THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY NOVEMBER 9 2009
SPORTS
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BIG 12 FOOTBALL
Baylor upsets Mizzou, 40-32
BY CLARK GOBLE cgoble@kansan.com
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Nebraska's Matt O'Hanlon (33) intercepts a pass intended for Oklahoma's Dejuan Miller (24) in the second half of their NCAA college football game in Lincoln, Neb., Saturday. O'Hanlon had three of Nebraska's five interceptions against Landry Jones.
COLORADO 35,
TEXAS A&M 34
Despite being sacked eight times, Colorado quarterback Tyler Hansen led the Buffaloes comeback and surprised the Aggies.
Hansen threw for 271 yards and the go-ahead touchdown to Patrick Devenny with 2.04 left in the fourth quarter.
The Buffaloes found themselves down 14 points at halftime and on the way to their fourth consecutive loss in Big 12 play. However, carried by running back Rodney Stewart, Colorado came storming back.
Texas A&M still needs a victory to become bowl eligible.
TEXAS 35,
UCF 3
Central Florida led 3-0 in the second quarter, until Texas scored 35 unanswered points to cruise to victory. Senior quarterback Colt McCoy threw for 470 yards and two touchdowns.
Senior receiver Jordan Shipley caught 11 passes for a school record 273 yards. His 88-yard reception was the second longest completion in McCov's career.
It took the Longhorns offense awhile to get started but Cody Johnson rushed for two touchdowns in the second quarter and Texas took a 14-3 lead into halftime.
Baylor quarterback Nick Florence threw for a school record 427 yards and three touchdowns and ran for another in Baylor's upset against Missouri.
Missouri quarterback Blaine
Gabbert wasn't a slouch in the passing game, however. He threw for 468 yards and two touchdowns in the loss. Receiver Danario Alexander caught 13 balls for 214 vards and the two touchdowns.
Baylor had gone 26 games without a 300-yard passing game. Florence's output broke the school record set by Blake Szymanski in 2007 against Rice.
OKLAHOMA STATE 34,
IOWA STATE 8
The Cowboys picked up 331 yards on the ground and held the Cyclones to just 54 in a dominating performance Saturday.
Oklahoma State running back Keith Toston tushed for 206 yards and three touchdowns on 25 carries. All of his scores came in the second half.
Toston is filling in for usual starter Kendall Hunter, who picked up 47 yards on 9 carries in limited action. He is returning from a sprained ankle suffered in the second week of the season.
Iowa State quarterback Austen
Arnaud returned after missing two
games with an injured throwing hand but didn't provide the spark coach Paul Rhoades hoped he would. Arnaud finished 14 of 27 for 188 yards and three interceptions.
NEBRASKA 10,
OKLAHOMA 3
Nebraska didn't need much offense thanks to its dominating defense, which carried it to a much-needed victory against Oklahoma.
The Huskers' defense intercepted five passes from Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones and used an interception return to set up a field goal. Matt O'Hanlon had three interceptions by himself.
Oklahoma failed to score a touchdown for the first time since a 29-0 loss to Texas A&M in 1998. Nebraska beat Oklahoma for the first time since 2001.
Note: Information gathered from Associated Press reports.
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— Edited by Alicia Banister
Whole team rallies to bring home second dual victory
SWIMMING AND DIVING
BY CHRISTIAN LUCERO
clucero@kansan.com
The Kansas swimming and diving team finished up the fall dual season with a secondstraight victory: the latest a 161-76 final against Drury University Saturday.
"I could not be happier with how our team is improving every week," senior captain Carrah Haley said. "I know from individual experience that it takes time to see rewards from hard work."
Kansas finished in first place in 10 events total and four Jayhawks won two events each. The victories showed improved balance: both upperclassman and freshman earned recognition.
Freshman Rebecca Swank got the top spot in the 1,000-yard and 500-yard freestyle events. Swank said the underclassmen would play a bigger role in the future.
Senior captain Emily Lanteigne placed first in the 200-yard and 100-yard freestyle events. Junior captain Joy Bunting placed first in the 400-yard IM and the 100-yard breaststroke.
"After the first couple of meets, we weren't as nervous, especially the freshmen," Swank said.
"Yesterday was a good step for us, it definitely moved us closer to everyone's expectations."
Illnesses and injuries prevented the whole team from practicing together early in the season. But the team worked past these challenges. This was another key in the Kansas turnaround, Haley said.
"I am so proud of how the team is doing, we get knocked down and we get right back up." Haley said. "We continue to train hard even with all the sickness and other adversities, with two-a-day practices four or five days a week, we are becoming one tough team."
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Swank agreed. She said a steady week of practice before the dual was a big part of Kansas' success.
"We had been a lot more con sistent in attending practices, a lot of people have been out sick," Swank said. "We had a good week of training coming in."
Sophomore Stephanie Payne said team cohesion has helped with having a younger team.
Sophhore Shannon Garlie competes in the 200 yard backstroke event. Garlie placed second in her heat with a time of 212.05.
"It's not hard to find leadership in our team because all of the upperclassman have stepped up and taken their own role in guiding the underclassman," Payne
said. "I often forget there are 13 newcomers because after spending so much time with the team, we're more like a family rather than separate classes."
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— Edited by Brenna M. T. Daldorph
COLLEGE FOOTBALL
Oklahoma, Notre Dame out of Top 25
ASSOCIATED PRESS
On Sunday, the Sooners and Cardinal sort of swapped places.
NEW YORK — Over the past decade, Oklahoma has rarely been out of the AP Top 25 and Stanford has rarely been in.
Oklahoma dropped out of the college football poll for the first time since 2005, and No. 25-Stanford moved into the rankings for the first time since 2001.
The first six spots were held by major college football's six unbeaten teams, with Florida, Texas and Alabama making up
the top three for the second consecutive week. Florida received 39 first-place votes, Texas received 10 and Alabama 11.
TCU moved up two spots to No. 4, bumping No. 5 Cincinnati and No. 6 Boise State back a spot.
The top six in the BCS standings were the same as the AP Top 25, except Alabama was second in the BCS standings and Texas was in third.
Oklahoma had managed to stay in the rankings this season while losing three close games without star quarterback Sam Bradford, but Saturday's 10-3
loss at Nebraska dropped the Sooners to 5-4 and out of the media poll.
Since 2000, the '05 season had been the only one in which Oklahoma spent any time unranked. The Sooners lost two games early and were out of the rankings from mid-September until the final poll. Oklahoma won its bowl game and finished 8-4 that season.
Notre Dame and California also dropped out after losses.
The rest of the top 10 is Georgia Tech at No.7, followed by Pittsburgh, Ohio State and LSU.
NFL
Jacksonville comes back after losing to Tennessee last week; Kansas City remains the only team without a rushing touchdown this season
Chiefs fall to Jaguars after late push in fourth quarter
ASSOCIATED PRESS
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Jacksonville Jaguars are getting good at bouncing back from embarrassing losses.
David Garrard threw for 264 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown to Mike Sims-Walker, and the
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Jaguars rebounded from a lopsided loss at Tennessee with a 24-21 victory against Kansas City on Sunday. The Jaguars (4-4), up and down all season, responded in similar fashion following losses to Arizona and Seattle in the playoffs.
Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Matt Cassel, top, is sacked in the second quarter by Jacksonville Jaguars defensive end Julius Williams during an NFL football game Sunday in Jacksonville, Fla.
The latest one came after coach Jack Del Rio ripped his team's defensive effort in a 30-13 loss at the Titans, calling it "insulting, ugly and embarrassing." He considered putting his players in live tackling drills, but settled for an intense, full-pads practice.
Seattle earlier this season
Jaguars coach Jack Del Rio called his team's defensive effort, "insulting, ugly and embarrassing."
It worked, at least against Kansas City (1-7). Playing without running back Larry Johnson, the Chiefs managed little offense until late in the fourth quarter.
He also switched back to a 4-3 defense scheme
Chambers, claimed off waivers Tuesday from San Diego, caught a 54-yard TD pass with 2:32 to play. Placekicker Ryan Succop recovered an onside kick, Cassel hooked up with Dwayne Bowe for 36 yards and then Cassel found Chambers near the sideline for a 5-year score.
But Jaguars fullback Greg Jones recovered the ensuing onside kick, and Maurice Jones-Drew sealed the victory
With left tackle Branden Albert and center Rudy Niswanger back in the lineup, Matt Cassel threw for 262 yards and two scores — both to newcomer Chris Chambers.
The Chiefs made the 2-point conversion, cutting the lead to 24-21 with a little more than a minute to play.
Chambers finished with three catches for 70 yards. Bowe had four receptions for 74 yards. Charles, starting in place of Johnson, finished with 36 yards on six carries.
Cassel threw for 262 yards and two scores, both to newcomer Chris Chambers, who had practiced just twice before yesterday's game.
Jones-Drew had 97 yards rushing and a touchdown. Sims-Walker caught six passes for 147 yards.
with a first-down run.
Kansas City remains the only team in the NFL, without a touchdown rushing.
Until Chambers got hot late, punter Dustin Colquitt had the team's three top highlights. He had a 70-yard punt, a 59-yarder, and tackled Rashean
Mathis by the dreadlocks after the Jacksonville cornerback returned a failed 56-yard field goal on the final play of the first half.
Rashad Jennings ran 28 yards for the first touchdown of his career.
Jarret Dillard made an impressive 33-yard catch on a third-and-13 play. Mike Thomas had an 18-yard run, then added a 44-yard punt return. Sims-Walker slipped down the sideline for his TD catch that made it 14-6 late in the second quarter, then added a 45-yard reception that set up Josh Scobee's
Jones-Drew capped Jacksonville's scoring with a 10-yard run, making it 24-6. Teammates pushed him the final few yards across the goal line for his 11th touchdown rushing of the season.
27-yard field goal in the third.
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