Volume 124 Issue 78
kansan.com
Thursday, January 19, 2012
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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
However, with Weis at the helm, Kansas football is now on the radar. The program may not have immediate success, but recruits and transfers will now consider Kansas because Weis knows how to develop players into NFL prospects.
A new vibe is surrounding Kansas football. This has arguably been the biggest offseason in Kansas football history, and fans are excited for the Weis era to commence. The college football community can now pay heed to Kansas Jayhaws football.
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{From the Editor}
Edited by Pat Strathman
After I was hired to be editor of Jayplay for the Spring 2012 semester, I was excited about all the changes I wanted to make. I was told the magazine itself would get a complete redesign and that made me think the content needed some refreshing as well.
Initially I wanted my personality to jump from the pages. I kept thinking about how great it would be for students to open up that magazine and just get the vibe I was responsible for the new Jayplay content. Who wouldn't want a sarcastic and slightly pessimistic tone underlying the entire magazine, right?
After reevaluating, I started to think that maybe that wouldn't be such a good
Under my reign as editor, I bet Jayplay would turn into a mock fest and I am fairly certain that is not the direction anyone really wants it to head in. With the help of my associate editor and a killer design staff, I did end up changing Jayplay quite a bit. I hope you all flip through the magazine and enjoy the playful direction we all settled on.
I am the type of person who would change Wescoe Wit so that it isn't anonymous because I think that is funny to know which person said that outrageous, bizarre, or downright idiotic statement. Or I would have more stories in the "Love" department about couples who start to look like each other but then they also start to look like their sad, little dog because I have a hard time taking cutesy couples seriously.
idea. Anyone who knows me knows that I am a little rough around the edges. I've been told on several occasions that I am too honest for my own good. By that, I mean I have a tendency to keep it real, and often keeping it real goes wrong. Dave Chappelle can back me up on that.
NADIA IMAFIDON | EDITOR
All in the family
EDITOR *** NADIA IMAFIDON
College football teams filled with highly talented and skilled players with pro prospects usually make frequent trips to bowl games. Kansas has never had that consistency because it has lacked players with pro prospects. Football recruits are eager to play for schools that pride themselves in football because they don't want to be in the shadow of basketball players.
ASSOCIATE EDITOR *** LINDESEY DEITER
DESIGNERS *** EMILY GRIGONE, ALLIE WELCH
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Seasoned coach to coordinate Jaynawk defense
LETHAN PADWAY
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It took Kansas football coach Charlie Weis over a month, but after hiring Dave Campo, he now has the coach in charge of turning around the unit that finished last in the Football Bowl Subdivision in total yards allowed and scoring defense.
"I was looking for a concept and once I saw somebody I knew and that I could trust, that fit that concept." Weis said. "I knew it would be right."
Campo comes to the lajahawks after spending the previous 23 seasons at the professional level, including the last four as the secondary coach of the Dallas Cowboys.
to return to the college ranks instead of taking an upper level organizational role under Cowboys owner and General Manager jerry Jones.
Weis convinced Campo
him to be involved in the organization in some capacity, which he had the opportunity to do that. Weis said, "So I said, 'Dave, you don't want to do that.' Ye
"I knew that Jerry would want
Campo
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not ready to do that.' He said,
'You're right, I'm not ready to be done coaching yet."
This is the second time Campo has left the Cowboys organization. The first time came after he was fired after three seasons as
--coach following in 2002.
Campo initially joined the Cowboys as the secondary coach in 1989, following Jimmy Johnson from the Miami Hurricanes, where they were the 1987 National Champions.
"I wanted somebody that speaks the same language as me," Weis said. "He certainly speaks the same language as me. He's significantly older than me, obviously. We speak the same language, we've known each other
In his time with the Cowboys, Campo won three Super Bowls and was promoted to defensive coordinator in 1995 before his unsuccessful tenure as head coach. Campo spent stints on the coaching staffs of the Cleveland Browns and Jacksonville Jaguars before returning to the Cowboys in 2008.
NOTABLE PLAYERS UNDER CAMPO
BENINIE BLADES: 1987 Jim Thore award winner as nation's top defensive back under Campo, College Football Hall of Fame member.
DELION SANDERS: 4-time pro-bowl selection under Campo, 4-time all-pro
selection under Campo.
back under Campo. College football for nine minutes.
DARREN WOODSON: 4-time all-pro selection, 5-time pro-bowl selection
under Campo. Campo converted Woodson from linebacker to safety in the
NFL.
TERENGE NEWMAN: 2009 prn-bowl selection under Campo. Recorded his best statistical season in 2010 with 77 tackles and 5 interceptions in 2010, both career highs.
RASHEAN MATHIS: Had his best season under Campo in 2006 when he was named to the all-pro team, selected to the pro-bowl, tied for third in the NFL with eight interceptions.
for a long time, we have a mutual respect"
In $ \sigma $ intro to his duties as defensive coordinator, Campo will also be in charge of the defensive secondary, where he
will try and improve a unit that finished the season ranked 110th in the nation in pass defense.
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Edited by Amanda Gage