Why don't Mizzou & Wichita just schedule each other at Sprint Center? They could call it the "Crybaby Classic" and hold each other tight as they console one another.

Maybe they can get Wiggins to come over and watch his big brother?

UT still CFB's most valuable.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/chrissmi..._medium=social

Uh...no.

This is unquestionably true. I could say any number of really stupid things and say "I just see....{factually inaccurate statement}" and declare it as some sort of victory, but that's not the case.

Missouri was slotted in the bowl process behind 3 SEC teams, 2 that beat them straight up and 1 that both had a better record and a higher rank then them. That is what happened. You can make shit up and start arguing the made up position, but it doesn't mean a hell of a lot.

Remember when you guys were harping about never playing at the Sprint Center because it was in Missouri?

It's really ok. You guys can use our arena anytime.

Not me, I love the fact the Missouri peasants built a proper palace for The King to hold court.

LMAO LMAO

Black smoke coming out of Belmont today. Seems they still haven't found a coach. They have almost certainly set the record for the most money ever offered to a coach that refused to take it. Another day, another shit show for the world to watch in amusement...

LMAO

What an awful, terrible post.

FTFY

Once again, ku football is the worst value in the entire country.

kansas is just a synonym for dumpster fire at this point.

http://www.forbes.com/pictures/emdm4...nsas-jayhawks/

I haven't been following the UT saga at all outside of Mack's decision. Which coaches have denied Texas so far (besides Saban, obviously)?

Texas may be the best job in the country, but there are a lot of issues at the moment.

They operate more like a pro team than a college team with a bunch of huge donors who think they run the place. These donors expect all kinds of access and privileges not afforded to boosters at most other places. Hell...one of them even demanded that Texas commission a statue of himself as a condition of his donation. They did it. Texas has a statue...of a donor...at their football facility.

They also have a serious lack of a QB on the roster. Everyone in Austin seems to think that Texas is a coach away from being a title contender. They aren't. Hell, they aren't even close. You can't compete on the big stage without a QB, and they don't have one. They also lack the personnel to stop a team that lines up and hits them in the mouth. BYU and Ole Miss absolutely manhandled them running the ball straight down their throats over and over and over. Texas was exposed as a soft team with a bunch of players who just assume that the burnt orange is enough to win games.

That said, they are still a potential powerhouse and can be a major force with one of probably 50 coaches out there. Instead of chasing down pie in the sky longshots like Saban and Vince Lombardi, they need to focus on finding the right fit...not just the biggest name so that their money men can feel like swinging dicks at cocktail parties.

Just realized I misread your question. It's mostly speculation, but Gruden, Jim Harbaugh, John Harbaugh, Smart, and Malzahn have all been rumored. I don't know that any have received formal offers, though.

Supposedly, they are getting a lot of pressure to seriously consider a minority and/or someone with experience at a school with high academic standards. That screams David Shaw or James Franklin, IMO.

Why the **** would either Harbaugh even consider Texas? That's crazy talk, isn't it?

That's an even longer shot than Saban. LOL

Who knows? Money talks, and Texas billionaires tend to have high opinions of themselves.

$51.5 million

How does that stand against the other conferences?

The SEC received $52.3 million in payouts from bowls last year and had $37.5 million of revenue excess after paying for institutional expenses. The SEC's bowl payouts totaled $8.7 million more than the next-closest conference, the Big 12.


Obviously that data is a year old but I would guess they would be ahead of the big once again

At the start of this process, people just seemed to feel that Texas could write a check for infinity dollars and get any living person they wanted. It does not seem that this is the case.

My money is on David Shaw.

Heard Tomlin mentioned.

Huge game tomorrow in Wichita between KSU & Gonzaga. Perhaps they'll both wear their West Regional participation ribbons on their warmups as they gaze into the rafters at the actual Final Four banner?

There are something like 13 QBs that played high school football in the state of Texas that have started a game in the NFL this season. None of them were Longhorns. Meanwhile, Texas has become a mediocre program without anything resembling a QB...and it's going to be worse next year. They have a DB and a TE competing for the starting QB spot.

Tyrone Swoopes was supposed to be pretty good wasn't he?

LMAO How sad is that considering all that UT has going for it? Biggest school in a state that produces more D-1 talent than anyone and deep, deep pockets with world class facilities. That is an absolute travesty. UT should be a school in the running for a NC every year or at least be a top 10 team, not a meh team.

Thats awesome :LOL:

Based on how the year's going UT took 2013 off and is concentrating on basketball. Crazy they can do that and still be CFB's most valuable program.

He was, but he looked like shit. He's considered a dual threat QB, but he's not fast nor particularly athletic as far as I can tell. He reminds me of the kid Kansas was playing towards the end of the year...Kozarth or something like that. I'm not convinced he's a QB, and I'd be stunned if he's the kind of QB that will get Texas to where they think they belong.

Good for them. Neither their football program nor their basketball program received any top 25 votes last week, but their basketball team could this week. Not many schools can be ranked in both sports, but Texas has the potential to build up to that level in a few years if they make the right coaching hires.

It's pathetic for a school like Texas to lose every decent QB prospect to out-of-state schools.

He's still plenty young, and Mack Brown burning his redshirt was ridiculous.

Not really. If he's their long term guy, they are in serious trouble.

Ridiculous is not landing Luck, RGIII, Stafford, Brees, Manziel, etc.

Tons of schools are ranked in both sports year in and year out. Are you kidding?

Now winning championships and Final Fours in both are a completely different story.

Still a pretty low mark for "CFB's most valuable program", wouldn't you agree?

Kansas, presently, has a terrible football program. I don't know how you can argue otherwise...

Tons means six, I guess.

Mack Brown won over 10 games 9 times while at Texas. That's incredibly difficult to do.

I agree it's probably time for him to go but it's insane to think UT Football hasn't seen tons of success under Mack Brown.

Mack had a good run at Texas. Now, they're reduced to lifting their skirts for married men...and getting turned down left and right.

Like when Mizzou got stiff-armed by the BIG

Yeah, that really turned out shitty for Mizzou, huh?

Saul thought he finally had found a fan base that would trade places with Mizzou.

Then he actually looked at UT's record. Failure again.

Funny thing...realignment has worked out great for Mizzou, aTm, and the SEC. It's been a disaster for the B1G and the Big 12.

The SEC improved athletically and academically.

The B1G worsened athletically and academically.

The Big 12 worsened athletically and academically.

Yeah that didn't turnout well at all for Mizzou.

it certainly seems apropos for ku fan to carry water for Texas.

2 teams in the BCS and 4 ranked basketball teams (with two more on the way in UT and OU).

All that with 10 teams?

Sounds like the Big 12 just trimmed the fat.

Well, Mizzou is 9-8 in football with no quality SEC wins. In basketball they finished 5th and lost first round of the NCAAs to a mid major. So I'd say it business as usual in CoMo

huh?

One of my most favorite times of the year is when you can hear "Rock Chalk Jayhawk" from the rafters of the Frank Erwin Center.

I admit things were looking pretty good until a couple Saturdays ago when the only thing stopping Auburn were end zones.

:LOL:

Who could have blamed us for looking at our options with the rats jumping off the conference ship as they were? The only reason the Big 12-2 still exists at all is because Larry Scott and Texas couldn't come to an agreement on the Longhorn network. If it hadn't been for that deal falling through at the 11th hour, the Big 12-2 would have collapsed completely.

Thankfully, a dream scenario worked out for us.

http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/stor...gbuehi/slide/9

Looks like Mizzou is going to keep churning out top ten draft picks.

Do you get a trophy for that...?

Well if a Kansas fan is going to accuse any other football team of not having quality wins, I guess we should listen.

And don't worry about our basketball team. We're doing just fine in spite of all your wishes.

I like that Tomahawk has showed up in this thread now that basketball season has started in earnest for KU.

It was a very good game, except for the 4,000 yards rushing they allowed

Mizzou probably won't go undefeated in basketball. When we finally do lose a game, hopefully we bounce back rather than losing three out of four and watching our ranking do its best impersonation of Charlie Weis's coaching career.

So far today I have called KU's football program terrible and questioned whether or not MU earns a trophy for having a top 10 draft pick.

I am sorry you are delusional....but that isn't my problem.

No, only assault weapons and rape charges.

Where you been, man? We've missed you around here.

When does mu play an away game? Are you guys going to get one in before the new year?

And by "we', I mean Bambi and Bitch.

Ask Prison Bitch. He's up on everything Missouri.

I've been around.

Just looking for insider info on who is going to be the next HC at Texas.

I expected the game at the Sprint Center to feel like an away game based on what Kansas fans told me about Kansas City...but nope. It was packed with Mizzou fans just like I remembered it from the last game we played there as a Big 12 team.

Judging by the fact that Kansas is 0-2 on the road, maybe you guys should avoid leaving home as well.

Kansas is still a better basketball team/program than Missouri.

But when that's literally all you have - when 8 months out of the year are simply 'wait for basketball season' - you should probably be better than this.

I'm not going to run KU basketball smack - this is, afterall, the 4 months of the year when the buckled beaks are relevant. I can't help but wonder why they'll continue to insist on running football smack come spring, however...

Honest IMO answer -

Now that they've effectively been spurned by Saban, I imagine they will throw a Brinks truck at a "name guy". There's way too much talent at Texas for a coach with even a modicum of coaching ability to not succeed there.

And Missouri is going to go undefeated this year.

Right...?

True. Kansas is still a couple spots ahead of Mizzou in the rankings. Their fans have been waiting all year for this, and the casual Mizzou fan is barely aware that the basketball team plays before the end of football season.

I don't think anyone but you has said that.

I have a feeling they may be targeting someone from the NFL...so I think they are going to take there time in the search now that Saban isn't an option [if he ever was one]. I am not sure how they can sit around and wait for an NFL coach though, when there is recruiting to be done....

I'm pretty sure I just said that we probably wouldn't. Was there something about that statement that led you to the exact opposite conclusion?

You. Are. Smart.

Missouri is ranked?

Agreed.

But in the sake of fairness, it's really only two KU fans that run football smack, and those two are basically outcasts to the other KU fans around here.

you asked the question.