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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, JANUARY 26, 2015
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
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FACT OF THE DAY
The Pro Bowl was held in Glendale, Ariz., yesterday, which is the first time since 2010 that the game was held somewhere other than Hawaii.
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TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What was the final score of last year's pro bowl?
A: Team Jerry Rice defeated Team Deion Sanders 22-21.
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THE MORNING BREW
Flag on the Pro Bowl for unnecessary competition
This might come as a shock to some, but all-star games are an unnecessary element of professional sports that need to be eliminated. I'm specifically talking about the Pro Bowl, the NFL's version of an all-star game. The Pro Bowl has been around since 1970, and is now as outdated as the clothes from that era.
First off, playing an all-star game at the end of one of the most physically taxing seasons is not necessarily the smartest idea. While the Pro Bowl has rule changes for safety reasons, including no blitzing, no kickoffs and no penalty for intentional grounding, football is still being played.
Also, injuries are always a part of the game, even if they are unintentional. Playing a meaningless game at the end of the season is like having to take a second final for a class knowing it means nothing, but still getting
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graded on the effort put into the test. If players "take off" plays on offense or defense in the Pro Bowl, a meaningless game, then the quality of play becomes diminished. Look at the scores from the 2011, 2012 and 2013 Pro Bowls. The total points scored in those three games were 96, 100 and 97 points respectively.
The scores are reminiscent of video games. Some might think that more points means more excitement, until it's realized that no defense was being played. The only reason the stats aren't inflated is because nearly every player on the roster plays, both to please the fans and to decrease the odds of injury.
Additionally, the Pro Bowl is meant to showcase the premier talent of
the NFL. Putting the Pro Bowl in the week before the Super Bowl eliminates some of the best players from playing in the game.
This season for instance, marquee talents such as Marshawn Lynch, Tom Brady, Rob Gronkowski and Richard Sherman will not be present in Phoenix. Coupled with the fact that rather than the selections being based on merit, players are voted in by their fans, coaches and peers. The Pro Bowl makes for a popularity contest rather than showcasing premiere talents, especially those that come from small-market teams.
One instance of a player on this year's roster that doesn't necessarily belong is Andy Dalton, quarterback for the Cincinnati Bengals. Dalton threw 17 interceptions, only 19 touchdowns, and was the 16th best quarterback in passing yards. To me, those stats don't look like he was one of the best at his
position th i s season.
While eliminating the Pro Bowl makes sense from an entertainment and player safety perspective, sometimes
numbers can get in the way. Last year's Pro Bowl was attended by 47,000 people, with another estimated 9 million watching at home. But if the NFL still needs the money and the attention provided by their end of the season all-star game, they could always simply have a skills competition like the Home Run Derby or the Slam Dunk Contest.
Kansas swim and dive destroys pool records
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AMIE JUST
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Kansas swimming and diving (9-2) cleaned house in its first double dual of the semester, defeating Truman State (169-83) and William Jewell (164-90) in Liberty, Mo., over the weekend.
The Kansas athletes broke seven Mabee Center pool records and won all but one event in the meet.
The pool setup was a little different from what the Jayhawks are used to. The Mabee Center pool is 27 yards long, while Jayhawks normally compete in 25-yard pools.
Leading the charge for the Jayhawks was sophomore Lindsay Manning. Manning won three events on the day and broke the 800-meter freestyle pool record.
"I didn't even know what the record was coming in to the meet," Manning said. "["Coach Clark Campbell] told me to go for it and so I did. I'm a pool record holder, that's kind of fun to say. I just want to keep working hard and be the fastest that I can be."
In one of the first events of the day, sophomore Yulduz Kuchkarova, junior Bryce Hinde, sophomore Pia Pavlic and senior Deanna Marks won the 200-meter medley relay and blew the old pool record out of
the water by nearly six seconds.
Later on in the day, Pavilic broke the pool record in the 100-meter backstroke, posting a time of 1.05.73, only to have it broken two heats later by sophomore Hannah Angell, besting Pavilic by 0.43 seconds.
The fourth record a Jayhawk athlete nabbed was by junior Chelsie Miller in the 200-meter butterfly. Miller swam in four events on the day, winning the 200-meter breaststroke and placing third in the 200-meter backstroke.
Pavlic earned her second pool record of day in the 200-meter individual medley. She swam the event in 2:22.99.
Kuchkarova won the 200-meter backstroke and claimed her second pool record of the day. She beat the previous pool record by roughly 3.5 seconds.
Kansas returns home Jan. 31 and hosts Arkansas. The start time has been bumped up to 10 a.m.for the Kansas basketball game at 1 p.m.
Two records weren't going to be enough for the Ubekistan native. She ended up with three on the day. Junior Haley Molden, freshman Hannah Driscoll, Marks and Kuchkarova thrashed the old pool record by more than eight seconds in the 200-meter freestyle relay.
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Nadia Khechef, a freshman from Lincoln, Neb., does a 3-meter dive.
Kansas senior Dylan Winhom returns a volley during a against ner UMKC match. The Jayhawks opened their spring season with 2 losses.
Kansas tennis stumbles in opening weekend matches
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Kansas tennis dropped its opening two matches of the spring season over the weekend with a 4-3 loss to New Mexico and a 6-1 loss to No.23 South Carolina.
The Jayhawks travelled to Albuquerque, N.M., with a young roster looking to continue a streak of strong play in season openers. With Kansas' 4-3 loss to New Mexico, the team fell to 26-12 all time in season-opening contests.
Kansas got strong play from its two upperclassmen Friday with junior Maria Jose Cardona and senior Maria Belen Ludueña winning their doubles match 6-1 followed up by a 5-7, 6-1, 6-2 singles victory for Cardona in her match against New Mexico's 75th-ranked sophomore Emily Olivier.
The Jayhawks were able to pick up the doubles point when freshman duo Madison Harrison and Smith Hinton won its doubles matchup 7-4.
Freshman Rachel McNeely also picked up a win in her singles match 6-3, 5-7, 6-2 over New Mexico's Sharon Coone.
Coach Todd Chapman was disappointed with the loss but said in a press release, "We have a long season ahead of us and we can learn a lot of lessons from tonight if we
The Jayhawks did not fare nearly as well in Saturday's matchup against South Carolina, falling 6-1. Cardona and Ludueña were unable to repeat their success as they fell 6-2 in doubles and lost their singles matches.
Luduea lost her singles matchup in tight fashion 7-6,
6-7, 10-8 while Cardona was defeated 6-3, 6-3.
Though they dropped the doubles point, the Jayhawks saw some success in the matchup as they won their first doubles match and lost in a tiebreaker in the second.
Kansas did see a few bright spots as the freshman pair of Summer Collins and Rachel McNeely notched their first doubles win of the spring season 6-2 while fellow
choose to do so."
Coach Chapman said he was disappointed to start the season winless but said the team's energy was much better Saturday.
freshman Madison Harrison picked up her first singles win 1,6- 6,0- 3-0 (retired).
"Today we created some opportunities to win more matches," Chapman said in a press release.
"When you are playing a Top 25, well-coached team, you have to finish things when you can if you want to get the W"
With many firsts out of the way for the freshman-laden Jayhawks, the team will head to Las Vegas Feb. 6-8 to take on UNLV, Pacific and New Mexico State.
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