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BY JEFF DETERS
jdeters@kansan.com
Julio Mata Jr. has never set foot in a tan-
ning salon.
But his business plan for a bilingual tan-
ning salon has won a national award and
earned him a $2,000 renewable four-year
scholarship.
Mata, a Kansas City, Kan., freshman major-
ing in business management, won first place
at the United States Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce Foundations Bizfest, a competi-
tion and training program for high school
and college students interested in a career in
business. The competition, which ran from
Sept. 19-22 in San Juan, Puerto Rico, required
students to create a business plan complete
with financial information. But Mata was, at
one time, without a plan at all.
In regionals last spring, Mata, a then-high
school senior, was still searching for the right
business idea just hours before presentations
were due. One of his trainers opened a phone
book and on it were ads for tanning salons.
Mata began his research at about midnight
and stayed up until 4 a.m. working on his new
plan. Matas late-night work paid off, however,
as he finished second at regionals.
I was confident in myself when I pre-
sented it, he said. So thats what helped me. I
didnt think I was going to place second, but I
thought Id be in the top three.
Mata said the concept of a bilingual tan-
ning salon was incorporated because he
speaks Spanish and English and thought the
salon would be better equipped to serve
customers.
At the Bizfest finals in September, Mata
was again up until the wee hours of the morn-
ing getting more accurate financial numbers
in regards to loans, rent, utility bills and other
expenses. Mata was rewarded again but this
time with the first-place award.
I guess I work better under pressure, he
said.
In addition to the award and scholar-
ship, Mata has been offered an all-expenses-
paid trip to attend the USHCC Legislative
Conference in March, an internship this sum-
mer with the USHCC in Washington, D.C.,
and another summer internship with Sprint.
Mata said one of the things he learned
from the competition was the importance of
networking. He said meeting people from
Sprint and Google helped him learn a great
deal about managing finances of big busi-
nesses. Mata said in the future he wanted to
work in international business.
Susana Rodriguez, Kansas City, Kan., fresh-
man, also competed at Bizfest. Rodriguez, a
French and pre-medicine major, submitted a
business plan called HealthCARE for All. It
featured a clinic for Hispanics and uninsured
people.
She said she chose that idea because a year
ago her dad was diagnosed with muscular dys-
trophy and his medical coverage expired, mak-
ing his doctor visits difficult and expensive.
Rodriquez did not place at nationals but
said she made new friends and enjoyed net-
working with business professionals.
In Puerto Rico I met so many people that
I have a lot in common with, and we still keep
in touch, she said.
Carlos Gomez, president and CEO of the
Greater Kansas City Hispanic Chamber of
Commerce, said that during the past five
years Kansas City-area students had routinely
placed in the top three of the competition but
never first until this year.
They did tremendous, he said. We are
very proud of them.
Rodriquez, who might someday want to
open her own clinic, offered a suggestion to
those interested in a business career: Always
ask for the business cards of people you
meet.
You never know when you might need to
contact them, she said.
Editedby JefBriscoe
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Business plan earns scholarship bucks
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Andrew Wacker/KANSAN
Julio Mata, Kansas City, Kan., freshman, won a
renewable $2,000 scholarship for his business model
for a bilingual tanning salon. Mata won the frst place
award at Bizfest nationals in September in San Juan,
Puerto rico.
rock Chalk Jayhawk
Sarah leonard/KANSAN
Brad Crawford, leawood freshman and Phi Delta Theta fraternity member, chalks thursday afternoon onWescoe Beach. Phi delta theta competed in the event with its homecoming partner, alpha Gamma delta. to refect the Jayhawk
nation theme, the group designed Jayhawks to represent places across the u.S.
entertainment
awards
Comic
to visit
campus
Sunday
Hes known for his comedic views
on college and sports while appear-
ing on various radio and television
shows, but comedian Steve Hofstetter
will bring his views to the University
of Kansas this weekend for a fund-
raiser by Alpha Epsilon Pi. Hofstetter
was in Alpha Epsilon
Pi at Columbia
University.
The show will
take place at 4 p.m.
Sunday in Woodruff
Auditorium in the
Kansas Union. Tickets
cost $5 for students
and $8 for the general
public.
In addition to his career as a come-
dian, Hofstetter also has a weekly column
on SportsIllustrated.com.
Hofstetter
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Audio service adds The Kansan
Audio-Reader added The University
Daily Kansan and the Oread to the daily
recordings that visually impaired people
can access over the phone.
A faculty member requested to have the
newspaper recorded after she lost most of
her vision last year. A volunteer records
The Kansan in the studio daily, and on
Thursdays the Jayplay also is available. The
recording usually are finished by 10 a.m.
Other newspapers such as The Kansas
City Star and The Wichita Eagle were
already available through the service.
Full STORy PAgE 3A
ROTC adds members to Hall of Fame
The Army ROTC is inducting three KU
alumni into its Hall of Fame tomorrow at a
ceremony before the football game.
The three inductees are Judge J. Miles
Sweeney, vice chairman of the Circuit Court
Budget Committee, Edward Reilly, chair-
man of the United States Parole Commission
and Michael Flowers, brigadier general and
U.S. commander of the Joint POW/MIA
Accounting Command.
Flowers spoke to the Army ROTC on
Thursday in Alderson Auditorium about
his job and his leadership role.
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By Katherine LesLie and
Francesca chamBers
This weekend Jayhawks of all ages
will come to Lawrence for homecom-
ing. The Homecoming Day activities
should keep students, alumni and
fans busy Saturday. But a day full
of activities should not stop stu-
dents from enjoying their Friday and
Saturday nights.
Harry Potter SHowing
What better way to start off a
magical homecoming weekend than
by watching SUAs presentation of
Harry Potter and the Order of the
Phoenix. The movie will be shown
at 8 p.m. in Woodruff Auditorium in
the Kansas Union.
According to the movies Web
site, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe),
returns to Hogwarts for his fifth
year. With the help of his friends
Hermione (Emma Watson) and
Ron (Rupert Grint), Harry teaches
a secret group of students who call
themselves Dumbledores Army.
They learn how to protect them-
selves from the Dark Arts. Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
is the fifth movie in the Warner
Brothers Harry Potter series.
CHarlie Brown Play
For all those who loved the classic
comic Peanuts but always won-
dered what would happen if good-
old Charlie Brown ever reached
puberty, the answer has arrived in
the play Dog Sees God: Confessions
of a Teenage Blockhead. Show
opens at 8 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2, at XS
Lighting Sound and Visualization,
1632 Broadway St., Kansas City, Mo.
In the play, Charlie Brown and the
gang have grown up and now face
the pains of high school, hormones
and other assorted trials, from the
death of his beloved beagle to the
headache of dealing with Charlies
identity-torn, drama-queen sister
Sally. Although the play is open to
all ages, it contains explicit language,
drug use, violence and other adult
content. Tickets cost $15 for adults
and $10 for students and seniors. For
more information or to buy tickets,
visit www.eubankproductions.com,
or call (816)224-3004.
r&B SHow
After a jam-packed Saturday
of homecoming activities and the
Nebraska game, listening to a riveting
soul/R&B performance at Lawrence
Arts Center, 940 New Hampshire
St., might be just the thing to cool
down. Kelly Hunt performs at 8 p.m.
in the Lawrence Arts Center. Hunt,
a veteran of more than 1,500 live
performances, will be crooning solo
to the accompaniment of Nashvilles
Mitch Reilly, who plays tenor sax,
acoustic and electric guitars, flute
and the pennywhistle. Hunt has per-
formed at several events, such as
Seattles Bumbershoot Festival, the
Austin City Limits Music Festival
and the South by Southwest festival.
He is the 2007 recipient of the Kansas
Governors Award for the Arts,
according to www.lawrenceartscen-
ter.com. The show begins at 8 p.m.
Tickets cost $15 and are available in
advance at the center and by calling
(785)843-2787.
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misuse of credit card
An employee of the Kansas
Union was terminated for mak-
ing improper purchases on the
Unions credit card.
According to KU Public
Safety reports between Oct.
12 and Oct. 28, the employee,
a purchasing assistant, used
the Union credit card to make
$1,080.61 worth of purchases.
He used the credit card at
Target, Rays Liquor Warehouse,
Wal-Mart and Motel 6. The
employees job was to purchase
items necessary for the Unions
dining operations.
David Mucci, director of the
Kansas Union, said they caught
the employee when Nona
Golledge, director of food ser-
vices, saw that receipts from the
credit card contained purchases
from improper places.
Im not sure what pre-
cipitated this development,
Mucci said. It happened in a
concentrated period, and the
good news is we saw it quickly.
We should be able to avoid the
charges.
Mucci said he was unsure
how long the employee had
been working for the Union
but it had been a while.The
employee typically made
purchases with the credit card
every week. Mucci said this was
the frst time a credit card had
been improperly used during
his eight years at the Union.
To prevent an incident like
this from happening again,
Mucci said the Kansas Union
was reviewing its procedures
and would reduce access to its
credit cards. He said the Kansas
Union would likely start using
credit cards that can only be
used for one specifc vendor.
Mark Dent
By Kate august
editor@kansan.com
As the University gears up for
homecoming 2007, students are
coming together to show off their
school spirit.
Today is Crimson and Blue Day
on Wescoe Beach. Anyone wear-
ing crimson and blue on campus
can stop by for free goodies from
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. This years items
include Jayhawk stickers, pompoms,
Jayhawk tattoos, hot chocolate and
crimson and blue beads.
In addition to winning prizes for
showing their school spirit, students
can wish the football team good
luck by signing the good luck ban-
ner. The banner will be featured in
the Homecoming Parade the next
day.
Morgan Shirley, Overland
Park senior and a member of the
Homecoming Steering Committee,
is confident that the event will pump
up students for the homecoming
game the following day.
This event is low-key but intend-
ed to keep spirits high prior to the
big football game and help increase
school spirit, Shirley said.
Matt Galbraith, Leawood sopho-
more, already has his outfit picked
out for Fridays events.
I am going to wear a crimson
T-shirt and a blue hat, he said. I
want to make sure both colors are
represented.
However, the colors mean more
to him than just a potential outfit.
Our traditions and chant are next
to none, which makes our school so
much more charged with spirit than
other universities, Galbraith said.
Participating in her first home-
coming, Kirsten Devin, Omaha,
Neb., freshman, is enthused for the
various activities throughout the
week, especially Crimson and Blue
Day and the signing of the good
luck banner.
KU spirit goes deeper than the
symbol of the Jayhawk, she said.
Crimson and blue run in my blood.
Dressing up in my Universitys col-
ors is an outward sign of my great
KU pride.
Tonia Salas, Wichita freshman,
agreed with her sentiment.
I take personal pride in being a
student at KU, and I jump at every
opportunity I get to show my KU
spirit, Salas said. I am excited to
dress in my best crimson and blue
apparel on Friday.
Frances Lafferty, Overland Park
freshman, will be one of the stu-
dents at Wescoe on Friday to sign
the good luck banner.
It is good for them [the football
players] to know that the students at
KU are behind them no matter what
happens during Saturdays game,
Lafferty said. The encouragement
and support of the students is moti-
vation for the football team. Chea
Peterman, a redshirt freshman from
Little Rock, Ark., cant wait until
next year when he gets a chance to
play in front of the University fans.
Playing with a full student sec-
tion will definitely get me pumped
for the game, he said. KU students
have a lot of spirit which makes me
want to win.
Editedby JefBriscoe
Fans rally support for football team
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BY MATT LINDBERG
mlindberg@kansan.com
He pokes fun at college life and
sports when hes writing columns
for SportsIllustrated.com and appear-
ing on various
ESPN shows, but
comedian Steve
Hofstetter will
bring his come-
dic views to cam-
pus this weekend.
Alpha Epsilon
Pi is holding a
fundraiser with Hofstetter as the
host at 4 p.m. Sunday in Woodruff
Auditorium in the Kansas Union.
Barak Krengel, Dallas junior and
member of Alpha Epsilon Pi, said
the profits would be used to help pay
the houses future costs.
Its specifically targeted to raise
money for our house repairs and for
new programming events for our
brothers, Krengel said.
Marc Kingston, Wembley,
England, sophomore and Alpha
Epsilon Pi rush chairman, began
planning Hofstetters show and a
fundraiser as two separate events a
year ago before deciding to merge
the two together.
We thought it would be a fun idea
to use his show as a fundraiser for
our fraternity, Kingston said. Most
fundraisers usually are involved with
selling T-shirts or something along
those lines. We thought we could do
something a little different and use a
well-known comedian to help raise
us money.
Hofstetter, who graduated from
Columbia University in 2002 as a
member of Alpha Epsilon Pi, is a reg-
ular columnist for SportsIllustrated.
com. He also has written for Maxim,
ESPN and Sports Illustrated For
Kids magazines in the past. Each
year he tours more than 100 college
campuses to perform his comedy
routine. In 2004 he was nominated
for Comedian of the Year by the
Association for the Promotion of
Campus Activities.
Krengel said word of mouth
among college students had increased
Hofstetters popularity.
Steve was referred to us by many
other campuses, and we only heard
great things about him, so we want-
ed to have the chance to bring him to
KU, Krengel said.
SUA employees said tickets were
still available at the SUA box office.
Tickets cost $5 for KU students and
$8 for the general public.
Edited by Amelia Freidline
BY COURTNEY CONDRON
ccondron@kansan.com
Finding and identifying remains
of American soldiers, such as teeth,
bones, medals and letters, is the goal
of the Joint POW/MIA Accounting
Command.
Eighty-eight thousand
Americans are still missing or
unaccounted for from previous
U.S. conflicts. The command has
recovery and investigation missions
in Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam and
Europe. Michael Flowers, brigadier
general and U.S. commander of
the accounting command, negoti-
ates with leaders of foreign coun-
tries about doing excavations and
searches for remains in their coun-
tries.
Its important because folks in
the military are pretty much told
that the army will not leave anyone
behind, Flowers said.
Flowers, a 1977 KU graduate,
spoke to the Army ROTC yester-
day about his job, leadership and
the important things to remember
while serving. Flowers, along with
two other alumni, Edward Reilly,
chairman of the United States
Parole Commission, and Judge J.
Miles Sweeney, vice chairman of the
Circuit Court Budget Committee,
will be inducted into the Army
ROTC Hall of Fame on Saturday.
When I graduated my inten-
tions were to serve my four years
of commitment and get out of the
service, so this is an honor, Flowers
said.
The three inductees will attend a
ceremony before the football game
and will join the Hall of Fame.
Eleven other alumni have been
inducted into the hall since it was
started two years ago.
Tyler Able, Billings, Mont.,
senior and Army publications offi-
cer, said, We want to get them to
realize that their achievements have
not been forgotten.
John Basso, ROTC professor and
lieutenant colonel, said that the Hall
of Fame was created to help foster a
strong sense of tradition.
We want the cadets to realize
that they are certainly not the first
to go through this program, Basso
said.
Sweeney has tried more than
300 jury trials and has imple-
mented local improvements in the
jury system. Reilly is also a mem-
ber of the American Correctional
Association, the Association of
Paroling Authorities International
and the National Association of
Chiefs of Police.
Flowers was deployed during
several military operations, includ-
ing Operation Desert Storm. He
continues to travel and oversee the
mission of the Joint POW/MIA
Accounting Command. The com-
mand was the only organization
in the world working to discover
soldiers remains, until it helped
Korea form its own organization
last January. More than 1,300 sol-
diers have been identified through
dental records, DNA samples and
other methods and returned to
their families.
When we do ID someone, its
very rewarding to sit down with the
family, Flowers said.
Flowers said the command
needed DNA references from fam-
ily members of missing soldiers.
Anyone who has a missing relative
can go to the commands Web site
at www.jpac.pacom.mil for more
information about how to donate
DNA.
We will be doing this mission
until the president says were not
going to do it anymore, Flowers
said.
Edited by Amelia Freidline
BY COURTNEY CONDRON
ccondron@kansan.com
Mary Chappell, a University of
Kansas employee for 26 years, always
looked forward to reading The
University Daily Kansan, but that
became a challenge when she lost
most of her vision about a year ago.
C h a p p e l l ,
director of
R e c r e a t i o n
Services, solved
her problem and
can now listen to
The Kansan over
the phone. She
requested that
Audi o-Reader,
a telephone and
radio print and
information ser-
vice for the visu-
ally impaired, add The Kansan to
its daily recordings. In January, fac-
ulty at Audio-Reader were able to
accomplish this, and they now have
a full staff of volunteers who record
The Kansan Monday through Friday
mornings and Jayplay on Thursdays.
Audio-Reader now also carries
the Oread magazine, a publication of
the Office of University Relations.
Chappell now listens to The
Kansan every day.
With a large campus like KU, you
never know about all the services out
there until something big impacts
your life, Chappell said.
J e n n i f e r
Nigro, Audio-
Reader volun-
teer coordina-
tor, said that the
service added
The Kansan
to its record-
ings because
of Chappells
request but
that they had
received a lot of
positive feed-
back from others.
Audio-Reader, which is available
in Kansas and western Missouri,
already had publications such as The
Kansas City Star and The Wichita
Eagle available through its telephone
service. Listeners can call into the
telephone line and enter their user
ID numbers and security numbers to
access the newspapers.
George McCoy, Audio-Reader
telephone reader supervisor, said he
thought The Kansan provided an
interesting change from commercial-
ly owned publications.
Offering the UDK on telephone
reader allows listeners all over Kansas
and parts of Missouri to keep up with
campus events and campus life and
also gives a viewpoint on KU thats
not always available in the main-
stream media, McCoy said.
Each weekday, a volunteer comes
into the studio between 6 a.m. and
9 a.m. to record The Kansan, which
takes one to two hours. McCoy said
he tried to have the material recorded
on the telephone line by 10 a.m.
We want the listeners to be able
to experience the morning news in
the morning when its still fresh, if we
can, McCoy said.
Students who want to volunteer
with Audio-Reader can visit reader.
ku.edu for more information.
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Copperopolis onThursday. Keystone Resort and Copper Mountain will be the third and fourth resorts in Colorado to open this season.
With a large campus like KU,
you never know about all the
services out there until some-
thing big impacts your life.
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Comedian, columnist to visit campus this weekend
Bush to veto health insurance bill
politics
Army ROTC honors alumni
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WASHINGTON A defiant
Democratic-controlled Congress
voted Thursday to provide health
insurance to an additional 4 mil-
lion lower-income children, and
President Bush vowed swiftly to
cast his second straight veto on the
issue.
The legislation cleared the Senate
on a vote of 64-30. It passed the
House last week, but supporters
were shy of the two-thirds majority
needed to override Bushs threat-
ened veto.
Were convinced that the presi-
dent has undermined an effort to
protect children, Senate Majority
Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said
shortly before the vote.
Congress has known for weeks
that the President would veto this
bill, White House press secretary
Dana Perino countered in a state-
ment shortly after the vote. Now
Congress should get back to work
on legislation that covers poor chil-
dren and stop using valuable floor
time to make partisan statements.
In a situation of unusual political
complexity, Republicans dictated
the decision to pass the legislation
speedily. It appeared their goal was
to short-circuit attempts by sup-
porters of the bill to reach a com-
promise that
could attract
enough votes
in the House to
override Bushs
veto.
Attempts by
Reid to delay
final passage of
the bill until next
week or longer
drew objections
from the GOP.
I believe a
deal is within reach, said Sen. Max
Baucus (D-Mont.) the chairman of
the Senate Finance Committee, a
participant in meetings with two
senior Senate Republicans, Sens.
Charles Grassley of Iowa and Orrin
Hatch of Utah, and several mem-
bers of the House GOP.
Rep. Judy Biggert (R-Ill.) who
supported Bushs first veto and is
involved in the discussions, said
we are pretty close to an agree-
ment but that several issues remain.
For example, she said, the two sides
had narrowed their differences on
the issue of ensuring maximum
coverage of poor children before
those in slightly
higher-income
families can be
brought into the
program.
Baucus said
the negotiations
would resume
next week.
The veto-
threatened mea-
sure would add
an estimated
4 million ben-
eficiaries to an existing program
that provides coverage for children
from families who earn too much
to qualify for Medicaid but cannot
afford private insurance. The pro-
gram currently provides benefits to
roughly 6 million children.
At a cost of $35 billion, the
bill would be paid for through an
increase in tobacco taxes, including
a 61-cent rise
on a package of
cigarettes.
Bush vetoed
an earlier chil-
drens health
bill this fall, and
Republican crit-
ics said it failed
to give a high
enough priority
to covering poor
children, marked
a Democratic
attempt to expand government-run
health care, and did not take suf-
ficient steps to prevent the children
of illegal immigrants from receiving
benefits.
Democrats failed to override
his veto on a vote of 273-156, 13
short of the two-thirds majority
they needed.
In response, Democrats launched
a replacement measure, incorporat-
ing changes they said were designed
to meet Republican objections to
their first offering.
But Bush dismissed those efforts
this week, telling a business audi-
ence, If Congress sends this bill
back to me, Im
going to veto it
again. He pre-
dicted his sec-
ond veto would
be upheld.
A day ear-
lier, the presi-
dent told House
Republicans in a
private meeting
that he would
veto any mea-
sure that raised
tobacco or any other taxes, a signifi-
cant hardening of the administra-
tions public position on the issue.
Political polls show the childrens
health issue enjoys widespread sup-
port, and Democrats and their allies
have moved quickly to exploit it
for their advantage with television
and radio commercials attacking
Republicans who opposed the leg-
islation.
The result has been a grow-
ing nervousness among House
Republicans looking ahead to the
2008 elections. The partys top lead-
ers, Reps. John Boehner of Ohio
and Roy Blunt of Missouri, joined
the compromise negotiations in
recent days.
It is unlikely either of them would
support a bill that raises taxes.
Rather, officials said their intention
was to coax as many concessions
as possible from the Democrats so
that the next measure would be
one that other Republicans among
the rank-and-file could comfortably
support.
Were convinced that the presi-
dent has undermined an efort
to protect children.
harry reid
Senate majority leader
Congress has known for weeks
that the President would veto
this bill. Now Congress should
get back to work on legislation
that covers poor children.
dana perino
White house press secretary
hofstetter
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mark peTTerson
I
hate local music.
I saw this on a T-shirt
on Massachusetts Street, and
immediately I knewthe man
wearing it knew what he was
talking about. Maybe he was
trying to make a statement, or
perhaps it was just a joke, but I,
for one, can relate to the senti-
ment. Local music is a term
used much too often around
Lawrence and other hip college
towns that just isnt worth much
anymore. Ive come to the
conclusion that its just an-
other name for subpar musi-
cianship; a hollow buzzword
that has little meaning or an
excuse to be indie-pop-rock-
folk-inspired (whatever the
hell that means). Walk into
any bar downtown on any
given night and youll hear
what Im talking about.
I must have heard the phrase
support local music at least
1,000 times in the last year, and
every time I hear it I am confused
as to what they really mean. Is
music some sort of domestic
product that must be subsidized
to get the Lawrence economy
back on its feet? Is there some
sort of pseudo-farmers market
where we should be shopping
instead of the record store? Or
do they mean that we, as citi-
zens of Lawrence, should culti-
vate homegrown bands so that
future generations can be just as
good at it as we are, like foot-
ball? Perhaps it simply means
that we should attend concerts
because our roommates girl-
friends new puppys veterinar-
ian is in a band, and they are,
like, totally far-out, man.
The problem with support-
ing local music is that, quite
simply, most of it is awful. To be
fair, there is a small amount of
musicians who are talented and
dedicated to producing quality
work, but for every good band
there are at least 10 bad ones
whose only draw is that they
dress in gaudy leftover Hallow-
een costumes with homemade
instruments or warbling singer-
songwriters doing their best to
imitate Jack Johnson. Is it good
to support something that is just
plain bad?
But I do not wish to discrimi-
nate just against Lawrencian
mediocrity. This town is a mi-
crocosm of the global descent
of popular music in recent de-
cades. So much has changed
since the golden age of rock.
Instead of eminent and charis-
matic frontmen, we now have
American Idol wannabes and
singers who sound like crying
pre-pubescents, and instead of
virtuosic guitar riffs and drum-
mers playing until they pass out
(R.I.P. Keith Moon), we have
accordions and girls dressed in
giant banana outfts. This is not
music. This is cheap theater.
After the glorifed outbreak
of pop in the 1950s and 60s,
things slowly went downhill. Af-
ter the excess and decadence of
70s music, the 80s were a quick
descent into hair bands and Mi-
chael Jackson, two things that
are best forgotten, lest one have
constant nightmares. The early
90s were a grungy glimmer of
hope quickly quashed by big
label ferocity. And now, while
the Indie scene is burgeon-
ing, rock n roll is quietly dy-
ing. Why must we continue to
propagate the dead genre that
once was Indie? It was a nice
thought but has long since run
its course. Indie is no longer an
innovation. Sounding vaguely
like a Lennon/McCartney tune
does not make a good melody.
Volume does not equal rock n
roll. Having a glass-shattering
falsetto or indestructible vocal
chords does not make you bet-
ter than Bob Dylan. And nei-
ther does not being anything
else. Just because you claim to
defy genre (hear me now, Beck!)
does not make you, by default, a
good musician.
So dont be browbeaten into
thinking that just because you
arent into the scene around
town, that you dont know mu-
sic. Its a terrible lie supported
by cooler-than-thou hipsters
who have nothing better to do
than make you feel bad about
yourself. So turn off the new
Devendra Banhart album and
any local band that has more
than three made-up words in its
name, and turn up your Stravin-
sky, Coltrane, Robert Johnson
and Rolling Stones records. You
wont be disappointed. And
then perhaps we can get to the
task of recognizing and creating
some decent music for the next
generation.
Petterson is a Prairie Village
junior in English.
O
n behalf of all the stu-
dents on our campus
and throughout the
country who are civically ac-
tive, we acknowledge that there
is some youth that are apathetic
toward politics, but there are
many who are not. The article
that was run in the Kansan re-
garding apathy among young
voters was not only offensive to
those of us who are politically
active, but simply not news.
This country knows that youth
from the ages of 18-24 have
the lowest voter turnout rate,
but according to the Center for
Information and Research on
Civic Learning, in 2004 youth
reversed a historic decline with
an 11 percent voting increase.
The unprecedented involve-
ment and excitement amongst
youth is the real news of the day.
Students are playing a much
more integral role in presidential
campaigns as there are currently
three offcially registered groups
on campus dedicated to presi-
dential candidates. Campaigns
are for the frst time ever insti-
tuting entire divisions of their
campaigns dedicated to stu-
dents. Students on this campus
are volunteering for campaigns,
canvassing student housing ar-
eas and traveling to Iowa to
canvass. While some students
are still abstaining from civic
engagement, this is the perfect
time for all students to realize
their ability to bring about posi-
tive change. It is becoming pop-
ular and exciting to be involved
in our countrys future.
Marc Langston
College Democrats of Kansas,
President
Clarissa Unger
Students for Barack Obama,
Kansas Coordinator
Langston is a Wichita senior;
Unger, a Colby junior.
Made up names alone do not make the band
Talent is talent; calling it local or dressing it up with costumes may sell tickets, but it cant keep a beat or make bad musicians good
marc langsTon and clarissa unger
You know what? My day sucked
until i discovered my mom sent
me brownies.
Our academics are fantastic,
but not exciting or fun.
screw this. im gonna go play
Pokemon.
seriously, anyone want to live
in naismith?
Who the hell wants to talk
about academics?
Free For Alls entries are going
downhill. stop talking about the
football season already. Whoop-
di-do, we won eight games.
Academics, anyone?
You dont know about my ad-
ditional pylons.
ron Paul will win when i begin
hating the Free For All. Which will
be never.
ron Paul is the sorriest excuse
for a presidential candidate ive
ever seen.
Who the crap is ron Paul?
Kiss of death.
ron Paul may be a good citizen,
yet his supporters are not.
stop being negative toward
ron Paul. He is being a good
citizen.
Why are the ron Paul support-
ers bombarding the College re-
publicans and Young democrats
groups? He has less of a chance to
win than Mike Gravel.
im still in love with my ex-boy-
friend. its been a year and a half.
Wait. someones trying to date
fsh?
typical sorority girl in a disgust-
ed voice: she has like no friends
and shes trying to date a Beta.
to the teletubbies on campus, i
have nothing.
if youre on Wescoe Beach to-
day, be sure to take along several
buckets of water, and dont use
sparingly. Youre truly God.
nebraska is no longer an
impressive win for anyone. dont
even think about going anywhere
near the goalposts on saturday!
i had the best Halloween ever,
and we didnt even really go out.
im not your stupid taxi. drive
yourself.
You know why i love Hallow-
een? When else can i see Xerxes,
Paris Hilton, Zombies, sluts and
super heroes all at one party?
What does the scouter say
about his power level? its over
nine thousand. What, nine thou-
sand?
im done for, completely done
for.
thats why you smoke in the
dorm!
trust me, smoking in the dorms
is a terrible idea.
i hate that i feel like i am sur-
rounded by people with abso-
lutely no morals.
is it bad that i feel like im going
to corrupt this boy in every way
possible?
i absolutely hate checking into
the dorms. everyone knows when
youre stoned of your ass.
its awkward as hell.
i can husk corn, can i be nebras-
kas mascot?
dear God: Please have mercy
on nebraska this weekend.
its not their fault theyre all
redneck, cornhusking, farmer
scum!
im from nebraska and i really
hate unL. Please, please, please
football players, for me, stomp
them into the ground!
dear God: Please have mercy
on nebraska this weekend. its not
their fault they arent Kansas.
NEWS 6A friday, november 2, 2007
By CHRISTOPHER
TOOTHAKER
ASSOCIATEd PRESS
CARACAS, Venezuela
Soldiers used tear gas, plastic bullets
and water cannons to scatter tens of
thousands who massed Thursday to
protest constitutional reforms that
would permit Venezuelan President
Hugo Chavez to run for re-election
indefinitely.
Led by university students, pro-
testers chanted Freedom! Freedom!
and warned that 69 amendments
drafted by the Chavista-dominated
National Assembly would violate
civil liberties and derail democracy.
It was the biggest turnout against
Chavez in months, and appeared to
revive Venezuelas languid opposi-
tion at a time when the president
seems as strong as ever. Students
promised more street demon-
strations over the weekend, but
no opposition-led protests were
planned for Friday.
This is a dictatorship masked
as democracy, said Jorge Rivas, an
18-year-old student. Chavez wants
our country to be like Cuba, and
were not going to allow that to
occur.
Authorities broke up the pro-
test outside the headquarters of the
countrys electoral council, report-
ing that six police officers and one
student were injured. But students
said dozens of protesters were
hurt during the melee. The local
Globovision television network
broadcast footage of several police
beating an unarmed protester with
billy clubs.
Student leader Freddy Guevara
said it was not immediately clear
how many students were arrested,
and he urged local human rights
groups to help verify the number of
detained protesters.
Students hurled rocks and bot-
tles, and a few lifted up sections of
metal barricades and thrust them
against police holding riot shields.
Students retreated later when police
fired plastic bullets.
Rock-throwing between students
and Chavez supporters continued at
a nearby university campus.
Chavez wants to remain in
power his entire life, and thats not
democracy, said Gonzalo Rommer,
a 20-year-old student who joined
protesters marching to the National
Elections Council.
Deputy Justice Minister Tarek
El Aissami blamed students for the
violence, saying they forced their
way through police barricades.
But Vicente Diaz, one of five
National Election Council direc-
tors, accused National Guardsmen
and police of using excessive force
to disperse protesters. We abso-
lutely condemn the behavior of the
authorities, Diaz said.
The amendments would give the
government control over the Central
Bank, create new types of coopera-
tive property, allow authorities to
detain citizens without charge dur-
ing a state of emergency and extend
presidential terms from six to seven
years allowing Chavez to run again
in 2012.
To take effect, the reforms must
be approved by voters in a Dec. 2
referendum.
By ROXANA HEGEMAN
ASSOCIATEd PRESS
WICHITA Sedgwick County
District Judge Clark V. Owens will
hear arguments Friday on a motion
by abortion provider George Tiller
to dismiss the 19 misdemeanor
charges Attorney General Paul
Morrison filed against him.
Morrison filed charges against
Tiller in June for allegedly failing
to get an independent second opin-
ion on some late-term abortions
as required by Kansas law. Tiller
maintains his innocence.
The hearing is scheduled for 3
p.m. Friday at the Sedgwick County
Courthouse.
The bulk of the arguments at
issue already have been made in
hefty court filings now before the
judge.
Attorneys for the embattled
Wichita doctor argued in court
papers that Kansas law, which
requires a referral from a second
physician before a viable fetus can
be aborted, creates an unconstitu-
tional burden on a physicians right
to practice medicine.
They contend no other medi-
cal procedure requires a concurring
opinion, and argued the statute as
applied violates a womans right to
obtain an abortion. They also called
it unconstitutionally vague.
In voluminous court documents,
Tiller also raised numerous other
arguments.
Among them, Tillers lawyers
told the judge the Kansas referring
physician requirement violates a
citizens liberty to travel in interstate
commerce. They called it an uncon-
stitutional restriction on privileges
and immunities guaranteed every
citizen. And they claimed it vio-
lated the due process clause under
the 14th Amendment of the U.S.
Constitution.
In response, Morrison argued
that the Kansas Legislature, through
statute, expressed a strong inter-
est in protecting potential life, and
chose to demonstrate that interest
by requiring an unbiased second
opinion before a viable fetus could
be legally aborted.
Morrison said requiring a sec-
ond opinion regarding the injury a
woman would sustain if she carried
a pregnancy to term was not an
undue burden on a womans right
to choose. He contended the statute
was constitutional.
The Kansas attorney general
cited the recent U.S. Supreme Court
decision upholding a nationwide
ban on an abortion procedure. The
divided court ruled in April that the
Partial Birth Abortion Ban Act that
Congress passed and President Bush
signed into law in 2003 does not
violate a womans right to choose.
That decision had been widely
seen as an opening for additional
restrictions on abortion rights.
In his court filings, Morrison
cited that case and others to bolster
his contention that the state has
a substantial interest in protecting
human life especially once the
point of viability is reached.
Morrison also cited a federal
court ruling that upheld a similar
law in Montana that requires a sec-
ond doctors opinion before a viable
fetus can be aborted.
As for Tillers argument that no
other medical procedure requires a
second opinion, Morrison respond-
ed that no other medical procedure
involves the purposeful termina-
tion of a potential life.
STATE
District Court
could dismiss
abortion case
World
AssoCiAteD Press
riot police ofcers protect themselves as university students protest in Caracas, Venezuela, onThursday. Troops used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators who turned out by the tens
of thousands to protest constitutional reforms that would permit President Hugo Chavez to run for re-election indefnitely.
Students protest derailed democracy
By LAURIE KELLMAN
ASSOCIATEd PRESS
WASHINGTON President
Bush sought to save Michael
Mukaseys troubled nomination for
attorney general Thursday, defend-
ing the retired judges refusal to say
whether he considers waterboarding
torture and warning of a leaderless
Justice Department if Democrats
dont confirm him.
If the Senate Judiciary Committee
were to block Judge Mukasey on
these grounds, they would set a new
standard for confirmation that could
not be met by any responsible nomi-
nee for attorney general, Bush said in
a speech at the Heritage Foundation,
a conservative think tank.
That would guarantee that
America would have no attorney
general during this time of war, the
President said.
Nonetheless, opposition con-
tinued to grow. Sen. Edward M.
Kennedy, D-Mass., became the
fourth of 10 Democrats on the 19-
member Judiciary Committee to
declare he will vote against Mukasey
when the panel decides Tuesday
whether to endorse or reject his
nomination.
Kennedy said Mukaseys unwill-
ingness to say that waterboarding, an
interrogation technique that simu-
lates drowning, is torture increas-
es the chances that it will be used
against U.S. troops.
Judge Mukasey appears to be a
careful, conscientious and intelligent
lawyer and he has served our country
honorably for many years, Kennedy
said in a Senate speech announcing
his opposition. But those qualities
are not enough for this critical posi-
tion at this critical time.
Judiciary Committee Chairman
Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., planned to
announce Friday how he will vote
next week.
Bush framed Mukaseys nomi-
nation with the familiar theme of
national security and the attorney
generals role in it.
Its important for Congress to
pass laws and/or confirm nominees
that will enable this government to
more effectively defend the country
and pursue terrorists and radicals
that would like to do us harm, the
president said earlier Thursday dur-
ing a rare Oval Office session with
reporters.
The comments raised questions
about whether Bush would nomi-
nate anyone else to succeed Alberto
Gonzales as the nations top law
enforcer. Bush could bypass Congress
by filling the job with someone serv-
ing in an acting capacity or appoint-
ing someone while lawmakers are in
recess to serve out the last 14 months
of his administration.
Asked if Bush was saying he would
not nominate anyone if Mukasey
is rejected, White House spokes-
woman Dana Perino said, We dont
believe it would come to that. No
nominee could meet the test theyve
presented.
There is a way for Mukasey to
get a full Senate vote even if com-
mittee Democrats are united in
opposing him. The Senate Judiciary
Committee could agree to advance
the nomination with no recom-
mendation, allowing Mukasey to
be confirmed by a majority of the
100-member Senate. Several vote-
counters in each party said Mukasey
probably would get 70 yes votes.
courTS
Bush defends attorney general nomination
AssoCiAteD Press
senate Judiciary Committee Chairman sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., right, talks with Attorney
General-designate Michael Mukasey on Capitol Hill inWashington onThursday following Mukaseys
second day of testifying before the committees hearing on his nomination. President Bush accused
Senate Democrats of being unfair in questioning the former judge about waterboarding.
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aking up on a Saturday
morning and watching noth-
ing but information about
college football is almost like Christmas
once a week with ESPNs Chris Fowler,
Kirk Herbstreit and Lee Corso discuss-
ing a full array of information all morn-
ing.
Kansas football fans have tried to
catch a mere glimpse of their teams
mention in years past on ESPNs College
GameDay, and of course, it was rare.
Fast forward to this year, as the Jayhawks
enter this week 8-0. If the record were
not impressive enough, the Jayhawk
offense ranks No. 5 nationally in scor-
ing and No. 11 in yards per game, while
the defense is No. 2 in scoring defense
and No. 5 in yards allowed per game.
Although these numbers are stunning,
Corso still is not impressed.
Last week Corso made a statement
when making his prediction that, Texas
A&M will win because Kansas has not
played outside the state yet and, I am
going to continue picking against them
until I am right.
Little did Mr. Corso know, we beat a
decent Colorado team in Boulder, Colo.,
and would later that day beat a good
Texas A&M team in a hostile College
Station, Texas. The lack of respect Corso
gives the Jayhawks stems from the same
superiority complex that the rest of the
media has for historically good pro-
grams.
Corso loves to give his two cents
about how good the Florida Gators
(5-3), USC Trojans (6-2) and Auburn
Tigers (6-3) are, but has the guts to say
that the Kansas Jayhawks are not for real
but rather a joke. Even after the Kansas
defense gave up only 74 yards on the
ground four in the second half to
a rushing-offense juggernaut in Texas
A&M, which averaged 260 yards per
game entering the contest, I doubt Corso
will change his derogatory tune.
In further discussion, Corso
announced that Boston College was
the best team in college football. When
trying to decipher the difference, look
at the first major knock on Kansas: its
strength of schedule.
But much like Kansas, Boston College
has won three games on the road
Georgia Tech, Notre Dame and Virginia
Tech. Currently, only Virginia Tech is
ranked. Three of the Eagles home vic-
tories were against Army (3-5), Bowling
Green (4-4) and Massachusetts (an FCS
school). So is Boston Colleges schedule
really that much better than Kansas?
And although Kansas ranks high in
statistical categories, Boston College
trails and is out of the top 25 in all four
mentioned earlier. That should count for
something, right?
So what is the basis for Corsos ideas?
His biased opinions are formulated on
the basis that the Jayhawks were once
a terrible team, are not in the SEC and
that the SEC is the nations best confer-
ence. In case he hasnt noticed, the Big
12 North is flourishing without any
recognition or respect, with two teams
ranked in every top 10 poll and poten-
tially five that could become bowl-eligi-
ble, if Nebraska can find another victory.
So for those who endeavor to find
real college football entertainment,
look no further than the resurgence
of the easy-to-enjoy Kansas Jayhawks.
Although Corso will continue to be the
guy at recess who goes double or noth-
ing until hes lost his lunch, you should
pick Kansas because it has shown supe-
riority through its record and the stats
the team has put up. Although this is not
a ploy to retreat from watching College
GameDay, it is my call to arms.
Kansan sportswriter Tyler Passmore
can be reached at tpassmore@kansan.
com.
Edited by JefBriscoe
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Even perfect
start garners
no love from
ESPN analyst
By Tyler Passmore
commentary
By THor NysTrom
tnystrom@kansan.com
This week provides an interesting prism
with which to view the progress of Kansas
football resurgence. Behind the Jayhawks
are the stumbling Texas A&M Aggies (6-3),
a once-proud program that must beat either
Oklahoma, Missouri or Texas in the seasons
waning weeks to be guaranteed even an invi-
tation to a bowl game. Looming in front of
Kansas are the fallen Nebraska Cornhuskers
(5-6), a former powerhouse that could easily
end its season with a losing record.
Both schools are rumored to be mov-
ing closer to firing their coaches, Dennis
Franchione and Bill Callahan, respectively,
in the offseason.
Franchione has gotten himself into trouble
off the field after selling a high-priced secret
newsletter containing information about the
A&M football program to boosters, unbe-
knownst to the athletic department. The act,
a possible NCAA violation, has brought as
much scrutiny to the school as the teams
poor performance.
Callahans departure, meanwhile, seems
imminent. Nebraska fired Athletic Director
Steve Pederson in mid-October, citing a
lack of progress from the football program.
Pedersons signature hire, Callahan, arrived
in Lincoln four years ago. The school hired
former coaching legend Tom Osborne as
interim athletic director.
Calls to the Nebraska Athletic Department
by The University Daily Kansan seeking
comment for this story were not returned.
And then theres Kansas, 8-0 and off to its
best start since 1909. The Jayhawks will be
nearly three touchdown favorites when they
take the field against the Cornhuskers on
Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
Kansas Associate Athletics Director Jim
Marchiony said the Athletics Department
was not surprised by the teams start.
Its obvious that we havent looked this
good in at least a decade, Marchiony said.
But if we start thinking about that, thats
when bad things start to happen. We are
focused on Nebraska not being 8-0 or
where we are going to end up this season.
It appears the impatient fan bases of
Kansas most recent and next opponents are
focused on anything but the games.
In College Station, Texas, the calls for
Franchiones head have grown to a cre-
scendo, according to Renee Bogard, a Texas
A&M senior from Kansas City, Mo. Bogard
frequently sees Fire Fran bumper stickers
across campus. On Saturday, Bogard went
to a Halloween party where a guest dressed
as Franchione complete with a maroon
Adidas A&M shirt, slacks, a head full of
spray-painted gray hair and the Fire Fran
bumper sticker adorning his chest.
Bogard, who said she was in tears leaving
Kyle Field after the Oct. 27 loss to Kansas,
said the expectation at Texas A&M was to
win every game.
Most students blame the problems on
the coach, Bogard said. What Coach Fran
did, it might have taken the players minds
off their main focus. Us fans, we want all or
nothing if we dont get what we want, we
start pointing fingers. Maybe the team cant
handle the pressure.
Brett Himmelberg, a University of
Nebraska senior from Lincoln, Neb., said
the season appeared to be a catastrophe
before Pedersons firing. Himmelberg said
the students had rallied behind the idea that
Callahan would be fired.
Its everybody here now, Himmelberg
said. Its all over the radio. They arent talk-
ing about if Callahan will be fired they
are talking about who the next head coach
will be.
Himmelberg said Nebraska fans would
switch spots with Kansas if they could, a
sentiment that even a year ago would have
been laughable.
I was down there two years ago when we
lost, Himmelberg said of the Jayhawks 2005
40-15 home victory against the Cornhuskers.
It was unbelievable to see the change in
times with Kansas at the top of the Big 12
and Nebraska at the bottom. As a kid, I was
used to seeing Nebraska beating Kansas by
40 or 50 points. Kansas is a good team, and
Nebraska just isnt anymore.
While fans in Lincoln and College Station
pine for the jettisons of their high profile
coaches, Kansas might soon have the oppo-
site problem, one that it hasnt experienced
since Glen Mason bolted for Minnesota
in the mid-90s: keeping a miracle-work-
ing coach, in this case Mark Mangino, in
Lawrence.
That is the highest compliment that can
be paid to a coach and his coaching staff
that other programs are interested in
him, Marchiony said.
Edited by Tara Smith
football
Rival schools fnd reasons to be envious
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ABOVE, Senior guard Rodrick Stewart powers up for a basket. stewart fnished the game with 11 points.
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BELOW, Sophomore guard Sherron Collins cheers on the Jayhawks as they take on pittsburg state in allen Field-
house thursday night. Kansas won their frst game of the season 94-59.
Self approves
of victory,
not defense
By marK DeNT
mdent@kansan.com
Kansas coach Bill Self expressed disap-
proval about how his teams defense looked
earlier this week. He said it lacked attention
to detail.
After stealing the ball 15 times and forc-
ing 24 turnovers in a 94-59 victory against
Pittsburg State last night, did the defense
look any better?
Nope.
People think stealing the ball is playing
the defense sometimes, Self said. Ill watch
the tape. I think we tried for the most part
and were better, but when we really play
well defensively, the team doesnt shoot 44
percent.
Pity the Jayhawks opponent when they
do figure out how to defend. For not being
good enough, it showed
flashes of brilliance.
The Sons of Steal,
Sherron Collins, Mario
Chalmers and Russell
Robinson, did most of
the damage defensively,
swiping the ball nine
times. Those Jayhawks
arent first-time felons.
They perfected the craft
of thievery last season, combining to average
about five steals per game last year. Junior
guard Mario Chalmers even set a school
record for steals with 97.
But Rodrick Stewart may have been the
most impressive.
Stewart tied Collins and Robinson with
four steals Thursday night. It shouldnt
have come as a surprise given that he loves
defense. Stewart, a senior guard, boxed twice
a day this summer. The sport put him in bet-
ter shape and helped his hands.
My hands are so much quicker now, he
said. Its definitely helped with the defense.
But outside of the steals, Self said the
defense wasnt tight enough. Pittsburg State
scored several baskets when Kansas players
didnt rotate in the post quickly enough.
A lack of defense was also apparent by the
rebounding margin. The Gorillas, who have
no player taller than 6-foot-8, bullied the
Jayhawks on the boards all night. They out
rebounded Kansas 36 to 33. Self estimated
that his players only rebounded the ball five
times on the 30 shots they missed.
Collins said Kansas didnt box out well
enough. Self said it was worse than that.
Thats what Sherron said. Heck hes 5-
foot-9, hes never blocked anyone out in his
life, Self said. But I would say thats part of
it but also just being active and going after
the balls. A lot of it was rotation rebounding
too when you help a teammate and the help
doesnt help the helper.
The game wasnt all full of negatives.
Kansas jumped out with a 15-4 run to start
the game and led 55-29 at half. The three-
guard starting lineup that included Collins,
Robinson and Chalmers
dazzled offensively, com-
bining for eight three-
pointers and 15 assists.
Sophomore forward
Darrell Arthur didnt
attempt a field goal in
the first half before scor-
ing eight points in the
first six minutes of the
second half. He finished
with 12 points. The Jayhawks werent perfect.
They didnt rebound or play the best help
defense, but the positives were there. Kansas
showed a penchant for stealing like it has in
the past, Arthur showed he could be a go-
to-guy when he gets the ball, and the three
guard lineup looked like a success.
After one exhibition game, the players
know they arent where they need to be yet.
I think we took a chance, Collins said.
We cant waste any days. Every day you have
to get better during these games. I think we
took a step to getting better defensively. I
think we did a pretty good job tonight. This
team was a good team, but were going to
play a lot better teams.
Edited by JefBriscoe
Thats what Sherron said. Heck,
hes 5-foot-9; hes never blocked
anyone out in his life.
Bill Self
Basketball coach
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ki c k the Kansan
eric jorgensen
Kansan managing editor
Last week: 4-6
Overall: 51-29
staf picks
jennifer hOLLaday
LaWrenCe senior
Last week: 7-3
THor nYsTroM
Kansan sPorts administration
Last week: 6-4
Overall: 57-23
erica jOhnsOn
sPorts CoLumnist
Last week: 7-3
Overall: 52-28
*Did not play
frst week
Nebraska at kansas: Bill
Callahan: enjoy your last trip to
Lawrence! Thor Nystrom
Texas at Oklahoma state:
The real winner this week is the
color orange. Nice work, orange.
Erick R. Schmidt
Texas A&M at Oklahoma:
Javorskie Lane stufed to the
left, Javorskie Lane stufed to
the right. It doesnt matter which
direction the Aggies run, the
Sooners will crush their ofense.
Travis Robinett
Missouri at colorado: If
Colorado wins, Kansas will sit
comfortably on top of the Big 12
standings. If Colorado loses, the
Kansas vs. Missouri game keeps
all of its intrigue. The question is,
which scenario do the Jayhawks
prefer? Case Keefer
Wisconsin at Ohio State:
Badgers are dopey. Dopey
means cool, skrilla! Mark
Dent
Michigan at Michigan State:
Michigan State is the New York
Giants of the NCAA: great starts,
but dont bet on em after Octo-
ber. Taylor Bern
south carolina at Arkansas:
The Old Ball Coach will have
some ofensive schemes up his
sleeve for Houston Nutts Arkan-
sas squad. Pat Teft
LSU at alabama: Nick Saban
has revitalized Alabama more
quickly than anyone could have
guessed, and hell take another
step toward immortality Satur-
day. Asher Fusco
Rutgers at connecticut:
UConn? You can. Rustin
Dodd
Arizona State at Oregon: Or-
egon will unseat Arizona State
and stop the Sun Devils perfect
season. Emily Muskin
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio State
Michigan
Arkansas
LSU
Connecticut
Oregon
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio State
Michigan
Arkansas
LSU
Connecticut
Oregon
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Ohio State
Michigan
South Carolina
LSU
Connecticut
Oregon
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio State
Michigan State
South Carolina
Alabama
Connecticut
Oregon
neBraska @ kansas
TeXas @ OkLahOMa sT.
TeXas a&M @ OkLahOMa
MissOUri @ cOLOradO
WiscOnsin @ OhiO sTaTe
MichiGan @ MichiGan sTaTe
sOUTh carOLina @ arkansas
LsU @ aLaBaMa
rUTGers @ cOnnecTicUT
ariZOna sTaTe @ OreGOn
Mark dent
Basketball,
columnist
Last week: 2-8
Overall: 50-30
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wisconsin
Michigan
South Carolina
LSU
Connecticut
Oregon
kelly
Breckunitch
fantasyfootball
Last week: 5-5
Overall: 48-32
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Colorado
Ohio State
Michigan
South Carolina
LSU
Connecticut
Oregon
rustin dodd
Volleyball
Last week: 5-5
Overall: 48-32
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio State
Michigan
South Carolina
LSU
Connecticut
Oregon
case keefer
Big 12 football
Last week: 3-7
Overall: 47-33
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Colorado
Ohio State
Michigan
Arkansas
Alabama
Rutgers
Oregon
Pat Teft
Tennis
Last week: 3-7
Overall: 47-33
Nebraska
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio State
Michigan
South Carolina
LSU
Rutgers
Oregon
Bryan Wheeler
rowing,
columnist
Last week: 4-6
Overall: 47-33
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wisconsin
Michigan
South Carolina
LSU
Rutgers
Arizona State
Travis robinett
kansan sports
editor
Last week: 4-6
Overall: 46-34
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio State
Michigan
Arkansas
LSU
Connecticut
Oregon
erick r. schmidt
editor in chief
Last week: 4-6
Overall: 46-34
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wisconsin
Michigan
South Carolina
Alabama
Rutgers
Oregon
Matt erickson
campus editor
Last week: 5-5
Overall: 46-34
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio State
Michigan
Arkansas
LSU
Connecticut
Oregon
emily Muskin
club sports
Last week: 8-2
Overall: 46-34
Nebraska
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio State
Michigan
Arkansas
LSU
Connecticut
Oregon
ashlee kieler
campus editor
Last week: 7-3
Overall: 46-34
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio State
Michigan
South Carolina
LSU
Rutgers
Oregon
Tyler
Passmore
cross country
Last week: 3-7
Overall: 45-35
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Colorado
Ohio State
Michigan
South Carolina
Alabama
Connecticut
Oregon
Taylor Bern
Womens
basketball
Last week: 3-7
Overall: 44-36
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio State
Michigan
South Carolina
LSU
Rutgers
Oregon
asher fusco
football
Last week: 4-6
Overall: 44-36
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Colorado
Ohio State
Michigan
South Carolina
Alabama
Connecticut
Oregon
scott Toland
swimming
Last week: 5-5
Overall: 44-36
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio State
Michigan
South Carolina
LSU
Connecticut
Oregon
shawn shroyer
Baseball,
columnist
Last week: 4-6
Overall: 41-39
Kansas
Texas
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wisconsin
Michigan
South Carolina
LSU
Connecticut
Oregon
Mark stevens
designer
Last week: 5-5
Overall: 41-29*
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Wisconsin
Michigan
Arkansas
Alabama
Connecticut
Oregon
Bill Walberg
Mens golf
Last week: 6-4
Overall: 41-29*
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Colorado
Ohio State
Michigan
South Carolina
Alabama
Rutgers
Oregon
drew Bergman
design chief
Last week: 4-6
Overall: 39-31*
Kansas
Oklahoma State
Oklahoma
Missouri
Ohio State
Michigan
Arkansas
LSU
Connecticut
Oregon
swiMMing
Swimmers compete in
dual meets at home
The Kansas swimming and diving
team will play host to the Ne-
braska-Omaha Mavericks at 10 a.m.
tomorrow in Robinson Natatorium
after playing host to the Arkansas
Razorbacks in a dual competition
yesterday.
The Jayhawks are hoping to
continue improving after getting
of to a solid start this season.
Kansas opened with a fourth place
fnish at the Big 12 Relays on Oct.
19 and a victory at Northern Iowa
before falling to the Missouri Tigers
in its frst Big 12 meet of the sea-
son. Several records already have
been broken by Kansas swimmers,
and two divers already have quali-
fed for the postseason NCAA Zone
D Diving meet.
Scott Toland
Tennis
Players travel to Florida
for last fall tournament
The Kansas tennis team will
wrap up its schedule of fall tourna-
ments this weekend at the Semi-
nole Invitational at Florida State
University. The team will compete
in a feld featuring players from
Florida State, Miami, Georgia Tech,
New Mexico and other Florida
rowing
Weekend regatta a chance
to scope out competition
This weekend the womens row-
ing team travels to Chattanooga,
Tenn., to compete in the Head of
Chattahoochee. The regatta is the
second of the season for the varsity
squad.
The regatta will be on Saturday
and Sunday and the team will com-
pete against several teams that will
later face Kansas in the South/Cen-
tral Regional in May. Among those
teams, Tennessee, Central Florida,
Southern Methodist, Louisville and
Clemson look to be Kansas biggest
schools.
The team already has turned in
impressive performances this fall
and expects more of the same this
weekend. Kansas players will com-
pete in three fights of singles play
as well as doubles. The doubles
draw features the 36th ranked pair
of senior Elizaveta Avdeeva and
junior Edina Horvath. The duo is
5-3 in fall tournaments including a
runner-up fnish at the Cissie Leary
Tournament earlier this year.
Sophomore Kunigunda Dorn
and junior Yuliana Svistun and
freshmen duo Mymee Tokuda and
Maria Martinez also will pair up for
the doubles draw.
Pat Teft
competition.
The varsity squad, led by seniors
Alia Bober and Kara Boston, are
looking for success in a number
of races. Boston, who competed
in the Head of Chattahoochee last
year, won the doubles race. This
season, Bober and Boston will
team up to compete in the doubles
race at Chattahoochee.
The novice team, which has
been training for the last 2 1/2
months will get a chance to break
the ice and compete in their frst
race, the Frostbite Regatta on
Saturday in Philadelphia.
Bryan Wheeler
criMe
Tennis star Martina Hingis
tests positive for cocaine
In an out-of-nowhere end to
Martina Hingis comeback, the
fve-time Grand Slam champion
revealed Thursday she tested posi-
tive for cocaine at Wimbledon and
will retire for a second time rather
than fght what she called a hor-
rendous accusation.
I am frustrated and angry, the
27-year-old Hingis said at a news
conference in Zurich, Switzerland,
her voice breaking as she fought
back tears. I believe that I am abso-
lutely, 100 percent innocent.
She read a statement ending
with the vow, I have never taken
drugs, then left immediately.
WTA Tour chief executive Larry
Scott said he recently found out
about Hingis doping test from the
players representatives word
had not reached him through
ofcial channels because its an
ongoing case in which a hearing
has yet to be held.
Although Hingis said she was
retiring in part because she doesnt
want to spend years dealing with
the legal process, Scott said he
expected the case to continue.
She said she hired an attorney
who found various inconsisten-
cies with the urine sample.
He is also convinced that the
doping ofcials mishandled the
process and would not be able
to prove that the urine that was
tested for cocaine actually came
from me, she said.
Hingis tested positive June 29,
the day she fell out of the tourna-
ment.
Associated Press
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The highlight of the weekend will
be the match-up between the last
two undefeated teams in the NFL,
New England and Indianapolis.
Here are the players who will play
big on Sunday and those who will
play poorly in NFL games.
Show Time
Wide receiver Lee Evans, Buffalo
Bills Its obvious that Evans strug-
gled early on, but he has gotten back
on track the past couple of weeks. He
had a big performance against the
Jets Sunday and went for more than
100 yards receiving and a touchdown.
This weekend Evans plays against
a Bengals secondary that has been
poor at best. Evans will be able to hurt
Cincinnati on the field all day.
Running back Reggie Bush, New
Orleans Saints Bush hasnt had
the same production this season as he
did in his rookie year. The Saints have
played better in the past few weeks,
though. The success of the passing
game may open up the running game
for Bush. The Jaguars have a medio-
cre rush defense and may be without
one of their run-stuffers in Marcus
Stroud on Sunday. This should open
up the middle of the field for Bush,
who could have a big day.
Quarterback Philip Rivers, San
Diego Chargers Rivers has been
fairly consistent this season for the
Chargers, which is good, considering
reigning MVP LaDainian Tomlinson
has struggled at times this season.
This week the Chargers play the
Vikings, who have one of the worst
pass defenses in the NFL. Rivers
should be able to spread out the ball
to his receivers well. He has one of the
best tight ends in the NFL in Antonio
Gates, and he has the newly added
Chris Chambers in his offense. Rivers
and the passing offense should be able
to take advantage of an already poor
Minnesota secondary on Sunday.
Denver Defense Denver has
the sixth-best passing defense in the
NFL. But they have a terrible rush-
ing defense. Denver plays Detroit on
Sunday. Detroits rushing game has
been inconsistent at best. The Detroit
passing game has struggled at times
as well. The Lions could have prob-
lems creating any offensive momen-
tum against a solid Denver defense.
No Time
Wide receiver Joey Galloway,
Tampa Bay Buccaneers Galloway
has performed pretty well with Jeff
Garcia at quarterback for the Bucs
this year. On Sunday, though, he
faces an underrated Arizona defense.
The Cardinals have the eighth-best
passing defense in the NFL, and they
get good play from their safeties like
Adrian Wilson. Arizona will be able
to hold Galloway in check and not
allow the deep ball on Sunday.
Running back LaDainian
Tomlinson, San Diego Chargers
Tomlinson has struggled through
parts of the season so far, and it
doesnt get easier on Sunday. As bad
as the Minnesota secondary has
been all season, they have a great
rushing defense, the third best in
the NFL. The Vikings have been able
to shut down each running back
theyve seen this season. Tomlinson
will be no different. The Vikings will
not be able to win the game, but they
can shut down the Chargers No. 1
offensive option.
Quarterback Matt Schaub,
Houston Texans Schaub strug-
gled to get anything going in the
passing offense against the Chargers
last Sunday, and the hard times will
continue against the Raiders this
Sunday. The Raiders have the third-
best passing defense in the NFL
and are overlooked because of their
recent history of mediocrity. As bad
as the Raider offense has been, the
defense puts them in the position
to win games. The Raiders defense
could cause big problems for Schaub
all day on Sunday.
New England Defense New
Englands defense has been great all
year, as it is the third best in the NFL.
On Sunday, though, the Patriots
have to play against the third-best
offense in the NFL. Peyton Manning,
Reggie Wayne and Joseph Addai will
lead the Colts against a tough New
England defense. This game could
become a shoot-out, especially if
Marvin Harrison is healthy. The
Patriots defense is one of the best in
the NFL, but they are sure to give up
a lot of yardage on Sunday.
Edited by Rachael Gray
SPORTS
3B friday, november 2, 2007
fooTball
Struggling Big 12 teams need statement games
BY CASE KEEFER
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GameS of The weeK:
No. 14 TexaS (7-2) aT
oKlahoma STaTe (5-3)
Senior running back Dantrell
Savage has rushed for an average of
138 yards per game since losing to
Troy five weeks ago. Oklahoma State
is tied at the top of the South stand-
ings and would be alone in first if it
wasnt for a one-point loss to Texas
A&M, its only one in-conference.
Standing in the way of the
Cowboys potent rushing attack
are the Longhorns massive defen-
sive tackle Frank Okam and speedy
defensive end Aaron Lewis. Okam
and Lewis have led a Texas defense
that ranks 13th in the nation against
the run.
TexaS a&m (6-3) aT No. 5
oKlahoma (7-1)
Texas A&M has lost two of its
past three while the vultures con-
tinue to circle around coach Dennis
Franchiones job. After a 19-11 loss to
Kansas last week, at least one Aggie
player said he still expected to make
it to the Big 12 Championship in
December.
The road to San Antonio, site of
the championship game, goes through
Norman, Okla. Junior quarterback
Stephen McGee found some suc-
cess in the air against Kansas late in
the game last week. Franchione may
use more vertical passes to combat
Oklahomas one surprising weakness:
its pass defense.
Despite standout defensive backs
Reggie Smith and Nic Harris, the
Sooners are allowing 230 passing
yards per game this season.
No. 3 lSU (7-1) aT No. 17
alabama (6-2)
When Nick Saban took the
Alabama coaching job, Saban and
Tiger fans alike particularly looked
forward to this game.
Saban takes great pride in point-
ing out that he built the LSU program
to where it is now, having brought in
high-profile recruits and a national
championship. He even alluded to
it in his first press conference as the
new Alabama coach. Tiger fans want
to prove to Saban that theyve moved
on and coach Les Miles is every bit
as capable of doing the job.
The last time the Tigers visited
Tuscaloosa, Ala., they ruined the
Crimson Tides undefeated season
in 2005. To leave with similar results
this year, LSU will have to slow down
Alabamas powerful rushing duo of
freshman Terry Grant and sopho-
more Glen Coffee.
The Tigers will likely have to do it
without quarterback Ryan Perriloux,
who often provides a spark off the
bench. Miles said Perriloux would
probably not play Saturday because
of his involvement in a bar fight.
No. 6 arizoNa STaTe (8-
0) aT No. 4 oreGoN (7-1)
Who would have thought that the
biggest Pac-10 Conference regular-
season game would not feature the
Trojans of Southern California?
Instead, the Sun Devils and Ducks
will do battle in Eugene, Ore. Oregon
quarterback Dennis Dixon and run-
ning back Jonathan Stewart have both
gained considerable Heisman hype
following big games in the victory
against USC.
To add to their resume, they meet
one of the nations most surprising
defenses in the Sun Devils. Arizona
State senior defensive backs Troy
Nolan and Justin Tryon have inter-
cepted eight passes.
Sun Devil quarterback Rudy
Carpenter is tenth in the nation in
passing efficiency and throws to a
number of different receivers regularly.
wiScoNSiN (7-2) aT No. 1
ohio STaTe (9-0)
Badger running back P.J. Hill,
who left last weeks game with an
injury, is expected to return against
the Buckeyes. Wisconsin will need
him at full strength.
No team has scored more than 17
points on the Buckeyes and only one
team has eclipsed 300 yards of total
offense. The Ohio State offense had
been unspectacular until last week.
Apparently, quarterback Todd
Boeckman and running back Chris
Wells werent fond of all the criticism
of the offense. Boeckman let loose
for 253 yards and three touchdowns
through the air, and Wells ran for
133 yards against a highly touted
Penn State defense.
No one has given the Buckeyes
more trouble than the Badgers the
last few years. Wisconsin has won
three straight at Ohio Stadium.
oTher GameS:
No. 9 miSSoUri (7-1) aT
colorado (5-4)
Missouris best defensive player,
senior safety Cornelius Pig Brown,
will miss the rest of the season
because of an injury. The Tigers
defense already was ranked No. 73 in
the nation, but now it should really
struggle.
KaNSaS STaTe (5-3) aT
iowa STaTe (1-8)
Cyclone receiver Todd Blythe
became the all-time leading receiv-
er at Iowa State last week with six
receptions. Now, he just wants the
Cyclones to win their first confer-
ence game.
TexaS Tech (6-3) aT
baylor (3-6)
The Red Raider offense has gone
from titillating to troublesome in the
last two weeks with eight intercep-
tions. The Bears will need to take
advantage of every turnover to win
their first conference game.
florida STaTe (5-3) aT
No. 2 boSToN colleGe
(8-0)
The Seminoles are undefeated at
Alumni Stadium and confident they
can hand the Eagles their first loss.
Troy (6-2) aT No. 10
GeorGia (6-2)
The Trojans are cruising through
their Sun Belt conference schedule
with five wins by an average of 24
points. But Georgia has never lost a
non-conference home game in the
Mark Richt era.
oreGoN STaTe (5-3) aT
No. 13 USc (6-2)
The Beavers stunned the Trojans
and handed them their first defeat
last season. Led by senior linebacker
Joey LaRocque, Oregon State is the
first in the nation in rush defense.
No. 15 michiGaN (7-2) aT
michiGaN STaTe (5-4)
Michigans pass defense has strug-
gled with efficient quarterbacks this
season. With nearly 2,000 yards,
eleven touchdowns and a 60 percent
completion rate, Spartan quarter-
back Brian Hoyer registers as an
efficient quarterback.
rUTGerS (5-3) aT No. 16
coNNecTicUT (7-1)
The Huskies surprisingly strong
season has started with creating
turnovers. Connecticut ranks No. 2
in the nation with a plus-12 turnover
margin.
VaNderbilT (5-3) aT No.
18 florida (5-3)
The Commodores are one victory
away from becoming bowl eligible
for the first time in 25 years. The
Gators are one loss away from dou-
bling coach Urban Meyers career
losses at Florida in one season.
TeNNeSSee Tech (4-5) aT
No. 19 aUbUrN (6-3)
The Golden Eagles have dropped
four games straight but speedy
senior running back Derek White
gives them hope against their first
FBS opponent of the year.
ciNciNNaTi (6-2) aT No.
20 SoUTh florida (6-2)
The Bearcats are led by the strong
wide receiver duo of Dominick
Goodman and Marcus Barnett, who
have combined for 12 touchdowns
this year.
No. 21 waKe foreST (6-2)
aT VirGiNia (7-2)
Demon Deacon receiver Kenneth
Moore leads the Atlantic Coast
Conference with seven and a half
catches per game.
SaN JoSe STaTe (3-5) aT
No. 22 boiSe STaTe (7-1)
Bronco junior running back Ian
Johnson will return from an injury
and could have a big day against
the Spartans rush defense, which is
allowing 179 yards per game.
No. 23 SoUTh caroliNa
(6-3) aT arKaNSaS (5-3)
Gamecock sophomore corner-
back Captain Munnerlyn will look
to pick off passes from inconsistent
Razorback quarterback Casey Dick.
loUiSiaNa-lafayeTTe
(1-7) aT No. 24
TeNNeSSee (5-3)
The bad news for the Ragin
Cajun defense and fierce linebacker
Antwyne Zanders is the Volunteer
offensive line is allowing the fewest
sacks in the nation.
Edited by Amelia Freidline
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127 receiving yards
2 touchdowns
reggie bush
22 carries
134 rushing yards
2 touchdowns
6 receptions
67 receiving yards
1 touchdown
Philip rivers
25/34
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3 touchdowns
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Joey Galloway
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21 receiving yards
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14 carries
52 rushing yards
2 catches
12 receiving yards
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the postgame wrap-up
BY RUSTIN DODD
rdodd@kansan.com
After growing up in Kansas and
dreaming about playing inside Allen
Fieldhouse, Tyrel Reeds first posses-
sion as a Jayhawk is something hed
rather forget.
With Kansas leading Pittsburg
State 29-13 early in the second half,
Pittsburg States Keith Windom
drove down the right sideline on the
Jayhawk freshman. Windom turned
the corner on Reed and burned the
freshman guard for a layup. Kansas
29, Pittsburg State 15.
My defense was not very good at
all tonight, and they scored way to
many on me, Reed said. Thats one
thing I need to get better at. That is
one thing I know with a little experi-
ence guarding all of our guards, it
will get better in the future.
But Reed showed glimpses of the
game that made him a Top 100
recruit out of Burlington High
School in Burlington.
Reed played 15 minutes and fin-
ished with three points and four
assists in his Kansas debut.
Reed also showed he has a short
memory. After surrendering the lay-
up to Windom, Reed sparked Kansas
to a 9-0 run that gave the Jayhawks
their first 20 point lead of the day.
After fellow freshman Cole Aldrich
pulled down a rebound and threw
an outlet pass to Mario Chalmers,
Chalmers found Reed spotted up in
the corner and Reed sank his first
three-pointer in a Kansas uniform.
Reed returned the favor on the next
possession, finding Chalmers on
the wing for an open three pointer.
Kansas 35, Pittsburg State 15.
Reeds talent wasnt a secret com-
ing out of Burlington Roy Williams
recruited him to North Carolina
but some people had doubts about
how much Reed could contribute
right away to a Kansas team stacked
with talented guards.
We have such great guards, I am
just going to do what Coach Self tells
me, Reed said
And then there were those pesky
Kirk Hinrich comparison. Whether
its the hair, the height both are
6-foot-3 or the ability to play
both guard positions, Reed just cant
get away from comparisons with the
former Kansas star.
Everyone compares me to Kirk
Hinrich, and thats a great compari-
son to have, and I try to mold my
game after him I guess you could
say, Reed said.
Whenever my name is men-
tioned with Kirk Hinrich it kind of
sends chills through your body, but
hes such a great player, Im not even
in his league.
Reed played both guard positions,
manning the point guard spot for
a length of time in the second half,
and managed four assists in 15 min-
utes with no turnovers. But he still
has a way to go before he gets words
of praise from his coach.
I thought Tyrel played fine,
coach Bill Self said. Ive got Tyrel a
little screwed up right now because
Ive got him thinking instead of just
playing.
But for Reed, the key word is
playing, and Reeds finally doing it
in Allen Fieldhouse.
Edited by Ashlee Kieler
reed overcomes jitters
after frst possession
A redshirt?
Think everyone played last night?
Wrong. Sophomore guard Brady
Morningstar never left the bench
even in the waning minutes. He
might not get off the bench all year.
Morningstar is considering using
a redshirt, meaning hed sit out this
year to preserve an extra year of
eligibility. Self said he talked with
Morningstar and his family and they
would make a decision soon.
I think Brady can help us but
when Brandon comes back and if
hes 100 percent, there are some tal-
ented guys that are ahead of him,
Self said. Thats something he needs
to think about.

Arthurs slow stArt
Sophomore forward Darrell
Arthur has been the most improved
player in practice so far, according to
Kansas coach Bill Self. Surprisingly,
he hardly touched the ball during
the first half.
We were disappointed at half
time because he had zero attempts,
but he had been fouled three times,
Self said. We were disappointed
because we have to play through
him. In the second half, to start the
half I told our guys that is what we
are going to do, play through him.
They listened. Arthur scored 10
of his 12 points in the second half.

All five seniors
Russell Robinson, Jeremy Case,
Darnell Jackson, Rodrick Stewart
and Sasha Kaun were on the floor
together for a while during Thursday
nights game. No seniors played last
year. Now five seniors could play at
the same time.
Its going to happen because two
of our big guys are seniors, Self
said. That was unintentional, but I
wouldnt be surprised if it happens
a little bit.
Mark Dent
Kansas, 1-0 exhibition
TOT FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF PTS
00 Arthur, Darrell 5-8 0-1 2-7 2 2 4 2 12
24 Kaun, Sasha 4-6 0-0 1-2 0 1 1 3 9
03 Robinson, Russell 2-4 1-3 2-5 1 2 3 4 7
04 Collins, Sherron 7-10 3-4 1-1 0 3 3 2 18
15 Chalmers, Mario 4-7 4-5 2-2 0 0 0 1 14
02 Teahen, Conner 1-4 0-2 0-0 0 0 0 1 2
05 Stewart, Rodrick 1-3 0-1 9-11 1 3 4 0 11
10 Case, Jeremy 0-3 0-3 2-2 0 1 1 1 2
11 Bechard, Brennan 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 0 0
14 Reed, Tyrel 1-2 1-2 0-0 0 0 0 2 3
22 Buford, Chase 0-1 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 1 0
32 Jackson, Darnell 3-5 0-0 0-2 1 2 3 2 6
40 Witherspoon, Brad 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
45 Aldrich, Cole 4-6 0-0 0-0 2 4 6 2 8
54 Kleinmann, Matt 1-1 0-0 0-1 3 1 4 0 2
TEAM 2 2 4
Totals 33-62 9-23 19-33 10 23 33 21 94
Pittsburg state, 0-1 exhibition
TOT FG 3-PT REBOUNDS
## Player Name FG-FGA FG-FGA FT-FTA OF DE TOT PF PTS
22 Lang,Nathan 4-8 0-1 0-0 1 5 6 4 8
55 Hutchingson,Michael 1-4 0-1 0-0 0 2 2 4 2
44 Abercrombie,Cory 6-11 0-0 2-2 3 3 6 5 14
05 Windom,Keith 2-6 1-5 2-2 0 2 2 1 7
24 Taylor,Carlos 2-5 1-2 5-8 0 3 3 2 10
01 Jackson,Aaron 1-5 1-2 2-2 1 0 1 2 5
03 Roe,Chris 0-1 0-0 0-0 0 3 3 2 0
30 Magana,Spencer 1-4 1-4 2-2 0 1 1 3 5
32 McCoy,Justin 3-3 0-0 0-0 0 2 2 4 6
33 Ivory,Jef 0-1 0-0 2-2 0 3 3 1 2
40 Nash,Jerry 0-0 0-0 0-0 0 1 1 1 0
42 Burris,Seth 0-2 0-1 0-0 0 0 0 0 0
TEAM 3 3 6
Totals 20-50 4-16 15-18 8 28 36 29 59
E
xhibition college basketball
games are usually about as
exciting as Disney on Ice
performances. The year-after-year
blowouts against helpless opponents
have less meaning than Adam
Sandler movies.
Beyond rooting for Kansas to
reach 100 points and harassing the
other teams players for throwing
up air balls, even the fabled Allen
Fieldhouse student section seems to
doze off. But not this season. Not
in a 94-59 victory against Pittsburg
State. Thats because the fans in
attendance all wanted the answer
to one question: How would senior
center Sasha Kaun play accompa-
nied by his new hairdo?
Kaun growing out his hair has
been the predominant story leading
up to the season for the Jayhawks.
Junior guard Brandon Rushs recov-
ery from knee surgery and the loss
of Julian Wright to the NBA clearly
arent as significant.
Coach Bill Self referred to Kaun
as Screech from the classic tele-
vision show Saved by the Bell.
Teammates take pleasure in ridicul-
ing the 6-foot-11 Russian for being
a pretty boy. But few had seen the
curly brown mop in action before
last night.
It didnt take long for Kaun,
and his hair, to make an impact
against the Gorillas. Perhaps the
loudest Allen Fieldhouse got all
night was with 17:55 remaining
in the first half. Sophomore guard
Sherron Collins saw Kaun under
the basket and placed a perfect
alley-oop for the center to take
advantage of.
It was just a loose ball and I saw
Sasha and threw it up. I saw a guy
there and I didnt know if he could
jump that high, Collins said. But I
knew Sasha could jump so I threw
it up and knew he was going to go
get it.
Kaun did more than go get it;
he ferociously threw it down and
got to the free throw line to con-
vert a three-point play. A couple
of possessions later, three Gorillas
surrounded Kaun near the block
but he simply went over all of them
to record another crowd-pleasing
bucket.
The Jayhawks looked slug-
gish at times in the first half, but
Kaun continually was the catalyst
to pick them up. He sneaked up
on Pittsburg State center Cory
Abercrombie with just less than
12 minutes remaining and laid a
block scary enough to intimidate
the Kansas football teams defen-
sive linemen.
Coach Bill Self said that with
only four true big men, the low
post defense must improve. It has
to start with Kaun. His second half
wasnt nearly as impressive, and the
Pittsburg State big men found it
easier to operate and doubled their
points in the paint.
Kaun can be the voltage that
electrifies Kansas into defining
spurts this season. Or he could
wind up more like the Screech by
being constantly picked on, except it
would come from opponents below
the basket instead of classmates in
high school hallways.
Either way, senior guard Rodrick
Stewart said he would continue to
pester Kaun about his hair.
Yeah, to be honest, I want to see
how long it is going to get before he
cuts it, Stewart said. But its a good
look for him.
Edited by Tara Smith
basketball notebook
anna Faltermeier/KaNsaN
sophomore forward Darrell arthur goes up for a block in he second half of the game against Pittsburg State in Allen Fieldhouse Thursday night.
Arthur fnished with 12 points and three assists in the Jayhawk win.
Kauns locks steal the show
BY cASE kEEFER
KANSAN SpoRTS CoLuMNIST
ckeefer@kansan.com
sarah Leonard/KaNsaN
russel robinson,
senior guard,
dribbles past Pitts-
burg States Carlos
Taylor. Robinson
fnished the game
with seven points, fve
assists and fve steals.
The Jayhawks hit
the court again next
Tuesday night in Allen
Fieldhouse.
Kansas 94, Pitt State 59
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The Border Showdown starts at
3 p.m. today in Lawrence against
rival Missouri at the Jayhawk
Soccer Complex. Today is also
Senior Day, and after the match
the teams five seniors defender
Kelsey Archuleta, midfielder Nicole
Cauzillo, defender Afton Sauer,
midfielder Emily Strinde and goal-
keeper Colleen Quinn will be
honored in a ceremony. The first
250 fans will receive a free Kansas
soccer T-shirt.
CATCHING UP
Tonights showdown against
the Tigers is the last game of the
Jayhawks regular season. Next week
the team heads to San Antonio,
Texas, where it will battle for the
Big 12 Championship title. Kansas
is 6-9-4 overall, 4-2-3 in the Big 12.
Last weekends win against Iowa
State gave the Jayhawks a shot at
competing in San Antonio next
weekend.
STACKING UP
THE JAYHAWKS
Kansas is in fifth place in con-
ference standings. However, if
Texas loses its next game, and the
Jayhawks win against the Tigers
tonight, Kansas could move to a
second-place standing in confer-
ence play. If Texas wins its next
match, but the Jayhawks do win
against Missouri, Kansas would
move to third place.
EYEING THE TIGERS
Missouri, ranked No. 18 in the
country, is 12-5 overall and 6-3 in
the Big 12. Last weekend the Tigers
lost to Iowa State, 1-0. Kansas leads
in victories against Missouri, 7-6,
and the Tigers have not seen a win
in Lawrence since 1996. Missouri
leads opponents in scoring 46-21
so far this season, but has seen a
decrease in its last five games, only
outscoring opponents 8-7.
AND THE AWARDS
GO TO
Going out with a bang, two
seniors, Cauzillo and Strinden,
were honored this week by being
selected to the Academic All-
District 7 Second Team by ESPN
Magazine. This is the second time
Cauzillo has earned the honor
and the first time for Strinden.
Cauzillo has scored the most goals
this season with five and has three
assists. Strinden has played 17 of
19 games this season, and scored
the first goal of the season for the
Jayhawks.
EditedbyRachaelGray
bY RusTin DoDD
rdodd@kansan.com
What does Kansas volleyball play-
er Caitlin Mahoney have in common
with University of Texas quarter back
Colt McCoy? Mahoney and McCoy
were both named to the Big 12 Fall
Sports Good Works Team, a team
that recognizes the community ser-
vice efforts of Big 12 athletes.
But while McCoy is on national
television every week as the quarter-
back of one of the top football pro-
grams in the country, Mahoney plays
in anonymity as a middle blocker on
the Kansas volleyball team.
McCoys higher prestige is no mat-
ter for Kansas coach Ray Bechard. He
said Mahoney exemplified what a
true student-athlete should be.
Any time we ask our players to do
stuff off the court, shes the first one
with her hand up, Bechard said.
Mahoney, St. Louis, Mo., senior,
is in her fifth season with the Kansas
volleyball program. Mahoney has
participated in Habitat for Humanity,
helped coordinate the teams involve-
ment in the campus canned food
drive and volunteered and spoke at
local elementary schools.
Mahoney said she was excited
when she learned that the University
of Kansas and the Athletics
Department selected her to repre-
sent Kansas on the team. According
to a Kansas Athletics department
press release, Each member institu-
tion selected a student-athlete for
recognition based upon significant
community service, good academic
standing and participation in a Big
12-sponsored sport.
But Mahoney was also a little sur-
prised.
You dont expect to get awards
for doing that kind of stuff. You do
it because you want to help people,
she said.
Mahoney credits her mother for
giving her some motherly instincts.
I always feel like I need to help
people, Mahoney said.
And what about seeing her name
next to McCoys on the Big 12 Good
Works team?
Thats awesome, Mahoney said.
I havent seen the list yet. I like to
know that others are out there doing
things like I am.
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Border war with Missouri
Hawks celebrate Senior Day, could become No. 2
Archuleta Cauzillo Sauer Strinden Quinn
SportS 6B friday, november 2, 2007
RECOGNITION
Athletes good works get notice from Big 12
game preview
Kansas (10-14, 3-11 big 12) vs.
oklahoma (18-6, 10-4 big 12)
7:00 p.m., Saturday, Horejsi family
athletics Center
TAKING ON THE
SOONERS
Kansas fell to oklahoma 3-1 on
Sept. 15 in norman, okla., the last
time the teams met. Last season,
Kansas lost twice to oklahoma
falling 3-1 at home and 3-0 at
oklahoma. The last time Kansas
beat oklahoma was nov. 9, 2005.
STAYING UP
Kansas has lost six matches in a
row and nine of its last 10. Senior
middle blocker Caitlin mahoney
said she had been trying to keep
the team from getting down
on themselves. When you go
through a stretch weve been
through you just have to stay
positive and i try to bring some
enthusiasm, mahoney said.
WHAT CAN BROWN DO
fOR YOU?
Senior right side/setter emily
brown has been scorching lately.
The baldwin City native has had a
triple-double in three consecutive
games, registering double-digit
kills, assists and digs each game.
brown is averaging 14 kills, 25
assists and 13 digs during the last
three games.
DIG fOR THE CURE
Kansas will hold its second annual
dig for the Cure game against
oklahoma. fans are encouraged
to make pledges for every Kansas
dig, or just make fat donation. The
contributions will go to the Susan
G. Komen breast Cancer founda-
tion.
ON DECK
Kansas plays host to no. 3 Texas
this Wednesday at the Horejsi
family athletics Center. Kansas fell
to Texas 3-0 in austin, Texas, on
oct. 13.
ClUB SPORTS
Mens lacrosse competes in Tillar Cup
bY EmilY musKin
emuskin@kansan.com
Quite often seen as a coastal
sport, lacrosse seems to be mov-
ing to the middle. The Kansas
mens club lacrosse team formed
in 1982 and today has about 35
members.
This weekend the team hopes
to extend its three-year domi-
nance of the Kansas State Tillar
Cup. Sophomore Matt Tingle
described last years victory at the
tournament as the greatest team
achievement during his time on
the club.
Because of the sports popu-
larity on the East and West
coasts, the team has a wide vari-
ety of players and backgrounds.
Most of the members played
other sports in the past and are
now able to put these skills to
use on the lacrosse field.
Junior member and club
president Jay Vaglio said,
Lacrosse combines the finesse
of soccer and basketball with
the added bonus of being able
to hit someone.
Senior member Jarred Kolars
switch to lacrosse was a result
of the large amount of time
he spent in the outfield or on
the bench during past baseball
seasons.
A lacrosse game is four quar-
ters and two hours of nonstop
running and the occasional hit-
ting as well. Ten men are on the
field at one time, and the coach
can substitute at any time during
the game.
Vaglio said that lacrosse had
been called the fastest game on
two feet.
This year the team will get to
test out its skills at tournaments
in Missouri, Minnesota, Illinois,
Texas and right here in Lawrence.
Though the team is still work-
ing on making it to the national
tournament, Tingle, Vaglio and
Kolar all received individual hon-
ors for their excellent play on the
field last year. Though Vaglio and
Kolar are nearing the end of their
college years, they can rest assured
that they will not have to give up
lacrosse any time soon. Leagues
are all over the nation now, and
Midwesterners are finally getting
a taste of what the coastal states
have enjoyed for years: lacrosse.
EditedbyAmeliaFreidline
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Caitlin Mohoney, a St. Louis Mo. senior, plays middle blocker for the Kansas Volleyball team.
She was recently named to the Big 12 Fall Sports GoodWorks Teamfor her charitable eforts of the
feld which include Habitat for Humanity, food drives and speaking at elementary schools.
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
The KU club lacrosse teamcompetes in the Tillar Cup tournament at Kansas State University this
weekend. The teamformed in 1982 and nowhas 35 members.
BY ASHER FUSCO
afusco@kansan.com
Near the start of the fourth quar-
ter of last Saturdays game, the Texas
A&M Aggies looked asleep on their
feet. Quarterback Stephen McGee
struggled to control the ball after a
poor snap and made a half-hearted
attempt to hand it off to running
back Mike Goodson. But Goodson
and McGee were not in sync, and the
ball fell to the turf.
Kansas junior defensive end John
Larson was alert enough to sneak
between the Aggies and corral the
football, short-circuiting a Texas
A&M drive and putting the Jayhawk
offense in position to score a touch-
down four plays later.
Its no wonder Larson was feeling
fresh enough to beat his opponents
to the fumble: Because of improved
depth on defense, the Jayhawks have
been able to play at a high level deep
into the second half of games.
Were using a lot of kids,
Mangino said. Some of those guys
that are quote-unquote twos are
playing a lot of repetitions, and actu-
ally becoming one-minuses, maybe.
Those kids are getting a lot of play-
ing time and playing well.
On the defensive line, the Jayhawk
one-minuses include freshman
defensive end Jake Laptad and soph-
omore defensive end Jeff Wheeler.
Laptad occasionally slides into one of
the defensive end spots to give either
Larson or junior Russell Brorsen a
breather. Wheeler is the teams pass-
rushing specialist, a quarterbacks
worst nightmare at 6-foot-7, 260-
pounds. Wheeler has recorded just
eight tackles this season, but three
of those resulted in a loss of yardage
and two were sacks.
The Kansas defensive backfield is
also overflowing with serviceable play-
ers. In the teams third-down pack-
age, senior safety Sadiq Muhammed
and freshman defensive backs Justin
Thornton and Chris Harris enter the
game to supplement the pass defense.
Harris, a true freshman, proved him-
self by holding his own as a starter
for seven games before becoming a
one-minus last weekend. Thornton,
a safety who ran into hard times as a
true freshman starter last season, has
improved measurably and is currently
tied for the team lead in interceptions
with three.
The Jayhawk reserves have con-
tributed something more than tack-
les and interceptions this season.
Their success has allowed Mangino
flexibility in his personnel decisions.
The coach feels comfortable putting
freshmen such as Laptad and Harris
in to keep his starters legs feeling
fresh late in games.
Our team has a lot of depth this
year, Wheeler said. I think a lot of
our guys have contributed a lot to
this team and what weve done over
the past eight games. Definitely the
first and second teams have both
put in their work to make our team
what it is.
Edited by Tara Smith
Deprice Taylor. The 5-9 Taylor is
the kind of foor leader that can af-
fect every aspect of the game. She
is a long, athletic guard that can
shoot, rebound and pass without
committing untimely turnovers.
Taylor started 29 of 30 games for
Barton County, quarterbacking the
Cougars to a share of the Jayhawk
Conference West regular season
title and a twelve game winning
streak. Kansas will have to stop
Taylors dribble penetration and
force her to exert energy defen-
sively on Sunday to minimize her
impact on the game.
How quickly can the Gorillas
14 new faces learn coach Lane
Lords system? Lord was smart to
bring a few key players from last
seasons Barton team to Pittsburg
that should ease the transition
to a new system and coach. The
Gorillas play Kansas and Missouri
on back-to-back days, and if the
players havent absorbed it by now,
the results will be obvious against
two Big 12 schools. Taylor should
have no problem adjusting to the
competition but it remains to be
seen how the rest of the team will
cope.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Offense
Despite losing last seasons leading scorer, forward Candice Gilbert,
the Gorillas welcome in a fresh infusion of ofensive talent. Junior
college transfers Deprice Taylor and Brianna Buchanan bring stabil-
ity and veteran savvy to the Pittsburg State backcourt. Taylor is an
athletic point guard from Detroit, Mich., that averaged 11.8 points, 3.6
rebounds and 3.1 assists per game last season at Barton County Com-
munity College. The Gorillas also added University of Idaho transfer Liz
Witte, the second leading three-point shooter in the Western Athletic
Conference for the Vandals as a junior. Witte should help Pittsburg
State improve its three-point shooting after the team made only 3.3
three pointers per game a year ago, the 239th lowest total in Division
II.
Defense
For the most part the Gorillas were an average defensive team dur-
ing 2006-2007. A revamped lineup characterized by a drastic increase
in athleticism should help put more pressure on opposing teams. The
loss of Gilberts inside presence leaves a gap in Pittsburg States interior
defense. Her rebounding and shot blocking will be difcult to replace
but the Gorillas will push the pace in an efort to create turnovers.
One of the lone positives last season was the teams ability to
defend without committing fouls. The Gorillas averaged 15.8
fouls per game, 40th in the nation.
cOaching
Pittsburg State hired new coach Lane Lord on April 5 to
make wholesale changes to a stagnant program that fnished
11-16 last season. Lord did just that by bringing 14 new
players into the Gorilla program. The haul included seven
transfers and seven incoming freshman, many of whom
followed him from his last coaching job at Barton County
Community College. The Gorillas hope that Lords success
at his previous stops at Wichita Heights High School,
where his teams won two 6A state championships, and
Barton, where the Cougars were 27-3 last year under
Lord translates into success in the highly competitive
MIAA.
SPORTS
7B friday, november 2, 2007
Manginos one-minuses
Key players who add depth:
Jake Laptad, freshman
defensive end, 15 tackles,
three sacks
Jef Wheeler, sopho-
more defensive end, eight
tackles, two sacks
Chris Harris, freshman
cornerback, 33 tackles, one
interception
Justin Thornton, sopho-
more safety, 20 tackles, three
interceptions
Sadiq Muhammed,
senior safety, 13 tackles, one
interception
Reserves holding their own
fOOTball
Defensive backups contribute to starters fresh legs late in games
Offense
If the end of the 2006-07 season is any indicator, the Kansas ofense
should hit the ground running. Sophomore Danielle McCray and senior
Taylor McIntosh were heating up down the stretch, and theyll have
plenty of help. Sophomores Porscha Weddington and Sade Morris
each impressed coaches with their performances on the teams August
trip to Australia. Also, sophomore Kelly Kohn and junior Ivana Catic
provide some pop from the point guard position. Freshmen Nicollette
Smith, Krysten Boogaard and Chakeitha Weldon will each get some
playing time and have a chance to see how they ft into the ofensive
scheme.
Defense
This was a problem area last year, as the several freshmen who
saw playing time struggled to keep up on the defensive end. Coach
Bonnie Henrickson stressed better defensive position in the
ofseason, but her players need to transfer that work onto
the court. Low post players, especially, need to improve
from last year because that position isnt deep enough
to handle any serious foul trouble. This team has too
many other concerns to worry about bad fouls
down low. They wont face a real test on Sunday,
but its important to do well now so they have
confdence come time for the real thing.
cOaching
Henrickson had to cut her playbook in half
last year because of inexperience and the lack of
an inside post presence. Now she has her pieces in
place, depending on the play of junior Marija Zinic and
Boogaard. If her post players perform well, Henricksons
ofense is 10 times better. If not, this team looks a lot like
last years squad. Unless Henrickson is willing to change up her
ofensive style of play, which she did with mixed results last season,
then one of these two players will have to step up and perform to
Henricksons expectations.
freshman Krysten boogaard.
Boogaard could be the diference
for this team down the stretch.
Henricksons preferred ofense
runs through a dominant low-post
player, something she didnt have
last year. It will be interesting to
see how the 65 Boogaard fts into
Henricksons system, and that will
depend heavily on her play at both
ends of the court.
Has fve months of cooled
them of? The Jayhawks greatest
success came at the end of the
year when they won fve of their
fnal nine games, including a Big 12
tournament upset over Oklahoma
State. The team looked solid on the
Australia trip this summer, but will
they be able to re-capture that fre
from last season and turn it into
another winning streak?
KU
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Kansas VS. PITTSBURG STATE 4:00 p.m. Sunday, Allen Fieldhouse
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Nebraska travels to Lawrence
accompanied by a four-game
losing streak in which it has been
outscored 150-59. But a game in
Memorial Stadium against the
eighth-ranked Jayhawks could
serve as the perfect opportu-
nity for the Cornhuskers to get
back on track. Nebraska has 46
victories and only seven losses
all-time when visiting Kansas.
2007 Averages and National Rank
26.64ppg 62nd
scoring ofense
275.33ypg 21st
passing ofense
149.44ypg 69th
rushing ofense
31.44ppg 91st
scoring defense
224.56ypg 63rd
passing defense
242.56ypg 119th
rushing defense
Junior running back Marlon
Lucky. With starting quarterback
Sam Keller out with an injury,
more of the ofensive load will be
placed on the shoulders of Lucky.
Not that he cant carry it. Hes
broken the
100-yard mark
four times this
season and
was the go-to
guy even
before Kellers
injury. The
only problem
is Nebraska
abandons Lucky quickly if he
doesnt fnd room to run. If Lucky
can get past a vicious Kansas
front seven early, look for him to
keep Nebraska in the game.
How efective can new
starting quarterback Joe Ganz
be? Its the million dollar ques-
tion heading into the game for
both teams. The junior obviously
wasnt good enough in training
camp because he lost the posi-
tion battle to Sam Keller. But if
Ganz can fnd a rhythm against
the Kansas defense, he could
haunt it because the Jayhawks
were unable to scout Ganz lead-
ing up to the game.
How will Nebraska stop
the Kansas ground game? Dead
last. Thats where the Cornhusk-
ers rank in rushing defense
nationally. Jayhawk running back
Brandon McAnderson enters
fresh of of a game where he ran
for a career-high 186 yards. Jake
Sharps quickness to the holes
makes for a mismatch against the
Nebraska defense.
An easy way to judge the
success of a team is to count
its media requests. Before this
season, Mark Mangino s media
request sheet usually contained
four or fve items each week.
After the teams 8-0 start, two
pages worth of media outlets
want to speak with Mangino,
and the coach has struggled to
meet all of the demand. If Kan-
sas keeps winning, Mangino can
count on having a full schedule
for the foreseeable future.
(2007 Averages and National Rank)
42.5ppg 5th
scoring ofense
215ypg 14th
rushing ofense
264.4ypg 31st
passing ofense
10.3ppg 2nd
scoring defense
77.5ypg 6th
rushing defense
186.4ypg 18th
passing defense
Sophomore running back
Jake Sharp. Last week, the Jay-
hawk ofensive line dominated
a Texas A&M front seven that
had been decent against the
run up to that point. Saturday,
Sharp and
his blockers
will face the
worst run de-
fense in the
nation. The
Cornhuskers
have allowed
almost
250 yards
per game on the ground this
season, and Sharp seems due
for a breakout game against a
molasses-slow defense.
How will Scott Webb deal
with adversity? The senior kicker
has been exceptionally consis-
tent during his entire collegiate
career, but he missed three feld
goals last weekend. The game
may not be close enough to
bring Webbs accuracy issues
into play, but it will be inter-
esting to see whether he can
bounce back.
Can the Jayhawks cover
the spread once more? In 2007,
Kansas has covered the spread
in all seven of the games with
a betting line. Vegas favors the
Jayhawks by 19 points will
they be able to rout the Corn-
huskers?
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OffenSe
The Kansas ofense may have scored only 19 points last week
against Texas A&M, but it probably deserved more. For the third
consecutive game, sophomore quarterback Todd Reesing did not
throw an interception, and he completed nearly two-thirds of his pass
attempts. Senior running back Brandon McAnderson displayed an im-
pressive combination of power and speed on his way to a career-high
183 rushing yards. Poor special teams play cost the Jayhawk ofense
the extra points it should have put on the board.
defenSe
The defense is coming of of its best performance of the conference
season. Senior defensive tackle James McClinton and junior linebacker
James Holt stufed the formidable Texas A&M run game and the Kan-
sas secondary did an admirable job of containing the Aggies option
runs. With one of the nations best tackles in McClinton, a very solid
group of linebackers and a star cornerback in Talib, the Kansas defense
is sturdy on all three levels.
SpeciaL teaMS
Another week, another area of concern for the Jayhawk special
teams. Senior kicker Scott Webb has been solid throughout his career,
so there should not be too many worries about his perfor-
mance. But the blocked feld goal in the frst quarter
showed a crack in Kansas kicking game. Sophomore
wide receiver Anthony Webb has not yet misplayed a
punt, but his reckless style and hesitance to call a fair
catch is a bit troubling.
MOMentuM
The Jayhawks are riding
high for yet another
week. The team started
the season by proving
it could win at home
and has recently
established national
credibility by pulling out
three road victories over respect-
able Big 12 Conference opponents.
ESPN is paying attention, Todd Reesing
is a Davey OBrien Award semifnal-
ist, and most importantly, the team is
undefeated. Its beginning to look like
Kansas isnt just a basketball school
anymore.
cOaching
A great deal of the credit for the pro-
grams turnaround has to go to the man
in charge, head coach Mark Mangino.
Since his arrival at Kansas, he has com-
pared the process of building the pro-
gram to sawing wood. During some
of the more disappointing moments
of Manginos tenure, it seemed all
that sawing was for naught. Now
that his team is competing for a
BCS bowl bid and is heavily favored
against the once-mighty Nebraska
Cornhuskers, the hard work is
paying dividends.
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OffenSe
Exactly what Nebraska will do on ofense against Kansas remains
a mystery because of quarterback Sam Kellers season-ending injury.
Junior Joe Ganz will make the frst start of his career in Lawrence. In
limited action this season, he is 3-for-4 with 75 yards and a touchdown.
But Ganz adds a new dimension to the ofense because he can run the
ball. The change of pace could actually be a blessing in disguise for the
NU ofense, because the more it has run the ball, the better it has been
this season. Junior running back Marlon Lucky exploded for 233 yards
in the season opener against Nevada but has fallen to averaging only
92 yards per game since. The running games efciency is credited to
the ofensive line, anchored by center Brett Byford. The receiving corps
is deep and talented with Maurice Purify, Nate Swift and Terrence
Nunn each with at least 25 receptions.
defenSe
The Cornhusker ofense has been competitive enough to win
games this season. The same cant be said for the defense. A lot was
expected of this unit before the season began. The defensive line
was an area of concern but was supposed to be shored up by highly
recruited players such as sophomore Ndamukong Suh, whose frst
name means House of Spears. But with only one sack this season, hes
not spearing the quarterback nearly enough. Nebraska ranks 112th
nationally in sacks. Some of the blame has to be on the linebackers. Bo
Ruud, for example, looked like one of the Big 12 Conferences best. But
with only four tackles per game, his season is as disappointing as Kelly
Osbournes music career. Nebraska has experimented with many dif-
ferent personnel combinations in the secondary. They all shared one
thing in common: they couldnt stop the pass.
SpeciaL teaMS
At least the Cornhuskers are outstanding at one thing: kick
coverage. They rank frst in the Big 12 in kickof coverage
and have booted eleven touchbacks. Cortney Grixby
is one of the better kick and punt returners
in the Big 12 conference. Dan Titchener has
handled the punting duties well. Alex
Henry hasnt missed a feld goal yet but
that could be because hes only at-
tempted six.
MOMentuM
46 years is more than just a meaning-
less statistic. The fact that its been that long
since Nebraska lost four consecutive games
provides a harrowing look at how far its fallen
since the glory days. Nebraska led Texas going
into the fourth quarter last week before letting
all the positive momentum slip away. Longhorn
running back Jamaal Charles rushed for three
touchdowns in the fourth quarter in a shocking
comeback victory for Texas. At this point, the
Cornhuskers are simply trying not to stain the rich
NU tradition any further.
cOaching
Bill Callahan has served as the scapegoat for the
improbable losing season in Lincoln, Neb. It will almost cer-
tainly cost him his job at the end of the season. But Callahan
cant possibly be that bad of a coach. He is the same guy
who led the Oakland Raiders to a Super Bowl appearance in
his frst year at the helm. Defensive coordinator Kevin Cos-
grove must shoulder the majority of the blame for failing to
put a competitive unit on the feld despite undeniable talent.
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mark mangino
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A Nebraska loss wouldnt be such a stunner this time

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