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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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TUESDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2002
Kansas quarterback Bill Whittemore tries to run past Colorado's Roderick Sneed. Whittemore led the Jayhawks' ground game Saturday, running for 121 rushing yards and a pair of touchdowns in the Jayhawks' 53-29 loss to the Buffaloes.
John Nowak/Kansan
Kansas upbeat about Aggies
By Doyle Murphy
dmurphy@kansan.com
Kansan swordwriter
The prospect of facing the Big 12 Conference's third-ranked defense terrifies most opponents, but Kansas football coach Mark Mangino said he has plenty to be optimistic about heading into Saturday's 1 p.m. game against Texas A&M.
"We have been scoring points and getting yardage." Mangino said during his weekly Big 12 teleconference Monday. "I think we had 450 yards against Colorado, so our offense has been playing pretty well."
Throughout the last three games the Jayhawks have averaged 445 yards of total offense. But the Jayhawks (2-5 overall, 0-3 Big 12) have yet to face a defense as skilled as Texas A&M's (4-2, 1-1).
The Aggies have held opponents to an average of 284.8 yards per game this season. Last week
Baylor managed just 229 yards in its 41-0 loss to Texas A&M. The Bears totaled 479 yards against the Jayhawk defense in a 35-52 Bears win the last week.
Kansas' wide variety of receiving tar
gets should help keep the Aggies defense off balance, Mangino said.
Mangino can also take some encouragement from the success Texas Tech's Kliff Kingsbury had against the Aggies two weeks ago. Tech's run-and-gun quarterback passed for 468 yards on 48-of-58 passing in leading the Red Raiders to a 48-47 victory.
"There's no one guy on our team that has a bunch of catches," Mangino said. "I think we have seven or eight guys in double digits."
Kansas's Bill Whittemore has been effective as both a running and throwing quarterback this season. Against the Buffaloes, he lead the Jayhawks in
rushing with 121 yards on 27 carries and completed 16 of 33 passes for 217 yards.
Mangino said Whittemore's running ability is a tremendous asset for the Jayhawks, but he is concerned about the possibility of injuries to his top offensive weapon.
"If I had it my way, we wouldn't run him quite as much as we do," Mangino said. "It's been out of necessity. But I think as our pass protection gets better and the tailback run game development improves, he will do a little bit less running."
-Edited by Andrew Vaupel
Talent scoring for women's soccer
Experience is supposed to be one of those attributes that carries a team farther than the players' talent allows. Years playing on the court, gridiron or field can give an athlete an added advantage against opponents who are bigger, faster and stronger. Game by game, though, the Kansas soccer team is proving that experience isn't as important as talent.
Freshmen and
Freshmen and sophomores account for 80 percent of the Jayhawks' goals and 71 percent of the team's points. Sure, the four starting defenders are full of experience. Senior co-captains Lindsay Hunting, Brianna Valento, Nikki Wahle and junior Lacey Woolf have provided leadership and tough play on the back line, but sophomore Stacy Leeper — who scored the Jayhawks' only goal in Sunday's 2-1 loss to Oklahoma — also provides important minutes, which will certainly increase next year.
Once an opponent gets past the most experienced Jayhawks, she has to try to get the ball past goalkeeper Meghan Miller. A sophomore who started 19 of Kansas' 20 games last season, Miller is second in the Big 12 Conference with a .98 goals against average. Her height — she's 5-foot-10 — and athleticism more than make up for having just one year of college experience.
There are plenty of talented young midfielders and forwards, too, which allows coach Mark Francis the luxury of juggling his starting lineup and giving everyone time on the field. Many of the Jayhawks have played on club teams in the offseason but have just a year of collegiate experience at most.
Last year's freshman class, rated highly by Soccer
SEE SOCCER ON PAGE 3B
East-coaster joins athletics department
By Kelly McNearney
kmcnearney@kansan.com
Kansan staff writer
Terry Hines will leave Davidson College in North Carolina to become newest addition to KUAC. Hines will join the staff.
The University of Kansas Athletic Corporation hired a new associate athletics director last week.
Hines replaces Pat Warren as associate athletics director for legal and external affairs.Warren left the Athletics Department in June to pursue a master's degree at the University of Chicago.
Hines will join the staff Nov.4.
"I'm very proud that Terry will be joining our staff," Bohl said. "He's a hard worker and team player and will bring a lot of energy to our department."
also oversee all development of the department's new facilities. Al Bohl, director of athletics, said he would count on Hines to conduct meetings on construction projects and move them through in a timely fashion.
Hines will work with all Athletics Department contracts and human resources matters. He will Terry Hines University of Kansas Athletics Corporation
But not everyone was as pleased as Bohl.
"By gosh I'm mad," said Dave Fagg, associate director of the athletics foundation at Davidson College. "I hate it."
Hines spent a year and a half as director of the
"Terry Hines is one of the greatest people that you'll ever meet. He lives by Christian principles and has a wonderful family."
Dave Fagg
Associate director of the Davidson College Athletics Foundation
athletics foundation at Davidson before Bohl hired him Oct.7.
Before his time at Davidson, Hines served the athletics department at Ohio University for 10 months as assistant director in the academic and developmental services office.
In 1991, Hines graduated from Davidson, where he played football with Fagg as his coach.
"He was a tough, tough competitor," Fagg said. "You watch him and see him and you'll think he's very quiet. And he is, but when you see him reach out to people you'll see his soul. What a wonderful man."
Hines also graduated from North Carolina law school and earned a master's degree from Ohio University in sports administration.
Fagg said he would Hines and was sad to see him leave to come to Kansas.
"Terry Hines is one of the greatest people that you'll ever meet," Fagg said. "He lives by Christian principles and has a wonderful family."
Fagg said Hines came to him when he heard about the opportunity at Kansas.
"I told him it sounds really great," Fagg said. "I know Dr. Al Bohl. If you have the opportunity to get involved with Al Bohl, you'd be lucky. And you should take it."
Edited by Lauren Beatty
Heard on the Hill
Compiled by Jessica Tims, Kansan associate sports editor and Kelly McNearney, Kansan sports writer.
What do you think about the new 2002-2003 Kansas men's basketball seniors poster, featuring Kirk Hirn and Nick Collison?
"It looks pretty cool. It connects the tradition of Kansas with what's going to be the tradition in the future."
Andrew Mitchell
Topeka graduate
student
Mike Combs Stillwell senior
"It's a lot classier than the other ones I've seen. The other ones look like high school posters that you wouldn't want to put on your wall."
"It's kind of vintage looking, and it's got the old-school Jayhawk on the bottom. You've got a lot of tradition at KU, so when you've
Drew Vogele
Overland Park
senior
got something that looks traditional it looks a lot better."
Kate Dorman
Doylestown,
Penn, freshman
"I think Kirk Hinrick is a great player, but Wilt Chamberlain is a legend here at KU and you can't replace a legend. You don't just impose somebody's picture over them."
"I would frame it and maybe put it in my basement with memorabilia. It's kind of a nicer poster."
Jennifer Lamoureux
Lawrence
sophomore
Christopher Bluiett
Houston, Tex.
freshman
"I think it's great. We have the capability to have the next Wilt Chamberlain in this guy right here. Nick (Collison) I think he could
be the next Wilt Chamberlain."
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