THE UNIVERSITY DARY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 30, 2007
SPORTS
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Senior running back Brandon McAnderson has seen more playing time this year than in previous seasons as a fullback. He scored nine touchdowns and ran for 684 yards in Kansas' first eight games.
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Kansas moving defenders and making lanes. As a redshirt freshman in 2004, McAnderson saw limited playing time as a fullback but emerged as a special teams standout and played in all 11 games. In 2005, McAnderson's role in the offense increased and he won the team's Most Improved Offensive Player award. Last season, he earned All-Big 12 Second Team recognition for his blocking as the Jayhawks' starting fullback. During his first 35 games, the Lawrence High graduate
carried the ball 56 times for 227 yards.
This season, McAnderson eclipsed those totals before Big 12 Conference play even started. Serving as the "thunder" in the Jayhawks' "thunder and lightning" rushing attack, McAnderson has tallied 688 yards and nine touchdowns in the team's first eight games. McAnderson is spearheading the 14th-ranked rushing offense in the nation, but opponents and the national media have not paid
him much attention.
Most of the hype surrounding Kansas football's 8-0 start has been devoted to Reesing, and after Saturday's game, Texas A&M defensive end Michael Bennett said he was not impressed by McAnderson.
Bennett and the experts may not have noticed, but McAnderson has become one of the most effective running backs — not fullbacks — in the Big 12.
Edited by Rachel Bock
>> NFL
Unbeaten Patriots, Colts meet in Indy Pundits touting match-up as Game of the Millennium
BY DAVE GOLDBERG ASSOCIATED PRESS
So the invincible Patriots and Colts have reached the Game of the Millennium, as punctuated by two scenes following easy wins on Sunday.
Bill Belichick, barely audible, mumbled into a microphone that Indianapolis was the best team in football.
Tony Dungy, smiling, said he didn't want to talk about The Game of the Millennium until Wednesday, then added: "It's going to be a circus."
Just shows that great football coaches aren't all from the same mold.
So different in personality are Dungy and Belichick that the only similarities are rather funky extiriors: the famous sleeveless sweat shirt Belichick wears on the sideline and the aging Chevy Blazer Dungy parks in a lot otherwise full of players' ultra-luxury vehicles.
They meet again next Sunday, unbeaten New England at unbeaten Indianapolis, combined winners of four of the last six Super Bowls and both dominant this season in the AFC, the far superior conference.
New England's victory raised a legitimate question whether the 2007 version of Belichick was running up the score.
Prime examples of their superiority were on display Sunday when each demolished presumed challengers from the NFC, the Colts beating Carolina 31-7 and the Patriots routing the Redskins 52-7.
Hardly a charming personality, he's never hung out with opposing coaches. This year, dislike for him runs deeper after "Spygate," the confiscation of tapes showing New York Jets defensive signals that cost Belichick a $500,000 fine from the NFL, the Patriots $250,000 more and the loss of a first-round draft pick.
Now there is the perception Belichick is coaching angry, seemingly intent on proving he doesn't need to cheat.
After New England's eight victory, the questions that weren't about running up on the score on the Redskins (going for first downs on fourth-1 with 38-0 and 45-0 leads) were
about Indy. Answers from Belichick and players from Tom Brady down all were something like: "They're the Super Bowl champions and they're unbeaten, so they're the best team in the league right now. We will have our hands full."
able to step outside the very narrow world of a football coach with his "circus" line.
It acknowledged the overwhelming interest in the Game of the Millennium and in Peyton Manning-Tom Brady X, the 10th meeting of the two quarterbacks.
Dungy, on the other hand, was
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The real Manganen went down south and found a skinny cornerback from Richardson, Texas, with a funny name and a big mouth. Then he plucked a quarterback from Austin, Texas, who didn't look big enough start for the frat league intramural champs. let alone in the Big 12
All the while, the real Manganius molded walk-ons and two-star recruits into contributing Big 12 players, while sticking to the principle that wins ballgames: Run the ball and stop the run.
appears to be one of the final days in the great Nebraska dynasty. The next week, Nebraska beat Kansas State 31-21, but 13 days later on Nov. 23, in front of 53,790 fans in Boulder, Colo., the Nebraska dynasty perished.
Funny enough — unless you're a Nebraska fan — Nov. 3, 2001, now
Colorado pasted Nebraska 62-36 and left a wound that has never healed. Thanks to some clever BCS computer logic, Nebraska still managed to play in the National Championship game, but Miami thumped Big Red, 37-14.
In 2002, Nebraska went 7-7, and coach Frank Solich was fired following the 2003 season. Nebraska
hired Bill Callahan to replace Solich. Callahan is on his way to his second losing season in four years, and his hiring appears to be the worst hire by a Big 12 school since, well, Kansas hired Terry Allen.
So that's how we got here. That's how Kansas became a Big 12 power and Nebraska a Big 12 pushover. Wohl-a thunk that six years after Kansas' 51-7 loss, the program would be where it is today? You know what, the Talking Heads were right. This team is really a "Once in a Lifetime" group.
Edited by Matt Erickson
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Outside of Bob Knight's chair throw in the 1980s, a cursing outburst rarely turns into a bigger ordeal.
will have trouble making it to the first TV timeout for West Virginia.
Besides, referees will have a tough time drawing the line. Is "hell" an inappropriate word? What about "damn"?
Surprisingly, coaches are still in support of the new ruling, including Kansas coach Bill Self.
The ruling could also create controversies about how it would be enforced. Former Kansas State coach Bobby Huggs barely said a non-curse word last year when his team played host to Kansas. If a coach really does get T'd up every time he curses, Huggs
"I think it's good," he said.
"That's something the officials and the rules committee have been adamant about. We got so many memos about that last year. I really don't see it being a problem in our league. I think it's good as a whole."
But will he think that when
a curse word changes the outcome of a game? Just wait. It will happen. A coach could easily lose his temper during the last minute of a close game, curse and get a technical. The other team would get two free throws and possession of the basketball.
A close game won't just come down to one basket anymore. It will come down to one word.
Damn. At least mom will be happy.
Edited by Rachel Bock
basketball notebook
RUSH UPDATE
Junior guard Brandon Rush can do everything in practice except contact drills. During some parts of practice, he has to wear a yellow
jersey so players will know to go easy on him. That doesn't mean they go easy on him with their comments. Rush said junior guard Mario
Rush
Chalmers called him "Bumblebee." Kansas coach Bill Self said he didn't know when Rush would be cleared for contact.
Self called sophomore forward Darrell Arthur the most improved player on the team and said he should help fill the void left from Julian
Wright's departure.
Arthur
"If he plays to his capability,he can be not the passer but a bigger producer, points and rebounds wise," Self said.
JAYHAWKS IN THE NBA
The Miami Heat traded former Jayhawk Wayne Simien to the Minnesota Timberwolves last week, but Simien might never wear a Minnesota jersey. According to the Minneapolis Star Tribune, Simien will likely be released. He is still recovering from a knee injury. Self said Simien would be a good NBA player if not for injuries.
"I've still never coached a better college player," Self said. "There was nobody I coached you could pencil in before the game 23 and 11. It was just done. He could play bad and get 20."
Mark Dent
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