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stop fans from trying to tear the posts down. It worked — the posts stayed. (See Ohio State story on page 11A)
Richard Konzem, Kansas associate athletics director, said students should not run on the field.
"It creates a dangerous situation by trying to run onto the field," Konzem said. "People have been injured."
Jon Wauford, Miami (Ohio) defensive coordinator, knocked Robert Flaugher, a 36-year-old Marshall fan, unconscious when Flaugher rushed the field after the Miami-Marshall football game. Police arrested Wauford on the field.
In October 2001, Andrew Bourne, Ball State student, was paralyzed after goal posts fell on top of him and broke his back following a victory against Toledo.
Several teams have elected to pay more for the 1,800 pound steel goal posts rather than the lighter aluminum posts. Aluminum posts typically cost between $5000 and $6000 and
raska in 2000.
Chuck Korr, University of Missouri-St. Louis professor and sports historian, told The Dallas Morning News the reason fans rushed the field was called "fan entitlement."
weigh around 400 pounds. Steel posts cost around $30,000. It takes a crane to put in the steel posts and they are much more difficult for fans to take down.
But even that may not be enough to stop determined fans. After Kansas State upgraded, students spent more than an hour using TV cables wrapped around the crossbar to bring the posts down after K-State beat Neb-
"You can't be the sixth defensive back for the Dallas Cowboys, but you can show how much it means to you by running onto the field and celebrating."
Korr said.
The last time Kansas fans tore down the goal posts was in 1999 against Missouri. The fans were unsuccessful in 2000 when Kansas beat the 1-6 Colorado Buffaloes. Both Missouri and Baylor tore down the posts after beating Kansas' football team this year.
Edited by Todd Rapp
Texas A&M
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pointer two minutes later gave him his 23rd point —1 point fewer than the entire Aggie team combined at the time.
While it was business as usual for Hinrich, Kansas sophomore guard Keith Langford was enjoying his first big scoring night after three consecutive, sub-par games. Langford scored 18 points, 13 in the first half, after totaling 24 in his last three games combined. But
he wouldn't attribute his or the Jayhawks' torrid play to a lackluster from Texas A&M.
"If you want to call it an easy," Langford said. "I guess we made it that way."
Edited by Todd Rapp
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right shoulder in a Jan. 4 game against the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
The first three games of Simien's comeback gave Kansas fans hope that the sophomore forward could return to his role of patrolling the paint with Nick Collison.
Simien scored 21 points against Colorado and tallied 17 points in a loss to Oklahoma on
Sundav in Norman, Okla.
Simien told Williams after the game against the Sooners that he had experienced a high amount of pain after his 24 minutes of play.
The difference this time was that Simien's recovery time was much quicker. He did not feel any ill effects from the Oklahoma game during practice on Monday and Tuesday, according to Williams.
Williams told the media that Simien would not be available for questioning.
"Wayne's not talking." Williams said. "He wants you guys to give him a break."
Kansas has three conference games remaining beginning with Saturday's match-up with Oklahoma State at Allen Fieldhouse.
The season concludes with road contests at Texas Tech and Missouri. Forward Keith Langford said the team would stay focused and on becoming Big 12 Conference champions even if Simien was unable to play.
— Edited by Melissa Hermreck
we really didn't know how to play with each other," freshman forward Tamara Ransburg said. "He was real honest with us, told us the truth about our team
Malashock
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and how we needed to get better. Now we trust him with everything, basketball and our emotional feelings."
What Ransburg feels speaks right to the heart of Jacobs' work. He most wants to see his effort pay off. He longs to see Kansas in the NCAA Tournament for years to come.
And once the Kansas players' minds catch up to their talent levels, those tourney appearances will make Jacobs a proud man.
Malashock is a Omaha, Neb., senior in journalism
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also hit two three-pointers, finishing with 16 points. The Jayhawks hung tough for the better part of the first half, but runs of 10-0 and 17-4 gave the Wildcats an 18-point pad at halftime.
Despite her team appearing outmatched for the better part of 40 minutes, Kansas coach Marian Washington said she thought that the experience in a hostile environment would only help her team grow mentally.
road," Washington said. "I thought they worked to stay focused. I don't think the crowd distracted them. I think if we missed something as a team, it was on us."
Offensively, freshman forward Crystal Kemp led Kansas with 14 points. Sophomore guard Aquanita Burras was the only other Jayhawk to record in double-figures, adding 12 points. Freshman forward Tamara Ransburg scored fewer double-figures for the first time in four games with 9 points, but pulled down eight rebounds. Junior forward Keila Beachem tied her season-high with 6 points in her 11 minutes off the bench.
road to face off with another rival
"It's just another experience that's going to help us down the
The team next will head on the
"We'll rebound," Washington said. "They don't have any idea of this relationship or what we've done in terms of this rivalry. We've won plenty of games here, but there's not a player here on my team that can appreciate that, so we're trying to teach them a little bit of our history and where they can help us get back to."
— the Missouri Tigers on Saturday. Missouri and Kansas State are the team's two biggest rivals, but Washington said her team was still learning to grasp the concept of the rivalries' respective histories.
Edited by Julie Jantzer
No.5 Texas beats Baylor
with three to play.
AUSTIN, Texas — Brian Boddicker scored 19 points as No. 5 Texas stayed in the hunt for the Big 12 Conference title with an 82-64 victory over Baylor last night.
Brandon Mouton scored 16 points and James Thomas added 15 points and 17 rebounds to keep the Longhorns (19-5, 10-3) in second place, just a game off the lead
Bears.
Lawrence Roberts scored 27 points for Baylor (13-11, 4-9), with 24 coming in the second half after the game was all but decided.
A game after Texas coach Rick Barnes ripped his team for scoring just 2 points off the bench in a loss at Oklahoma State. Boddicker and the rest of the Texas reserves gave the Longhorns all the spark they needed against the
Boddicker, the 'Horns' best three-point shooter, went 3-of-5 from long range on his way to 16 first-half points. Texas' reserves outscored the starters 21-17 in the first half.
Jason Klotz gave Texas its first lead at 9-7 with a turnaround jumper and Sydmill Harris' 3-pointer started a 19-3 run that put the Longhorns well in control at 28-10 with 6:43 left in the first half.
KU Crimson CREW
Attention Sports Fans:
The Kansas Football Office will soon be interviewing for the 2003-2004 Crimson Crew.
If you love sports, KU, and meeting new people, then we want to get you involved in our program. Duties include helping
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All interested students are asked to attend a meeting in the Hadl Auditorium, 1st floor Wagnon Student-Athlete Center (Located between Allen Fieldhouse and Anschutz)
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