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CATCH OF THE WEEK // BAILEY CARLSON
> A weekly peek at a fish in the KU sea.
ABOUT ME
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Name: Bailey Carlson
Year: Senior
Hometown: Lawrence, Kan
Major: Elementary Education
Interested in: Men
Interests: Cupcakes, "Criminal Minds," football, fashion, Lady Gaga and tutoring children.
Interests: Cupcakes, "Criminal Minds," football, fashion,Lady Gaga and tutoring children. Turn-ons: A man that is confident in himself and not scared to laugh at his own jokes. A guy that can liven up a boring situation with his self-confidence and ability to make people laugh. Turn-offs: I don't like guys that look like they just rolled out of bed. They need to be put together; something they can be comfortable in all day but still look cute.
Notice first in partner: The color of their eyes. I like green eyes!
Perfect first date: A laid-back, nothing too fancy afternoon at the ballpark eating peanuts. Tailgating with friends before and then watching the fireworks afterwards.
Why she's a catch: I have a spontaneous outlook on life, love to watch football, and am willing to try new things. I love to laugh and always find the positive in situations. Hanging with the guys is not a problem and I love to have fun with anything and everything that I do.
Spends the most money on: North Face apparel. I love to be warm and cozy and a good North Face always offers comfort on a drizzly day. | BAILEY ATKINSON |
HOW WE MET // ABBIE KELEHER AND MICHAEL JOLLEY > All great relationships had to start somewhere.
Abbie Keleher, a senior from Bartlesville, Ok., came to college with the planning not to date until senior year. However, after an encounter with a half-naked sophomore the first month of her freshman year, the plan changed.
Keleher and Michael Jolley, a graduate from Overland Park had an interesting start to their relationship. Keleher and friends went to visit a friend at his fraternity at the start of the year. The friend told his roommate, Jolley, that a few girls would be coming over later that night. "So, the showman that I was, thought that I should time my shower with their arrival," Jolley says.
Which Jolley planned perfectly; Keleher and friends were at the fraternity for only a few minutes before Jolley walked inside with nothing but a towel on. "I was like oh my gosh, I didn't know you guys were going to be here, I am so embarrassed," Jolley says.
Keleher couldn't help but notice Jolley,but questioned the timing. Keleher says that she
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is sure he did it on purpose. The two spent the rest of the night talking and planned to meet the next day at a tailgate. Soon the two started attending church together, which they still do almost three years later.
BAILEY ATKINSON
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.
Coach Turner Gill and his staff would like to see a similar effort from their team this Saturday against Northern Illinois.
"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 vardas."
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.
Offensive coordinator Chuck Long said the big plays that were present Saturday were missing from the offense last season.
JORDAN WEBB Sophomore quarterback
"Big plays are huge in college football," Long said. "It's very
opened the second possession with a 30-yard run. The freshmen running backs added playmaking capabilities as well. Darrian Miller averaged 4.8 yards a carry and Tony Pierson averaged 14.6 yards a carry.
"We feel like we have a running game that is built for explosive plays."
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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."
Even though the run-game is full of playmakers, the receivers are without one of their top players. Senior Daymond
The newfound, ground-heavy attack is far away from the spread offense Mark Mangimo ran, but that doesn't mean that a more balanced style won't provide just as many opposing, defense-killing, scoring opportunities.
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.
"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."
Sophomore quarterback Jordan Webb hands the ball to freshman running back Darian 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 to and that's the team we need to be." Webb said.
— Edited by Jennifer DiDonato
Falkenstein to announce
MEN'S BASKETBALL
Legends of the Phog game That familiar Max Falkenstein draw will return before college basketball season even begins.
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Falkerstein 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, The
game is now officially sold out, according to Kansas Athletics.
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.
Max Rothman