CAIRO, Egypt (T.O.) - [this part's from the A.P.] The Kansas Jayhawks believe they're for real.Now, they're hoping the rest of the country will start to as well. ''We stepped up again and showed the world what we can do,'' cornerback Aqib Talib said.
Mr. Talib is right. Why, just this morning, I overheard 2 merchants talking over their Turkish coffee and sheesha about how they doubted Kansas, due primarily to the soft schedule and lack of success historically, but now that they managed to get a win over a rebuilding Colorado, they will start to give KU's ranking some credence. Then, I picked up the Nation, one of the big dailies here, and the sports page had an article about how Kansas must be taken seriously in the BCS discussion. If that wasn't enough, Al-Jazeera's NCAA football correspondent, Melaam Khyber, ended his segment with a commentary on how much Kansas showed him...
Somebody please tell college athletes to forget the maxim 'Think globally, act locally.' What's wrong with "we showed [our fans/the Big 12/the pollsters/college football] what we can do."?!
Other matters: Bet on it - the BCS title game will be between LSU and Boston College. On my flight from Amman to Cairo, I sat next to a Jordanian businessman who got his degree at LSU in the late '70's. Then, at my hotel, the former British Officer's Club now known as the Windsor, the only out of place item in the otherwise extremely cool bar is a framed Boston College pennant. I asked the owner about this, and it is due to the fact that his nephew is a student there. The nephew has the whole hotel conned into thinking that B.C. is "very famous university" in the States. I didn't have the heart to tell him it's probably tied with B.U. as "third most famous university between Boston harbour and Route 128."
That's all for now, friends. Not liking CU's recent struggles, but very much enjoying the chaos at Nebraska and Notre Dame. By the way, when are the "blowouts" that doomed Ty going to affect Charlie? Guess he has white privilege. One more thing: where are Raul, the Enabler, and the rest?!?! Surely a Gator fan has much to discuss, as does a Michigan man (seems Lloyd Lloyd is NOT all null-and-void after all).
Next stop, Luxor.
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I've explained now on several occasions that Michigan is not playing football this season. After the one year hiatus, the program will return to its rightful place of being overrated and blowing bowl games. For now, there is absolutely nothing of worth to report from Ann Arbor. I blame Ty Willingham for this. And for global warming as well...
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