http://www.statenews.com !http://www.statenews.com/media/00/00/02/84/28404_MUG_Carpenter_Jacob_022107.jpg! Sports reporter Jacob Carpenter examines sports issues from the past and present. en-us Gryphon 2.2.3b-tsn (woodward)/Foundry5 Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:53:30 -0400 webmaster@statenews.com http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/21798 Maybe you forgot about our other senior…probably the most important since he was a CO-CAPTAIN last year…ever heard of Travis Walton? So 4 seniors, 3 of which have extensive playing time…not to mention our returning depth at every position…I love that we have so many high profile games…UNC will probably be ranked #1 preseason, and deservedly so…all of the other teams will be tough, but I don’t see any of them being as good as they were last year…Kansas lost almost everyone (including a couple pot-heads), Tennessee, Texas and Georgetown all lost their best players (watch for the frosh center that came to GTown though…he’ll be way better than Hibbart)…on top of that, we’ll probably be a top 10, maybe even top 5 team. Will be a great year to watch Spartan hoops…Go State! Mon, 08 Sep 2008 08:09:39 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/21798 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/21851 Travis Walton is a joke…..an outstanding athelete that can not seem to score, play defense or hold on to the ball. Kalin Lucas plays more like a senior should than that Travis Walton does. This winter is the Kalin show and travis will have front row tickets to WATCH Mon, 08 Sep 2008 16:00:28 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/21851 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22002 I thought your comments were interesting Jacob, but this is a typical Izzo schedule. I liked Jason’s take also. I have been a fan since the early 1950’s when I was sports editor of the SNEWS, but my remaks didn’t get much farther than Shaw Hall at the time. Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:53:30 -0400 http://www.statenews.com/index.php/comment/view/22002