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In 1971, who was the new coach of the NFC team that made it to Super Bowl VII with a team referred to as the "Over the Hill Gang" and lost to the Miami Dolphins, 14-7? See answer on page 2B.
Inside: Texas quarterback Major Applewhite will sit out tomorrow's game against the Jayhawks.
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Inside: The cross country team will participate in its biggest meet of the season this weekend.
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TRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2000
'Hawks need healthy victory against 'Cats
By Sarah Warren
sports@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
Revenge. take two.
Last Saturday, the Kansas volleyball team avenged an earlier loss to Baylor by busting the Bears' winning wishes in a 3-0 shellacking at the Horejsi Family Athletics Center.
Now, Kansas State will have the bull's-eye painted on its chest when it enters Horejsi at 7 p.m. tomorrow.
"Out of all the teams in the Big 12, this is the one we want to beat," said Jennifer Kraft, sophomore defensive specialist. "There's just something about them that makes our skin crawl."
In addition to the biological reactions that plague the Jayhawks when they play the Wildcats, there are the mental effects. The sweet side of the team disappears, and the vitriolic side rears its ugly head.
Kansas is about to take no prisoners.
"We want this one," Kraft said. "They're in-state, and they hurt us earlier."
But the Jayhawks have their work out for them against K-State.
Kansas sophomore forward Drew Gooden blocks the shot of UCLA junior center Dan Godzic last night at Madison Square Garden. The Jayhawks deflected the Bruins 29, advancing to the Coaches vs. Cancer IUCK Classic title game against St. John's. Photo by Craia Braun/IKANSAN
"They beat ranked Missouri (No 23) Wednesday night, so they might be ranked sometime in the near future," said Kansas coach Ray Bechard.
It doesn't help that Wildcat junior outside hitter Liz Wegner is second in kills per game in the Big 12 — just ahead of No. 3 Amy Myatt, a senior outside hitter for the Jawhaws.
"Wegener is definitely a factor." Bechard said. "Tm sure they definently look to her for leadership and as a play maker."
Wegner is a major part of the Wildcats' strength — the side out.
"Kansas State's not very physical, but they are a very good side-out and rally team." Bechard said. "They can convert."
"You can have a lot of opportunities to take advantage of in digs." Kraft said. "They just want to side-out every time."
However, as a defensive specialist, Kraft said she welcomed the opportunity to face a great side-out team. That means more chances for her to take a kill away from Wegner or other Kansas State swingers.
The Jayhawks are going to model their play after last Saturday's victory, instead of Wednesday's loss to Texas Tech.
For Kraft, being consistent in wins means having consistent levels of determination, too.
"They swing hard every single time, and we've just got to answer back," she said. "We can't let up at all."
"We were disappointed with how we played Wednesday, so now we just hope that we can play our very best against Kansas State," Bechard said. "Baylor was a good outing for us, but we have to be consistent with our wins and play."
Edited by John Audleholm
'Hawks outlast Bruins
Kansas shows determination in 99-98 victory
By Michael Rigg
Kansan sportswriter
NEW YORK — The Jayhawks opened their exhibition schedule by flexing their muscles, but they started the regular season by showing their guts.
Playing against an obscene amount of foul trouble, a surging UCLA Bruins team and without senior forward Luke Axtell, Kansas gutted out a 99-98 victory against UCLA last night in Madison Square Garden that showed the Jayhawks' character as much as their savvy.
Kansas had a 10-point lead with a little more than nine minutes to go in the contest, but the Bruins battled back and tied the game at 87 five minutes later. UCLA matched blows with the Jayhawks down the stretch, but a clutch performance by sophomore forward Drew Gooden and four pressure-packed free throws by junior guard Jeff Boschee sealed the deal for the seventh-ranked Jayhawks.
"It showed some guts," said senior forward Kenny Gregory, who led the Jayhawk scorers with 24 points. "Last year, it was almost like we didn't want those games. But this season, everything's different."
"I was talking with Kenny with about four minutes to go, and I told him, 'there's no way we're losing this game,'" he said. "We'll have
Gooden agreed.
Gooden and the Jayhawks wouldn't have
been put in that precarious position if UCLA didn't shoot a lights-out 54 percent from three-point range. The Bruins' strategy was simple: Shoot from the perimeter, and, on the rare occasions they missed, have freshman T.J. Cummings in position for the putback.
And it worked to near-perfection. UCLA sophomore Jason Kapono hit six three-pointers en route to tallying 22 points in the game, and Cummings racked up 24 points against Kansas underneath the basket.
Space for Cummings was cleared, in part, to the new emphasis in college basketball on rough play. While Kansas coach Roy Williams was one of the coaches who complained loudest about the rough play, it was his Jayhawks who were victimized in the season opener. Four Kansas players had four fouls each at game's end, and senior center Eric Chenowith fouled out of the contest with under a minute to go.
"I thought there were several times tonight underneath the basket that wouldn't have been called in the past," Williams said. "But I ask you, wouldn't you rather watch that than a game that's 19-17 at half-time?"
Still, Williams defended the new rules, which turned last night's game into a defenseless free-throw contest.
Because of the constant fouling, the Jayhawks allowed the most points since 1990 when they fell to Oklahoma. 100-78. Still, Gooden said the Jayhawks just need
ed to continue what they did last night — just not how they did it.
"We focus on our principals in practice." Gooden said. "We just have to stick to those. But if we go out and play like we did tonight, we're not going to be very successful."
Kansas Game Notes
■ Kenny uses the force: How much did Gregory miss Axtell? Well, the senior forward played 37 minutes last night and didn't rest in the second half.
"I missed him a whole lot," Gregory said.
"A couple of times I didn't get much rest.
At times, I was a little tired, so I sucked it up and tried to be tough."
Gregory also tallied seven rebounds and nalled three-pointers, but he was zero-for-3 from the free-throw line.
Welcome 'The Hawk' On the recruiting trail, Jeff Hawkins, a 5-foot-10 guard from Summer Academy in Kansas City, Kan., will walk-on and redshirt next season. Hawkins will then be on scholarship the following year.
Hawkins' agreement to walk on means the Jayhawks still have one more scholarship to fill this year.
November Magic: Last night represented the Jayhawks' 30th- straight win in the month of November. It was also Kansas' first win against a ranked opponent away from Allen Fieldhouse since the Jayhawks beat Oklahoma State at the Big 12 Conference Tournament in 1999.
Edited by Shawn Hutchinson
Jayhawks campaign for fans against 'Horns
Kansas freshman running back Reggie Duncan will help lead the Jayhawks against Texas in tomorrow's game. Kansan file photo
By Jason Franchuk
sports@kanson.com
Kansas sportwriter
His campaign goal: Kansas coach Terry Allen wants to get Kansas' football team to a postseason game for the first time since 1995. But Kansas must win the next two debates to qualify.
You've already heard from Republicans and George W., Democrats and Al, the Green Party and Ralph — now a post-election word from the Jayhawks and Terry.
His plan: A victory at 1 p.m. tomorrow against No. 19 Texas. The rally will be held at Jayhawk party headquarters, Memorial Stadium. The game will be the final one at home for 20 seniors, nine of whom were Allen's recruits when he arrived in 1987.
weather tomorrow. The Jayhawks, Allen said, would have an advantage playing a Texas team that wasn't used to the cold. But Allen will trade that in for sunshine and a bigger crowd.
"Hopefully the weather will clear so we can get us as good a crowd out there as possible." Allen said.
The campaign strategy is a reform of sorts. Kansas would love bad
Another belief Kansas has is finance reform. Ticket sales and attendance have lagged more than expected, so the promotions department has set up ways to attract more delegates.
Kansas has 30 Texans on its roster, so even Longhorns fans will be welcome — kind of.
University students who have a ticket can bring a friend for free. There are packages combining tickets to two early-season basketball games and a ticket to the Texas game. The game has been designated Youth Football Day, where high school, junior high and youth teams will be admitted for free.
"I guess it will kill of be a homestate game for us," said freshman running back Reggie Duncan, who hails from Killeen. "But we'd rather have the place filled with our fans."
"It's been the same the last two weeks." Norris said.
One of Kansas' biggest hopes is that one of its running mates is ready to go. Moran Norris has missed the last two weeks with a sprained ankle. He's hoping to play in his final home game. However, he has not been encouraged by the progress of his injury.
But the Jayhawks want support.
And no more absentee votes.
This is a winner-take-all game for Kanss. The Jayhawks win, Allen said he believed his team would win at Iowa State next week and become bowl-eligible.
Sports Columnist
Amanda Kaschube
— Edited by Kathryn Moore
sports@kansan.com
Gore even listed his top 10 athletes on ESPN's Web site.
George W. Bush used to own the Texas Rangers, and Al Gore used to play basketball at Harvard. Those are two sports guys.
The similarities are eerie. Maybe they should make campaigning the newest pay-per-view sport.
Both the candidates and the Sunshine State have had their fair share of police problems, dynasties and weird outcomes.
No surprise: Election rests on strange, shady Florida
So with all the sports knowledge — and I use that word lightly when speaking of George W. — between the two main candidates, it's no surprise the first election of the new millennium came down to the state of Florida.
First off, the convictions.
There are some allegations that Gore affiliates may have bought votes in various states by offering packs of cigarettes in exchange for a vote for Mr. Personality. You know, he did invent them.
Bush was convicted of a DUI eons ago, but it only surfaced last week. Cover-up? Possibly. But read his lips he didn't mean to and he's sorry.
More important are the sports dynasties. Just the mention of Don Shula and the Miami Dolphins would have scared the cleats off some pro teams. FSU has dominated the college field for a while, the Miami Heat caught some fire when they obtained Alonzo Mourning and the Orlando Magic have more eye candy with the addition of Grant Hill.
If only the football players at the University of Miami were so apologetic.
Remember those Miami-Notre Dame t-shirts that said "Catholics vs. Convicts"? The Hurricanes had as much hoodlum activity in the late '80s as electoral votes needed to win an election.
Then there's Florida State — can you say 10 to 15 years? The Seminoles are as old as some of the candidates, and their thug mentality could be football's version of mudslinging.
So the edge in convictions would have to go to Florida — extra points for creativity with Darryl Strawberry's drug bust in Tampa while he was under house arrest. He and Bush have a lot in common. Maybe the former Yankee snorted those missing ballots in Florida.
But just like the election, nothing is for certain.
Both Florida and the two candidates stem from a long line of winning traditions. George W. — Papa Bush was President. Big Al — Father Gore was a Tennessee senator. But those account for little in the voter's mind when it's voting time.
What about those dynasties?
There's a history lesson here about dynasties, kids: Don't rely on history to win an election.
A year after the Florida Marlins won the World Series, they traded their whole team away and fell hard and fast. See, recounts aren't always good.
So here's your last useless tidbit about Florida: Kenny Gregory wants to live in Miami if he could.
Florida — dynasties, place of convictions and election results. And those results aren't going to be in until Nov. 17, far too long for me to wait to put the final spin on the whole Florida/campaign connection.
What an oddly-shaped and ever-connecting state.
Kaschube is a Flesamoor, IL., senior in journalism
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