THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2014
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
FACT OF THE DAY
The forward pass first appeared in college football in 1906. It was introduced in an attempt to increase scoring and reduce injuries.
New York Times
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Which was the first ACC team to hand Florida State a conference loss?
A: Virginia
Bleacher Report
THE MORNING BREW
Underdogs: Nothing to lose, everything to gain
It's almost always fun to root for the underdogs — the bigger the spread the better. And college football was certainly not short on upsets and underdogs this past weekend.
To kick off this week's action, No. 5 Auburn was put to the test last Thursday against No. 20 Kansas State in what proved to be the Tigers' most challenging game thus far this season. Though Auburn prevailed in the end, it was a long, hard-fought battle in Manhattan in a game that was a lot closer than Tiger fans would have liked.
No. 2 Oregon kept fans up late Saturday night when a predicted blowout came a little too close for comfort. The heavily favored Oregon Ducks were expected to win by more than three touchdowns, but instead, found themselves in a dogfight with their conference foe, the Washington State Cougars. The Cougars rallied hard, falling just short of a victory on their home turf, losing by seven points to the Ducks, 38-31.
West Virginia kept things interesting against No. 4 Oklahoma in its first Big 12 conference game of the season. The Mountaineers and the Sooners were tied at halftime, but the Sooners came out of the locker room with the momentum and carried it through the end of the game. Though the Mountaineers fell short, losing 45-33, they did keep fans on the edge of their seats for longer than anyone expected.
And in the biggest, oh-so-close scare, No. 22 Clemson nearly knocked off the defending national champion and No.1 ranked Florida State in Tallahassee. Clemson battled furiously all game long and was in position to kick a game-winning field goal as time
wound down, only to see the game slip into overtime with an unfortunate fumble. In the overtime session, the Florida State defense held on a crucial fourth down, and the Seminole offense scored two plays later to end Clemson's upset bid.
But enough of the near-misses. Previously
unranked Mississippi State came out of nowhere to shut down the No. 8 Louisiana State Tigers 34-29 in Baton Rouge. The Bulldogs were rewarded by a huge jump in the polls to No. 14, while LSU fell nine spots to No. 17. Saturday's loss marked the first time LSU has lost a Southeastern Conference home opener since 2005, while the win ended the Buldogs' 14-game losing streak against the Tigers dating back to 1999.
And while no one in Lawrence was too heartbroken to see Missouri lose to Indiana, I'm sure the feeling wasn't mutual in Columbia. The
No.18 Tigers fell to the unranked Hoosiers 31-27. Indiana came from behind in the fourth quarter, scoring a game-winning touchdown with just 22 seconds left on the clock.
it's upsets me
near-misses like this that
college football fun. It's
make college football fun. It's always better to shock people or to exceed their expectations than to give them exactly what they are expecting. At least, that is the case if you are the underdog. No one likes to watch blowout games. They are boring, even if you're on the winning side.
Being the underdog is by far the best way to win. And it's not just about walking away with the 'W'. It's about walking away knowing you've earned the respect of football fans across the nation.
— Edited by Alex Lamb
This week in athletics
Monday
Women's Golf Lady Paladin Invitational All Day Greenville, S.C.
Tuesday
Women's Golf Lady Paladin Invitational All Day Greenville, S.C.
Wednesday
No events
Thursday
No events
Friday
Women's Soccer
Baylor
7 p.m.
Waco, Texas
Saturday
Football
Texas
3 p.m.
Lawrence
Women's Volleyball
Oklahoma
7:00 p.m.
Norman, Okla.
Sunday
Men's Golf Badger Invitational All Day Madison, Wis.
Women's Soccer
TCU
1 p.m.
Fort Worth, Texas
St. Louis Cardinals' Daniel Descalso scores on Xavier Scruggs' single during the fifth inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds on Sunday in St. Louis.
AP PHOTO
St. Louis Cardinals clinch playoff spot, then lose 7-2 to Cincinatti Reds
ASSOCIATED PRESS
ST.LOUIS The St. Louis Cardinals clinched a playoff spot on Sunday, and then lost 7-2 to Jay Bruce and the Cincinnati Reds.
St. Louis secured its fourth consecutive postseason appearance when Milwaukee lost to Pittsburgh earlier in the day. But the Cardinals' lead in the NL Central was sliced to 21/2 games over the Pirates.
Bruce hit two of Cincinnati's four homers as the Reds snapped a six-game losing streak. Todd Frazier and Devin Mesoraco also went deep.
Reds right-hander Alfredo Simon (15-10) allowed two runs and seven hits in six innings. He was working on a 17-inning scoreless string before St. Louis scored in the fifth.
Bruce hit a solo shot in the fourth and another in the
eighth. He also had an RBI single in the sixth that gave Cincinnati a 3-1 lead.
Yadier Molina and Randal Grichuk hit consecutive RBI doubles in the St. Louis sixth, but the Reds responded with four runs in the eighth. Mesoraco had the big blow, a three-run drive against Sam Tuvailala that made it 6-2.
The Reds hit four homers in a game for the third time this season.
Lance Lynn (15-10) gave up three runs and four hits in six innings for St. Louis. He also struck out nine to run his season total to 181, making him the first St. Louis pitcher to fan 175 or more in three successive years since Bob Gibson (1970-1972).
The Cardinals have won seven of nine and close the regular season on the road with three-game sets in Chicago and Arizona.
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