1.) bluecat - 09/08/2015

Saturday the Kansas State Band in a tribute to Star Wars formed a huge Kansas Jayhawk mascot on the field and then...well, watch.

For you not knowledgeable on the Big 12, Kansas State Wildcats were playing South Dakota. Kansas Jayhawks, their rival and also in the Big 12 was playing another team on Saturday. So when K-State says it was accidental, you wonder why they would include the Jayhawk mascot if it was actually accidental. A new low for K-State.

2.) Swamp Fox - 09/08/2015

"There's a perfectly plausible explanation...."----LOL


[url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marching-band-penis_55ee2a8fe4b002d5c0766c31[/url]


You no what there's not a plausible explanation for? Hillary Clinton...I know when I'm "not thinking" and going for what's "easiest" and "most convenient" in my electronic communications, I reinvent the wheel and set up several different devices and a whole new server instead of using the equipment and platforms provided to me and that everyone else is using...:bang:...


She's as bad a liar as her husband...she's just not as good at it.

3.) bluecat - 09/08/2015

"There was absolutely no intent to display anything other than the Enterprise and the Jayhawk in battle," Frank Tracz, director of K-State's marching band, wrote on Facebook. "If I am guilty of anything it would be the inability to teach the drill in a manner that these young people could have succeeded."

Um, there wasn't any problem seeing the figures. But here is what I don't get. You are K-State. So why involve a different teams mascot in your halftime show UNLESS the intent was there to ridicule your rival. Why not have your own damn mascot fighting the enterprise? We all know what was intended.

I heard today he was suspended and fined. Don't know if that is true or not.

4.) bluecat - 09/08/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;34466]"There's a perfectly plausible explanation...."----LOL


[url]http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/marching-band-penis_55ee2a8fe4b002d5c0766c31[/url]


You no what there's not a plausible explanation for? Hillary Clinton...I know when I'm "not thinking" and going for what's "easiest" and "most convenient" in my electronic communications, I reinvent the wheel and set up several different devices and a whole new server instead of using the equipment and platforms provided to me and that everyone else is using...:bang:...


She's as bad a liar as her husband...she's just not as good at it.[/QUOTE]

Did you hear her apology/non apology. It went something like this, "I'm sorry everyone had a problem with it."

5.) Swamp Fox - 09/08/2015

I heard about a fine. Don't know about a suspension.

This is my favorite commentary so far:


[url]http://www.cnet.com/news/college-band-performs-star-trek-ends-up-in-phallic-controversy/[/url]



And this may be my favorite apology of all time:


[I]KState Marching Band ‎@KStatePride

We apologize for anyone offended by our halftime performance depicting the starship enterprise and the Jayhawk mascot.
[/I]


LOL...I'll have to remember that one in case I ever feel the need to respond to criticism...:wink

6.) DParker - 09/08/2015

[QUOTE=bluecat;34464]Saturday the Kansas State Band in a tribute to [B][COLOR="#B22222"]Star Wars[/COLOR][/B] formed a huge Kansas Jayhawk mascot on the field and then...well, watch.[/QUOTE]

[QUOTE=bluecat;34467]"There was absolutely no intent to display anything other than [B][COLOR="#B22222"]the Enterprise[/COLOR][/B] and the Jayhawk in battle,"[/QUOTE]

Alert! Alert! Rookie nerd error!

{Insert joke here about boldly going where no man has gone before}

7.) bluecat - 09/08/2015

So much so that the Kansas State Marching Band employed the world's largest megaphone -- Twitter -- to offer its apology. "We apologize for anyone offended by our half time performance depicting the starship enterprise and the Jayhawk mascot," its tweet read. (Apologize for, note. Not apologize to.)

Missed that initially. Wonder if that was on purpose.

DParker, if this is something about Star Wars and Enterprise, you caught me red handed. I have yet to watch any of that crap. I have never liked it. Always hated it. Thought it was hokey and stupid. I know, I'm barely even a proper woman.

8.) Swamp Fox - 09/08/2015

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9.) bluecat - 09/08/2015

:wave:

10.) bluecat - 09/08/2015

Can u imagine being in the #KState band & calling ur parents abt tonight's performance, "hi mom! Look for me. I'm the left ball."


:-)

11.) bluecat - 09/08/2015

This whole thing has really been hard to swallow.

12.) DParker - 09/08/2015

[QUOTE=bluecat;34471]DParker, if this is something about Star Wars and Enterprise, you caught me red handed. I have yet to watch any of that crap. I have never liked it. Always hated it. Thought it was hokey and stupid. I know, I'm barely even a proper woman.[/QUOTE]

13.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

Looks the K-State band was facing some stiff competition.

14.) Swamp Fox - 09/09/2015

One more reason not to be hard on them...

I'm sure after all this, they're being hard on themselves.

15.) Forkie McRut - 09/09/2015

The woodwinds really stuck out

16.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

It's not something you want to take lying down that's for sure.

17.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

[url]http://www2.kusports.com/news/2015/sep/09/column-k-state-apology-sorry-excuse-apology/[/url]

18.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

You would have almost thought an organ was in the band.

19.) Swamp Fox - 09/09/2015

[QUOTE=Forkie McRut;34482]The woodwinds really stuck out[/QUOTE]


LOL...

The good news is Kansas' troubles recruiting flute players are OVER...

20.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

Well you can always look at the positive. That's the first time I've seen a Jayhawk cross the 50 yard line in quite a while...

21.) Swamp Fox - 09/09/2015

[I][I]Rolling Stone[/I][/I] is reporting that KSU is undecided about their commencement speaker for 2016: Some on the search committee want former Surgeon General Jocelyn Elders, while many favor Bill Clinton for his less clinical style.

22.) Swamp Fox - 09/09/2015

[QUOTE=bluecat;34487]Well you can always look at the positive. That's the first time I've seen a Jayhawk cross the 50 yard line in quite a while...[/QUOTE]

LOL...


Are you saying that's almost become the final frontier?


Because I thought that meant something else...

23.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

Where men are men and sheep are nervous.

24.) Swamp Fox - 09/09/2015

When Kansas State visits Kansas on Thanksgiving weekend later this year, the marching band plans to honor one of their host city's largest employers, Del Monte Foods.


The marching band will open with a routine they are calling "A Tribute to Asparagus," and then finish strong with a snappy number they've composed called "Everybody Likes It In The Can."

25.) Swamp Fox - 09/09/2015

Meanwhile, Kansas City's Trans World Airlines is considering whether or not to continue recruiting at KSU...

26.) Wild Bob - 09/09/2015

Just another sign of the class our society is exuding... :re: (That was sarcasm.)

I'm all for a little good natured rivalry and obnoxious cutting up; but that one belongs in the locker room only IMO.

A guy should be able to take his kids to a college ball game without having to explain that to his kids...

27.) Swamp Fox - 09/09/2015

[B][SIZE=3]Some Things You Can Tell Your Kids At The Football Game:[/SIZE]
[/B]



"Jimmy, sometimes a spaceship is just a spaceship."


"Well you see, Johnny, when a big cartoon bird loves a spaceship, it gives it a special hug, and that's where babies come from..."


"Well, Allison, the Kansas mascot really loves carrots and wants you to eat all the food on your plate every time so you can grow up to be big and strong."




I'm sure some of you all who actually have kids can come up with some more,, LOL...

28.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;34495][B][SIZE=3]Some Things You Can Tell Your Kids At The Football Game:[/SIZE]
[/B]

"Well, Allison, the Kansas mascot really loves carrots and wants you to eat all the food on your plate every time so you can grow up to be big and strong."

[/QUOTE]

"Daddy, do you want mommy to be big and strong too like that one time?"

29.) Swamp Fox - 09/09/2015

LOL...

"Daddy, do you ever win when you wrestle with mommy?"

30.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

:wink

31.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

[QUOTE=Wild Bob;34493]
A guy should be able to take his kids to a college ball game without having to explain that to his kids...[/QUOTE]

Kansas football is tough to watch and tougher to explain.

:grin:


My favorite play from a few years back was when the opposing team's receiver caught a pass over the middle. Three Jayhawks closed the distance and attempted to hit the receiver without any attempt to wrap up or use their arms. All three hit each other from the three different directions. The receiver, untouched simply continued downfield. You couldn't have choreographed that any better to look like something from a Benny Hill comedy routine. Our great coach at that time, wasn't even upset.

Probably got a participation trophy after the game.

32.) Swamp Fox - 09/09/2015

.....

33.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

:-)

KU's players get easily distracted too. Popcorn venders, cheerleaders, giant balloons. So hard to focus.

34.) Swamp Fox - 09/09/2015

They should think about baseball...


:wink

35.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

Um...our baseball team is even worse. :wave:

36.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

This is our baseball team.

37.) bluecat - 09/09/2015

Oh now I get it. I'm a little slow. :wave:

38.) Swamp Fox - 09/09/2015

LOL...I don't even need to watch it...But I will....:wink:grin:

39.) bluecat - 09/10/2015

Saw the band director on the news this morning, he said, the whole thing just exploded in his face.

:-) :wave:

40.) bluecat - 09/10/2015

[QUOTE=bluecat;34503]Um...our baseball team is even worse. :wave:[/QUOTE]


You see at Kansas we takes pride in our academic schoolings. We was number one in conference for stuff like that.

41.) bluecat - 09/10/2015

[QUOTE=Swamp Fox;34495][B][SIZE=3]Some Things You Can Tell Your Kids At The Football Game:[/SIZE]
[/B]






"Well you see, Johnny, when a big cartoon bird loves a spaceship, it gives it a special hug, and that's where babies come from..."

[/QUOTE]

:p :-)

42.) Jon - 09/10/2015

Why it's always little Johnny?

43.) bluecat - 09/10/2015

Johnny was a chemist's son
Johnny was no more
What Johnny thought was H2S
was H2SO4


:wave:

44.) Swamp Fox - 09/10/2015

LOL...


Little Johnny is a legend...:grin:



Little Johnny was sitting in class doing math problems when his teacher picked him to answer a question: "Johnny, if there were five birds sitting on a fence and you shot one with your gun, how many would be left?"

"None," replied Johnny, "'cause the rest would fly away."

"Well, the answer is four," said the teacher, "but I like the way you're thinking."

Little Johnny says, "I have a question for you. If there were three women eating ice cream cones in a shop, one was licking her cone, the second was biting her cone, and the third was sucking her cone, which one is married?"

"Well," said the teacher nervously, "I guess the one sucking the cone."

"No," said Little Johnny, "The one with the wedding ring on her finger, but I like the way you're thinking."

45.) bluecat - 09/10/2015

LOL, Oh that Johnny is a rascal isn't he?

46.) Jon - 09/10/2015

Most of the Little Johnny rants are taken right from my life as a child

47.) bluecat - 09/11/2015

Interesting article this morning.

[url]http://www2.kusports.com/news/2015/sep/11/column-beak-attack-ii-distinct-possibility/[/url]

48.) Swamp Fox - 09/11/2015

I'd like to see them play the UC Santa Cruz Banana Slugs...