SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2008
3B
quote of the day
"Len, we've worked a lot of years together...This one is a kick in the stomach. A double kick."
on Sunday
— Chiefs KCFX radio personality Mitch Holthus to his partner and former Kansas City quarterback, Len Dawson, during the Chiefs' 23-8 loss to the Oakland Raiders
fact of the dav
The Kansas City Chiefs had their worst season in franchise history in 1977, going 2-12. Kansas City's two wins came against San Diego and Green Bay, and its worst loss came against the Cleveland Browns. The Chiefs lost 44-7. They opened the season with five straight losses, and after winning two of three, closed the year with six straight losses.
trivia of the day
Q: Who was the Chiefs' top quarterback during the dreadful 1977 season?
A: Mike Livingston. He started 11 games, passing for 1,823 yards, nine touchdowns and 15 interceptions. Livingston was the Chief's top passer in 1973, 75, 76 and 78. Kansas City had just one winning record during that time, in 1973.
KU sports this week
Today
Men's Golf : Kansas Invitational, final day (Lawrence, Kan.)
Women's Golf: Chip-N-Club Invitational, final day (Lincoln, Neb.)
Wednesday
Volleyball: Colorado, 7:30 p.m.
(Boulder, Colo.)
Thursday No events
Friday
Soccer: Central Florida, 6 p.m.
(Orlando, Fla.)
Women's Tennis: UNM Fall
Invite, first day (Albequerque,
N.M.)
Saturday
Women's Volleyball: Iowa State, 1 p.m. (Lawrence)
Football: Sam Houston State (Band Day and Family Day), 6 p.m. (Lawrence)
Women's Tennis: UNM Fall Invite, second day (Albequerque, N.M.)
Sundav
Soccer: Florida, noon (Gainesville, Fla.) Women's Tennis: UNM Fall Invite, final day (Albequerque, N.M.)
Is passing game our only weapon?
A quick Tuesday morning Kansas football Q&A:
Q: What happens when a team that leans too heavily on its passing game builds a commanding 20-10 halftime lead?
A: It punts on four consecutive possessions to start the second half, holds the ball for less than five minutes of the third quarter and, in the process, relinquishes its lead. The team loses, 37-34.
That's what happened to Kansas last Friday. There certainly some
blame to assign to the Jayhawks' tame defensive line and young secondary, but the real culprit is a lack of offensive productivity on the ground. An inspection of the box score reveals Kansas simply gave up trying to run the ball in the second half.
In its four-straight unsuccessful drives, Kansas went to designed running plays twice, gaining three yards. Without the legitimate threat of a running game to worry about, South Florida blitzed junior quarterback Todd Reesing from all angles, forcing him into a 3-for-10 third quarter.
him on pace for 264 yards and four touchdowns at 2.9 yards per carry. At his current clip, hed need almost 94 games — nearly eight full seasons — to reach 2,000 yards. On the bright side, if Crawford averaged 215.1 yards-per-game for the rest of the season, hed hit his
Q: At this rate, what does junior running back Jocques Crawford have to do to reach his preseason prediction of 2,000 rushing yards?
A: First, he needs to convince the coaching staff to get him more carries. Second, he needs to play more like Barry Sanders and less like Clark Green. Crawford's current stats (22 carriers, 64 yards) put
goal. Unfortunately, at this pace, itd take him-74 carries per game to reach that total. Kansas is averaging 77 plays from scrimmage each game so far this season.
BEARKATS?
One of the greatest things about collegiate athletics is the prevalence of odd team nicknames — there's truly something for everyone. For those who enjoy etiquette: the Centenary Gentlemen. For those in search of general hilarity: the Stetson Hatters. For people who love penguins but live in northeast Ohio;
Kansas will play host to a swarm(?)
covey(?) , flock(?) of Bearkats this weekend when Sam Houston visits
the Youngtown State Penguins. And for the brave few who like their mascots fictional and misspelled: the Sam Houston State Bearkats.
for the Jayhawks' final non-conference tune up. But what exactly is a Bearkat?
According to Sam Houston State's official Web site, the Bearkat was never named after a real animal, despite rumors that its inspiration came from bear-and-kat-like creatures such as the Kinkajou or the Binturong (I am not making this up).
Instead, the Bearkat is "a combination of the fiercest fighting qualities of both the bear and the cat families." Thankfully for Kansas, the description didn't mention whether the Bearkats play decent run defense.
— Edited by Andy Greenhaw
Jerry Wang / KANSAN
Joel Davidson, junior from Moberly, Mo., digs for a spike during intramural sand volleyball match. Monday. Davidson's team, the Blue Barra-cud, won both of its matches.
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