THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, OCTOBER 28, 2014
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"I don't think we played well all game. Fortunately for us, we didn't play very well and we won a ball game."
— TCU coach Gary Patterone
FACT OF THE DAY
TCU has scored so many times this season that they ran out of fireworks to shoot off after every touchdown.
ESPN
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q. What is the highest scoring game by an FBS football team against another FBS team?
A: The Houston Cougars beat the Tulsa Green Wave 100-6 in 1968
UH Cougars
THE MORNING BREW
TCU erupts for 82 points Saturday, sets school and conference records
Basketball season is just around the corner. Even though it's not quite here yet, one Big 12 basketball like
football team put up basketball-like numbers in its game this weekend.
numbers in its game this weekend.
TCU scored 82 points against Texas
Tech Saturday and now leads the
nation in points per game with 50.4.
nation in points per game with 30.4.
With a blowout score of 82-27, the
game broke multiple records.
TCU's quarterback Trevone Boykin broke the school record by throwing seven touchdown passes. Boykin had 22 completions and zero interceptions on the day.
"I felt perfect," Boykin said after the game.
TCU scored more than 82 just one time last season — in basketball. The Horned Frogs beat Grambling State 98-75 last December and averaged 63.6 points per game on the year.
The 82 points were a TCU record and a conference game record. Last
time there was a game that did substantial damage to the scoreboard was back in 2003 when Oklahoma railroaded Texas A&M 77-0.
The only Big 12 team to score more on an opponent in this era of football was Oklahoma State back in 2012. The Cowboys were playing Savannah State and scored 84-0.
the second quarter, TCU scored one touchdown and two field goals. One field goal and four touchdowns came in the third quarter and two touchdowns came in the fourth quarter.
How does a team get to 82 points? There are many different ways to get up there, but here's how TCU did it. In the first quarter, TCU scored three touchdowns and one field goal. In
TCU's kicker Jaden Oberkrom was perfect on the day, making four field goals and 10 extra point kicks. He had more points (22) than Texas Tech had first downs (21).
If the three quarter TCU has two more games against ranked teams remaining, at West Virginia and at home against Kansas State. After that, it might be possible to see another high scoring game. The Horned Frogs come to Lawrence on November 15, face Texas in Austin on November 27 and play at home
The first quarter of the game was relatively close. TCU led Texas Tech 24-17. The game was pretty much decided when TCU went on a 30-0 scoring spree in eight minutes to start off the third quarter.
against Iowa State on December 6. The Horned Frogs close out their schedule with three of the four schools at the
bottom of the Big 12 totem pole.
They've already taken on Oklahoma, Baylor and Oklahoma State. TCU defeated Oklahoma 37-33 on the crazy weekend of college football when 10 ranked teams went down. The Sooners were ranked No. 4 at the time when TCU was sitting at No. 25.
The TCU football team is currently 6-1, only losing in an offensive shootout to Baylor 61-58 back on October 11.
Sporting KC slips in standings after loss to New York
Edited by Alex Lamb
Kansas City drops to No.5 in playoffs after loss
CHRISTIAN HARDY
@HardyNFL
With 10 minutes left at Sporting Park on Sunday night, "Sporting" — spelled out by light-blue chairs amongst the regular navy blue — could be read across the south bleachers, a rarity for a stadium that has sold out 53 consecutive Major League Soccer games.
Sporting Kansas City's Dominic Dwyer tries to get past Jamison Olave (left) and Dax McCarty of the New York Red Bulls in Sunday's game.
With play as lacking as it was in the first 80 minutes of a game that determined seeding in the Eastern Conference, the empty stands were more than warranted.
Sporting Kansas City failed to score a single goal, while the backline was unsuccessful in containing the league's best striker, Bradley Wright-Phillips, who came through with two goals to ascend the New York Red Bulls to the No. 4 spot in the Eastern Conference.
the Major League Soccer single-season goals record, trailing the record of 27 by two goals. Against a disparaged Sporting Kansas City defense, the 29-year-old tied the record set in 1996 by Tampa Bay forward Roy Lassiter and in 2012 by San Jose striker Chris Wondolowski. He also solidified his spot as the winner for the Golden Boot with the most goals in the 2014 season
Sporting KC started the day at No. 3, set to avoid the knockout round. But with a Columbus Crew win, and a loss of its own, Kansas City dropped to No. 5 by the end of the day. The loss sets up a single playin match in New York against the Red Bulls on Thursday at 7 p.m., the winner of which will move on to play D.C. United in a two-game series.
wright-Phillips came into the Sporting Park chasing
In the 15th minute, Sporting KC defender Aurelien Collin went all-in on Wright-Phillips after he handled a well-touched ball from New York midfielder Eric Alexander, but he didn't contest well enough. Wright-Phillips snuck his way past Collin and his right-footed shot was sent past diving goalkeeper Eric Kronberg.
The second goal came on an error in the backline. As Collin controlled the ball just inside the box, Wright-Phillips chased him down from behind, took control and made a few dribbles across the box, then chopped another one past Kronberg to put New York on top 2-0 in the 70th minute.
the clean sheet
Sporting KC had 11 chances to score, but none ever materialized. Striker Dom Dwyer had the team's best opportunity early in the first half. Minutes after Wright-Phillips struck in the 15th minute, Dwyer found himself with a low, swift left-footed shot that looked as if to be heading to the back of the net. Instead, it ended in the hands of goalkeeper Luis Robles, who needed only that save and one other to record
Dwyer finished the season with 22 goals, second in the Golden Boot chase to Wright-Phillis' 27.
The loss was Sporting KC's
The statuses of all three players are up in the air for Thursday's contest against New York.
to missing goalkeeper Andy Gruenebaum, the team lost midfielder Benny Feilhaber and defender Igor Juliao, both of whom were unable to play Sunday night.
second in an eight-game stretch. The team closed out CONCACAF Champions League play on Thursday with a 2-0 loss to Deportivo Saprissa in Costa Rica. In addition
Edited by Rob Pyatt
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