Friday Recycler: Gale Sayers

I was going to skip the recycler today as I have about four "real content" posts that I'm dying to put out. However, the quotes from Gale Sayers this morning were too good to pass on ...

Kansas Comet If He Played Today | kusports.com

"If backs today had those hash marks like that, I don’t know how many yards they would get, but not a whole lot. If I had the hash marks the way they have them today, I’d gain 20,000 yards. I guarantee you.”

Comet on the Facilities | Same article:

“There’s too many programs around the country that have good basketball teams and good football teams,” he said. “Why can’t we do that? We have one of the most beautiful campuses in the country. Basketball has always been good here. All we have to do is give some more funding to the (football) program, where they can go out and recruit. (KU athletic director) Lew (Perkins) has done a great job of building facilities, no question about it. We need that. Our facilities now will match probably 10 of the 12 teams in the Big 12. When recruits come to KU, they see what we’re doing.”

Family Plan Ticket Sellout? | That's the nice thing about running a blog. You can use the message boards as a source. Sevenyearhawk posted about receiving a letter from the athletic department indicating a likely sellout in July. I just checked my mail and no letter for me. Let's just say I'm desparate for info on the possibility of achieving 40k in season ticket holders. That would be a pretty major turning point.

25 to 1 | If you like to bet on the Heisman race, you can check the odds at DXP. Our man Todd Reesing is at 25 to 1. C'mon what else are you going to do with your paycheck?

Matt Hayes Hates KU | A Sporting News ranking of the non-con schedules for the Big 12. Eleven?