THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 2011
PAGE11
~ *Serena Williams* to chair
umpire Eva Addrak in response to what
Williams thought was a poor call in her US.
Open final loss to Sam Sousa.
— espn.com
FACT OF THE DAY
Carolina Panthers rookie quarterback Cam Newton threw for 422 yards, the most for a rookie in his first career start
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What was the NF record this weekend?
A: 0-4
THE MORNING BREW
The resurrection of high-top sneakers
Twenty-two years after "Back to the Future Part II" was created, Nike created Marty McFly's shoes, the Nike Air Mag 2011. Only 1,500 pairs were made and every day for 10 days starting on Sept. 8. Nike and Ebay will auction off 150 pairs.
How much are these shoes going for? If you said a few hundred, I'm sorry. That's a little low.
Try a few thousand. One pair sold for more than $38,000. The proceeds benefited the Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research.
If I had an unlimited cash
supply, I probably would buy them just to help the cause, but the high-top looks too high. The shoe lights up, so it's got that going for it, which is nice, but how does it stack up to other classic high-top shoes?
CONVERSE CHUCK TAYLORS
These shoes are much more practical. They can be found online for $50. Leonardo Di Capri in "The Basketball Diaries" and Michael J. Fox in "Back to the Future" wore these shoes. These are classic canvas shoes that won't be an eyesore. There is a vast array of colors and designs that fit any taste.
Now the question is if these shoes are better than the Nike Air Mag 2011. Better is subjective. The shoes are definitely more classic. I have no idea how comfortable the Air Mags are, but I do know that the Chucks
are great on the feet.
I'm going to have to give Converse the edge over Nike here because of the price discrepancy and the Chucks are classics. Even though the Air Mags have the light, that's all they have.
If you don't know what PF Flyers are, please go watch "The Sandlot." If you have seen it and still don't know what it I'm talking about, go watch it again.
The one-hit wonder Mike Vitar, who played Bennie Rodriguez, famously wore the Flyers. That name doesn't say much, but
if you know "The Sandlot," it means everything.
PF FLYERS
The Nike Air Mag 2011 high tops lose another round.
These shoes are also more practical than the Nikes and prices are comparable to the Chucks.
CONVERSE VS. PF FLYERS
This is a tough one. The Chucks are classics, but the PF Flyers are legends from a childhood movie. As much as I love "The Sandlot," Converse's Chuck Taylor high-tops will never go out of style.
FOOTBALL
— Edited by Laura Nightengale
Mistake in AP Top 25 poll gives Alabama extra vote
No. 2 Alabama gained a firstplace vote in the latest Associated Press college football poll and No.1 Oklahoma lost one after a mistake in the entry of the ballots was corrected.
When the rankings were fixed Monday, Alabama had 10 first-place votes and Oklahoma 31 while South Carolina and Nebraska switched places. The Gamecocks are now No. 10, the Cornhuskers
No.11.
Also, Texas moved from No. 24 into a tie for 23rd with TCU.
The extra first-place vote gives Alabama 1,423 points. Oklahoma has 1,440 points.
The mixup started Sunday with an amended ballot from voter Mike DiRocco of the Florida Times-Union.
"I transposed the results of the Arizona-Missouri game and had
Missouri winning," he said. "When I realized that, I readjusted my ballot and sent it in."
"Got it," said the confirmation email from the AP.
But instead of subbing DiRocco's previous ballot, the new one was inadvertently attached by the AP to Sal Interdonato of the Times Herald-Record of Middletown, N.Y.
The error with DiRocco's ballot was caught later that night when
he received an email saying his AP ballot didn't match the one on his blog.
The AP moved a corrected poll Sunday night that pointed out changes in point totals for several teams. No rankings were affected. It was followed by an advisory noting the changes.
On Monday. Interdonato emailed to say the ballot posted online by the AP didn't match the one
he submitted. He had been alerted by an Auburn fan who asked why he didn't have the Tigers ranked.
A recheck of ballots showed Di-Rocco's amended ballot in place of Interdonato's.
Another poll moved to include Interdonato's correct ballot, which changed the first-place votes and the rankings for the three schools.
Associated Press
- Now No. 11, Nebraska, and now No. 10, South Carolina, traded places.
- Texas now moves up to No. 23 into a tie with TCU.
- The Poll also takes one first place vote from Oklahoma and gives it to Alabama.
- The Sonkers now have 31 first place
- The Sooners now have 31 first place votes and the Crimson foe 10.
* There are also a few shifts in the teams ranked below 25.
Pollspeak.com
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