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(01-08-2009 06:21 PM)OZoner Wrote:  How about you wait until the actual game before judgment?

Naw.

I have a lot of ties to Ohio University, so I may be biased, but I've always thought the Bobcats have great fans. They show up. They love their team. And they often come up with some pretty creative stuff that's had me laughing from the press seats behind them.

Several of my closest friends are OU grads and they are all class acts. I would have been a Bobcat had I not come to the realization that I would have flunked out in my first year if I didn't take a couple of semesters off to get my act together after high school.

Anyway, there may be a few who will chant and do some silly stuff to try to get to Tyree, but that's to be expected anyplace KSU goes.
As I've said before, I've gotten to know Tyree a little bit this year, and I really genuinely like him. He obviously isn't the same person he was three or four years ago. Unfortunately, when you make some of the mistakes he made in his past, you sometimes end up having to pay for them long after you may have made some major changes to your life. Taking some abuse from the fans on the road for five or six games this year at places like Ohio University, Akron, Buffalo, Miami, possibly Bowling Green (and maybe a few other places where the fans in the MAC actually care) is something he knows he is just going to have to deal with.

Tyree will be fine when he starts dropping bombs on their weak guards.

And one other thing - to any Bobcat fan on here or those who may not be informed - I was an undergrad when Geno played at OU and I was a manager for the KSU team, so in my 4 years I saw Geno play at least 8x. He was probably more instrumental of a player at OU than anyone I have seen filter through the Convo in my time. IMHO, more than even Gary Trent. Those OU fans that are dogging him now were the same people that were jocking him 15 years ago. They should be supportive of him and cheer for him unless they are playing us (and even then, shouldn't be ugly to him) or need KSU to lose to enhance their position. That is how I generally feel about all MAC schools (even admittedly the Zips).

OK, well, um, we ARE playing you, so he gets no mercy right now. Otherwise, he may be the most beloved Bobcat ever.

Weak guards, eh? We'll see...

(01-08-2009 05:42 PM)Dunbar,AtTheTopOfTheHill Wrote:  Here is what Tyree and the Flashes will contend with when they take the court Sunday...

http://www.bobcatattack.com/messageboard...PID=174844

Just wow. I have wished that the Kent students cared as much about the basketball team as other schools, but if this is what we would end up with, they can stay in the dorms.

What a bunch of scumbags. We've have our rivalry with Akron, and other MAC schools have heated rivalries too but these clowns take the icing on the cake with their Cameron Crazies wannabe routine. It's not funny, it's not cool and if taking the low road impresses their recruits in the house they can keep them and whatever other recruits they scoop up after we passed on them. Like you said we'd love to have some added student support but if this is what it entails they can stay in the dorms or go home on the weekends like they mostly do anyway.

(01-08-2009 06:21 PM)OZoner Wrote:  How about you wait until the actual game before judgment?

Your work is finished here, the Boobcat board is calling you, I know this one isn't. Going on a rival schools forum isn't cool unless you're there in good sportsmanship, something the Boobcat faithful would never be accused of.

I said it last year, how does an OU student section get the right to chant DUI to ANYONE? I mean, this is the same school that rioted in my college days when the time changed, and the bars closed at 1am, instead of 2am. In the same manner, how many OU students that are going to hold up these pictures never posessed drugs *ha!* or have a perfectly clean rap?

(01-08-2009 04:29 PM)flashfever Wrote:  lol what a CLOWN! speechless... well not really u sound like an nba scout, do u want a salary as well and a foot massage while u watch the game? i thought this was a site for fan not bandwagon jumpers?lol

I'm just saying it costs $$$$$ to see games and I'm not willing to spend $$$$$ unless there is a good chance at seeing WWWWW. And don't call me a bandwagoner. I've seen more KSU basketball and football games than 90% of the alumni out there, so can that BS. Also, I'm 10x more a Detroit Tigers fan than a KSU fan, but I still only make a game in Detroit once a year if Im lucky. Just because I dont want to spend my sunday driving back and forth to OU to see another L doesnt make me any less of a fan or a bandwagoner. PS. You're as ass.

(01-08-2009 01:46 AM)flashfever Wrote:  this is what i am talkng about a good fan will support his team regardless these guys are playing hard, maybe not smart enough, but still! jim christian teams has never been good free throw shooting teams and i remember the criticisms about how his teams always choked at the line. mac season is the beginning of a new season nothing that has happened previously matters(0-14, 14,0) we need all the support we can get, bailing on a struggling team is not the answer if you are a true fan!

Based on non-conference performance, only Miami may be clearly better than Kent based on things that happened on the court and they've lost their PG, so we'll see. Akron, Ohio and Buffalo are equals in performance; BG and the MAC west are worse.

Basically, it's anyone's game. I could see Kent going 11-5 in conference and having a very good season still.

IMHO, Kent's biggest problems are interior defense and free throw shooting. Parks is better on offense than defense, which makes him useful, but the team would be better off if he were good on defense and not on offense. I think the coaches have him glued to the floor to avoid fouls. Sullinger plays well enough when matched ideally, but is not good enough when the matchup is bad. Simpson looks like a great athlete, but isn't helping the team as much as he should (hopefully the coaching fixes that). Green looks promising, but he probably won't help that much this year.

The key is Simpson learning the defense. He can make the difference between 12-4 and 8-8 in MAC play.

Based on my VERY limited basketball "career", and conversations I've had with many basketball players, I think the stuff from the stands is pretty much tuned out by the players. The noise level, in general, can benefit the home team and have a detrimental effect on some visiting players, especially freahmen, but I seriously doubt Tyree Evans pays attention to that stuff. Players mosty tune in to what their coaches are shouting, and whatever player on the floor is shouting instructions, and tune out the rest.

(01-09-2009 10:33 AM)AlphaFlash Wrote:  I said it last year, how does an OU student section get the right to chant DUI to ANYONE? I mean, this is the same school that rioted in my college days when the time changed, and the bars closed at 1am, instead of 2am. In the same manner, how many OU students that are going to hold up these pictures never posessed drugs *ha!* or have a perfectly clean rap?

I am also quite certain a MAC school we know (let's keep it quiet) had their football coach passed out drunk behind the wheel of the car facing the wrong way on a one way street. He is still the "leader" of that institutions young men. His name kinda sounds like POLISH. Ahh, who is keeping track anyway?

Geno vs Dustin, nine rounds. Who wins? http://www.thepost.ohiou.edu/Articles/Sp...1/09/26691

(01-09-2009 03:32 PM)dannyb73 Wrote:  

(01-09-2009 10:33 AM)AlphaFlash Wrote:  I said it last year, how does an OU student section get the right to chant DUI to ANYONE? I mean, this is the same school that rioted in my college days when the time changed, and the bars closed at 1am, instead of 2am. In the same manner, how many OU students that are going to hold up these pictures never posessed drugs *ha!* or have a perfectly clean rap?

I am also quite certain a MAC school we know (let's keep it quiet) had their football coach passed out drunk behind the wheel of the car facing the wrong way on a one way street. He is still the "leader" of that institutions young men. His name kinda sounds like POLISH. Ahh, who is keeping track anyway?

Yeah but they now have the strictest code of conduct rules in the MAC by their account....mainly because their program needed it yet now these clowns are on their high horses. Best way to shut B.O. zoners out is jumping out to a quick lead and not looking back.

(01-09-2009 03:20 PM)Kent 76 Wrote:  Based on my VERY limited basketball "career", and conversations I've had with many basketball players, I think the stuff from the stands is pretty much tuned out by the players. The noise level, in general, can benefit the home team and have a detrimental effect on some visiting players, especially freahmen, but I seriously doubt Tyree Evans pays attention to that stuff. Players mosty tune in to what their coaches are shouting, and whatever player on the floor is shouting instructions, and tune out the rest.

I know that both Fisher and Singletary both returned verbal fire with the OU fans before the game last year. Singletary then ended up with two technical fouls and got tossed. Kent didn't play with any composure in that game, didn't OU shoot like six straight free throws at the end of the game because of all the fouls? Also, back in Kent I saw the look of his face when he heard what that bus load of OU fans that showed up at the MACC were chanting.

No one ever admits hearing what is said from the stands, but they do. Not during play because they are occupied, but during time-outs and while sitting on the bench.

Quote:I said it last year, how does an OU student section get the right to chant DUI to ANYONE?

I'll take a guess...

They find off season practice to stay in shape for greeting their head football coach?

Quote:I know that both Fisher and Singletary both returned verbal fire with the OU fans before the game last year. Singletary then ended up with two technical fouls and got tossed. Kent didn't play with any composure in that game, didn't OU shoot like six straight free throws at the end of the game because of all the fouls? Also, back in Kent I saw the look of his face when he heard what that bus load of OU fans that showed up at the MACC were chanting.

So you say they know what's coming? I just "CAN"T" wait to read the the lectures about the OU athletic department standards and class we'll get after the game. Just keep in mind this much energy is directed out of envy. The fact that one of their legends and first choice for head coach is on our bench just fuels it. If the Bobcats were playing Eastern Michigan, the stands would be empty and the boards silent.

On another note, I'm glad one of my brightest, sweetest and most beautiful neices is an OU graduate. She married a Flash, showing it IS possible for the Bobs to see the truth and the way and rise above their Athens experience.

(01-09-2009 09:54 PM)FlashFan Wrote:  

Quote:I know that both Fisher and Singletary both returned verbal fire with the OU fans before the game last year. Singletary then ended up with two technical fouls and got tossed. Kent didn't play with any composure in that game, didn't OU shoot like six straight free throws at the end of the game because of all the fouls? Also, back in Kent I saw the look of his face when he heard what that bus load of OU fans that showed up at the MACC were chanting.

So you say they know what's coming? I just "CAN"T" wait to read the the lectures about the OU athletic department standards and class we'll get after the game. Just keep in mind this much energy is directed out of envy. The fact that one of their legends and first choice for head coach is on our bench just fuels it. If the Bobcats were playing Eastern Michigan, the stands would be empty and the boards silent.

I was only pointing out that players do hear what is said by the student section right next to the floor. They are only human and can't help hearing an orchastrated chant just a few feet away. Last year in Athens, I think it made a difference. There was some reason we played without composure at the end of the game. Even JC got a technical.

And OU fans are absolutely jealous. Their moral outrage in giving someone a second chance is laughable.

(01-09-2009 12:36 PM)ksugldnflshs Wrote:  

(01-08-2009 04:29 PM)flashfever Wrote:  lol what a CLOWN! speechless... well not really u sound like an nba scout, do u want a salary as well and a foot massage while u watch the game? i thought this was a site for fan not bandwagon jumpers?lol

I'm just saying it costs $$$$$ to see games and I'm not willing to spend $$$$$ unless there is a good chance at seeing WWWWW. And don't call me a bandwagoner. I've seen more KSU basketball and football games than 90% of the alumni out there, so can that BS. Also, I'm 10x more a Detroit Tigers fan than a KSU fan, but I still only make a game in Detroit once a year if Im lucky. Just because I dont want to spend my sunday driving back and forth to OU to see another L doesnt make me any less of a fan or a bandwagoner. PS. You're as ass.

blah blah blah you already put your foot in you mouth so just shutup!
and its definitely a good chance of seeng a win you are talking like we lost already!

during the game most of the stuff in the fan section is blocked out the only time you really hear them is before the game. also they are to close to the court during warmups one day a fan a player is going to get into a fight