Some Sports From the Weekend
My sports weekend was a little more compressed than normal. We hosted several of M’s friends and their families Sunday evening, so we spent a lot of time prepping for them and then enjoying their company. Friday night was CHS’ homecoming. We went to dinner with a couple other families and by the time we walked in, the Irish were…
Weekend Sports Notes
It was the first weekend jam-packed with sports in a long time. Good thing we had a fourish-day weekend to squeeze it all in!1 Friday night I took C and three friends to the Cathedral football game (M was also there with her own friend group). The 2–0, class 5A #1 Irish played a perennial 6A power from up north…
Oh Crap: College Sports Realignment Talk
I believe it was right as the Olympics were beginning that the first rumors surfaced that Oklahoma and Texas might leave the Big 12 for the SEC. My immediate reaction was, “No way. Texas isn’t leaving all the Longhorn Network money on the table so they can lose to Alabama every year.” Within three days we knew that not only…
Early July Sports Notes
KU Hoops It would be nice to say a dizzying three months of roster flux at Kansas came to an end Tuesday when Ochai Agbaji and Remy Martin both announced they were pulling their names from the NBA draft list and would be playing as Jayhawks in the coming season. But given how crazy college hoops is at the moment,…
Jayhawk Talk
Some thoughts on the latest goings on with University of Kansas athletics. KU football I mostly sat out the search for the latest KU football coach. I was aware of the biggest names that were getting thrown around – Buffalo’s Lance Leipold and Army’s Jeff Monken – but I refused to invest much time or emotional energy into following the…
College Hoops Thoughts
Well, we now live in a world where Scott Drew has a national championship and Kansas is facing probation. Just fucking great. If I could, I would light college basketball on fire and let it burn a slow, painful death. OK, that’s a little harsh. And, honestly, I can deal with whatever is going to happen to KU. It’s the…
Roy, Roy, Roy
Wow, in a shocker that is apparently not an April Fool’s Day joke, Roy Williams is retiring after 33 years as a head coach. I am equally surprised and unsurprised. Both because of his age and his demeanor in recent years, it has been fashionable to wonder if each season would be Roy’s last. But I am honestly floored this…
Oh Yeah…
Gonzaga, Texas, Baylor, Illinois. Zags over Illini in title game. KU loses to USC Monday. Unless they play Drake. Then they sweep the Iowa schools and lose by 12 (again) to the Zags in the Elite 8.
KU Week in Review
Some week for KU sports, huh? Let’s review! Monday: fired a football coach for the fifth time in 11 years, this time for lying/covering up allegations of allegedly/likely putting female student staff members in uncomfortable situations at his previous job. Gross. Tuesday: Idiot athletic director gives press conference to show that he’s in control and deserves the chance to hire…
Here We Go Again
Me, just over two years ago: Kansas football always finds a way to disappoint. I’d love to be surprised this time. And, My basic philosophy for KU football these days is that it can’t get any worse. Never stop being you, KU football! Since Les Miles arrived in Lawrence there have been rumors. Rumors about his health, his emotional investment…