When you travel a lot, you can get confused as to which state you're in.

Even if you're president.

Opening his speech today in Osawatomie, Kan., Obama said, "It is great to be back in the state of Tex-- ... state of Kansas!"

Obama briefly explained he had been giving a "hard time" to Bill Self, who is the men's basketball coach at Kansas University, a big hoop rival of the University of Texas.

Self's team did lose did lose to the Longhorns last season -- at home in Lawrence, no less -- but the Jayhawks got revenge by beating Texas in the finals of the Big 12 tournament.

In any event, Texas is not Kansas -- as residents in both states would surely be happy to tell you.