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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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MONDAY, NOVEMBER 4,2002
Wildcats slaughter'Hawks
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Carlos Alsun, Kansas State freshman running back, pushes Kansas senior defensive back Matt Jordan. The defense allowed the Wildcats 494 yards
Sunflower shut out for Kansas
By John Domoney
jdomoney@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
If the Kansas football team has any aspirations of ending its 33-year losing streak against Nebraska, the Jayhawks know they will have to play much better than their performance Saturday against Kansas State.
The Wildcats' 64-0 victory over the Jayhawks is the greatest margin of victory by either team in the Sunflower Showdown series, and the loss is the third worst defeat in Kansas history. Nebraska's 70-0 defeat of Kansas in 1986 is the most lopsided defeat for the Jawhaws.
"We were outplayed in every single area of the game by Kansas State," said Kansas coach Mark Mangino. "Offense, defense, kicking game, totally outplayed."
Once again, it was the first quarter
that doomed the Jayhawks and ended any hopes of an upset victory against Kansas State.
The Wildcats had the ball for almost 11 out of 15 minutes of the first quarter and outgained the Jayhawks 199 yards to -11, capturing a 30-0 lead.
After stopping Kansas State on the Wildcats' first possession, senior quarterback Jonas Weatherbie took the field
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Backups fall short in Saturday's defeat
By Levi Chronister
Ichronister@kansan.com
Kansan sports editor
The Jonas Weatherbie era may have been a short one for the Kansas football team.
Weatherbie made his first collegiate start in the Jayhawks' 64-0 loss to Kansas State on Saturday at Memorial Stadium, but was pulled early in the second quarter
The seniors signal caller, who started in place of injured Bill Whitemore, was 2-of-9 passing for 0 yards and one interception before being replaced by second-year freshman Brian Luke with just less than 11 minutes left in the first half.
Weatherbie's day started auspiciously when he dropped back and passed on the Jayhawks' second play from scrimmage. Wide receiver Leo Bookman was open about five yards behind Kansas State cornerback Terence Newman, but dropped the throw.
A completion to Bookman, the reigning Big 12 Conference indoor and outdoor 200-meter champion, could have been a big gain, but the Jayhawks were stuck on their own 26-yard line instead.
"You've got to move on and go to the next play," Weatherbie said of the incompletion, "and hopefully make a play the next time."
Weatherbie couldn't, as he ran for no gain on the next play and then threw an incompletion on third down. Kansas State scored three plays later, taking a
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Backup quarterback Jonas Weatherbie attempts a pass. Weatherbie completed two passes for no yards in Saturday's game.
16-0 lead midway through the first quarter, and the rout was on.
Both of Weatherbie's completions — one to Derick Mills and one to Brandon Rideau — went for 0 yards. His
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Volleyball knocks off No.24 Texas
By Jason Hwang
jhwang@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
There is an old saying that you "Don't Mess with Texas." Apparently the Kansas volleyball team didn't get that message Saturday.
The Jayhawks (17-5 overall, 8-5 Big 12 Conference) earned their third straight victory with an upset sweep (33-31, 30-26,
"And it just all worked together,it was awesome."
Ashley Michaels Kansas middle blocker
24 Longhorns (18-5, 9-4). Texas is the second ranked opponent Kansas has defeated in five tries this season.
"Knowing that we were so close to beating them down at their place," sophomore middle blocker Ashley Michaels said, "and them coming here and all the excitement, adrenaline, the crowd was amazing tonight. And it just all worked together, it was awesome."
The Jayhawks had 11 total team blocks, which is tied for the most in a three game match this season. Combine that with 26 Longhorn hitting errors, Texas was held to its lowest hitting percentage this season .165).
Freshman middle blocker Iosiane Lima led the team with 17 kills and marked 10 digs for her eighth doubledouble. Junior outside hitter Sarah Rome also registered her eighth double-double with 14 kills and a match-high 11 digs. Michaels had nine kills and a season-high four solo blocks.
Texas twice took one-point leads after 4-0 runs in game one, and had a game point at 30-29. The Jayhawks won four of the next five points, taking the game 33-31. Rome had seven kills in that game.
The jahawks came out with a quick 5-1 start in game three, and later went on an 11-0 run, expanding their lead to 19-4. The teams split the next 18 points, but Kansas won two of the final three points, taking the game and match.
"I think you just got a sense for what happened tonight when the crowd stood up when Texas sided out," coach Ray Bechard said.
"I think how much they appreciated how hard we were playing. We outdug and outblocked them. The hitting efficiency and serving were good. It was just a great effort against a very good ranked opponent."
Kansas plays its next match at 7 p.m. Wednesday in Lubbock, Texas, against Texas Tech.
- Edited by Jessica Hood
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Andi Rozum, Loveland, Colo., freshman, serves during the match against Texas. The Jayhawks defeated No. 24 Texas Saturday as they improved their Big 12 record to 9-4 at home.
Second trip to California ends fall slate
By Ryan Greene rgreene@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter
To this point, it has been a fall season that has had many ups and downs for the Kansas men's golf team. Starting today, the team will look to end the fall schedule on a positive note at The Prestige 2002 in La Quinta, Calif.
The two-day tournament will include 36 holes played today,and the final 18 will conclude tomorrow afternoon. Stanford and the
This marks the second trip to California for the team in the past two weeks. Last weekend, the team placed fifth at the Stanford Invitational in Palo Alto. The Jayhawks were paced by junior Tyler Hall, who finished in a sixth place tie, and senior Chris Marshall, who landed in a tie for eighth.
University of California-Davis will be the co-hosts of the tournament's 18-team field.
Randall has mixed his lineups multiple times this fall, and is hoping to have solidified a starting five
Tyler Hall
Kansas golfer
"I think all the guys are right on the verge, it's just a matter of time."
rotation by the start of the spring season in February. Playing this week for the Jayhawks will be senior Chris Marshall, junior Tyler Hall, sophomore Andrew Price and freshmen Pete Krsnich and
Jason Sigler.
"We've been struggling all fall to find a mix of guys that click together," Hall said. "Andrew Price has been playing steady all year, and if he clicks in one of these tournaments, he can do really well. I think all the guys are right on the verge, it's just a matter of time."
Everything seems to be clicking for the Jayhawks going into today's action. Senior Chris Marshall is riding high with three consecutive
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Marathon offers new opportunities
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — I've been a runner for nearly a decade, but until Saturday morning I hadn't attempted crossing the threshold from your average runner to marathoner.
It's a line that sepa-
COMMENTARY
It is a nice that separates runners from achievers. You can run all those 26.2 miles on your own, but it doesn't mean diddly until you've logged those miles in an organized event.
Heck, Oprah's done it. President Bush has
Sarah Warren swarren@kansan.com
done it and some guy ran the London Marathon this year in a heavy, old-fashioned scuba suit (finishing in 5 days)...why can't I do one?
So, Saturday I joined Kansas City Star sports columnist Jason Whitlock, Miss Kansas and KU senior Lindsay Douglas as well as 2,100 other racers — 600 of them marathon competitors at the combined starting line for the premiere running of the Humana River Crown Plaza Marathon.
And after my experience this weekend, I'm sure that crossing that line from runner to marathoner was one the best things I ever did. When I was doing it however, that was the last thing I was thinking. The race was a cold, dizzily, yucky mess of more than 340 hills and switch backs over 26.2 miles.
At 7:30 a.m. we were off. The first mile was hilly and fast, but not fun, as I was standing at the starting line so long that I had to go to the bathroom and my feet were so cold that I couldn't feel them anymore.
But that all changed when I was running up Broadway a mile and a half into the race一I made a friend.
And not just any friend — a grad student in journalism at Missouri, Ironic, yes, because being a journalism student at Kansas, one learns to be fierce competitors with those Missouri journalists, but she turned out to be a complete a blessing.
Sarah Mueller — yes, her name is Sarah too — was the biggest motivation I had the whole race. We paced each other, encouraged each other and talked so much that we lost count of the miles.
We didn't talk about the our schools' rivalry, but rather, we talked about running, our friends, families and job searches. We were just two people trying to run up and down all those hills and get to the finish line. Without her help it would have been one long, lonely journey back to Barney Allis Plaza.
About mile 15 my right hamstring started tightening up and I had to really work to keep the 9-minute mile pace that Sarah and I had going. I thought if just stayed with her it would be all right. Then, at mile 16 it started sleeting.
My face and neck were covered in a film of icy water and the
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