THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2013
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BIG 12
Football Notebook Oklahoma looks to take down Baylor, TCU's offense struggles
Ben Goodman attempts to tackles a Baylor running back in a 14-59 loss. Baylor has not lost a game and is 2nd in the Big 12 rankings
CONNOR OBERKROM
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Baylor finally gets a
Baylor will face a ranked team for the first time this season when it matches up with Oklahoma on Thursday night.
Oklahoma is the last team to beat Baylor. Baylor has faced a different situation this season because it's been the conference favorite.
It's a little different scenario, but we certainly don't view
it that way. From a realistic standpoint this season is just getting started coach Art Briles said in the weekly Big 12 conference call.
Oklahoma, which is accustomed to having a first-rate defense, saw some setbacks last year. This year it has taken a noticeable push forward.
"It's been improved, I think mostly we got more speed on the field," Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops said in the weekly Big 12 conference call.
Baylor doesn't run any complicated offensive schemes, and spreads four and five wide. And, as it has been advertised this season, it beats teams from one sideline to the other.
"They're not trying to fool you, they're just going to stretch you out." Stoops said. "You got to have to enough to keep them off balance and hopefully we have that mix."
Chelf not available to the media the rest of the season
Oklahoma State senior quarterback Clint Chelt is off limits to the media for the rest of the year according to coach Mike Gundy. Chelf has been
part of the quarterback carousel for the Cowboys. Last year, Chelf went from starter to backup and vice versa numerous times.
Gundy's reasoning is simple, as he said Sunday.
"Ever since we have started the year, there has been nothing but media opinion on who should play quarterback," Gundy said in the teleconference. "And there is not really anything they can say about themselves or each other that is productive for the overall chemistry of the team, and me neither."
Gundy said it'd be better to
keep them away from media until the season was over.
Chelf is coming off a rollercoaster win in which he threw two interceptions and two touchdowns, and also ran for two touchdowns, including a 67-yard run.
TCU offense struggles again
TCU's offensive struggles have been well documented throughout the season with the shifting of quarterbacks and the injury to starting senior quarterback Casey Pachall.
Pachall has struggled behind a thin line and lack of playmakers as coach Gary Patterson shook things up last Saturday against West Virginia.
TCU put second-string quarterback and former starter Trevone Boykin at wide receiver. He had 11 receptions for 100 yards.
"Having Trevone Boykin at wide receiver helped him have a go-to guy... I think he did a great job of getting the ball out his hands." Patterson said of Pachall in the weekly Big 12 conference call.
While Pachall had one of
the best games of his career, TCU turned it over four times, which included two interceptions from Pachall. The Horned Frogs are trying to stop its three-game losing streak. The streak is the school's longest since 1998 as it looks to find some cohesiveness on offense.
Patterson said he wouldn't look to make any changes this late in the season when it comes to his coaching staff and will let everything else play out.
—Edited by Heather Nelson
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Connecticut's Omar Calhoun scores during a game against Concordia.
Calhoun leads UConn to rout of Concordia
HARTFORD, Conn. — Omar Calhoun scored 16 points to help No. 18 Connecticut beat Concordia University 98-38 in an exhibition game Monday night. UConn coach Kevin Ollie got a good look at his entire roster in the lopsided contest. Niels Giffey scored 12 points, DeAndre Daniels added 11 and Terrence Samuel finished with 10 points and 12 assists.
The Huskies scored the first 10 points of the game and led by as much as 26 in the first half on the way to a 42-18 lead at halftime.
Nat Pearson led Concordia with 11 points. Concordia, a Division III team from Chicago, was 4-21 overall in 2012-13.
UConn, eligible for postseason play again after an NCAA ban in 2012-13, opens the regular season Nov. 8 against Maryland at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
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