THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22, 2013
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"They may have the best four-man rush in football."
— Tony Dungy on the Chiefs defense
FACT OF THE DAY
The only other time Andy Reid started 7-0 was in 2004 when he coached the Philadelphia Eagles to a Super Bowl appearance vs. the New England Patriots.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
en gence.
Q. What is Andy Reid's all-time postseason record?
A: 10-9
THE MORNING BREW Chiefs continue on road to success
After Kansas City's absymal 2-14 season, the Chiefs now stand with the best record in the NFL as the league's only 7-0 team following Denver's loss in Indianapolis Sunday night.
It took one offseason for the Chiefs to move in the right direction. Although the franchise added eight new starters to the team, including quarterback Alex Smith, the key switch came with the coaching staff.
Head coach Andy Reid retained only two assistant coaches from Romeo Crennel's staff and built a winning, and so far a perfect team.
"It's the coaches, I promise," outside linebacker Tamba Hali said in a Chiefs press release. "We had the same team here last year minus a couple guys, and we're having this much success. So credit to the coaches."
The road to get to this point was not easy for many people part of the franchise. Alongside Kansas City's two-win season,
Reid and Smith both endured grueling times in 2012.
Reid was let go by the Philadelphia Eagles after a 4-12 season, while Smith lost his starting job to injury and watched the 49ers play in the Super Bowl from the sidelines.
After the Chiefs were held to two wins last year, they brought in Reid and Smith. Fans are now witnessing in Reid of the best seasons in franchise history. For Reid, it is his second time starting 7-0 as a head coach after doing
so in 2004 with Philadelphia.
Although the Chiefs have an early lead over the Broncos in the division, Reid's primary focus is with his team.
"You just get into this thing and you hold things that you can control and that's practicing right and going through the different steps." Reid said in a Chiefs press
Along with a revamped franchise, the fan base is more exuberant than ever. The fans showed that on Oct.13 when the Chiefs hosted the Raiders, and shattered the Guinness World Record at Arrowhead Stadium for loudest stadium in the world.
release. "Prepare yourself, you respect the opponent, you study the opponent and then you get yourself right. If you just stay tight with that, all of the other stuff doesn't matter."
The Chiefs are nearing the midway point
through the season. So far, they've found a way to win all of their games.
Given the Broncos high-powered offense, despite a recent loss, every game will be crucial for the Chiefs as they try to stay ahead and eventually earn the No. 1 seed in the AFC going into January.
For now, the players have found a way to excel under Reid's guidance and are exceeding expectations.
"Every game you prepare yourself, do the best you possibly can do to win every game." Reid said in a Chiefs press release. "That's how you prepare. Any less, you can't do that in this business."
This week in athletics
Edited by Heather Nelson
Tuesday
Men's Golf
Herb Wimberly
All day
Las Cruces, N.M.
Wednesday
Volleyball Iowa State 6:30 p.m. Lawrence
Thursday
No Events
Friday
Women's Soccer Texas Tech 7 p.m. Lubbock, Texas
Men's Golf
UTEP Price's Give 'Em
Five Inviteiuals
Ali day
EI Paso, Texas
Saturday
Men's Golf
UTEP Price's Give 'Em
Five Invitational
All day
El Paso, Texas
Football
Baylor
6 p.m.
Lawrence
Sunday
Soccer
Oklahoma State
Noon
Stillwater, Okla.
Women's Golf
2013 Palmetto
Intercollegiate
All day
Kiawah Island, S.C.
FOOTBALL
Monday
Women's Golf
2013 Palmetto Intercollegiate
All day
Kiawah Island, S.C.
Big 12 still proves preseason predictions wrong
ASSOCIATED PRESS
It has been tougher than ever to figure out the Big 12 this year.
Texas Tech (7-0, 4-0 Big 12), which was picked to finish seventh in the league's preseason poll, is now ranked 10th in the country and alone in first place.
Baylor (6- 0, 3-0) is tied for second with Texas (4-2, 3-0), ranked No. 6 nationally and the Big 12's highest team in the BCS standings at No. 8.
The bottom half of the Big 12 might be just as surprising. Just one year after landing nine bowl bids, half of the league is below .500 overall. That includes defending league champion Kansas State and TCU, which was picked to finish third behind Oklahoma State and Oklahoma before play began.
First-year Texas Tech coach Kliff
Kingsbury is happy to be on the right end of a topsy-turvy season in the Big 12.
"We were basically picked 10th in our conference to start the year, so if we would have believed that, we wouldn't be where we're at right now," Kingsbury said.
Texas Tech has surged to the top of the league with strong, balanced play on both sides of the ball. It's not surprising that the Red Raiders are scoring points in bunches, given their history. But Texas Tech's defense, which is allowing just 18.7 points per game, is perhaps the biggest reason for that undefeated record.
"Texas Tech is a good defensive football team. A lot of guys coming back. Well-coached, they were in position. They played hard," West Virginia coach Dana Holgorsen after the Red Raiders held his team scoreless in the fourth quarter and hung on for a 37-27
win Saturday. Still, the Red Raiders have only beaten one team that's currently
"We were basically picked 10th in our conference to start the year, so if we would have believed that, we wouldn't be where we're at right now."
KLIFF KINGSBURY
Texas Tech football coach
The Red Raiders will get a chance to silence their doubters on Saturday at No. 17 Oklahoma (6-1, 3-1), which Kingsbury acknowledged will be his team's tough test to test
over .500 and that's Texas State of the Sun Belt.
date.
"Going on the road in that type of environment against that type of opponent, it's going to be a huge challenge for our guys," Kinesbury said.
Baylor has made quite a splash nationally with an offense that's threatening to become the most prolific in the history of the Big 12 — or any league, for that matter. But like the Red Raiders, the bears have been surprisingly strong on defense.
Baylor is seventh in the country with just 16.2 points allowed per game following Saturday's 71-7 thrashing of Iowa State (1-5, 0-3). Baylor is also fourth nationally with 3.5 sacks per game, and Kansas coach Charlie Weis believes that has been set up by the team's explosive offense.
"The fact that their offense has scored so many points, it lets those pass rushing defensive ends
turn it loose. They have speed and athleticism and depth at the defensive end position," said Weis, whose Jayhawks (2-4, 0-3) host Baylor this weekend. "It all comes from the fact that the offense is getting on top of people so much that those rushers can turn it loose and I think that's what makes them tick."
Baylor, which finished just 4-5 in the Big 12 last season, is a $35\frac{1}{2}$-point favorite against Kansas. Bears coach Art Briles doesn't expect his team to overlook the struggling Jayhawks.
"We did take some body shots over the last couple of years, and even some face shots. You know, it's not like we're a clean, well-dressed football team. We've been weathered a little bit, so that part of it establishes humility and hunger," Briles said.
Though the Jayhawks kept it close against the Sooners last weekend.
their 34-19 defeat was their third straight by double digits.
Kansas, Kansas State, TCU, West Virginia and Iowa State each have at least four losses and are in danger of missing out on bowl eligibility. TCU (3-4, 1-3) hosts Texas on Saturday with a chance to climb back to .500 ahead of a three-game stretch against fellow second-division opponents.
Kansas State (2-4, 0-3) had an extra week off after giving Baylor a scare in a 35-25 loss. The Wildcats have a two-game homestand coming up against West Virginia and Iowa State, which would seem like the perfect opportunity for them to get back to .500 and start pushing for a bowl bid.
"I would like to think that we've given a significant amount of time trying to correct the mistakes that we've made," Kansas State coach Bill Snyder said.
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