Kevin Kietzman Has Issues

   It was an epic four day weekend of college football fun as KU, KSU and MU all win.  The Cats were the big surprise with their new look defense totally shutting down Stanford but there are plenty of other story lines.  Clemson lost and one coach actually lost his job after one game.  We've got it all.
   The Chiefs got Monday off because they have a great kicker.  This is the kind of story that makes you love your team even more.
   The student body president at KU tweets out, "death to America" and is seemingly going to get away with it.  
   As crowds gather at games and concerts, organic anti Joe Biden chants are breaking out all over the country.  Americans are very, very upset right now.

      Kevin Harlan hates parking garages.  Confused?  Don't be.  We have a clip from our NFL Preview episode for patrons at www.kkhasissues.com that will have you rolling on the floor.  You're going to love this and agree with him.
   And our conversation is with a Kansas City financial planner that switched from investing for others to teaching others how to find their path to financial well being.  We're talking soldiers and NFL players and introduce you to longtime listener and all around good guy, Doug Spencer. 

      The Big 12 looks like it's together and looks like it has a good plan to add four schools.  But you can still see the cracks if you look close enough.  This crack is more like a fault line.  How in the world is Dr. Doug Girod one of two chancellors on the expansion committee when he's presided over the disaster that is KU Athletics?
   There's personal problems, there's technical problems, there's even drinking problems.  But the Royals have a "division" problem as they just lost their 11th straight game to the Indians.  More than anything else they have wrong with them, this has to change fast.
   Abortion has saved Joe Biden's political life.  After being on the ropes with Afghanistan, liberals have found a reason to pull together behind their president again as the state of Texas has saved Biden for now.
  And the KC Star says global warming has caused a hot, wet summer in KC.  Forget that our high temperature was 98 degrees and we got exactly 1 more inch of rain than normal.  These people must be bored.

   Lee Sterling of www.paramountsports.com is a national handicap champion and on air partner of mine for 20 years.  This is an opening week, college football bonus from Lee as he discusses a few Big 12 games against the spread. 

   Watching Joe Biden stumble around, actually unfit for office, proves that while America is great... there is a real weakness in a democracy.
   The name Black Bob is officially ok to use as the Kansas City Star points out it was the name of the man who led the Shawnee "Indians" in the Olathe area.  Wait, I thought "Indian" had been cancelled by the Star?  And Black Bob is ok?  So hard to keep score on these things.
   Even honey badgers get Covid as Tyrann Mathieu tests positive.  Forget football, you fools, let's pray that he's going to be ok and live a normal life someday.
   The Big 12 releases a statement of solidarity that is lame.  If they really want to make a statement, we have a perfect suggestion.

   College Football week one is here and Stan Weber previews the Wildcats and Stanford battling at Jerry World in Dallas.  The Lance Liepold era begins at KU against South Dakota while Eliah Drinkwitz has his first non conference game at Mizzou.
   Scott Frost is melting on the hot seat at messy Nebraska and #3 Clemson faces #5 Georgia this week.  It's game week on KKHI.

   It's time to become a fan of Urban Meyer as he refreshingly speaks his mind.  The latest?  Meyer says of course the Covid vax is a factor in whether to keep a player or not, it's the NFL's silly rules.  Now the NFLPA is investigating the Jacksonville coach.
   The Chiefs cuts didn't turn a lot of heads, but they did do something with a player they've never done before.
   A pair of baseball greats have been sent home by MLB Network because they haven't gotten jabbed.  What's going to happen when they need them in the broadcast booth for the playoffs next month?
   Joe Biden's victory dance had a massive contradiction in it that a high school debate teacher would grade with an F.
   And an Oklahoma Congressman is missing after taking a pile of cash towards Afghanistan to hire a helicopter and private help to get an American woman and her four kids out of the war torn country.

   Joe Biden is giving a big speech now that we are out of Afghanistan where he's going to try to convince you that the greater good of getting out justifies the disaster we just witnessed the past two weeks.  Just remember, the most important call in their playbook is controlling the message.  And that's about to start.
   These are the same people that have controlled our Covid policy for two years.  You know, Covid, that virus that kills really old people that aren't well.  Turns out the policies are making our children fatter, sicker and dumber.  Hey, this is great.
  And it's week one for college football as we take a peek at the Jayhawks, Wildcats and Tigers openers.

   It's so sad to lose service members the way America did last week and at the same time, it's heartwarming to see how everyday folks remember them.  So many great tributes all over the land this past weekend reminds us that most Americans are truly great people.
   Now politics, well, that's a different bird.  Mayor Q as a councilman and candidate railed against the city doing deals behind closed doors.   Now it's reported one of the all time great deals is being done in darkness in KCMO.  Of course it is, as what company gets to put all the restaurants in the new KCI is big business for politicians.
   Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs look ready.  But does it look like the future for a whole bunch of AFC offenses and their quarterbacks is pretty bright, too?  If we thought this was going to be a 15 year cakewalk for KC, we should think again.
   Salvador Perez now has more home runs in a season than any other catcher in American League history.  So why are some in the local media trying put an asterisk by it?  We've got the answer.
   And Kansas City native Ed Asner has died at age 91.  He's an all time Emmy Award winner and his character was an inspiration for me.

   With all the bad news and chaos in the world since the start of the pandemic, I was reminded by a listener named Jim Smiley that there is greatness in our communities if we just take the time to see it.
  Jim sent me a video of incredible young kids that benefit from the great work at www.ballardcenter.org in Lawrence and put me in touch with Becky Price, the CEO.  She's carrying on a nearly 60 year tradition of helping people in need and while you'll hear how unique she is, we should remember there are thousands of great Americans just like her in communities everywhere.