Friday, September 15, 2000
The University Daily Kansan
Section B · Page 3
Cardinal, Longhorns to hook up
By Allan Davis sports@kanson.com Kanson sportswriter
No. 5 Texas at Stanford
The big question in Texas (1-0) is who will start at quarterback. Will it be 1999 Big 12 Conference Offensive Player of the Year Major Applewhite? Or will it be Chris Simms, son of Super Bowl-winning quarterback Phil Simms? Applewhite looked good coming off the bench last week after Simms sputtered — so good that he was named Big 12 Offensive Player of the Week.
Wildcats senior quarterback Jonathan Beasley appears more comfortable this year than last and doesn't seem to be looking over his shoulder at his backup, Ell Roberson.
Stanford (1-1) will be seeking revenge for a 69-17 thumping at Texas last season. DeRonnie Pitts, a senior wide receiver who is tied for fourth on Stanford's all-time receptions list, must have a good game if Stanford is to win.
Ball State at No. 7 Kansas State Kansas State (2-0) continues the Cupcake of the Week portion of its schedule. Ball State (0-2) is this week's opponent.
Ball State's Sean Schembra, a sophomore wide receiver, leads the Cardinals with nine catches in two games.
Texas-El Paso at Texas A&M
Big 12 Conference previews
The Aggies (1-1) figure to beat the Miners (1-1), but nothing is certain. Texas-El Paso beat SMU last week 37-20, so the Miners will bring some talent to College Station. Senior quarterback Rocky Perez must have a good day if the Miners are to stay in the game. He leads the Western Athletic Conference in
passing efficiency. cv.
Aggies junior wide receiver Robert Ferguson leans the Big 12
in receiving yards. Freshman quarterback Mark Farris does a good job getting the ball to Ferguson, completing 61 percent of his passes and averaging 218.5 yards passing per game.
Louisiana-Lafayette at Texas Tech
Louisiana-Lafayette, formerly known as Southwest Louisiana, has lost four straight games against Texas Tech. But that doesn't mean the Ragin' Cajuns (0-1) have no chance to beat the Red Raiders (3-0) in Lubbock.
Senior quarterback Derek Dyer leads the Cams' attack.
Red Raiders sophomore Shaud Williams' 6.63 catches per game leads the Big 12. Kliff Kingsbury, sophomore quarterback, leads the conference with 874 passing yards.
No. 9 Washington at Colorado
Former coach Rick Neuheisel, now in his second season at Washington after walking away from Colorado, leads his nationally ranked Huskers (2-0) into Boulder to meet the victory-starved Buffaloes (0-2).
Colorado freshman Marcus Houston has rushed for more than 100 yards in each of his first two games as a Buffalo. Houston's 125 yards-per-game average places him 17th nationally.
Washington quarterback Marques Tuasiosopo is ranked 16th nationally in total offense. He is the son of former NFL standout Manny
Tuilasosopo. One of his favorite targets is junior flanker Todd Elstom, who has eight catches for 165 yards. Minnesota at Baylor.
Former Kansas coach Glen Mason, now in his third season at Minnesota (1-1), will lead the Golden Gophers against the Bears
Minnesota at Baylor
(1-0). Baylor already has won as many games this year as it did all of last year. Baylor quarterback Greg
passed for 218 yards in the Bears' win at North Texas. Cicero is a junior college transfer from Palomar (Calif.) College.
Minnesota wide receiver Ron Johnson, a junior, has a chance to break the Gophers' career receiving touchdowns record with 11 in his first 25 games. The record is 17 touchdowns.
No. 22 Michigan State at Missouri
The Spartans roll into Columbia, Mo., to face a Tiger team that was embarrassed by No. 16 Clemson last week 62.9. Tigers coach Larry Smith has lost all three of his matchups with Michigan State. Spartan coach BobbV Williams is 2-0 in his first
season. Missouri is 1-1 and will likely be 1-2 after Saturday.
Michigan State has won five in a row, including
last season. T.J. Duckett, sophomore tailback, rushed for 219 yards on 26 carries against Marshall. Third-year starting cornerback
Renaldo Hill, a preseason All- American candidate, anchors the defense.
Missouri's defense is led by junior defensive end Justin Smith, who had 10 tackles against Clemson.
Southwest Texas at Oklahoma State
The Cowboys' (1-0) new AstroPlay artificial turf will make its debut at Lewis Field against the Matadors (1-1) Saturday.
Tony Lindsay, 1997 Big 12 Freshman Offensive Player of the Year, continues to improve and should make it a long afternoon for the Matadors. Lindsay threw three touchdown passes last week.
Southwest Texas sophomore running back Lee Davis is averaging 105 yards-per-game and will be challenged by the Cowboys defense, led by senior defensive end Juqua Thomas.
The Cyclones (2-0) have won the last two games against the Hawkeyes (0-2), including a win at Iowa in 1998.
Iowa State at Iowa
Iowa State junior running back Ennis Haywood can be expected to shoulder much of the offensive load for the Cyclones now that Troy and Darren Davis are gone.
Another key player for Iowa is senior defensive end Derrick Walker, who was backup quarterback for Sage Rosenfelts last year.
Iowa running back Ladell Betts, a junior, has rushed for 1.014 yards on 221 carries in his last 13 contests and likely will be called upon a lot on Saturday against the Cyclones.
Notes: No. 1 Nebraska and no. 18
Oklahoma do not play this weekend.
southern Illinois, Kansas' opponent Sept. 23, plays Kansas coach Terry Allen's alma mater, Northern Iowa, on Saturday.
Kansas, UAB rematch follows 1998 thriller
By Allan Davis
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The Blazers and Jayhawks meet again at 6 p.m. Saturday, this time in Memorial Stadium. UAB coach Watson Brown said he anticipated that both teams would remember the teams' last meeting.
Almost two years ago, the Kansas football team played Alabama-Birmingham in an NCAA record-tying four-overtime game. The Jayhawks won 39-37 in Birmingham — the last road win for Kansas.
"We have 13 guys who played in that game who are really playing a lot or starting, but I think Kansas has close to the same number," Brown said. "I think it will help us, but I would like to be able to go in there and sneak up on Kansas. But I don't think they will overlook us because of that game two years ago."
Kansas coach Terry Allen said he expected a tough game.
"They have beaten some very good teams the last couple of years," Allen said. "They're a very good football team, and they'll be a good test for us. Their quarterback, Daniel Dixon, is gifted in that he can throw very accurately and run the option effectively, and that is a very uncommon combination."
Dixon is a third-year starter for the Blazers. However, he will be without one of his prime targets. Sophomore wide receiver Willie Quinney will miss
the game because of a sprained posterior or collateral ligament in his right knee, an injury he suffered in the Sept. 7 win against Tennessee-Chattanooga. In that 20-15 victory, Quinney caught three passes for 125 yards and a touchdown.
Junior running back Jegil Dugger also was a big factor, coming off the bench to gain 84 yards and score two touchdowns. Starting running back Carl Fair was injured in the first quarter against Tennessee-Chattanooga, and his return is uncertain for Saturday's game. Fullback Carl Sanders completes the backfield.
Dixon and the UAB backs will have experienced linemen trying to open holes for them. The Blazers have nine offensive linemen who started or played last season.
As for the Blazer defense, all of last year's starters on the defensive line return this season, plus the four backups. The Blazer defensive line features end Bryan Thomas, 6-foot-6 tackle Eddie Freeman and 6-7 end Otis Leverette. Thomas, 6-4 and 255 pounds, has run the 40-yard dash in 4.5 seconds.
The secondary does not have as much experience as the defensive line — UAB has three new starters in the defensive backfield.
Alabama-Birmingham was a Division I-AA team but has made the jump to Division I. A victory against UAB would count toward the six victories needed for Kansas to be selected for a bowl game. Edited by Evan Matz
Edited by Sara Nutt
By Ryan Malashock sports@kansan.com Kansan writerspitter
Also participating in the ISU Open will be men's and women's teams from Iowa State, Drake, Arkansas, Northern Iowa, Truman State, Colorado State, Vanderbilt, and Minnesota-Duluth.
After starting their season off strong in the Bob Timmons Invitational last weekend, the Kansas men's and women's cross country teams will face a tougher test tomorrow in the Iowa State Open meet in Ames, Iowa.
KU coach Stanley Redwine said he thought tomorrow's meet would give the Jayhawks a chance to gauge how far they had come as a team and how much further they needed to go.
"We need to concentrate and be a better team than last week in order to do well at the ISU Open," Redwine said. "This meet will be good competition for us."
The Kansas women are coming off a team championship in the Bob Timmons Invitational at Rim Rock Farm, and they know that tomorrow could be either a confidence booster or a humbling experience.
Freshman Laura Lavioie said that although the women's team would be shooting for a victory tomorrow, she didn't expect this meet to be as easy as its first performance.
"The meet at Iowa State will give us a better grasp on where we are," Lavole said. "There will be a lot better teams at this meet, and it will be very competitive."
Redwine said that running at Iowa State would be more than just an ordinary meet because this year's NCAA championships would be run in Ames. Getting a first-hand look at the NCAA course will be a much-needed experience for the runners, he said.
"The course is very challenging, and they'll see it again this year," Redwine said. "This will be the first time the women run a 6K race, so that might be hard for them to adjust to."
Junior Charlie Gruber still is going to be absent from the men's lineup tomorrow, but Redwine said he was looking forward to the return of several other runners and hoped they could perform better than last week.
Edited by J. R. Mendoza
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