THE UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007
SPORTS
3B
football notes
SO LONG, SENIORS
Thirteen Jayhawk seniors will play their final game at Memorial Stadium this weekend. The senior class, which includes seven starters, will be recognized in a pregame ceremony. Tight end Derek Fine,
Rodriguez.
running back Brandon McAnderson and defensive tackle James McClinton are the senior captains. Other major senior contributors include wide receiver Marcus Henry, kicker Scott Webb, punter Kyle Tucker and offensive tackle Cesar
the Jim Thorpe Award.
TALIB UP FOR AWARDS
Agib Talis is in the running for some serious postseason hardware. The junior cornerback was
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clude Ohio State linebacker James Laurinalis, LSU defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey, Virginia defensive end Chris Long and South Florida defensive end George Selvie. Talib is also on the Walter Camp Award watch list and a semifinalist for
named as a finalist for the Bronco Nagurski Award, given to the nation's best defensive player. Talib has four interceptions and 48 tackles this season to go along with his conference-high 16 passes broken up. Other finalists for the award in-
Nicole Guccio battles for the ball during a season of ups and downs. The Jayhawks fell out of the Big 12 tournament after a 3-0 loss to Oklahoma State.
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Talib
Rocky season closes
BY ALISON CUMBOW
acumbow@kansan.com
Kansas finished with a 7-9-4 overall record this season and a 5-2-3 record in conference play. In preseason, the Jayhawks were ranked No. 26 in Soccer Buzz Magazine but took awhile to find their groove on the field this fall. Nonetheless, their season ended with a sense of accomplishment.
The team returned 18 letter-winners and nine starters from last season, in which it finished 11-7-1, and it gained 10 new players as well. The Jayhawks saw their fair share of ups and downs during the past few months of play but were consistently improving their game.
LOOKING BACK STAT-WISE
Kansas got off to a rough start this fall season, as it lost eight games, tied two and only won one of its first eleven games. The layhawks picked up their speed toward the middle of the season, however, and finished with six victories and two ties in their final nine games. Overall, Kansas scored 17 goals this season, and in its last eleven games, the team only let eight opposing goals in its net.
Freshman defender Katie Williams also was named Newcomer of the Week after her success against Missouri later in the season. Williams also was named to the All-Big 12 Newcomer Team.
AND THE INDIVIDUAL AWARDS GO TO...
Many Jayhawks received honors this season. Sophomore midfielder Monica Dolinsky and junior forward Jessica Bush earned All-Tournament honors following Kansas' opening tournament in Hawaii when the team tied Auburn and lost to Hawaii.
Senior midfielder Nicole Cauzillo was named to the Academic All-District 7 Second Team by ESPN the Magazine for the second year in a row and was named to the All-Big 12 Second Team.
Soon after, freshman forward Kaitlin Cunningham was named the Big 12 Conference's Freshman Newcomer of the Week after scoring her first collegiate goal against Texas Tech.
Senior midfielder Emily Strinden was the recipient of the Chick-Fil-A Community of Champions Award by the Big 12 Conference and was also named to the Academic All-District 7 Second Team by ESPN the Magazine.
Senior goalkeeper Colleen Quinn was named the Big 12 Defensive Player of the Week for three consecutive weeks in part because of back-to-back shutouts.
A COACH'S ACCOMPLISHMENT
Coach Mark Francis also earned a top award this season. Francis became the fifth soccer coach in the Big 12 to earn his 100th victory at a conference rival's field. The accomplishment came with the Jayhawks' victory against Texas Tech. He was the fourth-fastest coach to receive the honor.
ENDING THE SEASON WITH NOT ONE BUT TWO RANGS
Kansas' last home game and regulation match of the season against No. 18 Missouri seemed to solidify the end of Jayhawk losing streak. Freshman defender Katie Williams scored two goals in the second half, and senior goalkeeper Colleen
Quinn made eight saves to earn the Jayhawks a 2-1 victory. The victory against Missouri was Kansas' first against a ranked opponent since last year when the Jayhawks beat No. 12 Duke.
BIG 12 VICTORY
DIDN'T HAPPEN
THIS SEASON
The match against the Tigers placed the lajahaws at the No.3 seed for the Big 12 Championships, and things were looking up for the team as it headed to San Antonio to face off against its conference foes. Last week, any goal of advancing in the tournament was lost, as Oklahoma State shut out Kansas 3-0 in the first round.
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The layhawks' most diverse group plays just a few yards in front of the defensive backs. The defensive line uses juniors John Larson and Russell Brorsen as bookends. The two defensive ends have grade point averages nearing 4.0. Lined up between the two players who provide the brains is the defense's brawn. Senior defensive tackle James McClinton fights through blocks with reckless abandon and lays punishing hits on opposing
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"We have a smart group of kids — they're intelligent and they're disciplined." Mangino said. "I think our kids are pretty doggone smart and pretty disciplined as well."
quarterbacks while the scholars to his right and left go about their work quietly.
Despite their apparent differences, the Jayhawks certainly seem to have their team chemistry down. Ever-consident sophomore quarterback Todd
Reesing's favorite target is shy wide receiver Marcus Henry. Junior linebacker and soft-spoken Oklahoma native James Holt teams up to make tackles with Mortensen.
At 10-0, everything Kansas has pulled out of the oven has been cooked to perfection.
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Missouri's violent pro-slavery past should be discussed in history classes rather than plastered on a T-shirt.
University of Missouri, who provided me with information about Rigdel and Stevenson.
At Kansas, our mascot is based on the Kansas militants, known as Jayhawkers, who fought for slavery's abolition. That's something to be proud of.
Would any right mind argue the contrary today? Perhaps these insensitive Missouri fans, who will wear their new T-shirts and think them clever, but I hope fans of both schools disagree. Otherwise, what has this sporting event become? For
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Missouri's new rivalry T-shirt depicts the aftermath of Quantrill Raid as a victory against Kansas, but black students at both schools could find the shirt insulting.
taste, I would say, and it's certainly insensitive," Weber said. "It also suggests how out of control some people get with sports. There are no limits."
the people wearing the shirts, it's not just a rivalry or an opportunity to display poor sportsmanship, ala Kansas and Muck Fizzon, and it's definitely not a joke. It's pure hatred
"It's certainly in questionable
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