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QUOTE OF THE DAY
"You win some, lose some and wreck some."
- Dale Earnhardt
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FACT OF THE DAY
Source: Kansas Athletics
Before coach Mark Mangino joined Kansas football, the Jayhawks won just five of their previous 60 games against ranked teams.
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How many games has Kansas won against ranked competition under Mangino?
TRIVIA OF THE DAY
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COLLEGE FOOTBALL Pac-10 officials respond to referee call error
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WALNUT CREEK, Calif. — The Pacific-10 Conference says its officials erred in not calling a penalty on Notre Dame for a fake field goal in last Saturday's game between the Fighting Irish and USC.
The Trojans won the game 34-27.
The trick play resulted in a 25-yard gain that set up Notre Dame's first touchdown.
Dave Cutia, the Pac-10's coordinator of officials, says a foul should have been called for using substitutions to deceive. The Fighting Irish should have been pushed back 15 yards and the down repeated.
Notre Dame coach Charlie Weis would not talk specifically about the Pac-10's assertion that a penalty should have been called. He did say that he let officials know before the game that he intended to use the "kitchen sink" as far as plays.
Associated Press
Where is the love for the NBA?
MORNING BREW
The NBA: Where no one caring happens.
For most basketball fans, the regular season doesn't start until Kansas plays Hofstra Nov. 13. But for a smaller audience, that opening day is Oct. 27, the start of the NBA season.
The NBA doesn't necessarily get people ecstatic about basketball like the NCAA does, especially in a college town like Lawrence. Whether it's a lack of respect, a personal bias or the absence of a legitimate home team, the NBA is unjustifiably losing its luster.
People argue all the time against professional basketball because there is a lack of teamwork and the players are just in it for the cash. The money issue is partly true — because its their job. People have jobs to make money and who can fault them for getting compensated for their hard work?
The bottom line is, nobody can say with conviction that NBA players are selfish and showboaters. It is also argued that college players play as a team and play solid defense because they aren't tainted by the dollar signs. When a
For the record, they do play defense in the NBA. In an 82 game season, wear and tear makes it difficult to play gritty defense all the time. Basketball is a more physical sport than some people realize. Besides, even on a good defensive day, a better offense can beat the better defense, one-on-one.
That's where the "team" portion comes into play. Kobe Bryant knows if he doesn't get his teammates involved, the entire opposing defense will key off on him and make life difficult. As good as he is, he needs to divert defenses on others to be successful. And success is not measured in points per game.
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College sports are great to watch. But the discrepancy between talent on some of these teams is tremendous and it makes defenses look better than they are. It's easy to blow a team out of the water when it is your age and nowhere near as skilled or athletic as your队. Join professional basketball, and everyone is big, everyone is powerful and suddenly you don't look so dominant.
Of course, there are beasts straight from college making an impact in the NBA such as Derrick Rose and Kevin Love. But out of all the players who played in college and actually made it to the NBA, the ratio is quite small.
The NBA ratings on television are terrible, the company is negatively affected by the economy and some of the most athletically gifted athletes of all time are being
overlooked. Our generation is blessed to have the talent we have today — LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Dwight Howard. We need to watch these guys while we have the chance.
In lieu of both college and professional basketball seasons starting up, it's time to get some school pride circulating.
FRIDAY YOUTUBE SESH
Edited by Jonathan Hermes
Have you ever wondered where premier NBA center Dwight Howard would have spent his college career had he not made the jump from high school? Searching "Dwight Howard Jayhawk" may give us a clue.
SOCCER
Jayhawks feed on intensity for game
Kansas must beat Nebraska, and NCAA's leading scorer, for chance at Big 12 tournament
BY JOEL PETTERSON
jpetterson@ku.edu
The situation for the Jayhawks this weekend couldn't be much clearer — they must win. At ninth place in the Big 12, one slot behind the cut-off for the Big 12 tournament, the team doesn't have room for error in its last three regular season games.
"We've got to win on Friday; there no doubt about it," said coach Mark Francis.
Winning on Friday means taking down Nebraska (9-3-4 overall, 3-2-2 in the Big 12), the fourthranked team in the conference. The Cornhuskers will bring with them the NCAA's leading scorer. Freshman Morgan Marlborough has 21 goals this season — 1.31 per game — and seven goals in conference play.
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Kansas (10-6-1 overall, 2-5 in Big 12) is certainly aware of the freshman and Nebraska's high-pressure offense, which ranks third in the nation with 53 goals.
"They play high-pressure up top, and they play really aggressive all over the field," senior defender Estelle Johnson said. "But we've dealt with a lot of really good forwards already, so we'll be fine."
Senior midfielder Monica Dolinsky cuts a ball past a Texas Tech defender in the attacking half Friday afternoon. The Jayhawks defeated the Red Raiders 3-2 with two goals from freshman Whitney Berry and one from Shelby Williamson.
Kansas also has the advantage of remaining at home this weekend. Nebraska hasn't won a Big 12 away game this year. However, the Cornhuskers will most likely be riding a wave of confidence after taking down No. 14 Texas A&M last weekend 2-1.
Senior goalkeeper Julie Hanley said the defense has been preparing for Nebraska's direct style of play by focusing on long balls and crosses into the penalty area, something that has given Kansas trouble several times this year.
"It's been really intense. Everybody's just really frustrated," said Johnson.
The lajhawks will more likely feed on a sense of urgency than confidence. The team is in a three-way tie with two other teams at the bottom of the conference with six points (teams receive three points for a win and one point for a tie). Players
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frustrated as four out of its five conference losses have been by just one goal. To gain a spot in the Big 12 tournament, Kansas will need to at least make up a three-point deficit to Oklahoma State, the eight-ranked team. Playing all three of its final games at home will make the task easier, but there are no guarantees.
said the intensity in practice has noticeably increased this week.
"We know that we have to win every single game to put ourselves in a good position to even
make the Big 12 tournament," said Johnson. "There's a lot of tension about that, but we're just taking it one game at a time."
The team has reason to be
Edited by Abbey Strusz
THIS WEEK IN KANSAS ATHLETICS
FRIDAY
BEST PLACE TO TAKE YOUR PARENTS
Soccer
vs. Nebraska,
3 p.m.
Tennis
KU Tournament,
All day
Swimming Arkansas/Florida, Fayetteville, Ark., 2 p.m.
SATURDAY
Volleyball vs. Missouri, 7:30 p.m.
Football vs. Oklahoma, 2:30 p.m.
Tennis
KU Tournament,
All day
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SUNDAY
Soccer vs. Iowa State,
1 p.m.
Tennis
KU Tournament,
All day
"Our players are really looking forward to our 2010 schedule," Price said in a prepared statement. "It's going to be one of the toughest in America, but we're looking forward to some of the special places we get to play"
Baseball coach Ritch Price announced his team's 2010 schedule Thursday, which has the team playing 30 games against 2009 NCAA tournament teams — including defending national champion LSU.
BASEBALL
Coach announces busy
2010 schedule for team
Kansas will play 13 games against teams ranked in Baseball America's 2009 final Top 25 poll. In addition to 25 games at Hoglund Ballpark, Kansas will play at Kauffman Stadium for the annual Border Showdown against Missouri April 21 and will travel to Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Neb. in what will be the historic stadium's final year of existence.
For the first time since 2002, Kansas opens the season at home with a three-game series against Eastern Michigan Feb. 19-21 before wrapping up its first homestand with its annual game against Wichita State Feb. 23.
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Kansas will also participate in the Peoria Spring Training Classic in Peoria, Ariz., the spring training home of the Seattle Mariners. Kansas' Big 12 series opener will be at Baylor, March 26-28.
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