Other Kansas Jayhawk notes:
- Kansas is an Adidas brand school. The uniforms are by Adidas. The clothing is by Adidas. Even the shoes are Adidas. Yet football coach Mark Mangino keeps wearing Nike tennis shoes. But you get to do that when you're 9-0… and a distractingly large man.
- Speaking of Adidas, did you know it was a German company? If you look up their history, you read of Adolf "Adi" Dassler making athletic shoes in the 1920's (indluding the 1928 Olympics) and then starting up the company we know today after World War 2. But why can't I find any word on what he did from 1933-1945? Hmm… I guess they don't want to talk about that.
- KU will wear new uniforms tonight (technically we've already seen the white and red uniforms in the two exhibition games). You'll notice that the distinctive "Old West" style font, known as an curling, arc serif font, is gone, replaced by a plain clean trajan font. The only flourish is in the "KU" where the "K" now has a tail that extends under the "U." I like the new font but I admit it's not as distinctive as the previous one. And the new uniforms sure have worked for the football team!
- Did you hear the referee at last week's homecoming football game mistakenly say, "Timeout, Kansas State," which induced immediate booing from the Lawrence crowd. Even in a game where we score 76 points, Kansas fans are still paying attention to the details–we don't know when this will come around again.
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