6A = THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
SPORTS
FRIDAY,OCT.26,2001
Friends: Meeting on line of scrimmage
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Kansas State showed early interest in Reese, but not Etienne.
"They weren't recruiting me as hard they were on him," Etienne said. "I didn't want them to take him and feel like they had to come and get me too. I wasn't real disappointed or anything, we just wanted to go to the places that were best for both of us."
While the players chose teams that are struggling this season at 2-4, both have found schools where they can showcase their talents.
Reese leads all Wildcat defensive linemen with 31 tackles, including six for a loss. He's
done this despite standing 5-foot-11, more than three inches shorter than any other Wildcat lineman on the two-deep chart.
Eitienne's 55 tackles rank second on Kansas and ninth in the Big 12 Conference. What's more, Eitienne has become a leader on the defensive unit. Kansas coach Terry Allen said this was evident by the team's reaction to Eitienne's shoulder injury.
"You could see the emotional level drop when he left the field," Allen said.
In the first quarter, Kansas held Missouri scoreless and limited the Tigers to just two first downs. During the next three quarters — with Etienne standing on the sideline — Missouri
posted 38 points and 22 first downs.
The injury, a separated shoulder, kept Etienne off the field last week, but won't stop him from playing tomorrow.
Etienne will wear a protective brace to limit the range of motion in his arm and said he wouldn't miss the game.
"I've been in Kansas for a while, so I understand how big the K-State-KU game is," Etienne said. "But it'll be even bigger for me because of Tank playing on the other side."
He said family and friends were flying in for the game, including his high school coach. But most of all, he couldn't miss his chance to look
across the field at his best friend.
Etienne said it will be emotional to see his friend, but it will mostly be about fun and bragging rights.
"We drove home together in August," Etienne said. "It's about a 17 and a half hour trip. Most of what we talked about was this game. I just can't really imagine what it's going to be like on when we get out there."
"When we go home, I know somebody's going to ask us who won," he said with a competitive, mischievous grin. "As long as I can say I won, I don't care what he says."
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Boss: Wildcats will pound Jayhawks
North Division Title, while finishing as the runner-up in the Heisman Trophy balloting behind Texas' standout Ricky Williams? And he walloped Kansas that season 54-6.
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Meanwhile, Kinsey will be lucky to lead the Hawks to a bowl game, let alone any kind of trophies, and the day he gets on the Heisman Watch List this season is the same day I start training for the 2004 Summer Olympics.
I'm thinking of trying the steeplechase. I hear that's one heck of a race.
But all things aside, let me get one thing straight right now. Kansas doesn't have a chance in hell of beating K-State this weekend.
There.I said it.
So what if the Wildcats are winless in the conference and just 2-4 overall, their worst start
since Bill Snider's first year in the program 13 years ago? Who cares that Kansas beat Texas Tech this season, while K-State was stomped 38-19 in Lubbock?
Big deal that Quarterback Ell Roberson is questionable for the ball game. We've got Marc Dunn.
Throw out all the bull, and the result is plain and simple: The Cats' winning streak over Kansas will extend to nine games, and that 21-point spread in favor of the purple might be a little generous in Kansas' favor.
Watch for a K-State rout, and maybe, just maybe, Kinsey will get some sense knocked into him. He'll realize he doesn't even be mentioned to be mentioned in the same sentence as Bishop, Heck, if need be, our defense could even show him — Zac Wegner-style.
Boss is a junior in journalism at Kansas State University.
Pacey: Hillbilly hopes for victory
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mie Frazier.
I can't even imagine how smooth Roberson must look on the turf at KSU Stadium dodging lineman, running away from linebackers and juking defensive backs. What a beautiful sight.
Roberson must make coach Bill Snyder look silly for not playing him more last year. I remember when all of us students wanted Roberson instead of quarterback Jonathan Beasley last year and Bill wouldn't hear it.
It's a good thing my uncle Jed told me last summer that I could stay with him in Beverly Hills, Calif., when K-State goes to the Rose Bowl.
You're probably wondering how I was able to get this plea for help out to you. Well, the editor at the Kansan, Kursten
Pheils, is from Manhattan and she took a liking to me. She said I reminded her of home. Kursten said if I beat her — best two out of three — at rock-paper-scissors, she would send this letter to the Collegian.
It is pretty dark down here in the basement and she didn't notice that the index and middle fingers on each of my hands are permanently straight from years of chanting "We're number two. We're number two." So I threw scissors and she — like a journalism major — threw paper on both draws.
Please, fellow Wildcats, help me get out of here. These Jayhawks have reneged on their deal. I want to celebrate our championship-caliber team, just like we all expected them to be last summer.
Pacey is an laasquah, Wash. senior in journalism.
Cross country prepares to be minus a runner
By Matt Norton Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas cross country team is poised to make its best showing ever at the Big 12 Championships tomorrow in Norman, Okla., but it may have to do so without one of the best runners in the country.
Senior Charlie Gruber, who qualified for the NCAA championships last year, injured his back last week, assistant coach Doug Clark said.
Gruber and sophomore Steve Vockrodt will travel to Norman, and the coaches will make a decision late tonight as to which of the two will run tomorrow.
Clark said he had been preparing the team to run without Gruber all week and if the rest of the team
ran at the level it was capable, the loss of Gruber would be offset.
Clark said Colorado was above the rest of the conference, but a number of teams would compete for the next spots. Kansas will battle Nebraska, Oklahoma State, Missouri, Texas, Texas A&M and Baylor to be in the top three.
Clark said having not seen all the teams this season, he couldn't get a feel for how the women's team might place. He does think the Jayhawks can finish in the upper division.
"I don't know as much about the other teams, only how much we've improved and where I think our girls will finish." Clark said.
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Tennis team prepares for regional tourney
By Jason Hwang Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas tennis team yesterday was not the same one that faced Tulsa University a month ago.
This time, the team flourished.
The team earned a 3-1 singles record and 2-0 doubles record in the ITA Central Regional Tournament in Tulsa, Okla. In its first visit to Tulsa, the team combined for 2-5 records in both singles and doubles.
This week, the singles players were led by senior Cheryl Mallaiah, who was seeded 14th in the tournament. She defeated Kansas State's Kathy Chuda, 6-3, 4-6, 6-1. Junior Emily Haylock stunned 15th seeded Tjasa Suvak of New Mexico, 6-4, 3-6, 6-3.
Coach Kilmery Waterman said she was delighted to see the team
getting stronger in the tournament.
"Mentally, they're getting better." Waterman said. "It's a good time to start to play at this level."
On the doubles side, Brown and Mallaiah teamed up to defeat Bowman and Hancock of Wyoming with a score of 8-5. Haylock and junior Kim Lorenz breezed by Northern Arizona's Dille and Kniee 8-1. Courtney and Kristen Steinbock, who were seeded second in doubles, had a bye in the first round.
Amy Hall, assistant coach, said the proximity of other teams in competition helped boost the team's morale in Tulsa.
The ITA Central Regional tournament resumes competition at 9 a.m. today in Tulsa. The tournament runs through Sunday.
Contact Hwang at 864-4858
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