Missouri stole our drum!

[|Zach|]

http://rockchalk.com/forum/read.php3...=0&thread=3421

In their post-game celebration, the Misery football players were banging on what appeared to be a KU band drum. As if the low class Mizzou fans throwing whiskey bottles at our band in Columbia was not bad enough, now, their football players steal our drum.

[WilliamTheIrish]

I wonder how much you'd care about basketball if your basketball team ever struggled.

It's been a long while. But KU fans didn't fill up the house for basketball games during the sunset of the Ted Owens era. MU had won 4 consecutive BBall titles and OU and Tubbs were running the Big 8 into the ground in the early to mid 80's.

In order to offset that KU fired Owens and hired Larry Brown. It took him 3 years to win the Big 8. They haven't looked back since.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Lzen

Lol, nope. I am not wasting my time if your memory is that short.

Didn't think it was true.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Didn't think it was true.

Just because I didn't look for the thread does not make it untrue. I remember people whining about that. Don't remember if it was the official thread or not, but I do remember that much.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by WilliamTheIrish

It's been a long while. But KU fans didn't fill up the house for basketball games during the sunset of the Ted Owens era. MU had won 4 consecutive BBall titles and OU and Tubbs were running the Big 8 into the ground in the early to mid 80's.

In order to offset that KU fired Owens and hired Larry Brown. It took him 3 years to win the Big 8. They haven't looked back since.

Show me a fanbase that fills up their stadiums and arenas to see a shit product get destroyed by the opposition year in and year out? That's not the argument.

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Lzen

Just because I didn't look for the thread does not make it untrue. I remember people whining about that. Don't remember if it was the official thread or not, but I do remember that much.

Sure.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by |Zach|

Sure.

Don't be a dickbag. It's Lzen, it's not like him to pull shit out of his ass. He's not one of those fans.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by Pants

Show me a fanbase that fills up their stadiums and arenas to see a shit product get destroyed by the opposition year in and year out? That's not the argument.

I know what you mean. Its not that hard to understand.
Hell, I had rival fans asking me if I was gonna go to the border war game. I told them no ****ing way. I am disgusted with what TG has done to this program and I wasn't going to waste my money on watching my team get killed. Why is this so hard to understand?

I did the same thing with the Chiefs. Before the 2 games I attended at Arrowhead this year, I hadn't been to a Chiefs game since the Chargers came to town in October of 2006. I refuse to waste my time and money on a crap product. Call it what you will.

[Lzen]

Originally Posted by Pants

Don't be a dickbag. It's Lzen, it's not like him to pull shit out of his ass. He's not one of those fans.

Zach is normally an okay dude. But when it comes to the KU/MU rivalry, he can't help but be a dickbag.
/shrug

[WilliamTheIrish]

Originally Posted by Pants

Show me a fanbase that fills up their stadiums and arenas to see a shit product get destroyed by the opposition year in and year out? That's not the argument.

Hey, I'm not arguing that at all. (Pull your PANTS! up). Love the name, btw. I was showing that it has happened to KU basketball.

You never said what prompted the name change? An affection for Dockers?

[|Zach|]

Originally Posted by Pants

Don't be a dickbag. It's Lzen, it's not like him to pull shit out of his ass. He's not one of those fans.

Ya know what? I seem to recall [insert whatever is really convenient for any given thread]

[DJ's left nut]

Originally Posted by Pants

Yeah, that's an amazing picture of our stadium in the 4th quarter of a blow out. No fan base ever does that, no sir. Lord knows MU would never do that. LOL. And no, it's not embarrassing to see an empty stadium in the end of a dead game. Shit, even the best fanbase in the NFL has had a half-empty stadium the last couple of years. That's what losing perennially does to fans. That's true for all fanbases, even the vaunted MU fans.

It's easy to fill a stadium when your team is doing well, no one is arguing that. It's also easy to fill a basketball arena when your team does well. Easy for everyone but MU, I should say.

Like Baylor putting up 7,000 for it's home opener this year? Or Pittsburgh putting up 9,000?

MU's a solid basketball school and that's it. It's not going to sell out games against 'scrimmage' schools, even when well ranked. And In case you haven't noticed, we still have a football season going on as well. That's where the attention of the town is.

Your point seems to be that KU is a better basketball school than MU...afterall that's always a Beaker's point, regardless of the conversation. I'd imagine the next time you can't hold your wad, you'll bring this up. But I'm unsure what point you believe you're proving here.

Yes, KU has a better BBall program. But given my choice, I'll take our athletic program over yours without thinking twice right now.

[Pants]

Originally Posted by Lzen

I know what you mean. Its not that hard to understand.
Hell, I had rival fans asking me if I was gonna go to the border war game. I told them no ****ing way. I am disgusted with what TG has done to this program and I wasn't going to waste my money on watching my team get killed. Why is this so hard to understand?

I did the same thing with the Chiefs. Before the 2 games I attended at Arrowhead this year, I hadn't been to a Chiefs game since the Chargers came to town in October of 2006. I refuse to waste my time and money on a crap product. Call it what you will.

It's common sense. These holier than thou hypocritical douches like Pitt Gorilla and co know this as well, they're not stupid.

I'm honestly surprised that MU isn't filling Paige to the brim. I can understand that it's not a "basketball town" and I don't expect them to come watch and support their mediocre teams, but when your team is #11, I would think that would garner something.

[eazyb81]

Hilarious how this has magically shifted into a basketball thread. Regardless, ku's lack of fan support was truly pathetic on Saturday. The f'n student section was empty except for the band.

The ku side of Arrowhead is below. Embarrassing to see you send off your seniors like this.

[Frazod]

As long as we're rehasing all of this shit for the 1,000th time, I want to be first in with the Sod shot. Now, quick, somebody post the bowl of oranges!

[Pants]

Originally Posted by DJ's left nut

Like Baylor putting up 7,000 for it's home opener this year? Or Pittsburgh putting up 9,000?

MU's a solid basketball school and that's it. It's not going to sell out games against 'scrimmage' schools, even when well ranked. And In case you haven't noticed, we still have a football season going on as well. That's where the attention of the town is.

Your point seems to be that KU is a better basketball school than MU...afterall that's always a Beaker's point, regardless of the conversation. I'd imagine the next time you can't hold your wad, you'll bring this up. But I'm unsure what point you believe you're proving here.

Yes, KU has a better BBall program. But given my choice, I'll take our athletic program over yours without thinking twice right now.

That's not my point at all, and I'm sure you know this because you're far from stupid. My point is that you can't blame a fanbase for not filling up a stadium for a team that is a gimpy cellar-dweller with a rich tradition of being one. THAT IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN no matter where you look. You CAN, however blame a fanbase for not showing up to support an up and coming, #11 ranked program.