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What KU sports figure, all-time, would you most like to have a conversation with?
Asked at Massachusetts Street on December 17, 2010
“Jim Ryun. I’ve always been a runner and looked up to him. ”
“Bill Self. He’s probably my favorite coach. He just seems like a classy guy. ”
“James Naismith, the father of basketball. ”
“Probably Jeff Boschee. I had a huge crush on him. I had a poster of him in my room in third grade.”
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Comments
ku_law 2 years, 5 months ago
First. Bill Self.
labmonkey 2 years, 5 months ago
Chamberlain....gotta learn how to pick up chicks.
snap_pop_no_crackle 2 years, 5 months ago
Bubba Cunningham
milkman_dan 2 years, 5 months ago
Tough choice.... http://boards.kusports.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=1809895&Main=1809330
grammaddy 2 years, 5 months ago
Wilt "The Stilt" Chamberlain. I want to know if he really is the bio-dad of one of my friends.
Andini 2 years, 5 months ago
Paul Mokeski
misterlee 2 years, 5 months ago
I've already had conversations with a lot of my KU favorites, but I arrived in town too late to meet Phog Allen. I'd like to know what he thinks of how basketball has changed since he was coaching.
consumer1 2 years, 5 months ago
Jaque Vaughn.
he_who_knows_all 2 years, 5 months ago
Learn to spell his name corrrectly if you ever meet him. Jacque Vaughn.
rockchalker52 2 years, 5 months ago
Why? If I meet him & shout, "Hi, Jacque! J-A-C-Q-U-E!" will he give me a dollar?
looza 2 years, 5 months ago
Greg Dreiling......What a stiff!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 5 months ago
Not sure, maybe some KU crew chick.
Probably ask her the meaning of this dream:
A zombie apocalypse is in full swing.
I am out of coffee.
I have to make my way from here to Guatemala slaying hundreds and hundreds of zombies to pick my own beans. I start roasting beans on top of my Optimus 8R in a small pot. I can smell the aromatic wonderful smells that waft through the hills, attracting not only walkers, but a group of survivors. A melee ensues, the mixing of zombies and survivors, and I barely make it away with my life and a big bag of green coffee beans. But my trusty 1954 Optimus 8R stove was left behind. Now to roast coffee, I have the option of making a pop can stove and burning rum as a fuel, putting a crimp in my enjoyment of mojitios, or attempting to retrieve my stove. Do I go back? Can I trust any of the survivors to be non-infected? Can I trust any of the survivors at all? How long will approximately 37 pounds of green coffee beans last me? Having enough ammo is a non-issue, I am well stocked.
RoeDapple 2 years, 5 months ago
This is easy. It just means you don't have your cast iron skillet handy for immediate use, be it for roasting coffee beans or for self defense.
2 cents please.
mae 2 years, 5 months ago
ku crew, wow. i was going to say phog but you have me there, i'd give anything to talk to that one rower i knew back in the day.
memories....
trinity 2 years, 5 months ago
ya robbed me TOB that was my answer!!! :) TJ, TJ, TJ, TJ, TJ....
MarchSadness 2 years, 5 months ago
Paul Pierce. I'd ask him why he dislikes KU now and never comes back to visit campus.
thesloss 2 years, 5 months ago
Probably Tracey Estes ... she was an outstanding shortstop on the softball team ... hilarious, talented, and just darn smart. I remember one day she was driving to practice ... Her old Rambler's windshield wipers were operated by a string. Well, heading south down the hill from Jayhawk bookstore operating the windshield wiper string ... the whistle blew, students everywhere, NO BRAKES. ; O ... veered into the bushes. A few engineering students rushed to her, "Are you OK?". Tracey enthusiastically replied, "Just push me out of the gosh darn bushes ... I'm late for practice!"
Ahhh, the good old days ... always an antic or a story with that one! Wonder where she is?
bearded_gnome 2 years, 5 months ago
Dr. James Naismith, about our faith.
CWGOKU 2 years, 5 months ago
Do cheerleaders count as sports figures?
Phog Allen
misterlee 2 years, 5 months ago
I was just wondering about cheerleaders. If so, I'd like to catch up with Parmalee Bates.
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 5 months ago
mae, thuja, What years was your KU crew chick around?
toe 2 years, 5 months ago
Lew Perkins
RoeDapple 2 years, 5 months ago
Mario Little. I want to see what a real tough guy looks like up close. You know, the kind that can beat up women less than half his size.
VTHawk 2 years, 5 months ago
He isn't accused of "beating up women" (assault), he pushed a couple people to try to get at another. Stupid--yes; Assault on women--no
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 5 months ago
What is the longest escalator handrail you have ever ridden?
1southernjayhawk 2 years, 5 months ago
Got to meet Al Oerter in 2007 when he spoke to a group in Florida. Class act and an incredible record of competition.
cheeseburger 2 years, 5 months ago
Out of six names, you spelled only one correctly!
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 5 months ago
Roed, That is what happens when you don't have AT&T. You get the invite to the bat polishing party late.
RoeDapple 2 years, 5 months ago
I always wear my cleanest dirty shirt when I go out among 'em!
MacHeath 2 years, 5 months ago
One dude that will talk to you, if you see him around....and is full of stories, is Coach Fambrough. You would probably have more fun talking to him than anyone.
1southernjayhawk 2 years, 5 months ago
Sandy Koufax
RETICENT_IRREVERENT 2 years, 5 months ago
Well fornicate me running...
"But that still doesn’t explain the origin of the word … According to a 1940 article in the journal American Speech, Time Magazine coined the term “Pinko-liberal” in 1926 when describing a campus newspaper at the University of Kansas called The Dove. The Dove had featured correspondence between a Japanese exchange student and his friend in Japan. “Thanks to The Dove, pinko-liberal journal of campus opinion at the University of Kansas, a small part of the world last week learned some inner workings of a Japanese college boy,” the Time article said."
gl0ck0wn3r 2 years, 5 months ago
I'd love to have another few hours to talk to Bob Frederick.
rockchalker52 2 years, 5 months ago
Emery Hicks from the '68 Orange Bowl Team. Full tilt, fiery dude. A real character & an awesome linebacker.
TopJayhawk 2 years, 5 months ago
Talib Aquib. I hear he has the good stuff.
rockchalker52 2 years, 5 months ago
I worked at the Dairy Queen when Riggins played ball here. One 95 degree day after spring practice, he shows up, sweating like a stuck pigskin, & orders a 32 oz. chocolate/hot fudge milkshake. He downs it really fast & gets that whole massive ice cream headache thing goin' on.
Then Johnny steps back up to the window & orders another one & does it all over again. He did that five times. I kid you not. It took him, maybe, 20 or 30 minutes. I had the hose ready for the parking lot, but JR kept it all down. And it only cost $2.50 plus tax!
CWGOKU 2 years, 5 months ago
I figured you'd say Bob Dylan
charliejohnson 2 years, 5 months ago
Paul Pierce. In Boston at the Garden. I don't really need to talk to him, just looking at him will do. Going to the Garden would be way up on my Bucket List..
Gootsie 2 years, 5 months ago
He's dead autie. Died of cancer. :(
Paul R. Getto 2 years, 5 months ago
Good list: Gayle Sayers -- I played church league softball with him for a few games. Bobby Douglas -- saw him a few times.......arrogant IMHO Nolan Cromwell ............ cool dude Phog Allen ...... My dad knew him some; Pop even had a PE class taught by The James Naismith back in the 1930's I would like to punch Jim Ryan. I would knock his goofy butt out. === Don't punch Jim; he's a man of god.....Mammon I believe.
Starlight 2 years, 5 months ago
Dr. James Naismith. I'd ask him about his Saturday Night Club and my great grandfather(a club member). I bet he knew my great great grandfather too!
Gootsie 2 years, 5 months ago
David Aikins from the famous 1969 Orange Bowl. Oh wait, I already do. never mind.
riverdrifter 2 years, 5 months ago
I'd like to see Riggo again. He came pheasant hunting with us in 1980 when he sat the season out under a contract dispute. We limited out 3 straight days and he said he'd be back for sure. Haven't seen him since but we've still got a bunk reserved for him. We still tell stories about that night at the Stagecoach Inn when the lady bartender came up to him and said "You eastern Kansas people can't come out here and act like this." John said "Who's acting?"...
VTHawk 2 years, 5 months ago
+1
Fantastic. I hear that he was quite a character. "Loosen up, Sandy baby"
Erin Graham 2 years, 5 months ago
Sasha Kaun, hands down. Although I didn't know him, several friends did. He sounded like a class act, with normal daily things.... Gracious and willing to help others. I would want to converse with him b/c he's extraordinarily intelligent, well rounded and could talk more than sports.
volunteer 2 years, 5 months ago
Made in China, Gayle Sayers did not seem capable of much intelligent conversation when Perkins handed him the microphone at halftime of that football game. (Are we now just trotting him out for fundraisers instead of allowing him to speak?)
I'll go with the Phog. I'd like to know what he would think of his descendants getting kicked out of the good seats because they aren't wealthy.
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