KU moving up in power ratings

posted by Jeremy Chrysler on 12/23/2007 - -

The power ratings are starting to gain some meanings as the teams in college become “connected” (you know they are all Facebooked or whatever the kids are saying these days).

….Anyways….

KU is #2 in Sagarin (#3 in Pure Points, for what it’s worth)

#1 on Pomeroy.

#3 up in TeamRankings

If you have sauntered in here any other time than 12/23/2007, then those links will make me look foolish, so click fast.

Merry Christmas to all of you. This is my first Christmas in Sunny Florida and I find it frankly unnerving that I am typing in flipflops with the back door open while the Kansans of you look out of your windows upon the silent majesty of a winter’s eve, the clean, cool chill of the holiday air, and an asshole emptying his chemical toilet into your sewer.

Mangino not heading to West Virginia….yet

posted by Jeremy Chrysler on 12/19/2007 - -

Earlier today, KUsports reported the following…

KU football coach Mark Mangino is in serious negotiations to take the head-coaching job at West Virginia, and his agent, Neil Cornrich, released a statement to the Journal-World on Wednesday evening.
“Mr. Mangino has ended preliminary talks with the University of West Virginia athletic department,” Cornrich said, “and is now in contract negotiations with them.”

Now that’s down and they’re reporting the following:

A back-and-forth conversation between the Journal-World and a man claiming to be Neil Cornrich, the agent for KU football coach Mark Mangino, was a hoax.
The Journal-World had several conversations with a man claiming to be Cornrich, the final of which was a statement the agent said he wanted to release to the Kansas media. The Journal-World posted it on its Web site while continuing the pursue the story.
KU coach Mark Mangino, through a spokesperson, said the statement was a hoax. The Journal-World apologizes for misleading any readers.

Link

Wilt’s Triple Doubles

posted by Jeremy Chrysler on 12/10/2007 - -

Noticed this nugget in the LJW today:

Indeed, Mayer’s research unearthed two Chamberlain triple-doubles — 39 points, 22 rebounds and 14 blocks against Marquette in 1956, and 40 points, 13 rebounds and 12 blocks against Colorado in 1957.

Decent lines.