Jug Of News (06.15.12)

Welcome to our humble abode. Pull up a seat and grab a glass for a sip from today’s Jug of News. Hit the jump for a mea culpa regarding how I managed to miss so badly on Jeff Luc, the first column from resident JOS funnyman Brady Bauman, a rift in the K-State football “family”, and much more.

First, I need to say this again: I missed–and badly–in my article stating that former Florida State linebacker Jeff Luc had committed to K-State. He clearly had not, demonstrated by the fact that he is now enrolled at Cincinnati. I tried to explain a bit how I managed to miss so badly in yesterday’s post on Luc.

On a much lighter note, Brady Bauman’s first column posted yesterday. It’s chock full of funny, including weird goats, time travel, the Bubonic Plague, and–of course–Bill Snyder. The column–titled “Bill Snyder Laughed SO Hard…”–will be a weekly feature here on JOS.

The aura of “family” that surrounds K-State’s football program took a hit yesterday. Senior offensive lineman Manase Foketi went public with the fact that Coach Snyder and the athletic department are refusing to sign his transfer papers. Apparently, a rift between Foketi and line coach Charlie Dickey==which began during the 2010 season which Foketi lost to injury==had simply become irreparable. Reading the story Kellis wrote (linked above), it’s hard to justify Coach Snyder’s actions on this matter.

In basketball news, men’s basketball season tickets for next year will go on sale June 18. Things are really starting to come together, as Coach Weber and his new staff have hit the ground running, spreading a wide net on the recruiting trail.

Finally, ESPN Big 12 blogger David Ubben took the time to rank the facilities of the 10 conference schools. When he opened the article by insisting that the difference between 4th and 10th wasn’t very large, I knew not to expect much, as far as K-State is concerned. I was actually pleasantly surprised that he only had us in 7th. As much as he complains about our press facilities, I was assuming we’d be in 9th, above only the putrescence KU trots out under the guise of “football facilities.”