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Friday October 6,2000
HOROSCOPES
Today's Birthday (Oct. 6). You're in love — or soon will bet You're lucky, too, so what will you make happen? Relax in the warm glow this October. Open your heart but keep your pocketbook closed in November. Suddenly you understand in February. Follow an old foreigner's advice to gain abundance in June. Your mom probably knows best in July, and your conscience is your guide in September.
To get the advantage, check the day's rating: 10 is the easiest day. O the most challenging.
Aries (March 21-April 19) — Today is a 5.
Instead of taking the lead, follow. Let your friends and a partner or mate teach you something. Ask questions but don't offer much of an opinion, yet.
Give yourself time to understand what they're talking about.
Taurus (April 20-May 20) — Today is a 7.
Choose your words carefully, and you might profit. Something needs to be said, but something else shouldn't be mentioned. You might get good at walking that fine line, with a little practice. And now is as good a time as any.
Gemini (May 21-June 21) — Today is an 8.
Travel will go better now than during the weekend. If you've planned a project, stock up on supplies. If you need to visit somebody, do that now, too. You may not have time later. Something unex pected could interfere.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) — Today is a 7.
Cancer (June 22-July 22) is 6'7"
A crowd might gather at your house. You and a loved one do like privacy, however. You may have to ask one guest to leave, or you won't get to sleep before morning. Let them know when it's time to go home.
Leo (July 23-Aug. 22) — Today is a 6.
You're a leader, not a follower, most of the time.
A person with a different expertise can teach you something, though. You'll help the most today if you show you're a good team player. For once, let somebody else be the captain.
Libra (Sept. 23-Oct 22) — Today is a 7.
Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22) — Today is a 6.
There’s plenty of work and money. If it’s not head ed toward your pocket yet, you’re not in the right location. You’re loyal, but business is business.
Make sure you’re getting paid what you’re worth.
You've got a clear shot at your goals. Give somebody else a boost. A loved one's dream can inspire you to try something bold. It doesn't have to cost you much. A little thoughtfulness can light up another person's eyes.
Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21) — Today is a 6.
This is a good day to tidy up your closets and make your home look better. You may find something you forget about, and it will come in handy. You'll finally know why you've hung onto it for all these years!
Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21) — Today is a 7.
You're known to be honest and fair. Today, you could earn a new reputation. Your research could provide the answer everybody's sought. You could be seen as a great intellectual. And it's all true, of course.
Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19) — Today is a 7.
It'll be slightly easier to go along with an older person's silly whims. Knowing that it's Friday helps. You might even get a bonus for work done over and above the duty of duty. And, if so, it's a sure bet you've earned it!
Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18) — Today is an 8.
You should feel confident and look great. You're attracting admirers from farther away than you realize. Romance is possible, and another dream could also come true. Dare to ask for what you want.
Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7.
Irises (Feb. 19-March 20) — Today is a 7.
Something you're after is slightly out of reach.
Don't worry. You still have a lot of preparation to do. Start by making lists and setting priorities. Work out the big problems on paper, and you'll be closer to getting there.
MEN'S BASKETBALL
One Kansas recruit heads to California-Berkeley while two recruits head to Lawrence as the recruiting battle heats up before the start of practices.
In-state recruits Jeff Hawkins, a 5-foot-11 guard from Kansas City, Kan. (KC-Sumner High School), and Jamar Howard, a 6-foot-4 guard from Shawnee (Bishop Miege) will visit Lawrence this weekend, although it is rumored that Kansas has not offered either player a scholarship.
Kansas recruits visit; one looks at California
The visits of Hawkins and Howard overlap with the recruitment of another Kansas prospect from California. Jamal Sampson, a 6-foot-11 center from Santa Ana, Calif., will be on the Cal-Berkley campus this weekend to look at the Bears' program.
Sampson said although Cal was one of his top choices, Kansas still remained in the hunt, and he said he wouldn't make a decision until after he visited Lawrence for Late Night with Roy Williams next Friday.
Sampson also is interested in St. Louis, Virginia and — to a lesser extent — Connecticut, although Sampson is not very high on the Huskies, according to Sullivan.
Chuck Hayes, a 6-foot-6 forward from Modesto, Calif., said Kansas led the hunt for his services. Hayes also is considering Kentucky, St. Louis, Texas-E-Paso and Pepperdine, but the Jayhawks are the definite leaders.
Kansas had the chance to make an impact with another recruit last night. Josh Childress, a 6-foot-6 forward from Lakewood, Calif., had his in-home visit with the Jayhawks yesterday.
"I loved Kansas," Hayes told Insider's Report. "The academics, [coach Roy] Williams, the players, the support they have."
Note: Horoscopes have no basis in scientific fact and should be for entertainment purposes only.
Childress will be at the University
in one week for Late Night with Roy Williams.
The Kansas men's basketball team will offer walk-on tryouts starting at 10 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 15 in Allen Fieldhouse.
Any KU student interested in participating should stop by the men's basketball office at 250 Wagonn Student Athlete Center between Monday, Oct. 9 and Thursday, Oct. 12 to fill out paperwork.
Walk-on tryouts start a week from Sunday
Students also must bring proof of health insurance and proof of a physical exam taken within the past year.
Students can receive physical exams at Watkins Memorial Health Center.
For more information, call the basketball office at 864-3056.
Kansan staff reports
Badgers suspend players for receiving discounts
MADISON, Wis. - The Wisconsin Badgers are finished disciplining athletes for the unadvertised discounts they received at a shoe store.
The university ordered eight-game suspensions for three basketball players Wednesday, including two from its final Four men's team.
That wrapped up the investigation
into special discounts 121 athletes received from The Shoe Box. The school still has to make a report for the NCAA addressing
Men's basketball players Maurice Linton and Travon Davis and women's player Krista Bird must sit out the first eight games this season, close their accounts at The Shoe Box and repay more than $500
such issues as institutional control
Another 37 winter and spring student-athletes who received extra benefits at the store in Black Earth won't miss any games. But they must close out their accounts and repay the amount of the extra benefit to a local charity.
in benefits they received to restore their eligibility, the school said.
Prime-time ratings for Olympics down
OLYMPICS
NEW YORK — The prime-time ratings weren't NBC's only problem during the Sydney Games. The Olympics weren't a hit during weekday mornings, weekend afternoons or late at night, either.
NBC's 162 1/2 hours of coverage averaged an 8.9 rating with a 20 share, according to figures the network released yesterday.
That's 39 percent under the
14.5/36 that the
1996 Atlanta
Games averaged
for 168 hours on
NBC, and 21 percent under the
11.2/29 for the
1791/2 hours NBC showed of the 1988 Seoul Games — the last time the Summer Olympics started in mid-September.
(Each rating point represents a little more than 1 million TV households; share is the percentage of in-use TVs that tuned in.)
The network averaged a 5.6 rating Saturday and Sunday afternoons, plummeting more than 50 percent from Atlanta and 47 percent from the 1992 Barcelona Games.
The prime-time average for 17 days of Sydney telecasts, with all competition except 11/2 hours aired on tape, was a 13.8/24 — 36 percent lower than for Atlanta, 21 percent lower than for Seoul. That average was even further below what sponsors were promised, prompting the
network to run make-good ads easily.
The prime-time ratings were the worst for any Summer or Winter Olympics since 1968.
network to run make-good ads early.
On weekdays,
NBC's 10 a.m. to
noon segments
from Sydney averaged
a 2.9 rating.
The late-night Olympics coverage on NBC pulled in a 3.4 rating and 12 share, nearly 50 percent under Atlanta and 57 percent under Seoul, when NBC aired a mix of live and taped competition.
57 percent under Atlanta and 43 percent below Seoul.
NFL
St. Louis' offense won't slow down, coach says
ST. LOUIS — The NFL is about to find out if a week off can slow down the prolific St. Louis Rams' offense. Coach Mike Martz is confident the answer is no.
The Super Bowl champions entered their bye week on a record pace, averaging 43.4 points. The offense was nearly perfect in a 57-31 victory against the Chargers last week, scoring on their first 11 possessions and even getting a 5-for-5 game from kicker Jeff Wilkins. Their 614-yard output was second-highest in franchise history, trailing only their record 735-yard game against the Giants in 1951.
"I've never seen an offense like this," Chargers safety Rodney Harrison said. "I've never seen a team like this."
So Martz, who delivered on his promise to give the team a midseason vacation if they beat San Diego, isn't worried about a letdown when they return. The Rams meet the Falcons for the second time in their next game, Sunday, Oct. 15, at the Trans World Dome, where they've won a franchise-record 14 in a row.
- The Associated Press
Sports Calendar
Soccer vs. vs. Texas Tech, 4 p.m.
sun.
Volleyball vs. Texas, 7 p.m.
Fans revive Texas-Oklahoma rivalry
Football vs. Kansas State, 1 p.m.
Soccer vs. Colorado, 1 p.m.
mon.
Men's Golf at Purina-
Missouri Bluffs Classic
at St. Charles, Mo.
Women's Golf at
Women's Collegiate
Shootout in Franklin,
Ind.
Men's Golf at Purina-
Missouri Bluffs Classic
at St. Charles, Mo.
Women's Golf at
Women's Collegiate
Shootout in Franklin,
Ind.
The Associated Press
AUSTIN, Texas - For 100 years, the Red River Shootout has been a border war, played during the hoopla of the Texas State Fair in a stadium evenly divided in Texas orange and Oklahoma crimson.
Home field advantage doesn't exist in the Cotton Bowl in Dallas.
Depending on which team you root for, it's either Texas-Oklahoma or Oklahoma-Texas. The preferred team comes first. Always.
In its heyday, winning was considered key to recruiting the top high school talent. It could make or break a program's future.
But it's been a long while since the game meant much to anyone outside of Big 12 country. Saturday's matchup will be the first time since 1984 in which both teams are in the top 15, with Oklahoma (4-0)
Oklahoma (4-0)
1-0) at No. 10
and Texas (3-1,
1-0) at No. 11.
The rivalry dates back to
"It's always important regionally, and this year it has more national
threes 1900, before Texas was known as the Longhorns and Oklahoma was still called the Rough Riders. Texas leads the series 55-34 with five ties. Nine times, either Texas or Oklahoma has come in ranked No. 1 in the nation.
Texas cornerback Roderick Babers learned that last year when he played Oklahoma for the first time.
attention," said Texas coach Mack Brown. "And now that both programs are improving, I think it will be good to get it back on the national level."
"When little old ladies are giving you the bird, that's when I knew there was some bad blood in this game," Babes said.
The fans, however, never wavered. The October game brings out their best, or perhaps their worst.
Fourteen years since he last laid out a Longhorn, Brian Bosworth still gets worked up about Texas.
Ask him about playing the Longhorns and the former Oklahoma All-America linebacker starts talking faster and louder.
"I lived and breathed that rivalry," said Bosworth, a Texan who crossed the Red River to play for the Sooners.
"It was good vs. evil ... And you know who was evil."
Never one to mince words — he once referred to the Longhorns' color as "puke orange" — Bosworth sounds like he's love one more game in the annual Red River Shootout.
His first came in 1984, when Texas was No.1 and Oklahoma No.1.
3 — a game that ranks as one of the oldest ever.
Texas had walloped Penn State 28-3 two weeks earlier, and Longhorns fans were talking national title.
Rain fell, players slipped and slid about on the field's artificial turf, and the teams combined for just 347 vards of total offense.
After Oklahoma took a safety to make it 15-12. Texas got the ball back with 2:10 left to play.
The Longhorns drove the length of the field looking for the winning touchdown. But after a pass into the end zone failed — Sooner fans insist to this day it was intercepted by Keith Stanberry — Jeff Ward kicked a 32-yard field goal in a downpour on the final play for the tie.
"I have never seen or heard a crowd like that. The end of the game was just surreal." Ward said. "Oklahoma fans were mad. Texas fans were mad. Everybody was shouting."
The tie didn't feel good in the Texas locker room either, Ward said, remembering the actions of coach Fred Akers.
"Akers jumped up on a bench and says, 'I don't like it either. If I could, I'd go out and meet them in the parking lot.' Ward recalled.
By playing favored Texas to a tie, the Sooners set the foundation for their great teams of 1985-1987 that won one national title and played for another.
Student Shuttle on Gamedays!
What: NEW KU Student Shuttle Bus - FREE!
Where: Pick up at designated bus stops at Daisy Hill Dorms & Jayhawk Towers. Drop off on Jayhawk Blvd. at the top of the Hill.
When: Rides begin 2 hours prior to kick-off and run until kick-off. 2 return trips after the game.
BIG BLUE PEP RALLY
VS.
TONIGHT! 5:30pm - 8th St. (between Mass. & New Hampshire)
Sat. 1pm
Join the KU Football Team, Spirit Squad & Band as we rally for the big Sunflower Showdwon with K-State!