Earlier this year, Baylor caused a ruckus when they (gasp) walked out during the KU pregame video.

You know, the one "that makes the hair stand up on the back of your neck and highlights the Jayhawks’ rich history, from Naismith to Allen to Self.*

Just to prove to all of you that I'm not dead (or Scott Pioli), I wanted to check in.

It's been several weeks since I last posted anything outside of a game thread, so I wanted to let you all in on a little secret...

I'm working with Dan Hawkins on a new playbook for the Colorado Buffaloes.

Now, before you get all jealous and/or inquisivite, I must let you know that it's a "concept playbook".  Much like "The Wall" was a concept album for Pink Floyd, and "Kilroy Was Here" propelled Dennis DeYoung to the completely unsuccessful solo career everyone predicted after he left Styx, I am working with Dan to revolutionize college football with the power of "grooveadelic funkaliciousness."

Dan came to me shortly after the season ended and asked for my help because, well, truthfully, he stumbled upon BOTC while looking for a website about cats (like most of the people who subscribe to our Twitter feed), and he liked how I knew absolutely nothing about football.  Considering that he doesn't either, he thought we should team together to come up with a playbook that captures the essence of George Clinton, Afrika Bambaataa, and Bootsy Collins.  Me, having nothing better to do with my spare time, said, "Hell.  Yes."

So, I apologize for the lack of content.  Right now, I'm being tasked to create about fifty pages of the playbook from the following video.  I'm not exactly sure how to do that, so any suggestions would be helpful.

See you on the flip side.

As some of you know, we hold our friends over at Rock M Nation in the highest regard.  However, there are a few times a year when we must suspend the Unholy Alliance due to the impending clash between our beloved Kansas State Wildcats and their Missouri Tigers.

So, with that in mind, we hereby suspend the Unholy Alliance until the conclusion of the game this Saturday.

Game on.

U2 - Beautiful Day - Official Music Video HD (via Lucas87Official)

Over the last few days, we've tried to find ways to embrace the simultaneous absurdity and awesomeness that is "Farmageddon".  We've tried to find ways to embrace the "country" in this game, but there's one final piece of the puzzle necessary to display the vibrant and beautiful nature of this gloriously awful football game.

One of the things that "country" people like is shitty hair metal.  I don't get it either, but really, they do.  If there's one type of music a young mullet sporting, Wrangler wearing young man will listen to as he gets into his jacked up 4x4, it's 80's hair metal.

And there's only one 80's song that captures the dynamic maelstrom where awesome and awful meet at the same level as this game...

Ladies and gentlemen, Farmageddon is this epic.  Jesus Christ...it's THIS EPIC!!!

Europe - The Final Countdown (Live) (via richorico)

You know what farm people like?  Lee Greenwood.  They love them's some Lee-fucking-Greenwood.

On the Fourth of July, they like to sit in the back of their pickup trucks, stare at the sky, and sing "Proud to be an American" by a country singer that looks like Kenny Loggins and not like an actual country singer at all.  Country singers look like this guy...

Metrosexual Poser...

I believe that this needs to be played along with the national anthem to get the proper levels of patriotism displayed by "country" folk on a daily basis.

Lee. Fucking. Greenwood.

Lee Greenwood - God Bless the USA (Live in 1985) (via mikewx2)

People, if we're really going to make Farmageddon all that it can be, I'm going to have to ask that everybody who attends wears denim.  Lots of denim.  Jackets, jeans, hats, etc.  Make sure to wear your school's colors under said denim, but if you've got a denim shirt with a KSU or ISU logo (and I know they exist), make sure you wear that instead.

Think "country" people!

A little over thirteen months ago, word came that Kansas State agreed to a two year series with Iowa State where both teams would sacrifice a home game to play at Arrowhead Stadium in Kansas City, MO.  I'm sure that after KU and MU had a financially successful game there, the folks that like to dream up ways to make money said, "Hey, why not put K-State and Iowa State in a game there?"  Of course, they would.  When you think of dynamic matchups that would necessitate the move to an 80,000 seat neutral site, you think the Wildcats and the Cyclones.

Err...okay, maybe not.

So, to add to the absurdity that is this neutral site contest, fans have started to affectionately name this series...

That's right.  Not only do the two worst teams in the conference get to face off against one another in a neutral site game, but they get to do it with an ironically hilarious nickname that probably isn't what the organizers of the game had in mind (or hoped for).  Of course, when you dream up something as stupid as trying to manufacture a rivalry between Iowa State and Kansas State, you leave yourself open to stuff like this.

At first, I was embarrassed by it.  I'm not embarrassed by our agricultural heritage, but by the fact that the game is so absurd that it invites mockery such as this.  However, as a man who feels he has a sense of humor, I've embraced it and feel we should go one step further...

Before the game, I think they should play nothing but country music.  Also, the more they can play John Denver the better.  At halftime, I think we should borrow some John Deere lawn tractors and have drag races down the center of the field, and after the game, everyone should walk out of there with a packet of seeds.  The more we can "country" this up, the better.

In fact, since I mentioned John Denver, I think the official theme of this game should be "Thank God I'm a Country Boy".  I can't think of anything more appropriate.  Man, can you imagine this playing as the players rush out onto the field?  It just gives me chills...

Bring on FARMAGEDDON!!!

Hampster dance - Thank God Im A Country Boy (via LLuCidtr00per)