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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 2011
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What was Northern Illinois coach Dave Doeren's first coaching job?
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A: Shawnee Mission Northwest High School in Shawnee.
QUOTE OF THE DAY
I grew up there and all my friends and family, for the most part, are back there. It will be fun to have those people show up to the game and be around with my family, who travels to the game. But when the clock starts, it will be just another game for our guys and me."
Northern Illinois football coach Dave Doeren, niuhuskies.com
FACT OF THE DAY
Northern Illinois and Kansas have played once before; Kansas lost 37-34 in the season opener in Lawrence.
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THE MORNING BREW
Bros vs. Joes: A Jayhawk Story
Last Saturday the Kansas football team was victorious against their opponents, the McNeese State Cowboys. I am here to tell you a tale of how one unknown hero inspired others to band together in brotherhood to support the football team against their foe.
Two Kansas students, Jay and Hawk, through determination and perseverance had managed to obtain quality seats in the third row, right behind the opposing team's bench.
From these seats, these two students would witness random strangers embracing each other after the inspiration of a single person. Jay and Hawk-and many of the more passionate students around them in the front rows-had entered into an open forum of trash-talking with the enemy Cowboys. These students attempted to capitalize on the lack of discipline that the Cowboys players were displaying by trying to get into their heads.
After spending most of the first quarter ridiculing Cowboys starting running back Andre Anderson about his ridiculous half-fade-half-mohawk hairido, the students turned their attention to another player.
This player was the Cowboy's captain and defensive leader, linebacker Joe Narcisse, whose goal was to inspire and lead his team to victory.
After much back and forth trash talk between Joe and the fans around Jay and Hawk, it seemed as though Joe had gained the upper hand when his Cowboys stopped the Jayhawks in the red zone.
However, Joe, in an extremely selfish move, committed a personal foul that allowed the Jayhawks to continue the drive which ended in a touchdown.
When Joe and his fellow defenders returned to their bench, Jay and Hawk's section let Joe know his mistake and that he had indeed let the whole team down. Joe compounded his irresponsible actions by throwing ice at the fans in Jay and
Hawk's section. After this heinous action, an unknown hero stood up for his brothers in fandom. This paragon of brotherhood returned fire with what looked like a game program, launching it at Joe and his teammates. This action, while not necessarily appropriate, inspired many more students in the area to unite with their brothers against Joe and his Cowboys.
Even though police looked for this unknown student, he was never found and apparently was able to find shelter within the crowd of his fellow Jayhawks. Meanwhile, Joe was busy gathering all allies against the fans. After McNeese scored, Joe unleashed his secret weapon upon Jay and Hawk's section—the team towel boy. This dwarf of a towel boy unleashed a tirade of expletives
upon the fans.
At this point, the unknown student's inspiration took hold and many students who were previously silent stood up and supported Jay and Hawk's section in their battle with Joe and this towel boy. After the towel boy was put back in his place, the fans again turned their attention to the Cowboys' defense.
The Jayhawks, as you know, were victorious that day. While it wasn't solely because of this unknown student's actions or the support of the students in Jay and Hawk's section, these students showed that when unified and supportive of their team and each other, fans can provide their team with a key advantage that can lead them to victory. While throwing things at the opposing team might not be necessary, let this story be an example of the difference that you as fans can make for your队 when you actually support them and fight for them.
Edited by Ben Chipman
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Humanitarian Bowl. Last week in their opener, they put up 49 points against Army, a touchdown more than Kansas scored against FCS opponent McNeese State. Its top two running backs each averaged 9.9 and 7.3 yards per carry, and their quarterback, senior Chandler Harnish, threw for five touchdowns. So yeah, Northern Illinois is good. Good enough for Vegas oddsmakers to make them nearly a touchdown favorite in Memorial Stadium on Saturday.
Kansas football is still a year or two away from doing any kind of damage in whatever conference it will be in, but a 2-0 start that includes an early upset could do wonders for a young team looking to firmly remove that rearview mirror from its perch.
Edited by Lindsey Deiter
sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb averaged more than 20 yards a completion, including three touchdown passes that were all more than 25 yards.
Kansas ran the same amount of plays as McNeese State on Saturday, had the ball for nearly ten minutes less, and scored 18 more points than its opponent.
"I think the other thing that's going to be important for us is making sure that we have a 2-to-1 ratio when it comes to big plays," Gill said. "I'm talking about 20 yards or more that we need to be 2-to-1 ratio as far as our big plays in our favor versus them with the plus 20 vardes."
Coach Turner Gill and his staff would like to see a similar effort from their team this Saturday against Northern Illinois.
JORDAN WEBBI Sophomore quarterback
Offensive coordinator Chuck Long said the big plays that were present Saturday were missing from the offense last season.
opened the second possession with a 30-yard run. The fresh-
"Big plays are huge in college football," Long said. "It's very
for explosive plays."
Sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb hands the ball to freshman running back Darrian Miller. "We did exactly what we wanted to do. We ran the ball and as quartbacks and receivers we made the plays that we needed and that's the team we need to be." Webb said.
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"We feel like we have a running game that is built for explosive plays," Webb said. "We can get the 70 and 60 yarders out of the running game just as easy as the passing game."
men running backs added playmaking capabilities as well. Darrian Miller averaged 4.8 yards a carry and Tony Pierson averaged 14.6 yards a carry.
Even though the run-game is full of playmakers, the receivers are without one of their top players. Senior Daymond
Freshman receiver JaCorey Shepherd, who caught three passes for 107 yards and two touchdowns in his Kansas debut, will replace Patterson with his 4.5 speed.
The newfound, ground-heavy attack is far away from the spread offense Mark Mangino ran, but that doesn't mean that a more balanced style won't provide just as many opposing defense-killing, scoring opportunities.
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"When you look at steady offenses like that in the past, they are traditionally run-play action pass teams and a lot of times they get open," receivers coach David Beaty said. "They don't have a whole lot of passes in the game, but a lot of times they count for big points. That's the direction our offense is headed in."
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MEN'S BASKETBALL
Legends of the Phog game That familiar Max Falkenstein drawl will return before college basketball season even begins.
Falkenstein to announce
Falkenstein and his iconic voice will join Dave Armstrong in broadcasting the Legends of the Phog alumni game at 4 p.m. on Sept. 24 at Allen Fieldhouse. Tne
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game is now officially sold out, according to Kansas Athletics.
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Brian Hanni and Bud Stallworth will announce for the Jayhawk Radio Network, which will broadcast the game to the state — KCSP (610 Sports) in Kansas City, WIBW (580 AM) in Topeka and KLWN (1320 AM) in Lawrence.
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