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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 8, 2013
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FOOTBALL NOTEBOOK Rivalry, replay debate, quarterback questions
CONNOR OBERKROM
Former Oklahoma players Travis Lewis and Jaydan Bird celebrate after scoring against Kansas at Memorial Stadium in 2011.
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The Red River Rivalry, an annual football matchup between the Oklahoma Sooners and the Texas Longhorns, features a different look this year due to injuries and new quarterbacks, but the feeling is identical.
"It's really special, it's always kind of like a bowl game in the middle of the year." Stoops said in his weekly press conference.
Both coaches know the significance of the rivalry, and Oklahoma coach Bob Stoops thinks just as highly of this year's game as any other.
While the identities of both teams are different this season, Oklahoma has seen the most change. This year's Sooners team features a different quarterback in Blake Bell, and has a new way of running things and a different style of offense overall.
fense over them "They are more run-oriented, and they're moving the ball as well as they have in the past," Texas coach Mack Brown said in a press conference.
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However, Brown knows the team has an immense amount of room to improve, and that there has been a problem with stopping the run.
Oklahoma will have a void to fill at linebacker as captain of the defense and leading tackler Corey Nelson will be inactive for Saturday's game, and is likely to be out
the rest of the season.
the rest of the season.
Nelson partially tore a pectoral muscle during last Saturday's win over TCU.
Through five games Nelson had 27 tackles, three tackles for a loss, an interception, a sack and four passes broken up.
Despite the loss of Nelson, Oklahoma still features a strong defense that ranks sixth overall in points
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allowed, according to ESPN's website. Stoops said their speed has also turned up a notch this season
Oklahoma will be facing Texas quarterback Case McCoy, as it was announced earlier last week that David Ash would not play against Oklahoma due to a severe concussion.
also turned up a notice:
"We've just done a good job of playing well to our personnel," Stoops said. "Playing in the 3-4 has given us more speed on the field. We feel like the way we have been matching up with people so far has been positive."
In the Iowa State vs. Texas match-up Thursday night, one crucial umble call changed the game and resulted in a rant from Iowa State coach Paul Rhoads that has gotten numerous views on YouTube.
Rhoads' tirade has also sparked discussions about whether or not instant replay can be fixed appropriately.
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Texas, which was on the goal line looking to close out the game, ran the ball up the middle, and running back Johnathan Gray appeared to be stripped of the ball.
The play was whistled dead, however, and therefore couldn't be reviewed.
Rhoads has downplayed the situation, saying, "One reprimand is enough," and is moving on.
Brown, who has been on the re-
"It's really special; it's always kind of like a bowl game in the middle of the year."
BOB STOOPS
Oklahoma coach
been on the receiving end of questionable calls, has long been in favor of instant replay.
"I think replay across the country has been very, very helpful, and, from a stat that I've seen, there
are much fewer calls that are not right than before we had instant replay." Brown said in a press conference. "I've been a proponent of it the entire time."
The Big 12 had an eight and extra official on some fields during Saturday's games, and most coaches have acknowledged that it was beneficial, especially in the current state of the Big 12 in which fast substitutions and power offenses are prevalent.
Kansas State's quarterback position still not secure
With Kansas State quarterback Daniel Sams turning the ball over four times against Oklahoma State, the quarterback position is still up in the air for coach Bill Snyder.
"It will still remain competitive at this point in the time." Snyder said in a press conference. "As you well
know and see, each one has their strength and both of them have their weaknesses."
While the miscues kept K-State from pulling away, Sams flashed several signs that he was capable, completing 15 of 21 passes for 181 yards and two touchdowns while also rushing for 118 yards.
Sams' brightest moment of the game came when he orchestrated a 57-yard drive to put the Wildcats up by six in the fourth quarter. K-State ended up losing 33-29.
While both quarterbacks are vastly different, Sams and Baylor's Bryce Petty both give their respective team its own identity as K-State prepares for the high-octane offense of Baylor.
Edited by Duncan McHenry
INTRAMURALS
Scholarship hall focuses on athletics
JOEY ANGUIANO
janguiano@kansan.com
When one hears the term "scholarship hall," the first thing that comes to mind isn't usually athletics — it's academics. Battenfeld Scholarship Hall is breaking the stereotype. While academics come first, intramurals are important to the residents, too.
Battenfeld consists of fifty men that compete well in every league. The men of Battenfeld have a team in every league: dodgeball, volleyball, indoor soccer, racquetball and Ultimate Frisbee. For co-rec
leagues, they tend to combine forces with at least one all female scholarship hall in order to compete.
"We've got a lot of hall and team chemistry, that's why we win," said Sean Luenz, a sophomore from Kansas City.
The co-ed indoor soccer team, composed of Battenfeld and three female scholarship hall res-
identes, has yet to play a complete game due to the mercy rule, which they impose on all opponents.
The mercy rule requires a tenpoint lead, which is hard to accomplish in soccer. The team is looking
"We've got a lot of hall and team chemistry, that's why we win."
forward to end
SEAN LUENZ sophomore
-of the-season tournament play. Tournament play is single-elimination and determines a champion of the league.
tenfeld resident, Garret Kahley,
from Basehor said he is looking
forward to the postseason.
"The regular season barely matters; it's only for the seeding," Kahle. "It's all about tournament play."
Luenz's teammate and Bat-
While the men of Battenfeld play intramural sports to stay competitive, they also play for fun.
"It's a great way to stay active, and it's really enjoyable," Luenz said. "Since I don't get to the Rec as much, it's my main way of staying fit."
Registration for new team members is open until the playoffs start.
Edited by Heather Nelson
GOLF
Boland tops Mattare in first round of match
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Davis Boland upended play-play medalist Matthew Mattare in the first round of match play Monday at the U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship.
The event was held at the par- 71, 7,173-yard Country Club of Birmingham's West Course.
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Boland, who is playing in his second U.S. Mid-Amateur and third USG championship, made an 8-foot par put on the 17th hole to win the match, 2 and 1.
Mattare, who was the medalist after shooting rounds of 67 and 69 in stroke play, became the first top seed eliminated in the first round since 2007.
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Boland, who failed to qualify for match play in his only previous Mid-Amateur appearance, captured five of six holes on the outward nine for a 4-up lead. He won holes 3, 4 and 7 with pars and set up a birdie at the par-4 6th with well-struck 120-yard gap wedge.
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In a back-and-forth match, Mattare, a quarterfinalist at last year's Mid-Amateur, would later win Nos. 10 and 11 with a birdie and par, respectively, to close the gap to 1 down.
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Boland responded with a birdie at the 305-yard, par-4 12th when his chip shot settled 6 feet from the hole.
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Mattare made another run at his opponent when he got up-and-down for par to halve the par-5 15th and won the following hole with a 3-foot par putt.
But his approach shot on No. 17 clipped the last branch on a tree near the green, resulting in a three-putt bogey.
Meanwhile, Boland put the match away when he chipped from just off the putting surface to set up the match-clinching putt.
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"To do that at the last hole, I was proud of that putt," Boland said. "It felt great and I was relieved. I didn't want it to go any further."
The U.S. Mid-Amateur Championship continues with the second and third rounds of match play on Tuesday. The quarterfinal and semifinal rounds will be played on Wednesday. The championship is scheduled to conclude with a 36-hole final on Thursday.