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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2008
quote of the day
"Kansas is an outstanding football team, and when you play an outstanding football team you better take advantage of any opportunities that you get. We had a couple of opportunities early to put some points on the board and we didn't do it. When you don't take advantage of opportunities against a good football team then it is going to be a long night."
— Derek Dooley,
Louisiana Tech football coach
fact of the day
Kansas football started the season 2-0 for a record fifth straight season. Kansas also posted a shut-out in its second game last season — a 62-0 victory against Southeastern Louisiana.
Kansas Athletics
trivia of the day
Q: When was the last time Kansas lost one of its first two games of the season?
A: 2003. Kansas lost its week one opener at home against Northwestern, 28-20, on Aug. 30, 2003.
Kansas football media guide
Morris twins aren't the first to start late
Marcus, Markieff, welcome to the University of Kansas. You guys are officially students, and we here at the Morning Brew hope the first day went well. Markieff, hope you remembered to leave the airsoft gun in your dorm room
The Morris twins started class on Friday, just more than two weeks after the first day. Skeptics might think the University is acting unfairly by letting them
start so late, but that's not the case. This year, the last day a student can enroll is Sept. 18.
The late start isn't ideal, but the twins have someone they can call for advice.
The first Brandon Rush sighting came on Aug. 14, 2005. People saw him at parties and around the Jayhawker Towers during the next two days as he made his first official visit in Lawrence.
School started on the 18th that year. Rush didn't make the first day of class. He thought about Indiana and Illinois for the next two weeks. When he finally picked Kansas, it was Aug. 27. But he still didn't start class.
The pesky NCAA Clearinghouse, which the twins know plenty about, had work to do. You see, Rush liked to travel in his high school days. He just couldn't quite find a high school that worked for him. He started at Hogan
Prep, then moved to Kansas City Career Academy, which promptly went bankrupt. Next came Westport High School and then finally, Mt. Zion Christian Academy.
Rush spent a total of five years at four high schools, a transcript nightmare. The Clearinghouse got it done, and finally, Rush was deemed eligible on Sept. 2. But he still didn't start class.
Sept. 2 was a Friday, the Friday before Labor Day in fact. Rush first stepped in a KU classroom the next Tuesday, on Sept. 6. That means Rush missed nearly three weeks of classes, plenty more than the Morris twins have missed.
Rush was enrolled in 15 hours that semester and finished with a 3.6 GPA. Not bad. He probably didn't take Organic Chemistry or Roman Military History, and the twins won't either.
And to be eligible in the spring,
all they have to do is pass six hours.
DUCK SIGHTING
Bet the KU basketball team would never do this. They often order in and stay away from public restaurants on the road.
On Thursday night, the Oregon volleyball team ate at Buffalo Wild Wings on Mass. Street. They came in their green and yellow warm ups and got a few cheers and compliments from the other customers at the restaurant.
My only question is this: Is it really that smart to eat spicy chicken wings the day before competition?
Hey, it must work. Oregon is ranked No. 13 in the country, and the Ducks swept the Jayhawks on Friday.
Edited by Ramsey Cox
Run, baby, run
Ben Westerman, Derby senior, outruns a blitz from Chelsea Magnuder, Norwich senior, and Kesie Kandt, Hays senior, during a coed football game at Shenk Recreation Complex on Sunday afternoon. Magnuder and Kandt's team, the Fighting Seans, went on to beat Westerman's team, Throw It to Ricky.
Allison Richardson/KANSAN
KICKTHE KANSAN: WEEK THREE
Pick games. Beat the Kansan staff. Get your name in the paper.
This week's games:
1. No.13 Kansas at No.19 South Florida (Predict Score)
2. No.5 Ohio State at No.1 USC
3. No.10 Wisconsin at No.21 Fresno State
4. UCLA at No.18 BYU
5. No.16 Oregon at Purdue
6. Bowling Green at Boise State
7. Iowa State at Iowa
8. Stanford at TCU
9. Rice at Vanderbilt
10. Georgia Tech at Virginia Tech
Name:
E-mail:
Year in school:
Hometown:
Rules:
1) Only KU students are eligible.
2) Give your name, e-mail, year in school and hometown.
the paper.
3) Beat the best prognosticator at the Kansan and get your name in the paper.
4) Beat all your peers and get your picture and picks in the paper next to the Kansan staff
5) To break ties, pick the score of the designated game.
Either submit your picks 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.
--was choosing Bowling Green to beat Minnesota.
Congrats to Grady Millikan, a junior from Ulysses and this week's Kick the Kansan victor.
Milligan successfully picked nine of the 10 games, and correctly predicted that East Carolina would defeat No. 8 West Virginia. Millikan's only slip-up
Mark Dent, University Daily Kansan managing editor, was the best the Kansan staff could offer. Dent finished 8-2.
town, Ulysses.
In honor of Millikan's victory, here's a brief look at his home-
It's located in Grant County in Southwest Kansas, approximately 35 miles from the Colorado and Oklahoma borders. And according to the United States census bureau, Ulysses had a population of 5,960 in 2000.
Spring 2009 Internships
Washington, DC, and Topeka
Informational meeting Monday, Sept. 8 4 p.m. and 7 p.m. Blake 109
D. C. Interns with Representative Nancy Boyda
D. C. Interns
In Topeka, experience the legislature, firsthand, while maintaining a regular KU class schedule. All Majors Welcome!
KU Interns at Capitol
Be part of the 25th Anniversary Class of Washington interns in 2009 special programs, speakers, and social events.
The Associated Press
Haskins was an old-time coach who believed in hard work and was known for his gruff demeanor. That attitude was portrayed in the 2006 movie "Glory Road," the film chronicled Haskins' improbable rise to national fame.
COLLEGE BASKETBALL NCAA desegregation leader dies Sundav
EL PASO, Texas — Don Haskins, credited with helping break color barriers in college sports in 1966 when he used five black starters to win a national basketball title for Texas Western, died Sunday. He was 78.
Texas-El Paso spokesman Jeff
Darby said the Hall of Fame coach died Sunday afternoon. He had no other details. UTEP was previously known as Texas Western.
Can't make it? Contact Prof. Burdett Loomis. 515 Blake Hall. 785-864-9033 bloomis@ku.edu
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