Jayhawk fan calls “foul” on officials

LAWRENCE – University of Kansas junior Trevor Stallworth spent his entire Tuesday morning talking to everyone he could about the Jayhawks’ humiliating loss to Kansas State on Monday. While others wanted to discuss the impressive play of K-State senior Jacob Pullen, or KU’s poor handling of the basketball, Stallworth had only one issue on his mind: The referees’ bias against the University of Kansas.

“It’s a trend that I’ve noticed the last few years,” said Stallworth. “When KU plays K-State, the refs are always biased against the Jayhawks. Most of the time Kansas is good enough to overcome it, but you can’t always win playing five against eight.”

While both teams shot an equal amount of free throws, and the Jayhawks were whistled for just three more fouls than K-State, Stallworth points to the unusually high number of offensive fouls called against the Jayhawk forwards, and to K-State getting “all the calls” in the first half as a major contributor to the Jayhawks loss.

“Clearly the refs didn’t want Kansas to win that game. I think some of them are jealous of the Jayhawks' success and they like to see the underdog Wildcats win,” said Stallworth. “But every game, every time, K-State gets all the calls against Kansas. And I don’t think it’s fair.”

Stallworth's friend Ross Winston, a Kansas State fan, just shook his head after their conversation about the game.

“It’s sad, really, to see someone using the referees as an excuse for a loss,” said Winston. “I’m pretty proud to say that’s one thing you’ll never hear from the K-State fan base. Unless we lose. Then we’re the whiniest bitches on the planet.”