Saturday, January 30, 2010

Octagon of Doom.

I packed one of my favorite shirts to wear in Chicago this weekend. It says, "Partnership for a Jayhawk free America."

Today's a big game for the Wildcats. We don't get a lot of respect from KU fans, and I'm tired of it. For some reason, KU fans like to pretend that we don't count and that the only rivalry that matters is MU. But this weekend winning in Manhattan matters to KU. If they can beat us at home, they will probably move back up to #1. If the Wildcats win, we will be back safely into the Top 10.

I've been reading a lot of the coverage this week leading up to the game, and I'm downright jealous of the people who get to be in the Octagon of Doom for College Game Day (take 1 and 2!) and the game. That new-ish nickname for Bramlage is my favie. I also love that this dark arena still features 6,000 students yelling, screaming and wearing fake beards. That's 2,000 more students than Allen Field House. And no one puts baby in the corner at K-State. Our students sit right by the court, not behind the baskets. When Frank gets mad, we get mad. We've got plenty of tradition, but we've got a lot of spunk too right now.

So welcome to Manhattan, KU. We hope you don't enjoy your stay.
Posted by VL at 6:00 AM
Labels:

4 comments:

  1. It is an important game, but not because we want to move back to #1. Being #1 is a target that we do not want or need. Rarely does the #1 team in the country win the National Championship, which is our ultimate goal. Our second goal is to stay high enough to win a #1 seed in the tournament. This game puts KU playing a ranked team, which will make it a good game regardless.

    I'm sorry that you can't be in your Litterbox of Doom today for KSU's one moment in the spotlight. You know you wouldn't have college game day if we weren't coming.
    ReplyDelete
  2. Whoa Stine, cold!

    1. I'm a math teacher. OCTAGON.
    2. Did you hear that KU fans are calling it the HAWKTAGON: Allen Field House West?
    3. Remind me one more time to DVR Game Day for you.
    ReplyDelete
  3. Ahhh so pumped for the game!!! I can feel it in my bones, its going to be a good one :)
    ReplyDelete
  4. I've only been to the Octagon of Doom once . . . for graduation.

    Last time KU lost to K-State, KU won the national championship. I'm okay with that silver lining statistic.
    ReplyDelete

It was so nice of you to stop by and say hi!

Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)