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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
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Monday September 22,1997
Sigma Chi and Alpha Chi Omega won the men's and women's championships in the Greg Wilkerson Memorial Flag Football Tournament.
Pro Football
The Kansas City Chiefs defeated the Carolina Panthers 35-14 yesterday. Carolina gave up the most points in its history.
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College Football
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Nebraska, Texas A&M and Missouri were only three of seven Big 12 Conference teams to win football games Saturday. Baylor, Iowa State, Texas Tech and Kansas lost their contests.
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Jayhawks mauled by Bearcats
Cincinnati defense overwhelms Kansas
University of Cincinnati running back Darryl Royal slips through Kansas' defense. Royal rushed for 51 of Cincinnati's 271 rushing yards during Saturday's game at Cincinnati. Photo by Steve Puppe/KANSAN
By Kelly Cannon
kcannon@kansan.com
Kansas sportwriter
CINCINNATI — The Kansas football team's 34-7 loss to the University of Cincinnati may have been devastating, but the Jayhawks have two weeks to forget the loss and to prepare for Oklahoma.
"You are never as good as you think you are or as bad." Kansas football coach Terry Allen said. "We probably demonstrated that in a number of ways tonight. This was a very difficult, very frustrating game. You can't do the things we did and be as incept as we were offensively and expect to win a football game."
Kansas' offense was on the field for 18 minutes and 32 seconds, compared to 41:28 for Cincinnati.
Kansas' continued reliance on its defense wore the defensive players down. Allen said.
"We gave up some big pays, and that was very uncustomary." Allen said. "Mentally, we wore our defense down by the ineffective execution of the offense. We gave up a couple of plays we wouldn't have ordinarily."
The Jayhawks had only four first downs the entire game and only one in the first half. Kansas turned the ball over six times, and lost 46 yards rushing. Adding to the list of mishaps was an injury to linebacker Jason Thoren. Thoren injured the posterior ligament in his left knee.
"He says he'll be ready for Oklahoma," Allen said. "With the injury he has, they can brace it. It is not a career-end injury. That is the brightest spot (of the game). Whether he will be ready for Oklahoma, we don't know. But Jason should be able to come back and play for the Jayhawks this year."
"He's a former running back, so he's able to make some yards after the catch," Allen said.
Wide receiver Tanner Hancock was the Jayhawks leading receiver, logging 54 yards.
"We knew we'd have some players get stuffed, and we knew we'd have some negative yardage," Vann said. "But if we kept with our game plan, we'd sooner or later bust a big one because of how they split and took chances, but that never happened."
The Jayhawks' only points came in the third quarter, when strong safety Maurice Gaddie recovered a fumble and returned it for a 10-vard touchdown.
Running back Eric Vann said Kansas tried to stick with its offensive plan.
and start focusing on the next game against Oklahoma.
Vann said the Jayhawks would have to forget the loss
and start focusing on the next game against Oklahoma.
"When you go out there and get kicked like that, you forget about it," Vann said. "You have to, or it will kill you. You can't have excuses. You have to go out there, work hard and forget about it."
Kansas plays Oklahoma Oct. 4 at Memorial Stadium.
Jayhawk offense is still unable to fly
By Kelly Cannon
By Kelly Cannon kcannon@kanson.com Kanson sportswriter
CINCINNATI — The Kansas football team's offense is not a powerhouse.
After Saturday's 34-7 loss to the University of Cincinnati, the offense was best described as inpept, Kansas football coach Terry Allen said.
"We were an incept offensive football team that continued to put pressure on our defense," Allen said. "The bottom line is that we were totally dominated by their defense, defensive scheme and the things we weren't able to do offensively to give our defense a chance."
Kansas lost 46 yards rushing and passed for 99. The Jayhawks had only
one first down in the first half, and it came with 3:56 left on the clock.
Quarterback Matt Johner was sacked five times before leaving the game in the third quarter. Johner completed two of 11 passes for 25 yards. Backup quarterback Zac Wegner was sacked once. Wegner completed four of 12 passes for 75 yards. The Jayhawks lost 37 yards because of sacks.
"It was a worst-case scenario coming into it," Allen said. "We were a little young. They just locked us up man-to-man, and we couldn't rush the football. We weren't able to execute well enough throwing the football to take the pressure off ourselves."
Turnovers also doomed the Jayhawks. Kansas fumbled the ball four times and had two passes intercepted. Cincinnati scored three touchdowns as a result of Kansas fumbles.
inept," Allen said. "Too much credit and too much blame is put on the quarterback, but it is nice to have Zac to come in. Zac did some things, but it was still a case where we were totally dominated."
"The quarterbacks are part of the offense, and the offensive team was
"You can't turn the football over that way and put that much pressure on our defense." Allen said.
"We have a little bit of a problem on the outside with speed," Allen said. "The one guy we still have who has truly
great speed is Eric Patterson, and Eric will be back for the Oklahoma game.
"It's a tough deal for those guys when they lock it up. You can't rush against the nine guys up there, and you can't get them off our backs because we weren't effective enough throwing the football."
Allen said the lack of a quick receiver also may have added to Kansas' woes.
Running back Eric Vann said Cincinnati had a formidable offense and he questioned whether there were more than 11 men on the field.
"I came over to the sidelines and said," Man, there's an extra dude out there," Vann said. "Sometimes I felt that there were 12 or 13 guys out there. Our linemen would come around, their guys would make a good initial block and there'd be some other dude sitting there free. There's not much you can do."
AP Top 25
The Top 25 teams in The Associated Press college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Saturday, total points based on 25 points for a first place vote through one point for a 25th place vote and previous ranking:
rank team rec pta pva
1. Florida(32) 3-0 1,699 3
2. Penn St (28) 3-0 1,675 1
**3.Nebraska (7)** 3-0 1,601 7
4. Florida St.(1) 3-0 1,530 5
5. N. Carolina (2) 3-0 1,475 6
6. Michigan 3-0 1,412 8
7. Ohio St. 3-0 1,287 9
8. Auburn(3) 3-0 1,180 12
9. Tennessee (1) 2-1 1,158 4
10. Washington 2-1 1,148 2
11. Iowa 3-0 1,062 13
12. Michigan St. 3-0 968 17
13. LSU 2-1 805 10
14. Virginia Tech 3-0 770 18
15. Washington St. 3-0 767 19
**16.Colorado** 1-1 725 15
17.Clemson 2-1 547 16
**18.Kansas State** 2-0 495 20
19. Georgia 3-0 444 25
20. Stanford 2-1 403 21
21. Alabama 2-1 329 11
**22.Texas A&M** 2-0 290 —
23.Bright Young 1-1 215 —
24.UCLA 1-2 181 24
25.Arizona State 2-1 177 14
Others receiving votes: Air Force 129, North Carolina State 73, Southern Miss 66, Pittsburgh 26, Wyoming 18, California 11, Colorado State 11, Oregon 11, Kansas 10, Texas 9, Oklahoma State 8, Arkansas 7, Kentucky 6, South Carolina 6, Miami 5, Southern Cal 5, Toledo 4, Boston College 1, Georgia Tech 1.
USA Today/ESPN Top 25
The Top 25 teams in the USA Today/ESPN college football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records through Saturday, total points based on 25 points for a first-place vote through one point for a 25th-place vote, and previous ranking:
rank team rec pta pvs
| team | rec | pts | pvs |
| :--- | :--- | :--- | :--- |
| 1. Florida(43) | 3-0 | 1,517 | 1 |
| 2. Penn St (14) | 3-0 | 1,478 | 2 |
| **3.Nebraska (3)** | **3-0** | **1,407** | **6** |
| 4. Florida St (1) | 3-0 | 1,372 | 5 |
| 5. N.C. Carolina (1) | 3-0 | 1,285 | 7 |
| 6. Michigan | 2-0 | 1,203 | 9 |
| 7. Ohio St. | 2-0 | 1,198 | 8 |
| 8. Auburn | 3-0 | 1,036 | 12 |
| 9. Iowa | 3-0 | 987 | 13 |
| 10. Tennessee | 2-1 | 955 | 4 |
| 11. Washington | 2-1 | 951 | 3 |
| 12. Virginia Tech | 3-0 | 851 | 14 |
| 13. Michigan St. | 2-1 | 805 | 10 |
| 14. Virginia Tech | 3-0 | 808 | 20 |
| 15.LSU | 2-1 | 674 | 10 |
| **16.Colorado** | **1-1** | **524** | **16** |
| **17.Kansas State** | **2-0** | **473** | **19** |
| **17.Texas A&M** | **2-0** | **454** | **22** |
| 19. Alabama | 2-1 | 380 | 11 |
| 20. Georgia | 3-0 | 366 | 25 |
| 21. Clemson | 2-1 | 330 | 15 |
| 21. Stanford | 2-1 | 266 | 23 |
| 23.Arizona State | 2-1 | 213 | 17 |
| 24.Brigham Young | 1-1 | 162 | — |
| 25.Air Force | 4-0 | 120 | — |
Others receiving votes: North Carolina State 79 UCLA 71,
Texas 72 Mississippi 43 Oklahoma State 35, Wyoming
35, California 21, Pittsburgh 13, Arkansas 12, Wisconsin 10,
West Virginia 9, Mississippi State 7, Uta, Miami 6, Oregon 6,
Texas Tech 5, Kansas 4, Virginia 4, Kentucky 3, Navy 2,
Toledo 2, Colorado State 1, Marshall 1, New Mexico 1, USC 1
Sophomore Amanda Reeves spikes the ball past two Georgia blockers Friday night at the annual Jayhawk Classic. The Jayhawks, who finished in second place, defeated Georgia and Louisiana Tech before falling to eventual tournament champion No. 24 Colorado State. The volleyball team's next opponent is No. 3 Nebraska at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 26 at Allen Field House. Photo by Dan Elavsky/KANSAN
Second-place tournament finish gives volleyball team confidence
By Jason Franchuk sports@kansan.com Kansan writers
Dorothy, the Wizard of Oz and Kansas volleyball coach Karen Schonewise would have been in agreement.
There's no place like home.
Especially when the Jayhawks finished 2-1 in its host tournament, the annual Jayhawk Classic.
Kansas defeated Georgia and Louisiana Tech en route to a second-place finish. No. 24 Colorado State, which defeated the Jayhawks in four sets Saturday, went 3-0 and captured the championship.
"We really improved this weekend," Schonewise said. "I think this team showed that other teams must respect us or we are very capable of beating them."
Kansas defeated Georgia Friday in a five-set nail-batter 15-12, 6-15, 5-15, 15-12 and 15-11. That may have turned the tables on a season that had Kansas 5-5 before the weekend after
With two wins in the tournament under its belt, Kansas did not appear bewildered against Colorado State. The Jayhawks lost in four sets 16-14, 15-3, 12-15 and 15-3 but came away satisfied with its two-day performance.
"Beating Georgia was definitely the turning point of our season," Schonewise said. "The team played great volleyball for five sets, and we showed the level of play we are capable of attaining."
The Jayhawks held a 14-11 lead in the first set before squandering it by hitting consecutive service errors on set points.
"We definitely weren't afraid of them, which shows the confidence this team has built." Rohde said.
three inconsistently played tournaments.
Rohde had three service aces and 10 dips in the match. A dig is a successful pass of an
"It's tough that we lost," setter Laura Rohde said. "But it's good to know that we can play at a level with the ranked teams. I think on a lot of nights our performance would be enough to win.
opponent's attack attempt.
It was Reves' fourth consecutive selection to an all-tournament team.
"Those girls had a great weekend," Schonewise said. "We're going to need more play like that this week."
Schonewite was pleased with the performances of middle blockers Maggie Mohnfield, Amanda Reves and Rohde, who were selected for the all-tournament team.
There's no rest for Kansas, which must face No. 3 Nebraska and No. 22 Colorado Friday and Saturday in its Big 12 Conference openers. The Jayhawks were picked to finish ninth in the preseason coaches' poll.
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The game Friday against the Cornhuskers will be broadcast nationally on Fox Sports Net.
"This is our chance to show the nation that we can play volleyball against anyone." Schonewise said. "We played great on national television last year (against Texas), and we would like to do the same against Nebraska."
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