Volume 124 Issue 31
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Monday, October 3, 2011
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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
DAY PRESENTED BY EW WAVE
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 2011
ETHAN PADWAY
epadway@kansan.com
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COACHING
Tommy Tuberville is known for his aggressive play, which
Tuberville
earned him the nickname "The River Boat Gambler." Tuberville is in his second year as the head coach at Texas Tech following coaching stints at Auburn and Ole Miss. Tuberville finished the 2004 season at Auburn a perfect 13-0 and a victory in the Sugar Bowl. He finished his first season at Texas Tech with an 8-5 record.
MOMENTUM
Texas Tech struggled in its most recent game, they are looking to get off to a fast start against Kansas to prove they can dominate a team from a major conference and are more than just pretenders in the Big 12 title race.
Doege gets on a roll early and the Jayhawk offense fails to keep up, leading to a mass exodus of students from the game before halftime.
AT A GLANCE
Texas Tech is 3-0, but has hit their speed bumps despite not facing the toughest competition. They struggled in the first half of their opener, entering half-time down 10-9 to Texas State, then they needed a touchdown pass with 36 seconds left to sneak past Nevada last week. Tech's opponents have a combined record of 3-8 on the season.
PLAYER TO WATCH
Texas Tech quarterback Seth Doege. Doege is ranked in the top ten in both passing yards per game and passing efficiency. Doege is the engine that powers the Rod.
BABY JAY WILL WEEP IF ...
Doege
Raider offense, and he is in position to have another big day this week.
SPECIAL TEAMS
Donnie Carona's leg has not been tested;
he made his only field goal attempt of the season, a 23-yard kick against New Mexico, but he is a perfect 19 for 19 on PATs. The Red Raiders rank 16th in the nation in kick off
Carona
returns, averaging 26.5 yards per return
For the second week in a row, Texas Tech will face a top 20 rushing offense. The Jayhawks feature a bevy of strong running backs, and if the Red Raiders defense can't slow them down, Tech's won't be able to get their offense on the field.
STARTING LINEUP
OFFENSE
Stephens
The Texas Tech runs a potent spread offense that ranks ninth in the nation in passing yards, but they have added another dimension to the offense in Eric Stephens, who is averaging 114.7 yards per game. This season the Red Raiders have balanced their play call, passing on 54 percent of their plays.
Pos. NAME No. Year
QB Seth Doege 7 Jr.
HB Eric Stephens 24 Jr.
WR Eric Ward 18 So.
WR Cornelius Douglas 2 Jr.
WR Alex Torres 86 Jr.
WR Jacoby Franks 8 Sr.
TE Adam James 82 Sr.
LT LaAdrian Waddle 65 Jr.
LG Lonnie Edwards 78 Sr.
C Terry McDaniel 68 Jr.
RG Deveric Gallington 66 Jr.
RT Mickey Okafor 74 Sr.
K Donnie Carona 49 Sr.
The Red Raiders run a base 4-2-5 defense, which has grown in popularity to defend against the spread offense. Texas Tech's defense has struggled to defend the run, allowing 252 yards in their opener against Texas State and 312 yards against Nevada last week. Kansas's rushing attack could pose a major match up problem for the Red Raiders.
DEFENSE
NAME No. Year
Dartwan Bush 54 So.
Kerry Hyder 91 So.
Donald Langley 98 Sr.
Jackson Richards 43 Fr.
Blake Dees 25 Fr.
Sam Eguaveo 13 Fr.
Derrick Mays 4 So.
Tre' Porter 5 So.
Terrance Bullitt 1 So.
D.J. Johnson 12 Jr.
Cody Davis 16 Jr.
Ryan Erleben 26 So.
BY THE NUMBERS
Consecutive games Texas Tech has thrown for at least one touchdown pass.
91. 6 Texas Tech's winning percentage against Kansas. They are 11-1.
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Student authors offer insight, advice on amateur publishing
KELSEY CIPOLLA
kcipolla@kansan.com
Held initially had no intention of participating, but other members of the Jayhawk-Writers on Campus group, or J-WOC, convinced him to participate in the arduous contest.
While some students refused to shave or looked forward to celebrating the holidays last November, Jason Held, a senior from Minneapolis, wrote a novel. For writers across the country November is National Novel Writing Month, an online contest that challenges participants to write 50,000 words in 30 days.
"You have to go in there knowing what your book is going to be about," Held said. "I didn't have a complete outline for it, but I knew what it was about."
His book, "The Write Message," follows a 15-year-old boy who hires a literary agent and pursues a publishing deal while trying to balance high school, the challenges of the industry and familial loss. Select chapters of the protagonist's own writing are also included.
J-WOC teamed up with KU
"We teamed up with Hewlett-Packard a year ago to start this project and they gave us grant money to come up with ideas to encourage printing on campus," said Rachel Barnes, the KU Bookstores custom material specialist. "What we came up with was the book contest."
Bookstores to incentivize competing in the contest. Participants who met the 50,000 word minimum would have a chance to publish their book.
After months of editing and revising, Held's book was finally ready for publication. The Print-
"We were serving as a small scale publisher for him," said Barnes. The bookstore also coordinated selling the book in the store and through Amazon.
On-Demand center, which allows students, faculty, and community members to print and bind their own works, helped produce "The Write Message."
Julie Honn, outreach and communications officer for J-WOC and a senior from Lenexa, said Held's success is encouraging to other student writers.
"It shows that it's achievable, to achieve that balance and achieve
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Although the novel was published last April, Held is still shocked to have actually published a book.
"It's a really strange feeling," he said. "I almost couldn't believe it, but I knew it was my story, I knew I wrote it. I had spent months on it."
Held will discuss his book today at 5 p.m. at Jayhawk Ink inside the Kansas Union. There will also be a panel discussion with other
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that dream." Honn said. "That's what everybody who writes does it for, that I hope somebody reads this someday."
Edited by Josh Kantor
student writers about students' writing experiences.
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Student Author Reading Jason Field will read from and discuss his new novel 'The Write Message.'
Monday October 3, 2011
5:00pm - 6:30pm
Ticket Cost: Free
Don't forget to floss! October is National Dental Hygiene Month.
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HI: 85
L0: 43
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