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I didn’t say he wasn’t our best defense of player. What I said was, “I never saw him play the kind of defense one time (maybe that is an exaggeration) that is a requirement virtually every time the other team has the ball at KU.” I live in Kansas City so I’m fairly familiar with KU. My question...

I struggle writing this because I don’t like to be too critical of an individual player (I will call out a team as a whole) at the college level. I don’t think I am being overly harsh in stating this, though, so here goes. I am perplexed as to why KU would even have him visit. I like him and...

You know, it was 35 years ago, but I still remember it was actually “Ed” Manning. I don’t know who Charles Manning is/was.

Perhaps he is a tier below, but he could make a lot of money in the NBA if he just concentrated on rebounding, even if he ended up being a tier below Reggie Evans as an NBA rebounder. That is my point.

It could be that he has determined that he is what he is and that he has determined that his situation will not change after another year in college. Therefore, he might as well go now, whether it be to the NBA or somewhere else. I have a feeling that is it. Personally, I feel like if he...

Yes, because the best possible coaching candidate can only be someone that has been associated to the program in the past, like Bob Knight had a history with Indiana and Coach K had a history with Duke, before they both went to those schools. Just Like Lute had direct ties to both Iowa and...

I am very disappointed that you didn’t actually ask for legal advice in your post. I was poised to tell you that the best legal advice you could get is to not ask for legal advice on a college message board. Oh well.

PCHawk, this will be my last response, I think, as I don’t believe any more would accomplish anything. Some background that probably only Jon knows, of anyone on this thread. I am a white male in my early 50s and my wife is a white female in her late 40s. There was one black kid in my school...

PCHawk, I don’t understand how anyone that has grown up in this country, regardless of education level, could think that in the situation described, that Joe would not be offended by the term “gorilla shampoo”? I am honestly baffled that you would believe that would not be what offended Joe or...

So anyone that sees things differently than you is irrational?

Actually, Howard Cosell wasn’t just not a racist. He was a neighbor and close personal friend of Jackie Robinson from some time in the 60s until Robinson’s death. He was probably the opposite of a racist, and he took great exception to the fact that he felt his high profile announcing mates...

This thread is very entertaining. Morehouse talks to a social scientist who explains how we in this country think in binary terms re race. If the statement Dolph made is racist, that doesn’t make Dolph a bad guy, nor does it place intent on what he said. Meanwhile, everyone on here feels the...

Wrong. How many schools handle PR issues well? None. And Fran being a hothead is going to impact recruiting? Whatever. When the team is good they have pretty much a full arena and they are in a conference that prints money, even for a smaller school like Iowa. The pay is pretty attractive...

“I swear there wasn’t a red dot on that cashmere sweater when I bought it.”

Maybe the newspaper (or tv station, or radio station, etc.) should have someone from their news department come to the press gathering in question and let them ask the question. Then the sports person from that entity wouldn’t be responsible for causing the ruckus. Just a thought after thinking...

He was suspended earlier in the season because someone in the truck left his and Bobby’s microphones on during a commercial. Additionally, there was probably another message being sent as well, I would agree. The problem in both cases is the same, I would argue. No ill intent towards a player...

There is still 30% of the conference regular season left, as well as the conference tournament. Does the B10 Tournament get played BEFORE coach of the year is decided? It seems a little early to me to have this discussion. What if we went 3-3 the rest of the way and won just one game in the...

How can a local business afford to pay $80,000 to bring in a celebrity like Aikman to draw in customers to their place of business? Did they just have that much money to throw away? How many vehicles would they need to sell, that they wouldn’t have sold otherwise, to justify that cost? I...

A couple of games under .500 overall, as well as in conference, is hardly the definition of a dumpster fire. Obviously since you said that is the low point of your lifetime you have no concept of what happened between the time that for Evy left as head coach and Hayden Fry showed up. Somewhere...

The timing of the first and last games is intentional to get at least two months out of subscribers. What makes you think it wasn’t intentional? At least I took it from your post that you thought it was.