what we heard "It seemed like it was a back-and-forth deal. Nobody wanted to win." Baylor football coach Guy Morriss on Saturday's loss to Kansas. off the bench
monday, October 20, 2003
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Improved record doesn't rescue Greene
This is all getting too systematic.
I try and sound like a freakin' genius on Friday by picking the games. Then, I whine and moan because my picks are screwing me over Saturday afternoon.
Finally, I sit down and count the numerous entries that whooped my butt over the weekend.
This week, 26 competitors did better than I did.
Even this 6-6 cloud has a lining, and that's a better record then last week's 2-10 mark.
Once again, I got way too cute and
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Ryan Greene
rgreene@kansan.com
picked Kansas State, Ohio State and Michigan State, all rivals of my favorite teams, to get embarrassed.
The three people who were our big winners did. Despite all being KU students, they found the guts and swallowed their pride long enough to pick K-State.
It's probably about time that I pick with my brain instead of my heart, huh?
"It was time for them to win, they're not as overrated as everyone thinks," winner Dustin Benjamin said. "Most of my high school friends went to Kansas State, so I don't hate Kansas State as much as everyone else."
This week's three big winners all
had 10-2 marks. Those three were Sean Hatfield, Bennington junior, Kelly Unruh and Benjamin, Ottawa senior.
In order to get out of my recent funk that has been almost the entire 2003 season, I think I'll try a few new tactics over the next couple of weeks. Those methods will not be disclosed, so you'll have to wait and see.
Even though I'm crying over another massive assault, keep kicking.
Greene is a Vernon Hills, Ill., senior in journalism.
Kansas wins; Baylor focuses on positives
By Kevin Flaherty
kflaherty@kansan.com
Kansan sportswritter
Just a season after a late-game collapse allowed Baylor to defeat Kansas in Waco, Texas, Kansas stood strong in the fourth quarter of Saturday's 28-21 victory over the Bears.
Neither team had many positives to take from a sloppily played game that included 19 total penalties, including 11 Baylor penalties for 99 yards.
Baylor coach Guy Morriss said the Bears shot themselves in the foot too many times.
"We just didn't give ourselves a chance to win today," Morriss said. "We just beat ourselves again."
The Bears defeating themselves has been a common theme this season. They lost to North Texas 52-14 when they turned the ball over on their first six possessions. The Baylor defense missed an assignment to allow Alabama-Burmingham to throw a long, game-winning touchdown pass.
Against Kansas, the Bears dealt with penalties, offensive ineptitude and a late interception from Aaron Karas to Banks Floodman that sealed the game.
While Karas was a huge factor in last year's Baylor victory, passing for 359 yards and orchestrating two late scoring drives, this year's game was different.
Karas rarely threw downfield, was sacked five times, and passed for 175 yards, less than half of last year's output. Two Karas mistakes hurt the Bears in the second half. One was an unsportsmanlike conduct call against Karas for spiking the
ball when he was tackled out of bounds
Karas said he was not upset with the official or with the tackle on the play.
"I hit my head a play earlier, and this play when I was tackled I got my head hit again and it rung my bell again," Karas said. "I wasn't mad at anybody, just upset that my head got hit again. I threw the ball down and it bounced off the hard surface of the track and made it look worse than it really was."
The Bears were able to recover from that mistake and get a touchdown on a fourth down pass play, but Karas's second mistake was one too many.
He tried to divert Floodman from the receiver running a curl by looking in a different direction, but Floodman was not swayed and picked the ball off. The interception stopped a potential gametying drive, and Kansas simply ran out the clock for the win.
Morriss said the coaches would have to show the team the game's positives to prepare them for next week's game. The Bears did block a punt for a touchdown and had an 80-yard touchdown drive near the end of the game. The defense looked sound at times and harassed Bill Whittemore for most of the game while collecting five sacks. Morriss said linebacker John Garrett may have found a permanent home at defensive end after collecting three sacks.
All are possibilities to build off for next week, but Morriss said there were no moral victories.
"All that matters are W's and Ls," Morriss said.
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Hey Cubbies, did he make you lose game 7 too?
If I had to pick my favorite Yankee, I would pick them all. They're great.
Yankee baseball, there ain't nothing like it baby.
swimming
Now that the Yankees won, go Florida.
It was nice to see that the only people that got into the reserved seating at Late Night were the ones that were disrespectful to the team and left before the match was over.
To the hot boy that is in track that was sitting in front of me at Late Night: I would like to jump your bones.
I call my method of contraception The Roy. That means pulling out early.
I am feeling the love for Bill.
Stupid Yankees
Man, if I were one of the greeks that performed at Late Night I would never show my face again.
Bill Self is a dilf.
Baylor. More like stupider
Swim team successful in early season meets
The Kansas swimming and diving team finished in sixth place and earned 37 points in the Big 12 Relays Friday in Ames, Iowa. The following day, Kansas defeated 131-130 and Northern Iowa 180-90 in a dual meet in Iowa City, Iowa.
The Jayhawks had two third-place finishes in the Big 12 Relays. The 200-yard medley relay team of senior Whitney Sondall, freshman Hannah Bakke, junior Amy Gruber and senior Kim Bolin finished with a time of 1:46.72.
Another third-place finish went to the 100-yard freestyle relay team of Bolin, Gruber and seniors Jackie Krueger and Ashley Dower. The relay clocked in at 44.96 seconds.
In diving action, Kansas finished in fifth and eighth place in the one-meter competition and in third and eighth place in the three-meter event.
"We put our athletes in some different spots than they are used to today," coach Clark Campbell said. The 200 medley relay team swam excellent today. Their time was one of the fastest in the country so far this year. That performance will be a launching pad for the rest of the season."
In the Iowa/Northern Iowa dual, the Jayhawks took eight first place titles. Junior Rebecca Zarazan captured two first-place finishes in the 100-yard (57.24) and 200-yard (2:06.54) butterfly races.
Gruber also took two titles in the 100-yard and 200-yard freestyle with times of 52.01 and 1:52.24, respectively. Zarazan and Gruber were also on the 400-yard medley relay (3:51.39) with Sondall and Bakke that took first place.
Senior Maegan Himes, 400-yard individual medley (4:31.30), junior Miranda laaac, 200-yard breaststroke (2:23.32) and Bakke, 100-yard breaststroke (1:05.56) also finished first in their events.
"Today, our program took a couple of big steps forward," Campbell said. "We had a great victory against a good Iowa team.I thought the entire team stepped forward today and contributed. The fact that our times are this fast this early in the year is pointing to great things the rest of the season."
The Jayhawks return home at 2 p.m. Nov. 1 at against Missouri at Robinson Natatorium.
-Jason Hwang
Pre-Nationals Invitational splits results for cross country
By Sean O'Grady
sogrady@kansan.com
Kansan sportswriter
The Kansas men's cross country team inched closer to a potential NCAA championship berth after a successful race at the NCAA Pre-Nationals Invitational in Cedar Falls, Iowa.
The Jayhawks placed 10th in a field of 35 teams, including the defending national champions, Colorado, as well Big 12 Conference rivals Texas and Iowa State.
"We defeated teams that were ranked in front of us, both nationally and regionally" coach Stanley Redwine said.
The team was paced once again by freshman Benson Chesang who finished 19th, covering the eight-kilometer course in 24:03.
Junior Chris Jones was the next Kansas runner across the line, placing 44th with a time of 24:30.
Sophomore Cameron Schweir was 68th, junior Dan Ferguson was 106th and sophomore Josh Madathil rounded out the Jayhawks scoring, finishing 111th.
Ferguson said the atmosphere was different than any previous race they had run this year.
"It was a race we weren't used to running, the field went out really fast. It took us out of our comfort zones," he said.
"I don't think anyone was really happy with their
race."
Chris Jones Junior runner
"But we beat the teams we wanted to beat; it gives us the right momentum heading into conference."
"I don't think anyone was really happy with their race. Everyone feels
Despite out-running teams ranked ahead of them in regional and national polls, Jones said the team was dissatisfied with its performance.
that we could have run better and should have run better." Jones said. "But knowing we can still have off days and beat all those teams is a huge confidence boost."
The women's cross country team did not share the men's success. The women finished 28th in a field that featured some of the top programs in the country.
"I'm a bit disappointed at where we finished as a team on the women's side," Redwine said. "We are not where we need to be right now."
Megan Manthe continued to lead the Jayhawks. The junior completed the six-kilometer course in 22:03, placing 79th.
Senior Laura Lavoie, 107th; freshman Laura Major 146th; senior Lauren
Although the Jayhawks did not perform well, Major said the team was still confident it could pour it on at the conference and regional meets.
"I think all the hard work is going to pay off in the end," the freshman said. "We just need to come together."
The men's and women's teams compete next at the Big 12 championships Oct.31 in Austin, Texas.
Brownrigg, 165th; and freshman Jessie Violand. 177th also scored for Kansas.
"The way coach (Douglas) Clark and Redwine train us is designed for us to peak at Big 12's," Jones said. "So we're setting ourselves up perfectly."
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