Sun came up even after KU, MU, Chiefs lost
Yael T. AbouhalkahTo hear big sports boosters talk, life is hardly worth living unless you’re in a major league city or your college football team is ranked in the top 25.
Of course, Kansas Citians are used to living in a major league city that has a minor league sports team in the Royals and (too often) in the Chiefs, too.
So when the Chiefs lost Sunday to the Atlanta Falcons, nothing really happened on Monday. Depression did not set in. We’re used to losers by now, on the football and baseball fields.
Meanwhile, the University of Missouri’s introduction to SEC football didn’t go as planned, at least by fans of the Tigers. MU lost to Georgia, but don’t get too down about that fact. Georgia is ranked as one of the best teams in the country, and it showed Saturday night in Columbia.
And KU had the same old story: The pitiful Jayhawks lost to Rice (from Conference USA!) on a last-second field goal. Again, some KU fans were probably bummed immediately after the game, but as reality set in later, they realized that 2012 likely won’t be much different from the last few bad years of football in Lawrence.
(Psst: But you did hear about how Kansas State demolished Miami, right, to move to 2-0 on the year? That crafty Bill Snyder has another solid squad, it appears.)
It was just the first week of action for the Chiefs and second week for MU and KU. They should all go ahead and play the rest of the season just to see what happens. Some marvelous turnarounds can happen in the wonderful world of sports.
At least MU, KU and Chiefs fans must be hoping so.
Kent Mueller
8 months, 1 week agoAnd once again, K-State is underestimated and under ranked at the beginning of the season. That has been quite consistent over the last 20 years. That wouldn’t matter in basketball because of the NCAA tournament. But it very much matters in football. It’s hard to climb up into the top two spots from No. 22. Where you end up ranked at the end of the year has a lot to do with where you were ranked in the pre-season. And there isn’t much more arbitrary and tainted than pre-season polls.
Nick Ketter
8 months, 1 week agoFunny thing is that Kansas City has one of the best MLS soccer teams in America. finally a legit pro sports team from Kansas City having success. They have already won the US Open Cup this year and are on their way to another run in the MLS playoffs soon. They sit in first place in the MLS Eastern Conference and have been for some time. Kansas City does have a strong soccer base but I believe it is time for many more Kansas Citians to get behind their one strong pro sports team.