ESPN’s College GameDay by State Farm will be on hand for Kansas State vs Kansas, right here in Lawrence. And not only will they be broadcasting live from coast to coast in front of a plethora of cheering Jayhawk fans, but State Farm will also be pledging $1 per every student that attends for KU’s Student Union Activities’ organization, HawkZone. Doing the math, that could be around $16k. And knowing our fanbase, expect it. Or, take it to the bank, pun intended.
Archive for January, 2011
ESPN’s College GameDay by State Farm in Lawrence, and for good cause.
On January - 20 - 2011
Texas Longhorns should be a big test for Jayhawks.
On January - 20 - 2011
Texas @ Kansas
CBS 3:00 central standard time
Phog Allen Field House.
Head Coach Rick Barnes will bring his #10 ranked Texas Longhorns into Allen Fieldhouse on Saturday, for what should serve as the Jayhawks most contentious game of the year. Texas brings with it a record of 15-3, they are 3-0 in the Conference, 2-1 on the road and are 3-2 in their 5 games against Top 25 opponents. Comparatively, the Jayhawks are undefeated this year which includes 3 conference opponents, 4 road games, and 1 top 25 opponent. Although KU has played fewer top 25 opponents, their strength of schedule puts them at number 23 in the country, while Texas has a strength of schedule of 71.
KU vs K-State game will be loaded with visitors
On January - 19 - 2011
ESPN will once again be celebrating everything Kansas basketball when College GameDay rolls into Lawrence on January 29th. To Kansas fans the game against in-state rival Kansas State will be just another game that gets the Fieldhouse rocking, but for the recruits that are scheduled to be in town on the 29th, it’s a chance for them to get a crash course education about Kansas basketball. Read the rest of this entry »
The summer that didn’t see Blake Griffin coming. And maybe that says something.
On January - 18 - 2011
As the Blake Griffin machine continues to evolve into a variation of ballooned stats located somewhere on the brink of a stratosphere we have yet to actually experience, the player that is Blake Griffin has also began to take a formal shape with the us, the fans, with the writers, with the opposition scouts, and with Billy Crystal.
The player that is Blake Griffin was a hobbled, broken, deflated potential athlete playing for the worst sports franchise in the world. He was a college basketball star whose future stock was ice skating across a North Dakota pond as the spring season thawed it before the summer bloom of the NBA’s finest sprung into light.
Months before the Griffin Machine was toiling the hardwoods in NBA arenas coast-to-coast, I was working an AAU tournament at the Hanger Athletic Xchange in Los Angeles. The tournament featured some of the finest future college basketball stars around. On the final night of the tournament, I was helping set up for our final video of the night. I was pulling players for interviews. Things were pretty normal, run of the mill sports business. Until of course, John Wall walked in. He hovered like a perfectly cut steel tower into his own galaxy, his physique a more chiseled and filled out version.
A superstar. The swagger said it all.
Kansas puts away Baylor early
On January - 18 - 2011
#2 ranked Kansas had little trouble putting away the Baylor Bears Monday night in Waco. The Jayhawks torched the nets in the first half (79.3%) and into halftime with a comfortable 21 point lead. A lead that was just too much for Baylor to overcome.
In front of a reported 35 NBA Scouts and GM’s that attended the game, forward Marcus Morris put on an offensive show throughout the contest. Morris Read the rest of this entry »
