Lawrence Police Department used winter weather messages to troll Kansas State athletics
Perhaps this seemingly never-ending winter has caused some folks to go a little stir crazy.
Not Jack Nicholson in “The Shining” crazy, but get on social-media and poke fun at your in-state rival foolishness has ensued.
Kansas State fans probably never saw this coming, but the Lawrence Police Department (@LawrenceKS_PD) trolled the Wildcats hard on X as snow and bitter cold enveloped the area.
Tuesday’s weather was not fit for man nor beast, and the police department shared this message: “The roads around Lawrence aren’t great, but they also aren’t terrible. We aren’t currently working any crashes or slide-offs. However, it’s colder than KState’s national championship record out there, so maybe stay home anyway.”
No surprise, but that didn’t go over well with Wildcats fans. Kansas State hasn’t won a national championship in basketball, while KU has won the NCAA Tournament four times.
Some Wildcats supporters responded to the police department and it doubled down on the K-State jabs.
Someone countered with this: “Or your chances of winning it this year.” The police department account wrote: “The Lawrence Police Department probably won’t be playing in any NCAA championships this year. Or any year. Just like KState.”
A KSHB reporter tried to play along, writing: “Careful out there KC! Temperatures continue to drop like KU’s chances of a rebound this season.”
The police offered this retort: “We’ve worked 0 weather related crashes since midnight, so that’s great. But if we get too many Wildcat tears on the road they’ll freeze and break our crash-free streak.”
Things are salty on snow-covered roads ... and on the Lawrence Police Department’s social media account.
On Tuesday afternoon, the police was at it again.
“The weather is getting uglier than a college mascot that’s just a cat head with a human body, but road crews are getting work done,” it wrote on X. “Not terribly slick, but if you’re leaving your couch today, give yourself extra time to get where you’re going, and take it slow.”
And the social-media team explained why it was shading the Wildcats.
This story was originally published February 18, 2025 at 9:54 AM.
