K-State and KU Football last Saturday

K-State vs. West Virginia: 55-14

KU vs. Oklahoma? 52-7

The first?

Magnificent.

The 2nd?

Brutal.

It's like they flipped the score for the games.

Links: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/20/3876602/undefeated-k-state-routing-west.html

http://www.kansascity.com/2012/10/21/3877299/no-10-sooners-put-the-hurt-on.html#storylink=misearch

8 year old KU fan goes viral

This little guy, above, is 8 year old Palmer Kiefer of Wichita, Kansas, and all of a sudden, he's gone a bit viral. He was highlighted in an article in The Wichita Eagle-Beacon and now he's gone out across those pesky internets. He's on Yahoo! News, the LostLetterman.com website and another site called The Dagger. It seems young Mr. Keifer there just won't take off his trusty, lucky KU jersey: "He's only 8 years old, but Kansas super fan Palmer Kiefer already knows that you never mess with a winning streak.

"And with his beloved Jayhawks in the Final Four on Saturday, the second-grader from Wichita, Kan., is closing in on two weeks of wearing his lucky No. 15 Kansas jersey, the number of former KU star Mario Chalmers and current guard Elijah Johnson. Palmer has worn it every day since Friday, March 16, when Kansas defeated Detroit in the NCAA tournament's second round — and it's not coming off for good until the Jayhawks lose or win it all Monday night in New Orleans." That is one devoted fan. And who's to say it hasn't helped? Links: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/eight-old-kansas-jayhawks-fan-refuses-off-jersey-224641404.html; http://www.lostlettermen.com/ku-fan-8-wont-take-off-luckey-jersey/; http://www.kansas.com/2012/03/26/2273534/second-grader-hasnt-taken-off.html

KU B-ball Player Voted Best

From the news--Yahoo! News and the AP--today: Kansas’ Thomas Robinson leads AP All-America team "Kansas forward Thomas Robinson has even more in common with Blake Griffin now. Not everything, though. Robinson, who played through personal tragedy as a sophomore reserve, capped his junior season by being a unanimous selection to The Associated Press’ All-America team Monday, a day after leading the Jayhawks to the Final Four. The 6-foot-10 Robinson averaged 17.9 points and 11.8 rebounds this season and he was a first-team pick by all 65 members of the national media panel that selects the weekly Top 25. The last unanimous pick was Griffin in 2009." Very cool. Link to original story: http://rivals.yahoo.com/ncaa/basketball/news?slug=ap-mensall-america

President O on Mizzou's B-Ball

This President, it is well-known, follows NCAA basketball and its corresponding "March Madness", going so far as to annually do his own brackets. While he picks North Carolina to win it all, he has this to say about our very own Mizzou: "The perimeter play of Missouri right now is outstanding." So, fight on, Mizzou. This is the same President who picked KU to win it all last year. Link: http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaab-the-dagger/president-obama-picks-north-carolina-win-ncaa-tournament-135225878.html

I need someone to give me $6 million to walk away

From The Star, yesterday: Kansas fires Turner Gill, begins search for new football coach University is willing to pay the $6 million price to move on as it seeks respectability I guess I'd even lower myself to being a former Kansas City, Missouri School District Superintendent and take, oh, I don't know, even as low as $250,000.00 to walk away. But I'll hold out a little while, for the first one. Link: http://www.kansascity.com/2011/11/27/3289732/ku-fires-turner-gill-begins-search.html

PRESIDENT PICKS KU!

How cool is that?

And President Obama’s choice to win the NCAA tournament is …

Rick Chandler     Mar 16, 2011

President Obama filled out his NCAA Tournament bracket today, picking Kansas — that’s a red state! — as his eventual tourney champ.


And Mitch McConnell says the President isn't willing to work with the other side.


Here's hoping the President is right.


Link to original post:  http://offthebench.nbcsports.com/2011/03/16/video-and-president-obamas-choice-to-win-the-ncaa-tournament-is/
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Good news and bad about the KC Star and their website

First, the good news. I've been meaning to write about this since the weekend. The good news is that the Star has taken to advertising and pushing for their website (www.kansascity.com). I saw it for the first time in a half-page ad they ran Saturday at the back of the "Saturday Homes" (E) section. It may have been run before but it's the first I'd seen of it. So good for them. They need to support and push it, for sure. Now the bad news, of course. The bad news is that a) the site hasn't changed, b) it's still difficult, at best, to find stories on the site that are in the paper (though for the first time the other day I was able to type in 2 keywords from the article in the paper and not only get the article online I wanted but to get it on the first try. Needless to say, I was stunned, thrilled and happy for them), c) the online "paper" still doesn't look like the traditional thrown paper (heads up, guys--check out the NY Times--they "get it") and finally, d) unfortunately we Americans--and maybe the world--still expect to get virtually everything on the internet free so they still haven't figured out how to make money off the internet version yet, very, highly likely. This last one I don't blame them for, of course. I will tell you, if you know how they can turn that online site into a profit-making "cash cow", you should run, not walk to their offices and let them know. I'm sure it would pay you big dividends in the meantime. To close, I would give this advice to any and all on the staff of The Kansas City Star: I would do what my friend at Blockbuster Video did a year or two ago and get out now, while you can, before newspapers go the way they did--that of the 8-track tape. Keep cool, everyone.