THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 4. 2014
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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"For the last month or so, I've been listening to the Kansas football fans feel like the sky is falling. Shut the hell up! I'm tired of listening to it. I really am. We're all in this together."
- Charlie Weis
Wichtia Eagle
FACT OF THE DAY
-KU Athletics
Kansas football has won nine of its last 10 season openers.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: When was the last time Kansas football had an undefeated season?
THE MORNING BREW
A:1908
KU Athletics
New football season offers fresh start. hope for improvement
Kansas fans are spoiled. Year after year, locals, students and alumni alike get to watch the
It can be all too easy to become immersed in the week-to-week spirit and pageantry that Kansas basketball provides. It's so easy that many take for granted how difficult all of that seemingly effortless winning can be. It's important to remember that in sports, as in life, achieving success takes a great amount of time and achieving perennial success takes even longer.
University basketball team dominate the hardwood and easily work its way toward another inevitable postseason run.
Finally, September is upon us and it brings with it a fresh start, hope and football. It has been six long years since the Kansas football team has reached the postseason and experienced anything close to what the basketball team does year after year.
By Sam Davis @Davis Samue
but things are starting to look up. Entering his third season at Kansas, Coach Charlie Weis is in control of what is easily his most talented and experienced team yet. In addition to having a strong roster, the team is implementing a new spread offense that will be headed up by dual-threat quarterback Montell Cozart and offensive coordinator John Reagan, the team's new play caller. The spread offense, used by teams such as Baylor and Auburn, is being implemented in hopes of speeding up scoring drives allowing for more offensive possessions in a single game.
After what will hopefully be swift and frequent scores, the defense will be prepared to return the ball to the offense with notable talent, experience
and leadership in players like senior linebacker Ben Heeney, senior cornerback Dexter McDonald and senior Defensive lineman Keon Stowers.
The Jayhawks have to win six games to qualify for postseason play. Six wins is all the team has accumulated in the past three years, but this year's schedule shows great promise and opportunity. If the队 can enter conference play 3-0 with wins over Southeast Missouri, Duke and Central Michigan, the team will only need one major upset assuming they can win two home games against opponents TCU and Iowa State.
There's no doubt that things will get rough this season. The Big 12 Conference contains an arsenal of prestigious programs including Oklahoma, Baylor and Texas making lopsided losses essentially unavoidable.
It's important to remember, though, that all hope is not lost. I've seen and
heard too many "fans" already condemning the team to another failure of a season. It should be noted that a decade ago, Kansas football reached four bowl games in eight seasons, winning three, and was well on its way to building a small dynasty before the Mark Mangino scandal. Like Mangino, Weis has slowly built the program back up and has begun securing significant high school and transfer talent to ensure future success.
This Saturday it begins, and you can be a part of it. Grab your friends, take a walk down the hill, find a good seat and don't forget your keys. The tradition and spirit you feel at a Kansas football game is strangely magical and unlike anything else in Lawrence. The Jayhawks are officially 0-0 and anything could happen.
Edited by Sarah Kramer
This week in athletics
Wednesday No events
Thursday No events
Friday No events
Saturday
Football: SE Missouri State
6 p.m. in Lawrence
Monday No events
Sunday No events
U.S. beats Dominicans 106-71 at Basketball World Cup
Tuesday No events
ASSOCIATED PRESS
First, they had to take care of Bilbao.
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BILBAO, Spain — They were expected to be in Barcelona. They hope to finish their trip in Madrid.
The Americans wrapped up the No.1 seed in their group Wednesday, improving to 4-0 at the Basketball World Cup with a 106-71 victory over the Dominican Republic.
Kenneth Faried, whose shooting percentage dropped after he missed three shots,
scored 16 points for the U.S. DeMarcus Cousins came off the bench and added 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting.
The Americans will finish Group C play in Bilbao on Thursday against Ukraine — when U.S. coach Mike Krzyzewski will coach against long-time friend and former NBA coach Mike Fratello — before playing their round of 16 game Saturday night in Barcelona against the fourth-place team from Group D, which is still to be determined.
A few wins there and they
would play for gold in Madrid, but nobody is look
"Obviously we have to take care of here. Nothing's given," forward Rudy Gay said. "We've worked hard, we've been tested and we've overcome that, and also got some pretty big wins." The Americans surpassed 100 points for the second time in the tournament — and they were "held" to 98 points in their other two games. Even after having to overcome a halftime deficit in one game, they came in averaging a tournament-best 103.3 points
and were winning by 35.7 per game.
All 12 players scored, and the ones who weren't in the game were up cheering when back-of-the-bench centers Mason Plumlee and Andre Drummond hooked up on an alley-oop in the final minutes.
"I believe everybody felt pretty good how they played tonight," Cousins said. "That's what we're going to need to continue this path."
The Americans led by only three points after one quarter but had no trouble extending
that as the game went on, as the Dominicans' willingness to push the pace simply played into the Americans' hands.
Faried made 8 of 11 shots, a 73-percent clip that actually lowered his percentage for the tournament to 78.4 percent after the Denver forward came into the game hitting 81 percent.
Victor Liz scored 15 points for the Dominican Republic (2-2), which will face Turkey on Thursday, still in position to advance.
The Dominicans played
without Houston Rockets forward Francisco Garcia, who entered the day's play tied for fourth in the tournament with 21 points per game. He appeared to turn an ankle late in the Dominicans' victory over Finland on Tuesday, and though he finished the game, was walking gingerly Wednesday as he went to the bench after his teammates had come out to warm up.
"They were short-handed. We knew that," Krzyzewski said. "I thought we did a good job tonight."
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