FRIDAY,OCTOBER4,2002
SPORTS
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Freshman Brandon Cherry crosses the finish line at the Bob Timmons Invitational at Rim Rock Farm north of Lawrence. The men's and women's cross country teams will compete in their third race of the season tomorrow when they travel to Stillwater, Okla., to run in the Oklahoma State University Cowboy Jamboree.
Bigger meet to test cross country team
By Justin Schmidt
jschmidt@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The undefeated Kansas men's and women's cross country teams run Saturday at the Oklahoma State University Cowboy Cross Country Jamboree in Stillwater, Okla.
The Jamboree will be the biggest meet Kansas has run in this season with 23 other teams competing. The Bob Timmons Invitational and the Wildcat Invitational had only four and five teams.
"We will be able to see how we stack up against OSU and some of the other Big 12 schools there," said assistant coach Doug Clark.
Kansas, Oklahoma and host Oklahoma State will represent the Big 12. Several teams from the NCAA National Cross Country
Coaches poll will be running at the Jamboree. Arkansas (2) Georgetown (8). Butler County Community College (12). New Mexico (27) and Oklahoma State (28) are the ranked teams in the men's race. Georgetown (12). Arkansas (14) and Southwest Missouri State (29) will be in the women's race.
Jenna Bimbi, freshman, is not quite sure what to expect during her first trip to the Jamboree. Bimbi finished third for Kansas and sevent overall at the Wildcat Invitational. She said many of the juniors and seniors had helped the younger runners prepare.
"I think it will be a shock to the freshman." Bimbi said. "But it should help us understand what other big meets will be like."
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For Kansas to defeat the Bears, Mangino has stressed that his team needs more consistency on both sides of the ball.
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The Jayhawk defense has been prone to breakdowns through the first five games, causing Kansas to rank as the worst defense in the Big 12.
The defense held the Hurricane offense in check through three quarters Saturday, but the Jayhawk defenders were not happy with their fourth-quarter letdown, which allowed Tulsa 14 points.
"Well, we're upset because at the end of the game we didn't do what we wanted to do, but we've been practicing real hard this week," said Jake Letourneau, senior strong safety, after practice Wednesday.
The Kansas offense is coming off its most productive performance of the season after scoring all of its 43 points in the second and third quarters against Tulsa.
Bill Whittemore, junior quarterback, ran 395 total yards against the Golden Hurricane, and he completed passes to seven Jayhawk receivers for the third time this season.
Whittemore has also shown an ability to run with the ball after he amassed 177 rushing yards against Tulsa.
Mangino said Whittemore was quickly developing into the type of quarterback he wanted to run the Kansas offense.
"In our offense we wanted a quarterback that could be a straight drop-back passer, have
"We just feel like it's an important game for us because it's another step in the direction that we want to go and probably for no other reason than that."
Mark Mangino Kansas football coach
the mobility to flush the pocket and still get the ball down field and run a little bit of option," Mangino said.
Saturday's game might come down to who has the better running game.
The threat of rain tomorrow in Waco concerns Kansas because of Hurricane Lili approaching the Gulf Coast.
The Jayhawks have prepared themselves for wet conditions, practicing in the rain this week.
Mangino said the team must be prepared to run and throw the ball in bad weather.
Kansas also knows that Baylor has circled this game as an opportunity to break its Big 12 losing streak.
Although Mangino admits he has tried to find motivating locker room material for Kansas, he said he would treat the game like any other.
"We just feel like it's an important game for us because it's another step in the direction that we want to go and probably for no other reason than that," Mangino said.
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but choosing to live in Kansas over Texas tells me all I need to know about your student body.
Both teams won only three games last year, and this Saturday is the only opportunity Baylor or Kansas has for a conference victory this season. While both coaches know that and try to play it down as just another game, things could get ugly if Baylor loses. The fans may storm the field, not to tear down any goal posts, but to
tear down Kevin Steele.
I just don't see it happening, though. Baylor is a four-point favorite on its home field. The Bears have a much better defense than the Jayhawks and if they can stop giving the ball away on offense, Baylor should easily win this game by double digits. With the simple swipe of a Bear paw, the demented prairie chickens will be sent flying back to the land of Dorothy and Toto.
Sic 'em Bears!
Allen is The Baylor Lariatsports editor.
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