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Now hearken back that fateful night Not many moons ago When the Cowboys smashed the Jayhawks An all-time Jayhawk low

When prognosticators panned them And dropped them from the poll And fans were in dissension They wanted heads to roll

It seemed it was the darkest Time in Jayhawkville They claimed the Cheno had no heart And Luke Axtell was ill

And Boschee was just plain ol' bad And Big Butt fans won't hoot And Collison fouled way too much And Kenny couldn't shoot

And Nicky B was careless Talentless and wild And Hinrich wasn't ready And Marlon was too mild

And Ashante played too much Or was it not enough And Gooden couldn't pass the ball And faded when it got rough

And Carey was a real nice guy But he really couldn't play And Lester's a distraction And Nooner's in the way

And Crider was a wasted pick And Roy had lost his touch The average fan knew more than him Oh, yeah and he substituted way too much

And the team was way too young Too green and immature As soon a tourney time was here An early exit was for sure

They played okay at Allen Where the home fans made the noise But as soon as they were on the road They seemed to lose their poise

You'd think that after OSU Their fans would surely balk But the Nation was about to see What it meant to be a Jayhawk

The fans all rallied round To offer up their cheers As the Jayhawks struggled game to game Against opponents jeers

But just when it seemed darkest The real Jayhawks came forth They gradually improved And won the Big 12 north

They had two early losses In Columbia and Ames But at home they held their serve And brought honor to their names

Like Phoenix from the ashes They gradually improved From 6th place in the Big 12 race Up the charts they moved

They suffered humiliation With class and dignity But they finally learned their lesson And started on their spree

The fans they were frustrated But filled with Jayhawk pride And even at the bottom They never left their side

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