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a student of Leach's — could seriously be considered at Kansas. He was an offensive coordinator at Arizona and Texas Tech and is as
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in his second year coaching at Louisiana Tech. His team went 8-4 this season, after going 5-7 his first year. He has Texas connections, a must when recruiting to Kansas.
Brent Venables: Venables has been a defensive coach at Oklahoma
Dave Christ have been interviewed for the job by Zenger. Christensen has ties to the region as he coached at Missouri for 16 seasons. He was the offensive coordinator at Missouri for 11 those years and season at Wyor Wyoming have Cowboys went £
considered to be one of football's top defensive coaches. He been the defensive coordinator for the Sooner since 2004 and was rumored to be a candidate Kansas three yr hired Turner Gi.
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3. Dave Doeren (previously ranked: 6) Doeren's ties to Kansas make him an obvious and easy choice for the job. Kansas can get him if they want him.
ranked: 1) A top choice for the North Carolina job as well, Fedora could be pulled away by another school. Kansas wants him, but the price may be too high.
Socrates wa and placed in last few month September. Be mitied for a by high pressst carries blood system to the liv
4. Mark Stoops (previously ranked: 3) Stoops could be a top choice for Zeneger. A lack of experi-
2. Gus Malzahn (previously ranked: N/A) Also a candidate for the North Carolina job, Malzahn could easily end up at a new school next year. He was the weekend's hot name for Kansas.
system to the liver.
Team breaks in upgraded facilities
TRACK & FIELD
MAX GOODWIN mggoodwin@kansan.com
Kansas track and field broke in upgraded facilities while also honoring a former legend Friday.
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In addition to a newly installed track, the field inside the track at Anschutz Pavilion also received a new surface, while a new scoreboard allows runners to look
Since his playing days, Socrates never kept his political ideas to himself and often wrote about the subject in his columns. Known as Dr. Socrates because of his practice of medicine, he was constantly in demand from local media for interviews on varied subjects.
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Indeed, Socrates was like no other on and off the field. He became a doctor after retiring from football and later became a popular TV commentator and columnist, always with unique and controversial opinions.
"Socrates seemed like a player from another era," former Italy forward Paolo Rossi told the ANSA news agency. "You couldn't place him in any category — on the pitch and even more so off it. Everyone knew about his degree in medicine and he had a lot of cultural and social interests as well. He was unique from every point of view."
Socrates never denied his fondness for drinking from the time he was a player in the 1980s, but said he stopped drinking earlier this year after his stints in the hospital.
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