K-State Slate: 1.24.12
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That didn't take long. It looks like Jordan Henriquez's "indefinite" suspension could end up lasting about a week, as Frank Martin said he could return for Wednesday's game against Texas Tech.
K-State is No. 22 in this week's AP Poll.
SB Nation's weekly Bracketology slots K-State as a seven seed this week. Don't really want to see a team like Purdue in the first round, but we should start to see K-State trend up from here.
K-State Football
Some sources indicate Matt Wallerstedt may be interviewing for K-State's vacant defensive coordinator position.
Big 12 Basketball
KU sleepwalked through most of a 64-54 win over Texas A&M last night.
Great Writing
If you don't read anything else about Joe Paterno, and I wouldn't recommend reading most of it, you should read Spencer Hall's "Bury the Man, Keep the Statue."
Conference Realign...Ugh, Are We Really Going to Start This Again?
Somebody in West Virginia believes the Big 12 is going to raid the ACC. Or something. I don't even care anymore.
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Meanwhile, U of Iowa has a horse race for DC:
Phil Parker 2-1
Tom Bradley 2-1
Darrell Wilson 12-1
Jim Leavitt 50-1
Jack Del Rio 100-1
Alberto Del Rio 100-1
Scottie Hazelton 100-1
Ron Aiken SCR (New Contract)
William Inge SCR (NFL job)
Larry Johnson Sr. SCR (Stayed w/ PSU)
Rob Vanderlinden SCR (Stayed w/ PSU)
Rick Kaczenski SCR (Nebraska)
Mike Stoops SCR (Oklahoma)
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Onward forever, Hail Victory!
Wallerstedt actually makes a lot of sense after reading his bio
I didn’t realize he was All american at linebacker when he played at Kstate. He’s young, knows Snyder and the program, and had shown pretty good promise at Air Force.
Bitchslapping Texas since 1997
Umm...he was only an honorable mention
not even important enough to be mentioned on the front page at K-StateSports.com and only honorable mention for A-A is by the AP
So take that for what its worth…
Is he even an option?
I think we all agree that we are going after COACHES here, not former K-State players.
The fact that he is a former KSU player is just a perk.
I don’t think anyone was saying that he Wallerstedt was better than Spani…
My sig needs updated.
by ChrisP Wildcat on Jan 24, 2012 11:48 AM CST up reply actions
That comment was just for, if you thought he was good just because he had been All-American
then we should go after someone better. Spani is even better because he was then all-pro too.
I assumed the staff is going after coaches, and I don’t think Spani coaches/has coached anywhere.
I got what you were trying to say, but thought it was pointless, is all.
Yeah, there are lot of better options if we are only going by All-American status.
But we aren’t, that is just one aspect of Wallerstedt’s resume that is a plus.
Sure, he may not have been consensus, but to even be an honorable mention ALL-AMERICAN (not Big 12) is pretty good.
So I just think your point, however correct, is unnecessary.
My sig needs updated.
by ChrisP Wildcat on Jan 24, 2012 12:02 PM CST up reply actions
My point was we should probably ignore the fact that he was all-american
because it has little bearing on his ability to coach.
I never suggested Wallerstedt wasn’t a good option, just that it doesn’t matter that he was A-A in any form.
I think you are taking too great an offense to a complete sarcastic joke.
/relaxdude
I takie no offense.
But I do think it has some bearing.
The fact that someone was an All-American at their position does not mean, by itself, that they can coach that position.
However, when taken in context of the fact that that person has demonstrated solid coaching ability, it stands to reason that if he was also a good player at that position he would have detailed knowledge of that position which would aid in their ability to coach said position.
So I think it was a perfectly legitimate and relevant factoid for mjk7166 to bring up, as was your initial correction. I just didn’t get the reference to Gary Spani and thought it was unnecessary.
My sig needs updated.
by ChrisP Wildcat on Jan 24, 2012 12:35 PM CST up reply actions
And apparently I am a child.
Because I “takie”.
My sig needs updated.
by ChrisP Wildcat on Jan 24, 2012 12:36 PM CST up reply actions
Then you could have ignored it
it was a joke, purposely unnecessary.
Now i’m upset because you have forced me to give meaning to something that otherwise wouldn’t have. IT WAS A JOKE!!
I can feel your frustration.
One of my all-time pet peeves. That is, making a rhetorical statement and being forced into an explanation.
OK, I guess I did misinterpret your meaning.
I thought you were making a serious argument and not a joke. My apologies.
My sig needs updated.
by ChrisP Wildcat on Jan 24, 2012 1:59 PM CST up reply actions
Isn't Sean's only coaching experience that he too was an All-American punter?
That’s proof that’s all you need, right? RIGHT?!?!?
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to be an all-american (even at HM) in 1988 for KSU is by its nature
impressive.
We weren’t winning games in 1988. So I think to achieve those accolades…I think you get the point.
I was pondering, I wonder if Snyder ever met with any of the exiting players in 1988 (as Sr’s stayed around for Spring of 1989) after taking the job. Maybe their paths did cross a wee bit. I doubt there were many conversations, but perhaps there was one. Not that it’s relevant really, but it crossed my mind.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
If I remember it correctly
Snyder always told the story about how after he first took the K-State job he held a 1 hour meeting with all the outgoing seniors in one room and just let them vent about their KSU experience and where things had to change. And it blindsided him.
by CT-K-Stater on Jan 24, 2012 10:04 PM CST up reply actions
hmm interesting, maybe Ishould try finding that in
his biography I have. Surely it’s in there somewhere.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
Read it in an article
Right after he came back the second time. It was in CFN, if I remember. I’ll try to dig around and find it.
iIf he coaches football even close to like he coaches basketball
Than HELL NO
by EMAW 4 Ever (iphone) on Jan 24, 2012 12:11 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
I saw a game he coached he had 7 backups and didnt make a substitution the whole game
by EMAW 4 Ever (iphone) on Jan 24, 2012 12:27 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Substitutions are for weaker people
He is a man of balls.
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I'm good with Wally. He did an admirable job with service academy players in a conferece that had Boise and TCU in it.
He’s a linebacker coach as well, so he fills a gap.
Let’s be clear, here. There’s still a chance he’s a Co-DC with Hayes. Wally may be a cog. He may not be running the machine.
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by Panjandrum on Jan 24, 2012 1:14 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Based on previous records and stats
it seems that the K-State defense is much better when there are Co-Coordinators.
I could be wrong, but I get that impression…
So he has first hand knowledge of TCU tendencies...
sounds like a nice skillset to me.
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well to be honest 1 year's worth
But still helps. Matt’s one of my guys so I’ll probably tend to overprotect him in optimism and try to spin about anything into a positive, so I’m trying to stay toned down for now. If I have some time later I’ll try and pull out the research I had done on him in fall of 2010, and compare it to 2011 stats.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
I sure hope JO does whatever he needs to in practice
This team is much better when he is on the court long enough to get into a productive rhythm.
And this is the time to get into a productive rhythm as a whole team also
Two easily winnable games this week before heading to Aimes. It would be great to be firing on all cylinders by next week. Rodney is great but he isn’t there yet as the go to guy. We have a lot of growth to experience in order to make a good run this year, but getting JHR back is integral in clicking here out.
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I agree that JO is important to this team
but I am really liking what i’m seeing from Diaz right now. He is way ahead of where JO was at the same time in their careers, and it seems like he has a higher ceiling.
Again, I would like to have JO back, but I wouldn’t be upset with Diaz to continue to see more minutes
I totally agree
Yeah, I’d rather have JO than Diaz right now, but give me another 12 months and let’s see how they stack up. I’m loving his pretty shot. He doesn’t seem to have the shot blocking instinct of JO.
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That blocking instinct is something that JO didn't really have until this year
at least not in any polished form. He used to be prone to just wildly swinging his arms and hoping to get lucky, and ended up with more fouls than blocks.
Maybe Diaz just hasn’t developed that part of his game?? Idk, but I agree, that’s the biggest difference between the two of them, and really the one that gives JO a leg up on Diaz.
He did set a sophomore record for blocks for KSU with 43 last year, so I think you're selling him a bit short
But he’s a darned sight better this year.
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I know he blocked a lot
but he also got a lot of hacking fouls trying to get blocks. This year his fouls are down while blocks are (looking) up. He’s got way more control than last year, and I think that’s what we are both getting at. He was good before, but better this year.
He is H&R Block after all, not H&R Foul
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by mac attack ict on Jan 25, 2012 10:19 AM CST up reply actions
Maybe he will do your taxes for free - bonus round.
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by mac attack ict on Jan 25, 2012 10:20 AM CST up reply actions
Oh you care.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
Fight till Hell freezes over and then fight them on the ice.
What a well written article by Spencer Hall
The guy is usually very good at making me laugh, but this time he hit a home run on thought-provoking. Good stuff.
That was my favorite piece of his, ever. Better than anything else I've seen or read on the subject.
As a KSU fan, I feel a certain empathy towards PSU fan. Our icon that can do no wrong is pacing our sidelines right now. Granted, I’m not going to compare Bill Snyder to Joe Paterno because the bodies of work are not comparable, nor has he been attached to anything so vile, but we are one of the few institutions out there, currently, where the man that paces the sidelines is the heart and soul of the institution.
At some point, the legend always outgrows the man. And for some men, it happens when they’re still doing what it is that made them a legend. When you get to that point, you enter a very strange place where you find it very hard to discern between the foibles of the man and the enormity of his legend. It’s at that juncture where, as Spencer so eloquently said, where you can insulate a lot of bad things and not see through the veneer that past accomplishments create.
Anyway, great read.
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by Panjandrum on Jan 24, 2012 1:24 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
I think maybe Synder hit some of that around the 02 and 03 seasons
esp. in regards to player management (see Ell Roberson).
I think that his time away from the program put some of that in better perspective for him, and that he hopefully wont have that problem anymore.
It would seem the gentle nudging of Cosh out the door signals that he's at least open to change.
However, it’s pretty clear that he wants established, veteran coaches. He doesn’t want to mess around with young, hot shot recruiters any more.
I wonder, sometimes, if that has anything to do with the rumored antics of Venables, Mike Stoops, and so on back in the day. Also, when Bielma was here, he allegedly party rocked. Hard. Had a DUI to prove it.
So, a part of me wonders if he just doesn’t want that hassle. He just goes after veteran coaches that he won’t have to deal with. Which, in some ways, is good, but in terms of really lighting the recruiting trail on fire, it’s not so good.
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It's also because he wants nothing to do with the hotshot recruits themselves, either.
Read his quotes about how they overextended themselves in the mid-2000s going after 5-star players, only to whiff on most or have them turn into busts.
If you’re not going after “the cream of the crop,” you don’t need the young hotshot recruiters as much.
I think the biggest issues Snyder has had are enjoying nepotism and leaving in a huff at the end of the 2005 season
I really hope those are the worst things we can say about him when he retires in 15 years.
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Was anyone else under the impression that Oklahoma was barred from postseason play this year?
I’ve seen several things now where they have the Sooners slotted for an NCAA berth but I thought that part of their probation was no NCAA appearances for two years. Where was I wrong?
If I'd known I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.
I don't think they have a postseason ban
3 years probation, a fine, and vacated ALL 13 Wins from their previous season.
It's not that I'm lazy; it's that I just don't care.
Wow, all 13 wins?
That’s got to hurt…
/sarcasm
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by ChrisP Wildcat on Jan 24, 2012 10:53 AM CST up reply actions
Does the fact that we have not announced a D Coord yet
make Leavitt less likely to be a choice? I’m not one to delay decision making and I always wonder why it takes so long.
Bitchslapping Texas since 1997
I think it just shows that Synder
is not in an rush to make a decision. I hop that means he’s taking his time to find a really good coach, not just a “safe” coach
Yeah, I agree with this
We don’t need to make a big hire to lure some recruits, so why not let the staff focus on recruiting for the next week, then hire someone next week. Levitt will still be there (most likely), same with Wallerstedt. And Joe Bob and Hayes are already on staff…if Snyder is leaning that way.
We're not getting Leavitt. That dream just needs to die.
He’ll make more money and be happier in San Francisco. Currie would never hire him as HC, so it’s pointless to even come back to KSU.
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I had no info on Venables. I had heard some stuff through the grapevine on Leavitt.
No HCIW, no Leavitt.
And there is no vacancy at that inn.
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At this stage I believe you to be correct...not from any sources, just from the lack of information.
New to me that Snyder would not be interested in him, but I defer to his wisdom in such matters.
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by mac attack ict on Jan 24, 2012 2:32 PM CST up reply actions
Snyder wants Sean to take over. There will be no HCIW at this university because he wants it to go to Sean.
People don’t believe me when I say that. They should because it’s true, no matter how stupid it sounds when you say it.
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Give Sean the defense, if he gets it back to the 1999 level in a reasonable time frame then he should be considered for HC.
If he does worse than Cosh, then back to operations.
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by Anon_the_younger on Jan 24, 2012 2:39 PM CST up reply actions
If Sean gets the defense, Snyder should be fired immediately for cause.
Allowing him to coach Special Teams is one thing. To give a punter the defense at a Big 12 school after one year of coaching experience is unforgivable.
Look, Snyder had started to win me over again, but what I’m hearing has me concerned all over again. That’s all I’m going to say.
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I doubt there are many that want Sean coaching the defense.
I just don’t think he could do a worse job than last year’s defense.
/trolling Pan is always fun.
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by Anon_the_younger on Jan 24, 2012 3:38 PM CST up reply actions
I would not be against it
but only after two or three more years of running the Special Teams with significant increases in quality and decreases in yardage-allowed on returns (denotes ability to teach tackling and recognition). After that, he needs three-four years running the D at a D-II or FCS school, then three-four years as a position coach here…before I would allow it.
In summary: I need to see at least 8-9 more years of coaching out of him before I would even entertain the notion, and 11-12 more years of good coaching before I would be okay with that move.
Additionally, if he ever made it to that point, I would need to see four to six quality years out of him at DC before I would allow him to even sniff at the HC job here, but would prefer he did four to six years as a good HC at a non-BCS school before looking here.
So total coaching experience needed by Sean for me to allow him as HC at KSU: 18-24 years
#BOOM
/trolltrolltroll
ehhh....If Sean Snyder found a way to take UNT or something to
10 wins, I might listen to the idea of him taking over here. So I disagree with you on the details, but in essence agree with the basic principal of what you are saying:
Go prove it elsewhere first if it is your true desire. Stan Weber had some good insight on this last week on 810 in the morning.
"Nor yet in Dell?"
I think you might be starting to take the GoEMAW conspiracy theories a little too seriously.
Look, Snyder had started to win me over again, but what I’m hearing has me concerned all over again. That’s all I’m going to say.
I simply can’t see ADJC ever signing off on Sean. Sorry, won’t happen.
Maybe, but out of all the people in the athletic department, I think Currie is likely the first to leave for a higher gig
After Currie? I’m not so confident.
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Sean should have to choose: either coaching or managment.
Not both.
He either wants to be a football coach or he wants to be Direct of Football Operations. Both require time and dedication.
There are a lot of milestones and achievements to be earned before Sean can be seriously considered for any additional coaching role
I’m just happy that Bill finally found that picture of Sean that Cosh had hidden away…
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by mac attack ict on Jan 25, 2012 10:27 AM CST up reply actions
Bill's going to have to fill the AD gap when Currie leaves to pull that baby off.
Step 1. Currie leaves.
Step 2. Bill takes the AD job.
Step 3. Bill signs Sean to a 20-year guaranteed contract for $1 million per on Day One.
Step 4. Bill retires on Day Two.
by Itchy n Scratchy on Jan 24, 2012 3:12 PM CST up reply actions
The chances are remote that this happens, but Snyder will not knowingly do anything to hinder Sean's chances.
He will protect that .001% chance because it’s what Dad’s do.
In all honestly, if I owned a business, you bet your * that I’d do the same for my boys.
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i will immediately shit myself
if sean ever gains control of the offense/defense/team
by k-stater86 on Jan 24, 2012 3:16 PM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Come on back Jeremy and Nino! Thank God the Cats have the depth they do.
It just hurts having those guys out. Victor did better last game than against UT, but I’d still rather see Jeremy or Nino on the floor.
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An example of people who work for major sports networks not doing their homework
Here is a recruiting breakdown for the Big 12, posted up to ESPN today (and sorry, it is behind the paywall)
Here is the blurb on K-State:
Kansas State Wildcats
Commits: 14 | ESPNU 150: 0
Overview: For years, Kansas State has taken pride in turning players without the household name into stars. Expect more of the same with the 2012 class. The Wildcats have 14 commits, but none of them are four-star or five-star athletes. However, the Wildcats have been successful in finding junior college talent to fill in their holes and this year shouldn’t be any different. They have four junior college prospects who could be all-Big 12 candidates next year. Wide receiver Marquez Clark and offensive tackle Tavon Rooks were teammates at Navarro College (Corsicana, Texas), while defensive tackle Wesley Hollingshed and safety Kent Gainous were teammates at Trinity Valley Community College (Athens, Texas). As for the high school recruits, three-star receiver Vernon Vaughn (Kansas City, Kan./Sumner Academy) could be a major playmaker for a rising offense.
Don’t be surprised if: Kansas State has a difficult time hanging onto athletes like Clark, Hollingshed and three-star quarterback Tavarius Bender (Lincoln, Neb./Southwest). Like any other program, Kansas State will need to be aware of other programs trying to pluck their recruits. Plus, while linebacker Eddie Porter is committed to Arkansas State, and defensive end Ishmail Hayes is committed to Iowa State, both Blinn College (Brenham, Texas) athletes were in the planning stages of visiting Manhattan, Kan.
And here are my thoughts (copied from what I posted on the article’s page):
“For K-State: Clark (for sure) and Hollingshed(pretty sure) have already signed LOI’s in the early JUCO period & Bender has already enrolled and begun attending classes at K-State. Also, the numbers look low on this class, but there are close to a half-dozen greyshirts (guys from last year’s class) that are already on campus but wont show up on the recruiting board for this year. I expect K-State to get its full compliment of 25 guys signed, and without adding too many more JUCO guys.”
Damn formatting
the paragraph between the blockquote and my thoughts is also supposed to be in the blockquote…
Never read ESPN's recruiting analysis. You can read their blurbs for grades, but never read their analysis.
In fact, save yourself some time and never read any of that crap. None of them know what your team is trying to do better than you do. If you can dig up video of kids and imagine them in certain roles at KSU, you can tell if they’ll be a good player or not.
Bender is intriguing to me. It’s surprising to have him and Sams together, one year apart. It will make for an exciting QB battle.
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Very much agreed to all points
This was just a testimonial to how bad some of these guys are at “analysis.”
And I hope that the staff puts the RS on Bender, but I think the competition between them is going to make both of them better than what they could achieve without it
If Sams wins, he's a QB, Bender becomes a safety. If Bender wins, Sams becomes a WR.
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ESPN? What is this ESPN you speak of?
Wait a minute… I think it’s a whorehouse that’s managed to get itself locked into contracts to serve only two clients, the SEC and Big East, right?
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Random but I just ran across this and felt proud
ALL-TIME BIG 12 CONFERENCE FOOTBALL VICTORIES (1996-11)
Texas 94
Oklahoma 92
K-STATE 76
Texas Tech 71
Texas A&M 68
Missouri 63
Oklahoma State 63
Iowa State 37
Kansas 36
Baylor 24
Bitchslapping Texas since 1997
We were always 4th...only NU is missing from that list.
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Tech has done a nice job quietly climbibg up this list
by EMAW 4 Ever (iphone) on Jan 24, 2012 3:35 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
Mike Leach: The Pirate Years
Had a lot to do with it.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
Charles Jones---RB
Does anyone know the bio on this recently signed running back. On paper he looks smallish (170 lbs) and slow (4.7 40 ) and is only rated 2 stars.
Here's one look
From ESPN (paywall)
Mandeville, La., running back Charles Jones selected Kansas State Monday evening, following an in-home visit with Wildcat receiver coach Michael Smith. The 5-foot-10, 178-pound running back with 4.73-second speed in the 40-yard dash picked K-State over offers from Arkansas State and Tulane.
"K-State recruited me as a running back, but I can play a number of psotions," Jones said. "I’m going to take my visit to Manhattan this weekend, and when I’m up there, it’ll be a great chance to visit with Bill Sndyer. I’ll be excited to visit with him."
Jones rushed for 1,700 yards and 20 touchdowns as a senior. He also tallied 31 passes for 321 yards.
According to ESPN, only other offers came from Arkansas State and Tulane
To be fair
Rivals lists him as 5’11" and 170lbs with a 5.4 (high 2-star) rating and an additional offer from South Alabama.
Sounds like DB material to me...
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Sounds like practice team fodder
I’m pretty sure my five year old is that fast. And tall.
Might even weigh that much.
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by EMAW 4 Ever (iphone) on Jan 24, 2012 9:41 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
I've got two boys that are intersted in camping there in a few years.
Boy 1 already runs the football down the hall, throws it, and does the touchdown sign.
Boy 2, well, you’re going to have to give me some time on that one. He still sleeps 20 hours a day.
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WAKE HIS ASS UP!
WE NEED AN O-LINE!
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STUFF STEAK AND PROTEIN SHAKES IN HIM
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Fight till Hell freezes over and then fight them on the ice.
Bring them over
The 5 year old can throw a spiral 10 yards and doesn’t like contact. He’s pretty good at shedding his brother after the first hit, can throw on the run and is borderline OCD on technique. Got him slotted as a QB but he has soft hands so maybe a wide out.
The 3 year old lives to hit. He runs on his toes, backpedals as fast as he runs forward and knocks down everything withing in five feet of him. Shutdown corner.
They project out at 6’3" and 6’4" respectively and if they take after me they’ll be around 220-230lbs.
That said, if they tell me they want to be a flagette I’ll get them into the Phantom drum and bugle corp.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
Fight till Hell freezes over and then fight them on the ice.
3 boys here...
Son #1 is 13 and wears a size 11 shoe – about 135 pounds and when I coached his team he was a wall at LT
Son #2 is 11 and while small now (figure he will grow later) is the best form tackler I have seen – never misses, and while he doesn’t seem very fast nobody ever gets around him (football fast?) – playing LB and led the team in tackles all 3 years (by about 30 a year)
Son #3 is 9, big, fast and has great coordination – looking pretty nice at basketball right now as he doesn’t like to smash as much as #2 – told Frank to keep an eye our for him last time we spoke.
- & #3 are die hard Wildcats, but somehow #1 fell to the KU camp – I think just to bust my balls.
I reject your reality and substitute my own.
by mac attack ict on Jan 25, 2012 10:39 AM CST up reply actions
Leave this Blog sir
And do not to come back till you have turned him from such a path.
Bobby Hill: What's a meat examination team?
Hank Hill: It's like a debate team, only instead of doing something useless you get to grade the cut and quality of meat!
Yeah, keep pumping 'me out, Black
KSU football is depending on you.
by CT-K-Stater on Jan 24, 2012 10:08 PM CST up reply actions
I'm 90% sure we're done.
I told the wife if we won a national championship we can have a comemorial edition.
The Snyder/Martin signature tattoo is still being negotiated.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
Fight till Hell freezes over and then fight them on the ice.
Speaking of birthing football prospects...
I once asked a very big black woman who played basketball at Coffeyville if she would birth a child for me so I could have real athletic progeny(I was pretty blitzed at the time). She did not bat an eyelid as she said “How much money you got?”
Bobby Hill: What's a meat examination team?
Hank Hill: It's like a debate team, only instead of doing something useless you get to grade the cut and quality of meat!
by MeatGeek on Jan 26, 2012 7:12 AM CST up reply actions 1 recs
Somehow this does not surprise me.
On either of your parts.
I’m guilty of trying to date sisters (actual sisters, not the kind you found) for the same purpose. Granted this was in high school and we had just been studying eugenics. That came to a halt when they figured out I was going after both. One was 6’10" the other 6’8". Both played for Liberty and both ended up in the WNBA.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
Fight till Hell freezes over and then fight them on the ice.
If only you hadn't tried to stretch yourself.
We could have had one dominant left tackle with a freakishly large wingspan or a bruiser in the paint.
Bobby Hill: What's a meat examination team?
Hank Hill: It's like a debate team, only instead of doing something useless you get to grade the cut and quality of meat!
In my defense? Somehow that doesn't sound like the right word.
Two or three was never really a problem. Big school. It was however my first set of sisters. Learned some valuable lessons. Was successful with the other sets. Including the Baxter twins and their older sister. Oh to be 16 again.
When life hands you lemons, make grape juice. Let them wonder how the F*ck you did it.
Fight till Hell freezes over and then fight them on the ice.
I bet he ends up being a safety.
Otherwise, he has the potential to be a bigger version of John Hubert.
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That wasn't my reaction to the new Big 12 realignment article
For it’s long-term stability and vitality, the Big 12 needs to do something. Standing pat is a recipe for dissolution over the long-term. They need to make some big additions at least to get to 12 and hopefully a strong 14 or 16. I think they are looking to make some additions, although I have no idea if the content of that article is accurate or if it is just a baseless rumor.
But these are good ideas and a very important concept. If the Big 12 doesn’t make a move, then pretty much every year, there will be a new round of attempted poaching, some of which will succeed and the conference will be skeletonized bit by bit until it finally dies.
You may know me as NYRoyal.
I'm not against the Big 12 doing something...
…but I’m tired of talking about it.
We'll carry the banner high!
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by TB on Jan 24, 2012 4:04 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
rec'd.
My enthusiasm for the topic crashed to “E” last September. Just tell me who we’re playing.
by Itchy n Scratchy on Jan 24, 2012 4:08 PM CST up reply actions
I guess that makes sense
I’m just eager for them to do something more than limp through each round of realignment. I’m looking for a big move that makes the conference significantly stronger so that we don’t have to “talk about it” every year and constantly worry that this will be the realignment that finally kills the conference.
You may know me as NYRoyal.
by Scott McKinney on Jan 24, 2012 4:14 PM CST up reply actions
Pfft. If I called you and wanted to talk about it, we'd be on the phone for 45 minutes.
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Talking about Twilight?
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by Sean T on Jan 24, 2012 11:49 PM CST up reply actions 2 recs
"It"
Always means Twilight in BOTC staff speak.
Bobby Hill: What's a meat examination team?
Hank Hill: It's like a debate team, only instead of doing something useless you get to grade the cut and quality of meat!
With Pan chairing the meeting
and Anon taking notes, I presume?
'Tis true
We'll carry the banner high!
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by TB on Jan 25, 2012 6:51 AM CST up reply actions
I don't even care if he's good or bad for the Big12 ...
I love listening to Chuck Neinas radio interviews. He does not give a crap how he comes off.
by Itchy n Scratchy on Jan 24, 2012 4:06 PM CST reply actions 1 recs
Neinas: "I'm counting on WV lock, stock, and barrel."
Speaking with regard to having WV as part of the conference for 2012-13.
The Big12 will be submitting a football schedule to television partners within a few days, I believe they said. WV will be part of those schedules.
by Itchy n Scratchy on Jan 24, 2012 4:21 PM CST up reply actions
By the way ... Neinas also said ...
“Sixteen teams isn’t a conference, it’s a scheduling matrix.”
Then again, he’s not going to be the commish past this summer.
by Itchy n Scratchy on Jan 24, 2012 4:27 PM CST up reply actions
Nineas also thinks that the Big 12 tourny is at kemper and his office is in Kansas City
by EMAW 4 Ever (iphone) on Jan 24, 2012 4:32 PM CST via iPhone app up reply actions
He joked about that in the interview.
When asked about keeping the tournament in KC, he said (paraphrasing):
“Listen, I’m a Big 8 man, I was here when the tournament was in Municipal Auditorium, let alone Kemper Arena.”
Which I thought was a funny acknowledgement of his earlier mis-statement about the tournament being at Kemper.
My sig needs updated.
by ChrisP Wildcat on Jan 24, 2012 5:14 PM CST up reply actions
I thought it was funny to
But I still have a feeling that he meets a lot of new people every day (and a lot of people don’t meet him for the first time).
The new commissioner will make that determination.
The majority of schools in this conference want to expand, so it’s going to happen. It may not be next year, or the next year, but eventually, a subset of schools in the ACC will start falling behind their SEC counterparts, monetarily, to the point where they’ll be looking for an upgrade.
The Big East was destroyed because of the fracture between basketball and football. The ACC will be the next. Tobacco Road has too much power in that conference, and they don’t give a crap about football.
Also, as I’ve said a million times, the magic word in the New World Order is “inventory”. The Big Ten and Pac-12 expanded to get it, and they aligned to get even more. The SEC expanded to get it. Once we get a forward thinking commissioner (I hope to God it’s Oliver Luck), we’ll do the same.
Ten teams won’t work. As “pure” as our conference races are now, it’s a dead philosophy. We need to grow and evolve. And there’s no better time to leap ahead to the next step now, while the rest of the conferences are taking a breather.
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If we expand and partner with the SEC...
imagine the possibilities.
The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather in a lack of will. - Vince Lombardi
by Catbacker98 on Jan 25, 2012 12:47 AM CST up reply actions
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