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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
WEDNESDAY,OCTOBER 31,2007
JOHNSON (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
swered points in the fourth quarter to come from behind and defeat the Sooners, while the Wildcats beat Texas by 20. This was a big boost in confidence, for Colorado especially. It showed that the North is a lot stronger then everyone expected it to be. Colorado also had a big win against the high-powered offense of Texas Tech this past weekend, the week after Missouri beat the Red Raiders in Louisiana. Mo. Except for Iowa
has been great.
Missouri beat the Red Raiders in Columbia, Mo. Except for Iowa State and Nebraska, teams that are 0-3 against the South, the North
Of the 16 games played so far this year between North and South teams, 10 points or fewer have decided seven games, with the overall record tied at 8-8. Subtract Nebraska and Iowa State the other four North teams (Kansas, Missouri, Kansas State, Colorado) are 8-2. In previous years the typical scenario was that South teams, like Oklahoma or Texas, would win their games by about 30 points. Now the tables have turned, and the powerhouse programs in the
big 12 north on the rise
Team Record vs. South
Colorado 3-0
Kansas 2-0
Kansas State 2-1
Missouri 1-1
Iowa State 0-3
Nebraska 0-3
Upcoming inter-division games:
11/10, Texas A&M at Missouri
11/10, Kansas at Oklahoma State
Big 12 South are starting to realize that games against North teams aren't cakewalks anymore.
Overall, there are only two more North vs. South Big 12 games left in the season. Both should be just as exciting as the previous games. There could be some more upsets because that has been the story of the season. The most important and thrilling one will have to be the Big 12 Championship game in December. Even though there have been a few surprise victories in recent years, this one will probably be one of the most remembered just because everyone can finally say that Oklahoma or Texas won't be riding on their high horses expecting to win by 30.
Kansan Sports Columnist Erica Johnson can be reached at ejohnson@kansan.com
Edited by Rachael Gray
BASKETBALL (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
Stewart, Morningstar and Case have done their fair share of sitting during their careers. Case averaged
minutes per game last year.
Morningstar has never scored in double digits.
Stewart played more his freshman year at USC than the last two seasons combined.
All three said they were ready
"I'm definitely the guy you want to have, especially on the three guy. I'm bigger; I'm stronger."
over Case and Morningstar because of his 6"4", 200-pound size. The size makes Stewart a better fit to guard
RODRICK STEWART
Senior gaurd
Self has noticed his progress. He said Stewart has been one of the most consistent performers in practice so far. He has a slight advantage
for that to change this season — Stewart and Case especially. They want to do something special their senior year. Case said he had been working harder in practice because he was excited about the prospect of more playing time. Stewart has, of course, finally memorized all the plays.
other teams' small forwards and rebound in the post.
Self also called him the most active defender on the team. Stewart can guard anyone — almost.
"I'm definitely the guy you want to have, especially on the three guy," Stewart said. "I'm bigger; I strong. Something I love to do is play defense. I feel like I can guard anybody one through four. I don't know about the five. That's a different world down there, but at least one through four I feel like I can guard anybody."
But Stewart can't shoot, or at least he hasn't shown it. He's attempted 43 three-pointers in his career and made only eight. Case and Morningstar can. Morningstar
recruiting update
» J'Mison Morgan, a five-star center from Dallas, will decide which college he'll attend on Friday. Morgan will pick between Kansas, Cincinnati, LSU, UCLA and Alabama.
» Marcus and Markieff Morris, twin power forwards from Philadelphia, should make their college choice soon.
According to Rivals.com, they are supposed to pick anytime now because they made their last official visit the weekend of Oct. 19. The twins will decide between Villanova, Kansas and St. John's.
made 44 percent of his threes last season, and Self has called Case the best shooter on the team for years. One of them could replace Rush's outside scoring.
The Jayhawks have only been practicing for two weeks. Stewart may be the early leader, but Self said Case and Morningstar have been performing well too.
minutes played during career
Rodrick Stewart
Rodrick Stewart
2003-2004 (USC) 584
2005-2006 45
2006-2007 174
All three want more playing time.
Only one will likely get it.
2004-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
Jeremy Case
2003-2004 82
Redshirted
132
98
Brady Morningstar
2006-2007 90
"In order to get better you have to compete," Case said. "If it's your teammates, you love them. But when you get on the court, you have to go your hardest and you have to compete as much as you can."
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GAMEPLAN (CONTINUED FROM 1B)
helped to shape his head coaching beliefs.
"I kind of picked that up a little bit when I was an assistant at Oklahoma with Bob Stoops," Mangino said. "Everyone has all these traditions, who runs down the hill, touches rocks and all that stuff. When I was
at Oklahoma, their tradition was get in the locker room, put on your uniform, go out and win the game, shower and go home."
In Mangino's three years as an offensive coordinator and offensive line coach for the Sooners, they went 31-7 and won a National
Championship. Can the same philosophy bring similar results to Lawrence? Don't ask Mangino because he's concentrating on Saturday's game against Nebraska.
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during its 8-0 start, critics have also started to come out of the woodwork. ESPN College Gameday analyst Lee Corso has repeatedly referred to Kansas' non-conference schedule as full of "cupcakes." Fellow ESPN analyst Mark May hesitated to pick the Jayhawks over opponents such as Kansas State and Texas & M.
The team might have used media criticism for inspiration early in the
season, but the Jayhawks now feel like they have already proven themselves worthy of respect, Reesing said. With every game the team wins, especially on the road against a quality Big 12 Conference opponent, the critics' words drift further away from the Jayhawks.
Whether critical or congratulatory, the extra attention is certainly uncharted territory for a Kansas program enjoying its best start since 1909, when scientists were still developing television.
only things I care about," Cantrell said. "I don't care about what the guys on ESPN are telling us about what we are or what we're not."
"I've got a presentation in my econ course and I've got Nebraska to play this weekend, and those are the
WORLD SERIES Red Sox celebrate victory with Irish music, dancing
BOSTON — When the Red Sox needed a closer — even for their World Series championship parade — Jonathan Papelbon was his man.
Edited by Luke Morris
Papelbon donned a kilt and danced his trademark Irish jig to the roars of tens of thousands of fans Tuesday as the city celebrated Boston's second World Series title in four years with a three-mile-long rolling rally from Fenway Park to City Hall Plaza.
Players and their families boarded 20 amphibious, World War II-era duck boats outside the stadium for a journey through the city. Manny Ramirez grabbed a microphone and yelled to fans along the route." We did it for you guys." "We're gonna do it again next year." You guys are the best fans in the whole world."
likeness with its legs on hinges to mimic his dance moves.
"The fans connect to Papelbon because he cuts loose, he's passionate," said Red Sox fan Ryan McCarthy, who was carrying "Mobile Papelbon," a giant cardboard
Fans showed their love back for the team, chanting "MVP" to Mike Lowell and waving signs with wedding proposals to rookie Jacoby Ellsbury.
At the first two stops at Copley Plaza and Boston Common, Papelbon danced alone, wearing jeans, a red championship T-shirt and dark sunglasses and waving a large cigar in his hand. But he saved his best dancing — and wardrobe change, putting the kilt over his jeans — for the crowd at City Hall Plaza, the end of the parade. He was joined by relievers Hideki Okajima and Mike Timlin, who earlier had tied the bullpen mascot, a stuffed parrot, onto one of the speakers on the Dropkick Murphys' flatbed.
Before the parade, the band presented Papelbon with his own kilt.
The two-hour parade paused three times for Papelion to dance on a flatbed truck, accompanied by the Dropkick Murphys, a Boston-based punk rock band with
heavy Irish folk music influence.
Associated Press
PLAYERS OF THE WEEK
football notebook
September
McGee to a season-low
11 rushing
yards. Talib
made six
tackles
and Harper
made
seven
Kansas coach Mark Mangino announced the players of the week Tuesday. The starting cornerbacks, juniors Agib Talib and Kendrick Harper earned defensive honors. Talib and Harper played an important role in stopping Texas A&M's option running attack, holding quarterback
including
two tackles-for-loss. Senior running back Brandon McAnderson received the offensive award for his career-high 183 rushing yards and two touchdowns. Freshman
Harper
the talk about parity' Mangino said. "At the end of the year I'm going to talk to some of my head coaching friends and see what their opinion is."
NOT QUITE EQUAL
PARITY ABOUND?
Lewis
linebacker Dakota Lewis earned special teams player of the week for his work on the kickoff and kick coverage units. The scout team
It seems like everyone is searching for the reason behind the sudden college in college football. That includes Mangino. The coach said he was unsure about why the college football landscape had been turned on its head by upsets in 2007. "I think I'm going to have to sit down and take a look at everything and all
players of the week were fresh man wide receiver Matt Bouie on offense and sophomore linebacker Ian Handshy on defense.
Though Mangino credited the defense for its performance this season — ranked fifth in total yards allowed per game — he stopped short of comparing this year's squad to the 2005 defense that was the best run-stopping unit in the Big 12 Conference. That 2005 unit, which included linebackers Nick Reid and Banks Floodman, was blessed with outstanding toughness, while this year's defense has relied on outstanding depth. Kansas has improved its pass defense from last in the nation last season to 18th-best this season.
Asher Fusco
MLB
Dodgers manager calls it quits
BY JOHN NADEL ASSOCIATED PRESS
LOS ANGELES — Grady Little resigned as manager of the Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday, paving the way for Joe Torre to take the job.
The 57-year-old Little leaves with one year remaining on his contract plus a club option for 2009. Team owner Frank McCourt said on the season's final day that Little would return next year, but recently several news outlets reported the Dodgers were speaking with Torre about their managerial job.
"I've got my own personal reasons," Little said. "It was a mutual resignation."
Torre's agent, Maury Gostfrand,
declined comment.
The 67-year-old Torre managed the New York Yankees to four World Series championships and 12 playoff appearances in as many seasons before turning down a oneyear, $5 million offer for next season with an additional $3 million in incentives on Oct. 18.
"We haven't hired anybody," general manager Ned Colletti said. "We're talking to some people, that's all I'm going to tell you. We'll talk about where we go from here at a later date."
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Torre, who completed a three-year, $19.2 million contract this year, ranks eighth on baseball's career list with 2,067 victories and has won a record 76 postseason games.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Grady Little announced he would not return to manage the Dodgers next year.
The Dodgers entered this season as the clear-cut favorite to win the NL. West and had the league's best record in mid-July. But they dropped 11 of their last 14 games to fade out of contention, finishing at 82-80.
Clubhouse unrest surfaced
The Dodgers have won only one postseason game since winning the 1988 World Series.
between veterans and young players during the season's final two weeks, when the Dodgers lost seven straight games to the Colorado Rockies while falling out of contention.
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