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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2009
INTRAMURALS
Flag football teams finish season at Memorial Stadium
BY PAT ELAND
peland@kansan.com
Kansas' football team was in Lubbock, Texas, this weekend, but flags were all over the field back at Memorial Stadium.
The intramural flag football championships were held at Kivisto Field Saturday. Teams from the Co-Rec, Men's Rec, greek and Mens Competitive Reac联赛 played off for "Intramural Champion" T-shirts.
Saturday started with a Co-Rec championship matchup between Dirty Nasty and The Tenacious Tortfeasors at 9 a.m. The games defensive play set the tone for the rest of the day. Both teams had big-
play opportunities but let them slip through their fingertips. Dirty Nasty made an acrobatic touchdown catch and pulled ahead 6-0 at the end of the game.
"We went out there with
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said. "And that's what we did."
aid. "And thats what we did.
Next on the schedule was the Men's Rec championship of Child
Please against the Red Rockets. The game was the highest scoring matchup of the day, but it was lopsided at times. Child Please scored 20 unanswered points at the beginning of the game.
Red Rockets
"We went out there with the mindset that we were going to win. And that's what we did."
"The atmosphere made it feel like a championship game."
rowdiest fans of the day. The fans chanted and ranted throughout the entire game and gave the matchup a rivalry-game feeling. Penalties during the game added an extra edge, but Beta was able to hold a lead for the entire game and captured the victory. 14-7.
"The atmosphere made it feel
CLARK ELLIS Bucklin junior
GARRET PRATHER Wichita senior
Mitch Murrow, Lawrence junior, tries to outpace Adam Price. Garden City senior, in an effort to gain a first down on Oct. 11. The intramural flag football championships were held Saturday at Memorial Stadium.
out there with the mindset that we were going to win," Clark Ellis, Bucklin junior.
showed signs of life in the second half and scored 12 unanswered points of their own. The Rockets' comeback fell short, though, and Child Please won the game 20-12.
and Beta Theta Pi. Fans supporting both fraternities showed up in large numbers and were some of the
like a championship game," Garret Prather, Wichita senior, said. "It made it a lot of fun."
The third game of the day was the greek championship between Sigma Alpha Epsilon
The final game of the day was the Men's Rec Competitive championship between Turn Ur Swag On and the
Mooses. Three players in the game were trying for their second flag football championship of the day, Ellis; Blake Kramer, Seneca junior, and Jeff Slater, Lansing senior, all played for Dirty Nasty in Co-Rec league earlier in the day and came back to play for the Mooses of the Men's Competitive league.
Jerry Wang/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Kramer said that the Men's Competitive championship was the game they had been looking forward to playing in, because of the high level of competition.
The game did not turn out quite
as well as he had hoped though. Turn Ur Swag On was able to jump out to a quick lead and ride it until the end of the game with a final
"We were, pretty excited for the chance to get two wins inside Memorial Stadium," Ellis said. "But
score of 13-6.
we were more excited just to get to play there, and we were happy that we still got one shirt."
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his teams includes defense, mental toughness and stealing extra possessions.
"I believe that to be the identity of winning teams," Self said. "I don't see that being our identity just yet."
The team has spent only two weeks on defense so this will be the first showcasing of its talent. Sophomore guard Tyshawn Taylor is prepared to commit on the defensive end.
"We already know we can score because we have scorers on our team," he said, "so I think playing defense and stopping guys from scoring on us is something Coach will definitely look for."
"We've started to get into it — get tough and physical minded to defense," he said. "I don't think we're fully there yet, but we've gotten into it."
The coaches will be watching how well the freshmen can grasp the defense. Kansas' promising under-classman, freshman guard Xavier Henry, said there was a lot of play terminology and mental discipline involved in the Jayhawk defense.
The Kansas and Fort Hays State series started in 1994. Kansas is 6-0 all time against Fort Hays, including three exhibitions. The last meeting of the two teams was an exhibition in 2007 when Kansas won 93-56. The Jayhawks scored in the '90s all but once against the Tigers.
Fort Hays returns five letter winners from the past year, a year in which the team went 20-9. Senior forward Tim Peintner is the top returning scorer with 12.3 points
COLLINS, ALDRICH
NAMED PRESEASON
ALL AMERICANS
The Associated Press announced their preseason All-America team Tuesday featuring Kansas' Cole Aldrich and Sherron Collins.
Notre Dame's Luke Harangody led the way with 57 votes from 65 voters. Aldrich received 49 votes and Collins received 39. Finishing out the All-America team were Kentucky's Patrick Patterson (35 votes) and Duke's Kyle Singler (30 votes).
The news took the junior center by surprise.
"That's the first I've heard about it so far," Aldrich said. "I don't even know what to say. It's a huge honor. And like Sherron and I have said before, it's just a reflection of our team and how well our team helps us out a lot."
These days, wherever Aldrich goes, Collins is right there and vice-versa. Every award, be it the Naismith Watch List, Big 12 Preseason Player of the Year or the Preseason All-Big 12 Team, they are mentioned at the top
Their relationship blossomed over the summer so much so Aldrich said he considered Collins the "girlfriend" and himself as the "quy"
Collins had to pause after hearing that metaphor.
"I don't know how that sounds," he said. "I'll say I'm like his big little brother."
The relationship is comfortable enough to joke about, said Aldrich. It is good comic relief for the team as well.
"Like I said, he's a big goofball," Collins said. "He's always joking and we get a laugh out of him every time."
On a more serious note, head coach Bill Self still has some issues with the Jayhawks as a team. But when it comes to the individuals of Aldrich and Collins, there's no one else he'd rather coach.
"I don't think we've as a group practiced to our ranking and individually haven't played up to the things people are saying about us." Self said. "But I think you'd be very hard pressed to find two better players in the country than those two."
— Corey Thibodeaux
per game and also led the team with
7.1 per game per last year.
The game starts at 7 p.m. at Allen Fieldhouse and will be televised on Jayhawk TV. Following the game,
the Jayhawks will be out of action until their Nov. 10 against Pittsburg State.
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Weston White/KANSAN FILE PHOTO
Senior guard Sherron Collins drives to the basket to put Kansas up 58-53 with 4:10 left on the clock. Collins was named to the All-America team Tuesday,
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game. And Reeing undoubtedly struggled, throwing for just 181 yards and fumbling twice.
But Mangino made it a point Monday to reiterate that the loss didn't fall solely on Reesing's shoulders.
Kansas' problems started up front with the offensive line, a group that had appeared to take a step forward after the fifth game of the season against Iowa State. If so, the unit took two steps backward on Saturday.
The offensive line allowed six sacks and failed to consistently open running lanes for either of Kansas'
"The offensive line was progressing well," Mangino said. "But they have kind of flattened out or even regressed a little here."
running backs.
Mangino said the layhawks had five dropped passes against the Red Raiders, and senior wide receiver Kerry Meier fumbled deep in Kansas territory, setting up a Texas Tech touchdown.
Kansas' receivers, an experienced group expected to be the strength of the offense, struggled severely against Texas Tech.
And the problems didn't stop there.
"I think the least of his worries need to be about coming out of a game. He is going to focus on getting himself better and getting back into sync."
The offense's inability to consistently score has developed into a glaring trend during Kansas' past three games. In that stretch, the Jayhawks have been plagued by turnovers and an inability to execute.
"Dropping the ball, there's no excuse for that," Mangino said. "We've had some key drops in games that have set us back."
Still, to silence even the slightest stirring of a quarterback controversy, Mangino said that Reesing would start this Saturday at Kansas State.
And at least one Kansas player doesn't see any problems in Mangino's sentiment taking form on Saturday.
"The offense is going to get it right," senior linebacker Arist Wright said. "Trust me, they're going to get it right. They're going to get it right because they're champions. They have heart, too."
"I don't see any problems with him about anything." Mangino said.
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Bolt was joined on the trip by Colin Jackson, a former 110-meter hurdles Olympic champion, and Jochen Zeitz, the chief executive of athletic gear manufacturer Puma. Zietz made the visit to launch his charity's campaign to preserve ecosystems.
The Jamaican sprinter's sponsorship of the three-month-old male cheetah is part of an effort to boost Kenyan conservation efforts of its famous wildlife, whose survival is threatened by trophy hunting, climate change and human encroachment.
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Jackson adopted a 2-yearold eland, the largest of the antelope species.
TRACK & FIELD World's fastest sprinter adopts baby cheetah
The money will go to the Kenya Wildlife Service, and some will be used to protect Kenya's endangered species, KWS director Julius Kipngetich said.
NAIROBL, Kenya — The world's fastest man adopted the animal kingdom's fastest sprinter Monday, as Usain Bolt welcomed a new baby cheetah named "Lightning Bolt" into his life.
Lighting Bolt is among three cubs rescued by KWS officials after their mother abandoned them in a game park.
The world record-holder in the 100 and 200 meters paid $13,700 to formally adopt the cub. He will also pay $3,000 a year to care for Lighting Bolt,
Associated Press
who will be raised at an animal orphanage in Nairobi.
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