100 Reasons it’s Great to be a Kansas Jayhawk [VIDEO]
By Mike Norris
Oct 4, 2014; Morgantown, WV, USA; Kansas Jayhawks interim head coach Clint Bowen reacts on the sidelines against the West Virginia Mountaineers during the fourth quarter at Milan Puskar Stadium. The Mountaineers won 33-14. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports
Reasons 100-76 it’s Great to be a Jayhawk
100. For starters, campus is amazing.
99. No other team has the same name. That’s the genius behind picking a fake bird as the mascot.
98. Rock Chalk Park
97. Todd Reesing and Kerry Meier
96. Despite being told you have an inferior football squad compared to in-state rival K-State, you lead the all-time series 65-42-5.
95. The guy who invented basketball, who is sort of a big deal, was your first basketball coach.
94. That guy, James Naismith, introduced us to peach baskets. A century later, who doesn’t think they are cool? In a retro kind of way.
93. Your softball team is 17-1!
92. The Kansas Gatorade High School girls’ Soccer Player of the Year will be a Jayhawk next season.
91. That guy Billy Dee Williams played in “Brian’s Song,” is a Jayhawk.
90. The bowling team has more national championships (1) than K-State’s entire athletic department (0).
89. You are more than a one-sport school.
88. Don Fambrough
87. Our celebrity alumni/fans (Paul Rudd, Jason Sudeikis, Rob Riggle, Olivia Wilde) are damn funny.
86. Dick Vitale has given two players a standing ovation while announcing a game: David Robinson and Nick Collison.
85. You can count the number of men’s basketball coaches on two hands.
84. You can’t do that for consecutive Big 12 Championships.
Mar 3, 2015; Lawrence, KS, USA; A general view of the championship trophy after the game between the Kansas Jayhawks and the West Virginia Mountaineers at Allen Fieldhouse. Kansas won their 11th consecutive Big 12 Championship 76-69. Mandatory Credit: Denny Medley-USA TODAY Sports
83. The Price is right for your baseball team.
82. Your athletic director, Sheahon Zenger, may have the most unique AD name in the country.
81. You currently have the fifth-longest home-court winning streak in men’s basketball (25).
80. On the women’s basketball side, one of your bright young stars is a freshman from Columbia, MO of all places.
79. The back-to-back-to-back-to-back NBA Rookie of the Month, and most likely, Rookie of the Year, is a Jayhawk.
Feb 13, 2015; New York, NY, USA; World Team guard Andrew Wiggins of the Minnesota Timberwolves (22) dunks the basketball against the U.S. Team during the first half at Barclays Center. Mandatory Credit: Bob Donnan-USA TODAY Sports
78. You’re so good at basketball, teams storm the court every time they beat you (this also is a negative aspect of being a Jayhawk).
77. The football team has a coach, Clint Bowen, so dedicated to the Jayhawk cause, he agreed to take a “demotion” back to defensive coordinator to make room for new head coach David Beatty after serving as interim coach last year.
76. Miracles do happen
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