Okay, here is the video of the last 5 minutes of regulation and the overtime:

If that’s not beautiful enough, here is the “One Shining Moment” video:

My pictures from the Memorial Stadium Celebration are at the photo gallery link up to the right.

The entire game in high quality:

As reported on KUSports.com, Brandon Rush was taken into custody today while appearing in Lawrence Municipal Court on a traffic-related matter.

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It seems the biggest rumor/media whore in Kansas City is still trying to get someone to notice him and his displeasure for the Kansas Jayhawks and their Orange Bowl appearance. His latest attempt is that he said on his show that the Big 12 was going to launch a formal investigation into allegations that Lew Perkins was guaranteeing ticket sales to the Orange Bowl in return for an invite. Now this has also been posted by MU Grad Dennis Dodd on CBS Sportsline.

I understand they’re upset. Keitzmann is trying to figure out what he’s going to do now that K-State’s football program is officially back in the cellar where it belongs and that the basketball team might very well have wasted one of the best freshman in the last few years on a high-school level coach and little other talent.

Dennis Dodd on the other hand posted this gem:

The national championship matchup is OK with me. But just OK. As I stated in Sunday’s story, Ohio State and LSU were least worst than everyone else. The next biggest controversy had to do with Missouri getting slotted into the Cotton Bowl despite being No. 1 (for a week) and beating Kansas head-to-head.

Kansas got into the Orange Bowl ahead of Missouri because the school guaranteed tickets. Attendance is still an issue with the Orange, and KU AD Lew Perkins guaranteeing ticket sales probably put the Jayhawks over the top.

As unseemly as it sounds, Missouri could have bought its way into the BCS. The ticket thing is left over from the old bowl system. It’s clear that Perkins knows how to play the game. Missouri thought everything would work out. Well, it didn’t.

The only reason the Tigers got as high as the Cotton Bowl (against Arkansas) is that Texas lost to Texas A&M. Had the Aggies won, Missouri would be in the Holiday Bowl at 11-2. Great for the bowl, bad for the program.

If we move on to an article written by Dan Angell in the Missourian, he points out another weird happening in the BCS:

Disagreements between human voters and computer rankings, which each contribute to the overall rankings, are the main cause. The most obvious example this year involved the Tigers and Big 12 champion Oklahoma. Despite the Sooners’ two victories over the Tigers, three of the six BCS computers still believe that MU is the better team, which led to the Tigers being ranked higher overall than the Sooners in the computer portion of the BCS.

He even mentions that the BCS may possibly amend the "Kansas State Rule" which guarantees an at-large bid to any BCS conference team ranked either third or fourth that does not win its conference or implement a new "Missouri Rule" so that we don’t have this problem again.

I still would like someone to explaing to me why Kansas was moved down in the rankings on an idle week and Ohio State was moved up in the rankings on their idle week. Anyone?

I guess I just don’t see the point in complaining about it still. K-State had this problem and lost to Purdue in the Alamo Bowl further cementing the decision to keep them out of the BCS. The only positive thing here is that Pinkel and his team aren’t publicly complaining about it. They’re celebrating the fact that Chase Daniel had a great season and was invited to the Heisman Trophy Ceremony. That’s exactly what they should be doing and I commend them for that. It’s just a little sad that the only way Keitzman has come up with to drive ratings is still complaining about the BCS situation. Apparently he’s done beating the dead "Kansas City Chiefs are terrible" horse.

Dennis Dodd’s article on Sportsline.com >

Article on JoeSportsFan.com >

Dan Angell article in the Missourian >

Darrell Arthur had 12 points in the first half off 6-of-10 shooting and Darnell Jackson had seven points off 3-of-4 shooting as KU opened a 37-23 lead at the half. Jackson finished with 17 off 6-of-8 shooting and Arthur 15 off 7-of-12.

It’s always good to see the boys putting a hurtin’ on these teams early in the season. I think that the game at USC last weekend showed them that the big men have to be a part of the offense if they want to have a chance this year. It’s looking good so far.

According to the Kansas City Star, KU’s allotment of Orange Bowl tickets was close to being sold out as of Tuesday afternoon. I think that’s pretty impressive considering the distance that those fans will have to travel for the game. It’s not like they can just rev up the ol’ fifth wheel and head down the KOA campground in Dallas.

Kansas City Star Article >

On Wednesday, Mark Mangino and Frank Beamer were in Miami for an Orange Bowl press conference. I knew I liked Mangino for a reason and with comments like this, how can you not:

“Our football tradition is not really a great one,” Mangino said. “But anyone can have a bad century.”

Read the rest of the article from Gatorsports.com here >

It’s about time someone stood up for Kansas and argued that while everyone seems to jump on the “Cupcake Schedule” bandwagon, there wasn’t alot that KU could control in the situation. And on top of that, the schedule wasn’t as weak as the ESPN blowhards said it was.

1. Everyone talked about the K-State game and how it would be the first road challenge. KU wins 30-24
2. Okay okay…now they have to go play Colorado on the same field that OU lost on. KU wins 19-14
3. Alright this will be their big test…they have to go to A&M and beat the Aggies and their 12th man, that will be a HUGE test. KU wins 19-11
4. You’re right…those teams really aren’t that good. Okay…how about beating Okie State on National TV. We’ll see how you do with that. If you do that, you’re a legitimate contender. KU wins 43-28

Funny how KU didn’t really gain any respect from anyone because they just assumed KU would lose one of those games and they could write them off. It took a 1 touchdown loss to Missouri on a neutral field for them to finally act like KU didn’t exist. It’s still amazing to me how an 11-1 team doesn’t even get mentioned in the National Championship conversation. How is that even possible when Georgia gets mentioned at every turn? They didn’t win their conference either but for some reason, they still get mentioned.

You can argue all you want about KU being 8th in the BCS and jumping over a #6 Missouri team. The fact of the matter is that KU was #5 in the BCS and then after an idle week when Ohio State moves UP 2 spots, KU moves DOWN 3 spots. That’s pretty ridiculous if you ask me. Especially for an Ohio State team that played in a WEAK Big 10 conference and had a SAD non-conference schedule as well.

I would LOVE to hear someone explain that to me.

To read the article referred to above, please click here.

This article is much easier to follow and makes quite a bit more sense than Chuck Woodling’s article from yesterday. It’s basically for the same reason posted yesterday, Kansas was 11-1, Missouri was 11-2. It’s as simple as that.

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In a rather pointless article by a writer that I’ve never really understood, Chuck Woodling states that the at-large bid for the Orange Bowl was basically a product of Lew Perkins and the bill of goods he sold the Orange Bowl Committee. I’m sure it’s a big part of the reason…but who really cares? Isn’t that why you hire a money-grubbing cutthroat Athletic Director? You have to sell your soul to the devil for gifts like these…but sometimes it’s worth it. (Don’t say anything to the basketball season ticket holders who are now sitting in obstructed view seats because of Lew Perkins though…they might not agree.)

Read the full article on KUSports.com here >