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Do you think the section of Missouri Street next to the stadium should be renamed to honor Don Fambrough?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on January 6, 2007
“If it takes the name Missouri out of Lawrence, then go for it.”
“I really have no preference. If they want to honor someone, there are better ways than naming a street after them.”
“I used to live on Missouri right next to the stadium and I always felt like a traitor living there. Anything to get it changed is all right with me.”
“It’s nice to honor people for their contributions to University. I’m not a big fan of Missouri, so I wouldn’t mind.”
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Comments
imastinker 6 years, 4 months ago
who comes up with this stuff? I used to live on Missouri St right near the stadium too, and it never once occured to me. I guess I was too busy studying to think of this stuff.....
secretresistance 6 years, 4 months ago
Sounds a lot like "Freedom Fries" to me.
sgtwolverine 6 years, 4 months ago
Yes, it should be renamed -- right after Ann Arbor names its new high school after Bo Schembechler.
(The school board refused to consider naming the new school after Schembechler, instead opting for the Skyline High School -- a name that really makes you think of Ann Arbor, doesn't it? Their other option was Northcrest. Are they building a high school or a subdivision?)
sublime 6 years, 4 months ago
Thats just retarded.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 years, 4 months ago
no
Kelly Powell 6 years, 4 months ago
he can have a alley or a cul de sac....
canyon_wren 6 years, 4 months ago
I used to live on Missouri Street, and I think it is so ridiculous to suggest the name be changed. There are many other new streets you could name after Fambrough--and many other coaches, etc. who could be recognized that way if it was useful. It's not like Missouri Street stands alone--it is in line with all those other streets with state names. So if Lawrence has some reason to be irritated with another state, do we change the name of THAT street as well? Sounds to me like the kid who thought this up just wants a little attention.
dstavin 6 years, 4 months ago
Maybe someday I can live on Self Street. Then I can pretend the street was renamed in MY honor.
Gootsie 6 years, 4 months ago
How about Missouri-Fambrough Lane? Just the last block before the stadium?
I think it would be fun because he would be protecting us from Missouri...
jazzttt 6 years, 4 months ago
Not to minimize Coach Fam's numerous contributions to KU, but I think dropping the "Missouri" in conflict with Lawrence's historic street grid is juvenile. I enjoy beating Missouri as much as the next guy, but they are, after all, our neighbors, and it's time to bury all this civil war hostility along with the rebel flags and stuff. I cheer for Missouri and K-State anytime they're NOT playing KU. As an alternative suggestion, instead of inconveniencing all the residents on a three-block section of Missouri far removed from the stadium, why not rename the several-block section of West 11th from where it's interrupted at Mississippi that goes right past the bowl and up the hill in honor of coach Fam? I'll bet not too many addresses would have to be changed, and it would be more visible to game attendees as it would go right past the north bowl. You could change the name back to 11th as soon as it gets to West Campus, or whenever the 11th St designation ends. Missouri St is at least a block west of the stadium anyway. It's been Missouri St. longer than 11th Street was changed from Quincy in what? 1914, I think. Ty Travis, Pine Bluff, Ark, KU '67
PotSmokinRepublican 6 years, 4 months ago
I would work on getting a football program before we go off showboatin' with this crazy idea.
salad 6 years, 4 months ago
KU has a football team?
jonas 6 years, 4 months ago
Can we change the name of the street AND THE STATE? Then I might support this measure.
I hear they have cheaper gas over yonder in Tom Fambraugh.
Purell 6 years, 4 months ago
NO!!!!!
Bad idea. Name a new street after him, but don't screw up the street names! It makes us look petty and stupid. Of all the people who shold know that, David Lawrence should.
Come on, act like you're bigger than this. Are you really that threatened by Missouri?
Please don't bring this up again.
sunshine_noise 6 years, 4 months ago
Sure why not. We already have a Missouri street so one is enough. I think at least one of the other streets named the same and divided by another property should be named changed to avoid confusion. How many times have you looked for a street only to find the same name across town or on the other side of a building or nearer location? Change them all to honor someone who has contributed to our community & town.
moralebooster 6 years, 4 months ago
Some valid points have been made:
Honor a coach with a LOSING record? Really, why?
I wouldn't even support Gayle Sayers Street, because the street already has a name. Get over it.
Name a new street after him. We're not that threatened are we?
It is embarrassing to have different names for the same streets. Explain it to those trying to find an address.
PS: Change Billings back to 15th!
jranderson 6 years, 4 months ago
Wow. Absurdity.
BorderRat 6 years, 4 months ago
Name one for his wife. She was a better English Teacher at LHS than he was a Coach at KU.
Shelby 6 years, 4 months ago
Might as well name a street after Al Bohl.
Seriously. Fambrough "did a lot for the program?"
Honoring some coach with a LOSING record is tantamount to admitting we suck, and hard. Is K-State about to honor Jim Wooldridge because he was a nice guy? No. The man was a blight on an already sh!tty program.
T_F 6 years, 4 months ago
I think it is a good idea, or at least a better idea than renaming 15th st. Yeah Fam had a losing record, but that isn't a good measure of what he has done for the football program.
I don't think it will happen though. Maybe if he had a lot of money and hob nobbed with the who's who of lawrence they would, but alas he is no bob billings.
Outsidelookingin 6 years, 4 months ago
Since Missouri street was there before the stadium was built.....Shouldn't they just build a new stadium. Maybe out by the wetlands. Then, when the SLT is finally finished, there would be easy access to the stadium with no over passes for the K-State fans to drive under.
ljwhirled 1 year, 8 months ago
Ouch.
ljwhirled 1 year, 8 months ago
Don't lose your head.
Gootsie 6 years, 4 months ago
Coach Fambrough is a wonderful man. Ask the players he coached - he was truly inspirational to them and continues to be.
Make it a point to meet him, then form your opinions.
Azure_Attitude 6 years, 4 months ago
Sure name a street after him, but not rename Missouri street. Put it on one of those streets they'll build in the "fingler-like" develpment areas. Then name a street after Gayle Sayers too. Hell Yeah!! He is a helluva nice guy and great athlete! And name the whole subdivision after past KU athletes and coaches: Chamberlain, Willams, Riggins, Pierce, some lady hawks, etc. And give one to Stallworth, who shoud get one just for being cool. A couple of drawbacks: 1. It's going to attract jock heads to the develpment, including the a-hole ones (wait, then they will all be concentrated in one area and those who wish to can avoid. Ooh, a plus!); and, 2. All the houses will likely have red and blue light on them at the holidays which is redundant and boring.
justathought 6 years, 4 months ago
not really.
Chicago_JHawk 6 years, 4 months ago
"How many times have you looked for a street only to find the same name across town"
Never. Just because a street may be interrupted in some areas, generally the street number is a REAL good indication of where you need to be.
Chicago_JHawk 6 years, 4 months ago
Lets not confuse the issue byt hinking that this has been suggested because Kansans feel superior to Missourians as a whole (thought they are) - its simply about a sports rivalry, not the historical implications of free state vs. slave state, Quantril, etc.
I could come up with several more deserving KU sports figures than Fambrough, though. Like he's the only guy who hates Mizzou? I hate them too, and my coaching record at Kansas isn't a losing record, so maybe even I'm more deserving?
beatrice 6 years, 4 months ago
So I guess the days are numbered then for Bucknell Street, Bradley Avenue, and Syracuse Way.
mikeisthename 6 years, 4 months ago
Even if that part of Missouri Street is changed to Fambrough Street (or Way, Drive, or even Parkway), people are still going think of it as 9th and Missouri or 11th and Missouri. Kind of the Bob Billings Parkway/15th Street thing. I never call it Billings, it is always 15th street. Put simply (if this passes) the more things change the more they stay the same. Thanks.
Tychoman 6 years, 4 months ago
Keep it at Missouri because of its historic significance with Lawrence and state-named streets and change Billings back to 15th. I feel like an idiot when I have to explain to visitors that they're the same street.
Gootsie 6 years, 4 months ago
Damn, Bea! Great job!
Don't forget Oral Roberts Bar and Grille.
sunflower_sue 6 years, 4 months ago
No. Just name a roundabout after him.
ARGH! Chiefs!
RI, done already? I said you could have them for 16 days. I've got more @ home I didn't have time to get. No deep vein trombosis...or whatever you said. Stretched lots.
sgt, diging my gear. :) gotta get back to work. ;)
kansaskate 6 years, 4 months ago
Missour rocks. You can buy liquor in grocery stores. This is the dumbest idea I've heard. Not the liquor, but the name change. Sheesh.
kansaskate 6 years, 4 months ago
Also, Devon, don't you go to college in Missouri??
otislivingston 6 years, 4 months ago
If the comments on this article were presented in front of the Kansas Legislature they would have no choice than to accept and promote the teaching of evolution.
Ceallach 6 years, 4 months ago
morale and tycho beat me to it! I'm still fuming about Billings Drive, so my answer is no, no I do not think they should change it.
youngitized 6 years, 4 months ago
Rename the entire street. Get every piece of Missouri out of Lawrence.
bearded_gnome 6 years, 4 months ago
don't change it! especially don't change part of it, like poor ol' 15th st.
now, if this goes through, I'm a humble gnome, I'd just like one block named "Bearded Gnome way," the curvy stretch of CT from 15th to 14th st. that's all.
bearded_gnome 6 years, 4 months ago
good evening good lady Ceallach, and good lady Sunflower-sue!
thunderbuns 6 years, 4 months ago
23-8. 'Nuff said.
BWABWHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 6 years, 4 months ago
Sue, Do I have your permission to enter your house? (I don't need a key...)
hitme 6 years, 4 months ago
Here's a couple of better ideas:
Change Clinton Pkwy back to 23rd st. Change Billings back to 15th.
Let Fambrough rename his driveway. He's certainly not worthy of a street name disruption.
Ceallach 6 years, 4 months ago
gnome, you rascal, that the best part of CT :)
milkman_dan 6 years, 4 months ago
I don't want the street name changed, but how about if we offer to scatter his ashes from a helicopter at the stadium after he goes to the big game in the sky.
Dayna Lee 6 years, 4 months ago
What is with naming streets by using full names? I want to know who names the streets and what I need to do to get that job. If someone is so unimportant that they need to be refered to with first and last name, they are not that important, plain and simple!!!!! I love that the people of Lawrence have laid out the town in a way that is easy for students and everyone really to find their way around and just because you know where your house is, you want to mess with the map!!!!!!
sunflower_sue 6 years, 4 months ago
Howdy Gnome! Good to hear from you!
RI, but you would need a key for the locked cabinets that they are in!
Napoleon_Dynomite 6 years, 4 months ago
What a dumb idea to change the names of streets. He may be a good guy, but he wasn't a great coach or recruiter. The other thing is that it would show some real insecurity to replace the name of Missouri on a street sign, not to mention how stupid it makes Lawrence/KU look. Also, how inconvenient.
Speaking for all of the intelligent and rational people in Lawrence, let me say, "Stop changing street names!"
Let's admit we made mistakes with Clinton Pkwy and Billings Way and change them back to their real names.
If someone is infatuated with DF, why not put a picnic table outside the stadium and name it the DF picnic table. We don't have much to brag about for our football program, now or in the past.
Did I mention it REALLY is irritating when street names are changed!
rckchlk2131 1 year, 8 months ago
I'm in the minority here but have any of you saying "NO" to renaming Missouri or naming a road after Fambrough ever met the man? I'm guessing not. So I'm for either renaming Missouri St. or one of the streets next to the Stadium for him. I for one would be proud to live on Fambrough Drive. Better yet let's change the sign for Missouri to be the black and gold with the MU logo...really people this is Lawrence and it's still the Border War!!!
scott_webb 1 year, 4 months ago
Grow up .
You must be related to him to come back to this four years later. He couldn't muster his own troops adequately, so he spent the rest of his years bad-mouthing the state next door. Get over it. Missouri has moved on and so have the rest of us. We're sick of hearing about this and don't want the frickin' street names changed. You missed the boat with your media-created "border war." Now, just go away.
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