“I don’t think you could ever predict with Rodney [McGruder] out two minutes into the game, Will [Spradling] breaks his nose in the first and we are up 19 at half. Overall a great team effort.”
Bruce Weber, on KSU routing Texas 83-57 at Bramlage, Kansas City Star
GH: Take a deep bow, Kansas State. The Wildcats are putting together one of the more impressive football / basketball seasons in the history of the Little Apple. In a restructured Big 12 Conference that was built by Texas to be dominated by Texas, the Cats have shown all other corn-fed schools that the big bad bully is mostly bull. Way to go, Cats.
“We own Texas.”
Chant from the Kansas State crowd Wednesday night
GH: And how about that win the Cats have over the Florida Gators at Sprint Center? Bruce Weber’s team dominated the same Gators who drubbed Frank Martin’s South Carolina squad 75-36. Frank can’t be enjoying being treated like a high school coach again in the SEC.
“BREAKING – Majority owners of the Longhorn Network, Kansas State, have decided to change the network’s name to the Longface Network.”
Johnny Coltrane, @Chief_Wildcat, Twitter
“Kansas State football coach Bill Snyder has signed a new contract worth $14.75 million over the next five seasons. Snyder’s salary will rise from $2.2 million to $2.75 million next season and increase $100,000 each year.”
Kellis Robinett, writer, Kansas City Star
GH: Best bargain in college coaching. I hope the old man lives to be 100 and dies of a heart attack while dancing after winning a national championship.
“Been suffering through an Oklahoma State game and only now catching up on scores. So let me say what needs to be said: Jesus, Missouri.”
Mick Shaffer, @mickshaffer, after Mizzou lost 73-70 at LSU, Twitter
GH: Shaffer expressed the perfect sentiment for many. Read on.
“Somehow [Missouri is] a team that relies on the three-ball that most of us who have watched would say is not a good shooting team.”
Jon Sundvold, 810 AM
GH: Simply stated but bull’s-eye accurate.
“Missouri has become Arkansas North. Too frazzled on the road to beat even a bad team like LSU.”
Joe Walljasper, @JoeWalljasper writer for Columbia Daily Tribune, Twitter
GH: Great – so we have Mike Anderson infecting two SEC basketball teams this season.
“Bowers back and a loss at LSU. Tough night for the Tigers. This one will linger for a LONG time.”
Bob Fescoe, @bobfescoe, Twitter
GH: Mizzou losses like this are like Christmas for Fescoe and Kansas fans – with Phil Pressey playing the role of Santa.
“It’s maddening. [Phil Pressey] can look so terrific and he makes great decisions and then he can look like he’s not thinking at all out there!”
Steven St. John, 810 AM
“Guys are tending to do their own thing when the game’s getting tight or there’s adversity, and we’ve got to somehow become a better listening team.”
Frank Haith, following MUs disappointing 73-70 loss at LSU
GH: Haith never mentioned Pressey by name in his postgame comments but he did everything else to point his finger at his point guard. Pressey once again turned in a fabulous but flawed game – with what Haith referred to as “horrendous” shot selection in the final minute. He is a polarizing but mesmerizing talent. I can’t recall another college athlete who so often thrills to such highs and disappoints to such depths – even in the same game.
“Either [Phil Pressey] doesn’t have the confidence in his other guys or he’s not allowing these guys to have a role in the team.”
Bob Fescoe, 610 AM
GH: I don’t think it is nearly that complicated. Pressey simply remains in schoolyard mode once the game gets tight. He plays the game with little or no nod to whatever offense Haith has implemented. It works because he is incredibly quick and able to almost always find space. It doesn’t work when he feels the need to shoot the three – because he’s an average shooter at best.
“Haith said there’s nothing structurally wrong with [Keion] Bell’s shoulder but Bell said it hurt too bad to play.”
Steve Walentik, @Steve_Walentik, Twitter
GH: Has Keion being hanging with James Franklin?
“This week last year Mizzou landed DGB and beat Kansas. The last 52 weeks have been complete sports shit.”
Jack Nowland, @jacknowland, Twitter
“When does spring training start?”
Dan Neollsch, @TigerDan4, Twitter
GH: This is how bad it has gotten for Mizzou fans – even the Royals look good to them.
“1 very cool thing about KU women’s games: #KUbball star Ben McLemore almost always here, often alone, & he loves to sign autographs for kids.”
Matt Tait, @mctait, writer for KUSports.com, Twitter
GH: Amidst rumors of antler nasal spray and make-believe dead girlfriends, this is a feel-good story about a soon-to-be All-American athlete. Read on for another example of the Bizarro World of big-time college sports.
“Don’t you know who I am? I am an All-American.”
Ka’Deem Carey, Arizona’s All-American running back, when he was asked to sit down at a recent UA game at the Wildcats’ McKale Center, Arizona Daily Star
GH: I have followed Carey’s football career since his freshman year of high school. A good friend of mine in Tucson made me aware of his routine 350-yard games as a high schooler. He also informed me that Carey was a nightmare off the field. We both wondered if he would mature in college. He has not. While his game is as great as ever –his act is still a joke. Read on.
“Arizona Wildcats All-America running back Ka’Deem Carey was ejected from Thursday’s UA-UCLA basketball game at McKale Center following an argument with a police officer, according to a UA Police Department report obtained by the Star. … According to the UA Police Department report, event staff asked both men to leave the Zona Zoo student section four times because they were double-seated and sitting on the backs of chairs, reports stated. When they didn’t move, a UAPD officer was called. Carey told the officer that he and his cousin were sitting there because they couldn’t find their seats, according to the report. When the officer asked both for their tickets, Carey responded with an expletive and said, ‘Don’t you know who I am? I am an All-American,’ the report stated.”
Daniel Berk, writer, Arizona Daily Star
GregHall24@yahoo.com and Twitter / greghall24
“I can’t recall another college athlete who so often thrills to such highs and disappoints to such depths – even in the same game. ”
Tyshawn Taylor?
The good thing about Tyshawn is that he didn’t cost his team too many games. Flip on the other hand…
I was thinking of both Tyshawn Taylor and Sherron Collins but,honestly, I think the highs were just a little lower for the KU guys and the lows, thankfully, were not NEARLY so low.
I thought of Tyshawn Taylor, too. Going back quite a bit farther, Allen Iverson and Pete Maravich come to mind. Great all around talents but mediocre shooters who never knew when to tone it down.
Tyshawn fits the description but Self would routinely sit him down when he started flipping passes to that lady sitting behind Bob Knight. Pressey is MU’s only option at point and the Tigers have to live and die with his fits of wildness.
I guess it’s never too early to play the “Do you know who I am? game”.
Just heard about Dan Marino having an affair and child. Isn’t, or wasn’t, Bill Maas related to Dan via marriage in some way?
Dan married Bill’s sister.
Check that, other way around Bill Maas was married to Marino’s sister
Thanks Smart………was that the wife before or after Frankie?
Before Frankie
tree ball?
GH, you been drinking again?
Donk, Sweeeeeeesh!
Frank Haith is a dead man walking. Tiggers not doing a good job of listening? Bullshit Frank! You’re not doing a good job of coaching!
Correction! Ka’Deem is an All African American! Typical thug behavior from an African American male athlete with no discipline and a sense of privilege. This prick will wind up in the morgue before the HOF.
Friend of mine took his kids to a KU women’s game with the intent of meeting BMac. A coworker told him about BMac attending games Mission accomplished, photos, autographs. Said he was as nice as he could possibly be. Very rare. Props and respect BMac!
Speaking of antler spray. Damn lead time at SWAATS for the spray is up to 15 days. Good job Ray. He’ll probably get a job offer next week.
I have no idea why people accuse you of being a racist.
Because they are afraid of admitting the truth about the out of control, over the top behavior of African American males in our society. If you want I’ll ask Chuck to present the facts.
Of course. There are no white people of privilege who act like assholes. Noted.
No Dan ” Baby Daddy” Marino is a fuckstick too. Although, unlike most African American males he has provided for both baby and baby mama. Still no excuse and why the Mrs. isn’t wringing his balls out is a mystery to me. Maybe the old adage is true. The worse ya treat em the more they love ya. Ain’t that right Hillary?
This loss is on Haith. 3 road games, 3 losses, and 3 first half blowouts.
The teams answer to coming back? Shoot more threes, even though you are a shitty 3 point shooting team.
If they arent listening to you, they dont respect you. which means you have to go,
Pressey knows he has no backup, so there is no repercussion for his mistakes
I think with Pressey there’s also the mentality of “I’m going to the NBA, so I don’t really have to care” at this point..
First of all, cheer up Missouri fans, there’s always baseball. Wait … nevermind, the SEC is good in that too. Seriously, that was a dog of a game that Missouri should have won easily. Pressey thinks he’s Kobe Bryant and they are taking way too many 3′s. They will have a bunny Saturday against Auburn, but they now need to beat Florida and Ole Miss, and a road game while they’re at it.
It’s nice to see humble athletes like McElmore around, compared to some of the me-me players that pervade college sports these days. I never heard of Ka’Deem Carey until reading this OTC, I guess any way you get your 15 minutes.
Greg, there was some great KK in the first hour. He got to vent again about Carl, as well as talk about K State upping Bill Snyder. It’s good to be a K State fan right now, and they should enjoy this time. That Florida win is looking better and better and should be worth a couple of seed spots in the right direction.
Missouri has one more humiliating road lost in them. I’ll call it now. They go into Arkansas and lose. The Hogs are a different team in the Ozarks. I think they split against the Gators and Rebels. Something tells me MU might get up for Florida this year the same way the Tigers normally get up for Kansas. But saying that, it wouldn’t shock me if they lose to both Florida and Ole Miss.
Although I don’t really like the “we own Texas” chant, It was fun to be at Bramlage last night and witness the owning of Texas, again! You”re right, JP, it is good to be a Wildcat fan. 121 million dollars raised in 6 months, record enrollment, top of the line basketball facility and beautiful football stadium renovations. The Bill Snyder news is just the cherry on top!!
Thanks for the Follow and the Mention Greg!
Jack, Good luck in your pursuit of journalism excellence…but have some fun too.
The mother of Marino’s kid was formerly known as Ray Finkle. Laces out Dan.
Greg, are you running any marathons before Boston this year?
Ph, No marathons this year before Boston. It’s just gotten crazy expensive to fly to a city for a weekend race. I thought about running Charleston or Phoenix in January but I kept thinking of all the other things I could do with a grand. I have Boston and NYC on my marathon calendar in 2013 and probably a few halves as well.
GH: Best bargain in college coaching. I hope the old man lives to be 100 and dies of a heart attack while dancing after winning a national championship.
Yep, best bargain in college football….until you get to a bowl game. Then you have buyers remorse. Kind of like this year.
Hahaha! Yeah, cat fans wish they were back in columbia at jumbo wine night with drinkel, not at bcs bowls after winning league titles!
GH: I can’t recall another college athlete who so often thrills to such highs and disappoints to such depths – even in the same game.
Um, Greg, have you so soon forgotten cfb and #3 for Big Red? That boy can leave me in awe of his ability then the next minute I’m face-palming…several times a game. Anxiety producing roller coaster to be sure. I’m guessing that is how Mizzou fans feel about Phil.
MAG, You are dead on. Martinez is the perfect Husker counterpart to MU’s Pressey. I now have an even deeper appreciation for the frustration my Mizzou friends must experience when watching Flip float, fly, freelance and at critical times fail.