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WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1,2014
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John Reagan, center, Kansas football's offensive coordinator, will be in the box during Saturday's West Virginia game. Interim head coach Clint Bowen said the bird's-s eye view will help the offense make adjustments.
Saturday's game will be different without Weis
Twenty years ago, Clint Bowen, a then-graduate assistant for the Kansas football program, found himself on a date with his now-wife at an ice cream parlor on 23rd and Iowa streets. He told her his ultimate dream job was to be the head coach of the lajhawks.
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Sunday morning. Bowen's dream became a reality.
"To be standing here today is truly one of the greatest honors I've ever had in my life," Bowen said Monday when he first addressed the media. "I'm prepared for this job."
After posting a 6-22 record in two seasons and four games, Charlie Weis was fired Sunday morning, following a 23-0 loss to the Texas Longhorns in the conference season opener. To lead the charge of a 2-2 Kansas team, athletic director Sheahon Zenger promoted Bowen from defensive coordinator to interim head coach. Zenger will begin the search for the next head coach. In the meantime, Bowen will have eight games to prove why he's the ideal candidate.
Defense has been Bowen's football calling card for as long as he can remember, so it will be an adjustment for him as he has more offensive input going forward.
"I have [gone] down and
But it may come down to what he can do on the offensive end that determines the result of his eight-game audition for his dream job.
visited with John [Reagan], and I have no ideas for him," Bowen said. "I'm no help."
Also, press conferences with Weis typically lasted around 45 minutes and were filled with sarcastic answers. Bowen's press conference Tuesday was half that time and filled with spirit.
Other adjustments are the changes in coaching styles. In just a few days, Bowen has already shown tremendous differences from Weis.
For example, during press conferences, Bowen stands behind a podium, whereas Weis rocked side to side in his chair on wheels.
But the most intriguing change between the two coaches involves offensive coordinator John Reagan. Under Weis' coaching, Reagan called the plays on the sideline, but Bowen has a different idea for Reagan on game days.
"Hes going to go upstairs into the box and call the game up there," Bowen said. "Which I think he feels is more comfortable for him."
Being in the press box is nothing new to Reagan as that is what he did when he served as offensive coordinator at Rice University before coming to Kansas. The change is
"We are a youthful or inexperienced offense," Reagan said. "I think I can help us more by being upstairs. I think I can help us more by taking some of the decisions out of the quarterbacks' hands."
supposed to help the offense make adjustments during the game with Reagan looking from a birds-eye view.
"The kid is working as hard as he can to improve each week, and we're all behind him." Bowen said.
Sophomore quarterback Montell Cozart hasn't shown the strongest offense. Despite throwing a career-high four interceptions against Texas, Bowen is confident this will change.
Bowen's coaching will be put to the test in his first game Saturday at 3 p.m. when Kansas travels to West Virginia. The Jayhawks defeated the Mountaineers in their lone conference victory last season; the win snapped a 27-game conference losing streak.
This week, the Jayhawks will try to snap a 28-game road losing streak.
"We're going to address that during the week," Bowen said. "We're going to begin working on every single day to go on the road in a difficult situation and be mentally tough enough to come out of it."
Edited by Kelsie Jennings
Texas Tech could start freshman QB at K-State
LUBBOCK, Texas — Texas Tech coach Kliff Kingsbury has been here before.
The Red Raiders second-year coach has worked with four freshmen starting quarterbacks in the past, mostly with success.
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Heading into a matchup at No. 23 Kansas State on Saturday, Kingsbury might have to start freshman Patrick Mahomes, the Texas Associated Press Sports Editors football player of the year in 2013 — in high school.
Sophomore starter Davis Webb is probably a game-day decision after a shoulder injury to his non-throwing arm in the fourth quarter of Texas Tech's 45-35 loss at Oklahoma State last week.
"Just make sure he can protect himself, really, and operate at a level we need him to operate," Kingsbury said of what it would take for Webb to play. "But more than anything, that he can handle taking a hit and protect himself."
A sizeable threat to Webb could be Kansas State defensive end Ryan Miller, who needs one more sack to enter the career top 10 for the Wild
Kingsbury's has had success with previous freshman quarterbacks. He coached David Piland at Houston in 2010, Johnny Manziel in 2012 at Texas A&M and Webb and Baker Mayfield, who transferred to Oklahoma, last year.
cats (3-1, 1-0 Big 12).
He scrambled up the middle on third-and-14 and landed awkwardly on his left forearm. He left the field briefly with trainers holding his left arm gingerly.
Webb, who ranks eighth nationally in passing yards per game (339 yards), was not made available to reporters after Monday's practice. Kingsbury said Webb's shoulder was sore Sunday, three days after the Red Raiders (2-2, 0-1) lost in Stillwater.
This season, it's Mahomes, the son of Pat Mahomes, who played for six major league baseball teams in an 11-year career. After Webb went out, Mahomes rushed for 16 yards on seven carries and threw for one TD and an interception.
Mahomes is a dual-threat quarterback, but nothing like Manziel, Kingsbury said. Mahomes' strength is at extending plays.
knack," he said. "Anytime we put him in, it's not always pretty, but finds a way to move the ball down and put it in the end zone."
"I think he just has that
Mahomes figured pitching in baseball — he also played basketball at Whitehouse in East Texas — was his only option beyond high school. But a Texas Tech assistant just happened to be there when Mahomes had an impressive game in a stainstorm and took over the starting job in the third game of his junior season, after playing safety his sophomore year.
Bradley Marquez, who leads the Red Raiders' receiving corps with six touchdowns, said Mahomes is no stranger to starting games.
Kingsbury's biggest concern with Mahomes is protecting the football, "as you are with any of those young quarterbacks."
"That being his first real (college) game action, I mean, it's to be expected that things may not run as smoothly as maybe they would with Davis, obviously," the senior receiver said. "There are obviously going to be nerves, but from the perspective as a teammate, I felt like he wanted to go out there and do his absolute best."
Olympian Michael Phelps apologizes for DUI arrest
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In this April 18, 2005, file photo, Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps speaks to a group of seniors at Parkside High School in Salisbury, MD., as part of his sentence after pleading guilty to a DUI charge. Authorities say Phelps has been arrested on a second DUI charge in Maryland. Transit police say they stopped the 29-year-old Phelps at the Fort McHenry Tunnel in Baltimore around 1:40 a.m. Tuesday.
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Michael Phelps' comeback has been sidetracked by more trouble away from the pool.
The Olympic champion was arrested for the second time on DUI charges early Tuesday in his hometown of Baltimore, another embarrassment for a swimmer who came out of retirement this year with his sights set on competing at the Rio Games.
It's too early to say if Phelps might face sanctions from USA Swimming, which took no action after his 2004 arrest but suspended him from competition for three months over the pot picture.
The arrest came about a month after the 29-year-old Phelps won three golds and two silvers at the Pan Pacific Championships in Australia, setting himself up to compete at next summer's world championships and at Rio in 2016.
Phelps issued an apology that sounded very familiar to the ones he made after a drunken-driving arrest a decade ago, as well as when a British tabloid published a photograph in 2009 that showed him using a marijuana pipe.
"I understand the severity of my actions and take full responsibility," Phelps said in a statement. "I know these words may not mean much right now but I am deeply sorry to everyone I have let down."
Maryland Transportation Authority police charged the 18-time gold medalist after officers said he was caught speeding and failed field sobriety tests.
"The news regarding Michael Phelps and his actions are disappointing and
unquestionably serious," the national governing body said in a statement. "We expect our athletes to conduct themselves responsibly in and out of the pool."
The U.S. Olympic Committee had a similar reaction. CEO Scott Blackmun said the organization was "surprised" by Phelps' arrest and "disappointed on a number of fronts."
"I understand the severity of my actions and take full responsibility."
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Phelps was charged with driving under the influence, excessive speed and crossing double lane lines in the Fort McHenry Tunnel on Interstate 95 in Baltimore, according to the Maryland Transportation Agency.
If convicted on the DUI charge, he would face a maximum penalty of a year in jail, a $1,000 fine and the loss of his driver's license for six months. Under Maryland law, the latest case is not considered a second offense because his first DUI conviction occurred more than five years ago.
Phelps could face the wrath of his sponsors, though there was no immediate word of any company planning to drop him.
"It's too early to tell," said Don Rockwell, the CEO of Phelps' new swimsuits sponsor, California-based Aqua Sphere. "For the most part, we're supportive. We just need to wait and see
what happens. This is not a deal-breaker for us, unless we find out something else that happened."
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Phelps also has deals with Subway, Under Armour, Omega and Master Spas.
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In early August, Phelps announced he was ending his long relationship with Speedo to sign the deal with Aqua Sphere. Just last week, according to Rockwell, company officials were in Baltimore working with Phelps on the sizing of his new suit, which he can begin wearing at meets starting Jan. 1.
A Maryland Transportation Authority police officer was using radar about 1:40 a.m. when Phelps' white 2014 Land Rover came through the tunnel at 84 mph in a 45-mph zone, the agency said in a statement.
The officer stopped Phelps just beyond the tunnel's toll plaza.
First, he must deal with a more serious issue.
Kelly Melhem, a spokesperson for the transportation agency, said department vehicles are equipped with in-car video recording devices. Officials were trying to determine if there was footage of Phelps' arrest, which could be used as evidence if the case goes to trial.
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"Mr. Phelps was identified as the driver by his driver's license and appeared to be under the influence," the statement said. "He was unable to perform satisfactorily a series of standard field sobriety tests."
The statement said Phelps was cooperative during his arrest. He was taken to an authority station and later released.
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