The RCT Roundtable is back for the 2011 season.  The format of this might change a bit if we can figure out the best platform and method to pull off a podcast but for now we're still working old school.  Kansas football, the Big 12 and season expectations is the topic of the week.  Andrew, Fetch and PenHawk are the familiar faces joining me and also jumping into the conversation is a new writer here at RCT, AJanzen. 

AJanzen approached me about writing at the tail end of basketball season.  Heading into summer isn't always the best time to try your hand at blogging because there isn't a whole heck of a lot to talk about so we put it off until earlier this week.  Heading into football season he will help us continue to expand on our football perspective and general Kansas sports conversation here at RCT.  Big welcome to AJ and glad to have the help.  If anyone else ever has the desire to try their hand at writing/blogging Kansas sports, shoot me an email and I'm always happy to discuss.

This week's topics/questions and discussion points:

• Conference Standing Predictions, let's hear em and let's have the why's for your top spot and the Jayhawks position.
• Top offensive player, top defensive player and top newcomer (Overall Big 12)
• Moving to Kansas specific, who's your impact newcomer and under the radar guy that is going to step in right away?
• Record prediction.  Who do you have the Jayhawks beating and any toss up surprises?
• Thoughts on realignment.  What is Kansas' best course of action and do you think the Big 12 survives?
• End of the season MVP's on offense and defense for Kansas?
• What improvements are you expecting from Kansas in 2011?
• Bold prediction of the year?  Can encompass whatever related to the Kansas football team.

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The roundtable returns and we're officially back to a band of three, a trio if you will.  Fetch, Warden and I kicked around a few questions as the Jayhawks prepare to open conference play tonight against the Cyclones. 

This Week's Topics:

1. Give your assessment of Kansas to date.
2. Which Big 12 team scares you the most?
3. Does Kansas win the Big 12 and why?
4. Has Josh Selby lived up to the hype?
5. Make your picks for a 9-10 man rotation and does it actually happen?

Give us your take or just critique ours and if you have questions you'd like asked or would be interested in participating as a guest in the future, send me an email, denverjhawk@hotmail.com.

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The roundtable is back. This week's topics:

1. Are the pieces starting to fall into place for the football team or are the last few weeks a false hope?

2. Oklahoma State or Mizzou, who does Kansas stand a better chance against?

3. Through two games of the basketball season does anything surprise you?

4. Basketball weakness?

5. Season predictions.

Give us your take or just critique ours and if you'd be interested in participating as a guest in the future, send me an email, Penguin did!  denverjhawk@hotmail.com

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Well the weekly roundtable has certainly taken a turn for the worse.  Things should look up with the start of basketball but for today we're still kicking the tires football style for the most part.

Today's roundtable topics:

1. Football...WTF?
2. Texas A&M...argue why Kansas has a shot?
3. Give me your #1 "hope" for the remainder of the season.
4. Which of the late night visitors would you be most excited to land?
5. Bill Self as Vanilla Ice...good or bad?
6. Last week we had to bring up a reason that Kansas shouldn't be picked as the favorite to win the Big 12 in hoops.  Now give me a reason they should be picked without using the "we've won it the last 6 years".

Give us your take or just critique ours and if you'd be interested in participating as a guest in the future, send me an email, Penguin did!  denverjhawk@hotmail.com

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Roundtable from the Kansas side today.  Tomorrow morning we've got a roundtable Q&A from the guys over at "Bring on the Cats"

Today's Topics:

1. Kansas State v Nebraska.  Did it change your thoughts on the matchup?
2. Big 12.  Up, Down, more balanced, what's the deal?
3. What bball non-con and conference game are you most looking forward to and why?  Just one.
4. Tell us why you'd vote against Kansas in the Big 12 preseason bball poll.
5. Thursday night game...good or bad? More purple or more blue in the stands?

Give us your take or just critique ours and if you'd be interested in participating as a guest in the future, send me an email, Penguin did!  denverjhawk@hotmail.com

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Bye week roundtable so we're talking football and mixing in more and more basketball as we're now just over a week from late night.

Penguinhawk joins us this week as our volunteer guest roundtabler this week. Much thanks to him for stepping in and helping out this week. As for the rest...Warden Fetch and I weigh in from the normal crew.

Today's Topics:

1. Back to what's realistic and what the bare minimum for improvement is with the football team.
2. Kansas and Tech look off after a coaching change, are you buying the culture change argument?
3. If things continue, would an assistant coaching shake up be in order?
4. Late Night in the Phog...is this our best recruiting tool for basketball or does it fall short?
5. Pace question. To run or not to run and Bill Self's preferences in style.

Give us your take or just critique ours and if you'd be interested in participating as a guest in the future, send me an email, Penguin did!  denverjhawk@hotmail.com

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Just three of us for the roundtable this week.  I was on the road for work at a pair of conferences so Warden took the lead and has five solid questions that should bring about some differing opinions.

Today's Topics:

1.  With non-conference play wrapped up, what has been the biggest surprise of the season?  

2.  What do the Jayhawks have to do in order to be competitive in Big 12 games?

3.  What Big 12 opponent are you looking forward to playing? 

4.  Texas lost, Oklahoma has flirted with losing the last two weeks, and Nebraska struggled a bit over the weekend.  Is the Big 12 down? 

5.  If I counted correctly, we've got 16 days until Late Night.  Who is your starting five for the basketball team?

Give us your take or just critic ours and if you'd be interested in participating as a guest in the future, send me an email.  denverjhawk@hotmail.com

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Our second roundtable of the season that follows a loss. Hopefully our opinions and emotions don't ride the same rollercoaster that this teams seems determined to take us on, but perhaps it's unavoidable.

Today we have a very special guest for our roundtable as Matt Tait who covers the Jayhawks for KUSports.com and the Lawrence Journal World joins us for our five question Q&A format.  Tait has been around the Lawrence sports scene for over ten years now after getting his start covering Kansas baseball and basketball for the Daily Kansan. 

Personally I've enjoyed Tait's coverage of the Jayhawks so far this fall and a big thanks to him for joining us.

Today's Topics:

1.  Last week we asked which game you thought Kansas was closer to, Georgia Tech or NDSU.  After seeing Kansas at Southern Miss, what's the answer?

2.  What was the biggest problem in Hattiesburg and can it be fixed?

3.  Let's talk positives, because there certainly were some.  What did you take away from this one as the biggest positive for Kansas in the first road trip of the Turner Gill era?

4.  What do you see as the staffs top priority?  This could be immediate for the season, it could be recruiting, or any other aspect of the program.

5.  Any second guessing at quarterback? any at all?

Give us your take or just critic ours and if you'd be interested in participating as a guest in the future, send me an email.  denverjhawk@hotmail.com

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