After five years of Hays, I finally got to coach my first State at the Coliseum over the weekend. Although I thought security was a bit anal about letting us take our coffee up to our seats first thing in the morning, I really didn't see what all the years of complaining was about. (To be honest, we were pretty creative about getting snacks in and up to our seats, and we did manage to get Subway in, but we weren't going to pay for hospitality room food — that's just wrong)

True, it's out in the middle of nowhere and it's a pretty ugly and dreary building, but I really didn't have a real problem with the place. Down on the mats it was a great atmosphere, with a NCAA feel to it. And when you get right down to it, that's the only important part, isn't it?

Wherever State is next year (Wichita, Salina, Manhattan, Kansas City) we'll be there and we're already looking forward to it. But after years of Kansas Coliseum bashing, I guess we could do worse.