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Put on your bowling shoes Kansas is apparently heading to either the Fort Worth or Tangerine Bowl with an outside chance of heading to the Houston or Independence. Tomorrow's Kansan will break down the 'Hawks bowl picture.
The University Daily Kansan
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Monday, November 24, 2003
Surviving the storm
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Sophomore running back Clark Green tried to run by one of Iowa State's defenders. Kansas beat Iowa State 36-7 Saturday afternoon at Memorial Stadium
The Jayhawks are bowl eligible for the first time since 1995
Gordon wows,makes case for Big 12 Freshman of the Year
Whittemore breaks record passes for 16th TD of season
Jayhawks march past Cyclones
By Ryan Greene rgreene@kansan.com Kansan sportswriter
A week ago, following a 44-21 loss at Oklahoma State, Mark Mangino said this team's regular season finale against Iowa State would define the 2003 Jayhawk football team.
On senior day at Memorial Stadium, the Jayhawks, with an invigorated
defense and a healthy Bill Whittemore, defined themselves as a team worthy of its six-win, bowl-eligible status with a convincing 36-7 victory over the Cyclones.
The biggest difference between having the senior quarterback return compared to freshman Adam Barmann or sophomore Brian Luke was something Whittemore had learned from experience. Seeing blitzes, toying with the defense and
calling correct audibles were what amazed coach Mark Mangino.
"There's no substitute for experience," Mangino said. "What Bill did today was something that only a coach can appreciate."
Just the sight of Whittemore on the field in pads and cleats sent a jolt through the crowd of 34,518 on a dreary, overcast afternoon.
On Kansas' opening drive. Whitte
more showed some signs of rust by overthrowing his freshman receiver Charles Gordon and getting interceded.
Any of the hangover from Whittimore's injury was tossed aside when he got the ball again. On the fifth play of the Jayhawks' next drive, Whittimore hit junior receiver Brandon Rideau on a smooth crossing pattern, and Rideau turned, streaked down the sideline and turned the play into a 53-vard score.
"You know Bill's a big part of our offense," Rideau said. "It brought a lot of motivation to us, and we were able to pick up right where we left off."
The senior quarterback continued to look sharp throughout the remainder of the first half, and the defense slowly tightened its grip, getting more and more pressure on quarterback Waye Terry and
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'Hawks defeat Mocs
Aaron Miles, Kansas guard, threw down a slam dunk in Friday night's game against UT-Chattanooga.
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By Chris Wintering
cwintering@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
That energy didn't translate into early points for Self's team, as the Jayhawks found themselves down 24-14 midway through the first half.
The Bill Self era officially began Friday with Kansas' 90-76 victory over Tennessee-Chattanooga. Self described his emotions as not nervous, but ready.
Trailing by 10, freshman guard J.R. Giddens picked a good time for his first in-game dunk at Allen Fieldhouse. Giddens and junior guard Aaron Miles connected on an alley-oop, which ended an almost four-minute scoring drought for
"He was so pumped up, if he could have put on a uniform, he'd have been out there," junior guard Keith Langford said.
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the Iavhawks.
That play got the crowd back into the game and started a 28-6 run.
"It felt good that my first official points were a dunk." Giddens said. "Hopefully I'll score some more like that."
Less than five minutes later, Giddens hit a three-pointer to give his team a 27-26 lead, the team's first lead of the game since the opening minutes. Those five points were the only points the Oklahoma City native scored, but his coach was pleased with his performance.
"He wants to be a player so bad," Self said. "He's trying so hard, and he's improved so much."
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Soccer loses to UCLA, finishes record season
By Nikki Nugent
By Nikki Nugent
nnguent@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
LOS ANGELES — The Kansas soccer team's NCAA Tournament run ended Friday in Los Angeles.
The No. 16 Jayhawks lost to the No. 2 UCLA Bruins 1-0 at Drake Stadium on the UCLA campus.
The loss knocked the Jayhawks out of the tournament and ended their 2005 season.
Kansas finished 18-6-1 and recorded the school's first-ever Big 12 Tournament and NCAA Tournament victories. The Jayhawks' record marks the most single-season victories in NCAA soccer history.
Kansas coach Mark Francis said UCLA was the most athletic team the
"They just shut us down so quickly," he said. "Their athleticism all over the field is huge and I think that's what makes it so difficult to play them."
Jayhawks have faced this year.
Francis said he was proud of the Jay hawks for hanging in there against a very good team.
The Bruins were a much bigger and stronger team. They held Kansas shotless in the first half, and to only two shots the entire game.
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Despite being on defense for most of the game, the Jayhawks managed to hold off the Bruins' attack until the final minutes of the first half.
UCLA midfielder Sarah-Gayle Swan put a deflected shot past Kansas
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