Guest Column: Student section could work on sportsmanship

Nice editorial, Fritz.

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• Posted by shutchins11 on March 4, 2009 at 9:34 a.m.
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I completely disagree with that article. This game was against our most hated rival Fritz, maybe YOU need a history lesson on the hatred between KU and Mizzou. As far as I am concerned yelling over-rated is perfectly acceptable, because everyone in the country knew Mizzou was infact over-rated.

As for the "Lyons sucks" that a student yelled... against Missery, fans get a little extra lee-way. Come on, writing a whole paragraph on how Lyons "does not suck" and is a good player, that is ridiculous. I think 98% of KU bball fans know Lyons is good, that is not what that student meant (I am fairly sure of that). Lyons made a foul and someone wanted to rub it in, thats all.

Quit being a cry-baby. Allen fieldhouse didn't lose any respect because of these incidents. You are acting like the student section was yelling racist chants and throwing "pee bombs" at the mizzou bench. Missouri isn't a team that we, as KU fans, need to be 100% polite and cordial to, this is the most heated rivalry in the country as far as I am concerned. Did you not figure that out when you were enrolled at KU?

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• Posted by 2008grad on March 4, 2009 at 2:59 p.m.
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Oh, and the whole comment on the "unsportsmanlike fan" not being able to score a point on Lyons and not making his highschool team... you are probably right. But what does that have to do with ANYTHING? I would bet just about anything that this particular student didn't think he was better than Lyons. Now it seems that you, infact, are the one resorting to personal attacks. A bit hypocritical, don't you think?

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• Posted by 2008grad on March 4, 2009 at 3:10 p.m.
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Worst. Column. Evar!

You suck, Fritz. What kind of a girly name is that anyways?

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• Posted by HearstAward on March 4, 2009 at 6:37 p.m.
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Wow, you wasted time to talk about a lack of sportsmanship with statements like "over-rated" and "you suck?"

Really? A top 25 team gets absolutely drubbed after only beating us by 2 on the road? That's not overrated?

Don't show up to any more games. Better yet - don't watch. You're a terrible fan of KU basketball. One of those grads that asks the student to sit down while in the student section so they can "sit and watch the game." Jesus, you're soft.

Mizzou had thicker skin than you do, schmuck.

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• Posted by emgee on March 4, 2009 at 8:09 p.m.
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All's fair in love and war. This is the Border War. Let it slide.

And I'd much rather have the student section heckling the opponents than the alumni HECKLING OUR OWN PLAYERS. My few experiences outside of student section have been spoiled by that crappy alumni attitude. Not to mention they don't even have the decency to stand up and cheer.

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• Posted by phoenix on March 4, 2009 at 9:53 p.m.
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2008 Grad- this is for you.

Fritz wrote an article on sportsmanship which is obviously something that not just all athletes and coaches need to demonstrate great qualities of, but for the game ot be enjoyed by everyone, it needs to be demonstrated on the behalf of the fans as well. You mention how Missouri was so overrated. I am a Missouri fan through and through. I have very deep respect for Bill Self and your Jayhawks however. Bill Self is 95-6 at home. The Phog isnt an easy place to play. Missouri couldnt sink a shot in the first half, but they scored with your Hawks in the second half. Things might have been different if Missouri would have shot as normal. (80+ points a game average) Look at tonight. Had you not pulled off a tremendous come from behind victory at home yourselves, Kansas would have fallen to Oklahoma without Mr. Griffin. However, in Columbia, Missouri never let Oklahoma take a defining lead, and in the second half they never took a lead at all. Meanwhile, the Hawks drop on the road, just as big as Missouri in Lawrence, to an unranked Texas Tech trying to make a case for the NCAA Tourney. Need I say it in justification, OVERRATED! I dont truly believe this, but because one team suffers a big loss on the road against a BIG 12 opponent, doesnt make them overrated, it makes them uptight and not playing as well as they could. I hope Missouri and Kansas get a rematch in the BIG 12 tourney as it provides good basketball and is a rivalry I love to watch. Dont let your lack of respect blow that away. Missouri has 12 conference wins for the first time in nearly 20 years. They won on the road at Texas and beat Oklahoma and Kansas at home, they are far from overrated. Good luck to your Hawks in the near future, and congrats to Bill Self on another great winning season. It will be interesting to see if him or Mike Anderson can grab the Coach of the Year award and which one will take the BIG 12 Coach of the Year Award home.

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• Posted by brandonmaubrey on March 5, 2009 at 1:16 a.m.
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Ahh, giant text block of doom. The enter key is your friend!

Also, why do you keep putting BIG in all caps? Weird.

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• Posted by G_E on March 5, 2009 at 1:48 a.m.
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Mr. Fritz, you need to remember this is a college game, not an alumni game. The reason every basketball fan in the country considers the Phog a cathedral of college basketball is precisely because of those over zealous, raucous fans you’re speaking of. It surely doesn’t have anything to do with the overpriced tickets you pay for and the enthusiasm you give off eating popcorn. I bet you aren’t complaining when the student section is blowing the roof off with noise that often does have actual effect on the game. Remember the OKS game a few years ago, Texas two years ago? We won those games in no small part because our student section made it miserable to play in Allen Field House with the type of enthusiasm you witnessed against Mizzu

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• Posted by Abita on March 5, 2009 at 7:29 a.m.
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