The standings now become the ranking, no more rationalization ...

[madguy30]

Title is odd....aren't the standings always the rationalization?

 

[madguy30]

Mabe's is still there - I had some this summer. Locals complain that it's not as good anymore but I still get it out of nostalgia. I still like the pizza there. There are lots of reasons to go to Decorah for now.

Decorah rules.

 

[chuckd4735]

So, although I didn't want to do this, after all your ongoing prodding, it didn't take long. This post of yours defending Ku/Self was buried in a 50-pager about Ku basketballers being investigated for raping a 16-year old girl. You go out of your way to explain how Self should have protected himself from the unfairness of making Ku hoops look bad because the "incident" was clearly overblown. And money given to shut down the investigation is in no way wrong for the briber or Ku hoopsters.


Mar 13, 2017
As the person who started this thread, I will say that I think a lot of you (well, mainly Surly) are digging hard to make KU look bad. A few things...

When KU locked up a share of the big 12 title with 3 games left, and won it outright with two games left, Self was an absolute idiot (and stubborn) for not suspending Jackson for at least a game. Do it if for nothing to save face and give the impression that you dont find what going on to be acceptable. Do it, and there is no one out there thinking that basketball is the most important thing at KU.

The story about the girl losing playing time because of the incident is overblown and inaccurate. Her dad is trying to spew a lot of things out to the media, and the KC Star is the only one taking the bait so far.

Jackson's attorney offering money to make it go away is in no way wrong. If i did something as dumb as he did and got caught, and at his age I was lucky to not get caught, I would want my attorney to do the same.

So your example of how I have defended Bill Self is a post where I call Bill Self an idiot?

And for the record, I was talking about the misdemeanor for kicking the car in when discussing the suspension and my last paragraph. Also, Jackson never got charged with rape, so...

Lastly, I started the thread you referenced, so if you're trying to imply that I'm a KU hoops defender, wouldn't it be ironic of me to start that thread?

Nice try @surly . Please do better.

 

[ImJustKCClone]

This should have been obvious by my Chevron comment that they've been around. The point is they've now exploded due, in my view, to Millenials' reliance on social media platforms and their penchant for taking short cuts in communications, so frowned on in commerce back in my day. INRI is perhaps mankind's most endearing, right?

I think you meant "enduring".

 

[Cyched]

Acronyms were strongly discouraged during my days as a Chevron manager. Granted, that was some time ago. I believe they are very millennial in nature and result from their social media short cuts.

K

 

[Jerms]

K

lol

 

[heitclone]

K

ISWYDT

 

[mj4cy]

Well isn't that convenient you now just want to go by standing. K State is probably playing as poorly as anyone right now.

To be fair, their win over OU does deserve some merit.

 

[Cyched]

ISWYDT

Thx fam

 

[surly]

Title is odd....aren't the standings always the rationalization?

Standings are a reflection of records achieved. Rankings are, like power rankings we do here, are subjective eye tests coupled with standings. Oft times our rankings are not reflective of the actual standings.

 

[cycfan1]

To be fair, their win over OU does deserve some merit.

So does a home loss to arguably the worst team in the conference.

 

[Statefan10]

Standings are a reflection of records achieved. Rankings are, like power rankings we do here, are subjective eye tests coupled with standings. Oft times our rankings are not reflective of the actual standings.

"You are what your record says you are." - Bill Parcels

 

[surly]

"You are what your record says you are." - Bill Parcels

At the end of the day, I agree 100%! And that's why now as the B12 season starts winding down the standings are all that matter - except to the CFP committee.

 

[GetAwesome]

Title is indeed a bit odd. I haven't paid too close attention to surly posts this season. Has there been a lot of puffing of chests and eye test excuses made in weeks past?

Power rankings from the talking heads (or worse, we the message boarders) don't matter. Standings are the absolute and unapologetic reflection of what your team is at any given moment in time.

Yes there are moral victories along the way, and there's personal growth and difficult failure alike for the coaches and players putting in the hard work, and there's plenty to reflect upon at year's end to analyze the trajectory of any given program, but disregarding all this fluff above, only one thing matters:

 

[surly]

I remember starting the year off with ISU at or near the top if that's what you're driving at, g'awesome?

Oct 13, 2019

1. OU - weren't overwhelming
2. Texas - a solid non-factor
3. BU - bad call wins the day
4. ISU - it's October
5. TxT - bad call loses the day
6. oSu - consistently unpredictable
7. TCU - quarterback U, not!
8. WVU - on schedule
9. K-State - could be worse
10. Ku - worse

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

Lol at all the Surly hate. I love having him here. Nice change of pace from the rabid ditto-heads.

 

[surly]

Lol at all the Surly hate. I love having him here. Nice change of pace from the rabid ditto-heads.

I could write "snow is white" and Millenials here would come at me for missing the contamination from global warming and cow farts.

 

[BWRhasnoAC]

I could write "snow is white" and Millenials here would come at me for missing the contamination from global warming and cow farts.

I'm a Millennial.... Reeeeeeeee!! Triggered never Trump avocado toast!

 

[chuckd4735]

I remember starting the year off with ISU at or near the top if that's what you're driving at, g'awesome?

Oct 13, 2019

1. 
   
   
   • OU - weren't overwhelming
   • Texas - a solid non-factor
   • BU - bad call wins the day
   • ISU - it's October
   • TxT - bad call loses the day
   • oSu - consistently unpredictable
   • TCU - quarterback U, not!
   • WVU - on schedule
   • K-State - could be worse
   • Ku - worse

Properly quoting posts is hard for some.

 

[DurangoCy]

I went through and played out the last two games in my head:

OU 8-1, 11-1
Baylor 7-2, 10-2
ISU 6-3, 8-4,
Texas 6-3, 8-4
OSU 5-4, 8-4
KSU 4-5, 7-5
TCU 4-5, 6-6
Tech 2-7, 4-8
WVU 2-7, 4-8
KU 1-8, 3-9

The loses at BU and at OU hurt real bad.