KU FOOTBALL PULLS HALLOWEEN PRANK: Fans/Vegas Are Not Amused

In an apparent Halloween stunt, the University of Kansas Football team decided to play a little "trick" on their fans and provided them with an unwelcomed "treat" as they played the Texas Tech Red Raiders in Lawrence last Saturday. The then 23rd ranked Jayhawks got into the Halloween spirit as they all appeared in costume for the 11:00 a.m. game. Each Jayhawk on the 2008 squad appeared dressed as their favorite KU player from the late 90's. Even head man Mark Mangino got into the action as he walked the sideline dressed as his predecessor, Terry Allen.

The stunt was suppose to be a joke as the team intended to just wear the red throwback jerseys, but apparently many on the KU roster took the prank very seriously and "stayed in character" by brutally displaying the lackluster effort of KU teams from the Terry Allen era. Mangino said, "In hindsight, maybe we shouldn't have done that. We were just trying to be funny and get into the Halloween Spirit, but I guess it backfired on us".

The students were visibly irritated. One soft spoken student (who ironically opposes the controversial and vulgar kickoff chant of old) said, "We even changed our (expletive) chant, for this (expletive) football game, and we didn't even get a (expletive) chance to say it, because we were getting our (expletive) butts kicked all game long!"

Similarly, it looks as if Vegas took a serious hit and is extremely upset with the KU shenanigans. The line which closed with KU favored by 1.5, was destroyed as the Red Raiders outscored the Hawks by 42. Bellaggio owner Terry Benedict said initial lost estimates are in the tens of millions, and that the casino "hasn't lost this much since that bastard Danny Ocean swindled me!"

In related news, defensive coordinator Clint Bowen made no promises for a victory next week against in-state rival Kansas State acknowledging that it will be difficult to stay focused on football and not Halloween especially since each of the Wildcat players will be dressed as different variations of Barney, the "Tinkie Winkie" Teletubbie, and former McDonalds character Grimace. He did however go on and promise that they would "try really hard" to win next week.

Comments

[eastcoasthawk]

Well done and hilarious. LMAO! Thanks for that.

[ROWYHO]

Glad you liked it Eastcoast!

Hopefully we can get this thing turned around and get back to heckling the other Big 12 teams rather than ourselves after this weekend.

Rock Chalk!

[DJ]

Actually, I believe the students finally came up with a new cheer that seems to be catching on:

"HIT 'EM WITH YOUR PURSE!"