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By Ryan Greene
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After Saturday's 24-3 loss to Nebraska, Charles Gordon just looked different.
The usually energetic, charismatic and cocky Gordon that trots off the field was replaced this weekend after the game by a guy who looked like he needed an oxygen tank.
The freshman wide receiver had been playing this season as both a starting receiver and punt returner. Gordon added defensive back to his list of duties against the Cornhuskers and helped to boost an injured and struggling secondary.
When asked about the fatigue factor of playing in so many snaps, the always-confident Gordon threw everyone for a loop.
"I feel the same as if I was just playing offense and returning punts," Gordon said following the game. "I was up for anything."
Also playing Saturday at cornerback was freshman tailback John Randle. Mangino has noted all season how Randle physically resembled a player who is a veteran in his program.
Both players were told of their new assignments last Monday and willingly accepted.
Mangino said after the game he had always been a proponent of playing exceptional athletes on
both sides of the ball, using examples such as Chris Canyt at Kansas State and Andre Woolfalk at Oklahoma. Aside from Gordon and Randle be special and exceptional athletes, Mangino said there was more than physical ability that went into playing both wavs.
"You have to have a great deal of mental toughness and you have to be a great athlete," Mangino said. "We couldn't get Charles Gordon off the field. We had to grab him by the arm and tell him to take a rest."
The two will continue to see action on the defensive unit the rest of the season, but the return next week of Remuise Johnson and Donnie Amadi from minor injuries will lighten the load put on them. Amadi's action has been limited since he sustained a knee injury against Kansas State, and the Nebraska game was the first contest Johnson sat out off all season.
While Gordon and Randle did not shut down Nebraska's sparingly used passing attack, for the coaching staff as well as the rest of the team, the difference they made in their first defensive action was noticeable.
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The freshmen provided tight coverage on receivers and a few spectacular plays, such as Gordon's pass deflection in the endzone. Mangino said now the freshmen had to learn how to make plays, instead of just being
John Randle interrupted the pass route of Nebraska tight end Matt Herian during first half action of last Saturday's game. Randle, freshman running back, and Charles Gordon, freshman wide receiver, split time between their usual positions and defense.
in the position to make plays. One specific play the coach pointed out was Nebraska's Isaiah Fluellen 39-yard catch on
third-and-20 late in the game.
week, the corner would have been 10 yards behind."
"He got beat on a pass play he was in position to make," Mangino said of Randle. "Last
EXHIBITION: Graves and Langford battling injuries
- Edited by Abby Sidesinger
Kansas basketball notes
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Jeff Graves ice his nose the last 10 minutes of practice Thursday after taking a shot to the face from freshman guard Nick Bahe. Graves suffered a slight fracture in his nose at practice last week after colliding with Aaron Miles.
Graves has a hairline fracture in his nose, and he will wear a protective mask in practice for the next couple of weeks. According to Self, he probably won't be wearing the mask in tonight's game.
"He's having a real hard time," Self said of Graves wearing the mask. "I don't know if any of you guys have ever put one of those things on, but it
makes it real hard to catch and see."
Junior guard Keith Langford is expected to play this week after missing the EA Sports game with a sore knee. Self said Langford practiced this week with no problems, and unless something unforeseen happens, he'll start tonight.
- Edited by Abby Sidesinger
SOCCER: Last loss was a lesson
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"I think it was a lesson to be learned for us," he said. "At this point in the season, if you don't show up for 90 minutes, your season's going to be over."
Francis said last Friday's loss against Oklahoma State in the second round of the Big 12 Tournament served as a wake-up call for the team.
Miller was a freshman the last time the Jayhawks went to the NCAA
Tournament. She said a tournament berth was new territory that year and winning in general was something new for the program.
"This year I think we are a little bit more ready," she said.
Notes: Kansas sophomore forward Caroline Smith was named to the Big 12 All-Tournament team last weekend.
Edited by Andy Marso
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