With back-to-back major upsets over Texas the past two years, who's most likely going to be the next? Who's national title hopes will be squashed?

I left out KU because frankly I don't think a win over them would be that much of an upset since we were expected to beat them so many times in the past. Plus I don't see them being anywhere close to the team that they were last year especially when they hit the bulk of the conference schedule.

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Who will be this year's Texas?

• Missouri
• Oklahoma
• Texas Tech
• We're not going to beat anybody good this year.

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Sorry, TB and 'Cats fans, I just wanted to gather your thoughts on Tim Griffin's assertion that Baylor is a more desirable coaching destination than Kansas State.

Here's the excerpt:

10. Baylor -- Receives a small boost over the other schools because of its proximity to the rich Texas recruiting base. The school faces some unique challenges as the smallest school in the conference, along with its private-school status. Some might believe it's an impossible job, although Wake Forest's Jim Grobe has been successful in similar situation in the ACC. They always will have the daunting challenge of sticking with the South Division superpowers. But the Bears will have a new state-of-the-art football facility that will open soon. And if you really like Dr. Pepper, this would be your the place.

11. Kansas State -- Bill Snyder turned this program into a national power, transforming it in the most remarkable turnaround in modern college football history. But Snyder started to change the culture when KSU was in the Big Eight and not the Big 12. Its remote location in the North Division makes it difficult to recruit. But it can be done -- it's just not very easy. You just better know your way around the junior colleges in Kansas.

Does this seem as sketchy to you as it does to me?

The all important and season defining rankings are now out for your viewing pleasure. On paper I do believe the Dawgs in Athens to be a healthy favorite for the national title game. But then again, who cares right now?

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At about 9:11 p.m. tonight, somebody in Overland Park, Kan., became the 50,000th visitor to Bring On The Cats.  I wish I could say I'm giving a prize away for that, but I'm not.  If this was you, email me at bringonthecats @ gmail dot com and I'll give you your due recognition for clicking over from Jeffrey Martin's latest blog post to see what I'd said about Ron Prince.

Thanks to all of you for making this possible.

I'm a MAN! I'm 40!

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This is in Nebraska, so very few of you probably have any interest, so if you don't, go ahead and stop reading. But Aurora, Nebraska's 104-year-old Fidelity Building was destroyed by fire on July 10th. Here are some videos, and you can see pictures at the Grand Island Independent's Web site. --If you listen to the audio, you can hear someone say "They're breaking those windows" while the firemen are spraying foam on the building. I had to think broken windows were the least of the worries. Finally, the story from the Independent linked above indicates two juveniles have confessed to setting the fire. Way to go, ya little shits.

I know this is a little off topic from K-State, but I figure there are some KC natives here and would like to know about the "rules" of Arrowhead. (and besides, TB writes little tid-bits about things from the 90's - where did those go by the way?)

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Thisis hardly newsworthy, but...

For anybody who is as bored as I was today or who can't help wonder what the class of 2010 is looking like - here's a link to Rival's Top 100 for 2010.

 

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Bumped from the diaries. Heard a little more about this on the way to work this morning. Hope he gets results and has enough time to make the right decision today. Best of luck to Bill, no matter the decision...TB

Not much reported yet, but here's the link to the ESPN article:

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Big news for K-State baseball fans, the season continues!  Well, in a fantasy type way.  To get the first part of this story just click here: "Baylor Receives #1 Seed in first Baseball NIT tournament!

 

 

 

College Baseball NIT Field of 32 Set! San Diego State and Washington in! Notre Dame and William and Mary Snubbed!

 

The full NIT field was announced last night.

 

Waco Regional

1) Baylor (32-26) at large, Big-12
2) New Mexico (34-25) at large, Mountain West

3) Creighton (37-21) at large, MVC

4) Jacksonville State (37-22) SWAC Champions

 

Charleston Regional
1) Charlestown (39-20) Southern Conference champions
2) Duke (37-18) at large, ACC

3) Kent State (36-21) MAC Champions

4) Army (25-25) Patriot Champions

 

Springfield Regional
1) Missouri State (40-17) at large, Missouri Valley
2) Cincinnati (39-20) at large, Big East

3) Georgia Southern (33-25) at large, Southern

4) Xavier (27-31) A-10 Champions

 

Clemson Regional
1) Clemson (31-27) at large, ACC
2) Canisius (41-13) Metro Atlantic Champions

3) Central Florida (31-27) at large, C-USA

4) Monmouth (37-16) NEC Champions

 

Corvallis Regional
1) Oregon State (28-24) at large, Pac-10
2) UC – Santa Barbara (35-21) at large, WCC

3) San Diego State (31-28) at large, MWC

4) Marshall (30-30) at large, C-USA

 

Pullman Regional
1) Washington State (30-26) at large, Pac-10
2) Santa Clara (32-22) at large, WCC

3) Kansas State (29-29) at large, Big-12

4) San Francisco (31-26) at large, WCC

 

Fort Myers Regional
1) Florida Gulf Coast (38-15) Atlantic Sun Champions
2) South Florida (31-27) at large, Big East

3) Florida Atlantic (32-27) at large, Sun Belt

4) Binghamton (29-27) AEC Champions

 

San Antonio Regional
1) Texas San-Antonio (39-19) Southland Conference Champions
2) Louisiana Monroe (34-24) Sunbelt Conference Champions

3) Washington (33-22) at large, Pac-10

4) Jackson State (37-22) SWAC Champions

 

Release of the full brackets spread joy and misery in equal helpings across the nation.  Tony Gwynn tearfully addressed his players after the cheering died down, "Never say die.  Leave it all on the field.  Oh, screw the clichés guys, let’s just feel the moment!"  Up the coast in Seattle University of Washington’s head coach Ken Knutson set aside the traditional champagne and instead handed out small cups of dark roast coffee to his players.  "That is what we drink here in Seattle.  And besides, I want my players ready for practice tomorrow morning at day break."

 

The mood in South Bend was much more subdued.  "First "that" football season, and now yet another disappointing blow," said president reverend John Jenkins.  "Thankfully we have our faith to see us through this dark valley."

 

The situation was less restrained in Williamsburg, Virginia.  "Bitter disappointment like this must be purged by the students in the manner they see fit." said Anthropology professor Johnson Xavier.  "The students cannot help but feel this is an assault on their masculine identity.  The outburst was entirely predictable."

 

 

Play will start this weekend.  The eight team to emerge from the initial round will be paired up in four super regional "best of three" series.  The final four teams remaining will travel to New York City where the NIT championship will be determined in a double elimination tournament held at Yankee Stadium.

 

Disclaimer – None of this is real.  But all college baseball fans should still take the tournament seriously by visiting the College Baseball Dugout  this week and cheer your favorite teams on.

Copied over from Rock Chalk Talk.  The "other" Kansas sports blog.