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MONDAY, OCTOBER 10.2005
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DANIEL BERK
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Herford deserves chance to shine
MANHATTAN — It's Luke, no wait a second, it's Barmann. Yeah, definitely Barmann. No, wait a second, it's Herford.
That's what I found myself saying every time the Kansas offense took the field on Saturday.
The whole time I was watching this amusing game of musical chairs, I wondered to myself
For those of who you don't know, Herford spent his time as a wide receiver. A year after being recruited as a quarterback, Kansas football coach Mangino decided to move Herford to wide receiver for the 2005 campaign.
Herford is the type of athlete coaches drool over. He has an enormous amount of athletic ability and is extremely talented. Now entering game six against Oklahoma this weekend. Herford is trying to play catch up and not only prepare for the opposing team's defense but also learn his own offense.
Mangino knows a lot more about football and his team than I do from sitting up at the press box and living the dream, but it looks like Mangino and his staff made a big mistake when they decided to move Herford.
—and whoever else would listen to me — what was freshman quarterback Marcus Herford doing this summer?
It's easy to second guess coaches and their decisions, but if Herford had been given the opportunity to succeed at quarterback and it didn't pan out, moving him to wide receiver would have been one thing. But Herford was never given that opportunity.
Herford played a total of two
SEE HERFORD ON PAGE 3B
Awful offense
▼ FOOTBALLL: 12-3
Senior wide receiver Mark Simmons blocks Kansas State defensive back Bryan Baldwin. Simmons finished the game with two receptions
Defense can't pick up slack
BY RYAN COLAIANNI rcolaiann@kansan.com
KANSAN STAFF WRITER
MANHATTAN — Missed opportunities.
One missed opportunity occurred on a drive where, thanks to freshman quarterback Marcus Herford, got the Jayhawks inside the Kansas State red zone, only to be dropped by junior quarterback Adam Barmann.
That's the simplest way to sum up Kansas' 12-3 loss to Kansas State on Saturday.
Herford entered the game in the fourth quarter. He was at the quarterback spot for only two plays, but one of those plays was a trick.
completion. Barmann was inserted immediately afterward, but fumbled on the 14-yard line three plays later with 10:06 remaining. The fumble negated any potential points for the Jayhawks.
After beginning the season a perfect 17-17 in scoring in the red zone, the Jayhawks either turned the ball over or lost yards when they reached the red zone at KSU Stadium. The Jayhawks mustered only three points from a field goal.
"We were one and four in the red zone today and we turned the ball over three times, which in a close, hard fought game you can't do that." Kansas football coach Mark Mangino said.
Herford passed the ball to junior cornerback Charles Gordon, who then threw it back to Herford from across the field. Herford then ran for a 34-vard
stopping their drives, Kansas held its in-state rival to just 182 yards of total offense, but it wasn't enough to keep the Sunflower Showdown Governor's Cup in Lawrence for a second straight year.
The Kansas defense, however, was able to give the offense good field position by getting pressure on Kansas State quarterbacks and
"I am proud of our defense," Mangino said. "I thought they played extremely, extremely well today. Played good, hard, physical football."
SEE DEFENSE ON PAGE 4B
But the defense wasn't upset with its strong play and the offense's lack of ability to score
▼ 'HORN BORN. 'HAWK BRED.
TRAVIS ROBINETT
TROBINETT@KANSAN.COM
It's now painfully clear that Kansas football coach Mark Mangino is incapable of making sound ingame decisions and leading a Big 12 Conference team.
Time for KU to replace Mangino
With the help of his hapless offense, Mangino handed Kansas State a 12-3 victory on Saturday.
The Jayhawk defense did everything it could to defeat the Wildcats and deserved to win. The stats show Nick Reid and company allowed K-State 10 points. In reality, they gave up just seven points. Kansas State's field goal was the result of an unforced fumble deep in Kansas territory.
Time after time the defense gave Kansas good field position and kept Kansas State from adding to its score. Sadly, the defense's performance wasn't enough to overcome Mangino's awesomeness awful strategy.
His first mistake was starting junior quarterback Adam Barmann. Barmann simply can't move the offense. Mangino should have realized this during Kansas' first game against Florida Atlantic.
Barmann didn't play well again on Saturday. Mangino made the right call when he benched him after Kansas' third offensive series. But Mangino made the mistake of putting him back in during the most crucial point of the fourth quarter.
With 12:20 left in the game, Kansas was down only seven points.
Mangino made a great decision and replaced senior quarterback Brian Luke - who was playing badly - with freshman Marcus Herford.
On his second play, Herford threw the ball to junior cornerback Charles Gordon, who then passed back to Herford for a 24-yard gain.
Kansas gained 33 yards in two plays with Herford under center
The play put the Jayhawks in
SEE MANGINO ON PAGE 5B
VOLLEYBALL
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Sophomore opposite hitter Emily Brown hit the ball over the net past Nebraska senior middle blocker Melissa Elmer. Brown led the Jayhawks with 16 hits, but couldn't hold off the No.1 Huskers, losing the match in four games, 10-16, 26-30, 30-22 and 30-15 at Koresi Family Athletics Center.
Jessica Smith pushes the ball downfield in Sunday afternoon's game against Oklahoma. Smith had four goals for the weekend, including three Friday against Oklahoma State and one Sunday against Oklahoma.
With Correa injured Kansas loses 3-1
BY DREW DAVISON
ddavison@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
sold-out crowd of 1,300 a "Rufio" chant taken from movie "Hook" couldn't lift Jayhawk volleyball team
Nebraska (15-0, 7-0 Big 12) defeated Kansas (12-5, 4-4 Big 12) 3-1 Saturday night at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
"We saw some of the better
over top-ranked Nebraska.
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SEE INJURED ON PAGE 3B
SOCCER
Oklahoma schools fall hard
BY ALISSA BAUER
abauer@kansan.com
KANSAN SPORTWRITER
Senior forward Jessica Smith notched her first career hat trick on Friday and helped Kansas defeat a pair of Oklahoma schools over the weekend.
The Jayhawks shut out No.
25 Oklahoma Sunday afternoon
3-0 and routed No. 24 Oklahoma State 4-1 Friday.
"It was more exciting for me to finally put one away," Smith said. "The first one is the hardest one to get, so it's the big sigh of relief when you finally get one in."
Smith's first four goals on the season all came from the weekend. She added another goal against Oklahoma yesterday.
The Jayhawks (7-5-2, 3-2-1 Big 12) put an end to a 10-game non-losing streak by the Sooners (11-2-1, 3-1-1 Big 12) yesterday.
"Today was by far our best performance of the year," Kansas soccer coach Mark Francis said. "As far as how we played and our finishing on offense, and on the defensive end, I thought it was our best defensive effort of the year."
Oklahoma's no-pressure style of play mirrored an apathetic look as the team failed to record
"I've seen Oklahoma play," Francis said. "They didn't play well today."
At the 14 minute mark, senior forward Caroline Smith got past Oklahoma goalkeeper Jennifer Nichols and dropped a ball in from 14 yards out. Junior
Junior defender Holly Gault and senior forward Nicole Braman picked up the double assist.
midfielder Michelle Rasmussen, who would later tack on the third and final Kansas goal, assisted in the score.
"I just got a really good ball from Holly and had a lot of space in the midfield to dribble," Rasmussen said. "I just
broke through and found an opening."
Oklahoma seemed to have a quiet tone throughout the game.
"It probably seemed that way, but it's just the style that they play," Jessica Smith said. "But we pretty much controlled the entire game. They really didn't
SEE FALL HARD ON PAGE 8B