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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAS
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 23, 2007
quote of the day
"You don't have to win it, just don't lose it."
— NFL linebacker Ray Lewis to his teammate and quarterback Elvis Grubb
fact of the day
— Kansas football media guide
Kansas football's average margin per loss to Texas A&M is 14.4 points.
trivia of the day
Qt What was Texas A&M's largest victory against Kansas football?
A: In 1978 Kansas lost 37-10 in College Station, Texas.
— Kansas football media guide
MLB
WORLD SERIES
WORLD SERIES
Wednesday, Oct. 24
Colorado at Boston, 8:35
p.m.
Thursday, Oct. 25
Colorado at Boston, 8:29
p.m.
Saturday, Oct. 27
Boston at Colorado TRA
Boston at Colorado, TBA
Sunday, Oct. 28
Boston at Colorado, TBA
Monday, Oct. 29
Boston at Colorado, if
necessary, TBA
Wednesday, Oct. 31
Wednesday, Oct. 31
Colorado at Boston; if necessary, TBA
Thursday, Nov. 1
Colorado at Boston; if necessary, TBA
sports calendar WEDNESDAY
Volleyball at Texas A&M 6:30 p.m., College Station, Texas
FRIDAY
Women's Swimming vs.
Missouri, 6 p.m., Lawrence
Soccer vs. Nebraska, 3 p.m., Lawrence
Men's Golf, Landfall Tradition,
all day, Wilmington, N.C.
Women's Golf, UA-Ann
Rhoads Intercollegiate, all day,
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
Cross Country, Big 12
Championships, men: 10 a.m.
women: 11 a.m., Lubbock,
Texas
SATURDAY
Football at Texas A&M, 6
p.m., College Station, Texas
Volleyball vs. Missouri, 7
p.m., Lawrence
Women's Golf, UA-Ann
Rhoads Intercollegiate, all day,
Tuscaloosa, Ala.
SUNDAY
Soccer vs. Iowa State, 1
p.m.. Lawrence
Women's Golf, UA-Ann Rhoads Intercollegiate, all day, Tuscaloosa, Ala.
BIG 12
College football full of surprises; Kansas within one victory of 8-0 start
BY JEFF LATZKE
ASSOCIATED PRESS
"I think you have to be able to handle success and adversity because both can create serious problems for you if you don't
OKLAHOMA CITY Surprises have been the norm in college football this season, and it's been no different in the Big 12 Conference.
Halfway through league play, the standings and the preseason poll aren't exactly carbon copies of each other — well, unless you count the bottom — and even now it's hard to choose who'll be playing in the conference championship game Dec. 1 in San Antonio.
The surprise of the year has easily been Kansas. After being picked to finish fourth in the North, the No. 12 Jayhawks are a victim of their first 8-0 start since the 19th century. That has coach Mark Mangino, wod never before won more than four straight games at Kansas, dealing with different issues during his team meetings.
know how to manage them," Mangino said Monday in the Big 12 coaches conference call. "I just tell our kids it's great people are recognizing you, but stay focused on the task at hand and be careful. In the end, you need to handle success just as you would handle adversity."
And no one knows adversity better at this point than Nebraska coach Bill Callahan. The defending North champions have been the league's biggest disappointment this season. Picked to finish second in the division, the Huskers (4-4, 1-3 Big 12) have been blown out three straight weeks
"We've got to keep upbeat and positive. There's really nothing that you can do otherwise. You can't go in the tank mentally, you can't give up, you can't point fingers," Callahan said.
The South standings are jumbled too, with preseason favorite Texas getting off to an 0-2 start in league play. Oklahoma, Texas A&M and Oklahoma State are locked in a three-way tie for first.
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Packing up
Cleveland Indians' Jason Michaela folds his jersey while清洗 his clapper out Monday in Cleveland. A stunning collapse in the AL championship series will leave the Indians thinking about what could have been all winter. The Indians lost 19-14 to the Red Botton Sioux in seven games.
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NFL
Colts overpower Jags, 29-7
ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — All that talk about defending Super Bowl champion Indianapolis being better this season just might be true.
The Colts dominated every aspect of Monday night's showdown against the Jacksonville Jaguars, easily winning 29-7 and once again taking charge in the AFC South. They also moved a step close to setting up an undefeated matchup with New England (7-0). The teams meet Nov. 4.
The Patriots should provide more of a challenge than the Jaguars did.
Indianapolis (6-0) improved to 3-0 in the division and left jacksonville (4-2). Tennessee and Houston in the all-too-familiar chase mode. The
Colts, who have won the last four division titles, also joined Green Bay (1929-31) and St. Louis (1999-2001) as the only teams in history to start 6-0 for three straight years.
They made this one look easy, backing up assertions by coaches Tony Dungy and Jack Del Rio that the Colts are stronger, faster, more disciplined and simply better than they were during last year's championship run.
The Colts knocked David Garrard out of the game, pretty much bottled up Fred Taylor and Maurice Jones-Drew and extended their winning streak to 11 games.
Taylor and Jones-Drew spear-
headed last year's 44-17 rout in
Jacksonville. The Jaguars ran for
a franchise-record 375 yards — a
defensive meltdown that proved to be a turning point for indy. The team fixed its run defense down the stretch and then won it all.
Jacksonville tried to catch the Colts off guard from the start Monday night, calling on Garrard to throw early and often. It back-fired. Garrard was knocked out of the game in the second quarter and Jacksonville's lackluster receivers dropped several balls.
Meanwhile, Manning was Manning.
He had plenty of time to throw, and with Marvin Harrison still nursing a sore knee, hooked up with Wayne all over the field. Manning finished 23-of-37 for 259 yards, with a touchdown and an interception. He also ran for a score.
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... cheeky, energetic, sometimes naughty, very funny, and wonderfully offbeat.
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... A hilarious, bizarre, and life-affirming comic escapade that will change they way you look at your furniture forever.
7:30 p.m.
7:30 p.m.
Friday, October 26, 2007
William Inge Memorial Theatre
Murphy Hall
by Michael West
Directed by Darragh McKeon
Featuring KU Theatre alumnus Jaimie Carswell
and Joanne Mitchell, both graduates of the Jacques Lecoq School of Theatre in Paris
General admission tickets are on sale in the KU ticket offices: University Theatre, 864-3982; Lied Center, 864-AARTS, and SUA Office, 864-7469, and online at kukhtheatre.com. Tickets are $10 for public, senior citizens, and KU faculty and staff, and $5 for all students. All major credit cards are accepted for phone and online orders.
The University Theatre is partially funded by the KU Student Senate Activity Fee; funding is also provided by the Kansas Arts Commission, a state agency, and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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The Mangia Theatre Company will be in residence at KU October 24 - 26. For a complete residency schedule, visit www.kutheatre.com.
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