Freeman Johns, Mark Mangino and the BCS

That's right -- dollar signs. The Cap-Journal offered up a nice little history lesson on Charles-Gordon-Gate from the 2004 Texas visit. Here's an excerpt:

“Ten thousand bucks? Ten thousand bucks,” he said, predicting his fine. “I've got a team to fight for and I'm not going to be pushed around, or let this university be pushed around, because we're not the big spenders, not the big BCS team in the league.”

In that moment, he became Kansas football. Or was it the other way around?

For the record, there were two other factors that sent KU fans over the edge. The first was that Freeman Johns made the call while standing in front of the Texas sideline. The second was that Freeman Johns is from Texas. Put it all together and even though you see all kinds of bad calls watching college football ... well, let's just say it gave me a very sick feeling.

Comments

[moyae84]

I heard Bob say that he was officiating the Nebraska game last Saturday.

[DJ]

That is 100% correct:

http://www.big12sports.com/ViewContent.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=10410&CONTENT_ID=3006