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"That is the question we are trying to answer right now why the carry over from practice to the game is not as high as it should be." Simmons said.
This weekend's game at Arrowhead Stadium will mark the first time that Kansas has played at the home of the Kansas City Chiefs.
Mangino said he expected a large number of Kansas alumni in Kansas City, Mo., to attend the game.
Senior linebacker Kevin Kane is from Parkville, Mo., and has been a Chiefs fan his entire life.
"I got a bunch of family coming to this game, being from Kansas City," he said. "I have never had a chance to play in Arrowhead. It is going to be an awesome time."
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Oklahoma fans will also be expected to make their presence felt.
"Oklahoma will travel well; they always do," Mangino said. "How big their contingency will be I don't know at this point in time."
Football Notes:
Mangino named the team players of the week at Tuesday's press conference. Senior linebackers Kevin Kane and Banks Floodman were named defensive players of the week, while tight end Derek Fine was named special teams player of the week. Mangino did not select an offensive player of the week.
The Big 12 Conference announced Tuesday that the Oct. 22 contest between Kansas and Colorado would kick off at 6 p.m. The game will not be televised.
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Mangino said that ultimately Luke's passing ability outweighed his mental errors.
Sure, Luke has made mistakes during the past few weeks, but so has every offensive player. Mangino has been critical of Luke's decision to twice call options deep in Kansas territory that resulted in turnovers, in both cases running backs attributed to the miffed pitches. Luke also threw some bad interceptions against Texas Tech, but his receivers were rarely open and he was continually rushed in the pocket.
"We feel like Brian gives us the best opportunity to win," Mangino said. "When protected, he delivers the ball better than any other quarterback we have."
Making the situation better is that Mangino said Luke was the only quarterback he planned to use in Saturday's game.
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He said that in meetings with Luke, he told him he was looking for him to start, finish and win the game. He added that to help cut down on mental errors he told Luke to trust his initial feelings and not worry about the consequences.
This will work wonders for Luke's confidence. Last year, he played in two games without fear of being replaced and excelled. During those games he almost led Kansas to an upset of Texas and defeated Missouri on the road.
There's no telling if Mangino's faith in Luke will return him to his old form, but it can only help
Luke will also be helped with the addition of a new weapon he can throw the ball to.
The Herford quarterback experiment seems to be over, for now, and it will be good to see one of the Jayhawks' best athletes do something besides ride the bench.
In preseason practices Herford dazzled the media by burning junior cornerback Charles Gordon for a touchdown pass, and he showed promise during last week's game by gaining big vardage on a trick play.
With him and Luke on the field at the same time, Kansas' offense still won't resemble the offense that normally plays at Arrowhead Stadium, but it will surely be an improvement from last week.
♦ Robinett is an Austin, Texas senior in journalism. He is Kansan sports editor.
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Let's talk about a new Royals stadium
Jon Copaken, chairman of The Downtown Council presents the council's ideas about a downtown baseball park for the Kansas City Royals during a forum Tuesday at the Liberty Memorial in Kansas City, Mo. Part of the presentation featured an artist's concept of the ball park.
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where they made vows to "lead the team through blood and sweat" and "honor the tradition of Kansas basketball" to Danny Manning and Mike Maddox, members of the 1988 championship team. The sophomore class stole the show by performing its best imitation of The Tempations. The entertainment capped off when the team members gathered in a circle and danced to "Step In the Name of Love" and "Drop It Like It's Hot."
"I have just been waiting to get out there and get the season started," Wright said. "Being here last year, it just looked like the guys were having so much fun."
Wright, a freshman forward, said he had been looking forward to participating in Late Night since he got to the University this summer.
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The celebration for the women's basketball team will start about 6:30 p.m and last until about 8 p.m. The women's team will perform skits and have a short scrimmage. After that, all eyes will be on this year's men's basketball team.
For about an hour on Friday night, Kansas fans will see a side of the players that is seldom revealed on the basketball court. The team will transform themselves into singing and dancing fools as each class performs a skit. Last year, members of the senior class dressed in tuxedos and performed a dream skit
Self said the excitement that Late Night brings to the players is one of the best parts about the event.
"It is a really fun time for the guys, and it gets them all jacked up about the season." Self said.
After all of the dancing and laughing is over, the team will put on a more serious face for a short scrimmage. Since broadcasting the scrimmage will take place at 8:40 p.m. and include warm-ups, not all of the scrimmage will fit into the block of time before 9 p.m. The end of scrimmage will only be seen by the fieldhouse faithful.
Self said that this year's Late Night would be more coordinated than in past years. There will also be a few modifications to the performances.
"We will do a couple of things as a team this year." Self said.
With the added excitement of the national broadcast, Self encouraged fans and the student body to share in the excitement, despite the fact that it would be fall break.
"We appreciate everybody who sticks around during fall break or even comes back for Late Night," Self said. "This is probably as important a Late Night as we've had."
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Sophomore outside hitter Na Yang leads the Tigers attack. The Shan Dong, China, native averages 4.12 kills per game. She ranks sixth in the Big 12 in that department.
The jayhawks have a bye today for the first time this season. Bechard said he was glad to have the extra time to work on execution before Saturday's
match and that the timing was fortunate. The team was able to take a day off Tuesday before it returns to practice today.
The Jayhawks will use the extra practice this week to adjust to new assignments. With the season-ending injury to junior outside hitter Jana Correa, the Jayhawks have had to shuffle their rotation. Junior Megan Hill has replaced Correa in the starting lineup, and junior Dani
Wittman and freshman Liz Ingram have seen more action as defensive specialists.
Bechard said the team had moved on and was focusing on getting back on a winning track.
"We're not talking about that anymore," he said. "We're going to roll with the players we have. We think we can still meet many of our goals, and everybody's tightened up the circle a little bit."
Brown said the Jayhawks would be ready for a tough match. She said they were confident they could compete with the Tigers because they both had similar results against Nebraska.
"Mizzou is a very good technical team, a quality team every year," she said. "We will have to play well, but we think we can go there and win."
Edited by Tricia Masenthin