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We get blown out Saturday and this thread dies.....got it?

You guys are going to destroy us in Paige.

Stop it. We're supposed to corner the market on being arrogant prick fans.

I wouldn't be shocked if MU loses. KU is a good team and MU is going to have to play some of their best ball of the year. That being said I can live with a competitive loss.

Don't worry, you still own that title in spades! :thumb:

Whew. That was a close one.

That said I'll be nearly shocked if KU wins this one. MU could be specal this year. Either way I won't be able to watch it anyway.

It should be a good game. What worries me is MU has not played particularly great since Baylor. I was worried about how KU murdered OU but then I rememered MU murdered them even worse and I knew KU at home after a loss would be nails anyway.

We can't shut down KU across the board, there is just no way. I think Robinson is the one you take your chances with since he seems to be either hot or cold. I'd go for shutting down Taylor and getting Withey into foul trouble even if it means Withey gets 10 blocks in the process.

No one knows about playing hot and cold better than KU so it all depends on what team shows up for each side. We can look like uninspired ass (Iowa State) or we can dominate. Home crowd for MU... really good team that will be really up for the game as always... I'd pretty much settle for keeping in close and having a chance at the end. Hopefully Taylor or Robinson or both will have inspired performances and Withey doesn't shit himself too much.

I wouldn't miss it for the world, depending on the outcome i may not post here for a couple of days tho!

RCJHGKU!

I'm sure I will hear the boo's all the way from Lawrence every time something doesn't go KU's way! :thumb:

Well I'd like to watch but my kiddo has a regional pom pon competition out of town and I'm a better dad than a sports fan.

:thumb:

KU might lose Saturday but they'll win another BCS game someday down the road. It's the cost of doing business.

Something I would really like to do though it would be impossible without losing my mind is to listen to Bob Davis (KU radio announcer) and Mike Kelly (MU radio announcer) during an MU\KU game at the same time.

I have to admit as odd as it sounds that when I first started getting into College BB, I was always an MU fan but never harbored ill-feelings towards KU. Then one night on the radio I listened to Bob Davis calling a KU game and I swear to God the guy ruined me on KU basketball forever. I mean like for a short time I would root for KU as long as they weren't playing MU but after hearing him.....JFC! I swear he makes every KU score sound like it was a half-court 3 at the buzzer and any, I mean any time something doesn't go KU's way you would swear the NCAA was out to get KU on purpose even.

Were not Iowa State, we take our lumps and rise back to the top!

Then you must never be at the PHOG. I swear everytime I watch or listen to a KU game and the ball doesn't bounce their way or they get called on a legit foul the boo's rain down like thunder. I understand all home fans do such but I think KU does it the best! :thumb:

As a KU fan i wouldn't trade Bob and his homerism for anything. You can tell exactly what is going on just by the tone of his voice. SWISHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

ISU fans boo when a player gets hurt, KU fans only boo the 50/50 calls generally.

Bob is passionate. Since he works for my team I love it but I can see why oppossing fans would be put off. Oh well.

The opposing fans would have a coronary if Bob were to officiate a KU game for sure, but I like it even if he does get me riled up over a call only to find out later it wasn't exactly how he described it. ;)

I would expect Beakers to love their Bob. I can't stand him. Can't stand him as a KU announcer or a Royals announcer. Guy is ****ing annoying. Listened to him during a Royals game one night and the old ****er went 13 minutes without ever giving a score. I heard more bullshit that I would ever care to know about players who no longer play and oh, every now and then he would remember a baseball game was going on.

You would definitely be among the minority on the Royals thing, All of my Misery friends like Bob as the voice of the Royals.

There can be a lot of time to fill in a baseball game... not that I'm saying Bob is great at it. 13 minutes without a score update is a bit much. I always loved listening to Dennys storys though... one of my favorite things about listening to the games.

OHH THAT BALL IS WELL STRUCK; IT'S DEEEEEEP...and Magglio catches it at the start of the track. /Davis

Well it's a big field... that is pretty deep.

:p

So Bob can't judge a fly ball.

LMAO spot the **** on

You hear Bob call that play though and you think the ball was spanked to the wall then you get home and see the replay and the mother ****er is standing in the middle of RF.

And to put Bob in KU context it's like "Taylor shoots...AND HE HIT'S IT! What a dish from Teahan to hit Taylor right under the basket! KU IS REALLY STARTING TO PUT IT ON THE OTHER TEAM AS THEIR LEAD INCREASES TO 2 WITH 19:45 LEFT TO GO IN THE FIRST HALF!"

Yeah I know. Like I said Bob can't judge a fly ball.

Bob has a problem with excessive something or other.

He's passionate, heh.

Pete your black & gold is showing. :P

Yeah but it's like, dude, come on.

Withey hits a point blank shot .."AND WITHEY WITH THE SCORE! WHAT A SHOT!"

Opponent makes a huge contested 3 from way downtown at the shotclock buzzer...."And J'covan Brown hits a 3. You can't leave guys wide open for those easy 3's like that! Did he get that off before the buzzer? I can see why Self is hot, the Refs gotta take a look at that one" Then you see the replay and the guy clearly gets the shot off with a defender in his face from 10 ft behind the 3pt arc with 4 secs left on the shotclock....LMAO


I know a bit of an exageration but still...

Screw that. Give me Denny Mathews and Fred White seven days a week and twice on Sunday. Not a fan of Davis calling the Royals.

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and so it begins.........

Ugh, no way. That guy sucks for calling baseball. I miss the Denny Trease and Denny Matthews combo.

I thought it was Fred Mathews...I might have my announcers all mixed up. Anyhow, the old school Royals announcers on the radio were awesome..Bob Davis, not so much.

You're thinking Fred White I do believe. Not to be confused with Frank White, who was not white. Fred White was white. Therefore no noteable relation. Totally different White's altogether.

Bob Davis might be the worst announcer I've ever heard.

Oh come on now...."ROBINSON FOR 3..........and it's an airball"

Bob Davis has to be KU's Bob Uecker.....

"TAYLOR PUTS UP A 3...." (ball falls short touching no rim) "JUUUust a bit soft on that one"

"Boy, how do these shots not fall? Tough rims at the fieldhouse today!"

The last time MU beat KU by over 10 points in basketball was over a decade ago (and that was only a 12 PT win). There's little reason to think it will happen on Saturday. KU is far too good this year to allow that to happen.

It should be close...far too close for me to try to predict a winner.

Disagree. I literally know of zero Royals fans that like Davis at all. Denny was the absolute best and Bob is the absolute worst. It doesn't take much of an understanding of baseball to get that.

I don't see a blowout happening on either side. Two highly ranked teams and conference rivals, should be a helluva game, and it will come down to the very end.

A lot of folks like his passion, I agree he doesn't give the score often enough even during Basketball games.

Hmmmmmm...interesting thread.

This must be unfamiliar territory.

13 minutes! The Wife and I timed him when we were driving home one night and I was getting pissed cause he wouldn't say the damn score. I heard where the opposing pitcher grew up, some quirky shit about his childhood, some non-baseball related crap, something about a game Denny called back when Brett played. We wen through an entire 1/2 inning without getting the score and THEN..THEN all I got as they Royals finished batting was "and we head to the top of the 5th with the Royals still ahead by 1". :banghead:

Who are these people? How did they feel about Denny's "passion"?

They're pretty excited. It's cute isn't it?

:D

Denny's passion? LMAO

And there's a drive to RF...back goes Ordonez....and gone....


Davis...

"THERE'S A DRIVE TO DEEP RF AND....he caught it"
"Must've been the wind, Denny.."

"We're in a dome, Bob!"


ROFL

Dude, you can't tell me with KU and MU being #1 & #2 in the Big 12 and this being MU's last year in the Big 12 that this game doesn't have a little more excitement to it than usual?

Sure it is but I can still get my little dig in to MU fans can't I? LOL.

Btw it's not even hard to call me on my bullshit here... I'm a Royals fan excited about the upcoming season. Cardinals fans can call that cute.

:)

Well, it matters as much as any regular season college basketball game does (which is to say, not much). It won't have any effect on how well either team does in the March crapshoot tournament. In terms of the conference race, though, it could loom quite large, particularly for MU. A loss really hurts any chance they have in the conference race, but a win puts them in a tie for the lead with KU having the more difficult schedule down the stretch.

KU and MU will play again eventually in the future, so I don't really view these last 2 games as the end of a rivalry or anything like that.

Hoenstly I don't care about the Big 12 title. It's a bragging rights thing, sure. I am more focused on getting a #1 or #2 seed in the Tourney. Even if we lost twice to KU, which is nothing to hang your head about, I think we still can rank high enough for that goal.

props for that homie.
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Dude, can you imagine, playing 4 times this year? Twice in conference, once in the Big 12 and then the ultimate KU/MU homer dream to have KU and MU faceoff for the NC?

Typically that would be a pipedream but I think both KU and MU can beat Cuse, Kentucky and Ohio State so depending on the bracketing It's just as possible as any other dream matchup.

I think MU has a good shot at a 1 seed... at least a 2.

I also think a conference title is a worthy thing, I don't care what anyone says. KU has won several and they're all special to me. Doesn't matter if we have bigger dreams. It's a nice thing to do and it means a lot imo. Should mean a lot to anyone else.

Thanks but it's just what a parent is suppossed to do... no biggie.

I care about the conference title. A consistent season of success is more indicative of how good your team is than a few games in March are. And besides, it would be nice to keep the streak going. If Haith's Mizzou team was able to break it, I'd have a lot of respect for them.

Both MU and KU should at least get #2 seeds regardless of the outcome of their games against each other (the Big 12 champion generally gets a #1). High seeds are by no means a guarantee of success, though, as any KU (or Duke, UK, or UNC) fan knows.

They could easily play in the B12 tournament, but there are too many possible pitfalls in the NCAA tournament for me to expect they'll play again there. One of them will no doubt go down earlier than expected, if not both.

But yeah, as far as a homer dream goes, that would be nice.

I've got little ones, I know.

But there are a lot nowadays that dont get it...
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Sadly thats true. I can't imagine missing something my kid is doing to watch a game or even worse just because you're too lazy to get off your ass and go. Being there means a lot to them and besides that it's fun for me.

So Coach Haith is trying to get this game to be civil... He's new. Forgive him.

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haha. Haith mentions to say MIZ-ZOU instead of MIZ-FKU.

Amen!

There is not a college or pro game that would make me want to skip one of my kids events - sports or otherwise. When I'm on my death bed rolling thru the memories of my life, it sure as **** won't be that Chiefs Raiders game of YOR that im thinking about. I hope to see both of my Son's faces and remember all of the times we spent together, and all the times I watched them grow up doing their thing. Anyone that's not placing a high priority on that is completely missing the boat. JMHO

Mizzou is a 3 point favorite.

This thread is just shocking I tell you. Nobody gives a crap about basketball, remember?

So is 3 points becaue Miz is at home?

Pretty much a toss-up otherwise, yes.

I still hope we kick your ass, though.

Better get your licks in while you can, the Jayhawks had a roster go to the NBA last year. These kids are getting better, but this may be your shot.
I hope it is a good game, the Tigers look very strong.

Fixed it for you.

KU can finish off the Championship with a victory tomorrow night.

A loss and it gets a bit tougher but still very attainable.

Should be fun.

Obsessed much?

Fans chirping over what could be last KU-Mizzou basketball game in Columbia
By Andy Hyland

As Kansas University and the University of Missouri are ready to meet on the basketball court for what could be one of the last times, the game came with the usual amount of sniping.

The Missouri Alumni Association held a contest where fans could win tickets to Saturday night’s game against “kU,” as they referred to it, by entering and listing “three reasons why I’m not a Jayhawk.”

More than 2,700 people participated in the contest. Jack E. Kinney Jr., a 1969 journalism alumnus of the school, won.

His reasons? His late uncle Bob said the best school for a Missourian is MU, and Tigers are better than “some goofy bird.”

Other submitted reasons will be posted online later.

“(Former Missouri basketball coach) Norm Stewart would not let his teams eat or sleep in Kansas. Whatever Stormin’ Norman says is good enough for me,” Kinney wrote.

Todd McCubbin, executive director of the MU Alumni Association, said the contest could “definitely can slip into some not fun areas if we’re not careful.”

The association is also using the week to boost membership, pointing out that it has the fourth-highest members in the conference, trailing KU.

“I think it’s fair game and we have some fun with it,” McCubbin said of the rivalry. “It has driven some membership, there’s no doubt, this week.”

Kevin Corbett, president of the KU Alumni Association, said this kind of tactic is nothing new.

“It’s at least the third campaign they’ve run to try and recruit more members than the KU Alumni Association,” he said.

It hasn’t worked so far, he pointed out.

But it wasn’t all sniping this week.

Xavier Billingsley, president of the Missouri Students Association, distributed a letter to the university community asking fans to avoid committing “some act of ignorance against our opponents.”

“Keep your eyes and ears open this week,” he wrote. “And if you see an example of insensitive fan behavior or encounter words or actions unbefitting Mizzou, make sure the students behind that ignorance know you don’t appreciate it.”

— Higher education reporter Andy Hyland can be reached at 832-6388. Follow him at Twitter.com/LJW_KU.

Reading an article about MU fans and posting it in an MU thread? Yes, you're obsessed much.

Clearly, you are.

I might as well get in the spirit of things.

Good luck to both team's respective fans tomorrow.


Lets hope it is a good game
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Hell yeah. A great game between two proud basketball schools brings this stuff out.