Posts made by FarmerJayhawk

I didn’t love the late punt but honestly it probably didn’t matter at all. The analytics say it’s about a wash either way. We also should’ve never been in that situation. The Henderson drop was brutal. We get that first and are cooking with gas.

Big picture, we’re fine. To me we look like a 8-9 win team. With a few lucky bounces we can play in Arlington. Not because we’re elite (we’re clearly not) but the rest of the league looks very mediocre. 7-2 gets us there and is doable.

Now that we’ve seen us for 3 straight weeks it’s the perfect time for a bye. Get healthy, especially at LB. You can almost do a mini fall camp and do some extra fundamental work. Lance’s teams always come out of byes very strong and we have 3 straight very winnable games coming up. There’s a good chance we’re sitting here in 4 weeks 5-1 and headed into our second bye 8-2 or 7-3.

So sorry to hear that man.

They never finish the sentence, states right to what?

This Chapel Bill thing didn’t hit me as real until tonight. What a wild visual.

Pour one out for Bangally Kamara. Sounds like he’s done for the year, knee injury.

Is that the all ESPN package? That includes Plus, ESPN2, ESPNU, and big ESPN if memory serves. I think there’s still a Plus only option.

Eh, that’s probably exaggerated in terms of penalties. Under Leipold we’ve ranked 3rd, 44th, 67th (the bowl game probably dropped us like 20 spots lol) and 16th in terms of penalties per game. It could be better sure but not usually a major concern.

That half was fun as hell. I’m a big fan of Coach Z and Coach Lubick. DL absolutely ate late in the half.

@stoptheflop 1B to Hishaw’s 1A. He’s one of the best backups in the league.

Yeah complaining about that is the equivalent of not hiring a guy that was caught with a gram of weed 20 years ago. It’s a total non-issue. And his relationships on the west coast will pay significant dividends.

I don’t think Fresno will be all that good. They’re a run heavy offense and our strength will be the front 6. I don’t love our OL but have some faith it’ll come together.

I’ve heard that KUAD has had many calls from donors pledging 7-8 figures following Booth’s example. This thing is a snowball.

Also it’s just so cool that Kansans like Goff, Booth, Anschutz, Dana Anderson, and Paul DeBruce have contributed so much to KU. This state is badass.

Some more details. $75m with a KU and city/state match to finish phase 2. The rest to Revshare, paying down some debt, and possibly baseball.

This more or less wraps up stadium financing when factoring in what’s already been raised plus incentives. Memorial 2.0 will be 100% done for 2027. Mostly done for 26 but construction will likely continue through the season, but we’ll play in Memorial.

We good. https://x.com/petethamel/status/1955620504196550950?s=42

Hmmm just a guess… Scot Pollard?

Hiring another assistant tied to the FBI probe back when would be very funny

Skinner did have a heck of a grab today for the Jets so that was cool

Boynton was in the running when Jacque was hired. His name has come up again.

Some good news on the Billy Eugene front https://x.com/goodmanhoops/status/1953846054996099519?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ

There will be two big scheme changes that are JD (and most QBs) friendly under Z/Lubick. First, attacking the middle of the field more. There was a stark contrast in Kotelnicki vs. Grimes in how they called the passing game. Also having a better receiving TE in Hanika will help. Next is the option game. JD can be lethal in the option game as we saw in 22. Lots of that was Lubick’s brainchild. Grimes barely called any (and sometimes forgot #4 existed). So those changes will be big, along with a more talented WR corps. The old trio were great, but Grimm was really the only guy that could consistently get separation. Henderson and Pickett both have burst and suddenness to win 1 on 1 and turn a slant into 6.

Bill has taken a similarly talented group to a natty appearance so just my view, but it’s too early to say.

Calderon is going to look good in unstructured scrimmages from just being crazy athletic but he was downright bad in OTE ball.

The whole is going to be better than the sum of its parts IMO. Early reports are the young guys look really good. I think it’s going to be hard to keep Rosario out of the starting lineup come league play.

@bskeet parenting done right!

@nuleafjhawk sure thing! As a general recommendation for everyone, give a stop downtown on game days. The fine local establishments will appreciate your business for KU’s return to Lawrence. A place that’s a little off the beaten path that has very good food (best wings in town) hit up R Bar on Florida between 6th and 7th, right around the corner from Louise’s West, another of Lawrence’s finest watering holes and a game day staple.

I think I agree entirely with @wissox except for Arizona. They seem to be in a bad spot. 10 wins is attainable which would put us in contention for a trip to Arlington.

@SlimShaddy54 it’ll be like 10-15 rows. Keeping somewhat of a view from the hill is a huge priority for donors and the university. The administration really, really wants to keep the walking down the hill for graduation tradition going

@nuleafjhawk park downtown and take the shuttle to and from Memorial. It’s $1 each way plus you can hang out on Mass before and after. Also if you get to the game early enough street parking in the neighborhood north of the stadium is free. Anywhere below 9th and between Missouri and Mississippi Streets are your best bet. I also believe there’s a shuttle that runs from the lot across from Allen. People also sell parking passes on the secondary market. So lots of options.

Edit: lots of good info here https://parking.ku.edu/football-game-day

The west and north sides look awesome in person. There won’t be much going on the south side (honestly the video board is the main improvement over there) so it’s really 2/3 done. The east side will likely look like lower deck, a party deck, upper deck.

@dylans ah well pretty much none of that applies to me so on we go. When you’re in a drought only so much water is available (sometimes it’s none). It just depends on the year and rotations, but our big crops are wheat, beans, corn, and milo. Most years fall crop is our main season. We start planting in late spring and finish harvesting sometimes late fall. Winter is all about placing orders and keeping the books in order, which is real work for us. It’s pretty involved running the day to day stuff for what would I consider to be a very successful business.

And it was quite an experience growing up laying gated pipe and going twice a day to open and close gates then go to the other fields to run siphon tubes. Good memories.

@dylans then it kills your proven yield baseline so a couple bad years can really screw you.

It’s a stressful job for about anyone, at least from the people I’ve known over the years. Not sure what my degree has to do with it (econ really emphasizes decision making under uncertainty and providing a range of outcomes) but I know business majors who have been really successful at it. I’m still involved in the management side of things since my grandpa retired so I’m still in it, but you won’t find me in a cab anytime soon. The renters would be very confused lol

Phase 1 is done (except for a few small things KUAD will do)! https://x.com/tgoff11/status/1951059098985963851?s=46&t=c0LiaNrxev6XfT7LIH8dAQ

@dylans farmers have a time honored tradition of complaining about the weather. It’s a skill honed over many generations of Kansas farming communities. I just talked to my grandpa the other day and he was upset about the heat burning up our fall crop. This cold front is much needed. It’s not a nice day in Kansas when a storm destroys your income for the season.

The nice thing about Kansas is not only do the summers suck, the winters also suck.

@dylans grew up farming, which made me realize working from my home office is much more pleasant. I remember my dad and grandpa saying go to college so you don’t have to do this.

Just got back from a walk. It’s 88 at 10:30 in LFK. Feels like 97

Hopefully these show up but I took some photos last night with the blue LEDs.

@rockchalkjayhawk it was several years ago. Blockages develop over time. We don’t know how often Self goes to a cardiologist to get checked. For all we know last time he went everything was fine.

I hope Coach is healthy enough to coach however he wants. I am concerned about the number of fans who just want to hand Jacque the keys and not do a real search.

He was out golfing at least according to local gossip

No way. Bad academics, basketball is on probation, small market.

It’s crunch time. 2 weeks until contractors hand it over to KUAD for finishing touches.

@approxinfinity yeah he went 11th, not sure what got lost in translation there

@approxinfinity he absolutely killed the combine, both in athletic testing and shooting.

KU keeps things close to the vest on NIL. They’re going to hit the revshare cap easily and Goff said yesterday they’re adding scholarships. On the Big East thing, fine they’ll have more RevShare for basketball but none of them are good on NIL. Any school like KU can easily compete in terms of a total financial package. On UConn, they’re going to spend a lot more than most on women’s basketball as well. KU is well positioned to compete, though being in the Big 12 vs. the P2 is still a significant disadvantage. It would be a heck of a lot easier to hit the revshare cap with an additional $40m in tv revenue.

@Texas-Hawk-10 he went from a good kid who loves throwing bales to work out to an entitled diva overnight

@rockchalkjayhawk said in The portal.:

@FarmerJayhawk said in The portal.:

@rockchalkjayhawk post-House there is a hard cap we have in terms of RevShare. That money is spent. Now, if there are donors willing to pony up for NIL for a guy (subject to getting through Deloitte’s clearinghouse) that’s a different deal but KUAD is tapped.

Ahh, gotcha. So RevShare is that $20 million cap that schools have for all sports?

Yes. All power conference schools have the same lid in terms of revshare

@rockchalkjayhawk post-House there is a hard cap we have in terms of RevShare. That money is spent. Now, if there are donors willing to pony up for NIL for a guy (subject to getting through Deloitte’s clearinghouse) that’s a different deal but KUAD is tapped.

Also there remains no better closer than Billy Eugene Self.

Yeah any other additions would be walk on types. Revshare is tapped.