Sherron Collins

In the era of one and done the story of a big time recruit staying at college for 4 years is rare. Yet Sherron Collins did just that and is set to be one of the greatest Kansas Jayhawks in its storied history. He already has the all time wins record. Each night he passes somebody on the points list. And each game he adds to his already glorious legacy. In his four years at KU, Kansas has won 4 Big 12 regular season titles. 2 conference tournament titles, with another possible. And 1 National Championship. With another one of those very possible as well. Collins came back to win it all this year, and there would be no better way to send out one of the greatest Jayhawks of all time. Thank you Sherron for all the great memories. I wish you the best, and hope some NBA team sees what a winner and competitor you are. Rock Chalk Jayhawk!
And by the way, KU sent the little kitties home last night 82-65. Great play from Xavier Henry, Tyshawn Taylor, and Markieff Morris helped KU get past slow starts from both superstars (Collins, Cole Aldrich). Collins caught fire later in the second half to help put the game out of reach. If Kansas can beat a team like K-State with no help from its 2 biggest stars in the first half, then things are looking good. The game against Missouri this weekend will be another good test to see where the Jayhawks are at. If Kansas continues to play well there should be no reason they don't win the conference tournament starting next week. Rebounding and perimeter defense must improve if that is going to happen though. Great, great win last night for KU. 59 in row now at "The Phog". Sherron went out in style in his last home game as a Kansas Jayhawk.

What arm?

Has my closest friends can attest, in college I was rather cocky about my throwing arm. Seemed to think it was a rocket or something stupid like that. The older I've gotten the more I realize that its a very ordinary arm. To prove my point I was just out throwing the football around with some of my students and got this great idea. Let's try and throw the football over the tallest tree. In my limited defense the students tried it first. Well somehow I managed to get the dumb football stuck at the very top of the tree. The only thing at our immediate disposal was a tennis ball. The next 30 minutes was spent chucking a tennis ball at our stuck football. It only took me half of that 30 minutes to realize that even if the tennis manage to hit the football it probably wouldn't do anything. The second 15 minutes was spent deciding what else to throw. How about another football? First try the 2nd football seemed to get stuck for a few seconds and then fell down. On my second try both footballs feel successfully to the ground. Rocket arm my ass.

Not a fan of Wednesday

I understand that my dear counterpart, Drew, needs time off. The problem with that is it requires me getting up at 5:55 to allow one student to get to the cafe for work. Zombieing to the alarm to turn it off and trudging upstairs to make sure this one student is awake and on his way. I abhor getting up that early. My body is simply not designed for such abuse. But at least it only happens once a week. I usually spend the rest of day trying to find ways to catch some quick shut eye to survive. Sounds pathetic because it is. Enough whining for one day.
Tonight is the big game. If Kansas manages to lose this game, I'm not sure I want to be around myself. It won't be pretty. But if Kansas can't get it up for this game then the season is done anyways. Its freaking K-State and Senior night. Let's send this little kitties home with their tail between their legs.
Playing basketball last night was awesome. Playing against little high schoolers is always good for ones ego.
BTW, I have to come clean with something. And yes this will only prove in Caleb's mind that I am indeed batting for the other team, but whatever. I am listening to Colbie Caillat as I write this post. I have a huge crush on her and her music. I love it. Not sure why, but man, its good stuff. For all of those who don't like it, screw you. I do feel better.

WOW

Very first day of my new "a post everyday" and I forget. I will defend myself in that there is a lot going on around here at the moment, but still pretty pathetic. Anyways I did not forget today, I had my day off and had a lot of time to sit around and remember. Didn't do much except watch tv and vegetate, but tonight Kyle and I are gonna scrimmage against the boy's. Sounds lame, but in my current state its about all I can handle. So I'm looking forward to it. Also excited about the Mavericks eight game win streak. My man crush on Dirk is peaking. But the biggest event of the week will be tomorrow nights game Kansas vs. Kansas State. Senior night for Sherron Collins (all-time wins leader in KU history). KU is ranked #2 and K-State #5. Highest ranking for K-State ever. Gonna be a huge game. Still pissed that ESPN is not showing this game. Beyond lame. Anyways I need to go warm up for my big show down with little high school boys. Haha, oh how far I have fallen.

Is Dallas a contender now?

I think it maybe to earlier to say but I really think this trade makes the Mavs a better team. I have loved Josh Howard during his years with the Mavs, but his inability to stay healthy has really hurt the team. Constantly in and out of the line-up kept the Mavs from finding a consistent mesh as a team. Caron Butler brings a lot to the table the Howard could no longer provide. No question he is a very capable scorer and J-Kidd makes everyone around him better, even if he is 50 years old. Butler is also a better defender and has had some experience in clutch situations. Excited about what he brings to the team. Brendan Haywood is a little bit of a unknown. To me he looks like a younger version of Erik Dampier. Which can be a good thing and a bad thing. He does seem to be a little more mobile and maybe a little more offensively gifted. But what the Mavs need is another tough defender and rebounder to help against the likes of the Nuggets and Lakers. I truly believe he can do that. Deshawn Stevenson is a wild card for sure. I have never liked the guy. He seems to do more talking than actually playing. Very, very streaky shooter. And he is a hot head that could cost us a ticked off Kobe or Melo in the playoffs. If he accepts his role as a defender and spot duty guy then it might work. This trade has also allowed Jason Terry to return to coming off the bench. That is a lightning rod that greatly helps the Mavericks. But if the Mavs are going to go far in the playoffs the will need more than just Terry off the bench. The health of Dampier will be important to watch. J.J. Barea has been in a slump but can also be a big lift off the bench. Since this trade the Mavs have beaten the Lakers at home and came back from double digit deficeit at Atlanta. The pieces are there, lets just see if the Mavs can have them all fit.

Lack of Fanhood?

So when this blog started I assumed I post following every Jayhawk game. That has not gone so well. The last time I did a major post about KU they lost the next day to Tennessee. Well they had not lost since that game until yesterday when they were embarrassed by Oklahoma State. They were beat in every aspect of the game. Frustrating game would be putting it mildly. Although that is only two losses on the year, the Jayhawks have two very tough games to finish the season. Wednesday night they will have the 6th ranked K-state Wildcats coming to Phog Allen. Huge game, also Sherron Collins' senior night. Simply cannot lose that game. Then we will finish out the regular season visiting Missouri. After watching the debacle against OK-state one gets a little more nervous about both those games. If Kansas manages to lose both and K-state wins their last game, then they would be tied in the Big 12 standings. Not sure about anyone else but the only thing I want to share with K-state is our foot up there ass.
I do not think it is time to panic at all. Yes KU got exposed in some areas. Perimeter defense was dreadful. We did not capitalize on tournovers. We were out rebounded by a much smaller team. Our team leader (Collins) laid a big giant turd in the first half. But all are things we can improve on and learn from. Important to remember that in 08 KU lost at Ok-State then didn't lose again the whole year enroute to the national championship. Although pre-mature Kansas is capable of such a run. Bill Self is one of the best coaches in the country and he will get this team to learn from yesterday and be ready for the last home game of the season. Let's not entertain any ideas to the contrary.
And in case anyone cares I think Syracuse should be ranked #1. If Kentucky is #1 then there needs to be an investigation into why everyone is all over all their jock straps. Its been weird to be ranked #1 for most of the season and be considered the second best team.

It's been awhile

It has been to long since I have shared my glorious thoughts with.... nobody reads this anyways, so with myself I guess. Several times over the last couple of months I have had ideas and thoughts to share but never got around to it. Big surprise there. So I guess I am just writing this to let the poor neglected Force Field know I have not forgotten and I will try to be more consistent in my posting. I have plenty of time where I am in my office pretending to work. Golden blog time wasted. I am actually inspired to commit right here and right now, to post something everyday. I will most certainly regret this later, but whatever. Let's see how long this lasts.