A great local writer who recently passed away, Greg Hall, had a column in the Kansas City Star (and later on his website) called “Off The Couch.” He would take quotes that he heard or saw in the media and comment on what he had heard. I thought I’d steal his format and change the name a tad while keeping the same idea and format. Bruce Weber says some interesting things in press conferences. Some people say he’s too honest. …
K-State fell to 2-9 in the conference after losing to TCU on Saturday night with six games remaining on the schedule. This basketball season has been almost unwatchable. However, Bruce Weber still has a lot of supporters in the fan base. Guess he gets a pass with them since he tied for the conference lead last season. He doesn’t get a pass from me. I find this unacceptable. The team should not be this terrible. Bruce has said on many…
I’ve started to write a few blog posts about Bruce Weber and K-State basketball, oftentimes referred to as Bruceketball, only to delete the posts before posting them publicly because I found my thoughts to be too negative. I try to be positive in both real life an my online life, but it is definitely difficult at times. I enjoy following politics, but the negativity really gets to me and I get caught up in it too often. I also enjoy…
For those that know me, you know that I’m a numbers guy. You can learn a lot in life by studying the numbers. This holds true for sports statistics as well. I don’t only like to go by the “eye test.” If someone says “our offense is a lot better this year than last year,” I like to have an idea of the numbers to either verify or counter that thought. In general, the “eye test” doesn’t always work. I…
Please check out part one and two of my Memphis trip blog if you haven’t already. This is part three! We left the Liberty Bowl game hoping to stop by Payne’s Barbecue, but it was already closed for the evening. Plan B was to try Cozy Corner BBQ, which came highly recommended. I entered the address in the GPS and it was only five or 10 minutes away from us and basically on the way to downtown Memphis and Beale…