WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21. 2011
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
UOTE OF THE DAY
PAGE 7.
"it's all about football. If it about basketball, we'd still be a nice nine team Big East league."
-Syracuse basketball coach Jim Boeheim on his school's move to the ACC, ESPN.com
FACT OF THE DAY Both Marcus and Markieff Morris majored in American Studies.
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: Which quarterback in the NFL is second in passing yards in 2011, behind Tom Brady?
A: Cam Newton
ESPN.com
Falcons exorcise the ghost of Michael Vick
MORNING BREW
I remember exactly where I was when Michael Vick pleaded guilty to charges stemming from his involvement in a dog fighting ring.
It was the first week of my senior year of high school and I was driving my brothers home from school as the news broke. My first reaction was shock and then the anger set in.
Michael Vick was a man that had everything in the city of Atlanta. He was the city's biggest icon since Hank Aaron. Maybe even bigger; I saw his No. 7 Falcons jerseys everywhere. He was the leader of a promising franchise, and he threw it all away by killing does.
Now, four years later, Vick is tenaciously trying to redeem himself and restore his image. Vick had a surprising breakout season last year for the Eagles and he performed at a
higher level than he ever did in Atlanta. He cashed in on his second career $100 million contract and he is the face of Philadelphia's "Dream Team." On top of that, Vick has been actively involved with the Humane Society's battle against dog fighting.
Redemption accomplished, right? I'm not sold.
No matter what Vick does, I will see him as the man who betrayed a city that loved
him. Plus, no fanbase deserves to go through nearly an entire year of Joey Harrington as quarterback.
After losing the centerpiece of its franchise, the Falcons were fortunate to draft Matt Ryan from Boston College in 2008. With an offense built around Ryan, Michael Turner and Roddy White, the Falcons are considered Super Bowl contenders by many of the media outlets. However, no matter how good the Falcons are, a large portion of Atlanta still has a strong emotional attachment to No. 7.
A sometimes fickle fanbase, much of Atlanta cheers for Vick first and the Falcons second. I honestly expected Vick to receive a hero's welcome when he returned to the Georgia Dome Sunday night. I thought the Eagles would hand the Falcons their second loss of the season. To my pleasant surprise, I
was wrong on both counts.
The Falcons needed to win that game as a team and as a city. Other than a few scattered Vick jerseys, Georgia Dome's crowd was almost entirely behind No. 2 rather than No. 7. Ryan did not disappoint, and he was able to overcome a constant Philadelphia pass rush and throw for a career-high four touchdowns. The Falcons were able to beat Vick's Eagles 35-31 and complete the much-needed exorcism.
Although he won't admit it, the game against the Eagles had to be especially important to Matt Ryan. Despite the fact that Ryan rejuvenated a franchise that looked doomed when Vick was serving time in Leavemworth, he still seemingly had to live in the shadow of Michael Vick.
THIS WEEK IN SPORTS
Edited by Jason Bennett
Sport Wed. Thur. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tues.
Football
Volleyball
Soccer
M. Golf
W. Golf
Rowing
Tennis
Cross Country
vs. Texas
4 p.m.
Austin, Texas
vs. Oklahoma State
7 p.m.
Stillwater, Okla.
vs. Oral Roberts
1 p.m.
Lawrence
Cardinal Intercollegiate
All Day
Louisville, Ky
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Roy Griak Invitational
9 a.m.
Minneapolis, Minn.
MEN'S GOLF
Sub-par finish at home invitational disappoints
LAUREN DRUMMOND
Idrummond@kansan.com
The Jayhawk men's golf team placed fifth out of 12 teams this week at the Kansas Invitational. The team's collective score was 884 strokes. That was 10 more strokes than first place UMKC. The Jayhawks entered the final round in fourth place but ended the round in fifth. Meanwhile, UMKC climbed four spots on the final day of play to finish in
first place.
Kansas was lead by junior Paul Harris who shot a three-round score of 220 strokes, placing eleventh individually. He shot a final round of 75.
"I hit some good shots and had some good looks, but nothing fell," Harris said in a news release. "I knew if I shot a couple under par I had a really good chance to win it, but it's been a while since I've been around par, so I'm moving in the right direction. I'm looking forward to next tournament. Hopefully, I'll be under par."
Eight other Kansas golfers placed in the top 100, with juniors Alex Gutesha and Chris Gilbert and freshman Dylan McClure all tied for 15th place with three-round collective scores of 222 strokes. McClure had the best round of any Jayhawk in the tournament with a final round score of 72 strokes. Gilbert jumped 24 spots on the final day
after carding a final-round score of 73 strokes.
Coach Kit Grove was expecting more from his team, especially since they were competing in their only home tournament of the year. The tournament, which took place at the Alvamar Country Club in Lawrence, is the course the team is most familiar with.
"It's very disappointing," Grove said in a news release. "This is our home turf, and we
putted awful. This a good, hard golf course, but we did way too many things well to have the scores we had this week."
The Jayhawks will travel to Lexington, Ky., next week where they will compete in the Cardinal Intercollegiate on Monday and Tuesday.
- Edited by Jonathan Shorman
ODD NEWS
Un-Bee-lievable:
tournament canceled
after hive exposed
The final round of a college golf tournament has been called off because of an unusual hazard at the 18th green: bees.
Texas-Arlington's UTAWaterchase Invitalition was canceled Tuesday after a limb from a tree holding an estimated 70,000 bees fell and exposed a beehive at Waterchase Golf Club in Fort Worth, Texas.
UTA spokesman Gregg Elkin said bees were swarming the area within minutes and several people were stung, though none seriously.
Associated Press
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