8A the university daily kansan
monday,november 3,2003
sports
METTLEN: Mangino should pull Webb's redshirt
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More often then not, Kansas gets the Beck from Saturday.
The one who stayed on the sidelines after the Jayhawks' final touchdown of the game, while Mangino sent junior college transfer Jerod Brooks to kick the extra point.
Brooks was successful on his only try.
Mangino has already made it clear that he intends to put his
best players on the field, even if that costs a freshman his redshirt year.
That should apply to kickers just like it does quarterbacks. The best man, be it Webb, Brooks or Beck needs to be on field.
It would be a shame if a missed extra point is the difference between going to a bowl game and not.
CROSS COUNTRY: Men's team finishes fourth, women struggle
Mettlen is a Lucas senior in journalism and sports editor.
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"We're still looking forward to being one of the top two teams at regionals in two weeks," Clark said.
On the women's side, Kansas again continued to struggle. After finishing sixth at least year's conference meet, their highest since 1995, the Jayhawks finished 10th.
Senior Laura Lavoie was the Jayhawks' first finisher, crossing the line 32nd overall. Megan Manthe, 42nd, Laura Major, 43rd, Lauren Brownrigg, 52nd, and Paige Higgins, 54th rounded out the scoring for the women.
Colorado also swept the women's individual and team title. The Lady Buffaloos scored 45 points behind the first place finish of Natalie Florence.
Lavoie said the team was
"We still have two more weeks to go. The season's not over, and we're not going to act like its over," the Springfield, Mo., senior said. "We're going to get better."
frustrated about the outcome of the race.
Clark said the women have been bitten by the injury bug at times this season and it affected the team's performance.
"The Big 12 is a hyper-competitive meet. If you don't go in there 100 percent, you're going to get your butt kicked." Clark said. "We just had too much illness and injury, and it showed at the meet."
The Jayhawks will now take two weeks to prepare for the NCAA Midwest Regional Meet in Stillwater, Okla. It is the last opportunity to qualify for the NCAA Championships Nov. 24.
Edited by Erin Riffey
Men's golf to complete fall season
The Kansas men's golf team heads back west to complete its fall season at the 2003 Prestige in La Quinta, Calif., beginning today. The 15-team field is strong, with two teams ranked in the top 10, and four in the top 25.
By Ryan Colaiani
rcolaiani@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
"It's a really good field, but I think we have a chance to go out and win this thing," junior Kevin Ward said.
UCLA is ranked 4th in the country, TCU is ranked 6th, Washington 18th and Brigham Young 24th. The team will also face Big12 Conference foes Oklahoma and Colorado.
The team is playing at the par 72, 6,841-yard PGA West, which is known for its narrow fairways and difficult greens. The team participated in a practice round yesterday and to get a better feel for the course.
"Some of the best teams in the country are here, and hopefully we can compete and place well," coach Ross Randall said.
"The conditions are great, and it is not playing too difficult, but the course has some severe greens, so I think it is going to be a putting contest all week." Ward said.
Ward will be joined by junior Andrew Price, sophomore Ryan Rainer and freshmen Tyrick Docking and Gary Woodland. This is
the same lineup that Randall has used in the Nelson Invitational at Stanford last week.
"I think it is going to be well into the spring until we know who our starting five are going to be," Randall said. "For now, these five are the ones who have played the best so far this year, and I am confident with them out there."
The format is similar to the tournaments the team has played in so far this season, with 36 holes today and 18 holes tomorrow.
"I think that this format helps us," Randall said. "We typically shoot lower rounds in the afternoon of the first day, which I think speaks to our player's strength."
The Jayhawks took fifth place at Stanford, where, as a team, they finished all three rounds under par. Price led the Jayhawks, finishing in a tie for fifth at 7 under par. Docking finished in a career-best tie for 10th.
Last season, the team took sixth place at the Prestige and former Jayhawk Chris Marshall won the individual tournament. Marshall reunited with the team during the practice rounds yesterday and tried to help the players get a better feel for the course. Price is the only player on the team who has played in this event at PGA West, participating in last year's Prestige.
Arkansas wins in seven OTs
The Associated Press
LEXINGTON, Ky. — DeCori Birmingham scored on a 25-yard run in a record-tying seventh overtime, and Arkansas stopped Kentucky on a fourth-down play in a 71-63 victory Saturday night.
The game was the longest in NCAA history, matching the seven overtimes in Arkansas' 58-56 victory at Mississippi in 2001. The game lasted four minutes shy of five hours.
times, since Division I-A adopted the tiebreaker in 1996.
Birmingham, a converted wide receiver forced to play tailback because of injuries, rushed 40 times for a career-high 196 yards and two touchdowns for Arkansas.
Kentucky had a fourth-and-three at the five yard line in the seventh overtime, but quarterback Jared Lorenzen failed to make a first down when he fumbled on a keeper.
Kentucky forced overtime with a 13-yard touchdown pass from Lorenzen to Chris Bernard with 1:38 left in regulation. That tied the score at 24 and capped a 14-point Kentucky rally.
Edited by Neeley Spellmeier
Arkansas scored 47 points in
overtime, breaking the record of 41 it set in the 2001 game against Ole Miss.
Until the seventh overtime, both teams scored touchdowns in each overtime except for the third, when they kicked field goals. In the fourth and sixth overtimes, the teams had successful 2-point conversions.
Arkansas had kicked a field goal to go ahead 41-38, and Kentucky had a fourth-and-goal at the 1. But the Wildcats were penalized for illegal substitution when Draak Davis ran off the field after Kentucky broke his huddle, and the Wildcats chose to kick a tying field goal.
Kentucky's best chance to win came in the third overtime.
Colts strive; Bucs struggle
The Associated Press
MIAMI - Peyton Manning threw for 266 yards and survived a potentially disastrous interception in the closing moments as the Indianapolis Colts beat Miami 23-17 yesterday.
Indianapolis and Manning had lost four in a row to the Dolphins, and Manning was 2-8 against Miami entering the game. But the Indianapolis defense turned away a scoring threat with two minutes left when Brian Griese was sacked by Dwight Freewen and fumbled.
Saints 17. Bucs 14
The Colts improved to 7-1, matching their best start since 1977.
The Dolphins fell to 5-3, the same record they had at midseason in 2002.
Deuce McAllister ran for 110 yards, while New Orleans forced six turnovers and sacked Brad Johnson four times.
TAMPA, Fla. — John Carney kicked a 47-yard field goal with eight seconds left, lifting New Orleans (4-5) past the Super Bowl champions, leaving the Bucs at .500 and without a two-game winning streak this season.
Ashley Ambrose returned an interception 73 yards for a touchdown that put the Saints ahead 14-0 going into the fourth quarter.
The Bucs (4-4) drove 97 yards to trim their deficit to 14-7 on Brad Johnson's 26-yard pass to Michael Pittman. They pulled even when Johnson threw 30 yards to Keenan McCardell on fourth-and-10 with 2:08 remaining.
Lions 23, Raiders 13
DETROIT- Joey Harrington threw a 33-yard touchdown pass and Jason Hanson kicked three field goals as Detroit won its first game since beating Arizona on opening day.
The Lions (2-6) had lost six straight and 14 of 15 dating back to last season. Detroit turned two turnovers into 10 first-quarter points, and scored 13 more on its first three second-half possessions.
Texans 14. Panthers 10
HOUSTON - Billy Miller's one-handed touchdown catch early in the fourth quarter gave the Texans (5-5) the victory.
Carolina (6-2) took a 10-7 lead on John Kasay's 23-yard field goal at the end of a third quarter in which each team had one possession. Banks was 10-of-15 for 121 yards and did not throw an interception or lose a fumble.
Bears 20, Chargers 7
CHICAGO - Chris Chandler passed for 224 yards and Anthony Thomas rushed for 111 yards and two scores to lead the Bears (3-5).
But just 10 days past his 41st birthday, Doug Flug nearly pulled off another comeback after replacing Drew Brees in the fourth quarter. He found Tim Dwight on a 22-yard pass, and rushed for another 17 yards to set up LaDainian Tomlinson's 3-yard score that pulled San Diego (1-7) within 13-7 with 9:13 to play.
Cowboys 21. Redskins 14
IRVING, Texas - Dallas overcame four first-half turnovers to tighten its grip on the NFC East midway through the season.
Troy Hambrick atoned for two lost fumbles with two short touchdown runs for Dallas (6-2), which now has won more games in a half-season than in each of the last three seasons.
Ravens 24. Jaquars 17
fourth-quarter fumbles by Byron Leftwich.
BALTIMORE - Matt Stover kicked three field goals and the Ravens benefited from two
The Jaguars held Jamal Lewis, the NFL rushing leader, to 68 yards on 21 carries — ending his run of successive 100-yard games at six.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. Brett Conway atoned for a missed field goal early in the extra session by kicking a 29-yarder with four seconds to go, and the Giants overcame four touchdown passes by Chad Pennington.
Kerry Collins threw two TD passes. The Giants (4-4) left the Jets (2-6) with little room for error.
Cardinals 17. Bengals 14
TEMPE, Ariz. - Marcel Shipp, Emmitt Smith's replacement, rushed for 141 yards to lead the Cardinals (3-5). Jeff Blake completed 18 of 28 passes for 166 yards and two touchdowns, including a 7-yarder to Anquan Boldin for the deciding score in the third quarter.
SEATTLE - Darrell Jackson scored a fourth-quarter touchdown on a 14-yard pass from Matt Hasselbeck and set up another late score with a 43-yard catch-and-run for Seattle (6-2).
Seahawks 23. Steelers 16
ATLANTA - Donovan McNabb took advantage of an entirely revamped Atlanta secondary to throw for a season-high 312 yards, including a 37-yard touchdown pass to Freddie Mitchell for the Eagles (5-3).
The Steelers (2-6) lost their fifth straight game, their longest losing streak in four years.
Atlanta (1-7) lost its seventh in a row.
Eaples 23. Falcons 16
49ers break Rams' winning streak
The Associated Press
SAN FRANCISCO — Though Tim Rattay had a smashing debut as an NFL starter, the San Francisco 49ers' defense was even more impressive.
Just ask the St. Louis Rams, who had no luck stopping either of them.
Rattay passed for 236 yards and three touchdowns filling in for Jeff Garcia, and Cedrick Wilson returned the opening kickoff 95 yards for a score in the 49ers' 30-10 victory over St. Louis yesterday.
For the third straight game at Candlestick Park, not much went wrong for the 49ers — even with Rattay filling in for Garcia, a three-time Pro Bowler out with a sprained ankle.
San Francisco (4-5) flattened the Rams with five scoring drives in the first 33 minutes, quickly putting away just the Niners' second win in 10 games against their oldest rivals. St. Louis (5-3) had its four-game winning streak snapped and fell out of first place in the NFC West.
While San Francisco's defense dominated the first three quarters, Rattay threw TD passes to Terrell Owens, Tai Streets and rookie Brandon Lloyd. Garcia's longtime backup went 19-of-29, leading an emphatic victory in the first significant playing time of his career.
Garcia, out with a sprained ankle, watched from the sideline as the emergency third quarter-buck.
Garcia's streak of 61 consecutive starts ended, but the 49ers didn't miss him at all, thanks to Rattay and a defense that seemed to anticipate every important play.
true."
Jim Mora
49ers defensive coordinator.
As the 49ers never hesitate to
declare, their defense was built specifically to combat the Rams' downfield passing and team speed.
"We're faster than the Rams," 49ers defensive coordinator Jim Mora said. "Our defense didn't used to be faster, and now it is. That might sound cocky, but it's true. ... I mean no disrespect to them. I love playing against those guys, but as a team, we have more team speed now."
"He made great decisions all day long," Garcia said of Rattay. "He was making great reads at the line of scrimmage — veteran-type plays. It was great for the team to see Tim play and know that there's another guy in this locker room that can lead this队."
Marc Bulger was 26-of-42 for 378 yards, but he also threw two costly interceptions and fumbled as the Rams were doomed by a pitifully slow start. Bulger passed for 181 yards in the fourth quarter, after the game was far out of reach.
With Marshall Faulk in uniform, but not playing for the second straight game, St. Louis sputtered on offense while falling behind 30-3 early in the third quarter.
Torry Holt caught a 41-yard TD pass for the Rams' only touchdown. Holt finished with 11 catches for 200 yards, just shy of his career high.
Sooners top poll Miami tumbles
The Associated Press
Oklahoma was the unanimous pick for the top spot in The Associated Press college football poll yesterday and Miami's record streak of top five votes ended after 55 weeks.
The Sooners (9-0) received all 65 first-place votes in balloting by the panel of sports writers and broadcasters to extend their season-long run at the top of the poll. Oklahoma beat rival Oklahoma State 52-9 Saturday.
Miami fell from second to sixth after its 39-game regular season winning streak was snapped with a 31-7 loss at Virginia Tech. The Hurricanes had been in the top five since Oct. 8,2000,the longest streak since the poll began in 1936.
The previous record of 48 was held by Oklahoma (1953-57) and Ohio State (1973-76).
There was plenty of movement within the poll after a day when six of the top 14 teams lost—all to ranked opponents. But the 25 teams in the poll remained the same.
Southern California moved up to No. 2 — its highest ranking since Nov. 21, 1988 — after beating Washington State 43-16.
Florida State jumped two spots to No. 3 and LSU improved three places to fourth, its highest ranking since Sept. 21, 1987.
Virginia Tech, which went from third to 10th aftera 28-7 loss last week to West Virginia, moved back up to No. 5 following its first victory ever in 34 games against teams ranked No. 8 or higher.
Following the Hurricanes, were Ohio State, Michigan, Georgia and Iowa. Georgia had been No. 4 before losing 16-13 to Florida.
The USA Today/ESPN coaches poll had the same top five teams as the AP.
Oklahoma received the maximum 1,625 points, beating out USC, which had 1,557.
TCU, the only other undefeated team in major college football, moved up two spots to 13th.
Texas leads off the second 10, followed by Washington State, TCU, Michigan State, Bowling Green, Purdue, Florida, Tennessee, Nebraska and Mississippi.
Oklahoma State, Missouri Northern Illinois, Minnesota and Pittsburgh round out the poll.
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