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THE UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
PAGE 9
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2012
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"This young Kentucky team didn't have a veteran point guard like Baylor to guide them through the last few minutes."
WDRB.com
ESPN.com
This marks the first time that Kentucky has not been ranked in the top 25 since Calipari took over as coach.
Q: The Wildcats were the highest ranked team in Associated Press top 25 history to go drop out of the top 25. Who holds the record for second largest dropout?
A: Missouri Tigers. The Tigers were ranked 9th overall before dropping out Jan. 10, 2011.
ESPN.com
THE MORNING BREW New playoff system in 2014 will allow for more advancement
Sunday's announcement that the Notre Dame Fighting Irish and the Alabama Crimson Tide will face off in the BCS Championship game was a surprise to no one. Between Notre Dame's perfect season and the SEC championship game win for Alabama, the two schools clearly outshined any other schools' case for the chance to play for the championship.
The matchup is one that most college football fans wanted to see, but there is still a good argument that schools like Georgia, Kansas State, Florida and Oregon should have a chance to play for the championship as well. It is unfair those schools do not have a chance to play Notre Dame and Alabama and prove they belong with the teams selected to play in the biggest game of the season (though Georgia did have that opportunity in the SEC championship game).
The playoff system that will begin in 2014 allows for the course of the season to be determined on the field rather than in the hands of computers and companies with greedy interests. The nature of sports, after all, is to watch two teams battle on the field with the knowledge that any team could win on any given day.
While both Notre Dame and Alabama have
earned their spot in the championship game, the prize is diminished as there is no advancement through a playoff system. The playoff systems in professional sports allow for a clear champion to be crowned as it measures a team's abilities at the end of the year. In the BCS system, an entire season can be unraveled by an early regular season loss before a team is able to find its footing.
Over the past two seasons in the NFL, the Giants and Packers won the Superbowl after surging late in the season to earn a wild card spot. While the two teams were not elite regular season teams, they were able to correct mistakes and play their best when it mattered the most.
In the NHL, the Los Angeles Kings went into the playoffs as the eighth and final seed in the West before winning the Stanley Cup. These Cinderella stories are the reason why playoffs are so fun to watch, and is also why March Madness is the best month of sports, professional or collegiate.
KENTUCKY FALLS OUT OF TOP 25
The Kentucky Wildcats, who defeated the Kansas Jayhawks for the championship last season, may finally be seeing the consequences of relying so heavily on 'one-and-done' players.
Coach John Calipari has built a tremendous programs over his career but had perhaps his best team last season as Kentucky cruised through the regular season and the NCAA tournament on the way to their eighth national title.
Kentucky then lost six players to the NBA draft and replaced them with more great talent. Unfortunately for the Wildcats, the talent hasn't gelled, and the team has stumbled to a 4-3 start with losses to Duke, Baylor and Notre Dame.
Still, Calipari knows how to get young
talent to produce at a high level and should lead Kentucky back into the top 25 and to a deep tournament run. It is likely, however, that Kentucky will be dethroned this season. Not only does the field look stronger, but the Wildcats do not possess the same level of skill they did last season.
Jayhawk fans will delight in the early struggles of the team that derailed their championship aspirations last year, but don't sleep on Calipari and the Wildcats. They may present a very dangerous challenge come March.
— Edited by Andrew Ruszczyk
This week in athletics
Tuesday No events scheduled
Wednesday No events scheduled
Thursday
Track
Bob Timmons Challenge
3:00 p.m.
Lawrence
Women's Basketball
Arkansas
7:00 p.m.
Fayetteville, Ark.
Friday No events scheduled
Saturday
Men's Basketball
Colorado
1:00 p.m.
Lawrence
Sunday
Women's Basketball
Newman
2:00 p.m.
Lawrence
FOOTBALL
Monday No events scheduled
ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTO
Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein throws during the half of an NCAA college football game against Texas, Saturday, Dec. 1, in Manhattan, Kan.
Two freshmen up for Heisman Trophy
ASSOCIATED PRESS
NEW YORK — Johnny Manziel and Manti Teo are in position to make Heisman Trophy history.
Manziel, the redshirt freshman quarterback from Texas A&M, and Teo, Notre Dame's star linebacker, along with Kansas State quarterback Collin Klein, were invited Monday to attend the Heisman presentation ceremony.
Manziel is the favorite to win
college football's most famous player of the year award on Saturday night in New York. He would be the first freshman to win the Heisman and the first Texas A&M player since halfback John David Crow won the school's only Heisman in 1957.
"I'm overwhelmed by this tremendous honor of representing Texas A&M, the 12th Man and all my teammates in New York," Manziel said in a statement. "This is a dream come true for me, and I
know it's a credit to all my coaches and teammates. I definitely wouldn't be a Heisman finalist without my teammates and coaches."
Three sophomores have won the award (Tim Tebow in 2007, Sam Bradford in 2008 and Mark Ingram in 2009), but the best a first-year player has ever done is second.
Adrian Peterson of Oklahoma finished second to Southern California quarterback Matt Leinart in 2004. Peterson was a true freshman. As a
redshirt freshman, Manziel attended A&M last year and practiced with the team but did not play.
Michael Vick of Virginia Tech came in third in 1999 as a redshirt freshman, and Herschel Walker was a true freshman for Georgia in 1980 when he finished third in the Heisman balloting.
Nicknamed Johnny Football, Manziel quickly became a national sensation this season.
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