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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2008
quote of the day
"This is a thorough and complete beating and defeat there is no question about it. I'm not one that's going to try to mince words and try to spin anything. They did a great job, they were very well prepared for the game and it meant a lot to them."
Kansas State coach Ron Prince following Kansas State's S2-21 loss to Kansas
Downtown KC beautiful, though incomplete
fact of the day
Kansas scored on five of six possessions in the first half against Kansas State. The Jayhawks only failed to put points on the board when the Wildcats blocked a Jacob Branstetter goal attempt with six seconds left in the half.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — You're in downtown Kansas City. It's 5 p.m. Saturday and the Texas-Texas Tech game doesn't start for two more hours, so you go for a walk.
You walk down 14th Street east from Wyndotte. The sun is starting to set on a gorgeous November day. Orange rays bend and reflect off the glass skyscraper windows and combine with The Drum Room's red logo to give a faux fall foliage flavor. You're on a slight hill, and Sky's restaurant rotates in the distance next to the Western Auto
Parts sign. Somewhere you swear you hear Heet Mob's "KC It Goes Down" playing in the distance.
You walk some more. And then some more. And then some more.
And ... that's pretty much it.
One year after Sprint Center opened and about six months after the Power and Light District was completed, Kansas City is good for walking and looking at a few beautiful buildings. But the stores are missing. Outside the Power and Light District, the restaurants and bars are missing.
time of day.
Then it ends.
Grand Boulevard is a crazy mish-mash of the old and new. The Power and Light District pumps an assortment of '90s rap and rock music all night while attracting a clientele dressed for a black-tie affair, and the Sprint Center sparkles across the street. Half a block north, it changes. There's Gigi's Wigs and a boarded up shop with foggy windows and the letters "De Optical" remaining.
So it goes all the way north to the River Market. Grand Boulevard features abandoned buildings that are supposed to feature lofts sometime in the future, the Federal Reserve Bank and maybe — maybe — two cafes.
According to Kansas City's city planning Web site, there are plans for getting more retail and residential areas north of the Sprint
Center. But it's already getting late, Soon, the Power and Light District will be old news. People won't come if Kansas City can only offer three blocks of beauty, activity and fun.
Downtown needs to take the next step. Kansas Citizens and tourists don't want to just walk. They want to walk to destinations.
BEST NFL PLAY EVER
The Morning Brew doesn't take back what it once said about Chiefs quarterback Tyler Thigmen. Not
yet at least. But Thigpen deserves some credit.
On Sunday, he was on the receiving end of the best regular-season play in NFL history for a dysfunctional team that's going nowhere and somehow managed to blow a ridiculous lead against a team, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, that won't get past the first round of the playoffs and has Jeff Garcia as its quarterback.
Anyway, Chiefs wide receiver Mark Bradley ran a reverse and ended up with the ball behind the line of scrimmage. While Bradley did this, Thipgen jogged toward the right side of the field until he was past the last cornerback. Then he took off, and Bradley found him for a 37-yard touchdown pass.
For a moment, Chie's football mattered again. Thank you, Tyler.
Drop and give me 20 ... yards
Edited by Adam Mowder
Ryan McGeeney/KANSAN
Michael Colombini, St. Louis freshman, takes an oath committing him to service in the U.S. Army, along with 11 other Army ROTC cadets, at halftime on Saturday game against the K-State Wildcats. "A lot of people in the United States need their freedoms for granted," Colombini said. "I want them to able to keep taking their duties for granted, and not have to worry about them being taken away."
KICK THE KANSAN WEEKTEN
This week's games:
Pick games. Beat the Kansan staff. Get your name in the paper.
1. No. 13 TCU at No. 10 Utah
2. Georgia Tech at No. 22 North Carolina
3. No. 12 Ohio State at Northwestern
4. No. 9 Oklahoma State at No. 7 Texas Tech
5. Kansas at Nebraska
6. No. 2 Alabama at No. 19 LSU
7. Clemson at No. 15 Florida State
8. Arkansas at South Carolina
9. Notre Dame at Boston College
10. Purdue at No. 21 Michigan State
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5) To break ties, pick the score of the designated game.
--a little more than 2 minutes to go in the second quarter and seemed headed for just their second victory in more than a calendar year. But Garcia passed for 339 yards and Clifton Smith ran back a kickoff 97 yards for a score and the Bucs (6-3) go into their bye week just a half-game behind Carolina in the NFC South.
WEEK NINE RESULTS
Submit your picks either to KickTheKansan@kansan com or to the Kansan business office, located at the West side of Stauffer-Flint Hall, which is between Wescoe Hall and Watson Library.
In a subpar week for both Kansan staff and Kick the Kansan entrants, managing editor Mark Dent came out on top with a 7-3 record.
Every Kansan staffer incorrectly picked Minnesota to defeat Northwestern, and only men's basketball beat writer Case Keefer correctly predicted that Arkansas would defeat Tulsa.
Kick the Kansan entrants Justin Anderson, Laurel, Neb., senior, and Britton Alexander,
Leesville, La., junior, both finished 6-4.
NFL
Tampa Bay Buccaneers tight end Alex Smith, right, and John Gilmore celebrate Smith's touchdown as Kansas City Chief Jarrad Page walks off the field in the fourth quarter of an NFL game Sunday in Kansas City, Mo. The Buccaneers won 30-27 in overtime.
Bucs play catch up for close Chiefs victory
Matt Bryant missed a 38-yard field goal attempt on a third down play in overtime, but tackle Jeremy Trueblood was called for a false start. So the Bucs lined up for another third-down play and Jeff Garcia connected with Jameel Cook for nine yards, giving Bryant a second chance from 33.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Tampa Bay Buccaneers needed some weird and lucky things to happen Sunday for them to make history.
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He nailed it, lifting the Bucs past Kansas City 30-27 in the biggest comeback in team history.
"It's a thrilling victory," Tampa Bay coach Joel Gruden said. "I told the guys it's a hard place to win."
The Chiefs (1-7) led 24-3 with
Besides missing several starters with injury, Tampa Bay also committed four turnovers.
"It would have terrible to go into the bye week with a loss," said Bryant, who also connected from 25 and 43 vards.
Garcia's 24-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Bryant and 2-point conversion toss tied it with 19 seconds left as the Chiefs lost for the 16th time in 17 games.
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