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I think that once we lost Hankins, we lost Obaseki, too. When Kris' dad, Michael, left the ORU program in the mid-80's, he landed with the Ken Hayes-coached team at Northeastern State. One of his teammates was Tom Hankins and Michael and Tom stayed connected from that time on. With Tom gone (who was probably Kris' biggest advocate), it was either move to Carbondale or London. I believe Kris made the right choice!! Since Obaseki wasn't on the roster for the 2012-13 season, I have to believe that this has been the plan for some time.

DBH tweeted a photo of the team's last summer lift. He later mentioned there were only 2 teammates left out of the picture. 1. Damen Bell-Holter (letterwinner) 2. Warren Niles (letterwinner) 3. Steven Roundtree (letterwinner) traveled back home before pic 4. Mikey Manghum (letterwinner) 5. Jake Lliteras (letterwinner) traveled back home before pic 6. Shawn Glover (junior off redshirt) 7. D.J. Jackson (freshman off redshirt) 8. Korey Billbury (freshman off redshirt) 9. Jorden Kaufmann (incoming freshman) 10. Corbin Byford (incoming freshman) 11. Brandon Conley (incoming freshman) Not playing this year: 12. Obi Emegano (redshirting transfer)

After reading this thread I was had already clicked to leave this page and move on to the next, when it hit me that this post (and Bogus' following) represent PRECISELY what makes this such a great message board. We have SO MANY PEOPLE with so many connections that share on here that we nearly always know the background and back story to almost everything that goes on in ORU athletics. It's what makes our board so interesting, fun and informative. Thanks for your excellent post, MrsSmith.

I talked to Kris' dad a few months ago and he was taking a job in England. The rest of the family, wife and daughter, were moving (from Houston) after school was out. Maybe Kris is just visiting - hopeful for that anyway. I don't think that it would be a good time to be traveling to England.