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THE UNIVERSITY OF DAIRY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2007
A player's dream
KANSAN FILE PHOTO
After months of anticipation, a construction company has been selected to build the Kansas baseball clubhouse. In mid-November, companies placed bids on the project and GLPM Architects Inc. came out on top. Above is an architectural drawing of the clubhouse. The two-story, 6,500 square foot clubhouse will be built behind the first base-side bleachers of Hoglund Ballpark. It will feature a locker room and lounge for players, game day offices for the coaches and a reception area for visitors. The clubhouse project, which will cost approximately $1.7 million, should be substantially completed by June 15.
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Yankees' deadline passes on trade New York fails to make deal with Minnesota for Santana
BY RONALD BLUM ASSOCIATED PRESS
NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Hank Steinbrener's deadline for a Johan Santana trade with Minnesota passed without an agreement.
Minnesota came off its demand that the Yankees include pitcher Ian Kennedy along with pitcher Phil Hughes and center fielder Melky Cabrera, but the Twins still were asking for more than the Yankees were willing to offer.
"It's still something that we can't do," Steinbrenner said Tuesday morning. "As far as I'm concerned, it's probably off."
Steinbrenner, a senior vice president and son of owner George Steinbrenner, planned to speak with general manager Brian Cashman later Tuesday to assess the team's stance.
New Twins general manager Bill Smith didn't seem concerned about the deadline. Of course, baseball teams let deadlines pass all the time only to resume talks later.
"We've got good players. We have players that maybe other clubs
would like to acquire," he said. "We've had a lot of years where we keep going over and picking up the phone receiver to make sure the dial tone was still (there). We couldn't get the phone to ring."
Boston is thought to have offered Jon Lester, Clay Buchholz or Jacoby Ellsbury — but only one of them — as part of a deal.
Santana's agent, Peter Greenberg, said his client was angered by a report that he has told the Twins to only trade him to the Yankees or Red Sox. Santana has made no such request, Greenberg said, and also has ruled out returning to the Twins next season.
"He was very adamant about that. He wanted to make sure we clarified that. That upset him," Greenberg said. "He's been very clear all along that he wants Bill to make the best deal possible."
Red Sox general manager Theo Epstein didn't express any time pressure. He said there was no expiration date on any of his trade talks.
"I think we've only done that when we thought it was in our best
interest," Epstein said. "We don't have current discussions ongoing for which I think that would be in our best interest. We're pretty content with where we are and we don't think anything major is getting held up."
New York did get a left-hander Monday; Andy Pettite decided to pitch for the Yankees next season rather than retire.
Pettitite's agent, Randy Hendricks, said Monday that the 35-year-old lefty had started telling teammates on Sunday. Hendricks then informed Cashman of the news.
Hendricks said Yankees captain Derek Jeter and catcher Jorge Posada had lobbied Pettitte to return, and the pitcher consulted his wife.
"Players such as Jeter and Posada told him how much they needed him back, as did Brian Cashman and manager Joe Girardi," Hendricks said. "Andy decided this weekend that he didn't want to keep the Yankees on hold as they sought to determine their team for next year."
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quarterback Sean Glennon said. "The only game I saw them play was the game against Missouri."
The Jayhawks haven't even played an ACC opponent since the 2003 Tangerine Bowl when they endured a 30-point defeat to North Carolina State. Senior tight
current Jayhawks that was on the team for that bowl game.
"Anytime you go to a BCS game it's going to outweigh anything else."
DEREK FINE Kansas tight end
Fine said the history doesn't bother him and joked that the Jayhawks were better suited for the Orange Bowl.
"I like oranges. They taste better. They're bigger." Fine said. "Anytime
end Derek Fine is one of the only you go to a BCS game it's going to
And both teams expect to represent their conference well and come out of the Orange Bowl with a victory against an unlikely opponent.
outweigh anything else."
Both teams want to end their season in a more pleasing fashion than last year. Kansas wasn't invited to a bowl game despite being bowl eligible at 6-6. Virginia Tech squandered an 18-point halftime lead and lost to Georgia in the Chick-fil-A Bowl.
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game like LSU did, look where it propels you in the BCS. The argument can be made that if the Big 12 Championship would have been a closer game wed be sending Missouri today.
"That was a pretty impactful game when you go into that championship game and lose by what Missouri lost by. It definitely weighed on our decision-making process." he said.
sion and earning a spot in its conference championship?
Missouri lost to Oklahoma 38-17 in the Big 12 Championship, scoring less than 30 points for the first time all season. But the Tigers entered the championship game with an 11-1 record, a No.1 ranking
According to some analysts, the answer is a resounding "no."
ESPN's Lee Corso put it bluntly on a bowl selection show when he said of the situation, "It sucks." Mike Greenberg said Missouri's absence from the BCS was "ridiculous" on ESPN's Mike and Mike in the Morning radio show.
"Things will sort themselves out and this is where we are supposed to be."
and momentum from a convincing neutral-site victory against BCS bowl-bound Kansas. Missouri's exclusion from the BCS picture begs the question: Should a team be punished for winning its divi-
GARY PINKEL Missouri head football coach
Kansas and Missouri both have compelling cases for their inclusion in a BCS bowl. The Jayhawks have only lost one game and have outscored their opponents 532-192 this season. The Tigers
nave defeated both Illinois (40-34)
and Kansas (36-28) — two BCS
qualifiers — and have twice lost
to the Big 12 champion Oklahoma
Sooners.
But the rules allow only one
at-large team from each conference into the BCS bowls. When Kansas slipped into the Orange Bowl as an at-large selection, Missouri dropped out of the picture. Although some Missouri players said they were not sure whether the system had treated them fairly, Missouri coach Gary Pinkel said his team was excited for the opportunity to play in the Cotton Bowl.
"We had a great year," Pinkel said at a news conference Sunday. "You can never take away a division championship and playing in a championship game. Things will sort themselves out and this is where we are supposed to be."
At the Kansas news conference, each player fielded questions about the apparent snub Missouri endured. When asked whether Missouri deserved a BCS bid, junior linebacker Joe Mortensen offered a simple explanation.
"No comment," he said with a smile.
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Talib was one of five finalists for the award, which went to LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey. The players attended a dinner Sunday night with former NFL player Bubba Smith before they spoke at a High School Leadership Forum on Monday morning Monday afternoon the players appeared on a local radio show and visited to a children's hospital. Monday night Dorsey received the award at a banquet. Talib has made 61 tackles and four interceptions and has broken up 13 passes this season. Dorsey, a senior, has recorded 64 tackles and six sacks.
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CONFERENCE
The Kansas players may not be heading to Florida until late December, but coach Mark Mangino is getting a sneak preview
of the warm weather this week.
Mangino, along with Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer, will participate in a news conference at 3 p.m. central time Wednesday afternoon in Hollywood, Fla.
The Orange Bowl press's conference marks the official kick off of Orange Bowl festivities in the Miami area.
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