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Buffs, Cyclones look to pivotal game
BY DANIEL BERK
dberk@kansan.com
KANSAN SENIOR SWIPTERWIT
Colorado once again separated itself from the rest of the Big 12 North on Saturday when it pounded Missouri 41-12 at home.
With the victory, Colorado moved to 7-2 on the season and 5-1 in conference play. The only way the Buffaloes could lose the division is if they lose their final two games and the Cyclones wins both of its final two games.
Running back Lawrence Vickers set the pace for the Buffaloes on Saturday with four touchdowns and 85 yards. The senior from Houston has been used this season as a blocker more than a runner, but on Saturday Colorado football coach Gary Barnett decided to give Vickers more carries.
Vickers had just 133 yards rushing before Saturday. Barnett said Vickers' performance was good, but that the victory against Missouri was a total team effort.
played all year," Barnett said. "We had a lot of guys who had real good games, and they took the challenge well. We have to put it behind us now though, and move on because we have a very difficult road trip coming up."
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In addition to the solid effort from Vickers, Colorado kicker Mason Crosby was named Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week for the fourth time this season and second week in a row. Crosby hit two field goals, one from 56 yards out and the other from 43 yards. Crosby is now 16-19 on the season with his longest completed from 58 yards.
Colorado can clinch the division this Saturday with a victory against runner-up Iowa State in Ames, Iowa. Iowa State started the conference season 0-3, but has since rebounded and now stands at 3-3.
for three touchdowns and almost 200 yards. Iowa State also had the luxury of using tailback Stevie Hicks. Hicks, who had missed several games this season because of injuries, had a large part in Saturday's victory.
Iowa State toppled Kansas State last weekend at home 45-17. Sophomore quarterback Bret Meyer once again set the rhythm for the Cyclones. Meyer threw
He rushed 24 times for 149 yards and one touchdown. Hicks came on strong in the second half when the score was still 17-10. He ran for 130 yards in the second half alone. Hicks was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week for his effort.
Colorado running back Lawrence Vickers fights his way for one of his four touchdowns in Colorado's 41-12 victory against Missouri in Boulder, Colo., on Saturday. Vickers has 11 touchdowns in nine games this season.
Barnett said he knew how dangerous the Iowa State team was, especially with the return of Hicks.
"Iowa State is a team that is getting better and better," Barnett said. "Now, with Hicks back, they have all their weapons there. They have also played solid defensively all season. They will be on a high emotional level playing at home, so we will have our hands full."
Iowa State's latest victim, Kansas State, found itself in a tough spot to qualify for a bowl game. With the loss to the Cyclones, the
Wildcats' record dropped to 4-5 on the season and the team will have to win its final two games to go to the post season.
Kansas State will travel to Lincoln, Neb., to play Nebraska this weekend and then return home
for its final game of the season against Missouri in two weeks. If Kansas State loses either game, it will miss out on a bowl for the second year in a row.
- Edited by Ty Beaver
MTHETICS CALENDAR
Men's basketball vs. Fort Hays State (exhibition), 7 p.m., Allen Fieldhouse
Volleyball vs. Oklahoma, 7 p.m., Norman, Okla.
THURSDAY
THURSDAY
♦ Volleyball vs. Texas Tech, 7 p.m., Horeksi Family Athletics Center
- Cross Country, Midwest Regional Championship, time TBA, Iowa City, Iowa
- Rowing. Sunflower Showdown, time TBA, Manhattan
SUNDAY
SATURDAY
♦ Football vs. Texas, 2:30 p.m.
Austin, Texas
♦ Women's basketball vs.
Emporia State, 1 p.m., Allen
Fieldhouse
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Jayhawks make KU history with big victory against Big Red
UNSPORTSMANLIKE CONDUCT
The Kansas victory against Nebraska was the biggest victory in KU football history.
Sure, it's tough not to pick Kansas shocking No. 1 Missouri in 1960, or the Blue Bonnet Bowl victory in 1961 or even the Aloha Bowl stump of UCLA in 1995.
But for every close game,
None of those games, though,
was 36 years in the making.
MARK ZILLMAN
MZILLMAN@KANSAN.COM
Think about it. In 1968, Lydon Johnson was president, gas was 34 cents a gallon and Kansas football coach Mark Mangino was in the eighth grade. That means every KU freshman from
Scores of Kansas fans had written an "L" next to the Nebraska game when the schedule came out. Beating Nebraska was simply not an option.
1969 onward, has passed through Lawrence knowing nothing but defeat against Nebraska.
The second-longest active losing streak in college football — Notre Dame defeated Navy 41 times in a row is first — has been about as lopsided as possible. Yes, there have been some close games.
In 1969, the struggling Jayhawk football team lost only 21-17 to the Cornhuskers in Lawrence. In 1973, the Jayhawks lost in Lincoln 10-9. A failed two-point conversion doomed Kansas from pulling an upset in 1993, and in 1999 the Jayhawks led early, only to come up on the losing end, 24-17.
there were plenty of games like 1987, when the Cornhuskers pounded out a 54-2 victory. That game was an improvement from the 1986 blasting, when Nebraska won 70-0.
In fact, since 1968, the Cornhuskers have scored more than 40 points 26 times against the Jayhawks. The average margin of victory since 1968 also isn't pretty. The 'Huskers won every game in the 36-game winning streak by an average of almost 36 points. It is easy to see why some Kansas — and Nebraska — fans thought
this streak would never end.
The 40 points the Jayhawks scored was the most Kansas has ever scored against Nebraska. The previous record of 36 was set when Kansas knocked off the 'Huskers 36-20 in 1899.
another losing streak against Kansas State last season. But the Jayhawks' victory against Nebraska was something truly special.
Seven football coaches, including Glen Mason and Jayhawk legend Don Fambrough, could not send the Big Red back home with a loss.
On Saturday, the Jayhawks began a new era of football, and no other victory in school history can top that.
- Zillman is a Leavenworth senior in journalism.
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