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2B SPORTS
THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2009
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Don't let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do."
John Wooden
FACT OF THE DAY
Kansas' average attendance of 50,392 at home football games is on pace for the second-best mark in school history.
Kansas Athletics
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
Q: What season experienced the highest-ranked attendance average?
A: 2008 with 50,907.
— Kansas Athletics
NHL
Flyers beat Senators for fifth-straight victory
PHILADELPHIA — Ray Emery made 22 saves in his first start against his former team, and Danny Briere scored two goals to help the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Ottawa Senators 5-1 on Thursday night for their fifth-straight victory.
Blair Betts, James Van Riemsdyk and Darroll Powe also scored for the Flyers, Jeff Carter, Kimmo Timonen, and Chris Pronger each added two assists.
Mike Fisher scored for Ottawa. The Senators have lost two straight and four of their last six games.
Emery was with Ottawa for five seasons (three as a regular), but was cut loose after the 2007-08 season, the year after he led the Senators to the Stanley Cup finals. He played in Russia last season.
Ottawa's Pascal Leclaire also stopped 22 shots.
Betts scored his first goal to put Philadelphia ahead on a power play at 9:34 of the second period.
Associated Press
MORNING BREW
Predictions ruin season's thrill
Will the layhawks win the national championship this season?
Where is LeBron going to sign in 2010? How high will Sam Bradford be drafted?
These questions don't have answers yet, but we keep asking, seemingly everyday. We know the exact time and location where the results will be revealed, yet we keep trying to solve the mystery for ourselves.
Sports are unscripted and enigmatic. The thrill is the not knowing; the satisfaction (or disappointment) is the final outcome.
The amount of exposure and energy exerted on predictions could go to better use. For our own sake and sanity, let us enjoy the games as they happen and not get caught up in the constant fortune-teller mentality. Predictions are meant to be fun, but they are getting out of hand.
Look at a league like the NFL right now. Every week, panelists are considering Super Bowl match-ups and who has the best chance to go undefeated.
First off, no one is going undefeated because no one has a team remotely like the 1972 Dolphins or the 2007 Patriots. Secondly, it would be nice to get through at least 12 games of the season before we crown paper champions. Who knows what will happen to the Saints, Vikings or Colts at that time.
Remember when the Giants were the best team? That was around week three, and now they
could miss the playoffs. Time is wasted overanalyzing a 5-0 start
And maybe the media are at fault here.
LeBron James recently told the media he is done talking about the 2010 free agency period and speculation of what team he may or not may sign with. Good for him. We still have more than 70 games to go this season. Just focus on the next game, please
Again, making predictions is fine, just not to the degree it has evolved into. Literally, right after college kids get drafted, they look at the next class and rank them. There are so many variables that I guarantee no one can ever be even remotely accurate.
Sporting events are unique in this situation. There aren't nearly as many people openly predicting outcomes of cinematic content, for example. I've never seen movie critics guess at the ending
of a movie before its release. The fun of watching is enjoying the ride. We should treat our sports the same way.
When we get caught up in everyday "what ifs", it's easy to miss the "what is."
Sports are unscripted master pieces. Just watch.
Follow Corey Thibodeaux at twitter.com/c_thibodeaux
Edited by Abbey Strusz
Touchdown landing
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Houston Texans running back Steve Slaton goes in for a 1-yard touchdown during the fourth quarter of an NFL football game against the Indianapolis Colts in Indianapolis on Sunday.
Indianapolis won 20-17.
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NHL
Blackhawks win over Avalanche in shootout
CHICAGO — Patrick Sharp scored in the third shootout round Wednesday night, lifting the Chicago Blackhawks to a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche — the third straight game between the teams decided in a tiebreaker.
It was the first time the teams didn't need to go to extended shootouts. Chicago won in nine rounds on Oct. 10, and Colorado won in eight last Friday.
area native who played three seasons for the Blackhawks, made 37 saves in regulation and overtime and turned aside Patrick Kane's shootout attempt. But he was beaten by Jonathan Toews in the first shootout round and then couldn't stop Sharp's backhander over his glove.
Craig Anderson, a Chicago
Huet made 25 saves for the Blackhawks, who have won five consecutive home games. Chicago outshot Colorado 19-3 in the third period and overtime.
Associated Press
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
FRIDAY
Men's Basketball vs. Hofstra, 7 p.m.
SATURDAY
AY Football vs. Nebraska 2:30 p.m.
Volleyball vs. Baylor, 11 a.m.
Cross Country NCAA Regional Championships, Springfield, MO
Women's Basketball vs. Oral Roberts, 2 p.m.
SUNDAY
FISHING REPORT
Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks reported Thursday the following conditions for Clinton Lake fishing.
CRAPPIE are slow between 0.5 and 1.5 pounds. Crappie are being caught over brushpiles on minnows or jigs about 1.5 to 20 feet below the surface and fish are also being taken off deep-water rocky areas.
WHITE BASS are fair between 0.5 and 1 pound. Anglers are catching fish trolling crankbaits off points and the COE swimming beach.Casting and retrieving jigs in coves and vertically fishing jigs for crappie have also produced white bass.
TROUT are good at 0.5 pounds. Lake Henry received another load of trout last week. Cleos, castmasters, roostertails, power bait and minnows under bobber have produced fish.
WIPER are fair between 2 and 4 pounds trolling crankbaits off points and the dam.
— Stephen Montemayor
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