Tag Archives: ncaa

Go, Tarheels!

April 6, 2009 – 8:27 pm

My normal rules of sports engagement include the phrase “root for those who took you out.” If I were to follow that tonight, I’d be bleeding Michigan State Spartan green; the Spartans did get the best of the Jayhawks in the Midwest Regional.
But I’m not. NC Coach Roy Williams has forever endeared himself to [...]

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Sweet 16, Again

March 22, 2009 – 4:48 pm

Rock Chalk Jayhawk! The Kansas Jayhawks have advanced to the Sweet 16 in the Men’s NCAA Basketball championship, with a 60-43 win over Dayton. My brackets have them advancing to the Elite 8 next weekend, and falling a bit short against Louisville in Midwest Regional Championship game next weekend.
No money is at stake this year; [...]

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Approaching an 0-fer

January 11, 2009 – 4:18 pm

Let’s recap: four NFL playoff games this weekend; 3 played.
Number of my teams of choice that have won: 0.
NCAA Basketball:
The Kansas Jayhawks lost1.
Last NFL Game: San Diego vs Pittsburgh. My heart’s choice: San Diego2. Probable winner: Pittsburgh. Nonetheless, hope springs eternal, and I’ll be rooting for the winner of this one to claim all [...]

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The Faulkneresque Bowl Lives!

December 23, 2008 – 9:12 pm

And in another secular holiday tradition, the 4th annual San Diego County Credit Union Poinsettia Bowl is on ESPN tonight. Boise State vs TCU. Post-season bowls evidently ring cash registers for advertisers, colleges, and a host of others.
I blogged about this game before; last year, I was in reduced blogging Twitter [...]

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Outstanding State-Line Performance

November 29, 2008 – 5:25 pm

Two of the best NCAA football games I’ve seen in a while were played today and yesterday, in what ESPN calls Rivalry Weekend. Last night, in a nail-biter if there ever was one, Nebraska prevailed:

One rarely sees a 57-yard field goal in the NFL, let alone the NCAA. But that’s actually what the Huskers’ [...]

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My State-line Roots Grow Deep

November 28, 2008 – 5:52 pm

On the teevee now: Nebraska/Colorado Football.
My Kansas/Nebraska growin’ up roots say:
Go Big Red!
And tomorrow, the KU/Mizzou border war. Two words define my sentiments there:
Rock Chalk!
I sincerely hope that everyone’s Thanksgiving is as joyful for them as mine as been for me.
-k-
Update: Even as the Huskers appear to be doing everything to [...]

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Post Turkey Day Geekage

November 28, 2008 – 1:14 pm

Listening to the EGC Clambake #231, logged on to IRC, chatting about Fedora, tweaking my F10 install on my 64-bit laptop, and sipping a cool one.
I ask you, how can it possibly get any better than that? Oh, yeah; college football in an hour or so..
-k-

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Another The Game

November 2, 2008 – 1:21 pm

I meant to blog this yesterday; the laptop upgrade intervened. In what is The Game for Kansans, expatriate Kansans, and fans of intrastate rivalries in general:
Kansas 52, Kansas State 21
Kansans realize that this is The Game; back in the day, it might be the only game either team would win all season. Both programs have [...]

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I Remember when it was The Game

November 1, 2008 – 5:47 pm

I’m watching the NASCAR race on ESPN, and the NCAA football scroll says that tonight is the Nebraska/Oklahoma football game.
I grew up on the Kansas/Nebraska border, on the Kansas side. We got more teevee from Nebraska-based stations than from Kansas ones, back in the day. So, it’s natural that I bleed a bit [...]

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Out of Uniform

April 8, 2008 – 6:32 am

To commemorate last night’s Kansas basketball triumph, I’m forsaking my all-black garb for one day only. Today, appearing in a shabby cubicle near you, will be an old man attired in a tasteful white polo shirt, with an understated Jayhawk embroidered on the left breast.
It’s the least I can do. My little bride [...]

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