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33-2. 33-2 you ask? What is that? Are you giving pre-season wins to the Jayhawks or something? Nope, I’m telling you what the Jayhawks record is against that “rival” KSU since the founding of the Big 12. Think about that for a minute. 33-2. Seriously. Kansas State has beaten a team they ridiculously declare a “rival” twice, in the history of the league! K-State is falling all over themselves to fellatiate a coach with a winning percentage roughly equal to KU’s all time record. Again, think about that for a minute. Over more than 100 years KU has averaged what Frank Martin has done. Actually that’s being generous; Frank has won about 69% while KU has won 72%. Lets quit comparing numbers, it’s brutal.
But here’s the thing: If you were to ask any individual KSU fan about the historical slaughter they would claim, with a straight face, that KSU deserved to win every single one of those games! It’s like they live on a different planet where basketball is watched through an ignorance inducing purple prism. After each one of those losses, if by one point or 40, the angry, insecure, white, uneducated farm legions have risen up in protest.
“Can’t blame the cats. Tough to play 8-5.”
“Horrible out of bounds call by the officials. Looks like they finally remembered they’re supposed to help KU out.”
“Guess 5 steps isn’t a walk when it’s Sherron.”
“What foul?” (reference to the game saving strip at the end of regulation in Manhattan)
I’ve taken those 4 quotes directly from the Twitter feed of one of my good friends. In fact, he was the gentleman I had in mind a few weeks ago when I wrote that I knew there was at least one intelligent KSU fan. I can’t tell you why he went there, he’s not a farmer, but I will vouch for his intellect. But those quotes have come over the course of 3 games. One can make the assumption that he believes KU deserved to win none of the games. The point is, even the smartest K-State fan is helpless to do anything but complain. He wrote a post after KSU beat Nebraska explaining how KSU deserved a large foul shot discrepancy, but rest assured that exact theory could never be applied against the ‘Cats. As best I can tell it’s impossible for a correct call to ever go against the purple. If this is what the smartest 1% of KSU fans thinks, what can you expect from the rest? Take a look for yourself. Honestly, it’s sad. Uneducated Kansas State educated, and sad.
Never mind that K-State has one player good enough to start at KU. Never mind that K-State lost all 3 games this year, two somewhat handily, (and we all know how hard it is to beat a team three times in one year). Never mind that in Manhattan the term “coaching” apparently means screaming at your players and waving your arms. Rest assured that if KU won 99 games in a row, with an average scoring margin of 80, the entire wildcat fan base would be talking about how the refs have it out for them.
So again, here’s my advice (I like to help). Declare your rival to be Iowa State. That’s a more natural fit. ISU sucks too. I don’t think they have a rival. ISU is a second priority land grant school in a predominately AG based state. They probably have similarly homely women and too many dudes. You already have that “Farmageddon” thing going…
I think the Wildcats have a nice team (I sure don’t want to see them a fourth time). I think Frank Martin is a good coach. I wonder if he may be too good to stay in that Western Kansas hell hole, but you can enjoy him while he’s there. Get excited when that other farm team comes to town. Play “Let’s find the minority in the stands”. Celebrate ridiculous facial hair and make up stupid names for your arena. Sign off with ignorant chauvinistic acronyms. Claim you have tradition. Cite the facial hair, arena names, and acronyms as tradition even if they seem amateurish and unsupportive of your claim. Enjoy it. When ISU beats you, give them credit, but continue to hate them. But for god’s sake, please quit comparing yourself to KU. You don’t measure up. It makes you look terrible both on the court, and off.
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