12A the university daily kansan triday, October 17, 2003 sports JAYHAWKS 4-2 STATS This season PASSING Name Comp Att Yards TD INT Whitmorete 98-157 1631 13 2 Luke 6-9 92 1 2 RUSHING PASSING Name Yards Carries Avg TD Green 555 114 4.9 4 Whittemore 324 68 4.8 7 Randle 250 42 6.0 1 Nwabuisi 13 3 4.3 1 RECEIVING Name Catches Yards TD Green 23 263 0 Simmons 21 542 5 Rideau 21 320 3 Gordon 19 359 3 PUNT RETURNS Name Yards No Avg Gordon 247 16 15.4 PUNTING Name Yards Punts Avg Ansel 634 15 42.3 ON THEM Kansas coach Mark Mangine on first-year Baylor Coach Gay Morris' system at Baylor compared to Kentucky "They are doing things they can do. It fits their personnel. They are probably in two-backs maybe more then they used at Kentucky. They lean more on the run game than perhaps they want to or have done at Kentucky. He has done a good job of doing what his players can do. That is good coaching." KANSAS PLAYERS TO WATCH Senior quarterback Bill Whittemore is licking his chops at a porous Baylor pass defense. Whittemore, who is just two touchdown passes shy of tying the school's single-season record, hasn't thrown an interception since UNLV on Sept. 6. In allowing 73 points to Texas A&M last Saturday, the Baylor's last four touchdowns allowed were from 40 or more vards out. This suits Kansas' big-play offense...Senior kicker Johnny Beck is coming off of a bittersweet game at Colorado last Saturday. With the long-snapper situation seemingly solved with freshman Zack Hood, now Beck must find some consistency...Suphemare receiver Mark Simmons and Junior receiver Brandon Rideau each had huge games against Colorado, and are quickly developing into one of the conference's top receiving duos...Look for freshman Charles Gordon to get some passes thrown his way as well against the Bears. STANDINGS North | | Cont | Overall | | :--- | :--- | :--- | | Missouri | 1-1 | 5-1 | | Nebraska | 1-1 | 5-1 | | Kansas | 1-1 | 4-2 | | Colorado | 1-1 | 3-3 | | Kansas State | 0-2 | 4-3 | | Iowa State | 0-2 | 2-4 | South
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Oklahoma2-06-0
Texas Tech2-05-1
Oklahoma State1-15-1
Texas1-14-2
Baylor1-14-2
Texas A&M1-13-3
KANSAS SCHEDULE Date Opponent Result Score Aug. 30 Northwestern L 20-28 Sept. 6 UNLV W 46-24 Sept. 13 @Wyoming W 42-35 Sept. 20 Jacksonville St. W 41-6 Sept. 27 Missouri W 35-14 Oct. 11 @Colorado L 50-47 (OT) Oct. 18 Baylor Oct. 25 @Kansas State Nov. 1 @Texas A&M Nov. 8 Nebraska Nov. 15 @Oklahoma State Nov. 22 Iowa State TELEVISION: 11 p.m., Channel 6 WHEN WHERE: Tomorrow, 1 p.m., Memorial Stadium RADIO: 90.7 KJHK The Baylor Bears (3-3,1-1) and the Kansas Jayhawks (4-2,1-1) both enter this game coming off disappointing results. HOW THEY COMPARE pointing results. Kansas lost a squeaker at Colorado last week in a 50-47 overtime when everything that could go wrong for special teams did. The Jayhawks had a blocked extra point, blocked punt, missed field goal and were stopped on a punt fake. Allowing 598 yards of total offense to the Buffaloes, Kansas' defense struggled at times with the speed of Colorado's offense. KANSAS VS. BAYLOR A struggling Texas A&M team crushed Baylor last Both teams are 1-1 in the Big 12 Conference. Kansas is tied for the lead in the Big 12 North. Kansas need to rebound after the Colorado loss, and Baylor will be confident because it beat Kansas last year in Waco, Texas. One of Baylor's goals last year was to beat Kansas. You'd better believe the Jayhawks would love to repay the favor. This should be a game of revenge at its best. week 73-10, behind the strength of 719 total yards. Baylor was dominated on the ground as the Aggies gained 437 vards to the the Bears' 32. OFFENSIVE ADVANTAGE: Kansas Kansas has averaged 41 points and 452 yards per conference game. The offense is well-balanced. The rushing offense is fourth in the Big 12, and the passing offense is fifth. Quarterback Bill Whittenmore stands poised to leave his mark in the team record books despite not playing two full seasons for the Jayhawks. He passed for 422 yards and accounted for five touchdowns against Colorado. He is the second-highest rated passer in the nation behind Oklahoma's Jason White. While Kansas gave up almost 600 yards against Colorado, Baylor averages that much. There is a lack of speed on the Bears' defense, which plays a 4-2-5 formation, with the five defensive backs making most of the tackles. The Bears' Maurice Lane is an active safety and leads the team in tackles. Linebacker Josh Garrett came into the season as a candidate for postseason awards, but he has only 16 tackles and three sacks this season and shares the jayhawks to run for more than 4 yards per carry. Tight end Lyonel Anderson has been seldom used this season. Running back Clark Green broke the 100-yard barrier against Colorado and is on pace to put up 1,000 yards rushing this season. John Randile is a speedy back who should get more carries against Baylor. Led by the trio of Mark Simmons, Brandon Rideau and Charles Gordon, the receivers have played well this season. The offensive line played well for the most part against Colorado and allowed Baylor's offense is led by its running back Rashad Armstrong. Armstrong gets the ball more than anyone else in the Big 12, so expect to see him run a lot here. He doesn't have great size or Kansas led most of last year's meeting with Baylor, only to give up a couple of late scores to lose the game. It looked an awful lot like last week's Colorado game. Kansas will not want to drop a game on its home field and needs this game to move toward bowl eligibility. Both on Saturday. He doesn't have great size of speed but is a good, solid back and should Kansas' offense will be too much for this Baylor defense to handle. Whittemore will take another step toward national recognition. The Jayhawk defense will show just how good it can be. This is a Kansas team that should be 6-0 coming into this game, and they are facing a team with a 16-game road losing streak. Look for the Jayhawks to eliminate mistakes, force Aaron Karas to beat them and stop Rashad Armstrong. If Kansas lets Baylor stick time with Stephen Sepulveda. The defensive line, led by defensive ends Khari Long and Dominick Cravens and freshman defensive tackle Quincy Jenkins, can be bullied around. The defensive backs lack speed and can be burned deep. This team struggles against strong running games and teams with a mobile quarterback. remind Kansas fans of a smaller Clark Green. Quarterback Aaron Karas passed for a career-high 359 yards against Kansas last year at Waco, Texas. Karas has thrown mostly short passes this season and has eight touchdown passes and seven interceptions. Led by track All-American Robert Quiroga, the wide receivers are decent. The line leaves something to be desired. In Big 12 play, Armstrong has only averaged 3.4 yards per carry. Kansas' defense will be fired up to prove its performance against Colorado was a fluke. The defensive backs were toasted, the defensive line struggled to get a push into the backfield, and even the linebackers did not play well. But this defense will be ready to go against Baylor. The linebacking corps of Gabe Toomey, Nick Reid and Banks Floodman is superb. Kevin Kane and Brandon Perkins are strong replacements, and Perkins may be the top pass rusher on the team. DEFENSIVE ADVANTAGE: Kansas The turnaround for Kansas this season has been amazing. Mark Mangino is a good preparation coach who can recruit. The staff is looking good as well, although the defense and special teams regressed last Saturday. Nick Ouartaro and Ed Wariner are gems. SPECIALTEAMS: Baylor The defensive ends came within inches of sacking Joel Klatt on a huge third down play last week. Monroe Weekley and David McMillan are both pass rush specialists, while the defensive tackles have got better as the year has progressed. The defensive backs will play a lot of zone defense and hope that the pass rush can get to Karas. Safety Tony Stubbs is quietly putting together an outstanding season. There have been too many special teams mistakes this season for it to be coincidence. Those mistakes may have cost the Jayhawks the game against Colorado. Return men Charles Gordon and Greg Heaggans are two of the nation's best. Johnny Beck is often maligned for his failures but kicked a high-pressure field goal in overtime against Colorado. Curtis Ansel is a good punter, and Zack Hood looked like a good deep snapper last week. X-FACTOR: Revenge Guy Morris turned around a depleted, probation-bound Kentucky team. An eccentric personality, he loves riding motorcycles, and owns cows. Don't let that Texas A&M score fool you, this Baylor team has come a BOTTOM LINE: Kansas Baylor's punter Daniel Sepulveda is fourth in the nation in punt average at over 46 yards per punt. Willie Andrews is a deadly kick returner but struggles on returning punts. Kicker Kenny Webb nailed all 14 of his extra points and has a strong leg. His only three misses came from more than 40 yards with two misses from more than 50 yards. COACHES: Push long way from where it started the season. Give Morris time, and Baylor could be respectable again. Both coaches thrive on preparation, so this could be a good chess match to watch teams should come out angry after last week's results. around, then it's anybody's game. But don't expect the game to be close. Kansas is too angry, speedy - Compiled by Kevin Flaherty - Edited by Cate Batchelder BEARS3-3 STATS This season PASSING Name Comp Att. Yards TD INT Karas 91-157 960 8 7 RUSHING Name Yards Carries Avg TO Armstrong 811 145 4.6 5 Kreig 108 31 3.5 1 RECEIVING Name Yards Catches TD Guiroga 285 22 3 Martin 139 12 0 Armstrong 119 7 0 Shelton 122 9 1 PUNT RETURNS Name Yards Number Avg Andrews 168 17 9.9 PUNTING Name Yards Punts Avg Sepulveda 1,472 32 46.0 BAYLOR PLAYERS TO WATCH Senior running back Rashad Armstrong gets the lion's share of the carries. While he has 127 of them, the next closest player has 25. In all of Armstrong's 100-yard games, he's had explosive second half efforts. If Charles Gordon breaks long return and is isolated on Gordon breaks long return and is isolated on the sunrise, he better be careful. the punter, he better be careful... Freshman punter Daniel Selpulveda is also Freshman pointer丹妮 Sepulveda is also listed as a linebacker. *Sanford wide listed as a linebacker...Senior wide receiver Robert Quirigo is a speed demon who has caught at least one pass in 20 straight games...Just a year ago, freshman Quincy Jenkins was starring in high school.This year he's the starting defensive tackle for a division one football team. INJURY REPORT INJURY REPORT Starting junior wide receiver John Martin is listed as ill and is expected to miss the Kansas game tomorrow. Martin has a streak of six consecutive games with a pass caught, and is the Bears' second leading wide receiver. SCHEDULE Date Opponent Result Score 8/30 UAB L-24-19 9/6@ North Texas L-52-14 9/13 SMU W-10-7 9/20 Sam Houston W-27-6 10/4 Colorado W-42-30 10/11 @Texas A&M L-73-10 10/18 @Kansas 10/25 Texas 11/1 @Kansas State 11/8 Texas Tech 11/15 @Oklahoma 11/22 Oklahoma State OFFENSE WR 82 Robert Quiroga LT 74 Quintin Outland LG 79 Glen Okin C 76 Cedric Fields RG 77 Lequalan McDonald RT 68 Nick Pace TE 44 Shane Williams WR 3 Marques Roberts WR 9 Trent Shelton QB 2 Aaron Karas TB 3 Rashad Armstrong FB 45 Jonathan Evans DEFENSE RE 96 Dominick Cravens DT 98 Quincy Jenkins DT 98 M.T. Robinson LE 91 Khari Long OS 31 Derrick Cash MLB 5 John Garrett WLB 46 Justin Crooks OS 18 Willie Andrews CB 36 James Todd FS 21 Maurice Lane CB 21 Matt Johnson SPECIAL TEAMS P 37 Daniel Sepulveda PK 14 Kenny Webb KOS 43 Ryan Havens H 11 Shawn Bell DS 52 Matt Waller KOR 18 Willie Andrews PR 18 Willie Andrews 1 F 1 2