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13. 5 sacks last season. They were usually non-factors in games against spread offenses. They simply didn't create much pressure.
That wasn't the case against UTEP on Saturday when the defensive line totaled six sacks.
"In my opinion, I think we are a lot better than we were in the past," Wheeler said. "And I think tonight proved that. Everybody better watch out because the d-line is coming."
Entering the season, Mangino made no secret that Kansas needed to enhance its pass rush. But with the Jayhawks bringing back many of the same faces from last season's unit, any talk of improvement seemed more wishful than realistic.
But playing with a deep and experienced group, Kansas' defensive line has adequately fulfilled its responsibilities so far.
"It's not something
"This is a pullquote, it can be from 2 to 6 lines. This is a pullquote, it can be from 2 to 6 lines."
SOMEBODY SOMEONE this is a job
that just happened over night." Mangino said.
intensity and understanding of position.
Throughout the offseason, players praised first-year defensive line coach Tom Sims for his
And recently another pair of eyes has been closely monitoring the progress of the defensive line. During individual portions of practice, Mangino has spent time working with the defensive linemen.
"It's a little intimidating sometimes." Wheeler said. "But he gets us going."
With Kansas opting for speed over bulk, Mangino placed senior defensive end Maxwell Onvebule
On Saturday, Kansas used multiple linemen throughout the game, and the most interesting rotation occurred when UTEP faced a third-down situation.
and junior defensive end Jake Laptad at defensive tackle, allowing sophomore pass rushing and Steven Foster and Wheeler to create pressure from the outside.
"It's a different look," Mangino said. "It's speed on the inside with some power. It's a
change-up. That's one of the things I like about our defense: We give you a lot of different looks, even with personnel."
Daymond Patterson added: "It was probably one of our better games with pressure."
Sophomore cornerback
Patterson and the rest of Kansas secondary served as the biggest benefactors.
The layhawks ranked 10th in the Big 12 in pass defense last season, largely because the defensive line failed to generate disruptive pressure. Patterson said that from his perspective, Saturday's game had a different feel to it.
"It's way easier out there just knowing the pressure is getting back here so the quarterback is having to think faster," Patterson said. "He has to get the ball out faster and then he's running around scrambling so his passes aren't as accurate."
After the game, Wheeler talked about the defensive line's play and spread credit to the tutoring of Sims and Mangino. He talked about returning to the field and the relative ease of working against UTEP's offensive line.
"This year," Wheeler said, "I want to change things and get back on top where I think I should be."
Then, he talked about his desire to make a difference this season.
The same can be said for Kansas defensive line.
FOOTBALL NOTES
ONYEGBULE EARNS
RECOGNITION FROM
THE BIG 12
Edited by Jacob Muselmann
Maxwell Onyegbule was named
Senior defensive lineman
Maxwell Only the co-Big 13
the co-Big 12 Conference Defensive Player of the Week Monday.
Onyegbule made six tackles insist UTEP
Onyeqbule
against OTE including
three tackles for a loss and two sacks.
He shared the award with Texas' Lamarr Houston.
OFFENSIVE LINE DRAWS PRAISE FROM RUNNING BACK COACH
For the second consecutive game, senior running back lake
For the second consecutive
Sharp rushed
for more than 100 yards. And for the second consecutive game, Sharp praised the work of the offensive line.
"For the second week in a row the o-line did really well," Sharp said. "I'm happy with those guys and happy to run behind those guys."
Coach Mark Mangino also noted the line's continued improvement early in the season.
Sharp rushed for 104 yards against UTEP, increasing his season total to 227 rushing yards and three rushing touchdowns. He has averaged 6.1 yards per carry in the two games.
"Tonight was a really big night for the offensive line," Mangino said. "That group is getting better. They're a little bit young, but they're talented and tough. We have two out of the three things. We don't have experience but we'll make it on those two."
SHUFFLING THE SECONDARY
After four pass interference calls in the season opener against Northern Colorado, Mangino shuffled the secondary's starting lineup against UTEP.
Junior Chris Harris moved from nickel back to cornerback while senior Justin Thornton moved from safety to nickel back. Junior Phillip Strozier was
inserted into the starting lineup at safety opposite senior Darrell Stuckey.
Sophomore cornerback Anthony Davis did not start against UTEP. Davis was flagged for pass interference three times against Northern Colorado.
"It was based out of necessity," Mangino said. "Anthony had a rough week last week. And nobody felt worse than him. We haven't given up on him."
ONE PLAY LINGERS FOR DEFENSE
Kansas' defense played well against UTEP on Saturday. As Mangino said after the game, it's hard to complain after surrendering just four rushing yards and seven points.
But Thornton said the Jayhawks made one lingering mistake: They allowed a 75-yard touchdown catch and run by UTEP wide receiver Donavon Kemp.
CELEBRITY
"That's all we're going to be thinking about on the bus ride home is how one play kept us from getting a shutout." Thornton said. "That's what we really wanted."
Memorabilia dealer sues Simpson
Jayson Jenks
Associated Press
BY KEN RITTER Associated Press
LAS VEGAS — A memorabilia dealer who blames his heart attacks on the stress of being robbed at gunpoint by O.J. Simpson is suing the former football star and five other men who were in the room during the heist, seeking unspecified civil damages.
A lawyer for Bruce Fromong said Monday he intends to show a Nevada jury that his 55-year-old client's four heart attacks were caused by the emotional stress of the September 2007 robbery in a Las, Vegas casino hotel room and its aftermath.
Fromong, of North Las Vegas, said he is still doctors for physical maladies he blames on the encounter. He said he and his wife, Lynette Fromong, have suffered financially, mentally and physically.
Simpson's lawyer, Yale Galanter,
called the lawyer frivolous.
"I'm going to fight this guy tooth and nail," Galanter said from Miami, Fla. "Initially, Fromong said his heart attacks were caused by the news media. Now O's switching his story and saying O.J. caused it."
It names Simpson and convicted co-defendant Clarence "C.J." Stewart as defendants, along with four former co-defendants who were initially charged with Simpson and Stewart but took plea deals and testified for the prosecution. Walter Alexander, Charles Cashmore, Charles Ehrlich and Michael McClinton each pleaded guilty to lesser felonies and received probation.
said Fromong told him.
"He's trying to make his money the wrong way," Riccio told The Associated Press on Monday night.
The lawsuit also names Thomas Riccio — the go-between who arranged the ill-fated meeting with Fromong and was never charged with a crime.
The other memorabilia peddler who was robbed, Alfred Beardsley, is not named as a defendant.
Riccio said Fromong told him of a possible lawsuit in May when they saw each other at a memorabilia show in San Francisco.
"My lawyers want to sue everybody and see what sticks," Riccio
Simpson, 62, is serving nine to 33 years at Lovelock Correctional Center, 90 miles northeast of Reno, for his conviction on charges including armed robbery and kidnapping.
Stewart, 55, is serving 7 1/2 to 27 years at Northern Nevada Correctional Center in Carson City.
Simpson claimed he didn't know anyone had guns and that he was only trying to retrieve items that had been stolen after his acquittal in the 1994 slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend, Ron Goldman, in Los Angeles.
Both men are appealing their convictions.
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