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REESING (CONTINUED FROM 10A)
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"That's his personality," offensive coordinator Ed Warinner said. "He enjoys playing. He's very competitive and having fun is part of his deal. He's not a guy that is over-analytical and real stoic. He wears his emotions on his sleeve. And that's good for us."
Reesing has not been perfect at Kansas.
Senior quarterback Todd Reeing stands on the sidelines after being pulled by coach Mark Mangino during last Saturday's 42-21 loss to Texas Tech. Reeing was named Academic First Team All-District 7 football team by ESPN The Magazine.
But Reesing has always found a way to quickly bounce back from such letdowns, and he has always delivered in the big moments.
That's what makes his current stretch of turnover-plagued football so puzzling.
"I haven't had too many back-to-back games where I've played like that." Reesing said.
Two years ago, after breezing through an easy non-conference play, Reeing led Kansas into Kansas State's Bill Snyder Family Stadium with something to prove. Back then the common criticism was that Kansas hadn't played any
good teams.
And though the circumstances between the years are drastically different, Kansas' obiective is not.
The layhawks spent the week backing themselves into a corner, reiterating that the only people who truly matter are the ones who sit inside Kansas' locker room.
"Any time people start ripping apart everything they helped build up or everything they loved about different players, when they start tearing them down and start questioning their skill level — any time starts questioning that, sooner or later it's going to get to that player," senior safety Darrell Stuckey said.
"Sooner or later that player is going to look in the mirror and say, 'Am I really that person? Am I really self-destructing?' Sooner or later it's going to hurt. But it feels so much better when you defeat that adversity."
Kansas enters tomorrow with a three-game winning streak against Kansas State. Last season the Jayhawks thoroughly defeated the Wildcats 52-21 in a game that all but ended Ron Prince's tenure as Kansas State's head coach.
In a twist that strayed from what many predicted entering the season, though, Bill Snyder has the Wildcats perched atop the Big 12 North standings in his first season back at Kansas State.
"They've got a lot of momentum going and we're trying to find some," Reesing said. "We're trying to resurrect ourselves on offense the last couple of weeks."
Perhaps nobody is trying more
so than Reesing.
Senior quarterback Todd Reesing and junior linebacker Drew Dudley were named to the
"He wants to go out and prove people wrong," senior wide receiver Kerry Meier said. "And that's what he's going to go out and try to do."
REESING, DUDLEY EARN
ACADEMIC HONOR
REESING, MANGINO DISCUSS BENCHING
With seven minutes left in Kansas' 42-21 loss to Texas Tech on Saturday, senior quarterback Todd Reesing remained on the sideline while freshman quarterback Kale Picked logged to take his spot.
The decision to bench Reesing created a stir in the days following the game, and coach Mark Mangino addressed the issue again Tuesday.
"I think you guys (media) make it a big deal." Mangino said. "It is not a big deal. When you look at the circumstances and what had taken place over a period of time, it was the appropriate thing to do."
Reesing,however,hada
slightly different take on the situation.
"It was a big deal to me," Reesing said. "It is what it is. It's his decision. I am still the starting quarterback here. There is no doubt about that. The job is not up for grabs."
ESPN The Magazine Academic First Team All-District 7 football team, it was announced Thursday.
Reeing said that he hadn't talked to Mangino about his benching, but he did discuss it with offensive coordinator Ed Warriner, who is also Kansas' quarterbacks coach.
"Any time one of your best players isn't playing as well as they've played over a long period of time, that's difficult," Warriner said. "I coach him so I take a lot of responsibility for that, too. It's hard for both him and I to go through a stretch like the last couple games."
Reeing holds a 3.64 grade point average as a double-major in finance and economics.
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Dudley has earned a 3.67 cumulative grade point average in civil engineering.
Engelman may have benefited the most from the lead, logging 12 of her 16 minutes in the second half.
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— Edited by Megan Morriss
"I think for my first game, I did all right." Engelman said. "I just took it as a learning experience."
Engelman said that she got a little anxious in her debut, forcing some shots that
a different atmosphere."
No matter who is in there, starters or reserves, a main focus will
"The pace is obviously completely different. There's a lot more people here. It's a different atmosphere."
be on playing consistently solid defense.
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he normally would never take "The pace is obviously completely different." Engelman said. "There's a lot more people here. It's
"Before you can even think about offense, you need to play defense," Sutherland said.
Kansas will be all business this Sunday. This one counts more than it shows.
"It prepares us and makes it more game-like," Henrickson said.
- Edited by Jonathan Hermes
KEY TO THE GAME Offensive rebounds
The Jayhawks out rebounded Pittsburg State by a 50-39 margin. The problem with that statistic, though, is that only 14 of the 50 rebounds came from the offensive glass. Coach Bonnie Henrickson and her team viewed this area as an advantage going in to the game against Pittsburg State. The Jayhawks should have ample opportunity to get things turned around against a small line up from Emporia State.
KEEP AN EYE ON Krysten Boogaard
Boogaard, junior center, was quiet in the first half of her 2009-2010 preseason debut. She didn't even attempt a shot from the field. She turned it up a little in the second half to finish four of five shots from the field for a total of thirteen points. Boogaard has a chance to put up big numbers against Emporia State line up. She has a three-inch advantage against their tallest players. At the very least, she has an excellent chance to improve upon the two rebounds she grabbed against Pitt State.
WHAT TO WATCH FOR
WHAT TO WATCH FOR Emporia State's senior guard Cassandra Boston
When the Hornets and the Jayhawks last met two years ago, Boston lit the Jayhawks up for 29 points. Her contributions almost led to a stunning upset as Kansas barely snuck out a ten point overtime victory against their in-state foes. As the rematch looms this Sunday, the Hornets will enter Allen Fieldhouse with a number seven national rankings in the Division II coaches poll, thanks in large part to the talent of
Boston. The Jayhawks will hope to contain the stellar senior athlete by trying to force her, a strong right-handed player, to go left more often than not.
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Logan Couture scored his first NHL goal for San Jose. Evgeni Nabokov stopped 35 shots.
DETROIT — Pavel Datsyuk and Henrik Zetterberg scored in the shootout to lift the Detroit Red Wings to a 2-1 win over San Jose.
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Canadiens beat Bruins in shutout
BY JIMMY GOLEN Associated Press
BOSTON — Patrice Bergeron's goal with 52 seconds left in regulation helped the Bruins avoid a historic third straight shutout, but Michael Camalleri scored in the shootout to give the Montreal Canadiens a 2-1 victory over Boston on Thursday night.
Boston had not scored in 192 minutes, 6 seconds, dating to Vladimir Sobotka's goal at 7:02 of the third period against Edmonton on Saturday. The Bruins had not been shut out in three straight games since Eddie Shore and the 1928-29 squad scored just once over five games from Feb. 2-14, 1929.
That team went on to earn Boston's first Stanlev Cup title
The Bruins were less than a minute away from matching the ignominious feat when Bergeron, with goalie Tim Thomas pulled for an extra attacker, stuffed the
rebound of Zdeno Chara's shot past Carey Price.
more than a month, but he failed to earn his first shutout in more than a year. Thomas made 25 saves, giving up only Glen Metropolit's first-period goal and Cammalleri's in the shootout.
in the 700th game between the archrivals, Price stopped 42 Boston shots for his first win in
It was still 1-0 with 2:25 left in the second period when Marco Sturm put the puck on Price's stick and Bergeron, trailing the play.
The Bruins had not been shut out in three straight games since Eddie Shore and the 1928-29 squad scored just once over five games...
Bergeron, who also had a goal disallowed in the second period, couldn't convert in the shootout. When Mark Recchi was also stopped, Price had his first win since the second game of the season.
poked it in. The goal was put on the board but disallowed after the video review.
The Bruins were 0 for 3 on the power play, extending that
scoreleast streak to 20 advantages over seven games; they are last in the NHL in the power play.
NOTES: Montreal's Ryan White, who had an assist in the first period, and Tom Pyatt both played their first NHL games. ... Thomas
took a puck off the goal line for a save with 11:35 left in the second, and it held up under review. ...
Montreal had allowed at least one power-play goal in each of its previous five games. ... Thomas' outlet pass sent the Bruins on a 3-on-1 break in the first period. Jaroslav Spacek helped break it up, but went into the boards and was slow to get up.
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DENVER — The Colorado Rockies agreed Thursday to an $850,000, one-year contract with right-hander Matt Belisle and a $650,000, one-year deal with left-hander Randy Flores.
Belisle can earn an additional $225,000 based on games pitched: $25,000 each for 55, 60 and 65, and $75,000 each for 70 and 75. In addition, he can earn $200,000 for games finished: $25,000 each for 40 and 45, and $50,000 each for 50, 55 and 60.
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