Monday, August 25, 2008
Their reality show would be called “The Unbelievably Simple Life.”
Meet Tyrel Reed and Cole Aldrich, the most low-key, chill roommates in the history of this school. They roomed together in the Jayhawker Towers as freshmen last year and are doing the same for their sophomore years.
Reed is a devoted Christian. His favorite musician is Jeremy Camp, a contemporary Christian artist. By comparison, Aldrich is a regular James Dean.
How rebelious is Aldrich? He enjoys dill pickles on pizza.
This summer, you couldn’t get these guys away from Allen Fieldhouse. Reed and Aldrich were there almost everyday, lifting weights whenever they could squeeze time out of a day filled with summer classes and pick-up games.
When that got to be too much, and Reed just had to have some fun, he went home. Back to Burlington.
“It’s a small town,” Reed said. “I just kind of relaxed.”
Aldrich, the party animal that he is, actually said he spent one or two days “shooting the breeze.”
“I was spotted at Clinton Lake once or twice,” Aldrich said.
So, did you water ski or anything?
“No,” he said. “I used to when I was a kid but now it’s just basketball.”
Just drop the Chalupa
As recent news items have shown, not everyone else on the team is quite as laid-back and well-behaved as Aldrich and Reed.
Still-ineligible freshman Markieff Morris was ordered to appear in court for allegedly firing BB at another student-athlete’s mother at the Towers. His lawyer has said Morris was innocent. It will be a while before anyone knows the truth, but Morris’ incident brings back memories of other ridiculous crimes involving KU athletes. Here’s a quick rundown of some of the strangest, or dumbest.
Jeff Hawkins, former basketball guard, gets a point for timeliness for this one. About a day before a home game against Baylor in February 2006, he cut-off a woman’s car in the McDonald’s drive-through on Sixth Street and struck her car. The woman told police Hawkins blamed her for the accident before leaving. Kansas coach Bill Self suspended him for the game.
Reggie Duncan and Mario Kinsey, former football players. In the summer of 2001, a KU student reported a stolen purse, including her credit card from Bailey Hall. She found out a pizza was purchased with the card and called the pizza shop. The restaurant told her the pizza was delivered to Kinsey and Duncan’s apartment. The lesson here, aside from don’t steal, is please get DiGiorno and not delivery if you’re using a stolen card.
Dion Rayford, former defensive end — funny how all these incidents have to do with food. Rayford must have been a hungry man on the night of Nov. 18, 1999. He was at the Taco Bell on 23rd street and when the workers forgot to include his Chalupa, Rayford, all 260 pounds of him, allegedly climbed through the window, attempting to confront the employees. He later pled guilty to a criminal damage to property charge and was sentenced to one year of probation.
Want to play for KU?
The baseball team is holding a meeting for open tryouts this week. Those interested should meet at 4 p.m. on Thursday in Hadl Auditorium and bring proof of medical insurance, proof of a recently completed physical and a KU class schedule.
— - Edited by Ramsey Cox
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