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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Thursday
September 25,1997
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St. Louis manager Tony LaRussa will manage the Cardinals through 1999. Toronto manager Cito Gaston was fired yesterday.
Big 12 Conference
Big 12 members voted to abandon the policy that made Texas Tech forfeit conference basketball games for using ineligible players.
Ryder Cup
Tiger Woods will be among the U.S. golfers participating in today's opening ceremonies and tomorrow's 132nd Ryder Cup. Captain Tom Kite said he was counting on the rookie.
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Kansas linebacker Patrick Brown forces Cincinnati wide receiver Cornelius Bonner to fumble. The Jayhawks recovered the fumble after Bonner caught a 19-yard pass in the first quarter. Kansas punted during the ensuing series in its 34-7 loss Saturday at fumble. The Jayhawks recovered the fumble after Bonner caught a 19-yard pass in the first quarter. Photo by Steve Puppe/KANSAN
Allen repositions player
By Kelly Cannon
kcannon@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
By Kelly Cannon
Kansan sportswriter
Sometimes a large defensive tackle can be handled only by an even bigger offensive guard.
That is what Kansas football coach Terry Allen Kansas said he thought. Allen moved offensive tackle Justin Glasgow to the guard position Tuesday to counteract Oklahoma's tackles
"We felt as though with Oklahoma and their style of defense, with the two big defensive tackles that play over our guards, we felt that we needed somebody bigger and stronger inside." Allen said.
Glasgow's move likely will be permanent. Allen said.
"We think that,depending on the
outcome, it might help us down the road," Allen said. "So it's probably a done-deal type of thing."
Allen said moving Glasgow would have been difficult if Kansas only had one week to prepare for Oklahoma, but the two-week break made the move possible.
This is not the first time Glasgow has played the offensive-guard position. He played guard his freshman year in the spring game, and he also played guard when he was in high school.
"My thing right now is whatever is best for the team," Glasgow said. "I think we need to get something done because they have some excellent defensive tackles down in there that can really compete."
Glasgow said he was getting used to his new position
"The offensive line is all the same type of blocking," Glasgow said. "I have to get used to attacking both inside and outside, where at tackle I was attacking inside and getting used to different pass rushes."
Running back Eric Vann said he thought Glasgow's new position would help the offense against Oklahoma but did not know if it would help Kansas' running game.
"I think the reason they did it was how strong the two defensive tackles are for Oklahoma, and Justin is bigger." Vann said. "I don't know how much that will help because they have some big defensive ends. too."
Glasgow said the offensive line was continuing to mature.
"We're getting used to playing with each other and knowing each other's
personality when it comes to how they're pulling, how they're blocking," he said.
Vann said wide receiver Eric Patterson's return would help the Jayhawks' offense.
"He'll stress the defense a little bit more because he's super fast." Vann said. "He'll get down field a little bit more, and if they're going to play one man on him all day, then he's going to kill them."
Linebacker Jason Thoren's MRI results show that he severed his posterior cruciate ligament. Allen said that Thoren's brace had arrived and that Thoren would try to run today at practice.
"We're optimistic that he will play against Oklahoma," Allen said. "At what percent, we are not sure."
College football's former giants get what they deserve
Some teams I just love to hate.
The Fighting Irish of Notre Dame and the Miami Hurricanes are teams that Americans have either loved or loved to hate for the past 12 years. As for me, I hate the teams with the same passion that I hate the Dallas Cowboys.
But four September losses, two each by Notre Dame and Miami, have reduced these teams to nothing more than an afterthought on Saturday afternoons. If you need proof, check last week's rolls.
Miami received five votes in The Associated Press poll, while Notre Dame received none. In the USA Today/ESPN poll, Miami received six votes, while the Irish again received none.
Notre Dame and Miami are both 1-2 on the season and searching for answers.
Notre Dame already has lost against two Big 10 Conference teams — Purdue and No. 12 Michigan State. The Irish will play games at No. 6 Michigan and No. 20 Stanford in the next two weeks, which could translate into a 1-4 start.
Deep thought: Think how poor Notre Dame's record would be if it were an actual member of the Big 10.
Add up everything and Notre Dame's chances for a respectable bowl bid, let alone a winning season, could be nothing more than a dream.
Tommy Gallagher
tgallagher@kansan.com
What has happened?
Miami seems to have it easier. Then again, the Hurricanes do play in the Big East Conference, which I refer to as the Big Least.
The Hurricanes have lost consecutive games against No. 25 Arizona State and Pittsburgh. But perhaps even more telling, they have lost five of their last six home games.
Do you remember how each program formerly possessed the passion, desire and arrogance to intimidate and overwhelm most every opponent every week? I do, and I don't see any of that in either team this season.
I remember when Miami played at Notre Dame in 1988. Irish wore fans T-shirts commemorating a game that featured "Catholics vs. Convicts" even though both appeared to be the latter.
Notre Dame players stood at the back of the end zone, forcing Miami players and coaches to go around the entire team to get to the sidelines before the game. Of course, some of the Miami players chose to go through the blockade and a short scuffle followed.
I remember the 1990 Cotton Bowl between No. 4 Miami
Texas. The Hurricanes won that game 46-3 and
established their record.
The Irish won that game and the national championship with a 12-0 record. Miami finished the season 11-1 and No. 2.
Miami amassed more than 200-yards worth of penalties that day, most of which came from 15-yard penalties for personal fouls, unsportsmanlike conducts and excessive celebrating.
Former Miami wide receiver Lamar Thomas set the best example for poor behavior. He ran up a sloped ramp to the top of the Cotton Bowl stadium after a touchdown reception. Many of today's penalties for excessive celebrations have roots in that game.
But that was then. This is now.
I have no pity for Notre Dame and Miami now that these teams are losing. Instead, I think I will just sit back and enjoy it.
Gallagher is a Olathe senior in journalism.
Forward recovers, aids soccer team
By Harley V. Ratliff
sports@kansan.com
Kansan sportwriter
Freshman gives boost to struggling offense
Kansan sportswriter
The Jayhawks had been shutout in their last three games, including a 4-0 defeat against No. 3-ranked Virginia. However, against Virginia Commonwealth Sunday, Kansas scored two goals, breaking out of its offensive slump.
The Kansas women's soccer team seemed to be suffering from a power outage.
Although they eventually lost to VCU 4-2, the Jayhawks received strong offensive play from several players, most notably from freshman Katie Lents.
And the Jayhawks might have found an emerging star in the process.
Against VCU, Kansas got goals from forwards Christy Clark and Lents. Forward Jen Silvers came off the bench to assist both goals.
For Lents, this weekend marked her first experience at the college level. She has been sidelined with mononucleosis since the preseason, but a quick recovery allowed her to get on the field against Virginia.
"Everything was so fast." Lents said.
"It was also extremely physical. The first time I got in against Virginia I was going up for a header ball and all the sudden this girl came and hit me from behind. I just thought, 'OK, I'm in college now.'
In the next game against VCU, she led the team in shots-on-goal and recorded a goal on what Kansas soccer coach Dan Magner described as the Jayhawks' best-executed play of the season.
Lents, however, adjusted beautifully.
After Sarah Korpi worked the ball
While she played less than a half of each game in Virginia, Lents was named to the Coca-Cola Classic Women's Soccer Tournament all-tournament team for her outstanding play. Kansas midfielders Jen Wallace and Cynthia Dahle also made the team.
up to Silvers, Lents took the cross pass, beating the VCU keeper for her first career goal.
"I thought that I would be out of shape after not playing for three weeks," Lents said. "But I just go out there and play as hard as I can and get as many balls as I can."
However, Lents is not at 100 percent. Lents estimated that she could probably play one half of a soccer game.
Still, Magner will be counting on his young forward to contribute this weekend in home games against Tulsa and Colorado.
"She'll be an important player for us," he said. "It's unfortunate that she had mono, but she seems to be getting into the groove."
Coach to take on alma mater
Kansas volleyball team to play No.5 Nebraska
By Matt Gardner sports@kansan.com Kansan writers writer
This weekend, when the Kansas volleyball team squares off against Nebraska, it also will have a teacher-student matchup.
Jayhawk and Cornhusker fans will see Nebraska coach Terry Pettitt's team play against the team of one of his former students, Kansas coach Karen Schonewise.
"The they have a coach and a staff I've known a lot longer than any other coach in the country." Schonew said. "It's a team we want to beat, and we want to play at the ton of our game."
Pettit, who is in his 21st year of coaching at Nebraska, coached Schonewise when she played for the Cornhuskers from 1982 to 1986.
Schoonewise's accomplishments as a Cornhusker have not gone unnoticed. She is one of three players featured on a bronze statue that sits at the
See NEBRASKA on page 7A
Kansas volleyball coach Karen Schonewise is one of three former Nebraska volleyball players in this bronze statue at the University of Nebraska Coliseum entrance. Photo courtesy Sports Information
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