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SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2007
sports quote of the day
Golden ball, golden player
"We are honored to be playing Kansas, a team that is having a great year. We'll try to uphold our end of the deal to have a great Orange Bowl. This has the makings of a great game and we look forward to it."
— Virginia Tech coach Frank Beamer.
AC Milan Brazilian forward Kaka, challenges for the ball with Celtic's captain Stephen Momanus during the Champions League, Group D soccer match between AC Milan and Celtic at Milan San Siro on Sunday. Kaka won the Golden Ball award, given to the world's best player, after helping his club win the Champions League title this year with some standout performances.
KU Football media guide.
Kansas coach Mark Mangino guided the Jayhawks to their third bowl game in his tenure, making him the first KU coach to make more than two bowl games.
sports trivia of the day
Q: Which KU football coaches have gone to more than one bowl game besides Mark Manqino?
A: Don Fambrough (1973)
Liberty Bowl, 1981 Hall of Fame
Bowl) and Glen Mason (1992
and 1995 Aloha Bowls)
— KU Football media guide
calendar
WEDNESDAY
Men's Basketball vs. Eastern Washington, 7 p.m., Lawrence
THURSDAY
Women's Basketball vs.
Marquette, 7 p.m., Lawrence
SATURDAY
Men's Basketball vs. DePaul, 1 p.m., Lawrence
SUNDAY
Women's Basketball vs. Indiana, 2 p.m., Lawrence
COLLEGE FOOTBALL One year later: Paterno inducted into Hall of Fame
NEW YORK — The College Football Hall of Fame news conference had already started by the time Joe Paterno showed up and grabbed his seat at the end of the
dais.
"I apologize for being one year and 20 minutes late," the 80-year-old Penn State coach said.
No apologies necessary, JoePa
The second-winningest coach in the history of major college football was voted into the Hall of Fame in 2006, but his induction
Paterno, who led Penn State to an 8-4 record this season, was hoping to take his children back to his old neighborhood in Brooklyn while he was into town, but he's been too busy.
had to be put on hold because this time last year he was recovering from a broken leg which was the result of two players ran into him during a game.
The rest of the class of 13 new hall of famers, including 1984 Heisman Trophy winner Doug Flutie and former Oregon star Ahmad Rashad, were voted in earlier this year and inducted at a banquet Tuesday night at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in midtown Manhattan.
On Monday night, Penn State threw a reception at another Manhattan hotel for Paterno. About half of the 400 people who showed up were Paterno's former players, including Franco Harris, John Cappelletti and Lydell Mitchell and Todd Blackledge.
"So many of the kids came back," Paterno said. "It was very emotional. I didn't get to spend enough time with any of them. It was like holding court."
"I'll always be a New Yorker. It's great to come back," he said.
Paterno also found out at the reception that two of his friends, Patrick and Candace Malloy, of Key Largo, Fla., donated $5 million to Penn State to endow the position he has occupied for 42 seasons. It's the largest donation ever given to Penn State athletics.
Paterno will complete his 58th season at Penn State in the Alamo Bowl on Dec. 19 against Texas A&M. No other major college coach has been at one school longer and his 371 career
victories ranks second only to Bobby Bowden (373).
Bowden and Paterno were supposed be inducted into the Hall of Fame together last year, but Paterno was still gimpy from surgery to repair a broken left shinbone and torn ligaments in his knee.
"I'm only sorry I wasn't here last year with Bobby Bowden, somebody I respect so much; somebody I think has done a magnificent job at his school," Paterno said. "We've been very fortunate. God's given us good health. Every once in a while you get a little sloppy on the sideline and let somebody run into you."
Paterno became the head coach at Penn State in 1966, before any of the 12 players in the latest hall of fame class started college.
Chris Zorich, who played defensive tackle for Notre Dame from 1988-90 and was the youngest member of the induction class, marveled at how Paterno's career has spanned generations of college football players.
The rest of the new Hall of Famers were: Oklahoma center Tom Brahaney; Michigan defensive back Dave Brown; Clemson linebacker Jeff Davis; Texas defensive back Johnnie Johnson; Ohio State quarterback Rex Kern; Indiana running back Anthony Thompson; Houston defensive tackle Wilson Whitley, Dartmouth linebacker Reggie Williams; and Southern California linebacker Richard Wood.
"He represents what college football is supposed to be about: Tradition and building character," Zorich said. "It's not about hiring a new guy every three, four years."
Associated Press
nfl glance
nfl glance
AFC
North
Team W L T Pct PF PA
y-New Eng.12 0 0 1.000 469 209
Buffalo 6 6 0 .500 184 274
N.Y.Jets 3 9 0 .250 221 291
Miami 0 12 0 .000 196 317
South
Team W L T Pct PF PA
Indianap. 10 2 0 .833 337 197
Jacksonville8 4 0 .667 268 223
Tennessee 7 5 0 .583 232 241
Houston 5 7 0 .417 263 291
North
Team W L T Pct PF PA
Pittsburgh 9 3 0 .750 296 155
Cleveland 7 5 0 .583 336 338
Cincinnati 4 8 0 .333 291 318
Baltimore 4 8 0 .333 206 270
West
Team W L T Pct PF PA
San Diego 7 5 0 .583 285 233
Denver 5 7 0 .417 241 329
Kansas City 4 8 0 .333 172 230
Oakland 4 8 0 .333 234 260
NFC
East
Team W L T Pct PF PA
x-Dallas 11 1 0.917 395 248
N.Y.Giants 8 4 0.667 274 257
Washington5 7 0.417 229 257
Philadel. 5 7 0.417 258 246
South
Team W L T Pct PF PA
Tampa Bay 8 4 0.667 241 187
Carolina 5 7 0.417 204 257
New Orl. 5 7 0.417 266 279
Atlanta 3 9 0.250 171 272
North
Team W L T Pct PF PA
Green Bay 10 2 0.833 323 222
Detroit 6 4 0.500 267 311
Minnesota 6 6 0.500 278 237
Chicago 5 7 0.417 237 272
West
Team W L T Pct PF PA
Seattle 8 4 0.667 273 207
Arizona 6 6 0.500 281 280
San Fran. 3 9 0.250 164 285
St.Louis 3 9 0.250 196 297
x-clinched playoff spot
y-clinched division
Sunday's Games
Thursday's Game Dallas 37, Green Bay 27
Sunday's Games
N.Y. Jets 40, Miami 13
Tennessee 28, Houston 20
Minnesota 42, Detroit 10
Buffalo 17, Washington 16
St. Louis 28, Atlanta 16
Indianapolis 28, Jacksonville 25
San Diego 24, Kansas City 10
Seattle 28, Philadelphia 24
Carolina 31, San Francisco 14
Oakland 34, Denver 20
Arizona 27, Cleveland 21
Tampa Bay 27, New Orleans 23
N.Y. Giants 21, Chicago 16
Pittsburgh 24, Cincinnati 10
Monday's Game
Monday's Game New England 27, Baltimore 24
Thursday, Dec. 6
Chicago at Washington, 7:15 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 9
Dallas at Detroit, noon
Miami at Buffalo, noon
San Diego at Tennessee, noon
Oakland at Green Bay, noon
Tampa Bay at Houston, noon
St. Louis at Cincinnati, noon
N.Y. Giants at Philadelphia, noon
Carolina at Jacksonville, noon
Arizona at Seattle, 3:05 p.m.
Minnesota at San Fran., 3:05 p.m.
Cleveland at N.Y. Jets, 3:15 p.m.
Kansas City at Denver, 3:15 p.m.
Pittsburgh at New Eng., 3:15 p.m.
Indianapolis at Baltimore, 7:15 p.m.
New Orleans at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Mondav. Dec. 10
BCS
UWire Top 10
Each week sports editors at FBS papers vote on the nation's top 10 teams, with first place votes in parenthesis.
Team Record PointsPrvs.
1. Ohio St. (30) 11-1 458 3
2. LSU (14) 11-2 434 5
3. Oklahoma (1) 11-2 393 9
4. Georgia (3) 10-2 341 4
5.Vir. Tech (2) 11-2 342 7
6. USC (1) 10-2 263 8
7. Missouri 10-2 203 1
8. Kansas 11-1 153 6
9. Hawaii 12-0 94 10
10. West Virginia 10-2 61 2
Florida 56, Arizona State 18, Tennessee 3, Illinois 2, Boston College 1, BYU 1
Also Receiving Votes:
Dropped Out: None
How Sports Editor Travis Robinett Voted:
1. Georgia — That was six straight victories to end the season right? Who cares that they lost the tie-breaker to Tennessee in their division, the 'Dawgs deserve a shot at the title.
5. Ohio State — In the words of
2. Oklahoma — When Sam Bradford plays and the Sooners don't implode with turnovers, they could be the nation's best team.
4. USC — The Trojans are, well,
awesome when they are fully
healthy.
3. Kansas — Say what you will, but Kansas still is 11-1. That deserves a BCS bowl berth.
Mike Gundy, Ohio State playing in the title game "makes me want to puke."
6. LSU — Seriously? The team that lost last week is playing for it all? Football gods help us!
7. Missouri — Too bad. So sad.
8. Virginia Tech — I hate to cheer against the Hokies, but now, I'm forced to. It will be a great game.
9. West Virginia — Hey at least you're not Missouri.
10. Hawaii — Colt Brennan is FOR REAL! Did you see that one pass? You know which one I am talking about.
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