Kansas might be one of the worst coached teams in the country. Just horrific, horrific play calling and decision making over the last two games.
Leipold has been incredible in general, but they look completely unprepared in back to back losses.
Yesterday’s game just reinforced for me that Allen Fieldhouse is the BEST place to watch a college basketball game. Should be a bucket list item for college hoops fans.
Place is so damn good. SO LOUD. Students are awesome. History and tradition is elite.
Kansas has 201 yards of penalties, it is still the 3rd quarter
They had 55 penalties this season, 17 tonight
The spread moved from 13.5 points to 7.5 in the hours before kickoff
Today marks a tough day. Two years ago I suddenly lost my mother to a blood clot.
Acknowledging the pain is always hard to face. It’s like an internal war that has no outcome other than hitting dead ends of “what if’s” and wishing you had the Click remote to go back in time.
It doesn’t ever go away, and if I really think about it, I don’t ever want it to because this human being meant that much to me.
Perspective is usually a great thing, but, in this instance of having a loved one gone, it also fucking sucks.
People die. It just is what it is.
We all go one day, and if we’re lucky, we will leave a mark on someone the way my mom left one on me.
Someone who loved intentionally. Someone who showed up. Someone who taught the value of a dollar and hardwork.
My mom was a leader.. and someone I aspire to be like.
Recapping this sucks and it brings up that pain. But as angry as I get about her being taken from us I have to quickly grab and remind myself that she didn’t work and raise us the way she did so that we could fold when life gets hard. Or go into a cave and sulk forever.
The next day comes whether we want it to or not and it’s up us to put to practice what we were taught.
It’s later than we all think.
And there’s a finite amount of time to live with intention, pour into the family that we have, and fondly remember the impact those people made for us to carry on.
Tell your people that you love them because you never know when the last time will be.
And also - call your mom.