2B the university daily kansan
off the bench
friday, November 21, 2003
Greene picks Michigan, Auburn in rivalry games
Iowa State vs. Kansas
I was wavering on this one until hearing that Bill Whittemore will start at quarterback for the Jayhawks. This one's over.
Greene's Pick: Kansas
Ohio State vs. Michigan
For anyone who has read Kiek The Kansan over the past several weeks, you know that this game is a religious event for me. Hail to the victors, baby.
Greene's Pick: Michigan
TCU vs. Southern Mississippi
I know this game took place last night, but I promise you I am writing this and it is Wednesday night. No cheating, scout's honor.
Greene's Pick: TCU
lowa vs. Wisconsin
Man, the Big 10 is so hard to pick this year that I've got to go with the trends. I know what it can be like on senior day at Camp Randall in Madison. The Badgers have an edge, trust me.
Greene's Pick; Wisconsin
Oklahoma vs. Texas Tech
texas Tech's high-powered offense a year ago was supposed to roll the Sooners and that plan failed. They're not any better this year, and Oklahoma is. Do the math.
Greene's Pick: Oklahoma
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Ryan Greene rgreene@hansan.com
Ole Miss' magical carpet ride has to end somewhere. What better time than at home against the nation's fourth-ranked squad.
Greene's Pick: LSU
Missouri vs. Kansas State
LSU vs. Mississippi
I should not even be allowed to pick
this one.
Greene's Pick: Kansas State
UCLA vs. USC
The last thing I want to see is USC win out and not get a shot at the national championship. They will win out, trust me. The rest will take care of itself.
Greene's Pick: USC
Northwestern vs. Illinois
Everyone at home makes a big freaking deal over this game, and I have never cared at all. I hope Northwestern wins, so they can become bowl eligible, and it eases the Jayhawks' pain of the opening night loss by making it look more justified.
Alabama vs. Auburn
Greene's Pick: Northwestern
Never before has the Iron Bowl looked like such a putrid matchup. I'm taking the Tigers by default.
Greene's Pick: Auburn
Clemson vs. South Carolina
How the heck did this game get in here?
Greene's Pick: Clemson
Alcorn State vs. Jackson State
Steve McNair's school versus Walter Payton's. I'm a Bears fan, but Alcorn State's usually pretty strong.
Greene's Pick: Alcorn State
Correction
Tuesday's University Daily Kansan contained an error. The column, "Starting Hawkins would test new coach," said men's basketball player Aaron Miles was 6 feet tall. Miles is listed at 6-foot-1.
KU hockey team to play Bradley this weekend at home
Still trying to gain the attention of students and fans at the University of Kansas, the KU hockey team will face Bradley University in its final home games of the semester at 8:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Canlan Ice Sports Center in Shawnee.
Last weekend the KU ice hockey team (4-8-2) traveled to Illinois to face the Cougars of Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville. On Saturday night, the 'Hawks faced the Gold team of SIUE in a tough but clean battle. Zach Sais, Webster Grove, Mo. freshman was in goal, stopping 25 shots but allowing 10 goals.
The KU team made some noise of their own, with Mike Shwartz, Apple Valley, Minn. senior scoring two goals after coming back from a concussion. David Knight, Toronto, Canada sophomore, and Ryne Tusten, Olathe freshman, each added a goal of their own. With only three losses for the season, the SIU Gold team overpowered the Kansas team with a 10-4 final.
On Sunday night, KU faced the Cougar's Silver team. The team was without its coach, David Groulx, who had to return to Kansas City.
"We basically had to coach ourselves, and both games we were only with 14 players as opposed to our usual 20, and one goalie all weekend, as opposed to our four," said Matt Davis, Topeka junior.
After the big loss the team was ready to try to add a win to its losing record, with Sais once again between the pipers. Ryne Tusten had two goals, along with one each for David Knight, Joey Barghini, St. Louis Park, Minn. junior, and Matt Davis. Sais allowed five goals to fly by him, but stopped 53 shots on net making the final score 5-5 in overtime.
Christina Kessler
Kansas swimmers to compete in Minnesota invitational meet
"During the last two weeks we have been fine tuning things by working on conditioning and race strategy." coach
It has been nearly two weeks since the Kansas swimming and diving team has seen competition, and the team is eager to take on the more than 10 teams at the Minnesota Invite, which begins tomorrow.
Clark Campbell said. "We were also trying to recover from the past 12 weeks of some really good training."
This is the team's largest meet of the fall and the largest until the Big 12 Conference Championships in late February
The team is 2-1 this season, with the lone loss to Missouri, 153-147.
"Each of the meets we have competed in this fall have been used as stepping stones to this meet," Campbell said. "This is our big meet for the fall, what we have been building up to all season."
Campbell said the toughest teams in the event appeared to be Minnesota and Wisconsin, as well as Big 12 foes Nebraska and Iowa State.
The team is coming off one of its most dominant performances of the year Nov.7 against Southwest Missouri State.The team claimed first place in 13 of the 14 events against the Bears and won by a 181-61 score.
Campbell said he was looking to senior backstroker Whitney Sondall, and senior sprinters Ashley Dowel and Meaghan Himes to lead the team in Minnesota this week.
Campbell is also interested to see how his freshman swimmers will do.
"This is their first three day championship-style meet and will give them a good idea as to what the Big 12 Championships are like." Campbell said.
The events begin tomorrow with preliminaries starting at noon and the finals at 6 p.m. The competition ends Sunday.
Ryan Colaianni
Kansas baseball team signs six recruits for 2005 campaign
After signing more than 20 recruits for the 2004 season, the Kansas baseball team announced it has signed six new players for the 2005 season.
"A year ago, our first recruiting class focused on junior college players who could step in and make an immediate impact in the Big 12 Conference. Our goal for the 2005 class was to balance our roster and focus on outstanding high school players who have the physical and mental abilities to play early in their careers at KU," coach Ritch Price said.
Five of the six recruits will come straight from high school, Tyson Corley, RHP from Shawnee; Kyle Klem, OF/P from Highland Ranch, Colo.; Erik Morrison, INF from Arroyo Grande, Calif., Brock Simpson, INF from Topeka; and Ryne Price, C, from Lawrence.
The only junior college transfer is Gus Milner from Olathe. Milner played at Hutchinson Community College the past two seasons. He batted .310 with eight home runs and 10 stolen bases as a Blue Dragon.
Corley was 6-1 as a senior pitcher at Mill Valley High School and was named to the All-Kaw Valley League first team.
Price plans to use Klem as a pitcher and outfielder during his career as a Jayhawk. He went 2-1 as a pitcher at Thunder Ridge High School, while hitting .361 with 14 RBI.
Morrison, a 6-foot-2 middle infielder, had a.288 batting average, 19 home runs, 19 doubles, 19 stolen bases and 64 RBI as a member of the San Luis Obispo Firestorm Rangers last summer.
Simpson, from Washburn Rural High School, was a member of the All-Centennial League and first team All-City selection in 2003 after batting.409 with 13 RBI.
Ryne Price, son of coach Ritch Price,
was a first team All-Sunflower Conference,
All-State and All-Metro selection
after batting. 497 with 10 doubles and 39
RBI during the 2003 season.
Mike Norris
"We won several recruiting battles with major D-1 college programs for these student athletes' services. I am confident these young men will become big-time players at the University of Kansas and help us reach our goal of becoming a top 25 program," Ritch Price said.
Call 864-0500
Whoever scheduled the Michigan State game the same day that we are all supposed to be going home is a moron.
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What is Ryan Greene talking about Iowa being the most over-rated team in the country? The only thing overrated about that is him.
Thanks a lot for scheduling the retirement of Collison's jersey the night before Thanksgiving break, when the dorms close at 11 and a lot of people are going home.
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My pit bull is humping Keith Langford's leg.
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Bright future for Jayhawk football after good season
Jonah Ballow
jballow@kansan.com
With the possible last game of the season for the Kansas football team tomorrow, it's a good time to reflect on some of the accomplishments this season.
After seven straight losing seasons the Jayhawks were able to create a sense of hope surrounding the program and the team this year. For the first time since Glen Mason, Kansas started the season with an impressive 4-1 record and defeated a ranked Missouri team at home.
The team did suffer five losses during the next six games, but it was highly competitive in road games against Colorado and Texas A&M. With Bill Whittemore at quarterback, the Jayhawks ran a high-powered offense that marched down the field with ease. His leadership will be missed, however there is a stable of young talent on this team.
Certain young players this year have immediate impacts and have bright futures at Kansas.
Redshirt freshman Charles Gordon was Mr. Versatility for Kansas by playing three different positions. Not only does Gordon return punts, he is leading the team in receiving with 624 yards. Coach Mark Mangino decided to use Gordon's exceptional athletic skills at the cornerback position. Gordon proved that his talents are endless and the only problem for Mangino next year is deciding where to put Gordon on the field.
Kansas fans should be excited about a young man from Wichita. True freshman John Randle came out of high school as the No. 31 ranked defensive back in the nation by www.rivals.com. However, Mangino decided to play Randle at the running back position for most of the season. Randle showed extreme quickness and a different style
of running than the workhorse, Clark Green. While Randle was not the feature running back on the team, he averaged 5.9 yards per carry and broke a run for 31 yards late in the game against UNL. Against Nebraska, Randle made his collegiate debut at cornerback and struggled on some deep plays but the freshman bounced back against Oklahoma State and made four consecutive tackles.
Mangino had high praises for both Gordon and Randle at the Big 12 Conference teleconference Tuesday.
"John and Charles are young men with a bunch of pride." Mangino said. "Everything they do they want to excel at. They don't accept mediocrity in any phase of their lives."
Most improved player goes to sophomore Mark Simmons. The wide receiver only caught 23 balls last year and had one touchdown in 12 games. Simmons came back with vengeance in 2003 with a team-leading seven touchdowns mostly on the receiving end of big plays. He proved his spot on the team as the number one target and should have the chance to improve for next season.
With the absence of Whittemore, freshman Adam Barmann was put into action and played an incredible debut game against Texas A&M. Barmann struggled against Nebraska and Oklahoma State but still showed attributes of a leader and solid quarterback. The freshman seems to have nerves of steel with a cannon for an arm. Barmann is the quarterback of the future for Kansas
On defense, the one name that comes to mind is Gabe Toomey. The linebacker is only a sophomore and is second on the team in tackles. Toomey is a tough individual who also shows leadership skills on the field. Banks Floodman is also a talented linebacker and a sophomore that returns next season with high hopes.
The Jayhawks have a chance to get to a bowl game with a victory tomorrow and this year's squad has the young, talented players to improve every season they take the field.
Ballow is a Lone Tree, Colo., senior in journalism.
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