

@BShark said in Roll Call:

@rockchalkjayhawk yeah that stuff is all regional. Facebook marketplace is pretty active here but 90% or more of the messages are from idiots/time wasters.

Average Facebook Marketplace msg: “Hi, I’d like to pay $2 for your 2026 Lamborghini, but you’ll need to deliver it to me.”

@mayjay said in Roll Call:

Good luck to everyone dealing with so many challenges. We are dealing with our own accumulated junk: We are getting ready to move and it has been chaotic trying to get the house ready to list on June 15th. Realtor's photographer coming next Saturday. Spent yesterday with her taking everything we love off the walls, evicting chairs and tables, and basically mutating the place into a vacuous HGTV showpiece. I understand it, but geez it is annoying!

Moving from our rainy coastal-SC cozy house to the deserts of the west, most likely Sun City in Las Vegas. The developers around here are putting up about 8,000 new homes within 5 miles or so, plus a new Buckees at the I-95 exit that already is backed up for half a mile every morning with workers going to Hilton Head. Gonna be a mess.... We would be a lot closer to the kids in Hawaii, and we have always dreamed of long trips through the west. Grand Canyon is my favorite spot on earth, and Her Loveliness has a lifelong desire to see the redwoods and other nat'l parks. In LV, maybe we will also get to see a yearly Chiefs game! And our sons will come for hockey.

Just have to avoid that seductive spinning wheel with all those numbers and we should be ok!

I have a buddy who lives down near you on John’s Island. Beautiful coastal community. That, to me, would be hard to leave!

I spent a drunken summer working on Hilton Head during college years at KU. Had a blast!

So if you move to Vegas, you’d be exchanging sweltering humidity for a dry heat

@BShark said in Roll Call:

@rockchalkjayhawk I realized just how much crap I have after my brother passed away. Had to deal with all his stuff. A lot ended up at goodwill or the trash. There were some things that could be sold but that was a lot of work so the really cheap stuff got donated and much of the rest ended up at places that resell it. Obviously didn't get full value but the time and effort is worth more than the difference was to me. That did get me selling off some of my own stuff. Mainly giant book lots on eBay but I did pare back my DVDs and such a teensy bit.

Yea, not a great feeling having to deal with a loved one’s stuff, but it feels good in the end.

When I cleared out my mom’s home a few years back when she moved up toward us, wow, that was a ton of work. I mostly packed up the car, dropped stuff off at Good Will down the street, then rinse and repeat all day long.

I also sold a lot of things as well — using an App called Offer Up. Worked great down in LA, but when I tried to use it to sell off a lot of our things up here in the Bay Area … crickets! So I mostly donated everything.

So same deal, I didn’t get what I could have, but I have less stuff and a cleaner house!

@approxinfinity said in Roll Call:

@rockchalkjayhawk downsize downsize downsize! In the end i want the sum of my material belongings to be lighter than air, at least the ones no one else wants.

So funny you’d say that about downsizing! I’m in that mode now.

Sadly It all started after mom passed away. We started by donating a zillion boxes of her stuff to Goodwill. Then we decided to paint the inside of our house. You know how that turns into chaos with stuff everywhere in giant piles.

Time to downsize! We realized (or I did) that we had two massive bookshelves just collecting dust. GONE! The books and shelves. I read on a Kindle now anyway.

Anyway, a work in progress, but it’s a very good feeling to declutter, and to donate to those who need these things more than I do.

Ah, so sorry @approxinfinity awful news.
Yep, sounds eerily familiar. Best to you and your family. not easy.
My advice (if you haven't been thru this before): get everything in order that you can get in order.

@crimsonblu22 said in Chiefs offseason thread:

@mayjay if he wasn't on probation could he legally smoke weed? IDK.

Yea, weed, but it was part of his probation rules and regs I guess. No weed. I'm sure he was aware.

I mean he's an athlete, so not expecting scholarly behavior, but it pays to be smarter than the joint you're about to smoke.

Tough call on cutting him. He's the best receiver KC has.